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Monday, October 30, 2006
LOOKING FOR LOST WALLET!!!

I lost my wallet in Bugis today. Around 6.45pm.

Where? I'm not too sure. Either pickpocketed at Bugis Village, if not dropped it in Parco Bugis Junction's Seiyu.

I'm distraught. Because it's really precious to me.

It's a black Pierre Cardin wallet, which costs around $80. And i used my savings after my A levels to buy the wallet. It's really precious to me.

These are its contents.
1) Approx. S$150 in cash
2) My IC
3) My driver's license
4) My International Student Card
5) My cashcard - $8 plus
6) My DBS NUS Debit Card
7) POSB Debit Card
8) UOB Campus Card
9) UOB Mini Card
10) ATM card
11) My NUS Co-Op card
12) My Popular Card

And the most precious item in my wallet. His photo. One when he was young and one taken recently.

I'm sooo sad.

If anyone comes aross the wallet, please let me know. Email me at patricialin_17@hotmail.com

Thanks a lot..

*peace*

take care and God bless.

*queen pat* 10:23 PM 0 comments

Saturday, October 28, 2006
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I love this song and Jon Leong performed this song at Singapore Idol Season 2. Enjoy the song.

*peace*

take care and God bless.

*queen pat* 5:48 PM 0 comments

Thursday, October 26, 2006
The Victim's Mindset

Today, i had a very different kind of revelation. For approximately 3 hours today, i sat there thinking even though I was busy trying to read and memorise my marketing textbook but i was pondering about the words of Adam Khoo.

Well, mr.calvin is a really big fan of Adam Khoo and he told me to listen to one of the tapes that he has released. One thing he mentioned was the Victim's mindset which really got me to think about how my life has been going to waste because of negative thoughts that i repeat to myself, resulting in me, living my life fulfilling those prophecies. For a moment, i thought about how many times i have overcome the odds and became victorious. Who can ever forget me, the failing physics student performing well for physics at the prelims? What about those times where i endured tough basketball trainings?

I was sooo caught up these days with criticising myself that i forgot what a fantastic person i was, am and ought to be. I forgot that there was the great Patricia. All I have been bothered by was that stupid, fat and ugly girl who i always saw in the mirror. It never occurred to me that I was making myself feel low, down and demotivated.

I was falling fast into the victim's mindset where i think i can do it and not I can do it. This even threatened to sabotage the relationships that i have with people. I lost confidence all because I felt alone during tutorials, lectures and at home. I forgot that despite being alone, that there were still people concerned about me. I took them for granted.

Now, i feel energised when I think about the positive mindset that i should embark each day with and that I should wake up eager to start the day and not complaining of being unable to sleep in.

I should live my life to the fullest and not let it go to waste.

I hope that you can think about how you have been digging your own grave if you have been burying yourself with negative comments and just wasting your life away with self-criticism. Let's work hard together to prove to everyone that we are strong and we can make things happen!!!

*peace*

Take care and God bless.

*queen pat* 11:45 PM 0 comments

Sunday, October 22, 2006
NTU's funniest lecturer!!!

NTU lecturer Feedback Damn Funny..

My goodness! I simply love this video because it's freaking funny!!! Thanks to G to sent me the link.. I've watched it a zillion times and never failed to laugh till my tummy hurts! It's hilarious!!! Do watch it and let me know!!! hahaha.. I salute that man in the video man... no wonder he won Best Teacher Award 14times.. or so i heard.. hehe!

Enjoy it!

*peace*

take care and God bless.

*queen pat* 2:04 PM 0 comments

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Been a fruitful day!

Today has been a rather good day.

1. Finished my SWOT analysis for project.
2. Finished German Homework
3. Got Evanescence CD for radio broadcast

Though i haven't started on my marketing readings again.. argh... actually quite unproductive hor. Aiya.. who cares. I rested.

heE!

*peace*

take care. God bless.

*queen pat* 10:59 PM 0 comments

Monday, October 16, 2006
Monday Blues...

Mondays are sooo blue...

Without you........

Check out my timetable for today:
5.30am - Wake Up
6.45am - Get out of the house
8 am - German Lecture
10-10.30am - Research Participant Programme
10.30am Cognitive Psychology Lecture
12pm - Asia Markets and Marketing Management
3pm- Cognitive Psychology Tutorial
4pm- Research and Statistical Methods 1
5pm- End of lessons
5.15pm - Settle NUSSU - DBS stuff..
6pm- Home Sweet Home...

Today is also no-calvin-woon day... sad sad sad...

Never mind.. Tomorrow will be a better day.

cheerS!

*peace*

take care. God bless.

*queen pat* 8:44 PM 0 comments

Saturday, October 14, 2006
Vivo City the Biggest Mall in Singapore!!!

Vivo City is now the place to be seen and caught in! Haha.. I managed to sneak in a trip last thursday together with Calvin to catch a movie! We caught Me, You and Dupree which was by the way, a very disappointing flick. We should have caught World Trade Centre instead.. could have gotten the movie tickets for free in fact.

Ahh... but never mind. The experience in Singapore's biggest mall was cool! There were so many different stores and even NafNaf! My goodness.. even foreign brands are coming in... but where's H&M?! But my gosh.. the concept of the mall is fantastic! It's like really huge and with a resort setting feeling to it. Absolutely cool...

But if you're not the kind of person who likes to walk end to end to get what you want, well, you won't be happy with Vivo. One can get lost just by walking around and it might be difficult to find the store you want too...

Anyway, who cares! It's a great place to hang out because it's freakin' huge and beautiful... they have a "sea shore" on their topmost level by the way... haha.. it's for you to explore and drop by Vivo City!!!

*peace*

take care. God bless.

*queen pat* 9:56 PM 0 comments

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Dubai..

Hey! Who has been to Dubai?! Haha.. I'm doing a project on Dubai..
Well, in case you don't know much about Dubai.. Check the video above out.. hehe :)
In the meantime, Help~!
heE!

*peace*

take care. God bless.

*queen pat* 8:03 PM 0 comments

Monday, October 09, 2006
There's No One Like You

Taken: 09.10.06 at the bus stop. Don't you just adore that goofy-lookin' bf of mine?
*EH!!! HE'S MINE!* lol~!

Calvin,

There's no one like you...
Who can make me laugh, scream or even tear.

There's no one like you...
Who can care for me when i'm sick or hug me like a bear.

There's no one like you...
Who can give me advice or show at least some care.

There's no one like you...
Who can always give me a goofy smile.

There's no one like you...
Who will go that extra mile.

There's no one like you...
Who will be that boy waiting at the door.

There's no one like you...
Who can stand me - a girlfriend who is a bore.

There's no one like you...
Who will make my day.

There's no one like you...
Who can pave my way.

There's no one like you...
Who loves me just the way you do.

There's no one like you...
Who can complete me the way you do.

There's no one like you...
you silly calvin woon.

There's no one like you...
And that's why i love you.

Thanks for being there for me.

Thanks for being so sweet.

Well, thanks for loving me, dear.

*Sorry to subject readers to mushy content*

*peace*

Take care. God bless.

*queen pat* 11:24 PM 0 comments

Sunday, October 08, 2006
Mid Term Paper Craze!

Haha.. It's the mid term paper craze... why do i say that? Coz everyone around me except dear mr. calvin is busy with doing their mid term paper.

Saw weixiong on saturday:
me: "watcha doin'?"
wx: "mid term paper for geog. i just started on thursday. due on monday lor.."

Saw maxine last week:
maxine: "so stressed... got 4 mid term exams and 1 mid term paper.. stress"
me: "woah... all in the same week ar.."
maxine: "4 mid term exams next week and mid term paper due on 20 oct.. stress"

Saw Xiaowen online today:
xIaÖwEn - {DND- rushing assignment}... i have a really sweet bf.. says:
k la. doing some miserable assignment
xIaÖwEn - {DND- rushing assignment}... i have a really sweet bf.. says:
sian
-:*:-queen pat-:*:- {blog's updated~} says:
everyone also doin assignment
-:*:-queen pat-:*:- {blog's updated~} says:
i also stressed
-:*:-queen pat-:*:- {blog's updated~} says:
when is yours due
xIaÖwEn - {DND- rushing assignment}... i have a really sweet bf.. says:
tom
xIaÖwEn - {DND- rushing assignment}... i have a really sweet bf.. says:
i juz started today muaha
-:*:-queen pat-:*:- {blog's updated~} says:
-_-"

I'm also stressed... coz i got mid term paper due... argh.. 16 oct... argh... same day as vocab test... i need to do something. need to start!!! haha... dun think i can tahan starting only the day before. hehe.. not as brave as xiaowen lor! heE!

Well, everyone! Just jia you!!! hang in there!!!!

*peace*

take care. God bless.

stay stress-free.. hahaha..

*queen pat* 6:45 PM 0 comments

Saturday, October 07, 2006
Shopping - A Thing of the Past

Back in JC days, i was notoriously known as the shopping queen.

After school, i shopped at hangouts such as northpoint, causeway point and on friday and saturdays, i was hangin' out in orchard's far east..

Galfrens i had for company were aplenty.. I'm sure if you ask ms. kitying, ms. sang and ms. shiva, they can testify this. I can't remember when or how or why i got the status of "Shopping Queen" in CTG210.

But sad to say, the passion is no longer there. Now, shopping queen is going to step down and just retire... SHOCKED?! don't be... i realised that things aren't as worth buying as they used to be.. i wasn't attracted to things as quickly as i used to be.. but perhaps i can attribute it to the dwindling savings that i have that makes me depressed and i try to scrimp a bit here and there.

The shopping places have all become soooo many and soooo... crowded that my favourite pastime was more of a battle of the fittest than one of leisure.

Bugis Village, well known for its bargains and buys is sooo packed during the weekend that i think i should have gone there on a weekday instead. Moreover, the confusing new layout of the place just makes me.. dizzy... haha... Till i don't know where i've been and don't know where i saw something that i fancied. so i just give it up in the end.

ms. shamala used to tell me to buy whatever i fancy because once i don't and it's gone, i'll regret. haha.. but now.. i think i just don't care. the attitude that i have for shopping is not the same as before. it's a thing of the past. it was part of my life back in the schooling days where i had nothing much to do after school and just spent time and money on shopping... haha...

well, times and things have changed... so... yep.. i'm hereby stepping down from my position of shopping queen... thank you.

*peace*

take care n God bless..

*queen pat* 11:16 PM 0 comments

Friday, October 06, 2006
FINALLY BACK ~~~~!!!!!

After a long absence, silence, mia - missing in action and or in German, ein Pause... I'm back~!

Really sorry for not updating my blog... but since i'm here!!! Gosh.. i'll give you a mega update and summarise everything that has occurred through out this 2-3 months that you have been missing me!!! awww... you poor chaps. lol! Actually, i doubt there's really anyone sooo interested to know abt my life. But i just enjoy the moments of being sooo self-centred.

Anyway, after Union Camp and stuff, it was only right that i got to enjoy my holidays to the max!!! But first, i had to do stuff as NUSSU's DBS Account Manager... how nice it sounds rite? Well, basically i had to organise the DBS NUS Debit card roadshow in campus and the roadshow during matriculation fair was super tiring!!! Thank God i had a superb team of helpers, who were really enthusiastic and sooo forgiving. Gosh, i don't know what i would have done without them lor...
Namely, Darling dearest Calvin, Super duper bestie Shiva, Indian-wannabe Darren, Sweet Joanne, X-tina with SOC Yandao Zhijia, PeiQi and Zeting - the silent killers.. haha.. they seem outwardly soo quiet but actually they rock!, Goofy Jason and Siwei, 'Eric' Weixiong, MIA Mark, helpful Jasmine and Maxine, who came down just for a couple of hours to help me and calvin out and sooo on... did I forget anyone? I can't remember...

Well, that was our treat for working hard for 4 days and me and Calvin went down to N.Y.D.C. at Holland V.. We enjoyed ourselves man.. by eating good food. We looked tired didn't we? Haha.. But anyhow, we spent quality time during the roadshow.. amazingly.. and after the roadshow. Well, thinking back on how we stuck by each other during the gruelling roadshow hours, i really appreciate having him around me all the time. Because i can depend on him and i truly treasure him a lot... *sorry if it's too mushy for u to read it.. but i seriously don't know whether i could pull thru if he wasn't around... somemore, he gave up his well-paying part time job just to earn $6 an hour with me..*

We definitely had better things to do than to work!!! Haha.. Sorry if it seems as though i spent my holidays entirely with mr.calvin, but it's the truth and i can't deny it ya.. hehe.. Well, the next highlight has got to be national day parade preview!!! Ooops... it occurred before the matriculation fair. hehe.. paiseh.

Anyway, calvin's papa is sooo nice to give us the tickets to the preview which he got from his RC. He could have gone together with calvin's mama.. but he didn't. Well, calvin's jiejie let us have the tickets because they went to last year's one. AHHH... long story la. In short, we went to watch the NDP Preview!!! And i got to watch fireworks!!! Man.. do i love fireworks... it's sooo beautiful and really funny when i watched the video that i took.. coz it recorded all the "ooohhhss.. and aaahhhs.." that i was exclaiming through out the show.

And guess who we met at the NDP Preview?! ms. kitying, ms. listya and mr. monkey- farid!!! Gosh.. it was a mini YJC 210 gathering in the good old national stadium. it's the last ndp to be held there by the way... So glad that we were part of the action!
Anyway, it was also the first time that i witnessed the entire Singapore be sooo "garang" where people were all adorned in red and cheering for Singapore. And i was complaning about Singaporeans not being patriotic when i was in Germany and witnessed how Germans cheer for their soccer team...

We went back to the National Stadium.. not there exactly but near there... went to the indoor stadium to watch the Philips Singapore Basketball Championships. That was where i got to watch erm.. Olympic teams battle it out in my favourite sport! I miss playing basketball.... sigh.. miss those days where every day was spent at the basketball court in the grounds of AISS and just playing with anyone under the hot sun and even in my school uniform. It was sooo unglam lor. But who cares, i had fun.

Anyway, how did we get the tickets? calvin's jiejie, wendy won the season tickets and we got to watch for free!!! Haha.. how come their family always seems to get the lobangs... haha..

Well, we found time to go down to East Coast Park to have a picnic and cycle. Haha.. of all pictures, i had to pick this one out where i look super unglam and horrid. But well, it was candid. We always have a hard time finding people to take photos of the both of us, because i feel paiseh having to approach some stranger to take photos of us.. Well, i did take a couple of other photos at ECP... but haha.. they are all of mr. calvin and if i posted those photos on my blog.. i think i'll never hear the end from him... lol!!! well, i leave it to your imagination to guess what kind of photos i took of him. hehe...

I can't remember which date it was exactly but i celebrated Anu's birthday at her place!!! And you know what's the funniest thing.. we didn't manage to take a photo with her! other than those her mum took for us... haha.. need to chase her for them! Well, Shiva, Hamsa and Darren were there too.. sad that Maymay had work and couldn't join... well, VADERS ROCK!!!!!!!

Betcha didn't know i could look this glam-ed up right?! Hahaha... CHECK OUT THE HOT BABE PATRICIA!!! hahaa.. that was taken at Union Ball 2006. Well, it was kinda hectic for me... coz i had to juggle between radio, nussu and studies... and that period was super busy for me and i had to do sooo many things in a very short time. But i'm glad that it's over and that that night was flawless. to me that is. The cute Kaka-ians were all dressed sooo beautifully and our very own Siwei and Douglas were the top 3 finalists!!! Douglas was named MR. NUS 2006... how cool~~~!!!

That's such a cute photo rite? Well, that day marked the start of our FOOD HUNT!!! Well, mr. calvin and i.. decided to spend our weekends in a fun and meaningful way... by searching for good food around town!!! And we did! Haha.. we checked out this fishball noodle stall near the Meridian Shopping Centre and my.. the noodles were great! However, i feel that the ba cuo mee is not as nice as the one found in vista point... where is it? it's near my house!! Ask me!!! hahaha..

Other than spending the month of September studying and mugging for our mid-term tests, we found time to celebrate my mummy's birthday at Jack's Place in causeway point. The food is delicious there.. we ate till we were stuffed... gosh.. mr calvin was soo amazed with the amount of food that we actually finished.. well, there went my diet~!

It was my mummy's 50th birthday!!! So fast lor.. i'm already 20 going on 21.... wow.. time flies. i think my mum can't believe herself that i'm this big already....

Well, that's all the highlights of my life up till today. Things are pretty much the same everyday.. stress studies and tv... of course there are the occasional dates with mr.calvin that make life fun, enjoyable and interesting... friends around me of course... make life even more spectacular... just met up with my sec sch girlfriends, peiling, huaiyu, shiling and yizhen... hehe.. been a long time already...

But i guess even as everything moves past us and everything changes...remember that there's only one thing constant in our lives... that is change. so try to adapt as much as you can to make life a lil' easier.

*peace*

take care and God bless.

*queen pat* 10:36 PM 0 comments

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