i would love to dedicate this song to all my lovely friends who are always here for me through ups and downs, especially this one girl who was here for me at an alienated country.

here are some pictures taken over the weekend when we made dinner for my roommate's mom.

by now most Singaporeans and Chinese are aware that mega-star Gong-Li has pledged Singapore citizenship. with the knowledge that she has been living in Singapore ever since she was married to a Singaporean typhoon and that mummy has spotted Gong Li at Gardens Watsons a couple years back, the news didn't come as a big surprise for me. In fact I'm kinda proud of it, wahaha... BUT the Chinese-s kinda pissed me off when I read about them complaining online that her changing her citizenship status is a sign of betrayal to China. Seriously, like whatever! The Chinese's national pride is sometimes getting on my nerve =.='' Can't they have better things to do than complaining 24-7? Seriously, if the country is thinking of switching to democracy, it should think twice.

i had a setback recently, actually it was just yesterday, that actually set me thinking about my ability to succeed. i was truly discouraged in class, it was demoralizing that i almost wanna burst into tears but i managed to curb it until i met my room-mate after class. maybe literary writing just isn't my cup of tea......

on a happier note, i will be seeing mummy in less than 2 weeks..... HURRAY!!!

And jo, let's make it work, shall we?

In psycyhology, I studied that those who lives with a sense of gratitude-or who cultivate their gratitude by each day writing down what they are grateful for-enjoy greater happiness. (McCullough; Watkins) I admit sulking and crying for days because I've been really down and always felt defeated by little things that had happened. I want to be happy and achieve the feel-good do-good phenomenon! Hence here's a list of the persons I'm grateful of:

Dingxuan: Thanks for being here for me and caring so much.
Mom: Thanks for making the early phonecalls and woke me up at 6plus in the mornings.
Tina: Thanks for being such an understanding and helpful roommate
Papa: Thanks for sponsoring me to study abroad and enables me to achieve my America Dream
Erin: Thanks for appearing in my life and prove to me that there are indeed selfless person on Earth
Junelle: Thanks for talking to me on MSN almost everyday even though we are oceans apart.
ST: Thanks for missing me and thinking of me always
Josephine: Thanks taking off time for me over the summer and showing that I'm being missed on your 21st
Chiu: Thanks for still remembering the Vclub I've mentioned to you, I'm touched
Joyce: Thanks for giving me wonderful memories

to some others: F**K YOU