23rd February 2008:

Sending Ashlyn off





The Haircut (katlyn again)



Please do not criticize. My hair will grow. I will pull my fringe everyday to boost the speed. Anyway the neatness only lasted 1 hour. The smoke and sweat of BBQ destroyed it and also made the fringe appear shorter and shorter to my horror.




The Hebe Cut






Back Home

I put Ashlyn's present on my shelf:



while Eunice made herself at home, read a French story book, drank 1 litre of lemon tea, and stole my necklace.





I cannot explain her happiness either.

The Class BBQ









































My brother woke me up with this:



Okay that's it bye.

On Tuesday i sent my father off. It has become an increasingly intense affair, and I found myself holding back tears.It din't really bother me like that before.



This morning ( Saturday ), we saw Ashlyn off on her way to Perth. She was wearing a black t-shirt, jeans and carrying an oversized backpack and honestly, she looked like a lost kid. When we watched her walk off alone, I realised that in my mind she is still a sec 1 girl who isn't quite capable of taking care of herself. I caught Christine dabbing at her tears, and again, I felt that lump in my throat.

After that Friends of Ashlyn had extended breakfast at Yakun. Everybody knows each other's secrets, because Ashlyn is efficient newspaper. Christine used dark sauce for her eggs and she said 'THE SALTINESS' many times. Christine gave us a lift in her pretty red Peugot and everyone wore their seat belts for the correct reasons.

Haircut at Icon with Eunice, who got her neck shaved like a man. She succesfully got her Hebe cut which left her in high spirits the whole day. I got a fringe which is urgent need of growth, but I am 20 and i shall not mourn over too-short-fringe. All I have to do is avoid the mirror and I will forget.

Eunice came over to my place to wait for the class BBQ. Class BBQ was too much otah, salty prawns,very spicy sambal, lots of sweet drinks, creamy donuts, photo snapping and playing taboo in the playground.

at 1.03 a.m

big casino says:
did u cry
karen go going RSMW RSMW =) says:
erm no la can control
big casino says:
oh ok
karen go going RSMW RSMW =) says:
i just feel lonely
big casino says:
hmm
karen go going RSMW RSMW =) says:
cuz my dad went back too
karen go going RSMW RSMW =) says:
and i am going to cry now

The tears finally came.

A few pictures:

That is Dongwan's blog entry title. I enoy emulating him. Please meet Goguma ( potato ).






I love Goguma. And I think Dongwan takes beautiful pictures. By the way, Dongwan is part of Shinhwa. I really like them, and I collect their merchandise, but no I am not ashamed at all. My mom likes them too.

During dinner last night, while listening to BEN, my dad said its a good song for Chinese New Year since it's the year of the mouse. I nearly choked myself to death. Ben is a very nice song, I listen to it a few times a day. Recently I have also begun to listen to Rod Stewart and Sir Paul McCartney; they are awesome!

You're a rhapsody, a comedy
You're a symphony and a play
You're every love song ever written
But honey what do you see in me


You're an essay in glamour
Please pardon the grammar
But you're every schoolboy's dream
You're celtic, united, but baby i've decided
You're the best team i've ever seen


DAMN NICE.

ohh I have to report the date. It is the 15th of February, the day after Valentine's. Felicia, apparently, only found out yesterday that Valentine's Day falls on the 14th, and not the 16th. My goodness. It's like how I always thought that Takuya Kimura and Takeshi Kaneshiro were the same guy. ( hurhur ). I don't see their similarity, other than their initials being T.K. Valentine's Day has no purpose to me but a reminder of my boyfriendlessness, and a day to observe others. At the train station there was a girl who passed her boyfriend a huge parcel, and his reaction was "Is that a bomb?'. What an irritating way to hide his glee. I recieved some little gifts from friends but I am ashamed that I had nothing to share. I am not sure why but I had the notion that it would be a bland affair quite unlike Rgs and jc, so I did not prepar anything. So guilty.

My brother is forcing me to listen to Michael John sing Bohemian Rhapsody but I don't like it. How can you sing better than Queen.

To end off, Eunice and I got into AWS committee. She got the post of Assistant Publicity Director and I Assistant Fund-rasising Director. The most exciting thing I know of, is a trip to Noah's Ark. That would be interesting. The Assistant Secretary Sheryln is my pimary school friend. Year one freshies would make lovely assistants, yes. During Finishing School yesterday, Joan said she kept using the words 'you freshmen' to a class, and when the next speaker asked who was a year 1 student, nobody raised their hands. Gawt.

It's off to school I go now.

I have not been updating... blogging suddenly seems unfamiliar to me: I don't know to begin!

I finished reading The Chinese Box today, it's relatively nice, I like the way he describes the souring relationship between Dimitri and Helen. I also like how he writes about small talk and the awkwardness between people, almost wordless communions. Can you play Edinburgh next Friday?

To the Chinese February always means red panty time. Chinese New Year. Xuyun said, she won 50dollars thanks to her red panties. If all 4 players wore red panties and briefs at a mahjong table, i suppose it will be a draw then. I did not wear red panties, but I gambled. I did not win money though, because my family used gold coins made of chocolate.



Introducing... my parents. ( The best people in the world )

PICTURES TAKEN WITH RICOH CAPLIO INSTEAD.







Myself:



and 3 more brothers. ( no photo ). That's my family. My favourite people.

I love having dinner at this park:





The satay is so good!



With a good view:



This is my school library, it's huge.




That is Claire by the way. She just turned 20 this week. I had an ill-executed surprise for her, but she still fell for my trap... so. And I wrote the cheesiest birthday note ever, on her birthday card. Tammy made a BEAUTIFUL birthday card for Claire. I took a photo of it with Eunice's camera, but I cannot find it on Eunice's blog. So if you are reading this and you haven't seen the card before, imagine what a pretty handicraft birthday card looks like with thread and beads et cetera on it, that's what it looks like. With my cheesy very un-Karen-like "NUS is a better place because of you!"

Rest of the photos taken wth the Fuji:




My dear friend Ashlyn is leaving on the 23rd for foreign soil. 6 yrs. I will miss her presence, surely. But I won't miss HER, I think. It's more of a getting used to it thing. Besides there are really so many modes of communication to make up for distance. I will get accustomed. I hope that the whole Australian experience will b fulfilling, that's the most important.

Bye Ashlyn.











That boy is so CUTE. I don't know how else to desribe him. I love his garb and his crazy bike. He really had to 'leap' on. Ah. Very very adorable.

Bird.



Guess the missing letter:




There is still a long way to go.



I see blue.



And some yellow too.



Even Red. Red is striking.





Tree Reflection



I like them all.




























ver. room.





It rained that day.




Stupid.





Mosque.









Myself, again



Yipeng wore a GiantBonsai shirt... .. ..






This year, I want to know myself better. I want to know myself inside out.