F.R.I.E.N.D.S
went to vj's concert yesterday. it was without a question, a fantabulous one. but, junwen & i felt that they're rather individualistic. somehow, de band doesn't sound together, no doubt their skills are remarkably gd. diana & i thought that aj sounded better as a band.. bcos they sounded more.. urm.. together. dont know yall get what i mean or not. anyways, each has its own gd. went to mj's on monday as well. came after de interval cos of my music lesson. their repertoire was not bad esp. de jap show:under one roof theme. (if im not wrong) but i thought that they sounded a little messy.

thought i've attended too many concerts this may. that's de bad thing when all ur friends are "dispersed" to too many JCs. *lol* but it's a wonder how our friendships can be maintained for so long, being so close in a few occasions, bcos of one exchange that lasted only for a few days.

it all started with de passion for music.. with having de same conductor.. to.. de love of music making as a band.. >>fast forward mode>> & what we are today. some of us have even become very gd friends.. studied for Os together; share information on music skills; gave support to each other for our SYFs/concerts; celebrate birthdays; played basketball & so on.. whenever i think of this, it'd always have this "wow" effect. kinda incredible.

u see.. other than the people we came across during de 1st exchange, we had a 2nd one in a yr's time. & we knew more people whom we've missed out during de 1st. & dat's not de end.. cos we knew even more ppl thru de ppl whom we already knew.. & surprisingly it's also de ppl whom we've missed in de 1st exchange. are u confused already? *lol*

i really thank god for giving me this opportunity to go through this amazing "cycle".

this thought dawned on me yesterday while im at de vj concert. inspiring, eh? *giggles*

[sihui's 16 yrs & 5 months old!]

have u ever yearned for sth since u're young?
I've always yearned for a brother. an elder one. my mom told me i loved to call "kor kor". but too bad.. im de eldest. *sniff sniff*

i remembered i've been quite close to my cousin at a tender age. he's a decade older than me if im not wrong. i regarded him as a brother then. but, as we grew older, we didn't quite keep in touch as often, due to hectic school work. now, we're like strangers.

don't have a particular reason why i've always longed for a kor. maybe bcos most of my friends had a brother, who's always protective over them which made me so envious. maybe. i don't know.

therefore, when eric acknowledged me as a sister in some very weird circumstances in de band room after de tune-in concert (only bcos we shared de same "parents" at aj), we became siblings. *lol*

last friday when he visited me at robinsons (as i was working), i was really surprised & gan dong.. though he only happened to be arnd city hall. *thanks to jessica, diana, zhenyun & edmund for visiting too!
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I became an "illegal immigrant" in aj again. cos i met kor in school to pass him his bday present. glad to be able to see some familiar faces again.. though i think that de atmosphere was a little awkward. but anyways, he was shocked to receive de watch. b4 u get de wrong idea (& to those who have), i think i've to clarify sth: it's bcos i just received my pay & since we wouldn't be seeing much of each other cos NS is like 2 1/2 yrs? so i've decided to get him a nice watch. moreover, he's a really nice brother. =] if de above still doesn't convince u, den i think there's nth more i can do le.

i'm amused at what a watch can do..

a rollercoaster week..
everything's in a rather fast & crazy pace these few days. feel so *worn-out*. sometimes, i wonder why i should work so hard..

suffered from a few blisters here n there bcos of the stupid boxes i had to handle in my new department (in-store). the 5 days there were horribly terrible -- i was scolded by a customer. argh. she wanted to try out a no. of shoes in different colours & materials, so u can imagine how i have to climb high & low to search for the different article numbers in the storeroom, getting her 4 different sizes when ppl usually try on 2 sizes. i mean, how can ur shoes' sizes vary so much?! bcos of that, i was told to keep all the unwanted shoes into the boxes. to ensure that i don't mix them up in the wrong boxes (as all the shoes are scattered across the floor), i checked one by one. & that made her impatient. she began to comment that i'm getting myself all confused. of cos, i am! how would i have the the time to keep them when she wanted me to go look for her shoes in the storeroom. then, i began to reach forward to a pair of shoes which obviously had 2 different sizes in front of her (so that i can change them). then she started to scream at me, "don't touch my shoes! i told u that those that i placed here is what i wanted! don't touch them!" & she began to tell the other customers sitting beside her, how bad my service was. then a perm. staff came & attend to her. on top of that, she complained that i didn't tell her that we didn't have a particular size which i repeatedly told her thrice. bcos i couldn't take it anymore, i stacked all de boxes & walked into the storeroom. the next thing everyone know was.. i burst into tears.

i was quite glad that all the perm. staff comforted & stood by me. very grateful for that. i seriously hope that i won't encounter the same thing again.

another tearful experience was after the aj concert. yes, i went! i skived from the last few hrs of work cos i know i wouldn't have the mood to work at all when everyone's enjoying themselves. but at hindsight, mayb it was best that i didn't turn up. the aj atmosphere was too unbearable. afterall, it's my dream college. well, yes.. i haven't get over it. but many thanks to all my friends for ur encouragement.. it will take some time la..

anyways, the band's performance was awesome! *applauses* they definitely improved alot from the last time i went to play. it was a very enjoyable & lively concert due to their last piece where they acted a skit & danced. the last part where the co & band combined for 2 pieces was an eye-opening one.

was quite disappointed that i wasn't able to see my "family" & friends from aj face to face to have a quick chat or something as they had to rush back to school.
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went to east coast yesterday. accompanied diana as she wanted some peace & quiet bcos there's sth troubling her. everything didn't go as well for her, siewmay & myself lately. i hope that we'll get well soon.
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had a "carpenters-music-marathon" before i came here to blog. was quite satisfied with myself. my exams are nearing. pray hard for me, ya?

extreme exhaustion
another drained experience. i wake up earlier than others.. go home later than others.. (wake up at 7; reach home at 12+) since i live the furthest. nevertheless, it's an extremely happy one.

we can be considered the most dangerous/expensive of all departments in robinsons. cos we'd be handling crystals & it's a very well-known one -- bohemia, from the czech republic. we've had diehard fans of theirs amongst the customers. also met some very rich customers who buys crystals like.. *speechless* some give tips to the staff who helped to bring their shopping bags to their car. one of our staff happily got it & treated us to a bar of chocolate each (there're 11 of us).

my department's really bonded. we're like one family. whenever we need help in finding the different crystals, we'd aid one another, since all the boxes aren't coded & we memorise the specific areas. & mind u.. there're 24 tables. on top of dat, when there's no customers (esp on wkdays' nights), we'd gather & chat. our supervisors are the best too. all 4 of them can joke around with us.. treat us chocolates/breakfast/lunch/dinner. they even allow some of us to go to bedok to pack the meals since the food sold at expo not that appealing i guess.

another happy thing is.. junwen visited me.. so gan dong.. *sniff sniff* we chatted & ate some snacks during my lunch break. i was actually late by 15 mins when i punched my card. well.. nvm la.. enjoyed his company. thankew!

the last day was the most tiring, though the hours were shorter. we were supposed to pack all the crystals into pallets. the counting.. the wrapping.. the moving.. *sigh* i'm glad it's over. we took only 8hours to finish.. so we didn't have to come back the next day.

can't wait to see annette, winnie, juana, arina, aishah, ikwan, chen de, sze keong, rondy, andi again next week (if possible). cos we'd be watching a movie together. really enjoyed working with them. =]