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    Friday, March 30, 2007 @ 6:03 PM

    It's official!!!

    I've gotten a new job.

    Company: Kanasai Exam Pte Ltd
    Job Scope: Mug my ass off till 4th May. Reading, memorising and complete all tutorials and past year exam papers for MS2001, MS2003, MS2004, MS2006, MS2007 and PAP802. In between, as little sleep as possible, probably just sufficient to keep my concentration.

    I hate this job and so does my colleagues. Whoever loves this job shall just go and bang their heads against the wall. It's a bitter war...really VERY VERY BITTER!!!!!!! It's like racing against time before the paper and trying ur best to fit in every word into your teeny weeny brain till ur brain juices are used up. The only consoling thing is when you know how to do every question and completing within the 2 hour time frame. It sucks!!!!

    I'm so looking forward to the 3 months big arse holiday. I'm gonna rot my guts out, pace my driving lessons and probably go on holiday. Lotsa outing, hone my mahjong skills and prolly be filial and help my dad in a bit of work. Bondings bondings bondings, I love bondings!

    I shall learn to love the process of mugging.

    Ciao~~

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    Tuesday, March 27, 2007 @ 12:08 PM

    A Tribute
    Lim Lye Huat
    (28 Aug 1960 - 24 Mar 2007)

    Uncle Lye Huat, You've been brave these 14 years, battling against all odds.

    A good man, uncle, husband, father, colleague and friend.

    I know you have a lot more things to do and still doesn't wanna give up. That's the reason why you worked to keep your mind out of the possibility of breaking down.

    These few days during the wake, given the number of friends you had, from primary right up till poly, and the praises our family receive, we were touched right to the bottom of our hearts. This is another reason why some of your SMM colleagues greatly took the initiative to take care of your wake and let us have a good rest last night. We are grateful really.

    Being by ur side when you took ur last breath and accompanying you through this 5 days is the least we could do, though we cant really give you up.

    I still dun understand how life could be so cruel. You dun drink, and smoke, yet the analysis could be that of liver cirrosis.

    Maybe we cannot see things this way. But I cannot accept. Thinking back on the good times we share and looking at ya now in the coffin brings me tears. It's a super huge phase change. A moment ago, you were trying hard to breathe with the help of the ventillator and now, I could not see your chest move.

    4th Aunt felt so cheated. The hospital said the op could be done, yet telling her after she has gone through all the suffering of the tests that you were too weak to do the op and everything was called off. It's unfair!

    I'm so proud of you. Having set up a few companies in UAE. Helped friends clinch millions of dollars projects so as to save their company from bankruptcy. You really have helped many ppl in a way or another. You took care of your workers more than you took care of yourself.

    Mr Kee, ur best friend had been coming to ur wake everyday to help us entertain ur colleagues and helped us settle stuff in a way or another. They said you have been an extremely good colleague and wanna send ya on ur last journey too. It's very heartwarming hearing that.

    Though Pa still cannot come to terms that you're gone like that although he says he's prepared for it because he got all emo when he looked at you. Thus, dare not even bring his friends to take a look at you. He's proud to have you as his brother I swear because he tells ur friends that you both have been thorugh thick and thin together in this 46 years of ur life. I'm sure he feels great to have you around.

    We know you like casino and never fails to say you want a trip up to Genting whenever you're back from the UAE. It's the only time you can get all of ur tgt and yourself to enjoy and relax. But we never thought that the last Genting trip could be so hard on you. I hope they have casino on the other side.

    But not to worry, because we will still take care of Dominic. We all know he's the one you can't let go of. But he's in safe hands.

    You're the bestest uncle I have. Every little things you once told me, I'll keep it in my heart forever.

    I love you.

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    Thursday, March 22, 2007 @ 1:53 AM

    Life is simply simple, we made it sophistically complicated.

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    A piece of info I dug out that is interesting enough to share with the world.


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    Wednesday, March 21, 2007 @ 8:03 PM

    Actually, I'm scared.
    Mummy called and told me that he could just leave within these 2 days.
    Though I sounded really composed,
    I really feel sad and sorry for him
    It pains everyone to see him in this state
    So sometimes I tot to myself,
    Maybe ending it all will be good for him.
    But then again, it's still a life.
    I cringe at the tot of it.
    Because I know I cannot let go.
    I hate to see my loved ones part from me.
    Even the tot of them leaving me leave me in tears.
    It was a roller coaster ride for the whole family for the past year.
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    Until today, I still cannot accept what she had said.
    The words that held such importance
    could be from her mouth.
    It left my brother crying,
    Pa's high blood shot high and
    mummy and I appalled.
    We just left the room.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
    We have a really supportive and loving family
    who never fails to help in times of need.
    Even if it spells death tmr.
    四姑,
    You're the bestest!
    I know you're always there for everyone.
    You never fail to help mentally, physically and financially
    even when you're at ur wear out state.
    I'm grateful for every little things you have helped me and my family.
    Thank you.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
    Maybe I'm not so strong afterall.

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    Tuesday, March 20, 2007 @ 10:42 PM

    It's those times where going out is so enjoyable and relax when you know that exams are really days away. But hitting back to reality, I ought to mug my ass out from today onwards. I was just thinking to myself today, why dun I feel the urgency like last sem? Maybe I have lost the interest..or maybe I havent searched myself thoroughly for it. This is BAD...REAL BAD!!!

    Sometimes I feel so lost,

    I dunno where to start from,

    I dunno which direction to head for,

    I dunno how to approach it,

    I dunno what am I thinking,

    I dunno what m I feeling,

    and...

    I just dunno what am I talking.

    I really cant tell what fills inside. The sense of satisfaction or the sense of disappointment.

    Sometimes I feel sad within for no reason.

    Sometimes I feel I'm not true enough.

    Sometimes I think I din give enough.

    I was just talking to a friend few days back abt how much one have changed through the years.

    I personally feel that I have changed a lot. I dare admit it's for the better.

    I used to get really fiery in the past and scolds for no reason. But I've learnt to look at things from another angle. My parents taught me a lot through the years. And for that, I always believe that the upbringing is very important.

    Not many may agree but I held close to that fact.

    Banana said that we learn as we grow, I totally agree with it.

    No wonder we get wiser as we grow.

    And talking about wise, I'm having toothache and it's getting worser by the day. I hope my wisdom teeth is not giving me probs. At least not this time!

    I'm sad...and I dunno why:(

    But honeygiv and banana made great companion anytime, anywhere, I SWEAR!!!

    Thanks darlings:)))))))

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    Monday, March 19, 2007 @ 12:51 AM

    A day at the kitchen as I'm feeling super satisfied. I love cooking cus it brings me away from reality for a while.

    And so here's the start to the making of Shepard's Pie.

    Mashing of boiled potatoes (use only usa russet potatoes cus if you're gonna use the indian potato, you're gonna mash till tmr)

    Then add in some bacon (pan fried or toasted till slightly crispy) as well as some chicken stock.

    Fry the white button mushrooms with butter, a pinch of salt and pepper and add a little milk to simmer (just agar agar la cus i nvr see how much i add).

    The mince beef (it'll be gd to buy from Carrefour cus only their beef looks fresh and red, NTUC one looks like the cow has been killed a mth ago though I dunno if Carrefour's cow is killed on the day of sales). Oh ya...season with kikkoman and worcestershire sauce.

    Onions and carrots...

    The product of mince beef, carrots and onions. Of course addition of Worcestershire sauce, kikkoman soy sauce and a pinch of black pepper.

    Get a foil bowl and put the beef in it...

    Top it with the lovely mushies

    Then the potato and mozzeralla cheese

    Bake it and TADAAA~~~~~

    Look yummy ain't it? Dun drool dun drool!!!

    And that dumbass CHUAN HUAT has gotta ask me to not ruin the food. And when i send him the finale picture of the pie, he said, "Yucks! Char tar 1..Haha!" Shit you la...it's better than the pizzas you made hor!!! But i'm used to it already la. One huat, one wk, one ky, I'm close to dead. Only edmund's the tame one..hahahaha


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    Sunday, March 18, 2007 @ 1:58 AM

    I hope everything falls into place soon...

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    @ 1:38 AM

    The weather is SO SO SO SO HOT I can barely feel the 24 degree celsius of my aircon. Stupid Starmex...I think nvr trust that liang zhi qiang. In the end sure piang piang one cus his name tells it all.

    Liang3 Zhi1 Qiang1 - 2 guns (translated from chinese to english as what Pa the great call)

    Maybe i shouldn't be so cruel to say him la huh...so blame on the large slab of lard on me.

    I think my family is so full of rubbish but I'm loving it! Like how we could argue on pronouncing some words be it bombastic or simple word like maybe 'grand prix'. I will still pronouns it as 'grand prix' but the newsreader pronouns it and sound exactly line "GROIN PREE". Wa lao...i still ask my father is it grand prix or groin pree. Then he say, " nowadays people wanna sound professional so next time if you wanna call a girl name michelle, call her mee-chee-lee". So true man!!! In my 21 years of childhood, passing teenage years till now, the number of people pronouncing my name right can be counted with my pair of hands and legs. So infuriating at first but I've come to live with it already. The worse part was Mrs Raj, my sec sch teacher, who was suppose to be the best english teacher in sch, pronouns my name as KEE-REN. So wth lo...i think even a kid learning phonics would have pronouns it as car-rine.

    I think children should just be named January, February, March, April, etc and this will not go wrong. At least they dun have to take the trouble to correct others.

    Anyways, the main point of HOT HOT HOT!!!!! I think i'll die in hall tmr...maybe you'll get some honey roasted or black pepper caryn soon. Start ordering the flavour you want...


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    Saturday, March 17, 2007 @ 12:54 AM

    Let's backtrack a lil...

    Quiz ended on tue...wasnt at all great except for the sheer copying galore. Thanks boon for the answers! Then off to JP and IMM for some stuff with Prawn babe. The company was great...thanks xia too!

    Wed was spent with a truckload full of tasks to complete. Slept at 5am...super tired.

    I anticipated Thur's coming. Met edmund at Dover to head to Holland V...We sat at the bus stop, and this scene suddenly dawn on me. It brought back the memories that I once had for 3 years, rain or shine.

    This was the bus stop that i hop on bus 166 back home almost everyday, or 105 and 106 that brings me to town. And today, there's another new bus service, 18-something, then it reminded me again that I've left sch for a year. How scary ain't it?


    Hog's Breath was good but the serving is gigantic. That slab of cow and 3 big plates of appetizers got all of us filled hands down.

    This picture book will do the talking (move mouse over the picture to flip the pages, can flip forward and backwards)

    Thanks guys for the super costly treat!

    Tune in again soon..gd nite all and honey dreams!


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    Monday, March 12, 2007 @ 11:57 PM

    RoaRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR~~~~~~~~~~~
    When you're studying, the time passes so slowly it's dreadful. But then again, I wish i had more time and the heart of concentration.
    Thermodynamics makes me thermodynamically unstable!

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    @ 2:13 AM

    I realised that:
    1. Weekends are the only time I dun need to set alarms.
    2. I call home lesser and lesser.
    3. I watch tv like less than 5 hours a week.
    4. I take more naps than a baby does or maybe not.
    5. The weather is getting warmer.
    6. Canteen food makes my hair deplete as fast as the ozone layer.
    7. Exams are coming in a month's time.
    8. Friends encouragement plays a huge role while studying...they give the extra brain juice somehow.
    9. I'm always missing home cook food.
    10. I havent wash my bedsheets for a month.
    11. My room is in a mess.
    12. The junk food in my room increases and reduces slowly.
    13. My room has a nice warm layout.
    14. My results have dropped tremendously.
    15. My house is becoming more tech savvy with the "Meow" plan.
    16. April is coming.

    Some really random tots at this moment.

    I'm looking forward to thursday to Hog's and Sat with the girlies. Hope thermo passes fast and pass well too!


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    Saturday, March 10, 2007 @ 6:29 PM

    Received this in my inbox and my bro and I laughed till we cry...

    I should have been smarter to leave such stuff for the math paper and let Alfred Tok laugh his heads off!

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    @ 11:05 AM

    It's a screwed up week. With 4 tests and none that i could do well in when I studied pretty hard for it. How sad can that be?? Sacrificed sleep and skipped lectures just to ensure I have slightly more time to mug. But shit one la...I just dunno how to do! Math yest was the WORST ever paper of my life..Seriously!!! I sat there for a good 40 minutes staring at it and having TOTALLY no idea how to start. And still studied till an insanely time of almost 5am before i cannot open my eyes when the paper is at 830am alright. Even when Alfred says he will give us another 5 minutes. I was thinking that even if he give me another day to complete, I'll prolly just stare at it till I fall asleep. But nothing can change the score now. It will be a big fat zero...what a feat!

    Another thermo paper to go and I still know nuts. well done caryn!!! Nvm..at least i slept for 13 hours last night and sort of recovered on my loss of sleep. Shall work harder in the exams next month. Jiayou my friends!!!!

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    Monday, March 05, 2007 @ 4:15 PM

    Happy Birthday to me,
    Happy Birthday to me,
    Happy Birthday to myself,
    Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

    I'm officially 21 as of today!!!!!!!!!! Oh my...old old old...

    But this year is special in a way. I had friends and family around to celebrate with me.

    Here are the pictures to the super-pre-Caryn-Party-admidst-CNY held on the 24th Feb.

    Balloons pumping as well as bursting session, Dai di session, Buffet spread

    Instead of Yu sheng, we had prawn sheng that night due to father's super crazy idea.

    Lana Cake...Lim's family all time favourite

    My family

    My 2 darlings - Rina and Givany

    Secondary Clique - (left to right) Si Ann, Han wen, Jing Min, Yuan Chang, Lishi, Desmond, Wei Sheng

    Poly Clique - Wei Jie, Hao Nian, Rina, Daniel, Thomas, Immanuel, Givany, Edmund, Eugene(back), Derek, Ah Teck

    Uni Clique - Lixia, Jonathan, Ryan

    The Friends...


    The relatives...


    The song...

    Blowing the candles..

    Cutting the cake...(until that night did I know that the birthday person cannot cut their own cake and serve the guest cus it'll be like cutting their life short. They only can cut a bit of the cake for formality sake..interesting!)

    Random Pictures!!!







    Sidenote: Should you want any of these pictures, msn me!


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    Sunday, March 04, 2007 @ 3:35 PM

    I decided to delete the previous post and post a fresh flawless sheet when i'm free-er..hahaha.

    On the sidenote, I DID NOT ZHONG TOTO!!!

    The saddest thing was only zhong 2 numbers in a row.

    Mummy corrected that only 2 person strike, which means to say that each of them turn 5-millionaire OVERNIGHT!!!

    It's fate.

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    Friday, March 02, 2007 @ 3:16 PM

    HUAT HUAT HUAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It's the time of the year where you see the longest human snake in ALL Singapore Pools outlets. It's scary just by looking at it. But 10million moola draw leh...who will wanna miss it??!!! Well...at least i wont miss it! I dunno how to buy TOTO though but the super professional Boon taught me and xia how to buy. It's darn fun just by drawing any numbers you like and praying hard it strikes. I guess it's the high anticipation level that makes everyone go gaga over it.

    In any case, 930pm is drawing near...

    ...and Guan Gong, Guan Yin, Tu Di Gong or any gods and goddesses, PLEASE popi me and win BIG BIG tonight. Should you need a reason, let it be that I've been a good girl last year and will continue to be better for the rest of my life.

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