There is something wrong with my blogger settings.. especially the dashboard. It's like it lost all it's formatting and left with the practical aspects of it only. Is it just me? or any of you facing it too?

testin :)

I'm super duper tired. SOOOooo not used to school life at SMU. Not to mention that i have decided to equip myself with three 8.30am classes a week. I have to admit that life in St Gallen has spoilt me terribly :(

Anyway, i'm stuck in my project management class right now.... which is soooooo not effective. I've tried paying attention out of respect to the prof, but seriously, he's not teaching anything!!! I'm quite sure all of us can learn more by spending this time reading the textbook rather than sitting in his class. It's kinda frustrating, considering how i had high expectations for this course. Project Management is a lot about application, but this guy, even though he's still in the working world, teaches us as if we're either in Year 1 or perhaps even JC. growls.

So while i'm struggling to survive in this class, shall share with you the only 5 decent pics i manage to get at Night Safari last Saturday, without a tripod. it's kinda pathetic, but considering that i didn't manage to get even one pic the last time i was there, I suppose it's an improvement. haha.

Check out the highlighted abs. haha

Leopard spots

All in all, it was an enjoyable evening. It was pretty quiet and a good evening stroll. I love acting tourist with zm right now. haha. I suppose we're just trying to relive our europe days? heh :)

Note to those who feel like going Night Safari soon! They are having 50% off entrance fee for POSB card or starhubs bill :P

it feels as though i just lost a friend
but i really hope that's not true.

My HP com has dieded

Hi. I received the HP Pavilion Tablet on 22 August 2007 (less than two weeks ago) and I am very unsatisfied with the product. It has been very unreliable, despite it being a new laptop.

First of all, I ordered the product via the student promotion for various reasons: good price, reasonable reviews and a delivery date of 13 August, which was before the start of the school term. Unfortunately, there was a delay in shipment and I was only able to collect it from 20 August. This nonetheless has interfered with my school term and brought me inconvenience as I had to borrow a laptop from a friend for a time being.

Worst of all, I have been experiencing a lot of problems with it. This includes sudden closure of my applications such as Windows Media Player, Windows unable to start (but did after I off and on the laptop again), the blue screen popped up once during usage and also sometimes long loading or shutting down time. There was once where I waited for the laptop for about 15 minutes to shut down but it didn’t. The screen was black but the laptop was still running (with the button lights still on). There have also been requests for the system to check one of the disks for consistency. I don’t know whether this is a problem with the Vista interface or perhaps the compatibility of your product with Windows Vista or the product itself.

Currently, I am unable to start Windows. Upon switching on the laptop, I face a screen which tells me that Windows is unable to launch. I have tried the Startup Repairs a couple of times, but it does not work. I called your HP Customer Careline today and requested for a pickup. They say that they can only pick it up tomorrow and it will take about 7 to 9 days for me to get it back.

I have no choice but to use my more than 3 years old IBM laptop to support this uncalled for interim period. It’s really a big disappointment after switching to buying HP upon hearing good comments of your products from my mum who is a HP user. Another reason for my this purchase was the reputable customer support. Is it true?? I hope so … I would therefore urge your organisation to look into my problems urgently since this is my final year in the university.

Looking forward to my “brand new” laptop back with all problems rectified soonest possible to facilitate all my pending projects.

Thank You.

-letter written by me, edited by mum-

School starts tomorrow!!!!

@ 8.30am!

so screwed lah... dunno whether i can get up or not. haha. First day of school... still seems scary even though i'm forth year. How pathetic right? oh wells...

first week of school doesn't look that positive to me... like I never had to do so many things in a week for some time! Sigh.. the hazards of exchange. It took me lots of courage to walk into my parents room just now to tell my mum that I won't be home from Monday to Friday for dinner cuz of dance. I'm quite sure that's a record breaker. It's amazing that i managed to walk out of the room without mishaps. heh.

Was looking through my course outlines yesterday and it looks so damn heavy! My st gallen mods look absolutely puny compared to these... help! Oh well.. hope i can handle it! I've been too spoilt for the past 8 months. lol.

Year 4.. feel like an oldie. one more year of school to enjoy :)

new skin... again

yup yup.. i know.. look as if i got a lot of time again :S
think white-based skins still suits me better...well.. at least i can post bigger pics now! heh.
anybody by chance know how to add 'comment' links to the posts?

Happy National Day!! heh. i'm tempted to wear red and white today after seeing loads of school children doing so yesterday. maybe i should :) Anyway, planning to catch the fireworks later.. hope it's possible... heard its good.. and i must say that i fell in love with them ever since 2005's NDP. zm's trying hard to find a good spot. *hugs*

i had prata at jalan kayu with my parents yesterday and since it was an eve of public holiday, we had to wait like 45 mins for our prata to come. I suspect they ran out of dough or something. :S Our drinks didn't even come so eventually I went to get them myself. haha. I suppose there's nothing different about the crowd at kayu... groups of peeps my age or older hanging out and families with kids in pajamas. But what I really can't get out of my head is seeing an Indian foreign worker who walked past the place wearing a singlet with the words "Track & Field C.H.I.J" at the back of it! It's just weird!!! I know I have passed some of my IJ tennis shirts to my maid to send back to the Philippines and it's likely that some guy is wearing them (cuz most of our tennis tops then were guy cut), but that's not so weird if our school isn't there right? oh well...

I bought a new lappie! well.. not really.. just paid the deposit cuz it's not in stock yet. just hope it comes soon. I dunno about you guys, but my ibm has become really really slow!!! It managed to survive St Gallen's pace of life during the past term, but i really doubt it can here. i have no idea why it's so jialat, but my mum and sis got frustrated using it and thus i got the budget and approval to look for another one! heh. I'm just glad i managed to find a cheap deal: $1499 cuz of some student promotion. The perks of being a student :) ..... one more year to enjoy it!

I was at first considering the macbook student promo (especially since i just lost my 1 year old ipod *grumble*) but i suppose this lappie offered a price and specs that i couldn't resist. Not to mention that i'm only gonna use it for another year and probably gonna be a spare home computer so it has to be one that everybody can use. so anyway.. yippee!

Moving on.. had a great dinner with my parents recently, grilled western food! It was in our garden with nice cool breeze. Sometimes i really do love my home environment - I think it's the perfect cosy restaurant. Was joking with my parents that we should start a one table per night dinner restaurant at our place, no need to pay rental. heh.

Menu: salad, grilled prawns and chicken, nice warm soft and crunchy bread, red wine..... and ended off with ice cream and peppermint tea! all in the comforts of my home... jealous? hee

About today...
nothin much actually, just went for dance... and i really lack stamina. Was kinda panting just after one run through.. pathetic. Not really sure whether I'll be performing the item though.. things seem to be a bit messy, but i'm just glad to be back dancing. I can't help wishing that i've been around to learn or the new items with the rest of the girls.. but we can't have everything right? At least this is a lot less stressful. heh.

Zhimin and I bumped into 2 students from St Gallen today. Kinda cool, especially since both of them were my classmates last term. zm says that somehow he feels 'more at home' after seeing them and misses the german accent. lol. aiyoh... that boy is ready to migrate there already. I suppose it's true to a certain extent... glad to see them.. but home is home. :P Anyway, pity the exchange students coming this term. Housing rental is sooooo high now.... definitely affect budget. They got a river valley apartment for $2600 a month I think. I'm quite sure it was probably $2000 or less for last term's students. Then again, that probably won't really affect students coming from Europe in general.. just the Asian students. tsk tsk... unfair world :P

heh. it's 1.38am and i'm spending my time playing simple pretty games. I'm pretty bad at it though. but it's so pretty!!!! heee. this one is called winterbells.
okay. i know.. it's girl thing :) but bf is playing it too :P
but for those who are bored at internship or sth, no harm having some pleasant fun :)
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

this was taken on the same day but the rain started forming from the afternoon. after seeing this, i could really picture how rain just spreads out from the mountain regions all the way to the sea. Well.. watching Planet Earth helped too :) I honestly think that this is the most gorgeous and scariest rain I've seen. Just look at how the clouds form!!

swiss army knifes. cool right?

this is pretty much a waterfall in the mountain/cliff. I think that at times it looks like a huge toilet bowl with the water flushing down. heh. in a way, it doesn't look that impressive, but the impact of rushing water in an enclosed area is pretty poweful.

landing!

Hotel Staubbach


morning walk

my little japanese mum (she's really proud of her japanese-made umbrella)

wish i can do that

cows!!!! and cowbells :P

candid shot by sis

the Lauterbrunnen Valley. there are 72 waterfalls that lead to this valley. gorgeous right?

Staubbach Falls. Waterfall just outside my hotel.

this is what happens when the clouds pass by... visibility almost down to zero!

feels like a different world altogether being up there...

little doggie taking walk in snow :)

ice caves