Awaiting TW latest drama <<花樣少年少女>>

Yay, with much anticipation, the filming of this drama has finally ended and hopefully it would be released real soon! Ella babe is forever looking great even when she has to 'disguise' as a male.

My reference:

Adapdated from PLAY MAGAZINE

【Ｅｌｌａ如願以償，女扮男裝上學去！】

　 繼（薔薇之戀）、（惡作劇之吻）以及（東方茱麗葉）後，又有一齣改編自暢銷著名漫畫的（花樣少年少女），男演員方面找來了吳尊、汪東城、唐禹哲等一票美花 男，至於劇中最經典的男扮女裝一角，當然二話不說交由咱們家的《艾拉哥》來詮釋囉！試問～演藝圈中還有誰比他更適合？


【提攜師弟，Ｅｌｌａ不遺餘力！】

　 首度合作的Ｅｌｌａ及吳尊，雖然隸屬於同一家唱片公司，但在戲劇上卻是第一次合作，面對有多次演戲經驗的師姐Ｅｌｌａ，生性害羞的吳尊更顯得有點靦腆！ Ｅｌｌａ表示以前曾在朋友的聚會上，與吳尊有過幾面之緣，對他的第一印象就是這男的簡直就是個美男子，皮膚好到沒有毛細孔！不過因為吳尊是汶萊華僑，中文 也還不是那麼地流暢，所以拍戲現場常可以看見Ｅｌｌａ就像個大姐姐般的主動找吳尊聊天，而吳尊也在Ｅｌｌａ的熱情攻勢下，開始漸漸培養屬於兩人間的默契！

　 從（東方茱麗葉）與偶像劇小天后林依晨合作，在（花）劇中又與亞洲第一女子團體的Ｅｌｌａ搭檔，吳尊的星運看似比一般男藝人幸運許多！但為了讓 自己在螢光幕前顯得更加有型，原本就是健身教練的他，毎天依舊十分注意卡路里的攝取，害得女主角Ｅｌｌａ開始有些慚愧，直嚷著要吳尊看好她，免得鏡頭上女 主角比男主角還要胖！



【同性告白，Ｅｌｌａ巧妙回應！】

　 漫畫原著中，女 主角為了心中的偶像女扮 男裝進入男校就讀，這對出道以來形象多屬中性的Ｅｌｌａ來說，似乎就是為了她量身訂做的角色！就連Ｅｌｌａ本人也覺得，女主角不論外型、個性都與她十分符 合，這也省去了導演選角的難題！而敬業的Ｅｌｌａ也二話不說的把頭髮剪得更加俐落，看起來就像是個活潑可愛的小男孩！只是為了隱藏傲人的女性特徵， Ｅｌｌａ還得刻意穿上束衣將胸部藏起來，這對她來說就有些痛苦！「為了這齣戲，我的罩杯好像真的已經小了一個ｓｉｚｅ呢！」

　其實在學生時期，個性大剌剌的Ｅｌｌａ就十分受班上同學喜愛，也是班上的開心果，但除此之外，也有不少同性的朋友曾向她示好，「除了學校裡的學姊、妹外，有時候就連我走在路上，也會被不認識的女生來搭訕！不過這對我來說都是一些很難忘的經驗啦！」（笑）



【遭人襲胸，Ｅｌｌａ的犧牲可大囉！】

　 目前為了拍攝一段阮經天挑戰吳尊跳高的戲碼，悶在南投許久的演員們，特地北上新莊體育場取景，當天Ｅｌｌａ也大方談起拍攝時所發生的趣事，最讓她印象深刻 的就是身為男主角的吳尊與汪東城都曾向她襲胸！原來因為劇中吳尊與汪東城都悄悄地喜歡上了Ｅｌｌａ，並在無意間與Ｅｌｌａ肢體碰觸的時候，意外的發現它是 女兒身的秘密，「汪東城每次不小心碰到我大多都是『蜻蜓點水式』的，但吳尊卻常常『一把抓』，所以每當導演喊卡時，我都會害羞的躲到一旁去撫平內心尷尬的 情緒‧‧‧」 {=.='' ahhh 吳尊 you're such a pervert!!}

　 除此之外，創作才子林俊傑也獻出了首次的戲劇處女秀，在戲中飾演Ｅｌｌａ哥哥的ＪＪ，一副斯文高材生的形象讓大家驚豔！雖然演 出集數不多，但是林俊傑還是特地買了雙紅色高跟涼鞋送給Ｅｌｌａ，希望她下戲後千望不要忘記回復女兒身！而調皮的Ｅｌｌａ也當場換上涼鞋，還秀了一段精彩 的熱舞表演，十分逗趣可愛。

VIDEOS


featuring Ella, Jiro,吳尊 & JJ on set

Celebrating Ella's 25th Birthday on the filming set
Ella was half an hour late for her celebration and the reporters were speculating that she had gone on a date with 吳尊. Basically thats rubbish! The funniest part was when she was yelling to everyone that she had just filmed a scene whereby she was 'raped'. Who would annouce loudly to everybody that she was 'raped' besides Ella? LOL. She was questioned again by the reporters on Selina's scandals, Ella purposely mentioned about Pinky to avoid answering the rumours. All in all, Ella is super cute!


花樣Casts + fans

Often I have wondered what a specific dream signifies. No, it was not a nightmare which awoken me in the middle of the night this time, in fact it was a pleasant dream. A dream that I never thought I would have gone through in reality.

Too many unfortunate things have been going on for the past weeks... I'm kinda worn-out lately, to an extent where I'm almost to the point of going berserk. And, unfortunately my illness doesn't play a role in making me feel the slightest better. Seriously it is so unfair that females are often the beings experiencing an immense emotional roller-coaster rides. Boy I am so looking forward to the start of my semester. The 3 weeks in campus at Oklahoma has been behind my head ever since I registered for the course. Well well, I admit being a freak for admiring the western cultures and the completely different American life-styles. At least there is something for me to look forward to...
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((joycee's 19th birthday at Pasir ris chalet))

((These are the breathtaking sceneries I've taken. Whoo brilliant photographgy skills!))

is it the scorching sun that is burning my inner soul or the insomniac nights that were accompanied throughout the week?

Daddy is always busy with his business and is seldom at home. I estimated that he travels overseas twice a month. That explains why I am never close to him. However sometimes, both of us would have a long talk on some personal stuffs that are rotating around us and I do cherish these moments. I appreciated that he is willing to fetch me to Bishan train station and willingly waited outside the Post office while I collected my package although he was running late for work.

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Despite the fact that my love life is empty currently, I seriously do not see a need to find a guy. Seriously I have so many good friends around and they are always here for me when I need them so is there a need to look for a partner just so to keep me occupied?

I used to be a horoscope freak (I'm still into finding out more about my horoscope but not as much as a freak now) and I know that an Aquarian is forever seeking for freedom. Aquarians, who are known to be independent, doesn't like being tied down. So don't be surprised if I happens to be single throughout my entire life.

PS: This is clearly a stupid update. I was pestered to make an update for days so I've left with no choice but to jot certain thoughts down.

The Master said, "What is there in the world to think about or to deliberate about? In the world there are many different roads but the destination is the same. There are a hundred deliberations but the result is one. What is there in the world to think about or to deliberate about?"

I never like changes, especially when it violates the serenity I used to enjoy in life. Being a typical spoon-fed Singaporean, my route is carefully paved by my parents throughout my 18 years of living. Now I have to make a major decision, which concerns my furture endeavour, with insecure apprehensions. No doubt I'm still uncertain about not following the orthodox path.

Vanessa shared my sentiments. She told me that pursuing a degree overseas ensures a higher prospect than taking a degree from a private university in Singapore. I'm aware of that too but I'm not exactly ready to survive outside all by myself. It takes courage, discipline and most of all, independence. However, I'm dismay to say that these 3 factors are lacking in me.

I have always admire people who never conform to the society, instead, they follow their hearts and go after their interests. I will never be able to do that; forsaking a degree for music or dance. As much as I love the arts, I may still pursue a degree which could benefit me in my future job(s).

So bye bye dance, bye bye fashion deisgn... I pick Mass Comm over u guys...

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy - Sigmund Freud

"How do I survive without you? It is a bummer that you no longer going for classes. No, I'm definitely not stunned when I heard that you're quitting. Perhaps there has always been a voice behind my mind urging me to be mentally prepared that you would not be present in class someday. It's a bummer nonetheless... a real bummer... I'm going to miss you so much!"

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Chuwee got back from Taiwan last week and she got everybody little gifts. But what she had given me is not 'little' at all as compared to what she had gotten for the rest. She got me a nice bracelet nicely packed in an exquisite box. I am utterly ashamed of myself right to the core. I neglected theirs presents when I travelled to Taiwan last year and to the States in March. *Slap myself*

And there is Jie too who got me earrings when she travelled to Taipei last year.

No point in regretting now. All I wish is to DIY some little litte stuffs like accessories for Chuwee and Jie and the rest of the gang.

Jo... Please teach me how do I DIY accessories please? (Sigh... you're not even reading my blog... LOL)

the ogre is back again. it increases like a balloon and is unknown to me when it would explode.

'I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul. Refuse you for my judge.' --Shak.

you're never a good friend, or that's how i feel so
i am never high in a selfless mood. i never want to be anyway. or rather, not anymore...
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The massive campaigns have been going on for weeks with respect to the GE(General Election 2006) this coming Saturday. For as far as I know, I never recall the 2001 GE causing such a bustling commotion.

Everyday, there is a pep rally on a large vehicle droving past our house. One of them would use a loud speaker and urging for the residents to vote for their party.

This morning, by coincidence I supposed, I was chatting with bro in his room when he told me suddenly that the PAP lorry was around the corner AGAIN. This time, I look out through the window and my bro was right! There goes the loud speaker again. The 5 MP candidates were standing on the lorry this time round!

Yeah and I assumed that MP Yong saw me peering out of the window curiously so he waved at me. It beats me but I got excited all over while jumping and flapping my arms at them.

My bro felt so embarrassed that he bent his head down in hope that he would be able to hide his face. But hey! This whole pep rally thingy only happens once every 5 years so what's wrong with being friendly to our MPs? Furthermore, my neighbourhood is especially quiet and unenthusiastic this morning (since most residents are at school or work) so I bet that those MPs were over the clouds when they spotted 1 enthusiastic supporter.

Thumbs up ^^

there is melancholy in the air; it follows me whereever i go; gradually, its taking my breath away. carrying my heavy heart and sullen eyes, i witness that my source of light dimmed with each passing day...

i hate the way i screwed everything up. i loathe the fact that the ogre in me is taking control of my heart and mind. i feel helpless. but right now, all i want is to stay out of everything, and away from everyone...

Joyce, I'm really sorry for not being able to go down with u today. I sincerely hope you'll forgive me... Gimme a chance and I'll make up for you.

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I felt a moment of poignancy after reading the story of Joan Chan. Joan is haunted by a demonic disease at the age of 19, which was right after her A' levels examinations. Till today, she is struggling with her life. I cried. I feel for her. I couldn't help but put myself in her shoes and thereby realising what a torment she have to go through at my age. Her fighting spirit is admirable because I believe I would never be as strong as her. Imagine yourself living in uncertainty, knowing that death is just round the corner awaiting you. It gives me the creeps and shudders.

Every good children deserves to live healthily. But life is unfair. The good people are usually the foremost to be sent to God whereas the bad people could survive longer on Earth.

Though chances are slim, I still pray for Joan to conquer her illness.

Her story serves as a motivation to continue with my life. Whenever I'm feeling low, I'll check out her blog and I'll realise that I should be thankful to god for giving me everything.

Life is never perfect, however, I believe that contentment is the key to satisfaction.

Joan's blog - http://onlyskindeep.blogspot.com/
(from year 2003-end of 2004, her entries are simply records of the feelings and daily rants of a normal school girl. but from 2005 onwards, her life took a huge and unexpected turn which is completely heart-breaking. which normal teenager would have expected him or herself to involve in a straining battle with a life-taking disease???)

chants: ogre, orgre, go away! ogre, ogre go away! ogre, ogre go away! i hate you to the core!!! never come back!!

23/4/06: It brings back so many fond childhood memories upon returning to CBC. Remember the days when me and a few kids lazed around the pool, arcade and play area while our mummies entered the jackpot room. Every now and then when I wana look for mummy at the jackpot room, I had to sneak in or else I will have to be dragged out of the room by the security. (and now I felt a sense of superiority upon entering the jackpot room! why? cos I'm finally over the age of 18! 19 to be exact. yeah! I'm no longer a kiddo who would be chased out of the room.)

After what seems like centuries to me, we returned to CBC today. Well my ultimate aim was to hit the pool right away. And my first impression of that place... What the... It is still the same old construction! There are totally no changes and it looks exactly like it was 12 years ago...

Ow ow... A silly accident occurred at the pool.

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Aw... why does she always have to look so cute in every pictures? I'm way too jealous... Wahaha...
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17th April 06: Lovely Yun held a small gathering at her house and we celebrated her 19th birthday. (tsk... I have no idea how on earth the pictures turn out to be so tiny! Oh boy...)

Nightmare...

I never knew how it could have a hard-hitting effect on oneself. Never would it occur to me until last night when I was haunted by a nightmare. Horrified, I broke into sweats upon waking up. Flooding with relief when realised that all were just a dream (or nightmare for that matter), I have the briefest flicker of thought that it would be comforting if there was someone by my side to soothe and ease me back to sleep. Not that I long for one, but being an average girl, I have a vulnerable heart despite my so-called tough front...

Found a dream dictionary on a website:

" In general, ghosts symbolizes aspects of yourself that you fear. This may involve a painful memory, guilt, or some repressed thoughts. You may be afraid of death and dying. Alternatively, ghosts are representative of something that is no longer obtainable or within reach. It indicates a feeling of disconnection from life and society. This dream may be a calling for you to move on and abandon your outdated modes of thinking and behavior. Dreaming that you reach out to touch a ghost, but it disappears indicates that you are taking steps to acknowledging some painful or repressed thoughts even though you are not ready to fully confront them. "

disconnection from life and society? hm... it could be true since I feel so lost nowadays. I used to have a dream and also motivation to work towards my goals. But why do I now feel so disconnected from the world outside? If only I received an acceptance letter from NUS FASS as soon as possible, I will find something to look forward to and I would be assured that I would be 10 times as happy as I am now.

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I have neglected a novel which have flown with me all the way from Chicago. It was discarded on my table ever since I removed it from my bag. Strangely, It seemed to be calling for me yesterday. I was drawn to the hellish pale face of the woman featured on the book cover, and so I made up my mind to finish reading the remaining pages of the Memoirs of a Geisha.

Well, I have not finished reading the whole book yet. Perhaps not in another few days. But I have came across this paragraph which evoked my deepest emotions.

The paragraph goes like this...

'I was nearly run down by an army truck... ...I noticed that my almanac had warned against travelling... ...I'd been looking only for a sign about the Chairman and hadn't noticed mine...'

The author continued the next few sentences which enkindle a thoughful sadness in me.

'What if I came to the end of my life and realised that I'd spent everyday watching for a man who never come to me? What an unbearable sorrow it would be, to realise I'd never really tasted the things I've eaten, or seen the places I've been, beacause I'd though of nothing but the Chairman even while my life was drifting away from me. '

Again, she contradicts herself by saying 'And yet if I drew my thoughts back from him, what life would I have? I would be like a dancer who had practiced since childhood for a performance she would never give.'

Tell me that this whole paragraph means a lot to you too. Loving someone whom you know would never yield you in return is definitely tiresome.

I believe no one understands the distress and grief behind this better than my grandma. My poor grandmother loved my grandfather with all her heart, giving in to him throughout her life without receiving the same treatment she ought to have for being his wife. Till the day she laid in her deathbed, her whole mind was filled with none other than my grandfather. No mentioning of her children or grandchildren, rather, all she mouthed was how she hated my grandfather for not being a good husband to her. Isn't it true that there is only a thin line existing between love and hatred?

It is so sad that her whole life was dedicated to a man who never returned her his love.

I'll pray for grandma to discover her true love when she reincarnated in her next life.

I'd been in love with this person and undeniably, there were moments of sweetness between us. Yet, knowing that he would never come back to me, still during that period, my entire life was filled with none other than him. Each and everyone of us are bound to experience the bitterness of romance. We always learnt a lesson at the different stages of our lives. Come to think of it, wouldn't the emptiness be overwhelming if one strayed away from romance?

Until the day I meet my soulmate, I choose not to believe in 'together forever' or 'everlasting love'...

Below are two of my artworks which I've done quite some time ago. This first poster consists of the all-time favourite casts starring in a popular drama seriels 'It Started With A Kiss'.

The second poster is well, one of my favourites! I'm very satisfied with the setting and colour theme and also, the overall blending.

I'm new to adobe photoshop so please do gimme your comments on what you think of these posters. Thanks!

Poster on Ariel Lin, Joe Zheng and Jiro from 'It started with a kiss'.

Ming Dao and Qiaoqiao from 'Magician's Love'

It's been 3 weeks since I'm back in Singapore.

Well, I could vaguely remember how I managed to be sleepless for exactly 1 whole week due to jet lag. I could almost agree that when one was afflicted with insomia, it caused great distress to both our physical and mental conditions. (hate my DARK eye circles.)

Well, anyway, I've been spending a lot of money recently. It is fine time to exercise some self-control by decreasing the frequency of spending my time outside. It pathetic that Joyce's company is still not intending to hire any more temps. Well, I'm still having my hopes high, hopefully Joyce wouldn't be disappointed if eventually I do not get a position there.

Speaking of which, on the 16th of April, the gang of 4 (including me!) + lil' Jon Jon went back to XMS. I've never thought that I would ever step into XMS again, but since the gang wana make a trip down to the school, and that I've nothing better to do, so I tagged along too.

Lil Jon Jon is our cutie pie! Seriously, without him around, there would be lesser laughters, lesser smiles, lesser noise... I'm not trying to sound chesty here, but lil Jon do enjoy being together with me! Hee just the thought of him makes my heart itch! He occasionally planted kisses on our cheeks and lips. And um... he's there too. Yeah, its great to meet friends whom we haven't been keeping in touch with. Mr. Chee is super friendly too, I almost forgotten how much I've respected him during our upper secondary years. Mr. Chee reminded me of Mr. Tan CP. Hee... Don't ask me why, I've no idea too...

The gang decided to head to K-box. Poor Ql, she's paying 16bucks but she did not sing a single song. But lil Jon did enjoy himself. Don't believe? Witness the picture below then!


Joyce's lil brother, Jon is holding the mike! Aww... He's such a sweetie, isn't he?



My first individual picture with this pretty babe (I'm serious, she's the babe among us!). But we all prefer calling her p-o-o-d-l-e! Can you guess why?

This is a rather dumb wallpaper I've created within 15minutes. It serves as a momento on our regular hangout spot - Gardens' Cafe Cartel!

3 Cheers to our friendship!

I would be flying to Las Vegas in 3 hours time... So this would be my last update till I get back home. I'm mournful about leaving Wheaton. This is definitely a great place to live in.

Over the past 2 weeks, I've experienced so much about the 'Windy' city, much more than I have expected.

(1) Huge wind!
(2) Grim rainy weather
(3) Burning sun
(4) SNOW!!!

Now, I'm fully aware how unpredictable the weather can be.

We travelled to another state, Wisconsin, over the weekends. At Wisconsin, we visited The House On The Rock. One word to describe it - Awesome! The house was literally built on a gigantic rock on a hill. There was a vast collections of plentiful amazing stuffs that you would never have imagined! I'm not going to rave on it so if you are interested in knowing what is exactly in The House Of Rock, you may checkout the website. I have some pictures of it to show you guys when I'm back.

I'm not in a very good mood now... In fact, its kinda nasty... So I guess I'll update till here...

Byebye guys, I'll see you back in Singapore... Do drop a comment so that I'm aware that you are reading. Thanks!

Bye Chicago! Bye Aunt and family!

I'll miss you all!!!

Visited the donuts factory yesterday... We get to watch the complete procedure of the making of donuts, which are all done by the machines. My cousins get all excited about it even though they had gone there many times. Haha. There are free samplings of donuts too... Yummy. And my aunt ended up buying a dozen of donuts for breakfast.

One of the difference between USA and Singapore is that their services always come first. Take the donuts for example, the workers would inspect all the donuts first before releasing them to the customers and whichever donuts are not up to satisfaction, they would dump it into the trash. As the donuts are not manually made, there are so many donuts which cannot make it because they are not nicely presented. Either there is a minor cut on it or the donuts are not fried evenly.How can they waste food like that? My aunt actually asked to sample the 'cannot make it' donuts but the worker said that it is their regulation not to give to CNI donuts to their customers and that they would give us a nicely made one.

Other than that, unlike Singapore, all their goods can be exchanged for a new one if it is no good at all. Thoughts such as "Are you nuts? We do exchange goods too in Singapore!" may come across you mind right now. Wait, let me elaborate further. Indeed, in Singapore, we do exchange clothes for the right sizes, nevertheless, we are not allowed to exchange for food if it was half eaten. Normally, the first instinct of Singaporeans when such incident occurred is to throw the food away and buy a new one. But in USA, if the toys or whatsoever goods is damaged over a period of years, they still do give you a new one to replace the old. For example the other day, My aunt opened a bag of baby carrots and realised that it tasted weird so she went down to the supermarket and ask for a new one. The person at the cashier dumped that bag of carrots away without looking at her receipt and asked my aunt to get a new bag! My aunt told us even if the packet of food is eaten by a 3/4 amount, they still exchange it for you. Amazing right?

In addition, you wouldn't believe what I'm going to say next, but it's true! My aunt told me she saw this black woman eating fried chicken drumsticks. There were initially 8 drumsticks on a plate and when she got to her sixth peice, she went to exchange for a new plate because she found blood in it. And she managed to get a new plate with 8 drumsticks on it!! That is so awesome...

USA practices freedom of speech so anyone could complain or protest against anything. In order to prevent boycotting from the public, the quality of the goods and services in USA really matter a lot. So it makes sense why most people prefer goods produced in USA.

Anyway, My mum and I took a walk at the downtown of Naperville. The streets are beauitful and we took a few pictures there. There are many pubs along the street. We had our dinner at a cafe and the food tasted not bad though.

Do you believe that Dinosaurs do exist centuries ag0?

Well, I've have visited Chicago Field Museum yesterday (14th March). There are plentiful of exhibitions but we manage to see only the fossils of the Dinosaurs and the ancient Egypt. The Chicago Field Museum is know to have the world's largest, most complete, well preserved T.rex!! You really have to witness it with your own eyes. The T.rex is named Sue by the scientists. Being a carnivore, Sue is really huge and it makes me wonder how humans were able to survive at that time without being eaten by Sue and the other meat-eaters. [The picture is taken from their website. I'll upload the photograph of Sue's complete body when I'm back.]

Next , we went to view the ancient Egypt whereby there are displays of mummies and the other ceremics accessories used by the ancient Egyptians. It wasn't very spectacular considered that the Museum which I've visited at London(or was it Paris?) is more impressive.


Before we proceeded to that, we went into the Shedd Aquarium which was located beside the Field Museum. It is something like the Underwater World at Sentosa, except that it is astounding as compared to the one we have at our dinky island.

The bushy piece of vegetation with the waving yellow-green leaves at the left is not flora, it's fauna - the leafy seadragon, to be precise! It looks cute isn't it?

Next, my aunt brought us to Navy Pier where we had our dinner over there. It is similar to Singapore's Clark Quay where it is famous for its night life. However, due to the cold weather, my aunt said the place was not as crowded as it is during Summer.


We had our dinner at the food court at Navy Pier. I bought their Chicago Hotdog. The memo stated that the Chicago hotdog is the largest hotdog in the world. Eew... What a lie! It is so not nice. I still prefer the one I ate at Costco!


And My mum bought the sesame pretzel! The sour and cream pretzel at the Premium Outlets is still the best!!! I miss eating it!! Of course the food there are so expensive but I'm aware that the Navy Pier is a tourists attraction so naturally the food are more expensive. Anyway we bought a magnet with the word 'Chicago' on it. It serves as a momento. How I wish I 'm able to collect the magnets for all 50 states. Haha...

It has already been 1 week since I came to Chicago. Chicago is known widely as a "WINDY CITY". I believe I never get to understand this term until today (13/3/06). My aunt once told me that the vehement wind is strong enough to drive an individual onto the ground.

Today's violent wind is probably due to the changing of season from winter to spring. My experience of today's strong wind is never like the ones I'd encountered before. It's definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Thanks to the heavy wind, I never manage to stand rooted onto the ground while waiting for my aunt's car at the car park. The pressure of the wind gets so intense that I could almost be blown away. Yes, I'm not kidding! My mum and I almost fell backwards onto the pavements.

We had done some grocery at this supermarket called "Target" while my aunt fetched my cousin from cousin before she came to pick us up. My mum and I waited for nearly 45 minutes and we have to run into the supermarket occasionally to escape the big wind. (Witnessing the sign post swaying to and fro and the door slamming frequently) Okay, I confessed that there is this cute guy working at the store. His job is to gather all the trolleys from the carpark and pushed them into the supermarket. (Yes, the residents are allowed to push their trolleys all the way to their car so it makes unloading of groceries into the car so much easier. Unlike Singapore, we have to push the trolleys back to the supermarket to get our precious gold coin back. But here, the trolleys are discarded everywhere in the car park. But their car parks are HUGE and open aired.) So you see, I actually pity this cute guy who have to frequent the car park to gather the trolleys back under such a bad weather. Whats more, he is wearing a pair of Bemudas! Doesn't he feels cold? I guess he does cos he when he spotted us waiting outside, he shot us this drop-dead gorgeous grin and said "It's cold, isn't it?".

My crazy mother enjoys the wind while I scurried into the supermarket. The wind got terrible and my mum's hair was disheveled. When she came to me, she told me the cute guy told her that her hair was messy in a friendly manner. Gosh, I was so jealous. But we did manage to exchange a few polite words when we met. I managed to remain composed despite his lop-sided grin which served as a killer weapon.

Overall, today's weather is the coldest ever since I've arrived. Hopefully it gets better so we can stay outdoor.

Tomorrow my aunt is bringing us to some museums at downtown. Boring! Haha... You know me, I'm not passionate about going to museums.

Below is a record of what I did for the past week. You guys may skip that part if you want since I've more or less mentioned them in my emails. ^^ I'm updating 7th March first. Too lazy to type.

7th March (Tuesday)

It is a long flight to USA. But hey I survived! I did a transit at Tokyo Int airport and was mistaken to be a Japanese. This happened again when I arrived at the L.A. Int Airport. I have heard so much about how strict the US customs were and that many people experienced difficulties in entering the States. I'm terribly nervous and scared that something might happen considering my mum sounds like a 'retard' when she speaks in English. And it did not help that my mum had packed a whole baggage FULL of dried food such as dried scallops, curry powders etc. Thus we have to sign a declaration form. Chances are the people at the custom will check your baggages. I heard about so many people being scanned completely. The L.A. airport was almost hald filled with Japanese. Many of them are Japanese students dressed in their kawaii Japanese school uniforms. So a woman at the custom actually told we were Japanese too. She said "Japanese? Go go go!" without bothering to check our baggages. Amazed and shock, I actually asked her if she wants to check our baggages and was pulled away by my mum. She scolded me stupid and asked me why do I have to look for troubles when we don't need one.

After clearing the L.A. custom, we took an internal flight to Chicago (ORD airport). A caucasion sat besides me. He is friendly.

Please refrain from screaming before you have actually read my blog... I beg you!
I know I've always started a new blog and ignored it after a few days.

Honestly I think that blogging is a crap. That is why I did not hold on to it for long. I mean many people put in tremendous efforts so as to entice people in their writings. And worse of all, the writings may not sound like the actual person. Back to my question, what is the point in all these bloggings if you are out to gain fame? (No offense to all bloggers)

Whatever it is, I wish to share my experience and photographs taken at the States with my friends and relatives so that is why I created another URL. My photos would be uploaded when I get back to Singapore.

I'm extremely grateful to this good friend of mine. I strongly believe that I can no longer find such a caring and helpful friend like her. Her name is ST. Why do I mentioned her in my blog? [ST: hope you don't mind me] She not only lend me her digital camera and 3 memory cards, she also offered to lend me her sling bag which I did not even requested!! Not only that, she actually did a little research on the Uni course I'm interested and informed me about it!! She made me go all the way to CP just to pass me a magazine on Mass Comm before I fly to the States. (And did I mention that she had been bugging me for days, asking me when I'm free to meet her so as to pass me the magazines!) Well, I would say that whether or not I could get into my favourite courses or University is none of her concern as she has her own future to worry about. Yet, she still does all these little things for me.

Feeling very much inferior, I know deeply that I'm not as magnanimous as her. I ought to be ashamed of myself.

I may never say this to you, but here I wana say:

THANK YOU, SIEW TEE. I REALLY LOVE YOU!