More reasons for nostalgia....derek and i meet up with ms phuan to discuss SMP, after that i go to the SAC and have lunch with ms phuan for alwhile, during which i like chat to her abt her san fran trip...brought back so many memories...so here's my tribute to california!!! using the word 'california of course'

Clam chowder!! Woot it roxs!! and just wait till ya try it with those classic sourdough bread bowls...that's the bomb.

Anaheim, in Orange County....for all you OC fans out there!! cozy lil town and i stayed in a place called Fairfield Inn...woah!! So it was a 15 minute walk away from Disneyland. Disneyland was the best, the rides, the coasters, the 360 flip plus cockscrew (California screamin') and the dunno how high launcher that launched me into the sky.....(maliboomer). Oh yea the twilight zone ride, you sit in a lift thing, strap in, and the lift goes down freefall and up and down and up and...you gettit...fantastic. Also the kiddie rides just brought out the child in all of us again, meeting the disney characters and stuff, yea that was memorable as well. And the atmosphere, the songs, the fireworks display, words can't express it all, it was so touching on the last night in anaheim, i was like, God is so great to me, giving me such wonderful experiences though i don't deserve them one bit....i cried.

L.A hit the lowest temperatures in years...and boy was it freezing real bad, even with 2 layers or even 3, it freezes...almost the same as shanghai or perhaps colder. i looked forward to going back to the hotel for a gd hot bath...ahhh....Always seems when we go somewhere for holiday, the place has sth weird, like brisbane was the hottest in years...and now L.A was the coldest.

I have like this diary that i write all my day's activities in....and no...writing a diary is not a girl thing....i mean it's fun to keep momentos...my cousins and bro used to have diaries as well...but i'm the only one who's been writing for every trip without fail, it's so exciting to read my diary and look back at actual handwriting from that exact place and time.

Fun in the snow on Yosemite...still remember my first experience with snow....always been wanting to see snow...when i was p1, i went to beijing and the day after we left beijing back to singapore, it snowed....so yea we missed the snow by one day :(....but Yosemite was the best. Driving up was gd enuff, you see like a whole blanket of snow and deers trudging through the snow...we even saw a wolf (Fenris!!). So i remember the first snowman, incredibly eric-like in nature (meaning short) a big failure actually...but nonetheless enjoyable to make. The first snowball fight...the first time my hands froze so bad i couldn't feel them for the nxt hr...and the soaked socks and drying of socks on the fireplace..unforgettable.

On route to SanFrancisco. Along the coast of California. Places like Big Sur...the tall trees and forests, Monterey....the 16 stop scenic drive that lasted forever, Santa Barbara, the best Salmon Teriyaki i've ever tasted...beats the unagi in sch hands down, Hearst Castle, the grand castle that even encompassed a zoo with like loads of animals....and much more :)

Running across that Golden Gate Bridge, simply fantastic. The wind through your hair, the super tall pillars, the view, and the adrenaline rush. Well i did run across to find nth at the other side but a small viewpoint. It was worth it though, there was the sense of achievement...and yea i lost so many calories it probably led to my anorexia or sth.

Nights of play and nth else...card games...television....staying up....chatting...doing nth...you name it...one night my couz went crazy with the news that taufik won s'pore idol...yea we were away during that time....

Ice cold yosemite, and the hot bath in the midst of the hills, yes, a nice big gigantic hot tub in the open air....now i went in too fast and i burned my bottom and my legs (if you know wad i'm talking abt...) so it was painful but later i was more careful :). Well just soak and enjoy the scenery i guess.

All those horrid car rides that last forever and ever....are we there yet?

So concludes that tribute

SMP blues....spent so much time doing up everything...putting the slides on the water coolers and the signs...if you're going to sch look out for these signs at the water coolers written by derek and me...it's abt our experiment....and if you see these weird white dots with plastic stuck on them...DON'T TOUCH!! the water coolers are the one at the track, outside 2.13, red lvl music room corridor, cyberAC and the SAC toilet....i mean i spent so long without derek coz derek needed the rest after band camp and i was frustrated that he dumped me but i guess he needs that rest....well i hope we pull this off fine!!

'Lost' is a darn cool show....like i like the way they unfold the plot slowly and slowly reveal to you everyone's true identity...like the 16 yr shiz is also darn scary...always have this weird feeling that it'll end up like lord of the flies and they start killing each other and stuff like that....but it's so weird like there's a polar bear in the middle of nowhere....

hmm crucible is an interesting book...and btw there's hwk on that!! IAN!! we need to start!!!

Ok that's all..cya