Like I said before, Joseph and I are completely obsessed with going to the lake. If we ever have a free weekend, which we seem to make sure we do, we are at Lake Ouachita. This past weekend we went to Beaver for a wakeboarding tournament and we had so much fun. It brought back so many memories of getting out of class in college and heading up there everyday to get a few hours of wakeboarding in before it got dark.
Joseph has so many good wakeboarding buddies up there and they are so amazing to watch. JJ, one of our good friends, runs a boat shop, Arrowhead, so he was helping with the tournament. It was really nice to see him again and I could tell Joseph missed all of his hard core wakeboarding days.
It was so funny b/c all of these guys are trying to sell us a new boat, you know, the new souped up Malibus with all the hardcore wakeboarding technology. We are so happy with our boat I dont know if we will ever sell it. Joseph got an all black Crownline for his highschool graduation and it is the most gorgeous boat on the lake. He has kept it in immaculate condition....which I wouldnt expect anything less from my perfectionist husband! sometimes wonderful...sometimes annoying...haha
Sarah and Jared went out with us, and like always we had a blast. They are such important friends to us, we are so lucky to have them so close.
Jeff and Kathy were with us too. We pretty much hang out with them every weekend, whether it is at Ouachita, Ft Smith or Fayetteville. It is amazing how close we have all become in such a small amount of time. I told Kathy the other day that I wish we would have known each other as well when we were planning our wedding b/c they definately would have been in the bridal party. They are just so much fun and easy to be around, which is hard to come by.
We are headed back to the lake this weekend with Jeff and Liz and maybe Kathy and Jeff (hopefully).
I have enjoyed all of my friends blogs some much that I decided I would start one myself. Even though we do not have any children yet, we are always keeping busy with work, our new baby cocker spaniel Lola, keeping up our new home, traveling to new places, and spending all of our extra time at the lake. We are completely obsessed with the lake actually. I really can't imagine our lives with out the fun and relaxation we find at Lake Ouachita. I am married to my wonderful husband Joseph and we just had our first anniversary last night. (sorry so many wedding photos, but these are the best pics of all of my family)
We drove up to James at the Mill in Johnson, where Joseph took me on our first date. That date will be 6 years ago on September 7th of this year. Wow. I truly cant believe it has been that long. But what a wild ride we have had together. In November of 2005 Joseph and I went on the wildest ride of our lives, season 9 of the CBS television show, "The Amazing Race". It was the hardest, yet most exhilarating experience of our lives. We always joke about how we have already seen so much, everything is boring from here on out! haha. I cant wait to share our lives with all of you who we love. And I cant wait to share in your adventures along the way! Ciao! Monica Meadows
(+) It is free. (-) You have to bring your own chair if you want a seat - otherwise, please just stand on the ankle-tingling grass. (-) You may not always get a clear view of the stage, especially if the guy beside you would have no qualms about stepping up and standing right in front of you instead. (-) It's the end of the day and not everyone has had a chance for a shower. Depending on the weather, you'll soon need another shower yourself. (+/-) There's enough sequin passing up and down the stage to cover every inch of a truck. (+/-) Some of the humour is fairly crude, but hey, it's funny. (+/-) There are 13 year-old girls in small silver dresses and boots belting out Hokkien heartbreak/life's-tough songs like this year's favourite 十二蓮花... followed by middle-aged men belting out other Hokkien heartbreak/life's-tough songs. (+/-) There're some parts of the audience present who believe that the actual, intended audience are the spirits of the dead released from hell.
Put all this together and it is hard to understand the lure of the Getai. Yet J and I would stand and watch this variety show for an hour or so. This year at the Taoist temple near our flat was especially well-received, even though the funny woman in Royston Tan's 881 seemed to have passed on the baton to a much younger and slimmer host/singer.
Not quite a Getai, Sound Stories last weekend at Zouk was just as enjoyable, sans Hokkien and sweaty men but as unsparing in the use of sequins. If nothing else, it was great just watching the white-haired crowd dance, laugh and claim their music.
The Gypsy and Rahimah Rahim at Zouk
In this way, it is not that difficult to understand what makes the Getai, Sound Stories or any live performance appealing to its audience. It is as one would enjoy a conversation with a friend, or that understanding, celebration and experience of something that is both your very own and shared with a neighbour.
===== p/s "Sound Stories" should be taking place same time next year as part of the Singapore Heritage Festival. Tickets come with 1 drink. Amps recommend that you take your parents to Zouk!
I know everyone has been stressed out with all the work recently - whether its PW (yay jmll!), tests, lecture tests, after blocks depression, cca commitment and what not. Mama can feel it. Haha. The way we talk and stuff - it's not as carefree as in the early days (:
Just wanted to remind you all know that WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. A couple more weeks left to promos (ughh) but we will pull through. (: Simply because we are 6V! 6V is THE LOVE <3
So in the meantime, hang in there, start studying if you haven't (for phy lecture test (omgwth!) and JIAYOUUUUU :D
It will be over in a jiffy (:
Don't lose faith in yourself, let's push each other on alright! (:
If you guys need a listening ear or just a nice big hug, come find me! (:
It's been a long time since I felt like drawing my fellow train commuters. Last weekend, feeling more refreshed, I could not resist doing a quick sketch of a tiny old lady slumped in a corner seat (her outfit was too well colour-coordinated). J suggested the text Maybe Tomorrow:
Y: Hmm, yes... Procrastination - I like! It works well with the baby turtles suggesting longevity and the start of new life - so why must we always hurry? J: Oh, what I thought was more like she was telling herself that she would live just another day, to die maybe tomorrow, but not today. Y: ...ah.
That same weekend we celebrated Grandma Y's 88th birthday. She no longer remembers who she is. She barely remembers any words. She holds on to the angbao I gave her, but only for a moment, returning it to me with the words - "koochi koochi koochi".
Friends, at the end of it all, so little remain, so little matter.
The long awaited corinascam.rtf is finally on the net! Most of you guys have already seen it or heard of it though. Please note that in the below content, "РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon►" is not Leon but someone impersonating him. As for "ROBOT!" She is Corina as far as i remember. Enjoy, no hard feelings! =D
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
corina
ROBOT! says:
yea?
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
you in whose pw group?
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
wanna change group?
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
i hate my group
ROBOT! says:
LOL
ROBOT! says:
serious not
ROBOT! says:
nono
ROBOT! says:
i love my group
ROBOT! says:
hahaha
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
i hate my group
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
they all always pester me
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
all the time
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
i mugging they also come pester me
ROBOT! says:
haha
ROBOT! says:
need to do pw de wad
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
can let me join your group?
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
jm everyday ask me do pw
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
lisyn also
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
they damn irritating
ROBOT! says:
LOL
ROBOT! says:
THEY ARENT
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
they are all my group members are
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
eh corina can ask you something?
ROBOT! says:
wad?
ROBOT! says:
no academic
ROBOT! says:
i cant ans for the time being
ROBOT! says:
haha
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
yeah
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
why last time i sit beside you you move away?
ROBOT! says:
which one?
ROBOT! says:
when?
ROBOT! says:
oh that lecture one
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
ya
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
why?
ROBOT! says:
cus that time wanna make fun of u and gygi mah
ROBOT! says:
HAHAHA
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
i felt very sad that day
ROBOT! says:
LOL
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
serious
ROBOT! says:
LOL LOL
ROBOT! says:
haha
ROBOT! says:
u too seriou alr lah
ROBOT! says:
lol
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
not funny
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
really i that day whole night cannot sleep
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
thinking about u
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
ahh ok forget it
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
so can i join your pw group?
ROBOT! says:
LOL LOL
ROBOT! says:
hahha
ROBOT! says:
cannot lar
ROBOT! says:
fixed alr
ROBOT! says:
anyway
ROBOT! says:
ur group not bad
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
where got not bad
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
jm and lisyn
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
mark still ok
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
he never pester me
ROBOT! says:
haha
ROBOT! says:
u wanna score A for pw right
ROBOT! says:
we oso want mah
ROBOT! says:
so must chiong lo
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
you got me sure can A one
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
we work together efficiently
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
you know we got synergy?
ROBOT! says:
LOL
ROBOT! says:
serious not
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
yeah since the first day i came i knew i could work very well with u
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
i dont mind you asking me do pw you know?
ROBOT! says:
are u too stress out after mugging?
ROBOT! says:
LOL
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
no im serious
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
actually that day when i sat beside you
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
it was no coincidence
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
but dont talk about it le ba
ROBOT! says:
u are very wierd
ROBOT! says:
LOL
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
corina can i ask you another qn?
ROBOT! says:
wad
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
hey
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
you like jinlong is it?
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
dont worry if u get the wrong idea
ROBOT! says:
hahha
ROBOT! says:
no
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
i not trying to get you to be my gf or what
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
haha
ROBOT! says:
i din think alont that line u noe
ROBOT! says:
hahaha
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
i dont mind just admiring by the side
ROBOT! says:
so i say u are very weird
ROBOT! says:
eh tell u wad
ROBOT! says:
go sleep amd rest for tonight
ROBOT! says:
LOL
ROBOT! says:
i think u gong gong alr
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
ok i take back all my words
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
sorry to disturb you
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
but those words i have been wanting to say for very long
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
dont ignore me ok?
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
we shall still be good friends like before
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
k? corina?
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
it wont hurt to just say bye, but it would hurt me alot if you dont
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
bye
ROBOT! says:
LOL
ROBOT! says:
hmm bye
ROBOT! says:
LOL
РĻằ†׀ńŭмWįņţεř™Leon► says:
ok bye hope to see you back in school
ROBOT! says:
yea
For fun and laughter!
The Mole Reporting. Now that he is gone...I am harder to solve for.
Yo people! been slacking recently with everything. even the cls blog! hee sorry =x ok here goes 2 compressed weeks
After much crap and the sian stuff it is always hardwarming to go for a nolstagic trip to high school
So we went. of course w/o dom's best friend.. whatever la i wonder why u all say that haha
Haojiemei goes to the high school. for some hao food
Yeah Yeah~ Even the express-lane-phobic came.
Tantalisyn could finish all her food?!
And as usual. we had loads of sleeping
Timtay asleep. even in sleep he shows his strength. flexflex woah
the ultimate. mcwc mugging technique. use it and u are way beyond the event horizon. by sleeping, rate of increase of absorbtion is more than proportional to the amount of work done put in by your brain, W=Fs
We have Jeenloong sleeping. My fav shot ^^ taken with one hand and the other to pose for him XD
Speaking of which. Jeenlong's been slightly lucky as of late.
From source B written by prof mok, we know that JeenLoong, from xiang nian his princess, to securing his dreams of his life by engaging in their dreams once again by having a chacha date with Lizzin.
"Save that dance for me again" Lizzin
So they sent a volley of passion hot steamy smses. You MAY want to refer to Source B to figure out the contents.
Haii. Then now. Shortly a week later. this had to be observed
First you dance with lizzin. then u dance with Aresgirl. then u sms. then you have this. hmm. really wonder what goes on.
At the 6v outing at orchard,
We can observe from the above picture that Jeenloong, just like Koreanna and her good friend, are having a peach-flower-luck streak.
We invited Owj to outing before he left. Sorta like a farewell.
And guess what. At the final moments of parting. The pioneer and grand master of the AOSA left us the ultimate move.
WARNING. DO NOT PRACTICE W/O GAINING THE BASICS LIKE THE CROSS LEG VARIANT AND WALL LEVI.
AOSA MASTER MOVE 051. 两袖清风 Two sleeves in clear winds.
1MBA! To make things harder the manual was recorded SIDEWAYS to facilitate the difficult learning curve of this advanced move. THUMBS UP!
But then, just like markcheng's waterbottle.
Life goes on. So the new chem tcher arrived
Picture of convenience! Ms chen's no and email and stuff are shown!
Even though she wont go with us to highschool when sian to eat. wont invite us to wii. wont be letting us eat some 66% dark chocolate. wont be continuing the AOSA tradition..
Well. Life goes on. Welcome to HC! hope we will have a gd time
Life goes on with Edwin and Feli (:
And one of the members of the 东方神起 Tongzi got the Hokkien proficiency award! MOMG we can now spread our influence beyond japan and korean into the Hokkien market woah XD
Dong ge clips his hair. Doesnt seem very long to me tho. hmm
Meng ge does some heavy mathematical tanking.
There was zhen who was obviously up to some hankypanky with his yufei
But surprisingly can still slp while patuo-ing! Wake up! Anger in the air!
6v had GEMS in collaboration with the upcoming Racial Harmonic Day, where we constantly experience a net restoring force acting towards the equilibrium position so that we do not cause anymore racial riots and/or discrimination against some tintay.
Wash hand first before. So we wont have to whole class take mc tmr.
Gong3 Qing4 stunned by sifu's prowess tossing ability
Had much fun tossing and twirling them. And creating huge holes. And wasting ard10 pratas.
Of course we ate them. We even dabaoed XD
In a quiet corner of the canteen though. Lizzin hugged jiamin, seeking for the comfort and care she needed. where was he to be?
Yet unknown to her. jeeloong was hidden away and forced to swallow and tahan this venomous, no doubt soft, squiggly worm for his atrocious deeds toward the many women of his life.
No one can save him.
To be trapped inside a neutral room. A room where zero gravtitational force is experienced. The force exerted by Leon F=GMm/R^2 is neutralised since its energy used as calculated by Leon's power*time ratio is not enough to overcome the energy req for the enthalpy change of neutralisation of the Gfield-less room.
Daniao. meep. i got alot of bird food to feast on. *Happy*
The legendary saga of jeenlong and his harem had just began to unfold. Perhaps. We are merely on the tip of the iceberg.
What will happen to the fate of our young scrawny Malaysian lad? WIll he suffer and finally die in the hands of the evil? Will good triumph over evil?
will he be able to swoon all the girls? Or awaken to his final destiny, and go for loyal MONOgamy. By setting up huge barriers to entry for other girls from entering his industry. And being a unique product by proving how tahanable he is.
I found this extremely touching and inspiring real life account while surfing forums and thus decided to post it here to share with you guys. Get into the mood for the post with this song. Click the play button and read on...
DO NOT PROCEED TO READ THE TEXT WITHOUT THE SONG.
Yesterday...JeenLoong, a scrawny Malaysian youth, sat in solitude. His pearly eyes glinted as though the stars in the night sky as he resided into the backdrop of the hustling and bustling KAP. Those eyes were filled with sorrow and despair as he gazed upon a neoprint of a girl in his left hand, a neoprint of a princess, his princess.
In his mind he sought to recollect the scenes during dance-sport sabbaticals, the moments when every instant was filled with bliss and ecstasy, the time when every thing else in the world became oblivious to him, however the memories were fading fast, just like the neoprint in his hands. His princess was so close yet so far, he knew she was nearby but could not feel her presence anymore, he knew that they were losing touch, and his tears welled up in his eyes.
He felt hopelessly inferior, if only he had confessed earlier, she would have been his for good. Now, its far too late, someone had already done so before him, he regretted his indecisiveness but he understood that regrets would only beget more sorrow.
On his right hand was a handphone with an unsent message: "Yanni, could you and Lizzin come over to KAP to have have dinner with me?" He pondered over whether he should send it, he was afraid of failure as his vulnerable heart was scarred by countless past rejections. However, Lizzin to JeenLoong was like oxygen to us, without her, he would never be able to stand up against world. He had no option, as he tapped on the "send" button, he prayed.
The response was unforgiving: "I'm so sorry, Lizzin wants to have dinner at my house." His prayers were not answered. Disappointment gripped him like a vice. He was immobilised, stunned by the biggest rejection he had ever experience. It took him awhile to recover. Nevertheless, he typed: "But my heart yearns for her, I am improving my English just for you Lizzin, why can't you sacrify abit for me? I missed the dance we did together during sabbatical, could you come down now and dance with me? ChaCha or Waltz?"
The reply from Lizzin was absolutely unexpected: "Actually, I missed the dances we did together too, save that dance for me, I really cannot make it today. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, don't miss me dear!"
JeenLoong was stunned beyond words, he thought he was dreaming. He even went to the extent of asking the MacDonald cashier to pinch him. It was reality, a dream come true. His princess was his after all. All these happened yesterday...
Moral of the story: 1) Don't assume, always ask! 2) Don't listen to TongZi, take your time. 3) Don't lend your friends your phone.
If anybody feels like correcting the above story, you may want to msn me with the accurate details of messages sent.
The details of the story is purely fictional and any resemblance is purely coincidental.
Blocks are over, results are also more or less back (:
Congrats to those who did well (: *erhum timothy erhum yanqi* hahaha. To those of us who didn't do as well, fret not! Take this as a learning journey, and jiayou for promos alright! <3
Right. hahaha (:
Next week we'll be CT-less cus Dr Ang volunteered to go Austria with choir ):
Never mind, Dompapa and Jiaminmama will take good care of you guys (:
Next week we'll be giving out envelops so you guys can fill in ur parent's names, and ur address, so that ur result slip will be sent to ur home :X haha.
and also, we need to have GEMS soon (:
For those who still do not know, Dom and I have managed to convince the Indian stall uncle to teach us how to make roti prata (x
so yep, pls think up some dates and stuff, i'll be asking you guys in greater detail tmr during CT
It's been a while since I last took a day off work to spend with J. It's either age or the lack of imagination (or both) such that when we had a chance to spend the day together last Friday, we were both somewhat at a loss as to where next to explore.
After brunch at our favourite Killiney Road kopitiam, for want of somewhere to go, we started to wander along Killiney Road. J was in no mood to test the gurkha guard at Dublin road, hence we just continued walking - place one foot ahead of the other, feel the ground.
bye, Xiao Kang
After the row of shop houses, there were the gates of the condominiums - and a quiet driveway soon appeared, lined with cars parked illegally under the wise, dense shade of banyan trees.
There was graffiti all along the wall of the driveway, at the end of which the two-storey building stood, now truly abandoned. In February this year, the courts had ruled that the hotel should be sold. I've heard so much about the hotel: its bar, the Australian boarder who had lived there for 30 years, its ghost stories, a short documentary about the hotel The Mitre Spell had played at the 2007 Singapore Film Festival...
I was too spooked out. Only J dared to venture to the porch.
145 Killiney Road would be an address to boast about. In its place a few years later would no doubt be another block or two of private apartments for wealthy young Singaporeans and more expatriates. Another remote world on our small island.
bye, Nan Qiao
Somewhat saddened, we continued walking till we hit River Valley Road. From there, we went towards Mohamed Sultan Road. The doors to the pubs were closed, and even though their names have all changed - ah, the memories. Off Mohamed Sultan Road is the quiet Kim Yan Road. The low conserved shop houses there have been converted into homes and fancy offices. What did not survive was the original campus of the Nan Chiau Secondary School. All that remained were two gate posts.
Please, boys and girls, we did not build this island on sappy sentimentalism! Straighten your backs, dry your eyes, quit sighing and just move on.
Joseph, me, Kathy and Jeff at Ouachita
Me, Sarah and Kathy at Beaver
