jesslyn n.

93/100 for Accounting presentation..... yay!!! all the hard work paid off :)

Final exam starts in 2 days time but I have yet to start studying!! Hahaha good job Jess.. need to start studying soon. Been relaxing, doing nothing and just lazing on the bed for the past five days and the feeling is simply too awesome!! Hahaha cant wait for exams to be O-V-E-R.. good luck to everyone who are taking finals this week too!

I started watching this Korean drama 2 days ago, and am already at Episode 14... Its so addictive and I have been trying to make myself resist watching it because I know that I can never stop once I start. But after 4 weeks of waiting, I succumbed hahahaha

As I read the email from USC giving their deepest condolences to one of our very own Business freshman student, who passed away over the weekend due to a hit-and-run accident near school, I was in a state of shock. I started thinking, "how are her friends and family coping with the sudden loss?", "what if it was me? going to school, not knowing that it is the last day you will ever get to see the world, see your friends again. and how you will never get to see your family again. that you never get to tell your loved ones how much you love them." What if it was one of my friends? I don't know how I would react now. I'm still in a state of shock, am still very affected by the news even though I don't know that girl personally. My deepest condolences to her family. May you rest in peace.

Was a heart breaking.

Feeling down today.

And I don't know when I would start feeling better.

Spring Break was awesome, but now that I'm back in school, I've been bombarded non-stop with homeworks, projects and exams. Today's only the third day of school and I've already taken two midterms haha. Sigh.. Cant wait for this semester to end. Anyway, I'm quite excited to start working after I graduate next year haha random thought :) And I'm halfway through my Miami post, so I will publish it soon! Much love, xoxo

Tomorrow's the last day of classes before I can get one week off school, yay!! Going to Miami for 4 days -- skydive, snorkel, and every beach-y activities that you can think of. But I have two midterms right after Spring Break... I dont even want to think about it right now. And, today M told me something which made me really pissed off, but whatever its not worth it. I dont give a damn. Life's great and I'm loving it. Wonderful family, friends, and you. What more can I ask for? Oh, for the pictures, Sam. hahahaha

Samantha Ng Guek Hua was here for two weeks, and I miss her so much now that she's gone!! Like, when I wake up there's no one beside me. And there's no one to wake up at 6am to accompany me for breakfast. Haha come back and visit me soon S, or even better, transfer here to USC with me teeheeee :)









All the pictures are in her camera and she just simply doesnt want to upload them to Facebook so I can have 'em!! Mean S (no pun intended) hahaha please remember to burn all the pictures into one CD and mail it to me, hehe love you dear!

Today's such a productive day! Woke up at 5:30am and had breakfast with Samantha (she's on the way back to Singapore right now, i miss you sam!! :() Anyway I went for my JEP session to teach the Grade 6/7/8 kids again today, and luckily they're so much more well-behaved today, I'm beginning to enjoy it, hehe. And after that I went to buy my guitar pick because the midterm's on Monday!! And I finally brought my car for a car wash after two long months because I decided that my car is too damn disgusting. And I packed my room and my closet too (you wouldnt want to see the before of it) and now I'm gonna start copying my geology notes and start studying for my sociology midterm and practice my guitar!! Will blog a proper entry soon, hehe loveeeee!!

its 6am over here right now and i know that i should be sleeping but i cant. no idea why. just feel like typing and writing and just blog a senseless entry haha. the thunderstorm in Southern California has been going on for two whole days (and you know it doesnt rain much over here) and its supposed to be raining for the next couple of days too. floods have been reported everywhere and this is a sure sign of global warming, sigh. even though i hate getting wet in the rain, i love driving when its raining cause i can play with the wiper :) i love to see the water being swept away, it just gives me this fuzzy feeling inside. weird, i know haha its just one of those habits. i suddenly miss my friends back in Singapore very very much and i wish that im back home with all of them. i miss spending time with all of you; where friendship is so sincere and so real. i think i might just go back in August for the 2 weeks of holidays between the end of Summer semester and the start of Fall. i dont know why we've been quarreling so much but im glad that we always make up in the end. i hope it never ends between us. okay this entry is really random and i dont know why i am jumping from one topic to another but like i said its gonna be a senseless entry haha if you read it till the end (which is here), then thank you for being so patient hehe much love.

So one week of school has passed in a blink of an eye, and I have to say that I'm truly exhausted. Waking up at 6:30am every day and trying to beat the rush hour traffic in order to reach school in time for my 8:00am class is not exactly my idea of a good schedule. Sigh, I hope I can make it through the next 17 weeks of school. Homeworks are really coming in at a quick rate, and quizzes are coming up soon. Good luck to me.

And weather has been such a bitch. It's supposed to be winter now, but why is it so freaking scorching hot? How can it even reach 30C on a winter afternoon? It feels so much like summer, I dont even want to think about how crazy the weather would be five months from now. I would probably melt into a pool of fats when summer comes around.

On a side note, A took one of the picture off my wall in order to replace that empty space with our picture, he's such a cutiepie haha. Been spending the past five days with him (ever since he got back to LA) and I'm loving it.. Even though I don't know what we've been doing for the past five days haha. Time flies so quickly when I'm with you.

This post shall be continued in a friend-only entry hahaha love you guys xoxo

Even though New York was pretty awesome and I loved it very much, I'm so glad to be back in Los Angeles where I can finally get some Sun. Finally learned how to appreciate the lovely warm weather in Southern California after going through the negative-degrees-celcius days in New York.

School's starting tomorrow and I'm not really excited about it (even though a couple of weeks ago, I was kinda looking forward to it) Been shifting my schedule around, but it's still kinda bad. I mean, how can I have 8am classes everyday?! That means I have to wake up at 6.30am everyday and that just annoys the hell outta me.. But whatever, I'll just stick to it.

And I'm broke from New York because the food there is so expensive and so is the hotel and so is the cab fare. And also, I bought a pair of Chanel heels and another pair of Prada heels. Goodness, its time to save up some money so I can go to Hawaii in March, yay!

Watched "Seven Pounds" last night even though I was pretty exhausted and I am glad that I went. It is hands-down one of the slowest, yet the best movie I have ever watched. Throughout the whole movie, you will be pretty lost and be like wtf-where-is-this-movie-going, but when it comes to the ending and  you start to piece everything together, you'll be like omg-this-is-so-awesome!! It's an ultra tear-jerker so be prepared to bring a pack of tissue with you if you ever decide to catch this movie. "Seven Pounds" is definitely one of my fave movies of all times.

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Which color?

Love love love this movie!

Will blog more about Halloween and others soon! xoxo

Loving life as it is right now :)

Missing my long hair, booooooo :(

"Okay. Like this."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes"

"Don't cry"


And there goes 15cm of my hair..

Stocks, oil, gold tank on growing recession fears
Friday October 24, 10:28 am ET
By Patrick Rizzo and Ellen Simon, Associated Press Writers Stock market rout spreads around the world as recession worries turn to dismay

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock markets around the world plummeted Friday and oil prices plunged to their lowest in more than a year. Even gold, the traditional safe haven in times of panic, fell sharply.

The common denominator was growing fears that governments, central banks and finance ministers seem powerless to stop the deepening of a global recession that will slam corporate earnings and lead to deep job losses around the world.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 430 points in morning trading. Before the open of New York trading, Dow futures had dropped 550 points, triggering a temporary trading halt in stock futures contracts in an effort to slow the decline. If the Dow drops 1,100 points before 2 p.m. the New York Stock Exchange would be forced to use "circuit breakers" that could lead to temporarily shutting the market, something it hasn't done since 1997.

"This is beyond volatile: It is chaotic," Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics wrote in note to clients. "This is the kind of day when the central banks step into the market with an 'unexpected' interest rate move to calm things down."

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is monitoring the markets and staying in close touch with market participants, a spokeswoman said.

Oil fell sharply and traded near $63 a barrel amid weakening global demand for crude -- despite a decision by the OPEC cartel to cut production quotas by 1.5 million barrels a day from next month.

The dollar plunged below 93 yen, a 13-year low. Gold fell as low as $681 an ounce, its lowest since January last year.

It was already a black Friday overseas. Japan's Nikkei stock average dropped 9.6 percent. Germany's benchmark DAX index plunged as much as 10.8 percent, France's CAC40 slid 10 percent and Britain's FTSE 100 shed 8.7 percent.

"We are getting used to wild swings in the markets, but today's moves verge on the bizarre," said Julian Jessop, chief international economist at Capital Economics.

The only good news was the 5.5 percent increase in September existing home sales. Median home prices, however, dropped to $191,600, down 9 percent from a year ago.

The U.K.'s third quarter gross domestic product fell 0.5 percent, with the steepest decrease in 18 years putting the country on the brink of recession. Shares of Japan's Sony sank more than 14 percent when it slashed its earnings forecast for the fiscal year. In Germany, Daimler's stock dropped 11.4 percent in morning trading; it reported lower third-quarter earnings and abandoned its 2008 profit and revenue guidance.

Emerging market economies and currencies are coming under extreme pressure. Investors are pulling money out of countries in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia on fears vulnerable countries will not only be hit hard by the financial crisis but may also default on debt.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 8.3 percent and markets in India, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines were also down sharply.

Brazilian stocks slumped for the fourth straight day, with the Ibovespa index down 3.9 percent in midday trading. Mexico's benchmark index was down 6 percent.

"Periods of panic punctuated by occasional calm appears to be the manner of things for now," said Daragh Maher, a strategist at Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank in London.

Investors around the world seemingly have become more convinced the global economy is on the brink of a long and painful recession, if it's not already in one.

Over the past few weeks, governments have taken unprecedented steps to thaw frozen credit markets and avert the downturn. But while there are signs that credit markets are beginning to thaw -- rates banks charge each other for short-term loans have been falling in recent days -- the outlook from companies reporting earnings are almost universally cautious about their prospects going forward.

That means companies will be reluctant to buy new equipment or hire new workers. U.S. unemployment claims, already well into recession territory, are rising even faster than expected. Economists warn the worst is yet to come.

On Thursday, the government said new applications for unemployment insurance rose 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 478,000, above analysts' estimates of 470,000. Jobless claims above 400,000 are considered a sign of recession.

Goldman Sachs, Chrysler and Xerox all announced they were cutting workers by the thousands, adding to the woes of an economy beset by tighter credit and wobbly banks.

PNC Financial Services said it is acquiring National City bank for $5.8 billion and will receive $7.7 billion in capital from the federal government as part of its $700 billion financial rescue plan.

The White House, in unusually stark language, acknowledged Thursday the economy is going through what spokeswoman Dana Perino called a "rough ride."

"We expect our GDP (gross domestic product) number next week not to be a good one and the next quarter to be tough as well," Perino said.

The Commerce Department will release its first estimate of third-quarter economic performance Oct. 30, and Wall Street analysts project it will show the economy contracted by 0.5 percent, according to Thomson/IFR.

Many economists expect the decline to continue into the current quarter and the first three months of 2009, if not longer. The classic definition of a recession is at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, testifying before a House committee, said he could not see "how we can avoid a significant rise in layoffs and unemployment."

The apparently universal gloomy outlook was feeding the selling.

The Standard & Poor's 500 was down 45.94, or 5 percent, to 867.62. Sam Stovall, S&P's chief investment strategist, put a 700 target on the index, saying S&P's equity analysts expect operating results for the 500 large companies to decline 10 percent in 2008.

Under New York Stock Exchange circuit breakers, if the Dow drops 2,200 before 1 p.m., trading will be halted for two hours. If the threshold is breached between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., the halt will last 30 minutes. Trading will continue to take place if stocks plummet 1,100 points after 2:30 p.m.

If the index falls 2,200 points before 1 p.m., the market will close for two hours. If the decline takes place between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., there will be a one-hour pause. The market will close for the day if stocks sink 2,200 points after 2 p.m.

In there's a 3,350-point decline, the market would close for the day, regardless of the time.

Associated Press writers Stevenson Jacobs in New York, Louis Watt and Carlo Piovano in London and Martin Crutsinger, Christopher S. Rugaber and Marcy Gordon in Washington contributed to this report.

Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081024/financial_meltdown.html

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Why why why oh why is the economy so scary right now? Sometimes I wonder if my dad's business is affected by the economy, which I probably think it is judging on how bad it is right now, but I never have the courage to ask him about it. And I don't know why.

I tend to drive really slow when I feel upset or speed like a bitch when I feel mad.

I drove really slowly today.

I know you guys probably hate me right now, but i promise i will never ever change my blog address again! Final time i promise, hahahah love you all with all of my heart xx

I shall keep you guys entertained with pictures of Baby first since I've been so tied up with life recently:















Will update whenever I can.

And sorry for changing blog for the 2741830427th time hehe.