today i dont have to go to school. but that doesnt necessarily mean it's a good thing. i've got loads to do. three assignments for two subjects and consultation is on tues and wed and thurs and i dont know where or which asdignment to start with. what's worse is that when i woke up to the sound of drilling and welding this morning, everyone's gone! leaving me home alone in this house, with my maid, and some smelly and dusty workers who're here to do the gate. sigh! and those who woke up earlier didnt leave breakfast for me! means i had to dig out some food to eat. i made myself milo coffee bing and steamed pao. very nice! after eating i rolled the pao skin into tiny balls. gross but fun. i decided to go online to see if there's anyone whom i can talk to. i cant stand not talking to anyone in the morning to kick start my day! hmpf. anyway, there wasnt many people online either. they're either studying for mid years/block tests/common tests or in school celebrating youth day. and s has gone for hsc. so no one to talk to in the morning. no one to meet for lunch and hangout! thankfully itjc came online. that's satisfactory already. i'm still hoping i can meet somebody for lunch though. but looks like there's no hope. heh. seems like more digging of food.

i've been calculation my finances. if i were to go to a faraway place next year, which is quite likely, and if i were to buy my dslr this year, which is even more likely, i'm going to be so poor. the monies in my bank account are my savings and angpao money that doesnt amount to much. in primary school, saving up to 50 bucks seem like a lot cos i only got $1.20 a day. i really scrimped and saved, treating myself to 30 cents red bean ice cream on days which i have to stay back. in secondary school i got 3 bucks a day, which is just enough for my existence. so not much savings. now is even worse. i dont get fixed pocket money. and i buy materials more than i eat. so i end up bringing food to school so that i can use the money to buy my materials. still, there're days which i have only 60 cents left in my wallet for the whole week! hahahahhah! that's not even enough for me to take bus home. ahhhhh! maybe i should go to cheaper places like nepal or peru or chile, where it's still nice, can take pictures and cheaper as compared to going to europe or america. just the airfare to these places cost almost 2k. and no budget airlines go to these places. and the exchange rate horrendous. 1 SGD is almost 46 euro cents, or whatever you call it. in america, going to the grand canyon from las vegas costs about 400sgd. that's super ex la. sigh.

yesterday i was watching rhapsody in blue when an idea struck me. you might be a little shocked, but i've always wanted to work in the prisons department. maybe in the womens prison. it always saddens me when i hear about a woman sentenced to imprisonment for smoe stupid things they did and i want to help them turn over a new leaf. but i dont really care if guys go to jail. hahahahahah! okay i'm biased. anyway i thought of this for very long already, like eben when i was in secondary school. i dunno but it's a little odd if after i graduate from tp, i go on to do social work. so perhaps i could go into the design industry then volunteer to do some things in the prisons department. like teach some art things if they have such programmes. or maybe i can work in the prison as a counsellor and teach them art skills and do design freelance. i dont mind doing either one of them. and working prisons department is a ministry in itself. :) maybe i shall ask ah hoon jie more about working in a prison. it's really something i want to do!

anyway here're some pics:

8 quarters of bread with cheese and cornflakes.



old gate :(

new gate in the making! finally! after ten billion of having the old gate that is super rusty and might collapse anytime. with my bro outside learning how to be a gate installer.

my ahma simply loves to take neoprints! coolest ahma in the world.