sitting outside BK for lunch~

wohu...it's another year of halloween

"TREAT or TRICK!"....hmm
tis yr was a little diff...i bought some chocs to sch to gv my gd frenz...yup...
and i asked them....
TREAT or TRICK?!! of coz no dumb will choose to get trick...lol...
n u noe...m GOOD as TRICKING people...
juz one apr fool...more than 5 ppl got trick in 10 mins by mi...MUHAHA!!!

ok...juz to wish all HAPPY HALLOWEEN...!
hehe...m promoted to the 'tired' gal catergory! lol....
i really wish to realli have a halloween party one day wif my buddies...LOL!
ya~ dun get TRICK! haha~

a joke for the day...
A little boy asked his dad for a dollar to give to a little old lady in the park. His father impress by his son’s kindness, gave him the dollar. “There you are my son,” said the father. “But, tell me, isn’t the little lady able to work any more? “She sells candy” was the boy’s reply.

muhahahah~ so funi rite? hmm
ok...
here goes our quote of the day...

Halloween (or Hallowe’en) is an international holiday celebrated on October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and occasionally in parts of Australia. In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November.

History
Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (Irish pronunciation: [ˈsˠaunʲ]; from the Old Irish samain). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the alive and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, into which bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.


History of name
The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows' Even (both "even" and "eve" are abbreviations of "evening", but "Halloween" gets its "n" from "even") as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day", which is now also known as All Saints' Day. It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 (which had itself been the date of a pagan holiday, the Feast of the Lemures) to November 1. In the ninth century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although All Saints' Day is now considered to occur one day after Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day. Liturgically, the Church traditionally celebrated that day as the Vigil of All Saints, and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils, it was celebrated on the previous day if it fell on a Sunday, although secular celebrations of the holiday remained on the 31st. The Vigil was suppressed in 1955, but was later restored in the post-Vatican II calendar.

Symbols
The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols in America, and is commonly called a jack-o'-lantern. Originating in Europe, these lanterns were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga. Believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body containing the spirit and the knowledge, the Celts used the "head" of the vegetable to frighten off any superstitions. The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard-drinking old farmer. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to forever wander the earth at night with the only light he had: a candle inside of a hollowed turnip. The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America, where pumpkins were readily available and much larger, making them easier to carve than turnips. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their home's doorstep after dark. In America the tradition of carving pumpkins is known to have preceded the Great Famine period of Irish immigration. The carved pumpkin was originally associated with harvest time in general in America and did not become specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.

The imagery surrounding Halloween is largely an amalgamation of the Halloween season itself, nearly a century of work from American filmmakers and graphic artists, and a rather commercialized take on the dark and mysterious. Halloween imagery tends to involve death, magic, or mythical monsters. Traditional characters include ghosts, ghouls, witches, owls, crows, vultures, pumpkin-men, black cats, spiders, goblins, zombies, mummies, skeletons, and demons.

Particularly in America, symbolism is inspired by classic horror films, which contain fictional figures like Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy. Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins and scarecrows, are also prevalent. Homes are often decorated with these types of symbols around Halloween.

Trick-or-treating and guising
Costumes
Main article: Halloween costume
Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Costumes are also based on themes other than traditional horror, such as those of characters from television shows, movies and other pop culture icons.


Costume sales
BIGresearch conducted a survey for the National Retail Federation in the United States and found that 53.3% of consumers planned to buy a costume for Halloween 2005, spending $38.11 on average (up 10 dollars from the year before). They were also expected to spend $4.96 billion in 2006, up significantly from just $3.3 billion the previous year.

Games and other activities

In this Halloween greeting card from 1904, divination is depicted: the young woman looking into a mirror in a darkened room hopes to catch a glimpse of the face of her future husband.There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween parties. The most common[citation needed] is dunking or apple bobbing, in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water; the participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. A variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity which inevitably leads to a very sticky face.

Some games traditionally played at Halloween are forms of divination. In Puicíní (pronounced "poocheeny"), a game played in Ireland, a blindfolded person is seated in front of a table on which several saucers are placed. The saucers are shuffled and the seated person then chooses one by touch. The contents of the saucer determine the person's life during the following year. A saucer containing earth means someone known to the player will die during the next year, a saucer containing water foretells emigration, a ring foretells marriage, a set of Rosary beads indicates that the person will take Holy Orders (becoming a nun or a priest). A coin means new wealth, a bean means poverty, and so on. In 19th century Ireland, young women placed slugs in saucers sprinkled with flour. A traditional Irish and Scottish form of divining one's future spouse is to carve an apple in one long strip, then toss the peel over one's shoulder. The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouse's name. This custom has survived among Irish and Scottish immigrants in the rural United States.

Unmarried women were frequently told that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed into a mirror on Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror. However, if they were destined to die before marriage, a skull would appear. The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The mirror gaze was one of many forms of love divination around Halloween and other ancient holy days.

The telling of ghost stories and viewing of horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties. Episodes of TV series and specials with Halloween themes (with the specials usually aimed at children) are commonly aired on or before the holiday while new horror films, like the popular Saw films, are often released theatrically before the holiday to take advantage of the atmosphere.

Haunted Attractions
Main article: Haunted attraction
Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and scare patrons, and typically are seasonal Halloween businesses. They include haunted houses, corn mazes, and hayrides that are staffed by actors in horrifying costumes placed to startle and terrify customers.

Foods

Candy appleBecause the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, candy apples (also known as toffee or taffy apples) are a common Halloween treat made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, and sometimes rolling them in nuts. At one time, candy apples were commonly given to children, but the practice rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples. While there is evidence of such incidents, they are quite rare and have never resulted in serious injury. Nonetheless, many parents assumed that such heinous practices were rampant; at the peak of the hysteria, some hospitals offered free x-rays of children's Halloween hauls in order to find evidence of tampering. Virtually all of the few known candy poisoning incidents involved parents who poisoned their own children's candy, while there have been occasional reports of children putting needles in their own (and other children's) candy in a mere bid for attention.

One custom which persists in modern-day Ireland is the baking (or more often nowadays the purchase) of a barmbrack (Irish "báirín breac"), which is a light fruit cake into which a plain ring, a coin and other charms are placed before baking. It is said that those who get a ring will find their true love in the ensuing year. See also king cake.

now...you should know all about halloween...
wish all individuals....HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2008!

sadly i still in school now...erm blogging~ haha~
ok...2dae was pretty good...gt mani thins done i guess...

orgcom was discussed during breaks...and ya~ i got MANY breaks today....

MLS ended lyk abt 30 mins...and so gt ard 1 and haf hr break...then mr wee's lec then at 12 i got break coz' no cgint....no apples for sale 2dae!! XD so went to TM...haha~ 1st time sit outside BK there makan lunch box wif frenz...GG~

haha~ then SHOPPING~ mel got lots clothing...i bought 4 pairs of earrings which cost me ard $40 plus.... :O haha~ but v.nice~ XD
man was saeing she v.tired...no mood to do shopping...lol~ yup~
man n mel oso ate ice cream...trust mi...it look OMG delicious~!!!! i got take the pics...
will upload soon~ XD

and ya~ went bk sch for 30 mins tut...BORING~ and BREAK again~ went to look for shah and tok for quite sm time...hehe...she sneak out of her CDS~ lol....by then is lyk 3.30? o.o...then nw still enjoying break...hehe...hving class oni at 6....SIANZ~
my timetable...S**....

i realise nw adaes i spent more time wif mian bao grp ppl....ya~ tmr goin out wif man, les, chin n mel to clark quay for SHOPPING coz' selling smtin on CCN dae...hehe~ XD SHOPPING~!! omg~ can't wait sia!!! o.o

2nite goin to watch my drama series...was haf way tru....hmm~ nice show...but i kinda impatience coz' i wan to noe the ending....!!! haha~

quote of the day:

food left on fri

some random pics stole frm man's blog~ XD


quote of the day:

hmm...these daes i been breaking records...lol

erm...hw shud i put it...
2 wks ago...when i was still in bangkok...erm...walk 7 non-stop hrs....ya~
n 2dae...in tp...zap notes for total of 3 hrs....
TIRED man~

okok...haha~
nw this is nt laughin matter...
juz heard....
ALL SUBJECT GOT PROJECT!!!! ARH!!!! :O
though oni 2 exams...but that dun reali make our life easier >.<
*fainted*

quote for the day:

Sleeping Child
Compose / Lyrics / Vocal / Jascha Richter.

The Milky Way upon the heavens
is twinkling just for you
and Mr. Moon he came by
to say goodnight to you
I'll sing for you I'll sing for mother
We're praying for the world
and for the people everywhere
gonna show them all we care
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
but you've build your own paradise
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child
If all the people around the world
they had a mind like yours
we'd have no fighting and no wars
there would be lasting peace on Earth
If all the kings and all the leaders
could see you here this way
they would hold the Earth in their arms
they would learn to watch you play
Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild
but you've build your own paradise
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child
I'm gonna cover my sleeping child
Keep you away from the world so wild

congrats to shah~ lol
erm...wat happen...hehe~ let her tell u herself... =]

ok...to shah: gal i listened to ur advise...v.gd hor~lol! =]
feeling much better now...

finali i manage to remember my past...wat i have been busying doin b4 i enter poly...
now i will get bk there now...
my students...they r the ones who motivate me so long...

hmm~ now they currently busy wif a competition kol SDMA....
yet they dun even chosen the topic nor done the storyboard~ LOL

http://evideo.edu.sg/sdma/index.php/home/students_competition

it's a v.nice competition...to all frenz...
if u interested...do consider joining~ =]
btw i love the bg of the webby

this competition...originali kol SVA...
i participated 2 yrs ago...and won~ XD
so fast....2 yrs have gone~
miss my past... =]

haha~ and i promised them to help them whenever i free...so ya~ will help....
mayb to write the storyboard for them...
hmm...ani one gt ani idea??
here r the topics... Emergency Preparedness, English as it is Broken, Humour is the Best Medicine...
which to choose?? o.o all quite diff.... last time was Racial Harmony....which i do till sianz~ lol...

quote of the day:

finally...my thailand trip photos are out!

today...truely speaking is kind of waste of time~
we went sch juz for mr yeo's lesson~ but ya...end up dun have lor
coz' there's an academic brefing~
yea~ and mr yeo treat us lunch oso nv~ >.< we went KFC eat then~

then thut at least got mr chan's activity~ so yea nvm...then got all things ready...juz by cleaning up the whiteboard oready so tiring...the whiteboard cn b throw away...lol...
but who noes...
it's my sec sch... yet~ the teachers sae they nv receive the email...so nv come~ end up we got 125 packs of food to eat....125 drinks to drink~ >.<
who was there...erm...mel, man, chin and me nt forgtting mr chan too...lol~ we were toking abt ghost stories... LOL!

then he tok to mel then duno wat they sae...end up mr chan sae drives us to TM coz we r goin to catch a movie...High Sch Musical 3 at 4.30pm!
but the funniest was...he duno the route...lol~
haha~ he got a new car i guess...looks GREAT! lol
and ya~ he's like mi lor...everitin $5...lol...he sae drives us to TM each is $5/head~

then went tm...mit ling and zj for the movie lor...
quite nice~ XD
yup took sm pics aft that too...

to shah and man: send mi the pics please.....

okok~ here r the pics for today~ =]

the girls~

i am so pissed off 2dae..
pardon mi...sori...no names mention...but this person A we kol him...make mi so angry...
he promised mi that ok will grp wif us for tis subj... end up person B gv A task then he sae no choice gt to stay...
the funniest part was...he sae do tis proj wif us coz' it's nt diff so dun mind wkin wif ppl who he nv wk b4...but juz he told mi on phone...tis proj easy so nvm la...next time more diff one wk wif us~ CRAP rite?
he is so indecisive lyk wat shah saes....

and of coz...he put mi in a spot lyk m "making use" of my other friends which i dun want to!
but u see...i finali manage to convince my friends and he sae he's wkin wif B!
i tried my very best to kip to promises but he's the one breaking~
who works harder than who? u cn judge...

i juz wanna apologise to man n les.... i feel so bad abt wat happen...lyk throw them here and there....
he awaes sae he is older cnnt even handle smone who is younger...let the person control over him? WTH~ :@
i dun wish to b angry wif A but he disappoints me~ juz wish to work wif him...coz' promised him since last sem...and it's of coz gd to wk wif diff ppl~ hais~

*cross-fingers* things can be the way i want....

the class rely system to all members of 01...

well...as for friends of 04~ i will sms the below people:
hwee chin -> inform melissa
lestari -> inform Cai Man
nurul -> inform Samuel, Marc

hope it will be ok to all of u~ =]

belated post....
well actuali it's juz wishing mel once again a happi wonderful bdae...
well...on this v.day~ took lots pics as usual wif my loved GG members...
and finali got all the pics frm various camera-women...and stole frm man's blog~ shh~ dun tell her! ready? here we go!

the cake frm four leaves... the design was done by the people of pasta mania...they were GR8!

the bdae gal~the candle was sponsored by me...hehe~
all yellow~ including candle!

school finali start...and realised that some people...things had changed...u noe...
haziq smtimes nt in our class...and 2 new ppl joinin us in sm classes too...then also realised that cai man and kuku got to join nurul grp smtimes too..ya~ but lucky still got 01 frenz too.... XD
and ya~ today is Mel's bdae...HAPPY BIRTHDAY! will upload pics up to blog soon...yaya~
but bet she was surprised wif the cake and gift...overjoyed...ya!
went pasta mania makan...like man's bdae! lol...almost got the same cake! LOL

but wasn't v.please coz the class actuali started...u noe still holiday mood~ >.< sian!
and ya...life...same lor... busi busi....tired!

went vivo n bugis wif shah ytd....
i nv buy anitin...but she bought alot...
coz' she nid fill up her closet wif schooling clothes...

as usual...lots of jokes and laughter XD
i oso gv her lots thins ytd....

as usual...we will take lots pics XD



we oso grab a donut from JCO...

she treated mi a cup of strawberries juice~ yummy!
great day~ =]