butter chicken? i'd rather eat sand.

okay..not really. but yes, butter chicken really is overrated.
and i'm back :))
one day early i know..appears i made calculation errors.

and i nearly missed the flight back home.

and i'm sick sick sick :(

will update again with pictures when i feel like it :)

true love lasts a lifetime for some. it did for him and his queen.

maybe santa forgot to bring me mine.

i hope it lasts...

flying to india tomorrow morning! :)
hopefully it'd be good.

today's a happy happy day :)
tea with g8 except nicole the pig who refused to come.

and daddy got me a christmas present!
i don't think it's that expensive but nevertheless..
didn't expect one cause my lappy was supposed to be both my birthday and christmas present.
it's from river island :)

it's a barret..hahahaaha.
i never expect my daddy to know river island existed, let alone know about barrets..
maybe he just saw the picture i took with jo on my screensaver :)

i'm a happy happy girl!
for more reasons than one :))

christmas comes early for those who have been good all year round :)


HAHAHAHAHA....
i just received a letter in the mail yesterday, and i'm $200 dollars richer.
okay..not YET. i'll have to wait till next year.


but still...good progress award.
i have to ask a question - WHAT PROGRESS?!
hahahahahahahaha...
my grades have been relatively constant no?
but then again, it's money so i'm not complaining :)

just a few weeks ago i was still whining at the fact that bursary awards are useless.
why?
BECAUSE I GET THEM EVERY YEAR AND I DON'T QUALIFY FOR IT.
how frustrating is that?
every year, at the end of november, a letter comes telling you you've done well enough to get some money.
then it mockingly goes "HA! YOU DON'T QUALIFY!" straight into your face.


i mean right? if the government wants to give awards based on merit, those who are good enough shold just get the money without haveing to fulfill the dumb condition of a monthly household income of less than $4000.


HOW MANY FAMILIES TODAY BELONG TO THAT CATEGORY?
i've got 3 working adults in the family la..
even if i don't i don't think that criterior can be fulfilled.
i'm gonna go live with my grandparents.

presenting the useless:

and the not-so-useless-though-they-could-have-been-more-generous:

hokai..shan't be a bitch.
it's been 5 years since i've gotten the good progress thingy mahjigy..
the government should give more money.
i think they have too much.


but whoo hoo..maybe now i can get myself a coloured holga:)
but the mother knows about it so chances are i won't get to spend it on anything i like without her approval.
thanks.


anyways..got myself a vivitar camera from some guy online..
i'm starting to regret it though i don't know how the pictures are gonna turn out..
i should have just gotten myself a holga as planned.
oh wells..i'll save and get it next year :)

i'm damn near to being bankrupt.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING MONEY WHEN YOU CAN'T SPEND IT?!

i'm depressed.
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i want a holga k-200 camera!
sure, it looks like a toy camera, but i want it! :(
i just can't buy it now because i've been spending so much money over the past few days!
if i transfer $60 bucks to another account, my mum will demand to know where it went.
AND THERE'S A SPREE GOING ON BUT NOBODY WANTS TO BUY IT SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ORDERS TO GET IT FOR $45 :(

if anoyone's interested go to the following website k?
please???
so that i can get it too.
http://khloee.livejournal.com/4642.html#cutid1

i hate it when i want something, can afford it, but can't get it. :(
and i can't get a holga 120CFN as well because of the same reason - i can't spend so much in such a short time span.
how fair is that?!
and the holga 120CFN is expensive too.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...............
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

one butter chicken!

newsflash: I'M GOING TO INDIA.
no kidding.
surprising is it not? first laos and now india. what the hell is wrong with jerine?
how about everything? i'm actually amazed at myself. 1 year ago i would never have volunteered to do community work, let alone go all the way to laos to do it.
and a year ago, europe was the place to conquer on my to-go list.
it's funny how people change huh?

those who knew me in secondary school, namely the 8s and the hand full who were close to me, are shocked at the person i'm coming to be.
wide eye wonder.
i was miss prim and proper. a perfectionist.
i didn't fancy kids, never liked getting dirty, i would never have associated myself with the typical ah lians and chinky people, well, yeah. and basically, in life everything had to be perfect.
or near perfection.

maybe i'm finally growing up.
maybe.
god knows...

and anyways...going to india definitely wasn't my idea.
the father thought it was time for a change since i've been going to expensive places for the past few years.
oh well...at least it's northern india and not southern.
how knows? maybe i'll snag some a-list hottie from bollywood.
or maybe just bring val the northern indian pilot she's pining for.

been hanging out with the girlies for the past few days.
val just came back from japan and now she's off to vietnam.
and when she comes back, tree will be back to. and i'm leaving.
greatness.

work is nearly as overrated as paris hilton without underwear.

if there's one thing that's annoying the ants in my pants, it's the fact that EVERYONE is working.
well damn near everyone.

that's the problem with holidays.
before it approaches, everyone yearns for it, and make plans as if they're malibu barbie instead of regular 17 year olds.
but when it comes around, everyone scrambles around, looking for a job as if their life depended on it.
and when they've found a keeper, you can kiss whatever you've planned goodbye.

and because i'm not working, what have i got to do but ROT?
no, i'm not going to hit town alone.

i must admit i'm fortunate enough to spend half of my year-end school vacation overseas.
and just because this is the 1st year in 47890276582907643 years that i'm stucked in singapore during this period, i'm bored out of my wits.
i'm moulding. it shouldn't surprise me to find fungi growing on my arms soon.

and it's that fortune that cause this misfortune.
having travelled to most usual holiday destinations, and the not so usual ones, i've got limited places left to go.
and no, i still refuse to go to china. sorry, i'm biased that way.

singaporeans are getting too rich too quickly.
there are no more private tours going anywhere i want to go.
at this time, even tour group tours don't matter.
i just want to go somewhere! okay...somewhere that i WANT to go.

central europe's getting a tad boring. afterall, when you've been to london, paris, switzerland, germany, italy, there are not many places left for holidaying.
but there's still spain and holland that i wanna go to :)
and boring is an understatement for asia. japan and korea are have-beens, so are hong kong, bali, thailand, nepal, you know the likes...blah.
austalia just doesn't appeal to me.
new zealand has to wait till my aunt goes back. she's a pr there.
and apparently my parents aren't interested in a road trip in america. LA's conquered territory, but that was eons ago. i've only got pictures as memory. my dad's been there so many times he couldn't tell me how many. a few for my mum too.

just a random note, i was made in america.

so yes. there are places i want to go. plenty.
just that people don't usually go to these places.
i wanna go to south america; brazil, columbia, venezula....
how many people you know have actually been there?
africa too. south africa, kenya..
EASTERN EUROPE! russia, east germany, poland, many!

now the only place that we can go is MELBOURNE.
oh joy...
life can't get any better can it?

anyone wants to take me somewhere?
i'm on the brink of hurting myself.

and she appeared from the manhole.

pictures from towning with nic and sandra :)

don't come near......

or i'll SHOOT :)

hallelujah! it's growing :) it's not so short anymore :))

overdued pictures :)

poopy! she's damn cute i swear.

the boy who keeps putting crabs in my pockets. he tried to put in down my shirt too. poor carb died a horrible death. some kid that's rather protective of me smashed it. hahaha. ouch.

when one door closes, try the window. yep, it's difficult to keep them out.

the REALLY tall bamboos we chopped with parangs to make fences and swings :) it took me forever to get one down but some 13 year old boy did it with 3 chops.

onn :) my hero! having luch my the corridoor one afternoon when paveena said "jerine, DON'T MOVE" i turned around, only to find a HUGE mambo jambo dog beside me. so yes, i screamed like madness and onn CARRIED the huge dog away! so sweet la..my knight in shining armour :)

pop and her little sister mew. pop's adorable to the max.

us cam-whoring at some cave during R&R day because we were soooo NOT interested in the millions of buddhas in the cave that we travelled so long to see =x

atikah: my unglam counterpart.

pyrena and i at lunch. she's my bus mate :)

random sunset on the most boring rest and recreation trip ever. UNTIL.....

the WATERFALL:) it was fun going into the water knowing we weren't supposed to :)

us! bur, but nice :)

see the 7 idiots who risked their lives walking across the falls? it was worth it. highlight of the day:) even thumbie's long lecture after that was worth it.

jerald, or jerald-INE. hahaha. pass your camera to a guy like him for safekeeping and he ends us cam whoring.

paint the mural! not friends! LOL. a work of art. my masterpiece :) tim doesn't look to happy though. hahaha.

tim did the one on berlyn. she said i should have done his without mercy.
the night we decided to have dinner on our own. it was good :) come to think of it, anything would be actually..especially after days of eating the same food.

sneakers! taken on the swing at new daraphet. i forgot to take a picture of it again. :(

outdoor cooking! we got rather grossed out though..i would have thought it better had i not been in the cooking group. so....

...i decided to continue doing my part for the mural instead of cooking :) see the cresent and stars? it was done in near darkness and mostly free-hand because the pencil markings were gone. i'm proud of it. i did a really nice circle free hand on the laos flag too :)

sonika and mon :)

she's really pretty isn't she?

emomei! that's her name. haha. emo mei. suits her well because she rarely smiles! she opened up though..pretty and cute when she laughs! :))

i've learnt never to ask chang cheng to take pictures after this picture and the next one. that guy takes YEARS. and when you are about to give up and not ready, he snaps. does it on purpose!

my name in lao :))

pyrena and jeraldine.

indian dance group rocks :)

ning nong..a smile from the heart :)

wen jie and dj being BULLIES!

the lovely kaisone :) she's the one who drew me a picture :)

choi and noong.

3 out of the 6 who painted the mural. see the flags??? i'm proud of them :))

tip. my favourite twins younger sister :)

xayana! taken just before leaving luang prabang.

sexy tim at the night market on the last night at chiang mai.

us making our way back to the hotel on the mini bus. i swear we nearly didn't make it back. with mel and merin shouting "lor mak mak" (very handsome) out of the mini bus to that whole tuk tuk filled with crazy men, we would probably have gotten raped.

we're like the epitome of unglamness.