we went to atlantis aquaventure. visited abu dhabi, al ain, sarjah. visted a mosque, watched wolverine. watching another movie and going to sarwah today. basically, we've more or less exshausted what there is to do in dubai and the UAE already. and we are homebound in a few days time. I wouldn't say that I'm homesick, but i do indeed miss a few ppl.

I've been here for 6 days. The Leongs have been most hospitable. I feel a little bad that I may be imposing and offer to help around as much as I can. It's been fun! despite the scorchng heat. it's about 30 plus 40 degrees around here? the late afternoons and nights are cooler, and we try not to walk around too much during the midday heat. even the locals here adjust their lifestyle around the weather. heard stories of 3hr lunch breaks where they nap as well. cant work in the shipyard under the scorching sun.

church is on fri. their weekend starts on fri and ends at sat. sun is a working day. we visited al ain yesterday. spent a night there. tomorrow, we'll be doing some shopping. and the day after we'll be going on a desert tour. I can't wait to go to atlantis's aquaventure. we get to swim with the sharks? non-human eating ones of course.

overall, it's been warm and cosy and homely here. auntie amy has been most lovely. i wonder what i've missed back home too. wished i could chat with friends but you guys arent online.

The best time to reappear on a scene is when people start asking where you are. and since I've gotten comments about my lack of blogging, I'm back now with a short entry.

I'm leaving for dubai tomorrow and will be back on 13th May. After which, I will continue my search for an internship. If any of you know of any company that is hiring, do let me know. I'm not fussy, but I would prefer to be paid.

school's out. summer's here. the past 3 mths have been fine. I think I've grown, once again. and I'm really excited about what the upcoming summer has in stall for me. the people I will meet, the people I will grow closer to, the events that will happen, what I will do, what I will see, etc.

=)

look out for my photos on facebook. will be uploading them.

the song that inspired this post:

I've never been to me

Hey lady, you lady
cursing at your life
you're a discontented mother
and a regimented wife
I `ve no doubt
you dream about the things you never do
but I wish someone had a talk to me like I wanna talk to you

Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preacher man
and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
Because I had to be free
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Please lady please lady
don't just walk away
Cause I have this need to tell you
why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me
still living in your eyes
won't you share a part
of a weary heart that has lived a million lives

Oh, I've been to Niece and the isle of Greece
when I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
and showed them what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
and I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'pose to see
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie
a fantasy we created about people and places
as we like them to be
but you know what truth is?
it's that little baby you're holding
and it's that man you fought with this morning
the same one you are gonna make love to tonight
that's truth that's love

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
that might have made me complete
but I, I took the sweet life
I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I spent my life exploring
the subtle whoring
that costs too much to be free
hey lady I've been to paradise
but I've never been to me...

I've been to paradise but I've never been to me



I once told a friend that I want to be two different people- a loving mother and wife to a great husband and great kids as well as an independent women who achieves much success in life, travelling the world seeing places, going to places, being in places. and she said, when you are able to recouncile these two seemingly conflicting goals, I think you will truly find lots of satisfaction. and I think she is right. I will never be a woman whose life only revolved around her husband or her kids. no, I do not think that is very healthy for them either. but neither will I ever be a woman who places her career above her family. 

To my mpw friends who also happen to form the bulk of my blog readers,today I didn't go for mpw class. I couldn't wake up. My alarm rang and I snoozed for 3 times, and I simply couldn't drag myself out of bed. Maybe cus, deep inside myself, I felt that the lesson wasn't worth it because I hardly learn anything. I am slightly worried for my 20% class part component as I have barely spoken the entire term. but oh well, it doesn't bother me that much. I will mug hard ON MY OWN (or maybe we can mug together) for the finals, but I don't really see or understand how these weekly lectures are helping me much.

or maybe I should close facebook, msn, or other distracting materials on my laptop and sincerely pay attention. (maybe next week!) I could learn something. but that would require a lot of effort as her monotonous voice often causes my mind to wander off within a few minutes. haha.

but on a brighter note, I will be leaving the house soon (yes I'm still at home!) to meet minxun to watch the chick flick- he is just not that into you. ( no do not judge me. it has been a movie that I have been looking forward to watching since I've caught the blockbusters- slumdog and buttons already.) maybe after the movie, and with added opinions gained from watching the movie, I may blog about my empowering and comforting perspective about boy-girl relationships.

and on an even brighter side, I will be watching JASON MRAZ tonight! at the indoor stadium. =) =) I am really looking forward to this.

yesterday I went for an Audible Hearts interview. I do not know how they will respond to my staunch view on homosexual relationships and I am not too certain that I will get the youthpal role.

yesterday I also saw a friend with a copy of the time traveller's wife. I was surprised that he was thinking of reading it and sincerely hope he enjoys it. on another note, though I know the plot, I haven't read the time traveller's wife either. 

I saw a very nice and contemplative picture on ang ang's blog. but I couldn't copy and paste it here. so here's the link: http://flickr.com/photos/cinnay/3307785579/in/set-72157612376466762/


I suppose I can relate to the picture. but I don't think you should erase people from your memories, even if that was possible. I hold a different perspective. why not just treat it all as a learning experience. reflect upon what went wrong, what could have been done better, and do not repeat your mistakes when you next encounter something similar.

with every pitfall encountered, you only learn more.

this is the most exciting time of our lives. the time when we learn and learn, and explore everything.

of course there are times when you look back and just go eeewwww... why did I do that. your memories haunt you. but it also serves as a reminder not to repeat something.

I am the type of people who will only learn when bitten. I have got to experience it before I learn, and even when I have experienced it, I may not learn. haha. stupid me.

that's life for us.

1.typed mushy silly things to jo over msn which made my mushy little heart melt

2. typed mushy silly things to mich over msn which made my heart go boink boink

3. met old friend for coffee

4. bumped into random friends in school.

5. rachel tan misses vj and us... and me.

and there are more that I would like to say but typing it out on blog space is not a good idea. It would just seem exhibitionistic, insincere, and just doesn't get the right message across, even if I meant every word I said.

=) =) =)

I love YOU guys. =)

and.....................

I love my mummy despite everything, or rather because of everything. and I want to try to make it home for dinner once a week, and try not to have stuff on sats and suns so that there is more family time. =)

JoAnn   says:
sigh. i miss you
{Sally} says:
miss u too. =)
JoAnn   says:
and the way you laugh
{Sally} says:
HAHAHA
JoAnn   says:
the way you make ME laugh
{Sally} says:
pew larkerly ah
JoAnn   says:
the funny things you say
JoAnn   says:
the funny ways you say then
{Sally} says:
awww..........
JoAnn   says:
*them
{Sally} says:
ur getting mushy
JoAnn   says:
i miss you, because you are you. and i don't think i could ever find someone like you ever again
JoAnn   says:
they broke the mold when they made you
{Sally} says:
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
JoAnn   says:
(because they saw how screwed up the mould was)
{Sally} says:
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
JoAnn   says:
      
{Sally} says:
u suck
{Sally} says:
im pasting this on my blog
JoAnn   says:
 . ok that last part was to throw you off how i really feel about you
JoAnn   says:
because everytime i declare my undying devotion you laugh. as if my feelings of love are nothing but a witty anecdote
JoAnn   says:
 
JoAnn   says:
ok. that was also a joke
JoAnn   says:
exaggerating my true feelings for you
JoAnn   says:
i like you a lot. but not a LOT.
JoAnn   says:
we're girlfriends, but not GIRLfriends  
JoAnn   says:
 .
JoAnn   says:
anyway. pls DO post my lil poem/ode to sally on your blog
{Sally} says:
what poem?
JoAnn   says:
and please do title it "Ode to Sally" by JoAnn Lopez

Sally Lim has set to private incriminating/accusatory blog posts.

just in case she makes her lovely friends uncomfortable. =)

something has happened. I no longer feel like I can do well in school. I am typing and mulling over this while tan swee liang talks about a complicated cobb douglas function that I cannot understand. =(

Why am I so stupid/absent-minded/forgetful these days? I didn't use to be like this. and while all this degradation is taking place, I am not stressed or worried like how I would usually be. Is this a progression from a type A to a type B? I never thought I was a type A in the first place though.

no longer a Margaret Mok but a Sophie Mok? if you watched Assault and Flattery, you would know what i mean. but was I ever as accomplished as Maragaret that I can safe that I am "no longer" one.

I have lost my mojo. Dear Lord Jesus.

Do you get influenced by other's writings? I'm sure you do. we all do. But I am affected in such a way that I feel like adopting the writer's style, which isn't good. cus it gives me writer's block. or makes my writing awkward, cus I try to write in a style which isn't me.

so, even though I am always tempted to blog, and have stuff to say after reading fantastic blogs, I cannot. cus I can't pen my thoughts well into words. I can't even talk about them well actually.

I blog well at the most random times, with random thought surging and random emotions running high.

It is chu xi today!

and in another half hour, I will be going to eat reunion dinner.

although there is no pork for me this year (no bak kwa, pork-filled wantons, pork meat for steamboat, etc), but it will be a lovely time dressing up! (yes, I have old new clothes to wear! clothes that I once bought but didn't wear before!) and it will be a most exciting time meeting up with friends and relatives. =)

love my family (despite not being appreciative sometimes),
Sally

with my 20 years, I would say that any relationship or friendship will work out, as long as there is communication and honesty.

at least I will try.

love faith hope.
and the greatest of this is love.

and it is my wish to see your happy ending.

with love,
Sally

ai. when you all comment, you all must tell me who you are. if not, how I know who are my lovely friends who bother to read this blog here?

love and appreciate you deeply annoymous commentor,
Sally. =)

Hello everyone,

It is mpw on a beautiful thursday morning. why beautiful when it wasn't so beautiful just 3hrs ago? because I just earned $10 for clicking away at a computer screen for 45mins. love those research studies. =))) and I am wide awake, but still sadly, unable to pay attention in her class. seated sadly by the side, away from my beautiful friends and ahem! handsome(pukes) mpw crush. =)))


why was this morning not so beautiful?

i forgot to top up my ezlink card. and I didn't have enough coins to take bus. so I was asking the people on the bus whether anyone had change for 2 bucks (so embarassing). the indian that i approached didn't have. but he said i could just take his money. and I sheepishly took his 20cents, and was simply too paiseh to take anymore from the pile of coins he laid out for me to choose. atlas, after approaching ahem, 3-4ppl, someone finally had my change. and i ended up paying a total of $1.75 cus I could not get change for the coins I had put earlier. anyway I was just glad that I could finally go and sit down and hide my embarassed face. and so I did. (without paying the indian his 20cents though, cus I did noth have enough loose change)

sigh. I wish I could be more independent, less absent-minded. This is so embarassing. not only this, but the little things that I always cannot do right, or forget to do. I am not a street-wise girl.

but I want to learn to be.

because I am 21 this yr, and I must start behaving like one.

with much resolution,
Sally. =)

How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It's like a book elegantly bound
But in a language you can't read just yet

You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

There are days when outside your window
I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective
When we'll be lovers, lovers at last

You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won't let you let me down so easily
So easily

You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find love
I will possess your heart

I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

1. do not eat pork/eat less meat

2. be forward-looking

3. be less absent-minded

4. understand/find myself.

SHE GOT RAPED.

there is no justice in this world.

Should I give up or should I keep on chasing pavements?


.... even if it leads nowhere?







but oh. I've decided. and I hope it's a right choice. but yes, I have decided.

mich : ) says:
sally is my all for tmr
mich : ) says:
hahaha
{Sally} says:
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
{Sally} says:
so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
mich : ) says:
KISSIEKISSIESMOOCHIEEEEEES
mich : ) says:
hahahahaha
{Sally} says:
RECEIVE RECEIVE RECEIVE
mich : ) says:
okay night love!!!!!!!
{Sally} says:
okok
{Sally} says:
good night love!
{Sally} says:
im lazy to bathe
{Sally} says:
but i think i must lah
mich : ) says:
hahaha i can smell you
{Sally} says:
love you deep deep forever!
{Sally} says:
HAHAHAHAAHAHA
{Sally} says:
like real
mich : ) says:
but its okay
{Sally} says:
so nice smell right
{Sally} says:
hahaha
mich : ) says:
i likeeeee also
mich : ) says:
the essence of sally
{Sally} says:
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAH
{Sally} says:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
mich : ) says:
TAKES A DEEEEP BREATHHHH

{Sally} says:
 U ARE FULL OF NONSENSE
{Sally} says:
I TIHNK U LEARN FROM JED LOR
{Sally} says:
NOT ME
mich : ) says:
hahahah ILOVEYOU!!!!!!
mich : ) says:
hahahah
{Sally} says:
THIIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HILARIOUS!
{Sally} says:
hahahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
{Sally} says:
so disgustingly mushy.
mich : ) says:
okay so pls dont bathe when you meet me tmr
{Sally} says:
i am going to paste this whole section on my blog
mich : ) says:
hahahahaha
{Sally} says:
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
{Sally} says:
YES I AM
mich : ) says:
*BLUSH
mich : ) says:
hahah
mich : ) says:
shy already
mich : ) says:
hahha night my smelly darling!!!!