P.N.E. fair, Hairspray and picking my dad up

ok so I'll not be able to talk about my trip in this entry but I'll talk about it over the long weekend for sure! well, first we went to the P.N.E. (Pacific National Exhibition) Fair held at East Hastings on 20th August but me n my sis only sat for one ride cos my sis got too scared to sit on any other ride already so we then had our lunch n went to watch some gymnastic performance at 2pm which were really amazing. There were some balancing ones but it was mostly the really flexible gymnasts lor. Well, I realised I have not used any singlish yet or even short forms so I shall start now =D ok then after the gym thinggy right, we watched a talent show by youths and it was quite gd n i even heard some 14 year old gal sing 'Listen' which ya lun plays on his blog! then my attention started to redirect to ya lun which reminded me of SERENA WONG cos we both like him (he's so cute to me!) well, then after being reminded of serena, i started thinkin of 1/3 and how i always scream at them. then i'm reminded of IJ where i spent my past 7 years which reminded me of the long line of relatives of mine all frm IJ then i start to miss everyone especially my close friends like Amanda Yip, Joan Seah, Chloe Ng, Dorothy Lo and so on plus my close relatives like Celeste, Vanessa, my grandmother (mom's side) and so on. n my the time i finished thinkin of all the ppl n things i left behind, they already announced the results so i missed it but i din really bother abt the results la. anyway, after tt we went to some IAMS superdog show and we saw this maltese (or at least i think it was) tt could practically fit into ur pocket n guess wat it was called? 'Pocket'! it was damn cute lor n my sis n i kept sayin so cute then my mom was starin at us wif the 'over my dead body' look cos she does not wanna keep a dog so she keeps sayin either when we move out or she passes on...well, after the dog show we went to the farm where they had cows, llamas, alphacas, pigs (and there was one wif piglets jus born!), horses, rabbits, chickens, chicks, ducklings and ducks. i think tt was all IF I'M NOT WRONG! my memory not tt great la so even when i came back tt nite n wrote in down in the book which i'm readin off frm now, i may haf left out some details here and there but dun blame me lor! anyway, after the farm we had dinner then went to watch 'The Pointer Sisters' perform and it was free! well, a very country kind of band but their singing is really damn nice la but i slept half-way cos i was damn tired! anyway, on the way back home, btw there are few street lights on the roads on nite here, my sister scared us alot cos she kept goin 'MOM U'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD GO TO THE LEFT!!!' at me n my mom but we're actually suppose to drive on the right side of the road. well, the result of little sleep and goin out the next day from morning to night lor! anyway, moving on to 'Hairspray'! well, we went on the next day wif my aunt and her friend. well, for dinner we went to Dairy Queen where they really had very nice burgers but the fries were really salty n worst part is tt the salt jus sticks on the fries cos they're really oily but the taste is seriouly damn nice! well, tt was my first unhealthy meal ever since i came on 4th August so i guess its not tt bad lor. well, then we watched the overly hilarious (at least to the 4 of us) movie and then on the way back, there was this stretch of road tt really had no lights at all which meant PITCH BLACK except for the headlights of the car and there were really sharp bends and pitch black and sharp bends NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER mix! it was a little scary lor! actually worse than a roller coaster cos the ride got track to follow but car dun haf leh! well, then we reached back home. then on saturday, 25th August, my dad was arriving and tt was the first time tt i have EVER been for morning mass and Novena in my life! well, after mass n Novena we headed to Aberdeen Centre in Richmond to yum cha (in case u din noe its a.k.a. dim sum) then after the yum cha, which we surprisingly finished in 1/2 hour, we went to some shopping centre jus opposite Aberdeen Centre (i forgot the name la) to look for my chinese CDs and my sis n i bought the ISWAK(It Started With A Kiss) OST n then headed off to the airport. then after tt when we reached home, we all showered then went for mass. well, i think i should already stop here cos its quite long already rite? n i also wanna rest my hand and eyes! well...until next time (which is either tomorrow night or sunday!) BYE!

Vancouver Island

hey! ok i know that all my previous posts have been waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long so i'm gonna make this one short! well, this is actually jus to tell all of you that i do have internet connection at the hotel i'm currently at BUT i'll only be here for one day and then we're moving off to somewhere else and i'm not sure if anywhere else will have internet connection but the log cabin we're going to will MOST PROBABLY have but i CAN'T confirm that i will have it...even if i do have it, i'm not sure if i'll have the time to come online but i'll definately update my blog after our trip over the weekend! well, gtg! take care!

the pics

hey! sry i took so long but well, here are the pics i promised!























































so tt's all from the blueberry festival thing!
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i decided to show you ppl some pics taken by my dad n me in february when it surprisingly snowed from inside n outside the current hse i'm living in too!



a picture of the frontyard covered in snow =D



a picture of the backyard covered in snow =D



a picture of part of the roof taken from my cousin's room =D



a picture of my mom with our new car =D
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and i jus thot of asking for comments on who looks like who is this pic:



in order from left to right: Valerie (my sister), me, Celeste (my older cousin) and Vanessa (my older cousin)
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jus a pic of my 2nd brother who's currently in changi air base doing his NS n gonna finish next year june =D



so tt's all...i think the next time i update i'll be doing that after my trip to vancouver island but tt's also the time tt i'll be starting school though but i'll still update! i'll be talking abt the PNE fair and 'Hairspray' which is a really nice movie and i'll definately be talking abt the trip too! i may upload some pics of the house currently w/o the snow =D take care all!

Canada

hey all! i know i said i'll create a new blog with a tagboard n stuff but i suck at such stuff so i just change the template...haven't added a tagboard though.

anyway, i've been in Canada for abt 2 weeks now and its been some parts boring some parts really fun. well, the first day we(my sis n me) arrived, we went for fireworks that night and is was a competition between three countries, spain, china and canada. gotta say, its all nicer than singapore's NDP parade fireworks(no offence though). well, surprisingly, its quite hot here though its much much much more cooling than being in singapore but the sun is really strong still. anyway, the next few days were just going around to get to know the area better and for me to remember how to walk to school.

a few days later, we went shopping and we all(my mom, sis and me) got our canadian hp numbers at guildford mall. then we went shopping around the area and my sis practically went crazy at all the stuff they were selling and even said she wanted to buy the whole store many times! but seriously speaking, those stuff were really really really great but expensive too! well, i found tt though the clothes were nice n all, but they jus dun fit my looks.

on the weekend tt jus passed, we went for the blueberry festival in cloverdale and it was really nice. the first place we went was the honey bee place where they showed us how the bee keepers would get the honey out of the combs and it was really nice. i found out tt bees also make wax and they use the bee wax to make candles tt is suppose to clear all the dust in the air and stuff like tt.

next, we went to somewhere which was where most of the activities were taking place and the first thing we did was watch a blueberry pie eating contest. it was really jus for the fun of it tt a lot of kids took part and some adults did too! its like those pie eating contests which you sometimes see in cartoons where they cant use their hands and have to eat a whole pie finish and they'll end up with the pie all over their faces and clothes. it was really like a cartoon! then we went outside the surrey musuem were there were perfomances put up by ppl young and old and the performances were not by professionals but it was jus for those who wanted to take part for the fun of it not like in singapore where everything is quite restricted but you could really tell that a lot of the performers were have the time of their lives and there was a group of teens doing a dance and though they made obvious mistakes, they laughed while doing the dance and it was nice jus to see ppl perform and enjoy themselves so much. cos in singapore, i seldom see ppl who aren't professionals performing and having the time their lives!

finally, we went somewhere near the surrey memorial and there was a car show where vintage cars were put up for display and surprisingly, some of them date back to the 1920s and are still in very good condition tt they can be driven around and some can even be driven around in winter too! i was thinking of putting the pictures up but my sis still hasn't helped me reduce the size of the pics yet so i gotta wait. but the cars are really old but really nice!

today, we went to my sis' university, UBC, by public transport there and back and the public transport here is really slow! some buses come every hour when it's off peak. in fact, most buses in surry come every hour off peak. well, after the 1 1/2 hour bus, sky train, then bus ride to the campus, we had to start guiding ourselves around the campus which is seriously huge! huge enough to have a shuttle service to bring ppl round. well, with all our "great" sense of direction, we got lost quite alot before finding my sis' residence which she found out was all the way inside and far away from all the buildings her subjects for her faculty will be held and she has 10mins between each class to get from one building to another so she now plans on getting running shoes especially for the campus so she can brisk walk/run to her buildings. we then ate lunch and had a mudshake or somethin like tt at macs which was mint and chocolate shake mixed and though the name may not be that pleasing, it was really nice and like all shakes in macs, it was super thick.

well, after that, we headed to metro town which took us abt an hour, maybe a little more. by then, it was close to 5pm already. we went shopping at metropolis and as expected, my sis went crazy again over all the nice clothes they were selling there.

then, we went to the T&T at the basement and it was definately bigger than the one at guildford mall. my sis n i then saw all the biscuits, like hello panda and pocky and others, we never expected to see here but now we know where to go to buy stuff like this! then we bought sushi back for dinner and we had to stand on the skytrain from metro town all the way to surrey central which was abt 1/2 and hour and then had to wait for the 502. well, at least we got a seat on the bus so we rested our feet. then when we got off, we had to walk for 10mins all the was into the house but considering tt we're now in canada, a 10min walk to the bus stop from the house is seriously fine but cos we jus came from singapore where its really easy to walk around and where the public transport system is so much better, we always think that a 10min walk to a bus stop is really a lot but to the canadians and my aunt who's been here for at least 10 years, a 10min walk to the bus stop is considered luck already!

well, better go off to sleep already! getting a little late and i'll need to wake up early tomorrow! can't wait till school starts on 4th Sept! can finally make new friends here and not be so bored. well, hope i'll update soon and not abandon the blog again! take care all!