SHOPPING!!!

Again...

It seems as though every alternate Sunday I am out shopping with Mum! Which is a good and yet a bad thing...

Shopping with Mummy is fun because she and I have quite similar taste. Or rather, she gives in to me most of the time. She has quite good fashion sense, but given my size and all, I don't think I can follow the fashion and wear all that kinda stuff. And I am not the kind who would wear big and chunky stuff which is quite in fashion, you know those kind of necklaces which dangle really big beads and all. I still prefer my plain and simple pendants. And I am not those kind who knows how to mix and match. Please...I don't have that kind of energy and time lah!

Mummy doesn't mind going shopping with me now ever since I started working. Why? Because I would pay for the things that I buy. And so, I spent about $100!!

I bought my swim wear for the camp already! And that was after walking through TM and CS! Finally, I settled for a plain swim wear at Arena which was having 20% discounts. Even with that discounts, it came up to about $50+. Thanks to GSS!! Hehe!

And then I bought 2 other beach shorts (whatever you call them...) I am more or less prepared for the camp already. Just left the present for SP. Darns...I am stuck at that...Can't I just buy earrings?

It would be retail therapy for SJ and me on Tues! That reminds me...I gotta cancel tuition. Haiz...

More money spending.
GSS is really tempting!!

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Yesterday, I went for the NUS Biz Welcome Tea session. I am glad that I went for it! Met Angeline and her friend, Janice on the train. (It was arranged.) And then we took a taxi from Clementi. The taxi driver didn't know how to get to the University Hall! I told him turn left at the round about but he still turned right and took us to the central library! And we had to walk across from there to take the shuttle bus. In the bus, we asked a girl where to alight. She said, "Oh. I am going there too." Then Janice said, "In other words, she doesn't know where." But it was quite easy to find the place! The bus stop is just right outside of the Uni Hall!

There were many, many people!! And we started off with eating the food first! (After registering.) And I met Sherry! She has also accepted NUS Biz. So, she joined in the group and we made friends with many others also coming to biz school. There were many MJ students!

The talk was really enriching and we heard about USP again like the dunno-how-many-times already. Nah...I don't think I would be able to cope with that. Maybe overseas trips and internships :) And the career talk by Joan was really interesting and looking at the job prospects seem really cool!

We went on a Uni tour in the bus and saw quite a bit of NUS! And Kent Ridge is so near to the Biz school! We went on a walkabout at Sheares Hall and it looks very nice!! I think I am going to enjoy staying at Kent Ridge! The bus stop home is also very near!

I didn't follow the rest to St James Power House after the walkabout. Instead, I took a bus (200) to Buona Vista and a train home. Well, I am glad I didn't go SJPH! Mum, Dad, Nick and I went to CS to eat at Soup Restaurant!! Dad wanted to eat Chinese food after 1 week of eating western in Canada. And so, they checked out Crystal Jade, which had a long queue. And walked around for a while thinking of where to eat! I suddenly remembered about Soup Restaurant! And Mum seconded it! We dragged the 2 men to CS to eat there! My Dad was quite hesitant coz he thought we were just going to drink soup. They asked me to call the shots and place the orders since I had eaten there more than they have. (During the times when I stayed with my grandaunt, we frequent Soup Restaurant!) So, I ordered the set meal for 4 ($78) and it was a very heavy meal with so many dishes! Mum even said we should order the $88 one the next time we come!! Oh well, Dad paid for it ($101) and he was satisfied! What to do, they even know that "my daughter has expensive and good taste" hehe!!

Well, it was a long time ever since we had a sit down family dinner at a restaurant! :) I am glad the night went well!

Mum and I wanted to shop after that. But we were too full to shop! So, guess today's shopping was the continuation of yesterday's! :)

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I have driving tmr!! Meeting SJ! Driving Therapy! CI is working tmr night, but I don't know if it would be him. Anyways, I am glad to know that he wants to teach me!

This was something that I wanted to post last Thurs, but I saved it as draft instead.

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I did something really silly with regards to my driving lessons timing. I forgot to cancel 23 May lesson and when I realised it, it was TOO LATE!! I remembered only when Sarah and I met on 22 May morning to go to driving lesson together.

SJ: Hey Rach, I cancelled tmr's lesson.
Me: YOU DID?! OH NO!!! I FORGOT TO CANCEL MINE!!

I frantically called CDC and no, the answering machine kept answering me! It was only till I got to the gates of CDC that I managed to talk to a human.

Girl: Hi! Comfort Driving Centre! How may I help you?
Me: Hi! I was wondering if you could check if I still have tmr's lesson or have I cancelled it?
Girl: Ok...give me a minute. Can I have your ID?
Me: (secret though CI remembers every number of it! :))
Girl: Ok, you still have tmr's lesson.
Me: Oh darn. Erm...Could you please help me to cancel it?
Girl: Oh Sorry! I can't! You need at least 2 working days to cancel.
Me: Yah...I know. Then what about try sell?
Girl: Yah...you could.
Me: OK! Cool! Could you please help me to try sell?
Girl: Oh yah..you need to write in to tell us why you can't make it for tmr. Why do you need to cancel?
Me: Oh! My boss doesn't want me to take leave.
Girl: Then I think you got to get your boss to write a letter.
Me: HUH?! What if I do it myself over the internet. Still need to write a letter?
Girl: Then you don't have to.
Me: Aiya...Ok then. Thanks.

How dumb! Who is the boss here?! CDC or my boss? Imagine me getting my boss to write a letter? I think I would get fired! Anyways, I told my supervisor at work and she was laughing at it. And laughing at my forgetfulness. She was nice to let me take the whole day off yesterday (since I wanted to leave at 2pm to go to Siglap and I would only report to work at 11am. Which means I work only 2 hours?!) But in the end, I pleaded with her to let me go to work! I worked from 11am to 3pm while eating lunch during work. It was better than not working at all! At least I got work done! I think she must be wondering why I was so eager to work when she let me off! But I didn't want to take so much leave especially I was taking full day today! Anyways, there's a long story behind my plan of booking 2 driving lessons in a row. I was so pissed with myself for that. But...I think there's always a blessing in disguise behind these stupidity-ness! :)

I was really pissed when I started driving lesson on Tues with CI.

Me: Have you had breakfast?
CI: Why? We go Macs issit? Set!
Me: Don't want lah...I already had..
CI: What happened? Why you like that?
Me: Huh? I very tired lah...got up at 630am leh! Coz dad not here to send me here (CDC) and then got to come on my own...
CI: Oh! Then you didn't take his car and drive here!
Me: Aiya...you think I don't want meh?

And he started telling me stories of people who drove their cars to CDC without having their own driving license!

Chat...Chat...Chat...

And then we went to do directional change. I went up the kerb but that was because he was hurrying me until I got so uptight and turned at the wrong time! But that was because there was a test car! He was a bit pissed...but then we carried on chatting and crapping...

Then I told him the whole story of me forgetting to cancel the lesson.

Me: How ah?! Tmr got lesson again ah!
CI: Aiya...why tmr?! Why not Thurs?
Me: Thurs? Why Thurs?
CI: Because Thurs I am not here!
Me: *diao*
CI: But then, tmr also may not be me lah! But Gilbert would be here lah! (Hinting that he wouldn't teach me and I knew that it may not be him, which eventually was true.)
Me: But looking at the past lessons, how much chance would that be?
CI: Yah lah..still got chance. But really leh. Xiao Jie, you must jia1 ba3 jin4 (keep going) ok! If not ah, I am going to be so embarrassed! Teach you for so long already so you must pass ok!!
Me: Yah lah! You think I don't want meh? So sian of waiting already...

And he kept encouraging me and telling me the things to look out for! :)

We went to do the rest of the circuit and I can safely say that it went fantastically well! He said so! Hehe!

But when we went out, I got scolding a few times for not changing back to gear 1 at a stop. I started so many times in gear 2 and CI got really pissed!

CI: How many times must I tell you?! YOUR GEAR! Can you please get it into your head?!
Me: *getting a bit scared, but I was giggling and smiling*
CI: You heard or not?
Me: Yah! I did! (Looking out for cars coming while I was at the filter lane) Oh no...so xiong1 (fierce)! Hai...
CI: Ni3 shuo1 shen3 me4? (what did you say?)
Me: I said you getting fierce le.
CI: *And he started laughing!*

Right...so you know, he won't be angry with me! :) I agree a lot with Sarah on that driving instructors would probably have undergone some training programme to put up with whiny people like me and her! :)

Anyways, the lesson went totally well! And he praised me! And even promised to bring me to macs or rather we drive to macs when I get my license!! :)

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The next day, I went for lesson and I got 183. I knew that it wouldn't be CI who would be taking me and it would be Gilbert. But I was very tired...waking up at 630am! And walking a long distance to the bus stop! And getting to the CDC at 815am!

Before the lesson started, I went to the canteen there to wait for G to come.
But CI saw me and started calling me...

CI: Eh! G is teaching you today leh...It won't be me. (and he showed me his palmtop, telling me who his student is)
Me: Orh...I know...
CI: How you know?
Me: Not your car no. mah. so not you loh. But then you said it may be G. So i know its G loh. (ok...i wasn't making any sense. But CI was darn sweet!)
CI: Aiya...I want to teach you today de. But then got this student.
Me: Then change with G loh!
CI: Cannot lah...How to change?
Me: Cannot change or you don't want to change?
CI: Cannot lah! Already said want to teach you!
*Btw, the conversations were mostly in Mandarin. But I am too lazy to type out what we said in Mandarin.

And we continued...I whined to him telling him I am in a bad mood coz I wasn't able to cancel my lesson...

CI: Don't worry lah! G said he will dui4 ni3 hao3 yi4 dian3! (Treat you better)
Me: HUH?! What do you mean? Aiya...i going for lesson already lah. (G was in his car waiting for me. And it was already 3 mins into the lesson.)

In the car I asked G how come CI said he would treat me better. Then G said, "You mean I treat you very bad all along ah?!"

Oh well...I warned G that I was in a bad mood and told him the whole story. CI probably already told G that I would be in a bad mood that's why G would treat me nicer.

During the lesson, I passed CI's car a few times and each time we did, he gave me a very sad look and was like quite pitiful. He would then giggle at his student. He was super mean lah! G was like "aww...he miss you lah..." And then CI followed us quite a way within the circuit. There was even a time when he watched me do my parking! super stressed lah! But I managed to clear it! hehe!

Anyways, the lesson went superbly well! And we talked quite a bit. G has like became my good friend after having 5 lessons with him! And probably all my bimbotic moments that CI shared with him. And secrets! haha! And he showed me his kids pics! So cute!! And we offered each other advice on how to deal with family problems. oh well...that's the kinda friendship we have made.

At the end of the lesson, I met Ziwei at the usual zebra crossing in the school. And CI walked pass that way!

CI: Eh! How come still here?
Me: Orh...talking to friend. So how was lesson? did you miss me? :)
CI: Err...ok loh...
Me: Did you go out of circuit?
CI: No...I love staying in circuit. Cannot ah?
Me: Can...I thought you would want to go out! I had a lot of fun outside! (CI was quite sad...)
CI: Anyway, how was lesson? I told G to treat you better today!
Me: EH!! YOU told him to treat me better?! Why?!
CI: Like that loh...How was lesson? (he didn't reply me!!)
Me: Ok loh...Actually it was very good!! (CI had ??? all over his face.) Serious!! YOU GO AND ASK G LAH! I really did well today! Humph...
CI: Yah lah...At least you had fun!

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CI is sweet :)

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With the NUS talk...and the walk about, I think I am more sure of my choice of NUS. Thank God for all that He has provided me with! :)

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~pInKdELiGhTs~ What else could I ask for? :)