I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY...
That Friday’s a public holiday! Qing Ming Festival is a big deal here. The last few mornings we were watching the news and they said that travel agencies were making money now as more people plan to go overseas...
But we don’t have a long weekend as we are expected to go back to work on Saturday... ):
BOO....
So apparently KK was talking about the plan about going to Zhu Hai – Macau – Chong san it’s meant to be executed this weekend.
Unfortunately FOR SOME reason... our visa that the school applied is only ONE ENTRY! Means that if we leave China, we can’t stay for more than 14 days and every 14 days we have to leave the country either Macau or HK to renew our visa before going back to He Shan. DRAT.
The CDI woman texted me a message saying my pictures are once again unacceptable.
Well, I’m in China for OSIP. My sketches are at home, Singapore. Do the maths.
Results are out. I’m so depressed. Si Si’s GP IS SKYROCKET! I’m happy for her but I feel lousier and maybe I don’t deserve the chance to be here so WHAT ON EARTH AM I DOING HERE?
I have improved a little. But I don’t think a local uni would accept me. Would have to go through interviews... WHAT AM I DOING? I feel like I’ve let my parents down as they are paying school fees. Like I’m underperforming? My portfolio is good... SO WHAT? I’m never satisfied with what I am/have.
Oh wells, life goes on.
Went out to eat dinner again. This time Kenneth came along as he brought Sharlene, Jing Pei, Si Si and I to the PSP gaming shop as Sharlene wanted to get games. A Chun from the office drove us there. Gib didn’t join us.... KK would find us later for dinner as he was having a meeting.
This is dedicated to Xiao Wen:
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It looks like Kanda to me... The shop sells Gundam models, games for consoles and figurines. There were Bleach figurines, Ichigo, Aizen, Renji etc.
We walked to the claypot restaurant for dinner.
KK ordered the dishes as I looked at the menu....
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PEPPER LUNCH? It’s beef claypot with egg! Yummy!
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That’s Kenneth. They served us tea. Kenneth said they served different tea for males and females.
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MUA CHEE FOR DINNER?
Nope, that’s the chicken the brown sugar like things are onion garnish with something else...
We had two types of claypot rice, one with ikan billis or what they call silver fish, and the other has Lap Qiong, Chinese dried sweet sausage. The soup was ABC soup. Haha, we call it ABC back home. It consist of pork and carrots. Two veggie dishes. Chinese cabbage... and eggplant again! I love eggplant now! When I get back to Singapore, I’ll ask dad to cook it for me. ^__^
We even had dessert to wrap up dinner!
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Sago with sweet corn. Love the sago it’s chewier and bigger than the ones in dessert stalls in kopitiams. Don’t think it was coconut milk. Taste like evaporated milk to me. (:
During dinner we talked about Kenneth’s past and about the company. Learn a lot more about Kenneth, we rarely eat with him although he’s our supervisor, KK is the one we hang out most with. Kenneth has a sister who graduated from TP Business school too! She interned at a law firm and is offered a scholarship to UK. O_O Wish I was THAT capable.
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Dad sent me an sms this morning but I only discovered it before I knocked off. So I replied him with Starhub free smses. Man Utd won Roma away 2-0! Hope the team doesn’t get complacent and we will get into the semis! Can’t believe we draw lots this year and our opponent was Roma whom we thrashed 6-0 last year. Are they still smarting from that lost? Still remember arrogant Totti speaking at the conference before that game in OT. HAHA who had the last laugh I wonder?
Good nights! ^___^ I better turn in, it’s 12 25!

YES I DID IT! Coloured all my clothes today and left the tiny details like hair, shoes, and face. I can finish all by tomorrow! Then I can start on Kenneth’s client’s things... and winter wear/ outer wear designs for the fabric the company is doing. I shall not go too much into explaining as I don’t think the boss would like me to.
The boss and Kenneth came back today, a day earlier than their expected return on Wednesday.
Today, the rain sorta stopped. Was freezing my butt off in the office yesterday! My hands were so cold till my fingers were purple and more of my veins appeared under my skin.
Went to town with KK to get some groceries and to check out the DVD shops. We are all bored of the tv and I went to hunt anime.
The first shop was HUGE! EVEN SELLS BLU-RAY DISC! Had the latest flicks and serials, also had tons of Korean and Cantonese shows. They also have CDs. Unfortunately the animation is pretty limited. They had Cardcaptor though. Lots of Naruto. Disney and Pixar shows. Even Teletubbies, Barney etc.
KK and Sharlene bought A LOT. Real cheap like 10 Yuan per movie. Korean dramas at 60. They had Investigavtive Inquiry Agency too! Cantonese I’m not sure... Even expensive documentaries too! KK bought it.
The next shop was in a place sort of like the town’s Sim Lim. At the second floor there’s an arcade. On the third floor, it’s a techies paradise.
AH! THEY HAVE ANIME HERE!
Crayon Shin Chan, Cardcaptor, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Ronin Kenshin, Claymore, BLEACH!!!, Prince of Tennis!!!, Yakitate Japan!, Saiyuki (Reload Gun Lock I think...) Had Sailormoon and other shoujos but I’m not interested and they had some hentai GROSS! Got a rude shock while browsing.
Checked out the disc at the computer in the shop.
): Bleach has Japanese dubs but no subs.
Yakitate is in CANTONESE!
Saiyuki’s in Chinese dub.
Prince of Tennis thank goodness is in Japanese dubs with Chinese subs. Don’t think I can find English subs in any show here... So I got it. 2 disc dvds for 12 yuan. Oh wells. At least I don’t have to wait every Sunday 530 to watch PoT right?
But I went back and discovered it was PoT OVA. Better than nothing. I’ll get the complete season at Zhuhai or something.
Our last stop was the supermarket, not the giant one we always go to. I got the French bread in packets that Sharlene eats, and it’s advertised on the telly. Got love letters with assorted cream filling and the cream corn snack that I bought at the supermarket near gram’s house. Groceries was 13.6 Yuan and I spent a total of 25.6 Yuan today.
We were the last few customers in the supermarket. They close at 1030. After paying, I moved down the counter and found something VERY AMUSING near the lollipop bucket...
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TENNIS NO OUJISAMA candy!
But there’s no Kaidoh ): No Tezuka.
The only one from the squad’s that’s there is....
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Fuku bucho Oishi Senpai! T___T AW... poor Oishi. He’s left on the shelf with Horio kun and the two others and the Ryoma fangirl. Sad case...
Went back to the dorm to test the disc and it works out fine! So I guess I’m satisfied ^_^
NIGHTS!

Really stressed. Finished the lining the leftovers from Saturday. I got the girl I can’t remember her name, to help me photocopy my drawings. Then I started colouring the toning then the skin. Real tedious. Hopefully I can finish colouring all by weds. Still have Kenneth’s sketches to do....
So bogged down by this how can I last in the industry? Plus I’m just an intern and the workload is nothing compared to permanent staff’s.
Finally dinner came and my crank died down. Maybe I was just hungry...
I managed to colour half of my papers so I guess I’m doing fine. I’m not one who keeps a planner, but I set goals for myself mentally and try to meet them. I did, so I should relax a bit but I can’t!
Didn’t bother to watch movies today.
As of last night, Sharlene moved into Jing Pei’s room. I feel bad as she slept on the sofa for a week.
So the room’s a bit quite now. Suprisingly, my jeans which I washed yesterday has dried pretty fast although I left it in the cupboard and opened the doors. It’s raining outside and I never want to hang any laundry outside as our balcony faces a construction plot and my undies and shirt got dirtied a little.
I guess leaving the ventilator on in the room while we aren’t around made my clothes dry fast. My jeans smell good, I was really through with the washing so don’t worry mom! I am self-diagnosed OCD and am really particular about certain things. Cleanliness is one of them, although my desk at home maybe a mess to you...
So we are on top of the table! DAD! I realised that they have live football here! I watched Chelsea vs Boro. Darned those blues won. Plus Tottenham got thrashed by Newcastle 3-1. MY POOR TOTTENHAM T___T their form this season dipped. But it’s good that Newcastle won, they have tons of experienced players who were from the Big Four but they can’t perform well as a team. This win brings them three ranks ahead of relegation zone...
United’s still on top! ^___^ GO DEVILS!

BOO. ):
Due to some miscommunications, we didn’t go to Jiang Men in the end.
The guard woke us up early at 8 saying that Boss is downstairs waiting. O_O We all got a shock and took such a long time to get ready ( we were still in our jammies!) and she couldn’t wait as she was taking a ferry from Jiang Meng to HK.
I couldn’t go back to sleep.
Ended up watching tv the whole day! Some Sunday...
The first program I watched was this Chinese version of CSI, local show. The starting is so funny! They could give CSI a run for their money! But alas, I love my CSI, nothing compares to it. They ran more than three episodes at a go, but I only watched two before switching channels.
Watched My Girl. Yes they showed in on channel U recently, LEE JUN KI! SO PRETTY SO PRETTY! >__< Okay, stop it.
We went to down to eat with KK who was very busy. So in a way, missing the chance to go to Jiang Meng is okay. He’s busy and we sure don’t want to get in his way, has plenty of important things to do unlike us....
Food in the canteen is always good! I think KK could tell we were disappointed about the Jiang Men incident this morning. He said he will call us for dinner around 6ish. Gave us a couple of choices. KFC. Macs OR Steamboat fish? Gib, Si Si and I couldn’t decide so we told him anything.
Gosh, even the guards could tell we were really down and he knocked on our door again to give us two boxes of egg tarts. Was at Gib’s room with Si Si, leeching off his internet, SORRY GIB! >__<
After my laptop batt conked out on me, I returned to the room and we watched yet another show. At first, Si Si and Sharlene thought it was boring, but I told them to stick with it.
A Time to Love. Starring Vicki Zhao.
Lovely colours, I don’t usually watch romance. It generally pisses me off because it’s so soapy, you cry buckets over something similar to a fairy tale. If it has a dash of violence and a lot of pain, maybe I’d watch d:. Call me a sadist but I love some to be realistic.
It’s a modern Chinese take on Romeo and Juliet, but you won’t get sick of the plot unlike other shows. Slow moving but beautiful cinematography. Loved the clothes she wore. Simple sleeveless empire dresses and Vans kind of slippers. Granny kind of blouses with trousers and bags and her hair, always in plaits.
Love the part when she was cycling with the guy. ^__^
Happy ending. (: Typical, but I don’t we all love happy endings even though the cynical part of you goes BAH!

We ate the egg tarts during the show. They taste different, the egg has a light taste, frothy and sweet like cheese cake! The crust is pastry. Not biscuit like.
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Si Si and I, oh gosh I look GROSS but the egg tarts look good don’t they?
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Si Si trying to tempt Sharlene who never eats but looks like she’s too engrossed with her PSP to care about us.
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The box comes in 6, so each of us had two tarts to ourselves.
ZOMG OH NOOOOOEEEEEE there is PRINCE OF TENNIS! But they were showing the ending. Thinking that it ended, we switched channels and watch Hey Arthur. After it ended channel surfed again and guess what PoT was still on! DARN!
Showing the match where Inui played against Renji. Think it’s season 4?
T____T
Inui senpai! INUI x KAIDOH = emerald pair LOVE <3 <3 <3
^___^
I miss my doujins and my LJ communities....
I CANT STAND THIS. I MISS VEOH, CRUNCHYROLL AND YOUTUBE!
We met at 6 plus for dinner. FISH STEAMBOAT! Sounds queer but I’m excited. It has been raining the whole day and the thought of having steamboat makes me feel warm already!
The fish was SO FRESH! That even though they were sliced, you could see some parts moving. >___< Had fried dumplings and roasted goose. The dumplings were GOOD. Not the usual dumplings back home like in Old Chang Kee, yellow skin, thin. But the dumplings had this beige keropok like skin, sort of like pastry? Soup tasted great too! Basically, everything was good. Think I might put on some weight before I leave! I better watch my diet! >___<
KK also called for this vinegar drink. You know I’m not very found of vinegar but this vinegar is special! It’s sorta like Zapple, but tastier, the smell takes a while for you to get used to it.
We ate food in a special room, it’s separated from the place. A little cabin on its on around 9x9? I can’t estimate. The ceiling is like Scandinavian! The wood.... Real cosy! And the hot boiling pot of steamboat fish.... YUMS! Whilst eating, we watched TVB. A gameshow called SUPER hosted by Eric Tsang and 3 others. One of whom KK said is Jacky Chan’s protégé, a real tall dude unlike Chan.
They had a funny little jingle before and after commercials. The show invites Hong Kong celebs and they take advantage of the actresses with their silly, cheeky games that encourages body contact. They even have the Japanese originated Human Tetris. First Taiwan copied it. Now it’s Hong Kong. But it’s hilarious watching celebs making a fool out of themselves. Sometimes the shapes are pretty easy and you don’t have to position your body accordingly. But perhaps out of panic, they do so.
After dinner, we walked back to the factory. Chilly, but good after a meal. (: Feels great!
Came back and watched TV again, seriously today’s TV day. OH SHAWN YUE!!! He’s on the movie! And the movie’s real lame. There’s like a lesbian couple in it too. Shawn Yue’s love interest is not good looking at all! How can this be??? Maybe he was just a newbie then...
Ah, I shall dream of PoT and Shawn Yue....

Today we were issued our working cards to be tapped at the gate every morning and at the time when we knock off work. The office lady also gave us our China SIM cards with our local numbers. The doctor in the forth floor also came looking for us to ask us whether we want to order lunch which was a shocker cos it came in mess tins and I have no utensils. The other colleagues said they bring their own utensils from home. Thank goodness Si Si was sensible to bring a fork, spoon and teaspoon. I used her teaspoon and Sharlene used her fork. Then Sharlene cancelled lunch. And Si Si and I were left eating. The food is pretty good, just too oily and we had a hard time washing our own mess tins because none of us has dishwashing liquid.
I resumed work doing more sketches and the boss was nice enough to give us some comments. She’s so busy and all... I don’t exactly know where I’m going right now because I haven no research T___T I feel so lousy. Sketched and coloured but nothing is being confirmed so far. At least I got her valued comments, it steers me to the right direction.
Didn’t eat dinner it was mess tins and it feels gross to eat from something that isn’t squeaky clean. I’ve a slight case of self diagnosed OCD.
Today on the Jiang Men Public channel, they were screening A Good Dragon. Again, an ancient show in the 80s. Looking at the hair, the clothes; you know it’s the 80s! This time Andy Lau is the lead. Comedy. Almost without a plot, the title is so misleading sounds like another gang show no? Andy Lau is the young boss of a big company in HK. The lead actress, is so pretty, tomboyish like Anita Mui, lean with a short bob (80s hair!) and BIG BIG EYES! She is a girl who lives with her mother in a part of HK where there’s an island? Okay so ambiguous because Hong Kong IS an island. She lives near the sea where they always have illegal immigrants from the mainland crossing over to HK there. Her mom is an owner of a cafe and a shrewd woman who cheats in mah-jong. She got someone to signal to her other people’s cards and thus enable her to win the game easily.
The girl finds a job in the city and on the first day, she nearly gets run over by Andy Lau who’s driving his Porsche and she stomps on his hood yelling “SO WHAT IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY!” and flipped him a birdie. Haha, can’t imagine an Asian shoving his/her middle finger in the 80s... too warped!
J-rockers love to smile and wave their middle fingers proudly, sometimes with attitude and I wonder do they understand what it means...
Back to the story, Andy Lau was hiring a new personnel to work in his company and his office has a large mirror/window, enabling him to see the people outside, and the people outside do not know that it’s window. So there was a swarm of women crowding the supposed mirror touching up their make up. It was then he found out the girl was applying for a job in his company. He is taken up by her because she carried herself differently from other girls.
Now Andy Lau lives with his mother and an annoying girl cousin. She is a born and bred country bumpkin from the mainland capital. She is crude and is obviously enjoying her life of luxury now. She has a bad habit of letting foul words slip out of her mouth. So Andy’s mother corrects her by telling her to say vulgarities in English so it isn’t so crass. Hun Dan is Mix Egg, Qu ni ma de is Your mother’s gone and one more but I forgot! So Andy has to bring his cousin out on his yacht and she was being the whiny wilful girl she is, because her cousin wasn’t paying much attention to her she pushed him down his own yacht and he ended up swimming with a bunch of immigrants from mainland to the shores of Hong Kong. That’s when he met the girl. The girl didn’t know he was her boss and has completely forgotten the incident where she flashed him a finger.
So the show went on with Andy Lau pulling the girl out of sticky situations with his influence. But I didn’t finish the show because I fell asleep.

Gosh, working in Saturday. Miserable isn’t it? But for me, I’m working hard drawing out my final models with the confirmed designs. 25 figures. ): And after I line them, I got to colour them. Working with the iPod makes things a lot easier. Glad the boss let us have this freedom of doing so. It’s like the music plays and your fingers fly... not along piano keys or guitar strings, but on the paper. My wrist is numb, flipping the magazines that the boss left with us, drawing the figures and erasing imperfections.
Sometimes I wish I was a lot braver; doing the designs on the models itself then I wouldn’t have to do double work of drawing models after I sketch. -___- Why do I love to make my life so difficult? I am lazy, yet when I do work, I go around the bush.
OOO the boss’s so kind! She gave us a card of the local hairdressers she goes to. So we are all going for a wash later. But I don’t think I will go. She also told us that she is going to Jiang men, a town 30 mins from here, tomorrow. There’s a nail bar in a hotel that she frequents and she gave us a card, said the driver will bring us there tomorrow. >__< I CAN’T WAIT! Finally we are going out of this town! Not that I detest it but I love to explore you see.
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KK brought us out for dinner today. Near A Pollow. It’s a roasted meat restaurant, serving chicken and goose, their house speciality.
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It’s like Boon Tong Kee back home.
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Sharlene ate! Yes she is trying to hide the fact that she’s hungry! How can one survive just on biscuits alone for lunch and dinner?
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Gib and his MOUNTAIN of rice that looks like ice kachang in his bowl, courtesy of Jing Pei who doesn’t eat much either... Man do I feel like a pig now, compared to those two...
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The giant teapot that they served us with. KIDDING. How can the girl carry such a gigantic teapot?
After dinner we went to the saloon. It’s packed! And there were guys in the shop too, washing their hair. At this place they have packages that include facial when you wash your hair and other things. Sharlene, Si Si, Jing Pei, Gib and EVEN KK went to wash their hair. The boss is downstairs doing her hair as well as she will be leaving to meet the client in HK tomorrow.
Sharlene got more than what she bargained for, the lady who did her hair decided to try something out on her...
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Jing Pei and Sharlene pose with their washed, shiny hair,
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Sharlene looks so Korean doesn’t she?
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Jing Pei is trying to hide from me her Arnie jaw. Really! My jaw is so sharp and strong that’s why I’m stubborn.
Everyone walked out of the shop happy with their fresh scalps! Haha, what a way to put it. KK suggested to head into KFC! Sharlene was totally hung up over the Shrimp Cheese balls that she saw in the tv during commercials. So we went to try it. 6 yuan a stick.
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There is KFC here too! This town is developed! Its industrialised. It has KFC AND McDonalds.
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Welcome to KFC!
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Whilst queuing, I saw this girl with lovely riding boots, love the gold hooks. People here can dress up you know? I know the misconceptions we have about so called CHEENA people but really! They dress better than those so called Ah Lians in Singapore.
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YUMMS, would love to eat spicy wings. Just so you know, they give plastic gloves to all customers eating chicken even though they have a sink in the restaurant. Not exactly eco friendly...
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The desserts are better! Yam flavoured egg tarts...
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The salad looks so Thai... Unlike the usual Caesars you get back home.
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Even the uniform is different! PINK? Not a KFC colour.... The McDonalds uniform differs too from home. It’s more stylish, a nice polo with a long slim button stand. Real classy! And there are stripes. Will take a picture again the next time I visit Macs.
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Outside the restaurant, too crowded they are hosting a children’s party and the kids rushed down from the second floor so the ground floor is pretty full... KK poses with the cool KFC box!
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The box isn’t a flap open box, it’s a folded one. Cool packaging eh?
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Mom and Dad, I AM EATING! Don’t worry!
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Anatomy of a shrimp ball.... See the pinkish thing in the centre? That’s the shrimp. How finely its positioned...
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The advertisement really is deceiving, the shrimp ball isn’t as cheesy as pictures. It’s like Burger King’s cheese sticks back home. By the time you bite into it, the cheese has cooled down and it’s not melted. ):
Cabbed home after supper. Too much channel surfing to watch a movie...

THE BOSS PICKED OUT MY DESIGNS TODAY! This means a lot to me. I’m so happy, on cloud number nine! She picked out 25 or my 47 designs. My entire hotel uniform drawings and my casual wear for both men and women.
LA LA LA LA. It must be the Plastic Tree songs that I was listening to this past two days. Puts me in a mellow mood. ^___^
Went online to thanks to Gib. I emailed my mom and sis. Mom’s watching Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung! On Channel U back home and she responded immediately when there was a commercial break. ^__^ her replies seem to lessen the distance between us. (: Wonder how’s my sister doing. According to her email, she seems to be studying very hard ever since she got her term results. That’s good.
I got to do my best here.
Shout outs to Xiao Wen and Shannon. Just talked to them on MSN. (:
HEY GUYS! I know you are real bored at work and stuff. But I’m sure you’ll learn more things than me. You guys are doing things out of your comfort zone, merchandising issues. For me, I’m out of my comfort zone literally as I’m in Heshan, but I’m doing things that I’m at ease with. So you all are champions! I hope you all, Bao Fang, Hui Min, Trixie, Gui Yue, May, Wan Ling, Yin Yin, Claris, Mei Hui, Jessica etc, enjoy your internship while you can. Maybe it seems like a dread now but 7 weeks isn’t exactly long. In fact time flies as we get older. 7 weeks will come and go and soon we will be doing our 3rd year modules... and Final Year Project! O_O I know, things are pretty rushed. It’s been 2 years since we got to know each other and even though I regret a little coming to this course as the future looks bleak for me, I’m glad that I’ve come to TP and was able to get to know you all. It was a pleasure, really!
So whatever your subordinates ask you to do at work, whether photocopying (Xiao Wen ^__^), cutting samples, emailing, photoshoping (Wan Ling), sales (May and Yin Yin), buying lunches(?) O_O etc. Give it your best effort! Because if you don’t, people look down on you and I’m sure we all don’t like others to think we are incapable, irresponsible etc. Plus, if we impress them with the menial task that they give us, perhaps they will entrust us with more important things from then on right? (:
God bless and take care!

I have decided to eat lunch only on odd days. Monday Wednesday and Friday.
Work isn’t so taxing because the boss gave me and Si Si a couple of magazines and I could ask Gib or Jing Pei to let me use the computer in the office when they aren’t using it. I am gearing towards the ‘In’ spring theme of safari that’s concurrent in several labels for a couple of seasons already. It’s safe to go towards the African theme. Think deserts, Sahara, Africa, Australia, Camel not the animal the brand, think they have a cross country competition in Land Rover Jeeps annually, Timberland etc. Something outdoors yet classy.
Went to look for the boss I want to hear her opinions and thoughts and if she doesn’t like where I’m going, I’ll change it. Try to do as many sketches as possible.
So far, none of my stuff is selected. She doesn’t go OH GOOOD or NICE. And it’s a little bit ): I don’t want or feel the need for people to praise me. I just need her approval because it seems like I’m not getting it and I feel so useless. They shouldn’t have hired me I shouldn’t be here. Someone else better should be here in my place, someone more deserving like Yin Yin, Shannon, Wan Ling. Someone who’s hardworking, doesn’t get discouraged easily. T___T Am I so third rated? This is so depressing. The weather outside is as depressing.
I have the works of many fashion schools across the world and it’s so amazing. Their first year students are comparable to professionals. Their ability to sew surpasses onlookers expectations. I guess I have to work harder!
Today we took the company bus which leaves at 7 on weekdays, to the town central. Gib and Jing Pei are going to get their laundry and Sharlene who stopped eating mess tins completely, and I are going to get some snacks to ease our hunger. YES! We’re going to the supermarket again. On the way, Jing Pei and Sharlene went bread hunting. Apparently the number of bakeries here exceed my expectations. Bread is slightly cheaper, like 3 yuan for a roll? And 20 yuan for a 6-8” cheese cake? But I was feeling stingy and decided not to get the lovely looking sandwich. HA! Even the devil can’t tempt me d: since I survived walking into bakeries selling yummy bread.
We walk quite a bit to get to the supermarket, passing by streets we haven’t walked by. Shoe shops, clothing shops, handphone shops, pharmacies, eateries, electronic shops...
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YO YO YO CHECK THIS OUT!!! This store is pretty cool huh? Yes there are a number of cool shops here. This one is an urban street theme. Hip hop style. Has NBA collectibles on the display window in the front. Bobbleheads of basketballers and strange, footballers as well. Entire Brazilian team.
Took a while getting to the supermarket, which made me worried a little, thought we were lost because we got off at the laundry shop today, not at the street where we usually stop to get to the supermarket.
I rushed to the snack section at the supermarket after grabbing a trolley and empty the contents inside, which were jellies, tossed it somewhere. How irresponsible right? But I searched HIGH and low for the Khong Guan biscuit tins. Finally, I found the shelf and they had a couple of brands, some Malaysian/Indonesian ones as well, but no Khong Guan. Ah wells, doesn’t matter. So I did my math, and ZOMG the most expensive tin costs 70 yuan which is like 13 SGD! And they are all about the same type of assorted biscuits! WHY?
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Anyway, cheapo me bought a 26 Yuan one. I don’t know how much they cost in Singapore because my late gramps used to buy them for my sis and I when he came to visit us before his illness. I am not so close to him, but I miss him and I really want to thank God for opening my gramps heart and letting him receive Christ before his passing. OKAY ENOUG SOAP! Back to where I was...
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I also grabbed some soda crackers.
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It’s really safe to eat things in China. All those food scares in the news about things manufactured here... See, an ISO? For quality? Ah, I’m not sure.
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Bought myself 2 different packets of 3 instant cup noodles to eat on weekends when there’s no food provided.
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Yummy flavours aren’t they?
Sharlene got a call from Regina, our boss who went out with Kenneth to pass samples to a client. The boss asked us if we have eaten. All of us want to eat except Sharlene... -__- That girl... So the driver picked us up later and drove us to where we were going to eat.
A Pollow. That’s the name of the restaurant, it serves Western, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Thai cuisine. We passed it on our way from the launderette to the supermarket. Sharlene was commenting about wanting to eat there. And THERE, her wish came true, so she ate. A Pollow interior has an Italian diner look. We had a VIP room on the third floor all by ourselves.
ZOMG there’s a flat screen tv! And the ceiling is beautiful. AND I WAS SERVED COKE! I miss the taste. I have been laying off carbonated drinks for quite a few years. But I need sugar now and then. Regina recommended us some food as we browse through the menu. I was tempted to order a lot of things! Hungry! But it’s kinda mean to order expensive things when your boss is footing the bill right?
Sharlene wanted to order some sushi.
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Put together sushi anyone? ^___^ This cracked me up. I think they meant assorted. The menu was a good read. I am not belittling it but it was good comic relief.
So I settled for an Unagi fried rice with mushroom. Sharlene had cheese broccoli! YUMS! Si Si had mutton fried rice? Jing Pei had spaghetti, and Gib ordered something beef. The boss also called for some light snacks like sandwich and their famous stuffed chicken wings which taste like glutinous rice stuffed inside. She also offered us some of her hot stone pot rice with eggplant. It’s a specialty the rice, got to hurry up cook it or it will stick as it burns in the pot.
We talked about the company and job and country related things over dinner. So the boss has been working here for 3 years. Previously she owns a company in Singapore and she hired TP graduates too. That explains why she picked our school for student attachments... Kenneth graduated from MDIS and has been here for about 3 months. Interesting... there are a lot of things I want to know... Anyway dinner ended and the boss got the driver to bring all of us back. It was a really nice dinner. (:
An Aaron Kwok show, quite recent surprisingly, is showing on the usual channel. It’s a show set in Thailand. But I’m not interested so I slept early. Thinking about work... it’s taxing. >__<
Thinking about...
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MOM, DAD, VAL, I MISS YOU GUYS. I MISS MY PC AND ONLINE TELLY!

Today’s the first day of work. My desk is kind of in a mess right now. Also met the boss today. Her name is Regina. She felt bad that my desk had like tons of swatches on it. She also explained the current projects the company’s focussing on. She got Gib to explain to me what he has found out so far. I took down some info like the clients who buy the company’s fabric. This indicates what the target audience demographics like.
For me, I have to cater towards the slightly high-end casual/functional wear. Men’s’ and women’s. So I start drawing down some sketches... It’s kind of hard to think of ideas when you haven’t done a through research. I do not have a computer and access to the internet. It makes the works seem even more difficult. I need pictures. BADLY.
I realised that I have always been reliant on getting information on the internet so much that without it, I’m like crippled. And I’ve always been frustrated back home when the page takes too long to load. Right now there isn’t a page to load at all. So this is my first lesson on treasuring things. I’ve been taking my computer at home for granted all these while... I even like smack the screen sometimes when I’m impatient. Sounds absurd? Well, it’s true and I am guilty. T__T SORRY TO MY COMP BACK HOME!!!
But getting by work is not the least boring. It’s taxing. It only gets boring when there’s an hour left to clock in or so. Then again, don’t all working people feel this way?
Kenneth brought all of us out to eat Macs for dinner. Jing Pei didn’t join us. Afterwards, we went to the hypermarket to get some things. Gib got MORE snacks for Jing Pei. I got my mechanical pencil at 6 yuan and it comes with a lead box. And I bought an eraser too for 1 yuan. The eraser is black, soft, very much like the Pentel I use at home. Sharlene got herself a pen and Si Si got a small bottle of liquid paper because she thought it was cute. -___-
We went home and it was only 8 plus. Too early, so I switched on the telly. I’m always switching on the TV. Si Si claims there is nothing to watch and all she does is channel surf. Sharlene is like onto the news. Then I flipped on to the Jiang Men Public channel. They were screening A Better Tomorrow. An old Chow Yun Fatt show directed by John Woo. Yes the Mission Impossible guy if I’m not wrong. Real bloody show. Leslie Chung also stars in it as this guy’s brother. I can’t remember the actor name but he still acts today. Leslie Chung has an older brother who is in the triad with Chow Yun Fatt and they were in the fraud business, printing money. Mind you this is filmed in the 80s and the computers shown in the show were like ANCIENT sorta like the machines you see in those old Incredible Hulk cartoons. So the two were going into transaction when someone betrayed them and they got busted by the cops. Cops only took Leslie Chung’s brother away and he got locked up for 3 years. But on that night some one visited Leslie Chung’s house to find his brother but it ended up in the death of his father and Leslie Chung was enraged with his brother. Chow Yun Fatt steps into the picture to eliminate the suspect who betrayed him and Leslie Chung’s brother. A bloody fight ensues as Chow Yun Fatt went on a shooting rampage in a restaurant where the suspects were dinning. Knowing he was going to run out of bullets he actually dropped guns inside the potted plants that line the hallway outside. The massacre ended with him getting shot twice at his legs hence he was crippled.
So when Leslie’s brother got out of jail, he was on a clean sheet, wanting to start afresh but Leslie hates him to the core for destroying his police career (because he is related to a criminal, he can’t get promoted) and mainly for the death of their father. Leslie’s brother struggles to start afresh when he met Chow Yun Fatt who hadn’t changed a single bit just that his rank in the gang has dropped by tons and the gang is now headed by the real mastermind of the sell out 3 years ago. The guys the he killed in the restaurant were just hired guns by this guy. Chow’s mentality is bent on getting back to the old days and revenge on the new boss.
Leslie also struggles with his obsession of nailing his brother in his acts of crime but his brother on the other hand has started a new leaf working as a taxi driver in a company owned by a friend who hired ex convicts. His past catches up with him as the new boss has the urge to get rid of him and Chow so they won’t get in his way.
The ending has a surprising twist. Initially I thought that Leslie’s brother was going to be the one who dies. I mean it’s pretty straightforward. Leslie’s brother got to die for him to be forgiven it seems like the only way.
However it ends with Leslie trailing his brother after his brother left a goodbye note hinting a final showdown between the new boss, with Chow. Wanting to catch his brother so badly, he pursued. Only to get caught between the crossfire of the gang and his brother and Chow. Chow was crazier than Rambo, shooting to kill, more accurately than the police who were also at the scene. He ended the animosity between the brothers and got shot many times when caught off guard by the new gang boss who looks real SOLID! Wearing bullet proof vest I guess... Leslie and his brother ran for cover as he aimed at the fuel tank blowing the place up. This is really Mission Impossible.... No wonder John Woo was hired. Leslie silently forgives his brother by passing him the gun to his brother to shoot the new gang’s boss when he turned his back at them to surrender to the cops. The older brother handcuffs himself telling Leslie to just take him to the police. The film ended with the two brothers handcuffed to each other, walking towards the police.
This movie is old VERY OLD. Si Si and I laughed a couple of times as the timing of the sounds were off. There was a guy in the restaurant massacre who actually jumped and screamed before the bullet even reached him. HAHA. But it was good. Not your usual HongKong gang film.
It seems like this blog has turned into a blog for movie reviews! Goodnight! ^___^

Woke up early today without the help of the alarm. Somehow there’s like this clock inside you and you know you can’t be late today. The airplane leaves at 8. And we got to meet the teacher at 6. I check my phone and hey! The teacher sent a message. He’s up so early huh? It’s a Sunday. It’s Easter! Kind of sad that I couldn’t go to church today. ):
Last night, my dad brought us to eat international buffet dinner at Le Meridian Hotel. A goodbye feast? Perhaps he knew that I wasn’t going to eat properly there. It’s just that I’m too picky with my food. Which is a good and a bad thing actually. My parents and sister kept wanting me to take pictures with them. With people missing me already before I get to Guangzhou. This is so comforting and reassuring. (:
So I reached the airport and Si Si, Sharlene and Pei Hwa were there already.
When we checked in our luggage it was a shocker! Mine weights 19.8kg and the limit was 20. Si Si’s one was 20 on the dot. Sharlene’s one was like 15? What an amazing packer... Jia Wen, who was the last to arrive, her luggage, weighs 24! Wonder what she brought along. Isn’t it queer that our luggage overloads before we depart?
I wanted to eat breakie with my parents, I should have. ): But we waited with the lecturer. And then when I cleared the immigration, I saw my parents and my sister outside, waving, only a glass wall separates me from them. Gosh I sound so drama... I WILL MISS BICKERING WITH THEM ALL. T___T And my father’s lame jokes, my mom’s nagging and my annoying sister’s whining... Okay, I will just miss them.
So apparently this was the first time away from home for a long time. But it doesn’t feel like it even though I will miss my family.
The airplane was like Budget airline with more legroom and meals on board. But there was no telly as the flight was a mere 2 hours 55 minutes. It was noisy and there was slight turbulence due to the clouds. This is what being Nezha or Sun Wukong like. Too much Saiyuki, I’m sorry. Slept for a bit and woke up to eat.
They served rice with something but I didn’t bother to open. Just ate my bun with butter and the dessert- sweet potato with jelly. YUMS. Not bobo cha cha, that has coconut, this is the non-coconut version.
We touched down at 1145. Hey it’s early. Outside the window THE AIRPORT IS AMAZING. Looks so new. I didn’t expect this. When we got off the plane and walked inside the hall, I recall the New Bangkok airport which looks like this. Glass and metal.
Clearing immigration was easier than expected. Went to collect our baggage and Si Si and I found out that they wrecked our locks. Her zip with her lock attached had disappeared. The Samsonite which I borrowed from Aunty Ally the zip head’s tip broke but my lock was still there. Just that I can’t lock it anymore. Rats. WHO DID THIS? You have rotten fingers!
I spy... HEY THEY HAVE MACS IN THE AIRPORT! Ahaha.... But it’s not like I like Macs. So we found the guy with the placard holding Sharlene’s, Si Si’s and my name. Followed him and waited outside as he drove the van. We didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to Pei Hwa and Jia Wen.



The ride to the factory will take an hour. The driver told us.
Oh yes, does this look familiar?



No, it’s not Changi Airport. It’s Guangzhou’s airport control tower- I guess.
They even have palm trees! >____<
The road was so smooth we slept all the way... Cracking my eyes open occasionally to look at my surroundings. They have a Car lane, a slow land, a fast lane and an emergency lane on the expressway and it is indicated by signs. How considerate.
Love old buildings and we passed by many.
When we got to the factory in Heshan, the lift was spoilt so three kind security guards helped us carry our luggage all the way to the 6th floor. We live in room 604.



This is our room. Um part of it. Currently Sharlene sleeps on the sofa. ~___~ Feel bad, I told her to let me have the sofa since she’s taller she should take the bed... I sleep near the wall and Si Si sleeps near the door to the balcony.



Please excuse the blurriness; I must have been really excited. That is the door to our room and on the right is the toilet and on the left is our cupboard.
This is the view from our balcony. Our room faces another factory’s dorm and between us is a giant plot of land which is under construction...
We were introduced by the guard to the girl living in Room 601. Her name is Jing Pei. She’s a mass communication student from Ngee Ann Polytechnic and she’s here with her friend Gib who’s a resident at 606. They are going to be here for 5 months and they arrived a week ago. Jing Pei’s room is filled with junk food. She can’t get used to the food here and says they serve a lot of veggies. Does this mean that I won’t get used to it? >____< Not much of a veggie person. The only vegs I eat are broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, corn, melons, some leafy vegs in the soup (watercress, spinach) that’s about it. Not counting mushrooms since they are fungi.
Mr. KK Leung is bringing us to do some grocery shopping. He contacted Jing Pei. And Sharlene made a list. We need toilet paper. And a kettle cos there isn’t one to boil water. This is going to sound weird but we had to get pillows cos it isn’t hygienic to use the ones in the room.
The supermarket is big, like Giant or Carrefour sells almost everything.



The supermarket is in this building. The heart of town.



Our groceries.... Scary innit?
After grabbing our necessities, Mr KK treated us to Macs! YES I ATE MACS, SHERYL. Had a chocolate sundae. Sharlene had a vanilla cone which she forgot that she took it (yes how? It’s amazing) and the guy gave Mr. KK an extra cone. Si Si had a fillet o fish. Taste different, she says.



YES, THE HAVE MACS! Does this shock you?



Happy Meal collectibles seem to be the cups with the Olympic 2008 mascots on them.
We left without Gib, so Mr. KK bought him his spicy nuggets! Mm... wanted to eat it but I have this ulcer on my upper lip...
Meet at 6 for dinner. Mr KK is bringing us, Jing Pei and Gip and SUPRISE! Our mystery neighbour in 604- Charles, a Taiwanes with a US citizenship who’s going to be here for a YEAR. (He, according to Gib, has contacts so...)
We went to this local restaurant for dinner. Somewhat like steamboat minus the soup. Instead it’s a giant pot of porridge and you cook the meat and stuff inside the boiling pot.



That’s where we ate.



That’s the story behind the cuisine. I’m not going to embarrass myself by explaining it so I took a picture.
Guess what’s for appetizers?



Are you seeing what I’m seeing? Are you thinking what I’m thinking? DUH THEY ARE WORMS. (Just the brown things...)
Worm salad. A delicacy and a novelty- to me.



I actually ATE it! ^___^ YAY! I am a trooper! GROSS, you must be thinking. I ate 4 worms! Mr. KK kept denying that there were worms so Jing Pei won’t feel so disgusted. ^o^
Had fresh prawns, pork, noodles, rice and had some beer. Didn’t drink much, not too found of it. We were joint halfway by Kenneth, our supervisor and another guy but I forgot his name ^__^;; opps.
Kenneth suggested to go to a KTV after our meal. Being somewhat of a person who loves to experience things, I decided to go along. The boys opted out and Sharlene, Jing Pei, Si Si and I went. Wen Hua Club. It’s part of a hotel.
Really posh! We had girls welcoming us and they aren’t those stereotypical scantily clad girls. They wore some gown costume. And they aren’t heavily made-up. To summarise it, the place is no sleazy joint.
We had a room to ourselves and there was a flat screen telly! 3 longue sofas. And then...
They served us two large platters of fruits! I didn’t take a picture though. What a variety. Starfruit. Dragonfruit. Pear. Apple. Plum. Cherry Tomato etc. Some light appetizers- NO, NOT WORMS. Spicy squid, hot French fries and the usual nuts- garlic flavoured cashews.



Wait- I DO have a picture of the nice snacks! See the fruits platter? WOW right? I mean we ate quite a bit before I took that picture and it was much more magnificent. And the brown things are NOT WORMS. They are chicken wings, well part of chicken wings.
This is going to be sooo unprofessional, redundant, and irrelevant- but the colleagues taught us to play drinking games! Russian Roulette, Bluff which I haven’t mastered lost and drank a couple. Really fun! Think Chow Yun Fatt as God of Gamblers... Except I am a total amateur at gambling and I have about the worst luck in the world...
I think it was in Russian Roulette? Where I kept rolling the dice to 7 like 4-5 times and the people who had 7 on their table had to drink tons because of me. MY BAD! Gosh. Then the run ended when I rolled my own number. -___-;
Didn’t stay for too long as it was a working day tomorrow. We went back at 10, showered and had a good night’s rest. ^___^ Do not underestimate the power or sleep. It does wonders. Since I’m still sleep deprived...