Riding Through it All ...

There is this cliche that goes like, "distance makes a difference". And i have to admit that i have long been grounded in this belief that it has become my justification for any breakups of long-distance relationship and friendship. Well, to date i am still clinging onto this notion, but then i am sure that there are, of course, some exceptional cases that have surfaced in an attempt to prove that this commonly-held belief is not entirely true. (oops...what am i thinking about?off the topic, i suppose!!lolz....) Anyway, it didn't occur to me that things like facebook, hi5 and the like are able to bring people who have long lost contact together again until one day when i logged into facebook, only to discover that a BUNCH of my secondary-school classmates have been keeping in touch with one another through facebook ever since they graduated from Temesek. I saw those many photos they took together during their gatherings, all of which were very funny. And now that i have...

Dream World, a world of fantasy...ppl who love fairy tales and all are highly recommended to go, and so are ppl who love the THRILL... Arh...I LOVE YOU*...............* Whoever wants to be loved by me can fill in the gap lor...lolz...Oh by the way, i borrowed that style from this Korean film.... Me and my cousin... Me, my bro and my mum in the happily-ever-after car...sad that my elder bro and dad were not there too.... Me and my bro...we missed the Spider ride. It was under routine maintenance, you see!! Arh.............i LOVE this pic a lot and LOVE that "girl" too...isn't she gorgeous? Yes? No? Ok...whoever says YES can take every BONE of hers all yourself....I DUN WANT HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If there was such thing as SCARILY unforgettable, it'd be PLAYING CARDS with a bunch of skeletons in front of the HAUNTED HOUSE lolz.... Me: Oh no...Would i be walking out of this mansion ALIVE? My cousin: Of course, bro! But who knows! YOu might become totally MENTAL after that......

Can u find me?...I was screaming at the top of my voice...wish the ride had lasted longer... I am in the pic too...guess where i was sitting? Damn...it was really thrillingly fun... Help! Help! I am being swallowed by this Dream World giant... Too bad sitting at this place alone...it's such a romatic place...if only i could have been sitting with *........* it'd have been a lot more fun.....(Byoke Sky Building, 84-storey, the tallest) Who says we are governed by the universe? Another nice pic...chit chatting over the candle light, being lulled by this sweet-sounding music by the Filipino band....the bird's eyes view from this place was definitely a must-see one... In Siam Paragon Shopping Center with my bro...

1. Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. (unknown) 2. Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so. -- Pam Brown 3. It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. -- Anne Sexton 4. It's only when you grow up and step back from him - or leave him for your own home-it's only then that you can measure his great-ness and fully appreciate it. -- Margaret Truman 5. Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. 6. The greatest gift I ever had came from God, and I call him Dad! -- Anonymous 7. Up on his shoulders... is where i love to be. -- Michael Carr 8. When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. -- Jewish Proverb 9. 4 years: My Daddy can do anything! 7 years: My Dad knows a lot…a whole lot. 8 years: My father does not know quite everything. 12 years: Oh well, naturally Father does...

I was once told by Kintan that "a person only needs three things to be truly happy; someone to love, something to hope for, and something to do ". But i think something is missing here. Something so crucial that missing of which will bring about anything but the most sought-after happiness. I cannot agree more that being loved is just as important and as fundamental to any living creatures as it can be. But then the term "happiness" itself is controversial in nature. Its definition varies significantly among different individuals, and so far, in the face of a whole string of odds, varied number of definitions even abounds as more and more people start to ponder a lot about what it is like to be truly happy. To be very honest, I often find myself rapt in thoughts about this happiness issue, and each time the same plethora of nagging questions keep surfacing, each spinning my head even more. Does what am i doing make me happy at all? Why do i still have to shoulder ev...

The clock has just struck 22 30, and though by Cambodian standard it is pretty late to stay out, here in Poipet it is another different whole string of curfew-related norms and traditions. I am sitting at this corner of this very grand and luxurious casino called Holiday Palace, trying to absorb everything in sight since no cameras are allowed here, much to my despair. Anyway, these few days have been definitely very energy-sucking, and guess what? THIS BLOODY FILTHY COLD is clinging onto me again. I think Water Splash should be blamed for that. And yeah...talking about Water Splash reminded me of many other thrilling rides i took at Dream World...God...IT WAS DAMN FUN...i remember taking those rides many years ago in Singapore, and i am really looking forward to doing that again in the very near future. HOw near? I have no idea too!!! Anyway, will post more photos of my trip when i am back to PP.

(A sigh of relief)...FE test was not that hard. I think i was able to get by unscathed though I hadn't put in as much effort into the preparation as i was supposed to. And TM quiz was definitely a piece of cake! It was all about mode, median, mean and the like. That reminded me of my secondary school years in Sing. Anyway, I am positive that everyone enjoyed pressing their calculators too, as so evident in their enthusiastic looks. Weird as it may sound, it is quite funny that a language class like mine has something to do with gadgets like calculators. I mean, math and language are like two ends of a continuum, so distant and remote from each other that the possibility of them coming into contact is very slim. And yeah...My Husband is with me, and i am certainly going to watch it tonight at all costs. Thanks to Pheaktra, without whom i won't be able to get hold of the movie!!! Well, according to Bro Rex, Vattey and Pheaktra, My Husband is like a million-tear movie, quite educ...

A Belated Happy Birthday to You!!!! I am feeling really really bad for being so stuck with whatever i was stuck with that I was not even able to sneak out to say a few wishing words to you. Though i know it is late--but there is a saying that "it's never too late", right?--i am making it up to you now, however small it obviously is. So yeah...once again a very happy birthday to you!! And thanks so much for being with me on my birthday two years back. It meant a lot to me, and it still does. I mean, of course, this is what friends are for. So may all your wishes come true! May happiness always accompany you! May you feel secured and cared for all the time! May your smile be always there! And many thounsands other Mays to you....:-)

It has been a long hectic week since i last popped in here. Well, my apologies to each and everyone of you out there. Guess what? I am exhausted to the core!!!! I mean, of course, i am more than glad to have ASEAN friends coming for a visit, and i am not complaining about that, but the thing is that on top of that, there have been many other family events that I could not miss and that has left me so out of "battery". To make matters worse, i was real drunk last night during my cousin's birthday party. God...i was coerced to drink one glass of beer after the other against my will until my head felt really heavy and the world was kinda spinning round. Well...beer!!!! I think people get more intimate when they are drunk, don't you think so? They sort of lower whatever defense that prevents them from pouring their heart out when they are drunk. Ok...let's go back to the party thing! Well, I was sitting next to this cousin of mine, and to my surprise, he sounded quite...

A Very Happy Mother's Day to all mothers in the world whose love for their children knows no bounds, and is reflected in all the sacrifices they have made! A message to my Mum : There are times when I raise my voice at you. There are times when you feel you are being pierced through with my words. There are times when I give you a cold shoulder. But during all those moments, my love for you remains unflagging, Mother. I love you much more than what my actions and words say! How wisely i spend this Mother's Day? I purchased a branded hand bag for my Mum this morning as a token of appreciation. I knew it was nothing compared to all the sacrifices she had made for me for the past 20 years, but at least I was sure her heart leapt at the sight of the well-wrapped hand bag. Of course she didn't realize that it was Mother's day today, so she was not expecting any surprise gifts or the like. Well, as for my bro, he bought a new pair of high heel shoes for my mother too. Though ...

My condolence to the victimized Burmese families... This disastrous cyclone will be remembered with bitter recollection for its atrocity. About 22000 innocent people have been reported dead. And many other thousands are made homeless, motherless, fatherless or even friendless. Our Cambodian government has given a small contribution of $50000 to the Burmese government in addition to the $10000 already offered by the Cambodian Red Cross. I pray that the cylone will die down soon so that social recontruction will start to take form. May the light of heaven watch over the Burmese!!!

Well, today definitely is not an eventful day. I was virtually bored to death by those long-winded explanations by our lecturers. Apparently those concepts they were going over again and again and again were not that abstract; we were able to make the heads and tails of them all. But they made such a fuss as if those fact-based concepts had been beyond our capability to grasp or something. I am positive that everyone was feeling the same way, but they probably felt obliged to maintain eye contact with the lecturers for the sake of paying some respect to them. Well, I did look them straight in the eyes too, but at times I cast furtive glances at my watch, watching it would tick faster. Anyway, after class, You-Know-Who, Tha, Tro and I were so engrossed in our discussion about love that we totally lost track of time. You-Know-Who was the center of attention, of course, since the conversation was mainly about his love problem and how he had made up his mind to grapple with his situation. ...

I feel a lot better today! I laughed a lot in class along with Tha, Hour, Mo, Thy and Paul. Well, there was nothing particularly funny happening within the walls of the classroom, but of course given our knack for making the most boring topics funny, it was not so surprising that we set off the ripple effect of laughter throughout the class during KS session. Obviously, laughter is the best medicine, but laughing too hard would do more harm than good, i am sure. Even though we were like cackling away, looking perfectly intact, I doubted whether You-Know-Whos were just faking all those laughs and smiles for the sake of appearing to be care-free and happy. I had to admit that they got me feeling worried sick. Anyway, it was raining as we parted and headed for different destinations. I didn't wear the raincoat while i was riding my bike back home. I knew i could get into the relapse, but i didn't give it a damn. I was enjoying it when the raindrops came falling upon my face. It wa...

This morning I was having a hard time trying to absorb these theories about second language acquisition. I just couldn't stay focused. What in God's name is wrong with me? I have been feeling that there is this thing in my mind that keeps popping in and out, so often so that I usually find myself staring blankly at the page before me for minutes. What's gotten into me? Sigh...Pheaktra is right, i guess. I am probably in this emotional period. Ok,ok....Vendy, you've gotta pull yourself together NOW!!!! Those thoughts are not healthy at all!! DO NOT give a damn about them anymore. VENDY, you've got other important things to worry about. For Heaven's sake, you have been constantly telling friends of yours to be strong emotionally, and it's your turn to be strong too!!!! Emotions run high, as a matter of fact!!! STAY FOCUSED!!!!!!

In this very instant, i hate you, LOVE! I hate how you have made me as who i am now. I hate you for how you have scarred my heart so bad beyond recognition. I hate you for how you have shredded my inside. I hate you for how you have tortured my friends. I hate you for how you have constantly let tears sting my and their eyes. I hate you for how you have made certain songs too unbearable. I hate you for how you have let loneliness and emptiness into my and my friends' lives. I hate you SO MUCH NOW!!!!!!!!