Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Collection of exciting CNY photos. not to be missed! haha - thats me and zm at my place on chu yi 

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hop on 

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chu yi at my house 

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adrian and zm 

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this is so bruce lee la. enter the dragon. 

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read: i really dont like the colours of the shirt i am wearing bleh  

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mum n me 

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zm doing the bridge one 

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adrian at the helm 

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JC, not uni. anyway we met NTU's troupe on the road 

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2 lions knocking around 

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shifu on drums 

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scary centipede 

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roar. 

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lion eating up the hu gong qing aka centipede thingy. the lion complain that the chili very hot! haha 

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generous hosts stuffing the lions with angbao!!! sidenote: i was quite surprised, this family that hired the lion dance troupe were christians! Lion dance itself is more steeped in taoism/buddhism and they do pray to taoist gods and Buddha etc so hmm yea strange.  

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haha caught redhanded! can you see his face 

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zm is RHS lion! words on the floor read: da ji da li. 2681. haha 

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the clown haha da tou wa wa ( we didnt use that though!) 

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absolut generous. 

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smile for the camera! 

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read: eyebags. both of us. yuk 

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lion in its resting position 

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...After 

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zm doing the shui3 pen2 qing1. damn a lot of squatting if u ask me. 

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Before... 

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curious little boy :) 

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His BMX :D 

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i think the first guy look like ian. 

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enter the dragon. 

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and the dragon came so near us we almost got cut. 

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the truck with a lao pok driver who has no sense of directions WHATSOEVER! to get from pasir ris - bukit merah, this was the route he took: pasir ris - tpe - cte - aye - bkt merah. when it could have been pasir ris - pie - bkt merah! argh! what an idiot 

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NYJC! 

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limbo rock 1 

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limbo rock 2 

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some time alone! finally! haha nice seaside laundry place. 

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the condos behing is in johor and the sea is the johore straits 

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sunset on the hdb heartlands. flanked by lion dance flag. dont tell me this pic is not artistic okay. 

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roarrrr. ai tu in the pic 

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doesnt he look like aaron kwok!! (read: i was forced to give this caption :) 

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posing by a car 

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me = :P dragon = :O 

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The dragon dance guys. zm fake one in the end he never dragon dance! 

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the face says it all. heh heh heh heh. :P 

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happy kids dancing along with the lion 

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Saturday, January 28, 2006

i shant go thru all the cliched happy new year greetings, so yeah.

had a delish reunion lunch at gan ma's house, even though every year she and popo cook the same thing and i know exactly what to expect on the table but still, the food's good! satisfying. great chicken rice. mmm.

anyway zm came over last night to finish off his project cos his comp crashed, poor thing. do until 3+! wanted to go out n eat but then i think i was too lazy to drag myself out. then he couldnt go home cos duno if his parents had already locked the gate and if they did he couldnt go in at all..
didnt want him to sleep outside (so poor thing!) so we just kept talking until i fell asleep and i think i was still mumbling loads of rubbish cos i was trying very hard to keep awake. left at about 630 and my eyes were like () this much closed! heh.

stuck at QM work now... duno how to do leh. someone help.

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HEYYY!! IM IN KALEIDOSCOPE! hhahahaha i was so shocked it was unexpected! zm googled my name and this webbie turned up. haha! my english so zai last time! i wonder what happened, judging from what i blog now.. :P teehee.

i cant believe it! only after graduation then i have the bragging rights - my name and essay in kaleidoscope! hehehe

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Friday, January 27, 2006

Maybe I've been the problem
Maybe I'm the one to blame
But even when I turn it off and blame myself
The outcome feels the same

I've been thinkin' maybe I've been partly cloudy
Maybe I'm the chance of rain
And maybe I'm overcast and maybe
All my luck's washed down the drain

Everyone, everyone you feel so lonely
Everyone, ya everyone you feel so empty
When I look at the stars,
When I look at the stars,
When I look at the stars
I feel like myself
When I look at the stars, the stars
I see someone else

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Thursday, January 26, 2006

i'm a very funny person. don't yall think so? funny not as in weird funny but haha-her-jokes-are-funny funny. right or not!! i make people laugh. i crap alot. i tickle their bones. at least i think i do......

but not with the boyfriend. strange somehow, i never really crack many jokes with him around, either that or he doesnt find it that funny. hmm. inspiration just dodges me then. hmm. or are my jokes too lame and childish? haha i dont know la

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

havent blogged in ages! decided to bcos i was inspired by wanwen's 1000TH POST! damn, the bimbo got more post than me. grr. how can it be. i must try n post more. hahahaha
ok i know this aint a competition but im just bored, waiting for comms class to start at 330 and theres pretty much nothing to do.

blah.

just kena a $30 parking fine for parking without a coupon in YISHUN CENTRAL 1! :( and i left the car for barely 10min jiu kena le. damn sian diao. all the lego $ gonna be used to pay the silly fine. BAHHHH

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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Inspiring! i am feeling so cultured now. POETRY, mmmMmmmmmMmmM.

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Saturday, January 21, 2006

met rina n ginny today in chinatown!

hmm other than that... i really liked walking down the crowded chinatown street in his arms :)

but i didnt like anything else other than that. bla.

sitting like a duck and waiting for money to come in now. three pertinent sources of income:

1) Yahoo! auctions going off successfully (~$30)
2) Chinese New Year Angbaos (~$200)
3) SMU money (=$2500)

And maybe another 3 that will zap my income:

1) eating in SMU (yes, that alone can kill me)
2) owing people birthday present money
3) diving (although i predict i will be doing MUCH less of that this sem)

i am a broke, broken sod :( how do you conjure money out of nothing?

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Using Hello to blog is rather uninspiring. What to do, i am too lazy to open up www.blogger.com. stats class now and im just utterly bored. lemme post some pics:  

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Don't take too long to say I love you to the ones you love
Cause Time has a habit of slipping away
Out on a clear blue sky, when lighting strikes on a sunny day
Just Take me in, and keep me from the rain
And the words that seem so hard to say,
Come out when you've gone away
Stay a little while and hear me say
that I want you here tonight,
and I need you by my side,
For just one more moment
for just one more moment with you
Ronin - one more moment. 

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

A student asks a teacher, "What is love?" The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the padi field and choose the biggest padi and come back.

But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."

The student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big padi, but he wonders....may be there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one... but may be there is a even bigger one waiting for him.

Later, when he finished more than half of the padi field, he start to realize that the padi is not as big as the previous one he saw, he know he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted !!!! So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand.

The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but when later you realize, you have already miss the person...."

"What is marriage then?" the student asked.

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back.

But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick.

"The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, when he reach the middle of the field, he has picked one medium corn that he feel satisfy, and come back to the teacher.

The teacher told him, "this time you bring back a corn.... you look for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you get.... this is marriage."
Believe...
And as you believe,
You will find
Reaching gets easier,
Setbacks get
More manageable,
Life becomes
More meaningful.

 

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Monday, January 16, 2006

mmmmm. pure heaven at max brenner's. the bald man with the chocolate. 

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the ginny! 

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strawberries in the candle light... 

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fondulicious... 

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Sunday, January 15, 2006

PEEVED

just needed to say that.
i've got nothing to say.

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Friday, January 13, 2006

arrrrrr. 

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picture says a 1000 words. when got no time to blog, post pics. i am lazy :P series of pics of us... 

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looking so happy with his delighted find. tek-tite torch trek6000 for only $30 (original price USD49.95) :) 

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ARRRR! 

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knn today is a day for idiots and idiotic behavior!!!!!!!!!

first i met this monk outside school. he gave me a card. said oh mi tuo fuo. i was kinda stunned then he asked me to write something, so i just gave my name and address and what i wished for. then there was this column about financial aid granted and all this while he kept saying bao you ni ping ping an an etc etc. AND THEN finally he said "you mei you qian." i said no. and he just walked off. BASTARD MONKS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SOLICIT DONATIONS LIKE THAT BY RIGHT THEY CAN ONLY ASK FOR ALMS! please dont don the saffron robes if you are not doing the right/legal activity. you're only bringing disgrace to this religion which i am rather fond of and want to believe in.

what a jerk.

now i dont even know what i'm supposed to do with the card.

Then i went into SOA and walked up the escalator (i had my school pass!) and the stupid security guard was like xiao jie ni ke yi xia lai mai you dong xi yao wen ni then im like groggy in the morning so i didnt really hear and stuff but when i finally got the message i was like wtf im a student here dun call me for no shit la i used my pass to come in here okay. and im late for meeting. and i was already at the top of the escalator.

Then i walk into gsr only to realise that gsr empty cos meeting at 1030.

2 idiots + 1 idiotic behaviour = GRUMPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :(

anyway yes long blog hiatus cos i didnt have the time to blog (until now, some unexpected idiotic behavior has bought me some unexpected time) cos i've been busy with project, homework and gym. and sleep. the bf said my tummy looks flatter now! motivation!

Nothing serious i guess just frivolous stuff i've been busy with, somehow.

gonna spend the day with him tomorrow working out stuff for the resume and maybe some swimming and blading! relax time yay :)

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Sunday, January 08, 2006

against antigays! www.godhatesshrimp.com/

anyway im kinda busy and dont really have the time to blog now, trying to do some ltb research aight. so, to sum up the past 2 days in random words:

teh tarik
flash floods
knee, waist and chin high floods
strong currents
torrential and continuous nonstop fucking rain
flooding tents
curry udon
fried luncheon meat
craisins
moving stars
waking up in a puddle of water
soaking wet
slipping on mossy rocks
climbing up a giant rock in the most gang kor way
the toggle ropes that we never brought up
chocolate chip loaf by bonjour
got poison! you du!
splashing around in the clay puddles
leeches. 3 of them.
beautiful waterfalls
misty skies
jurassic parkish
log climbing
bouldering
50c $1
bruises
cuts
scratches
blisters
toe nail that has come off about 90% and is hanging for its dear life now (i refuse to cut it off! never!)
almost getting swept away by current if not for er jun grabbing me
crunchy campbell's chunky soup
orange and cranberry marks and spencer fruit bar
air mattress
techno
light sticks
ah beng dance
light sticks hitting sensitive areas
a flick is not a flick
snoring sheryl
bailing water out of the tent
and throwing that water at the guys' tent (hurhur)
river flowing through our tent
drying clothes over the campfire
and getting his tshirt chao da (shanglin's)
only to have it rain through the night
and everything gets wet again
hot milo
unfinished gas canisters which we had to lug down again

Basically, a great experience.
now, if only i had brought my camera.

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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

i want! 

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Monday, January 02, 2006

Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-rabbit

warning: joke spoiler ahead.

Priest: I have a hunch that tonight will be a night to remember!
Old man: I just have a hunch.

HAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAH simply amusing. delightful movie (the boyfriend enjoyed it too!) - a must watch! i give 5 popcorns! pop pop pop pop pop!

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braces boy... 

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sitting at yakun having kaya toast, eggs and tea... 

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By request of sammie i was asked to post up some pics of that day. ta-daa! 

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sammie n hongyi! 

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hongyi's pink braces! 

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sammie n mee 

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Sunday, January 01, 2006

What did you do in 2005 that you’d never done before?

Diving! Driving. Sang in chorale. Went to university.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Eh i forgot what i made last year. Probably none. Next year only got 2 - save $, exercise more!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

nope sadly.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

again no. phew.

5. What countries did you visit?

Ooh i like to talk about this. In chronological order...

Malaysia in April with Yanti, Siqing, Liyana and Yasmin!

South Korea with Ginny and Bubu

Tioman with Mingxian and Joyce. And the day i met you! 03 June. :)

Hong Kong with Siqing, Tryph and Wannie!

More dive trips.. tioman 2, tioman 3, dayang.

Thailand with Phuong!

KL and Genting with you. christmas in the highlands!

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?

more money. more time (with you). a nice body! :)

7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

25 July at Changi Village :)

25 December at Kuala Lumpur :)

uh... i wanna remember all my travelling stuff from Q5 lah. heh.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

surviving zhong ming. ha ha ha

9. What was your biggest failure?

to keep in contact with all my friends... still havent managed to meet up or catch up with everyone yet!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Nosebleeding and DCI after diving!! Also, ear blocks. URGH. And a giant burn mark on my thigh courtesy of motorcycle exhaust pipe. And itchiness after diving in Hantu.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

a Yamaha R1 Tamiya model, which i also made into a BEAUTIFUL bike. heh.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

uh... ginny. for being a brave strong girl who is not easily defeated :) and shiqin! for believing and having faith. and siqing for doing so well in SMU!

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

A lor.

14. Where did most of your money go?

at least sq's money went to shopping. mine went to diving oh gawd i think i spent at least 1k+++

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Bangkok!!! (it's true, nearer events really stay in your mind.) and Korea i think i really had a lot of fun there with bubu and ginny, reliving all the drama moments.. plus an o-pa to boot :):)

16. What songs will always remind you of 2005?

This one wins hands down - Guang Liang's Tong Hua! I think EVERYONE knows that song.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i) …happier or sadder?: Happier. Last year this time i just broke up.

ii) thinner or fatter?: Fatter. duh.

iii) richer or poorer?: Poorer. MUCH MUCH poorer (to quote SQ)

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

EXERCISE! and spend more time with my friends of course.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Well wish i spent less.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

hmm i've spent this year's overseas. Next christmas i wanna be back home, with friends and singing carols @ raffles :)

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?

haha what can i say. definitely.

23. How many one night stands?

er none. do i look promiscuous to you.

24. What were your favourite TV programmes?

I don't remember desperately following any shows, maybe except tian guo de jie ti? I love Discovery's mythbusters though. i followed desperate housewives for a while..

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

yeah the guy from Orpheus dive. he is biased against SMU divers!

26. What was the best book you read?

must be Freakonomics! I am still reading why toast always lands butter side down too, but not finished yet. it SMELLS like a delicious book though :)

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Mayday!!

28. What did you want and get?

Great A levels. SMU Scholarship.

29. What did you want and not get?

to go to USA to study... :( compensation: going to florida in 2006!

30. What was your favourite film of this year?

im trying not to name recent flicks. perhaps the aviator? though i fell asleep halfway.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

19 LOH! i spent the day before with you with a brilliant birthday surprise at clarke quay and the gift - beloved butterflies hanging on my neck. actual day i went for chorale. haha

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

sounds unbelievable but i would have wanted to go to Sri Lanka for CIP.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?

laid back and comfy.

34. What kept you sane?

all you friends out there - s1e, ginny+bubu, valerie, SMU classmates + gang.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

none. unless you count kelvin tan ha ha ha

36. Who did you miss?

S1E-ers! (again, quoting SQ), also VALERIE!!

37. Who was the best new person you met?

Need me to spell out in words meh......

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.

Never attempt to drink a whole jug of long island tea on an empty stomach.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

Forever love.

40. Who are the people you want to thank for the year?

many many many. zhong ming. my brother for being increasingly less hostile + more hospitable. my mum even though she's all PMSy. xavier for being so damn brotherly that i love him for that. valerie, for being so far yet so near, with me all the time:) ginny for being my shoulder to cry on, my listening ear. my bra. hahahaha dont kill me for this! siqing for being my clubbing and chorale and SMU and biz law companion! ngeesh for being so far away that i miss her terribly :( phuong, lynnette and jasmine for being my long suffering classmates heh heh. all my s1e girls + hongyi - for always laughing at my lameness and always being there for outings! ellen, sammie, rina, wanwen, fel. and sufi of course. my project mates! the most memorable one with jian feng, reb, yt and phuong. the SMUX dive team for intro-ing me to a sport that i cant seem to get enough of. baobao for always being in hall so i can visit her and sleep over and not be bored in antiyou heh. serene for always being encouraging :) chloe for being my chorale hao huo ban! ben koh, ryan, york and the OG peeps for not killing orientation for me, and supporting me at concert! ok im listing out everyone now.
haha this defeats the purpose init??

if i've left out anyone please come and kill me for it okay

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