As the saying goes,"害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无". Or to put it more simply,the world is full of double-faced people to guard against.

For some reason,that statement came into my mind yesterday when a certain friend told me who was it who started the rumours.Honestly speaking,I was suspicious of her but I never thought for sure that she would be the one.Oh,I know she was a rumour-monger all right,but in front of me she was all smiley and friendly and helpful.But right behind my back,she started spreading all those lies.Talk about being a hypocritical bitch.My friend was like,"You have to forgive her la...she's a _____"Then we started laughing cos in my few (thank GOD!) years of dealing with _____,I have to agree with that.It's like in their nature or something to talk behind people's backs.

Funnily though,I find it much easier to ignore those rumours now that I know who started it.What do I care anyway?Firstly,like my friend said,she's a _____ and since they are more inclined to gossip and spread rumours...well,I will just have to be the bigger person here and forgive those poor souls.My heart goes out to them.After all,they can't help who they are born to be.If I were to confront her about it,that would be equivalent to bullying a person with an IQ of 60.Oh,I could lash out and publicize it and reveal her identity and put it as my facebook status or something,but frankly speaking,I have more important things I would rather be doing.Like...hmmm,floss,I guess?Something along that line.Anyway,my close friends never believed that and that's all that matters.In fact,it's much more fun to laugh about it among ourselves:D

Oh,I wouldn't say she's completely useless...she did teach me a thing or two:1) there ARE a lot of double-faced bitches around 2)Kissing asses and taking credit for other people's work?Why not?

HAHAHHAHA!!!:))) Gosh I am so enlightened.And since I'm so refined and cultivated now,I shall stop making fun of that poor little simpleton:D Ah-hem.That aside...


Life has a funny way of turning out fine,even sometimes when it feels like your life is over,it's meaningless,it's stupid.Especially when the road we were taking is particularly rocky and we blame ourselves for choosing that path when we came to that metaphorical crossroad in life.But as the Chinese saying goes,塞翁失马，焉知非福.There have been a lot of times in my life when things turned out to be a blessing in disguise.Like when I was in Sec 3 and 4,things were especially hard for me,what with all the O'levels stress,friendship and health problems.In the end,my health took a toll on me.If I had taken the exams in the best of health and mind,I probably would have gone off to a JC,where I probably would have spent the next 2 years poring over Physics and Chemistry again,despite knowing full well that I want nothing to do with sciences,be it currently or in the future.Because let's face it,most people still think that by getting into a good school,then a good university,you will be all set for life.I know that choosing to go to a tertiary institution is not exactly the route most DHS students would choose but turns out,I had the time of my life there.I must say,my first year could very well be the happiest year in my life.I was surrounded by friends who eventually became my most favourite people in the world.See?It's a blessing in disguise all right.

To say my second year was,to put it poetically,shit would be an understatement.Surrounded by backstabbing,hypocritical people who think they are God's gift to humankind,from the way they keep putting others down.Urrghh.I feel the bile rising up from my stomach.So Year 3 didn't start out great too,cos some of Satan's cronies were there.Whatever.But because of that,I got to know a whole new group of friends,through some Year 1 friends,and they too,became some of my favourite people in the world:) So in the end,3.1 didn't turn out so bad after all.Another blessing in disguise.

I meant to blog about this for the longest time,but only got around to blogging about it today because of a similar conversation with a friend the previous night and because I happened to pass by the area near DHS this afternoon.That brought back memories and of course,the motivation to complete this post.Like I said,life's funny and it's no use dwelling on the past,all the "what-ifs" or "if-onlys",cos eventually,everything would turn out fine.I prefer to see my cup as half-full:) Of course I'm not saying that you shouldn't complain or grouse about life...life can be pretty bitchy sometimes.Just...let out all the frustrations then move on again.Nobody ever said that life is a bed of roses.

Just came back from the Science Centre with Pauline - went to watch the Body Worlds Exhibition.It was fascinating,seeing all those well-preserved bodies, though all those medical and biology terms did not make much sense to us.LOL we started off the exhibition with much interest,stopping at every single exhibit and reading intently.Towards the end of it,we got tired and just looked at the exhibits without taking in the information next to it.We wouldn't have understood it anyway hahahaha.But all in all,I think it was worth the money...the only thing that spoilt the whole experience was the inconsiderate people there.Some incidents were amusing,some were just downright irritating.

The exhibition started off with the...start of the human life.As in,how babies are conceived and how they grow in the mother's womb etc.And right there,in front of the notice board that printed information on the whole...conceiving process (note that there are illustrations too),blocking everybody was a couple who looked to be our age.What got me half-amused,half-irritated was that the guy was all over the girl.Talk about choosing the right spot hahahha.For God's sake,go get a room.Sheeeesh.I resisted the insane urge to remark loudly,"Wah got live demonstration somemore ah?"

Similarly in that place was a glass case showing the size of the embryos at different weeks of the pregnancy process.Pauline and I were looking at it when this woman just kind of sidled up to us and started talking about her own experience of suffering a miscarriage.It was a sad,painful story and at first I felt sorry for her.But all that disappeared in a flash the instant she started talking about Adam and Eve and started pulling all these flyers about a Christmas celebration happening somewhere.What the hell.Making use of a room full of people to preach and pull people to go to church?I can't really remember what she said - I adopted my usual "one ear in,one ear out" method when dealing with people who tried to make me believe in Christianity.Freaking irritating.I hate it when people do that.Like we would all go to hell or something if we don't believe in the Creator,even if we were some great philanthropists or did something Gandhi-like.Bullcrap.She would have continued talking about Christianity to us if we hadn't walked away.Later on,I heard her talking the same thing to a group of Malays.WTF,what is she trying to do,spark a religion conflict?

Third annoying thing in the same place:little kids.Well,ok,actually,little kids in the whole exhibition room.Kids are just going around playing and shouting and getting into everybody's way.Why do parents bring their kids to this kind of exhibition anyway?Like they could understand it at all.Especially the first part of the exhibition (the conceiving babies part).I heard one little girl asking her father the tricky question of where do babies come from. I think the father just told her to go and see for herself.Sheesh then what's the point of bringing her?I doubt she could understand any of those scientific terms or even the pictures.And isn't that the one question that most parents would avoid discussing or even hope that their child would eventually learn about it themselves in school?

(Sidetrack a bit: I remember when I was real young,I asked my mother that same question,to which she took the easy way out.She told me she found me in the rubbish bin.LOL.But at that time I was too young to understand what she meant by that.)

Anyway,my point is:there should be an age limit for the people entering that exhibition.Kids who act all grown-up are damn annoying too.Like there was this girl who looked like she's in P4,grabbing the hands of her two younger brothers,who are supposedly giggling at the whole conceiving process.She was pulling them along and saying in a loud,bossy way,"THIS IS NOT FUNNY OK?THIS IS HOW YOU ARE BORN!"It's the authoritative,loud,superior way she said it that kind of grated on my nerves.Honestly.Sure sure,you are old enough to understand the whole process,but I don't think everybody in the room wants to know that.Like I said,there should be an age limit.Like rated NC-16 or something hahahaha.But by then the whole target audience would probably drop by half or something.

What else...hmmm...ah,China people there.That's nothing new I guess.They behave the same way there as they do everywhere else:talking as though they are in the middle of a busy wet market.Bloody irritating,the way they shout,especially when I'm standing next to them.They seem to think that the people they are talking to are standing 10 metres away from them,or are deaf.Well,keep that up and I just might turn deaf thanks to them.

Maybe we should have gone on a weekday or something.I bet it would be much more peaceful and quiet.But overall,I would still say I had a great time.I had always thought the Science Centre was a pretty boring place but after seeing all the different science exhibits today,I kind of changed my mind.Might come back one day and spend the whole day there=)

I realise I haven't exactly been keeping the most updated blog around recently. I would love to talk more about my internship,except that there are currently some.....restrictions,should I say=) You see, there's this little game that I have invented with a certain good friend with regards to our internship and not everybody is aware of it.So until we've played it with the people around us,I'm not going to divulge anything related to my internship=D HAHAHAHA god I love messing with other people.

Hmm.....just a quick update on my social life for the past 3 weeks.On one Saturday (can't remember which it was),I went to Yuen's house with Ben.Just kinda lazed around and watched the guys play on Yuen's Xbox I think.Can't remember.Then Ham came around and I left for my grandmother's birthday celebration at this bank building....can't remember which bank it was.Think it's HSBC.Anyway.Fantastic food, plus we get our own private room and personal waiters.Damn coool hahahha.The bill at the end was even cooler.Nearly $2000 for 16 people.Jeez.Kudos to my aunt,who paid for the bill without batting a single eyelid.LOL.I wish I could be like that one day.Maybe one day,when Singapore starts snowing.I went home that day with a tummy bursting with food worth more than $100.I swear,that is easily the most expensive meal I ever had in my entire life.

Then 2 Sundays ago,went to watch 2012 with my favourite people in the world - Pauline,Ben,Yuen,Kwek,Ham,Kangjie and Xiuhuan.Met for lunch at AMK Hub's New York New York first.Continured playing our game with our second victim.The experience with our first victim yielded super entertaining results=D Lunch was damn fun.Then walked around AMK Hub and sat down at a restaurant to play Truth or Dare while waiting for the movie at 7.30pm.The movie was ok, I guess.The plot was somewhat typical.I guess the main thing was the effects,that's all.After that,the guys wanted to have dinner so just went with them, since I wasn't in the mood to return home early.Unfortunately,when they finished dinner (or supper),I missed the last bus home.The guys were great-Ben offered to call his dad to give me a lift home but in the end,Yuen said he would send me home.It's so awesome to have a friend who can drive=D

Then....went to watch Astroboy last Sunday,again with Yuen and Benjamin.I was in a slightly crazy mood...I had the most insane urge to just splurge and spend.Retail therapy?I guess.Last week hasn't exactly been my happiest week.Lots of frustration and anger building up.I wanted to just spend and spend like there's no tomorrow.In the end I didn't spend all that much-just an Esprit top and a huge Tigger toy.It's the cutest thing!And most importantly,it's huge=)Makes it even better to hug to sleep.I have no idea what's wrong with me - soft toys have never played a big part in my life.But now,all of a sudden,I have the strongest desire to surround myself with huge soft toys.Weird.It's like the childhood part of me that relates to soft toys came a bit too late.Or maybe sometimes,only soft toys can provide you with the hug that you need in your own bedroom.In any case,I gotta stop this weird growing obsession.My mom's not particularly pleased and I don't know how long she will buy the "my friends bought it for me" story I have been feeding her.Yes,I lied that my friends bought the Tigger toy for me.Much more convenient than explaining to her why I want a huge soft toy to hug.
On another sidenote,I am getting incredibly pissed with the clothes stores here.I decided that I should help the local retail market or something,so I went to buy a new cardigan in VivoCity that day,instead of ordering online.And also,to carry out my retail therapy plan.But when I stepped into shops like Forever 21 and Topshop,all the clothes there are waaaaay out of my size.For God's sake,why can't retailers remember that not all people are an M in size??There were some nice clothes that I don't mind buying but unfortunately,none of them came in my size.Pfft.Fine then,they have just lost themselves a potential customer.

Anyway....life's ok now but one person (perhaps even more) in my class really got onto my nerves.I see no reason why you have to interfere in my business and my life.What's it worth to you to know?I have never spoken to you and vice versa.Hell,you barely know me and now you are judging me?Who died and made you my own personal critic?I view you with the utmost comtempt and scorn.I have never thought much of you before but after that,I think even less of you.Go be a tree-hugger or something.That would offer more light to your dull,boring life.Pfffft.Losers.

Anyway,on another unrelated note...you know that new show coming up?The one that has been over-advertised,featuring Dai Yangtian and Jeanette Aw.I can't wait for that show!=D HAHAHHAA I bet it's gonna be another loser of a Mediacorp production.I'm so going to watch that!I had sooooo much fun dissing The Little Nyonya.It's the stupidest,lamest excuse for a "blockbuster" drama ever.I bet it makes all other blockbuster dramas in the world want to cringe and dry up in embarrassment.I watched it purely for laughs because honestly,who ever heard of a little girl who can walk all the way from Singapore to Malacca on foot?WTH,she would have died of hunger or been captured by baddies first.If the distance from Singapore to Malacca were the same as that from one end to the other end of Pulau Ubin,I would have an easier time believing it.LOL and that was only one of the numerous pathetic,doesn't-make-a-notch-of-sense things in the show.I wish Mediacorp would do themselves a favour and stop the heavy advertisements.And please,for the love of God,no more Jeanette Aw please.She's just going to be another poor,pathetic heroine who shows her "strength" in times of adversity.They are so obviously banking on the success of the Little Nyonya (though I bet half the viewers are watching it plainly to laugh,like me) to garner more viewership, by using almost exactly the same cast.And since Mediacorp is so creative and all,I'm willing to bet the plot will be similar.The ill-fated heroine,the handsome Prince Charming,the evil people....blah blah blah.Come on!This type of plot is so old,John McCain looks young in comparison.
So yup,if time permits,I would watch this show and offer my ah.....views on my blog(:Of course,I could be optimistic and benevolent and admit that this show might be different,that it could turn out to be an eye-opener.But frankly,I'm not holding my breath here and I bet not many people are,too.

I had thought my birthday this year is gonna be a dud cos everybody's busy with internship/university life.But on the contrary, it was one of my happiest and most memorable birthdays ever(:

Firstly,a big THANK YOU to all those who wished me happy birthday,whether it's through sms/msn/facebook. I must say, Facebook is awesome. Loads of people, even those whom I have not spoken to in at least 3 years,even my juniors,all left a message on my wall.I can only conclude that this is all due to the birthday reminder thing that Facebook has.Whatever.All hail Facebook!HAHAHAHA(:

Yup,big thanks to Pauline,Ben,Julie,Jasper,Kwek,Yuen,Kangjie,Ham,Xiuhuan,Jiayin,Hui Shan,Ming Shuan,Kang Qi,Donovan,Zhou Mo,Germaine,Doris,Xianghong,Xinyu,Ashraf and others(:
Anyway on Saturday,went out for lunch with my Sec 4 friends, Ming Shuan,Donovan and Weiting at Bugis and got this from them:

IS IT ADORABLE OR WHAT?:D hahaha I'm not really a fan of soft toys but this is really the cutest thing (I think it's Dale by the way). There's something about it that makes you just go "awwwww" and want to pick it up and squeeze it tightly.

On Sunday,I went out with some of my favourite people in my Poly life to Clarke Quay - Pauline,Ben,Jenny,Kwek,Yuen,Ham,Kangjie and Xiuhuan. Jenny bought a cake for me too!♥ Hahah I'm not sure who's sharing in the price of the cake but thanks to all of them all the same:D Had dinner at Billy Bombers at Central while waiting for Kangjie to come from work,the poor thing. Dinner was super fun! Ham took a liking to the statue-like Obama and asked the staff if he can bring it home.DOTS hahahah.I asked him what he will do if they gave him permission to take it and he deadpans,"Just bring home lor."Bearing in mind that he wasn't driving that day and will be taking the MRT home.I WISH the staff had said yes=D
Anyway,after dinner,the staff carried the cake to our table and the music playing in the restaurant changed to the birthday song.Honestly speaking,I was quite embarrassed but in a happy way.It may seem shocking,but this is the first time anybody outside of my family has ever bought me a birthday cake to celebrate with.Usually for my birthdays,I just settled for a meal with all my friends.The cake was fantastic...I managed to finish one slice despite the heavy dinner I had before. Then after that we head down to The Clinic at Clarke Quay,which is this bar designed to look like the interior of a hospital,complete with hospital beds and wheelchairs for the seats. Even the drinks come served in IV bags that you can drink out of a "drip". Waaaay cool.Yuen was the only one who ordered it...forgot what it's called.Jenny and I settled for the Sea Breeze.It seems like the guys are the experts in ordering drinks so we just kind of let them do all the ordering.I guess everybody was kind of tired,or maybe it's just the thought of work the next day,so we didn't stay long.Shall let the pictures do the talking=)

Ham ordered this super tall burger,with an American flag on top,and it kept threatening to fall over.I guess this could be a sad metaphor for America's economy now?

♥♥♥♥♥:D (YES I'VE TURNED 19,NOT 20)

See the IV bag?Coooool huh=D

HAHAHA the people behind looks like some kind of apparition right?I wonder who's the genius who took this picture=D

And it's all thanks to all the people below:

(No prizes for guessing who that is=))

Yep,I have the some of the coolest and greatest friends anybody can wish for((: ♥♥♥ Friends,eat your heart out!;)

(On a sidenote:some people are just plain f**ked-up assholes and bitches.Total slimebags who should so get out there and have a life maaaan)

Got our SIP company allocations today.I don't understand how some people are so excited about it.What's so exciting about SIP?It's just going to work plus must update your tutors.Very exciting meh?Oh well.Anyway,I got Ministry of Information,Communications and the Arts.What a long title.It's ok,I guess.Reasonable pay,not very far,plus Joy and Doris got the same company as me.Thank goodness!I was worrying about being the only one.Even worse,being in the same company as Napoleon or any of the sheep.OMG!Talk about a nightmare.Lucky don't have ah,or I will die for my tutors to see.HAHA!Anyway,on to my update on my happy week!=)

Tuesday(1 Sept):Nothing much.Covered the day shift for another nurse and worked from 8.30am to 4.30pm.Then after that rushed to tuition for the P4 girl,Valerie,and her P6 sister,Vanessa.Stress level X100 already ok!I don't like teaching kids who have major exams.Firstly,I'm not a qualified teacher.Secondly,I will feel responsible if she does not do well.Thirdly,I don't know how to solve her Maths problems.Hahah!Surprised?Cos I will use algebra to solve the problems and I'm not sure if they are taught that already or not.I've forgotten what primary school methods are used to solve Maths problem sums then I have to think and think of ways to simplify the questions.Sigh.Headache.

Wednesday(2 Sept):Went to Sentosa AGAIN.With Pauline,Ben,Claudia and Hui Xian.Will put the pics up later.Got burnt but I think I'm much better than the rest cos I didn't play volleyball with them.But we did play with water and took lots of pictures under the sun.Super fun!Then after that Pauline,Ben and I went off to Ham's house for BBQ party.Met Michelle and Jenny at Serangoon MRT station at around 4plus then took bus to Serangoon Gardens,where Ham stays.Xiuhuan and Kwek were already there,barbequeing the food.Played with Hammie!!Ham's dog.Super super cute and cuddly.Then after that went to eat outside.Heard that it was Kwek who bought the food and cooked it.Thanks so much,Kwek!=) Actually it's mostly the guys who did the barbequeing.Very nice and gentlemenly of them.Hahah it's quite nice to have a change of roles for once.The food was really nice...not only are there standard BBQ food like chicken wings and satays,but also have lots of other er...unique food haha.Can't really remember got what else.Then...played with lightsticks and sparklers.Haha I tried a long time to get a picture of Yuen dancing but always failed miserably.After that,took group pictures then went to Ham's room to slack.I was surprised that Ham has a guitar in his room.LOL Yuen said he tried to teach Ham to play the guitar but Ham got lazy and won't practise so he gave up on him.Ham's room is the greatest!So cosy and lots of entertainment.The guys played some game on his television while us girls basically stoned cos we were quite tired already.Then Michelle's dad came at 9pm like that and fetched us home.

Thursday(3 Sept):Went for movie marathon with Shi Wei at Tampines.Watched Up first at 11am at Century Square.A very nice,touching and cute story.As expected of Pixar haha.Then went for short lunch and then continued with The Proposal at Tampines Mall.A somewhat typical story but it's damn funny.Plus Ryan Reynolds is super good-looking=) So yup, a really satisfying day cos I got to see the 2 movies I want to watch the most.

Friday(4 Sept):SLEEEEP!Hahaha seriously.I think all the excitement for the past few days finally caught up to me and I slept a lot on that day.

Sunday (6 Sept):Ming Shuan's birthday party!Happy 19th,gal=) Went Parkway first with Kang Qi and Phamelia to buy present for her.Haha kinda last-minute,I know.Bought a super cute big soft toy bunny for her,cos she said once that she wants stuffed toys for her birthday.Also bought a big heart-shaped balloon for her.Then Phamelia went off for her family thing and Kang Qi and I went to Ming Shuan's house.I shared one of my problems with her and she said something which got me thinking for a long time afterwards.Anyway.When we reached Ming Shuan's house,the party was already in full swing.Most of them are her NTU friends and only spotted Michelle,Pin Qi,Donovan and Jun Qi.Ate the remaining pieces of pizza and some fingerfoods.Then Kang Qi has to go home early to do her homework so I left with her.

Monday(7 Sept):After SIP launch,met with Ben,Pauline and Clover for lunch at Long John's at TM.I feel immensely guilty cos I keep eating the crispy...things(don't know what that's called) that comes with the meal.Arghh.Guiltguiltguilt.Then...also bought a pair of earrings at Minibits.40% off!Might as well buy.I think karma came back for me again cos I very stupidly lost the earrings I bought there a few days back.SIGH.I told Pauline my suspicions and whenever I said something mean,she will be like,"EH!Karma ah!"LOL.Now I can't even vent my frustrations??How annoying.Then went back at around 2plus cos the 3 of them are playing badminton along with Ke Yuan,Wanyun,Sandra,Kim Jian and this guy I don't know.I just watched them for a while then left early cos got something on at night.

Anyway.Pictures pictures.

Some really long overdue updates.In a nutshell:

Last Saturday(29 August):had a sort of farewell lunch for Phamelia with the rest of the class at Thaipan.Kang Qi,Ming Shuan and I went Parkway first to buy a present for her and eventually decided on a balloon.I ended up being the one to hold it all the way to Mandarin Gardens but I don't mind.It was kind of fun haha!Met the rest of the class at around 1pm plus.Chatted,laughed,took pictures.

Monday(31 August): Ben had 4 free tickets to take the Skytower at Sentosa so he invited me and Pauline along.Personally I don't really like Sentosa-the tickets to the attractions are enough to burn a hole in my pocket.Plus it's really nothing much.Take that Skytower for instance-we just go up there in this big capsule-thing which rotates for about 10 minutes and come down and that alone costs 12 freaking dollars.I wonder who in their right mind will spend that kind of money on things like that.Thank goodness it's free or I would never have stepped on to that thing.There's really nothing much to see too.Anyway.Shortly after we came down,it started raining so we went Subway to eat and chat.When the rain stopped,we went back Vivo to walk around and left at around 4plus I think.I went off to my new tutee's house.She lives in some landed property tucked away deep inside on top of some hill and I nearly died.The stupid tuition agency lady told me it's"very easy to go one!"My foot!I'm probably the only one dumb enough to believe her.In the end I gave up and cabbed inside.Luckily the taxi driver lives around that area so he pointed out the shortcut to reach that house.If you would call a ten-minute walk up and down a hill a shortcut.
Anyway.My new tutee is a P4 girl and she is scarily inquisitive and bright.Eee I don't like kids who are too smart.They ask a lot of questions,like when I taught her on the chapter of heat,she kept asking questions like"How is lightning formed?" "Why does friction produce heat?" For God's sake,do I look like an encyclopedia?Worse still,for the whole of the time,her mother is sitting behind us,doing her stuff,and it's damn stressful.I want to anyhow whack some rubbish out also cannot.Sigh.And because she has learned abacus before,she can do mental sums like nobody's business.SIGH.Stress level X10 there.And OMG she has 11 assessment books just for Maths alone.I nearly fainted when she carried all those out to me.What the hell,I have 11 assessment books for all 5 subjects when I was in Primary 4.Strangely,she doesn't seemed overwhelmed by the staggering tower of assessment books.I suspect her mother,whom I can tell is one of those ultra kiasu types,has been feeding her with things like,"Must do more assesment books!Then get good grades and can become a doctor and be respected"yadda yadda.Oooh this reminds me. The previous Friday night I was working,there was a DHS student.I don't recognize him but his card stated his school.I was somewhat excited cos I never thought I have a junior staying so near me,so I told his father that I was from DHS too.So the father kind of smiled at me and asked where I am now.When I told him I went to TP,he suddenly turned agitated!I kid you not.He was like,"See la!It's people like you lor!"
I was taken aback.That was not the response I expected.It then dawned onto me that the father was expecting me to have gone up to some prestigious JC then off to NTU or NUS,the standard route for nearly all DHS students.To him,those who did not follow the DHS-JC-uni route have practically committed a heinous crime and should be flayed to within an inch of our lives or something.PFFT!!What an old fuddy-duddy.Meanwhile the father was storming about how his son wanted to become a football manager.A football manager!He looked ready to pull his hair out right there and then.Looks like his dreams of having his son graduate from RJC and SMU are going up in smokes.Poof!Hahhaha.It would be quite amusing if I weren't so disturbed by his narrow-minded attitude.Then he went on to talk about how having an A'level cert is so much better and can open greater doors and opportunities in the future blah blah blah.Honestly!That pissed me off a little.JCs are for people who want to become doctors and architects and lawyers and all those prestigious jobs out there.The other group of people are those who,as my DHS friends have told me,have no idea what they want to major in and are taking the 2 extra years to think about it."It's a waste of time"were their exact words.And since I harbour zero desires to become a doctor or lawyer,I see no reason why I should go on to a JC.Plus I hate sciences and I know I will die in JC life.That father is clearly one of those typical proud parents who refuse to admit that their son might be destined for something else other than a prestigious line of work,especially since he's a DHS graduate.Poor kid.But really,a football manager in Singapore...I could kind of see why his father looked like he's going to have a heart attack.

Oh well,so much for a short update.Guess I got carried away by the old stick-in-the-mud father.Going out to Ming Shuan's party and tomorrow will be SIP launch already.SIGHHHH.Will update in future,if I have the time.

I was watching the Victoria's Secret Fashion show on Thursday night out of curiosity.What is it about their fashion show that has the fashion critics and everybody raving about it?After watching it,I could kind of see why.It's not only the Angels parading around in funky lingerie and the trademark angel and butterfly wings and all,it's more of the whole...atmosphere of the fashion show that gets everybody all high and excited.The music,the whole stage setup,the decorations....etc etc.Sure,of course the Angels play a big role.They wave,smile,blow kisses to the audience,dance along to the music whenever posssible and flirt with the cameras aka the audience at home,making it all more energetic and fun and party-like instead of the traditional fashion shows.You will have to watch it to know what I mean.And after the first segment of the show,a section came up where the reporters,I guess,asked all the celebrities seated there as well as the Angels themselves,who is Victoria.They all appeared baffled by the question and at the end of the section,the words,"Who is Victoria?And what is her secret?"came out.Ooooh mysterious.

That got me thinking.Unlike brands like Chanel and Armani which are named after real-life designers,I have never heard of the designer whom Victoria's Secret is named after.So I think Victoria doesn't exist at all.It's just a fictitious name created by....well,whoever created the brand obviously.I think I have heard of something along the line that Victoria's Secret-as in the shop-was started by this guy who felt embarrassed being seen buying lingerie for his wife.Is his wife's name Victoria?Or maybe he's just looking for a name which suggests...femininity,friendliness(well obviously not Victoria Beckham.That's another story) and yet with a hint of class and superiority?At least,that's how the name Victoria sounds to me.Isn't Victoria the type of name typically given to the British monarchy?It smells of royalty haha.Then adding a "Secret" behind the name and the whole mystical feel is there.You get a brand which seems to suggest that by taking one step closer towards it,you will get a feel of the surreal unknown.In a good way,of course.It's like a friend who beckons to you to come closer and have an experience out of the world.Perhaps it uses the power of the imagination to catch the people's attention-their marketing technique is to appear mysterious and secretive,so that people will be intrigued enough to want to venture deeper and know more about the brand?Come to think of it,the whole part about asking the audience who is Victoria is probably another clever marketing gimmick to enhance that mysterious image,when even the high-profile celebrities and the Angels themselves,who are like perched way up there on the highest rung of the fashion ladder,don't know who they are dealing with.It's as though Victoria is some higher being,the goddess of high-end fashion or something.Hey that's it!Victoria is the muse behind all the designers and event coordinators and basically everybody involved in the Victoria's Secret Fashion show!Their inspiration behind creating such amazing outfits and accessories and the super creative,stunning fashion show.Haha I think that's my best answer yet.

Oh my goodness this sounds so much like a Brand Management analysis but strangely,I'm having fun=) if only homework is half as fun as this.Anyway,I just took a closer look at my Victoria's Secret clothes (contrary to popular belief,they do sell clothes too,not only lingerie) and there,besides the beatifully crafted VS logo,is the tiny sentence"Fashion's best kept secret".Guess I was somewhat right about the mystery part then.