About Me

  • About Me: I'm actually a very nice, sweet, sociable, caring, encouraging, loyal and inspiring person.. =] Trying to be as positive and patient as possible no matter what happens.. Sometimes, I do have my bad days being really very depressed about why some things just happen for no exact reason.. Sometimes, I enjoy laughing, talking and joking with my group of friends.. It really depends on my mood somehow.. I used to judge a book by its cover and nearly got cheated in a way or so.. I have learnt the even smarter techniques of seeing the deceiving side of certain human beings.. Trying my best to analyse certain facts as accurately as possible though.. I try to believe in myself no matter what and why.. I would always persevere to the best of my abilities and do believe in true love.. =D I have known my South Korean best friend, Sam Hong for a year now.. => Gonna visit him in South Korea in April 2007.. ^^

Books

  • Favorite Books: Elementary Korean Conversation, heart of the matter, na xiao zi zhen shuai, ai shan han yu(Korean language), Cleo mags, 2007 zui xin mo fa bao tian(fashionable hairstyles) and inspiring novels.. =]
  • Favorite Authors: No preference as long as they write nice stuff.. =D
  • Favorite Genres: Romance, fiction and funny kind of novels.. =>
  • Favorite Characters: the devoted guy who only loves one lady and those helpful, handsome kind of guys with charisma.. ^^
  • Favorite Quotes: "My greatest inspiration has always been with me and I love him for who he is cos' he brought me so much of joy.. =]"
  • Recent Reads: "please do not come close to me by 100 miles"(a new cutesey and inspiring Korean novel translated into Chinese)

Television

  • Favorite Shows: , "Stairways To Heaven", "Loving U"(Korean starring Park Yong-Ha and Eugene of S.E.S), "Goong", "America's Funniest Home Videos", "America's Funniest Pet Videos", "Just For Gags", "bei pan ai qing"(Korean longevity drama on every Monday to Friday on Channel U at 6 p.m.), "Qi Fei"(entrepreneurial show on Channel 8 that has had already ended quite sometime ago), "The Peak", "War and Beauty"(Charmaine Sheh as the scheming Lady Chun, Erchun and her betrayed god sister, Yuying, Channel U at 10 p.m.) and lots more, especially "Dynamic Korea" on every Sunday at 8:30 p.m. and "be strong, Geum-Soon!!".. =]
  • Favorite Channels: Channel 5, Channel 8, Channel U and Channel NewsAsia
  • Favorite Reruns: If I have a choice, then it should be "The Snow Queen" starring Hyun-Bin/"Loving U".. I never got to watch "The Snow Queen".. =[ Cos' I didn't know when it first aired on TV.. =[
  • Most Addictive Show: "Goong", "America's Funniest Home Videos", "America's Funniest Pet Videos", "bei pan ai qing", "Qi Fei", "War and Beauty" , "Dynamic Korea" and "be strong, Geum-Soon!!".. :)
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Nope!!
  • Favorite Episode: when Shin Cae-Gyung(Yoo Eun-Hye) and Prince Lee Shin(Joo Ji-Hoon) finally became a couple and got married in the chapel(finale).. Cae-Gyung became pregnant.. =]
  • Characters you relate to: Shin Cae-Gyung(so innocent, sweet, kind, caring and humourous), Prince Lee Shin who's actually very warm hearted deep down inside and Hyun-Bin in "My Lovely Samsoon", Ya Liying in "bei pan ai qing" and Geum-Soon("be strong, Geum-Soon!!" - She has a very strong and determined personality with the ability to make others smile and shed tears seeing her pathetic single mum character)
  • Favorite Theme Song: "without you" by a female South Korean singer, Kiss.. :)It's damn touching.. =[
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Cannot really remember though.. =X Poor memory lols.. =P
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Nope

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Sammy's bestie, kimchi princess(I just gave myself this new nick recently), Ah Joyce (my paternal granny loves to call me by this nick) and "innocent girl"(that was in the past).. ^^
  • Nationality: Singaporean
  • Religion: Free thinker
  • Heroes: Spiderman, Batman and Sammy (my 2nd bestie) lols.. =P
  • Interests: Listening to English pop, R & B, a bit of instrumental, Chinese pop, J-pop, K-pop, English rock, Irish instrumental, techno, watching interesting and funny shows, especially Korean and HK stuff, movies(if they interest me), blogging on blogger, reading English and Korean novels(these are translated into Chinese), travelling, shopping, fine art and dining, chatting on-line with my friends, pet dogs, sharing files on-line and etc.. =] Especially that 2nd bestie!! =D
  • Expertise: talking in a very encouraging, caring manner.. =>
  • Occupation: admin assistant
  • Industry: admin

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: LOTR, Shaggy Dog, The Myth, all funny and romantic movies.. =]
  • Favorite Actors: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Josh Harnett
  • Favorite Directors: James Cameroon("Titanic") and no other preferences
  • Favorite Genre: nice, funny, romantic and inspiring movies
  • Favorite Soundtracks: NA
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: Cannot remember the exact lines.. =X Haiz.. =(
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Shaggy Dog, The Myth and LOTR.. Cos' I would never get too sick of those same stuff.. =D
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Julia Roberts or Cameron Diaz.. Cos' they are really sweet with their megawatt smiles and charisma.. ^^

Music

  • Favorite Artists: S.E.S, Baby Vox, Shinhwa, Rain(Jung Ji-Hoon), Park Yong-Ha, Joi Chua, Fly to the sky, Kiss and etc.. =]
  • Favorite Albums: "Princess Hours" OST, "Full House" songs(don't have the album though), "Shinhwa Winter Story", "Stairways To Heaven" and etc
  • Favorite Genre: English, Chinese, Korean, Jap, R & B, rock , Irish instrumental and techno
  • Favorite Songs: "Perhaps Love", "I Think I Love U", "Give Me A Little Try", "Perhaps Love" : remix version, "Goong" instrumental song, "Crystal Flower", "A Dancing Teddy", "Don't Love U No More" and etc
  • Favorite Lyrics: "Thank you for your love. You're the only one for me. "(Shinhwa Winter Story)
  • Songs for Roadtrips: "The Days"(Shinhwa Winter Story), "Love Letter"(SWS), "Thank You"(SWS), "Perhaps Love", "I Think I Love U" and etc
  • Songs I hate: those crude and extremely vulgar like f*** and a**
  • Guilty Pleasure: chocolate mint ice cream, cookies and cream ice cream and delightfully tempting food, especially fried char kwap teow and oyster omelette.. Ha Ha.. =P
  • Songs I repeat the most: "Perhaps Love", "I Think I Love U", "Give Me A Little Try" and certain songs..
  • Band I wish I was in: Baby Vox/S.E.S(S.Korea)

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Western, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Hong Kong cuisine.. =] A wide fusion, isn't it? =D
  • Favorite Dishes: chawamushi, xiao long baos at Din Tai Fung, Crystal Jade Restaurant food, steamed minced meat egg, fried rice, fried noodles, deer meat, turtle meat, Korean BBQ beef, the Korean fish meal set, any yummy food to make me hungry.. =P Haven't tried the Korean live octopus though.. Mebe it's scary? =X
  • Favorite Desserts: red bean soup, green bean soup, tao suan, black glutinuous rice dessert, yellow glutinuous rice dessert, yam with gingko nuts, any nice dessert!! =]
  • Favorite Drinks: plain water, apple juice, orange juice, honey dew with papaya/water melon juice, grape with cranberry juice(7-Eleven)
  • Favorite Junk Foods: KFC, MOS Burger and Burger King(BK)(yum yum!! =D)
  • Best meal ever: fried chicken wrapped in paper and stapled + Korean + Jap dishes.. Am I greedy? =P
  • My Original Recipes: NA
  • Favorite Restaurants: Teochew, English(Country Manna Restaurant + Sizzler Restaurant), Japanese(Sakae Sushi and Sushi Tei) and Korean(Han Ka Ram Restaurant)
  • Foods I hate: cannot remember now.. Oh gosh!! =X

Style

  • Where I shop: those girlish and sweet outfits + dresses!! =]
  • Brands I love: No clear preferences though.. Anything that I feel makes me look more like a fashion-savvy person.. Euu know, more like a fashionista.. =D
  • I like to wear: black, biege, pink, blue, green, orange and purple outfits
  • Can't live without: my Sony Ericsson Z610i handphone, my home computer with certain music files, my watch, my S.Korean pen pal(SH), my CD multi-functions player(it can also be used to play VCDs) and calculator(when the figures are too big, ha.. =P)
  • Prized Possessions: my Sony Ericsson Z610i handphone, my home computer and any nice thing to capture my attention, say some eye catching pictures on my home computer.. ^^
  • Guilty Pleasure: maybe indulging in shopping like a crazy fashionista sometimes? =P Oh dear!! =X

Travel

  • Places I love: South Korea(Jeju island, Nami island, Seoul, Myeong Dong fashion street and those funky places which I have not seen yet), Japan(Osaka, Tokyo, Hokkaido and etc, I wanna go there someday), Hong Kong, Western Europe(Paris, Milan, Sweden, Switzerland and certain places over there well-known for their snow skiing venues)and Canada(Ontario, Vancouver, Winnipeg and etc)
  • Places I've been: New Zealand(when I was 13) with my parents, maternal granny and late auntie who died from advanced stage colon cancer(she was afflicted with early stage of colon cancer as she had a stomachache in her late 40s), Thailand(age: 14) and Australia(Cairns and Brisbane, 15 years old)
  • Places to see before I die: Norway, globe trot all over the world by breaking the record!! If I could!!
  • Dream Vacation: walking side by side with someone I adore(SH) on Jeju/Nami island, staying with him and his parents in their home in April 2007 for about 10 days, eating and clubbing with that person when he comes over to Singapore next time 1 day.. =D So blessed in many ways!! =.= **winks**

Contact Info

  • MSN: atomic_kitty@pacific.net.sg