Driving, Drivethrough wedding, Time Traveling.

While talking to Jaakko today:

 

 

 

Mihee says:
I want to start learning how to drive and when i get to finland

 

 

Jaakko says:
it expensive in singapore?when i ever get there
i can drive in ur car
lol

Mihee says:
it takes about maybe 1000 euros to get a licence learning and all

Jaakko says:
of course

Mihee says:
yeah cool eh?

Jaakko says:
and I can drink on the front seat

Mihee says:
hahahha if i ever get licence i mean even if i dont will u let me drive?  Mihee says:
 Hee nice i love u already

Jaakko says:
and miss you too, and your singapore accent
nobody talk like you

Mihee says:
shall we get drunk and get married in some funny island in europe?
and i get some work there and live in finland forever more?

Jaakko says:
haha, I told my mom wont get married in a church
but told her she can come backseat in Las Vegas in drivethrough wedding
hope its okay with you?
dont worry, my mom is pretty coolhahah
 

!——End of conversation——

Anyway the above conversation is mainly to record that Jaakko is allowing me to drive his car even if I have no licence, and that if we are out of luck in love we are going to Las Vegas for a drivethrough wedding.

I signed up for Basic Theory Test with Ling last evening. I happen to be taking Module 5 exam the same day. So yes, I mugging pretty much a lot these days cos’ the exams are in less than 2 weeks. I’m more worried about M5.

These days I miss Korea so much, and my time there. I think I should write a book about my life there. It’s anything but normal.

Just finished reading Time Traveler’s Wife again. I feel so…empty after I finished it. I love reading cos’ it takes my mind off reality and I’m sucked into other characters’ lives.

Why has he gone where I cannot follow?

I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet, I am always going, and she cannot follow.

 

Mihee says:

 Jaakko says:
of course thats more fun

My eventful week

Anyway I got back from Bangkok.

Didn’t go in for work on Monday cos’ I wasn’t feeling good, kept vomitting.

I went GP on Monday morning and was referred to TTSH for CT scan. Tiak accompanied me to the hospital after his work. We wanted to go for dinner but decided to get a queue number first. Little did I know I will end up being sent for CT scan and I had to admit myself overnight.

I didn’t get to eat my dinner. I was feeling so hungry but the nurses kept loading me up with pills and the ultimate was the painkiller when I was having an empty stomach. At first I refused the painkiller. Said I want to go down to eat first. But the nurses said I can’t get out.

So I ate the painkiller, had gastric pain. Bummer. Tiak was asked to leave cos’ no visitors allowed.  

Anyway I still insisted on going down. But the nurses/docs/security guards stopped me and don’t let me go anywhere. OMG. It’s not as if I’m dying.

In the end I had a big fight with everyone. I was pretty upset by then. I cried when I was alone. And cried again when I was told I can’t go anywhere. In the end I changed my clothes and said I’m leaving anyway. At 2 am!

I quarreled more with a doctor when she called me to go back.

Pretty drama la. I wrote some note to cover my ass. And threatened litigation and writing to Straits Times.

I really didn’t know patients are not allowed anywhere! I wasn’t even told.

Anyway hospital called yesterday. The nurse said I was given an appointment 14 Aug. Nothing was said about my scan until I asked. She said “oh it seems okay”. I figured if it was anything serious they would have made me go in immediately. I said I won’t be going for any appointments.

I wonder if they will bill me for my short stay.

Anyway I’m still throwing up a lot, after every single meal. It’s getting rather frustrating. And I don’t know what’s wrong!

Pretty exhausted. My stomach feels empty yet I can’t get food down. I’m off to bed.

Back in SG

Ah I miss Bangkok already. Just a bit. It got a bit boring by myself after awhile.

Yesterday I was having a major headache from the head bumps of the accident the night before. Decided to pay another 140 bucks to extend my hotel stay. So I don’t have to check out at 12noon and stone around and roam till my flight at 2.30am! GRR. Best decision ever.

And I only landed at 6am today.

I hate Jetstar. It only delayed for 6hours. If it had been more than that I could have earned some money off my travel insurance.

I totally got myself a new wardrobe for work. HAHA.

Sometimes I like being alone. So much, it’s weird.

Last Night in Bangkok

After going through more than 4 bottles of Whisky at Club Slim at RCA last night amongst 6 or more of us, the thing that made me remember last night did happened was the huge abrasion on my thigh I got from a car accident.

Let me rewind to last night.

Or the night before.

My first night here, brought my netbook with me, tried to connect to the net, doesn’t work. Called the front desk to send their IT person to check the net for me. Anyway the guy ended up taking an hour to fix and we just chat a lot. He offered to take me out last night.

Met up with him (Por) and his friends last night to club at Slim at RCA. They opened so many bottles, I was tipsy at a point of time. But still fine. The best part was when we got into his friend’s car and I supposed he was tipsy, hit a kerb, I hit my head a few times, and got a huge abrasion on my thigh.

What a night.

Club Slim was good! Music was good! And they did check temperature at the door.

I decided to fork out another 140 bucks for an extended stay till my bloody flight that got delayed to 1am tonight (or tomorrow morning). I really don’t want to roam the street when I’m having a major headache and nothing much to shop for. Haha.

Maybe I will head out later to buy the antiseptic cream for my mom, contact lens for myself and maybe throw in a massage.

I’m quite tired.

By the way the hotel’s Hainanese Chicken Rice is the best I ever tasted this life!

Was googling and Thailand estimated half a million people might be infected with H1N1 in Bangkok. And I went clubbing last night. What’s the chance really?

Awesome Pullman!

It’s really hard to enjoy my day when I had to wake up at 4am to catch a flight that’s at 7am!

Zhong picked me up and sent me to the airport, had breakfast together before I left.

I slept my afternoon away and went out for shopping just now.

It’s amazing the number of people putting on masks in Bangkok. I must have seen at least 100 people wearing masks here! Is it that bad?

I bought some dresses and tops for work. Plus skirts as well. Awesome buys.

But I’m too lazy to be psyched up for shopping today. Cut my day short and got back to the room.

The internet in the room sucks. Big time! But at least I’m in the comfort of the room!

Some bugger tried to pickpocket me today. I was riding down an escalator and I felt a tug on my bag. I turned around and saw 2 indian men very closed to me and his hand drew back with SLOW reflex.

I went up to a policeman thereafter and pointed at the 2 guys while asking for directions. That scared them off. Don’t f*** around with me!

I’m Leaving on a Jet(star)plane

I’m bound for Bangkok in less than 12 hours!

I should be sleeping now but I will get around to doing that soon.

2nd time this is happening to me. I’m a bit excited to get to Bangkok!

I’m quite upset with how it all happened, not about the “we are history now” but more about the lack of explanation or reasoning. I admit it’s a little wilful on my part, but what do you expect me to think?

Anyway this is not the first time I had to deal with the airlines and the hotels to change stuff. I had to spend half my day on the phone with the airline and emailing the hotel. Not fun at all.

I printed out maps of the shopping area, it’s gonna come in handy when I get to Bangkok tomorrow. Can’t check in to the hotel room till 2pm but I’m reaching at 9am! I wonder what I’m gonna do to pass time!

I asked the hotel (google Pullman Bangkok King Power) if they have airport pickup service, and the person told me yes, a BMW 5 series “limousine” service, costing 1950 baht (about 80SGD). I decided to get them to email their address in Thai to me instead, not about to get scammed. I think the taxi cost something like 20sgd.

The only thing I bought to assure myself that I’m taken care of is the travel insurance. Funny thing is I didn’t get any when I went to Batam the last 6 or 7 times. I ought to consider getting an annual premium policy.

I gonna bring my netbook, and cos’ I don’t want to feel bad about not going in for work the next 2 days, I’m bringing the unfinished minutes to do.

Nice chap Zhong gonna pick me to airport tomorrow morning! I gotta be there at like 5am! Not that psyched. Thank goodness he also have another fella to fetch to airport.

What else should I pack?

Just for old times’ sake, I’m bringing Time Traveller’s Wife to read on the plane, I bought it the last time I went Bangkok alone. And that was 2 years ago! Almost the same time of the year.

Charging up my mp3, camera and lappie! I gonna have a blast!

Weekends

Ah my precious weekend came and gone.

I spent my Saturday being bored, and finished reading a book with one sitting, moved my shoes to a new cabinet (I only have 24 pairs now after throwing a lot away during Spring cleaning at the beginning of the year).

And ZR asked me out and I suggested prawning at the newly revamped Aroozoo chill out place. We went Ebi Culture (the prawn ponds) and caught quite a bit of prawns before heading back home.

Woke up really early this morning considering I only went to bed at 4am! zzz.

Met up with Suzi, CK, Weibo and Geri + our photographer Yaotien at School of Econs to take our Grad pics!

Didn’t know all that posing and walking around in school in our Harry Potter get up is sooooooo excruciating! Perspired so much and was so tired! Realized that our regalia colour is very Harry Potter-like as well, Weibo can wear his BOUGHT gown to halloween at Zouk this year!

So after all that posing we went for late lunch and we parted ways. I went Orchard with Yaotien to check out Ion and Orchard Central. OC just plain sucks. Went Ion and had Hokkaido Ramen which I reckon is too BLOODY salty. My goodness. If it wasn’t that salty I would have liked it.

Window-shopped a lot and caught up with life by sharing anecdotes of my life and that of others with him. And he suggested bringing me to Taiwan to check things out! NICE! Haha but I cannot take leave anytime soon. Maybe during my birthday!

I’m so tired now. Feet hurt so bad.

I miss Korea so much too. Okay that was random.

I’m heading to Bangkok next week. Hope its gonna be fun and time to update my wardrobe.

Flowers for Algernon

The other day I was at Borders, trying to buy a book to read.

I went over to K section cos’ I wanted to buy anything from Marian Keyes – chick lit. And I stumbled across a book by Daniel Keyes – Flowers for Algernon.

I thought it was a newly published book. Only to realize now, after finished reading it, that it was published sometime before 1968. Because that’s the time the movie, Charly, based on the book was aired.

Wow, the story is just so captivating I couldn’t stop reading it. I finished it in 3 days! 

It’s about a retard, who was volunteered for a brain surgery that can make him smart. He became a genius within a short month and went on to do research and publish a psychological paper on retardation etc.

I didn’t really like how the story ended but I guess it’s more realistic. Somehow the sums of the parts make up the story that’s quite believable, and heartbreaking.

I wish I can watch the movie, tried to find it on surfthechannel.com but the movie is too old. There’s none.

Everyone should go read the book if you can, it’s written in a diary format. Nice.

Graduated!

Finally! I’m on MC today, that’s why I have the time to blog. I can’t lie in bed all day, whole body is aching.

All my GradNight and Commencement photos are up on Facebook.

Such a nostalgic feeling. 4 years of SMU, 1 exchange, 1 community service trip, numerous projects and presentations, and now I’m done with all that!

The GradNight was good, food was bad (at Fullerton Hotel, can you believe that?). I blame the quality of food on the mass production for 50 tables of graduands congregated last Friday evening at the hotel.

I took leave last Friday, woke up at 9am cos’ I couldn’t sleep anymore. And just waitin for time to pass for me to change into my insect-looking “little” black dress, but its kinda big, the skirt. And I went to Katong SC to get my face and hair done.

And arrived at Fullerton! My dress got me a bit of attention, cos’ its really huge, the skirt. Haha. And I think maybe some people don’t have to take photos with me, but they wanted to take photo with my dress, so I get to cam-whore quite a bit. Wished I’ve slimmed down more though.

And ended off the night not at Butter as I wanted, but at Zouk. But I left after an hour cos’ my skirt was so big I was so scared that I someone damage it. And also my feet hurts and I was so tired I got a bit tipsy on 1/4 shot of tequila.

And woke up the next day (Saturday morning) and got ready wearing my white shirt and brown skirt, brought along my grad gown and regalia, mortarboard and tassel, and ready for my Commencement!

Reached Suntec late cos’ CK couldn’t get a cab and I went to fetch her in mine. Hee. Talk about always being late, the 2 of us.

And Jayne plus Suzi helped CK and I to get into our gowns, hoods and stuff.

The whole ceremony was so interesting (except the parts where the speakers started talking about sub-prime crisis etc). I felt like I was in a Harry Potter movie, all the profs/deans, graduands are in our “Harry Potter” get-up.

Wished I had stayed to take more photos though.

And I really enjoyed the speech given by Vincent Ha – the valedictorian and Dewei – best economics student. Haha.

Do I wished I studied harder so that I have some cum laude? Hah, it’s too late to regret now. I thoroughly enjoyed the stressful and fun bits in SMU, so much so that I almost teared when Dewei made his speech. I really felt like quitting school during my first Intermediate Maths for Economics class!

But look now, I have a pretty good job, a nice degree, and made tons of friends, not to mention I had an awesome exchange program to Korea. It all sums up to a lot.

Thanks to Suzi, Weibo, CK, Jayne, Peiling and so many other people who made my time in SMU the best ever.

I just sent my insect dress and some suits for cleaning at the laundromat at my block! Haha. Gotta take advantage of the “friendship” they had with my mom that already turned sour. But the couple working at the laundromat are still very nice to me. Hee.

I’m still thinking if I want to return my graduation gown. HAHA.

My mom is so sweet, she tidied up my closet and hung all my clothes for me. I feel so loved.

I kinda miss being in the office. Tomorrow will be XT’s last day before she get transferred to the head office. Will be a good day for handover, and nice farewell lunch! I shall charge up my camera!

My Expensive Weekend

Who knows staying in Singapore on a weekend before graduation is so expensive?

Rental of Grad Gown – $230 (will get $140 back, I donated the rest)
Little black dress for Grad Night (Prom) – $138
Signing up for SMU Alumni member – $10
Grad Photo Scam – $50 (as deposit, another $200 more to pay)
Make-up for prom – $28 (I better look like Liv Tyler by the end of it)
Miscellaneous cab fares for next weekend – $100

Awwww, it’s still more than 20 days to next pay day and guess what? I’m already broke.

Haha.

Blackberry is expensive to have! My bill came up to $100 this month!

Ahh there’s a growth at my left ear and its causing me tremendous pain.

No Batam for 2 weeks! I miss the boy. :*