| Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
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my friend jess. i have weird friends.
Mat@zz says:
i must complain to u
mei says:
what what
Mat@zz says:
i got 3 PRC chicks
Mat@zz says:
sch mates
mei says:
uh huh
Mat@zz says:
all quite hot one
mei says:
then
Mat@zz says:
keep calling me at the last week of sch to hangout
mei says:
haha
mei says:
then
Mat@zz says:
go for lecs, study thgr
Mat@zz says:
then ...
Mat@zz says:
i realised why
mei says:
THen
mei says:
why?
mei says:
you got car
Mat@zz says:
they thought i was bisexual
mei says:
...............
mei says:
OMG
Mat@zz says:
fun to hangout
mei says:
hahahahahaahahahaha
mei says:
HAhAHHAhhA
Mat@zz says:
they think i like alex
Mat@zz says:
and because i have both ears pierced
Mat@zz says:
i damn piss
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On a different note, a conversation during tea break with friends today saw many different topics being thrown up, from honeytrappers to a woman's dressing, etc etc, but I think the one that bugged me the most was the whole issue on "our clique" being a very judgmental lot. and I didn't quite realise the extent of truth in that till I really thought about it. unsurprisingly, my attempts to deny that i was judgmental were met with snide looks and sniggers from the table.
I didn't realise i was THAT bad ok. And then I realised that maybe I convinced myself to think that I wasn't all that bad because I would actually feel bad about judging people before getting to know them. But I suppose that doesn't excuse the fact that the act of judging was already committed, does it? haha and I suppose maybe that's why my circle of friends in law school has been limited to just the ten of us. (there's ten right its late i don't want to count.) Not that i don't love all of you, because i do! i think all of you are wonderful people and i couldn't think of better people to go through law school with. But like when I see people like Jon, who move from group to group with ease, and gets asked out by various groups of people in Law, it kinda makes me go hmm.. ok have i been unfriendly?
so i guess the point is that, i'm sorry if you've ever felt judged by me. I still don't think I'm thaaaaat bad, haha at least i've mellowed a lot with age. I'd like to think that I'm more accepting of people nowadays. Although I am still guilty of the occasional slip-ups! And just in case anyone's wondering, if I talk to you, chances are that I genuinely like you. so yes, i am genuinely fond of you. haha and i promise to be less judgmental and more open. I'm not really that unfriendly, i just look unfriendly when I don't smile, and I don't smile when I'm sleepy, and I'm always sleepy. so there. my emo 3am entry.
*unless of course you've proven yourself to be a horrible bitch/bastard then i reserve the right to bitch. haha
goodnight world
~mei~ |
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| Monday, October 30, 2006 |
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i take alot of pride in the things that i own and i'm that kind of person who really loves the shit that i have and i keep them for years and years. if u know me well or if you've been reading this blog for sometime now, you would know that i really treasure my things. especially if they were presents from my parents. they don't usually buy me stuff and i get one big present from the both of them each year and its a combination of a birthday and christmas gift.
and i wrote about this before that in my life, although it encompasses very many things, i really really treasure my laptop, my camera and my ipod. these three items are like my precious valubles and they mean alot to me. not because they are presents from my parents but also because they have so much value and they're just so damn pretty.
last night was supposed to be a casual fun saturday night out. we went clubbin, we took shots and i haven't tasted tequila in a very very long time. so i was really into the mood. somehow, we asked this boy to take a group shot for us. well, his drunk ass dropped the camera, while it was still on, into this glass of coke. plooooopppp... i saw it all happen and in my semi drunken state of mind, it happened so slowly. in the midst of the loud music, crazy lights and my semi-high, i felt my heart drop. and it really did drop and sank very very far. i got so upset and everyone else around me seemed to think that it was a joke. that it was only a camera, nothing too much of it. but u know. its my fucking camera, i love it like i actually love a person, its always with me and i carry it around like its my pictorial diary.
it may seem like i'm over-reacting but its just frustrating that even after the incident, everyone seemed to brush it off. its a freaking $800 camera by the way.
so now. its dead.
i have three options. the first is to send it to another state to have them repair it. it may cost between $300 to about $500 depending on the seriousness of the damage. and in my opinion, its relatively badly damaged cause thomas's smart ass decided to help me dismantle the thing and broke a part in it. so now its damaged because of the coke plus there's a broken part. the second option is to send it home to singapore and have it repaired. and finally, just buy a new one. but i know my mom would flip because she works really hard for her money and she saved up especially so that she could buy me that camera. my dad's the rich one, she isn't and that really made the difference.
maybe i'm just being too sentimental. because it is afterall just a camera.
but u know what, it's mine. the last time thomas spilled water all over my laptop crushed me. but it didn't affect me as much as this time. maybe because he felt guilty about it then.
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| Sunday, October 29, 2006 |
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"The story goes that in a winter afternoon at the Rosas house, the maid was making some lechada—a drink made with milk and sugar boiled until it starts to caramelize—and she heard someone knocking at the door. She left the lechada on the stove and went to answer the door; and when she came back, the lechada was burnt and had turned into a brown jam: dulce de leche."
let me introduce my latest favourite spread (next to peanut butter of course) for toasts, pancakes and waffles - dulce de leche!
if you have a really sweet tooth like me, you'll love this! although this smuckers one is'nt available in spore. Dulce de leche or milk jam is actually just a simple concoction of caramelized milk and sugar, popular in Argentinian and Brazilian households for spreading on toasts or spooned over ice creams and cakes. The one i discovered from cold storage was some argentinian brand called Quix, and it comes in original, chocolate or banana! i bought the banana and it was yummy with that tinge of banana flavour.
Work has been tiring but fulfilling nonetheless..ive been learning alot. It was my offday today and alvin brought me to Chin Mee Chin for Kaya toast, eggs and tea again! Really sad though that their famous custard puffs were sold out by the time we got there (yes cos i slept till 2pm). The famous ondeh ondeh shop was also closed..=(
I think the stretch of East Coast Road never disappoints, famous for its authentic peranakan food and other yummy stuff like Mei Yuen Roast Duck (melt in your mount duck meat i tell you) and the more popular bak chor mee and prawn noodles down the al forno stretch. Today's venture was into the ampang yong tau fu place, it was good, one of those soothing meals you'd crave for on a rainy day.
Alvin and i always seem to venture towards the nonya kuehs side. And today we bought an assortment of kueh dardar..kueh kosui..kueh talam..ang ku kueh..
following that we got Apple strudel and chocolate cake from a little pastry shop..
Its nice just strolling down the stretch and taking in the nostalgic feel of the shophouses on a lazy sunday afternoon. feels so old school.
And after that i went supermarket shopping at cold storage and spent a bomb once again.
Yay i have expensive honey peppered turkey ham for breakfast tmr!~
On the work front: highest achievement of the week -
I now know how to wash, clean, gut, debone, cut and portion a whole huge salmon from scratch. now i know why sashimi is so expensive.
another achievement for the week - I can chase an escaped crab around the kitchen and catch it with a broom successfully.
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| Thursday, October 26, 2006 |
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i'm desperate for money. desperate enough to respond to this ad in school. it stated waikiki video assistant. $7 an hour plus commission. work for only 2 to 3 days per week. i think.. perfect. i say.. lets call to find out. so i called. and found out that its for an adult video store. hmmmmm.. porn. i used to like porn. actually, i've watched so much of it, i'm quite sick for it already. it meddled with my head alot while i was growing up. i mean, i have an older brother who is 5 years older than me. when he was in his horny teenage, i wanna fuck every girl with huge tits stage, i was pretending to be this innocent convent girl. but little does anyone know, that i've seen them. watched them. and am quite good at it.. hahahaha.. okay, i threw you off the bat now didn't i?? haha.. kk, so back to my story. so now i'm contemplating working in a porn video shop, appropriately termed adult video shop. i think its a perfect job. sitting down, reading my books, entertaining people if anyone does happen to come in. but i anticipate this job to be one of those very easy, getting paid to do jack shit type of job. but just being in a adult video shop is rather intense. even for me. i think if i actually worked there, i might get desensitized by it. maybe it really isn't that big of a deal and maybe it really isn't that bad. but i can't do it. i get intrigued by this whole industry, the strippers, the prostitutes, the porn stars and yadayadayada.. its a fantasy and its rather interesting when you look at it. a whole booming industry which makes money out of fantasies. smart. a little degrading but smart if you're money hungry. but i don't see myself being a little part of it. i don't want to be part of the fantasy, selling, renting , whatever the hell i would be doing. but nonetheless, i like flirting with that idea in my head. that i might work in a porn shop. sounds kinda naughty.. hahahaha.....
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| Monday, October 23, 2006 |
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Hey girls!
Doing this as a favour for a friend. She's a Toni&Guy Hairdresser, and she needs girls for a show that she's doing on the 5th or 6th of Nov. I don't think you'll get paid for it, but it is a free haircut and colour, which possibly leads to future free cuts and colours if you maintain good relationship with them! :) Lemme know if you're interested!!
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| Sunday, October 22, 2006 |
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my friend ross
mei says:
rossiewoss ip tut tomrow is question on the estee lathar case isit
Lim Tua Beng - Unstoppable says:
pls address me with more dignity, else i shant hesitate to ignore your question
mei says:
hahah
mei says:
Mr Ross Tan
mei says:
i would appreciate it if you could let me knw what we are doing for ip tutorial tomrow
mei says:
PLEASE haha
Lim Tua Beng - Unstoppable says:
good good
Lim Tua Beng - Unstoppable says:
but i dunno
~mei~ |
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| Saturday, October 21, 2006 |
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i took this picture a week before the earthquake. before thomas and i went out. he looks miserable. oh well |
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pictures from the earthquake. hahahahaha.. yes yes yes. in the midst of a terrible natural disaster, i had to bring my camera along. who knows what could have happened!!!! maybe i would have captured an awesome shot and sold it to CNN or some newspaper and next time u know, i'm rich!!! weeeheeee... |
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this is downtown honolulu in the day. there are usually alot more cars roaming the streets but like i said before, it was really quiet that day. |
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i took this shot from out of my window. |
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i have to do a collage for my cross cultural psychology class tomorrow and so i opened my big box of old school photos.
sometimes i wished that i had a digital camera back in the days so that it would all be saved in yahoo photos and they would still be in tip top condition.
i saw some of my favorite ones and i decided to snap a photo of them and upload them onto the site. i couldn't do group shots because they turned up really blurry.
this was the only group shot that turned up really nicely. my aa2 class. i can't remember how or why we were all at newton that night. but we were. each and every one of us. even alfian and gavin showed up. and the boys bought us flowers. |
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my favoritest of favoritest old school picture. i took this shot awhile ago simply because the flowers were in full bloom and it was just very pretty. this was when we were 17 years old. when mei, eli and i just became friends and went to sentosa with some other classes. its a very small shot but a memorable one. we had many versions of the three of us but this was one of the very first ones. |
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and theres our favorite boyfriend, ah long. at my going away party, wearing my crown upsidedown and being a total cock while mei and i were cleaning away. |
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and then theres this random shot of mei, charlene and i at some track meet acting cute. i found it kinda funny because it was so something we would have done at that time even when we had to be serious! and i bet it was meishuang's idea! |
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my parents would never let me walk out of the house in my clubbing clothes. so last time, we had to group up at either mei's or my house to do our makeup and everything and then put on a shirt over our clubbing clothes to sneak out of the house. we'll chuck them in one of the shoe racks so that we can wear them back home!!! ahahahahaha....its a little dark. but mei and eli, i bet u remember this! |
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then, theres the morning after the sleepovers. waking each other up, making fun of eli cause she always snored the loudest, at times, she's even louder than ah long!!! wahahahahaa.. and we used to squeeze in mei's room. with ah long and her on the bed and eli squeeshed up beside me on the floor. |
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| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
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its funny how your gut feeling always find a way to let you know that somethings wrong.
before the earthquake yesterday, it was really misty and cloudy and extremely cold. it was awkward for the month of october in hawaii because we have yet to officially hit winter and it was exceptionally cold yesterday. thomas made this romantic comment about how he always wanted to cuddle in this weather because it was pointless to send the day out roaming the streets. i thought it was sweet but brushed it off since i was half asleep and was in no state for romance and it was too cold for my own good.
then at 7 somethingish. it hit us. we experienced out first earthquake.
we were both sleeping and suddenly our bed was shaking vigorously. he jumped up and started freaking out. i thought he was just being stupid and was pushing the bed around but when i looked up and saw him standing by the window and that the lights were shaking as well. i realized that we were experiencing an earthquake. its scary. in a oh shit, what the fuck should i do now kind of way? because suddenly you realize that your building's structure may not be as concrete as you initially thought. so he jumped up, asked whether i wanted to leave the apartment and took off. I decided to sleep it off even though i was afraid. but my thought process was that even if we tried to escape and if the building were to collaspe, we would still be crushed while trying to run out. so might as well die lying on my bed. so okay, i wasn't that dramatic but i was close. so i continued laying down for another 15 minutes until i heard my neighbours freaking out. apparently they heard cracks on the walls and even they deliberated as well. so finally, i dragged my ass out bed, combed my hair in a ponytail and threw my jacket on.i grabbed my passport as well, just in case if my building do collaspe on my ass. and oh ya, thomas left me hanging so that i could die alone in the house.
so we chilled downstairs for awhile and i must have missed the second quake because i didn't feel it but others swore that it happened. maybe my ass is really that big and fat! after about 15 minutes, i realized that my building wasn't going to collaspe , i went back up to go to sleep. somehow, when i'm sleepy, important matters don't seem to factualize until i'm really 100% awake. my emotions were running high and i was fully aware that i was scared but mentally, i understood that i probably wouldn't die today and that i could take a few more hours for granted and be okay.
eventually, i woke up and everything sunk in. then i realized what actually happened and since the electricity had been out since 7 in the morning, there was no way to get food. when we drove to look for food, everything was closed. the traffic lights were out, policemen were everywhere, it was just quiet and people drove around with caution. supermarkets were working on a one customer basis and the worker would walk one customer in with a flash light, pick out their items and have them pay in cash. so basically, the lines were long and it was a very scary situation.
it gets dark really early in hawaii and by 6.15pm, its practically nightfall. i thought that i had candles but i threw them out earlier when i moved in because i thought that my ikea candles would never be used. so we tried to go to the supermarket and obviously the lines were crazy and the candles were out. driving in situations like last night's is truly a test of your attention and your skills. simply because you can see whats in front of you and you can't switch on your high beam because you might blind the driver coming towards you. so there was alot of caution practiced and the darkness was really very eerie.
we didn't get our electricity till about 3 in the morning. so by 6.30, we couldn't do anything but lay down and wait for something to happen. which was okay cause it finally gave us alone time to think and reflect and not be caught up with problems and distractions. we couldn't shower too because there was a strict water rationing situation going on. the earthquake shook the power pumps that brings the water to the households and because the electricity was out, that was made impossible as well. so we were on reserves and needed to be extra careful.
i must say that it is in times like these which really brings out the spirit of aloha hawaii is so famous for. i've always thought that it was kinda cliche, aloha this and that. but yesterday's event really made me realize how truly blessed i am to have experienced this. people didn't complain about the situation, they were more than happy to help others out, they were cautious on the roads and like the article wrote, the one below this one, people were just cool about the situation. if they had to sit on their window ledge to watch the cars go by, so be it. things do not have to be done immediately here in hawaii. its alot more chilled out. people are more about the land, about their family, that in times of needs, they just gather around one another and seek solace in their company. this is, really, very nice.
so all in all, i'm okay. thomas is okay. hawaii's okay. the big island is a little damaged but they're okay too. there were no fatalities and businesses ran normally today as well.
everything's all back to normal. so its once again, all bright and shiny over here.
nat |
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| Monday, October 16, 2006 |
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Hawai'i rattles, then loses power statewide
By Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writer
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake centered on the Kona side of the Big Island — the largest to rattle the Islands in 23 years — and a 5.8-magnitude quake that followed disrupted air traffic on all major islands yesterday, sent boulders crashing onto Big Island highways and knocked out power throughout most of the state.
By 10 p.m., a slight majority of Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc.'s 291,000 customers — 157,000 — had power restored.
But Honolulu Board of Water Supply officials urged their customers to continue conserving water through this morning to ease the burden on the electricity-reliant system.
All of Maui's power customers had service restored by last night. Some 99 percent of the Big Island had service returned by 9 p.m., according to HECO, citing Big Island power officials. Kaua'i lost power temporarily, but service was fully restored last night, Kaua'i police said.
Until 6:15 p.m., Honolulu International Airport survived on emergency generator power.
Several flights out of Maui, the Big Island and O'ahu were disrupted or canceled. Thousands of passengers stood in long lines because some security checkpoints lacked power and Ho-nolulu International Airport's agricultural inspection system suddenly had to rely on dogs.
Electrically powered jetways could not be used in Honolulu, so passengers had to climb up stairs to board their flights.
Although visitors and residents on all islands were shaken or awakened by the 7:07 a.m. temblor and the second quake, there were no fatalities.
The most serious injury was a broken arm on the Big Island, Gov. Linda Lingle said. Big Island officials said a survey of emergency rooms showed 25 people suffered minor injuries.
This morning, several Big Island public, private and charter schools will be closed. State Department of Education officials said public school teachers and administrators have to report for inspections and cleanup, although students are off.
No other islands' public schools are scheduled to be closed. University of Hawai'i at Manoa spokesman Jim Manke said classes would be held today if electricity was up.
STEADY SHUDDER
The first quake hit at 7:07 a.m. and was felt as a steady, rumbling shudder that shook houses, cracked buildings, swayed high-rises and knocked artwork from their walls and sent countless chachkas crashing to the ground.
It was located 24 miles below Kiholo Bay on the Big Island, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and was triggered by tectonic movement, not volcanic activity.
A second quake, of 5.8-magnitude, hit just seven minutes later. It was located 13 miles northwest of Kawaihae.
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., a series of 55 aftershocks followed, said Jim Kauaihikaua, scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
The largest aftershock struck at 10:35 a.m. and had a magnitude of 4.2. It was located west-northwest of Kawaihae, Kauaihikaua said.
Despite all of the seismic activity, there was no threat of a tsunami.
Sarah Lee of Kailua, Kona, was at church at 7:07 a.m. when "everything started shaking and the road outside was rolling a bit," she wrote to honoluluadvertiser.com.
Driving home, Lee saw "plenty of knocked-over rock walls as well as an old coffee shack that was tipped over on the side of the hill."
Jacob Ellis of Mililani woke yesterday to find everything shaking.
"My mom had taken out a bunch of food and started throwing it all on the grill and we all ended up having a really interesting breakfast," Ellis wrote. "I've never seen anything like it before. People who were driving were really careful and let everyone have their turn. It was nice seeing everyone in our community showing so much aloha."
A QUIET SUNDAY
Ke'aka'okalani J. Garay, a CT scan technologist, was working at The Queen's Medical Center when he felt a "completely odd" rumble that quickly caused the department to shake "vigorously and uncontrollable."
"I called my dad in Texas to tell him I loved him," Garay said. "We now sit here and pray that our services will not be needed."
Hundreds of Hawai'i families experienced something extraordinarily unusual yesterday: a quiet Sunday with conversation, board games and no television or Internet use.
Waynette Tsubota of Kahalu'u and her family usually spend their fall Sundays watching football.
Instead, three generations had an impromptu barbecue yesterday in the carport, watching cars drive by on Kamehameha Highway.
Tsubota considered the day a blessing.
"We got to spend time together in the garage with no TV distractions, with the family sharing things," Tsubota said. "This is the closest we've been in a long time."
The quake hit just a month after a military truck crashed into the 'Aiea Overpass of the H-1 Freeway, turning nearly the entire island of O'ahu into rush-hour gridlock for hours.
CAUGHT UNPREPARED
Yesterday's event also shook thousands of Hawai'i residents into the realization that they had not prepared for a major earthquake and could not properly feed their families without electricity.
Just moments after the quake, hundreds of customers began lining up outside O'ahu supermarkets waiting for workers to escort them inside by the light of only a flashlight.
Some stores, such as the Safeway at Aikahi Park Shopping Center, accepted only cash and rang up purchases with paper and pen.
Stores shelves on all major islands were quickly emptied of items such as ice and batteries.
Yesterday's quakes knocked out power on parts of the Big Island, Maui and all of O'ahu.
Unlike the older, diesel-based generators on the Neighbor Islands, O'ahu's more modern, complicated turbine-driven system took much longer to come back on line, leaving drivers to navigate busy intersections without traffic signals or street lights.
O'ahu's power grid failed when the earthquakes knocked out generators at HECO's Downtown and Kahe power plants.
The downed generators triggered an imbalance in the system, prompting HECO's computer system to shut down the entire system to avoid permanent damage and cause a more prolonged power failure, HECO officials said.
After HECO restarted its Waiau power plant, residents and businesses regained service in parts of Pearl City, 'Aiea, Waikele, Waipahu, Mililani Mauka, the Honolulu Airport area, Makalapa, Kunia, Wai'anae and Nanakuli.
Just over an hour after the first quake hit, half of the Honolulu Fire Department's nearly 50 companies were out on power-outage calls by 8:30 a.m.
Most of the calls were for people stuck in elevators, said Fire Capt. Frank Johnson.
NO ESTIMATED DAMAGE
Federal and state officials had no damage assessment yesterday and will send out teams today, Lingle said.
State officials will seek an emergency declaration that would lead to federal reimbursement of state costs, as well as a major disaster declaration to cover major repairs.
Before yesterday, the last large quake to strike the Islands was the 6.7-magnitude Ka'oiki quake that hit the Big Island on Nov. 16, 1983.
O'ahu's rain-slicked roadways were unusually light as people heeded warnings by city and state officials to stay home. Some drivers obediently treated blank traffic signals as four-way stops, while others barreled through or skidded to stops.
Honolulu Police Chief Boisse Correa said police doubled the manpower at all major intersections to direct traffic on O'ahu, and more officers were brought in last night.
At least one accident — at Kapi'olani Boulevard and Ward Avenue — was blamed on the absence of a working traffic signal, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
While drivers, for the most part, stayed off O'ahu's roads and highways, thousands of people ignored pleas from government and telephone officials and could not stay away from their cell phones.
Their cell calls — and KSSK Radio — provided the main communication links for most of the day.
The Big Island took the brunt of the structural damage, and 3,000 patients had to be evacuated from Kona Community Hospital. The hospital expects to be out of commission for two days.
Lingle was in her hotel room at the Mauna Lani Resort yesterday when the quake hit.
Lingle later surveyed the Big Island in a Drug Enforcement Agency six-passenger helicopter from which she saw rocks and earth falling into Kealakekua Bay near the Captain Cook monument and witnessed the evacuation of Kona Community Hospital.
On O'ahu, the loss of electricity caused an estimated 15,500 gallons of partially treated sewage to spill into Lake Wilson when the ultraviolet disinfecting unit at the Wahiawa Wastewater Treatment Plant lost power, according to the city's Department of Environmental Services.
Before emergency generators could kick in at the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, a "clarifier" overflowed and spilled an estimated 1,200 gallons of partially treated wastewater within the plant.
Advertiser staff writers Eloise Aguiar, William Cole, Rick Daysog, Derek DePledge, Mike Gordon, Mike Leidemann and Christie Wilson contributed to this report.
Reach Dan Nakaso at dnakaso@honoluluadvertiser.com.
My very first earthquake. It really wasn't a joke at all!
Nat |
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| Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
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Who would have thought that ACJC would have its own page on Wikipedia. And cross country has this whole section on it. No rugby, not waterpolo, not even swimming. but the sports achievement section was on cross country. This is the web address. try copying and pasting it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Chinese_Junior_College
I'm so impressed.
And i must say, my cross country days were some of my happiest days of my life. I still can't believe that it used to be my lifestyle. I miss those days. I miss my teammates too.
Hmmmmmmm....
nat |
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my IP prof is really enthusiatic about what she's teaching. She describes judgments as "Amazing". Which I think is great really. I wonder if I'll ever be able to muster up the same amount of enthusiasm for Law. My mind (like another restless soul of a friend of mine) just keeps wondering to grad trip and the places i'd like to go.
Fly me to the moon please.
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my latest conquest...
this book is amazing. makes me feel so much smarter after i've done reading it. so therefore, in an attempt to make all our reading audience feel smarter as well, here are some interesting information i've read and learnt from this book.
Does eating chocolate cause acne?
There is no evidence that acne is caused by chocolate, it is connected more to changing hormones than to food calories.. (hoooraaayy for all chocolate eating lovers like me..!! weeee!)
Can carrots really improve your vision?
The body converts beta-carotene to vitamin A and extreme vitamin A deficiency can cause blindness. If you're not deficient in vitamin A, your vision will not improve no matter how many carrots you eat. Plus, ingestion of excess vitamin A can cause toxicity and other symptoms such as yellow-ornage coloring of the skin, hair loss, weight loss, fatigue and headache.
Is it bad to crack your knuckles?
Cracking your knuckles is not as bad as people think. The usual argument that knuckle popping causes arthritis is untrue. However, it does cause other types of damage like stretching of the surrounding ligaments and a decrease in grip strength. So yeap, it is relatively bad.
Why do some folks have an "outie" belly button and some folks have an "innie"?
Contrary to beliefs, your belly button shape has no connection with the way the doctor tyed the knot. They just put a clip on it, cut, and wait for the umbilical cord to dry up and fall off. It is all random. You can, however, get plastic surgery to remove an "outie".
Why are yawns contagious?
The theory that people yawn to get more oxygen is untrue. Contagious yawning is associated with empathic aspects of mental state attribution and are negatively affected by increases in schizotypal personality triats much like other self-processing related tasks. This basically means that people are unconsciously imitating other when they yawn.
Why do men have nipples?
Although females have the mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo. During development, the embryo follows a female template until 6 weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in for a male embryp. The embryp then begins to develop all of its male characteristics. Men are thus left with nipples and also with some breast tissue.
Can you lose a tampon inside your body if the string comes off?
Nope!! The walls of the vagina are normally in contact with each other unless something is inserted between them. When something enters the vagina, the body makes room for it. At the end of this potential space is the cervix and therefore, there is no more space for the tampon to go. =)
Is sperm nutritious or fattening?
It is neither nutritious or fattening. The average ejaculate, about one teaspoon, contains between two and three hundred million sperm. Total calories: about five. these calories are derived from protein, including enzymes and sugars secreted into the semen by the prostate gland to provide the sperm with the energy to swim. Other good stuff found in semen includes water, vitamin C, citric acid, phosphate, bicarbonates, zinc and prostaglandins.
Can you get pregnant while you are having your period?
Yes. Firstly, because not all bleeding are a real period. Also, if a female has a short menstrual cycle ( about 21 days) then she could be ovulating on day seven of her cycle. This would be the seventh day from the first day of her period and if her period lasts seven days, then it is possible that her period is ending just as she is ovulating.
Big hands, big dick??
Absolutely No!! wahahahaha.. No evidence points out that big hands refers to big dicks. Neither do shoe sizes.
Do kegel exercises really work?
Yeap! Benefits include being able to reach orgasm faster and making them stronger or better and it makes the vagina more sensitive.
Does urinating on a jellyfish sting stop the burn?
Laboratory tests have proven that urine, ammonia and alcohol can cause active stinging cells to fire, which means applying them has the potential to make a minor sting worse, so urinating on a jellyfish sting is both gross and painful.
Is it more sanitary to be spit on or peed on?
Normal pee is sterile. It contains fluids, salts and waste products but is free from bacteria, viruses and fungi. It is not always fragrant but is certainly cleaner then spit. Spit contains large amoutns of bacteria and thus is filty.
I could type out more radical questions but i'm getting tired. Plus, someone bought this book from me on ebay and I'm sending it to Canada tomorrow and I'm trying to maintain its nice crisp image.
Hope you enjoyed it. And who knew that the 3dumblondes could be this educational!
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| Monday, October 09, 2006 |
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my weekend was nice. alot of hours spent staying home, watching re-runs on our new dvr recorder and i basically slept alot. i wasn't tired but i sure do love sleeping. we did the driving down to waikiki for our once frequent ice cream strolls down the beach. we went clubbing at this new trance club and both thomas and i were highly entertained. we rented dvds and basically cuddled at home and spent the weekend by ourselves while my friends were making hash brownies on $80 worth of weed.
he asked me whether i'm living the life i've always wanted to live at this present moment. i thought about it and said no. my initial response was that i want to be more out there, physically and mentally. i want to experience more things, make more friends and live the more happening lifestyle. the kind of lifestyle you would expect to lead if you were overseas. but then i thought about things and realized that i eventually want to live my life that i have right now. free from drama and the possibilities of mistakes. free of superficial people who may just break my heart a couple more times. i'm just being me at this point. alot calmer, more collected and leading a much slower paced lifestyle. its a little more expensive because i spend a lot of time shopping online and maintaining my ebay bookstore but at least i am at home, so no complains there! eli once asked me that when all this is over, what can i say about my years spent in hawaii. this was way back when thomas and i was having alot of drama and she commented that the only thing i would have learnt would be thomas. that my whole life encompassed thomas and only him. there is, without a doubt, some truth behind that. but through him, i've lived my vicarious lifestyle. i've loved, cried, hurt and experienced alot of things i probably wouldn't have. and to be very honest, i've seen the better part of hawaii and have been protected from alot more harm and danger that could have crossed my path if it weren't for him. jiamei once wrote in her blog that she worries for me and my safey but she doesn't have to worry anymore because i think alot deeper before i act and i'm not as transient as i was before.
the beauty of being overseas is that it gives you the opportunity to be you. you just do you. in any manner that you like. it is completely different to go overseas with a bunch of friends and live it up over there than to go away by your own lonesome self. loneliness nurtures into a whole different level and for most parts, your only companion is that little voice in your head. you really explore your personality and character and you grow endlessly. you're finally stripped away from all the judgements, the expectations and the stereotypes that your friends and family may have of you and it really is very refreshing. you learn who your real friends are because they still care despite the long distances and you discover that mediocrity is unacceptable anymore. therefore, i like being overseas. i like being away from everything and going home occasionally. i like being myself in every sense and not having the pressure to be that perfect daughter, that friend that has to go out even though she may not really want to or that university educated niece that has to have the answers to neverending drama. i made a comment to mei the last time when i was home that singapore was boring and she stated that singapore is stable and stability is boring. but i can find stability anywhere.i found permanence in hawaii and i found a different sense of solidity in orlando as well. home brings this sense of wholeness and completeness. maybe i have yet to reach that stage but i seem to find fulfillment in the partiality of things.
i exchanged this memeory with thomas today. strange because occasionally, i'll have this recollection that really daunts me till this day. it really isn't a biggie but it still stinks because of the way things played out and the fact that it occured when i was very very young. and yes, i am a very sentimental wuss.
when i was in primary school, i had this bestfriend. her name was lydiawati. an indonesian girl and like all indonesian kids, she was brillantly clever. so i was invited to her birthday party. Because of the close distance, my dad rode me to school. He liked the idea of riding the bike everywhere. And that day, he hopped me on my bicycle and rod me over to her house. my bike was not the usual danty ms prissy type of bike, it wasn't a bmx neither. it was a normal feminine type of bicycle with an adjustable seat, a basket in the front and a little seat at the back for the passenger. it was quite cute but it didn't last long cause i used to crash everywhere.
well anyway, it just so happened that before her birthday party, i learnt how to make a rose using tissue paper. and it was one of those huge flower that takes time to make. it wasn't the most fantastic of gifts but i thought it was appropriate and decided that i would make one for her . my dad thought it was quite sweet and he colored it red for me too. so then off we went, me sitting on the back seat, holding the flower with this glee on my face.
when i finally got there, i handed her my flower and she gave me this look of total disgust. she made some random commment about how it wasn't an appropriate gift for a birthday and that it was cheap and useless. i was a little crushed but back then, i was a little slow on identifying emotions. but everything was cool and after lunch, we all huddled up together and somehow, started this converstion topic about what our dream guy was. she said that her dream guy was someone very rich, very handsome and he has to be smart. when it was my turn, i commented that he had to be tall, handsome and smart. she retorted that there was no need for my dream guy to be handsome because i wasn't very pretty and he didn't need to be smart because i wasn't very smart myself. i remember feeling so ashamed because it happened in front of everyone and nobody said anything. even her mom didn't say anything. i just stood there, the center of attention, just quiet and flustered. fucking hell, if i've known how to curse earlier, i would have cursed her indonesian ass out. but wait, it gets worse. before the party ended, someone accidentally spilled a drink on the table and i looked up only to see her mom use my flower to clean up the mess. i was very crushed by the end of the day.
so funny how i still remember that very day. but i've always had this thing of remebering the most random things. i don't know why i shared that story but it was one of those bitter childhood stories about the bitches in your life but you couldn't dismiss them as bitches because you didn't know that they existed.
and to end this story of nicely, thomas told me in the most endearing manner that its okay. that one day, when i become all high and mighty, i would get the chance to employ her and when i see her, i'll get the chance to dismiss her because she was a total bitch to me when i was.... 9 years old? wahahahahahaaaa...
anyways, to end this all off. my weekend was pretty nice. a little boring but then again, stability is boring right?
nat |
| posted by 3 @ 6:34 PM |
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| Sunday, October 08, 2006 |
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today's a lazy sunday. i woke up..gave tuition..camr home..made myself some butter sugared toast..had some strawberry yogurt drink..read the papers..and realsied that i havent done such simple things around the house for quite awhile. basically just milling around.
and its a wonder how we're running everyday. off to some job...some school..some place..everyday's a destination to run to..a finish line to reach. and if you dont get there today, you continue running tomorrow.
i wonder how working will be like for me, and i know very soon ill join the race with everyone else instead of running at my own pace off to my own undesignated place.
im watching teevee now and they're showing the scenery of greece. i want to go there.
the boy's leaving for Edinburgh end of dec and im happy that he's getting the experience of a lifetime.
me on the other hand would be trying to find myself in the hustle bustle of the adult working world.
i suddenly thought of at the beginning when alvin and i first met and we ran together all the time from school..down west coast park..futher down trying to make it to pandan reservoir..and every running session we'd say that we would make it there and we never did. the only times we finally went there, we drove and brought meejee for a walk.
but it was nice, just having a common destination and goal.
i think i will miss him alot. but ill cope i think. and when he comes back we'll run together again.
i dont know how i grew to love running this much.
maybe its the surge of endorphins and the high.
and its like if you could just keep breathing and your body just keeps moving.
your feet takes you away.
and for the moment you feel like nothing can touch you.
very sadly. quality of my runner's high lately is inversely proportional to the PSI.
DAMN THE HAZE! i have an itchy scratchy throat already.
eLi |
| posted by 3 @ 3:35 PM |
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| Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
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when i was younger, i always wanted to be like my brother. my brother's 5 years older than me and he's always been the big bully. but i've admired him since i was a kid. he was the cheeky boy, had sparkles in his eyes, though of the naughtiest ideas and always got into trouble. i was the good girl, constantly bullied by him and because i was the youngest at one point, i was my oldest cousin's darling but my brother's target for all his pranks. my abc chop never played out when his would miraculously appear even though he never claimed it. i was always the monkey, the dead person when we were acting and always hid when we played hide and seek. when we grew older, i continued emulating him. when he had the center parting hairdo, i had to have it as well. when he wore a hat to every occassion, you'll find me spotting a cap as well. he was the sports idol in secondary school, i had to be an athletic as well. he was a fast 800m runner, i was good enough and for some reason, ran 800m as well.
the girls were in love with him in secondary school. flocks and flocks of them. and for some reason, they managed to track me down and soon after, i had gifts from mysterious girls so that somehow, i could mention them in front of my brother and maybe, possibly, they might have a chance. i had my fun, accepting all these handmade gifts but still admiring him because he exuded charm. he was the mr. popular, the good looker, the athletic of almost every sport. he was pretty amazing when he was younger.
when he reached mini adulthood, he rebelled and moved out. between those years, there was drama. alot of drama. tension within the family, fights because of lies, it was very ugly. for several years, i didn't speak to him. he didn't acknowledge me and neither did i. he was the brother i was angry with because my parents' shaped my life according to his actions. they did everything they could to make sure we turned out to be completely different. and for awhile, i thought we were. we were jeolous of each other for several reasons. i was the family's pride and he was the family's sympathy.but eventually, we grew up. we talk once in a very long while until a couple of years ago. we're okay now and everything's very good. we msn each other pretty frequently and my mother, him and i would be in the same chatroom when we're all online. quite exciting cause all we do is bitch about my dad.
its surprising that despite all these years, he seems to have this understanding for me. its like he can anticipate my feelings and actions even though we led completely different lives. its as though i'm my brother's sister all over again. strangely, despite the years of absense, we're still oddly similar.
he's very normadish and very easy going. artistic and very talented, he's very comfortable living his life in the present moment. he said that as long as he has his girl, everything's going to be good. being older, he has come into terms that our lives will always be muddy because of the constant drama in our lives. and ironically, i still admire and look up to him. i like his loyalty to his girlfriend, his commitment to stay with her despite the circumstances and his ability to undertake and appreciate life in spite of all its twists and turns. he's very contented with his life although judging from singapore's social standards, he's not the average man. he doesn't lead the expected lifestyle of a secure job, a stable paycheck and not happily married and liveing in a 5 room flat. he's not materialistic at all. i'm very different in that sense. i want to be assured that i have a plan. i need to know my next step and get unsettled and distracted when i'm unclear. i can't appreciate life like he does even though i've had it better and easier. i feel like my life needs to have an aim and it has to be accomplished. i want to climb the corporate ladder, settle down and provide for my family. i want a stable paycheck, a serious lifestyle and be comfortable.
so i turn to my brother again. and while msning, i expressed my uneasiness. and as always, he knows what to say. it just makes so much sense and i can't help but feel that simple honesty. similar things can be said by someone else but its never equivalent.
once again,i feel like i'm 5 years old all over again, looking at neil with only admiration. wanting to be just like him.
nat |
| posted by 3 @ 6:16 PM |
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| Sunday, October 01, 2006 |
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september september...many birthdays to remember!
both my mummy's and my boy's birthdays were last mth..and that means it was a very expensive mth for me=(
nevertheless, it was a month of feasting, enjoying, and basically celebrating the special days of 2 of the most important people in my life!
Mummy's birthday at my cousin's..
trying to look like im cooking up a storm,
but that wasnt really prepared by me..haha
My sisters and my mum!
it was actually a surprise party for her, in disguise as a house warming party at my cousin's.
its nice to see my mum's surprised expression after she saw her cake, cos we seldom celebrate her birthday so she turned all little girl on us when she discovered that we actually remembered while even she herself forgot all about it. My mum has always been the easily contented kinda house-wifey auntie and i guess as u grow older you dont really expect much out of birthday celebrations. And despite how they always say its okay and they dont need flowers and presents, i bet they're really secretly happy and excited just receiving them all the same. The little girl happy look on my mum's face that night was priceless!
Next up of course, was the boy's birthday! and after much planning on my part..i brought him to Flutes at the Fort.
The most fantastic meal ive had in my life thus far. Boys, if u want perfect ambience of romance, excellent food and service, this place is highly recommended!
set in a colonial bungalow amidst lush greenery. I reserved a verandah seat.
and thats the little boy trying to look all pensive by the verandah. haha
and me with my wine glass, err, filled with ice water. heh.
WARNING.
FOOD PORN AHEAD.
RACK OF JUICY JUICY LAMB. IT WAS MINDBLOWINGLICOUSLY FANTASTIC.
AND GONE IN A FLASH! SATISFIED.
MY SUCCULENT BLACK COD FISH ON SAFFRON RISOTTO WAS TUMMY WARMING AND COMFORTING. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
we had 3 desserts in total of which 2 was complimentary cos the manager was really nice! I told the kitchen it was his birthday in advance so i asked for them to arrange a candle and all on our dessert, turned out that the manager offered another 2 complimentary desserts to me on the spot just cos i couldnt decide which to order! fantastic service i'd say. will definitely be back for the wagyu beef steak which i almost ordered as well. haha.
hmm i must say i arranged a pretty successful birthday for the boy =P haha cos he was all full and happy in culinary heaven. thats what life should be all about. good food good loving and happy days.
Happy 23rd my dear boy!
On a different note, im going to embark on a new phase in my life! exciting. waiting to start work and carving out a path of my own. In anticipation, but seems rather scary as well. i think having reached this stage of my life, im just wondering what lies ahead. oh well. 2 more weeks of acting like a kid and playing my heart out before the real deal! =)
~eLi |
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