Fartcine ^_^ Fran-cinnamon

My latest Personal project...

2008-07-11T09:39:00.000-07:00

Interested in the film industry and want to learn and experience more?

Come join us at the A+3FF: ASEAN+3 Film Festival @ Old School on the following days for the following events!

Please go to the following website for more details!

http://www.aseanyouthfestival.org/a3ff/event.html

Please help!

2008-06-30T08:41:00.000-07:00

Please help me fill up this survey!

Thank you!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=41X0EJupm2Xkb1XsPBHyhQ_3d_3d

SUPPORT! ^_^

2008-05-08T00:10:00.000-07:00

Fartcine: Hey hey ppl! On behalf of Simei Care Center, BZSE students would be selling hand-made cards made by the patents at Simei Care Centre for Mother's day and cards with various other themes like birthdays, christmas, teacher's day, children's day, valentine's day.

Here are the listed prices:

Normal Cards: $5/each
Buy4 get 1 free--meaning: Buy 5 for $20

Recordable cards: $7/each

For these 3 days, we would be selling Mother's Day cards so please forward your order to Francine at 97898069!

Just something real funny...

2008-04-28T07:18:00.000-07:00

Fartcine: Found this in my e-mail. It was forwarded to me from my friend...and I thought it would be great if i spread it around thus--on my blog! Haha!

This has got to be one of the most brilliant e -mails ever received in a while. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.(Wait till you see the last one)!

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

GAUTENG:
When you rearrange the letters:
GET A GUN

THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

Bet your friends haven't seen this one!!! DON'T FORGET TO SHARE THIS! ^^

17-04-2008

2008-04-17T11:02:00.000-07:00

Fartcine: Hyper-ness wearing off...just finished uploading the pics...now waiting for the videos to be uploaded successfully on YouTube...Check out my not-very-professional-and-lousy-but-passable videos...when it's uploaded, i'll type in the URLs. Meanwhile, Z-O care bears, check out the photos at Photo Bucket! Ask me via MSN for the user name and password! ^_^

Yes Yes Ppl! I just came back from the Fantazia concert! Woo Hoo! Haha!

Nice meeting with all you guys: Wei Jie, Shu, Gabrielle, Patrina, Latifah, Romaine [*Gasps* CARE BEAR!] and Fenny!
And of course, though not sitting with us, Yue Ru [Yatta Gurl!] and Gui Ling [though you didnt see us but we saw you...]
And yes, the very tall guy with sitting next to Wei Jie, sorry, i forget your name again...haha! But yeah, thanks for tagging along and helping us take pictures! Had a wonderful time at the bus stop too! Haha!

Kk, very tired now...wanna sleep...See ya guys next time!

Ciao!

HMS Camp Reflections

2008-04-12T23:06:00.000-07:00

wah...still reeling from HMS camp...but i llluuurrrvvveee Zo!!!!!!!!! and HMS is seriously dominated by gurls...

Still, being in Fontizo ROCKS, never mind that Agape won. Llluuurrrvvveee my group members--with the exception of Gabrielle, cos you are still a sadist and--oh hell, lurve u anyway!--and our CGLs!!! Llluuurrrvvveee C.S, Zarra, Li Yun, and a BIG THANK YOU to Yue Ming who took it upon himself to escort me to the bathroom during the big blackout. Thank You!

And a little confession...it really hurts when you slap my thigh, C.S. -_-

Zarra, I want the pics! And i hope you thigh is better from the beatings on the first day...if not you can just slap him back for the scar. ^_^

Thank You for the notebook and the pens to write the skit--though I messed, or rather screwed the whole thing up and for that, I'm sorry! But thank you for the notebook and pens, Li Yun!

I enjoyed the conversation we had, Timothy and thanks for waiting for me when we ran to coffee bean to get the damn napkins! Thank You! ^_^

Thanks for waiting for me with Timothy during the run to coffee bean to get the damn napkins, Wei Jie, and I hope ur thigh is better from all the beatings! Ha ha! ^_^

Gabrielle, you sadist psycho! I found my Kinokuniya Vouchers! Hahahahahahahahaha! Thank You! ^_^ It was under my stack of...ah...sec 2 papers though I dunno how it got there in the first place...

Thank You for waiting for me in the bathroom, Shu! Love ya! ^_^ I'm not les, btw.

Yue Ru! ^_^ I still want your sleeping bag! Haha! ^_^

Romaine, lets go to the library to find books together! ^_^

Latifah! ^_^ Be easy on the slappings...you and Gabrielle and C.S. vvveeerrryyy scary!

Haziyah! ^_^ Please don't be so blurr next time, or you'll get whacked again!

Petrina! ^_^ Let's all conk out together next time we party to such hours!

GLORY! ^_^ Let's be B-Z together! Hehe! See ya in class!

Audrey! ^_^ Thank you for the black marker! End up we didn't even wear our identities...Sigh. Thank You anyway!

Xin Yi! ^_^ I'm sorry for stepping on your feet so many times on the bus! -_- But your blog's nice! and i got a lower score than you for the love quiz. Sigh. Have to accept fate! Haha!

Isadora! My first tanned 'Soh' White turned Yellow Riding Hood then Care bear. Still can't get the image of you with the sleeping bag under your shirt outta my head...and i just keep laughing till my sis finally diagnose me with the crazy disease. Haha! ^_^

Sarah! ^_^ I dunno what to say...But nice knowing you!

Fenny! ^_^ Thanks for letting me copy all our e-mails from your list!

Na-Thi-ya! ^_^ Now I know who to ask if I ever forget to bring my phone to camp and need to call home! Haha!

Gui Ling! ^_^

2008-04-12T23:01:00.000-07:00

Just came back--kk, it's been 2 days alrdy, but who's counting?? Certainly not me. just viewed Xin Yi's blog and took this test...and she got a better score than me. Sigh.

You Scored a 76% which means you are a ....

Sincere Lover. You are such a total sweetheart people have a hard time taking you seriously. Sadly, because you are so sincere and sweet you get walked all over. Try to hold your ground a little bit and beware of the selfish lover. The feed off of sincere lovers like yourself. Even though you get used and abused a lot you still have a heart of gold.

What kind of lover are you
Take More Quizzes

Try it, and if you get a higher score than me, whatever. Lower than me? Don't let me know. Ditto.

Book Review--Kathryn Shay

2008-04-05T22:18:00.000-07:00

Books: Kathryn Shay's Firefighter Trilogy
#1 After the Fire (Nov 2003)
#2 On the Line (July 2004)
#3 Nothing More to Lose (Feb 2005)

Ok, granted that I read this series in 2005, but I remember it was a series I would recommand to people who like stories with happy endings. One thing I like about this series is that...the whole story seems real, like it would really happen, which is almost true as Ms. Shay fashioned the events in the books after the S-11 and various other events, which makes the storyline real, and immensely touching. I remember crying while reading 2 of the 3 novels...so this is what I would recommand to you guys who are keen on reading real-life stories with happy endings.

Happy Reading!

*~Check out these books on http://www.kathrynshay.com/favorites.html ~*

2008-04-05T22:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this was supposed to be posted on the 28th of March...but I was too lazy to open my laptop and type so I'm typing it...only now. Which just shows how forgetful I am (cos I forgot where I put the paper where this post was written on) and how lazy I am. (Cos I found this paper on Thursday but just couldn't be bothered to type it yesterday)

Date: 28th March 2008, Friday, 01.30 p.m. @ B2 Vivo City, on the steel table between Old Chang Kee and the pastry stall.

I'll miss BreadTalk Vivo City. Really. Today's my last day here and already I'm missing the place, yet I'm also finalizing my plans for the next 2 weeks I've left before I start my next phase of life at Ngee Ann Poly as a freshman. Maybe I'm sadist, but after Pei Pei Jie left, I really missed mornings with her when she was on duty, and now I'll miss my morning shifts with the other full-timers--

Mornings with Serene Jie who would usually just absent-mindedly nod her head to just plain ignore me when I greet her in the mornings...and when I tell her of my disappointment at her reaction, her reaction of just grinning at me with her hat askew on her head and telling me that I'm too chirpy and noisy, and that since I was so, she had no need to speak so much. Sigh. I miss her already. Sob.

Mornings with Kelly Jie, when she just nods to my greetings, when we rush around cos there’s just the 2 of us, and there’s so many cakes for her to display, keep in the refrigerator and go to the bank…and me? I have to wrap the dry cakes and display them for selling, duh. And sometimes, I’m really slow. ^_^

Mornings with Fu Ling Jie or Xue Yu Jie—which terrifies me cos I don’t know what I’ll do next that would earn me a scolding that would earn them a period of talking back from me, a period of black faces from them, and many disagreements. But overall, it’s always my fault, and because I’m stubborn as hell, I deserve these scolding. I really miss my fights with Xue Yu Jie-- which always starts with her scolding me, I talking back (another one of my bad traits) and her scolding me again. Sigh. I really must be a sadist to miss all this.

And while Pei Pei Jie has been gone for nearly a month already, I really miss my mornings with her, especially when I have morning shift with her and Wendy Jie. I really miss the gossips they always draw me into, which always ends up into an argument between the 3 of us, causing Wendy Jie to rebuke or tsk at me (as usual) and Pei Pei Jie to scold me again, asking if I really take that much pleasure in having her scold me every time she see me. Maybe I’m sadist—I miss her scolding after she left.

Hell, I miss them and they scolding me. But I most definitely NOT miss the freak-ass-idiotic Baker. I think Cybil, you would know exactly which baker I’m referring to.

I’ll miss my mornings and afternoons with Le En too, my senior who I always absent-mindedly treat as my junior…and those 2 mornings with Pei Pei Jie when you kept cracking racist and dirty jokes and me saying that I don’t like or approve of the jokes you keep cracking…and your tendency to keep commenting ‘Pervert’ in Chinese…Gods, I’ll miss all our conversations…

I’ll miss all the ups and downs I’ve experience here at BreadTalk, and what I’ve experienced would certainly play a big part in my future. Recollections of a certain Caucasian woman asking for the Sunflower Bun and when told that she’ll have to wait another hour for it, setting down her tray with a loud cracking sound and exclaiming “Outrageous” then storming out BreadTalk, the Indian Couple who insists on Fu Ling Jie holding their tray while they choose breads without egg content in them—which is utterly ridiculous when most breads are, and must be made with eggs—and when they both were not holding anything at all but insist on having one of the cashiers holding the tray for them and following them like their trained dogs. I do not regret taking the tray from Fu Ling Jie and telling them loudly that the only bread items without egg content are the Sunflowers Buns and the Baguettes, and since they do not want it, they can just take the Gourmet Fruit Loaf. And I certainly take perverse pleasure in telling him the price of the half Gourmet Fruit Loaf ($4) he took, and telling him that if he bothered to take the fruit loaf himself, he would have seen the price tag there.

This has taught me a great lesson—that racial harmony is crucial everywhere. This Indian Couple picked Fu Ling Jie just because she couldn’t speak good English, and decided to treat her as what most other see China nationals as, Dogs, because her job rank is lower than her. Taking over her position and duty at that point of time was to put them in their place, and telling them if they want to pick on someone, pick on someone with the same rank as you, and as a student with a powerful grasp of English, I can be their opponent. At times like then, I really thank The Cambridge markers for gifting me with the A1 in my English language. And using this against people like these really give me immense satisfaction. Bullies like these should be put into their places.

Here at BreadTalk Vivo City, I really learnt a lot, and experienced the working world of the lowest ranks. Here, the males still dominate the women, with the Baker Head’s rank higher the Head Cashier, and managers always males, and hardly a female baker in sight. Still, if of any indication, the contents of my arguments with David the head baker and Samuel the arrogant and “Puppy” baker—and I really mean “Puppy”—would certainly be beneficial in my future ventures into the working world. And yes, I’ll miss C.C. Ng, my store manager, David the somewhat insufferable and arrogant at times Head Baker, Jake the somewhat monosyllabic yet sometimes quite talkative baker, Zhong Shan and crazy baker(cos I really don’t know what he’s thinking at time—but then again, I don’t have the right to know, or the need to know, so yeah) and Ronnie, and kind baker(Cos I hardly ever talk to him).

I’ll miss you guys! Sob.

[Fartcine start brawling]

hiee!!!!!!!! guessie hu~!

2007-07-31T22:30:00.001-07:00

hiya frens of moi sis! i'm gonna add another tibit to her profilee~ don tell her! hush hush!
her profile shld be tis:

i have three TERRIFIC sisters! and my second sis...she's BRILLIANT!

agree my sis's frens?if u agree pls call my housie number and say:I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank u for ur time!

^~^ muacks!

31 July 2007

2007-07-31T02:07:00.001-07:00

Ooh! I tried ice cream today! Unfortunately, it's those pre-packged type, so it's not much of a food tasting. -_- Cos it's the Marigold Gelato ice cream...

But still, I much prefer the French vanilla and tiramisu gelato flavor. The dark chocolate was too sweet for my liking. Maybe i'll try the strawberry next...

30 July 2007-MY BIRTHDAY!

2007-07-31T01:55:00.000-07:00

Ooh! So happy! Today's my birthday! ^_^ Yee!!!!!!

Oh, and i broke the tradition for having cakes on birthdays--I decided to have donuts in place of my birthday cake! Cos, coincidentally, there's a new outlet of Donut Factory open at Suntec Tower 3 and Dad asked if I wanted donuts in place of my birthday cake.

Actually, it's cos he forgot to get one in advance for me.

But who cares! I LOVE Donut Factory's donuts!

I had the Raspberry, hazelnut, peanut butter and roasted almond coffee ones. But i prefer the first 2. Yum!

And Thank You to Chen Ting, Lyn, Yi Ren, Munina and Jie Shan for your gifts!

*The above picture is taken from http://www.donutfactory.sg/

Introduction

2007-07-31T01:46:00.001-07:00

Hi! Francine here, as most would know me by my primary school name: Fartcine, and Friendster name: Francinnamon. Or Aunty Farty.

Anyway, here's a little detail about me. I'm NOT a full-time blogger...not unless i feel like it, or have the time to keep updating, but please leave comments when you can!

As most ppl would probably know, I'm a full-time reader, be it novels(my preferred books), comics(my 2nd preferred books), newspapers, magazines...you name it. And i'm quite a food junkie, which explains my weight. -_- [Note: I'm still dieting--though it's not going very well...heck, it's never going well!]

So, my posts would usually be on book reviews, food reviews...and other stuff!

So, feel free to leave comments!