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the pebbles you've arranged,
in the sand they're strange.
they speak to me like constellations,
as we lie here.

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    • Thursday, November 16, 2006

    Koh-Nee-Chee-Wahhh!
















































    Hi, this is your friendly :) NUS student guide, Yee-Dting san speaking.

    Last Thursday and today have been days spent with many "uhm"s, "hmmm?"s and more ???. On top of being an extremely lazy and procrastinative (4 more webcasts to go...) university student, I've been moonlighting as one of the student tour guides from the NUS Japanese Society who frequently host Japanese high school students who come to Singapore for exchange programs.

    Surprised? Never knew I was into Wasabi, Sashimi and Ayumi right?

    ;)

    Last Thursday was my first attempt and I was assigned to a bunch of 6 very cute (oh, I mean kawaiiiii) and sweet (considerate kinda sweet) girls and today's group consisted of 4 very cute and sweet boys.

    I can't help but notice a pattern - These Japanese kids just cannot stop being so cheerful and cute right? Keeping up to the level of their sprightlyness is like trying to psycho a slow loris in moving faster than a bunch of Energizer bunnies. Does anything ever get them down? Don't they have homework to do?! Cellulite to worry about? PMS? These kids are such happy, happy people.

    I have my first New Year's resolution out and that is to master as many foreign languages as possible. First on the list is definitely Japanese. Not that I'm particularly interested in the language or culture but trying to communicate using body language and 'win, lose or draw' is just way too tiring.

    Check out the first pic for my scribblings and try to make out the "conversation" I made with my non-existent knowledge of the Japanese language. Thank god for making "MAKE-UP" (cue: a lot of high-pitched squeals) and "SHOPPING" the universal languages of mankind.

    The second resolution would be to learn about the tourists' attractions lying in the nooks and corners of our lil island. Ignorance is not always bliss. I gotta stop being such a bochap Singaporean.

    I'd have a stronger case arguing against the GST hike then, you see.

    Tourguiding is really quite an experience. Everyone, try it at least once! :)

    PS. Sorry but my narrative entries always flop! This is so all over the place. :S The past 7 hours of non-stop walking is making me slightly motion-sick.

    23:48

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