wow! seem like i've not been updating for a long time! I'll do so after my exams!
Jus a short update...
I'm having my exams on 19, 20, 30th Nov and 1, 3 dec...
Then, I'll be going for Project L.O.V.E from 12th dec until 25th dec. =D
Yea...excited about my last dec vacation (although most of the times I have to pack it with FYP) before I graduate next year!
long time no updates
Sanrio Fiesta 2009 at Takashimaya!
Yea! The yearly sanrio fiesta is up at Takashimaya Talking Hall B1 before Hello Kitty Bdae on 1st of Nov! Hello Kitty is celebrating her 35th birthday this year as well as her success in being the one of the most famous cartoon character worldwide!
Recess Week Tioman Getaway Day 2 & Day 3
Awakened by the break of daylight... Breakfast time! We had scrambled eggs, baked beans and toasted bread with butter and jam. A warm cup of tea or coffee do energise the sleepy minds of ours.
We would be following the resort schedule for the 2nd day. At 10.30am, all of us gathered at the bench to learn about snorkeling - how to wear and adjust the mask with the mouthtube, how to wear and adjust the life jacket, how to empty the water that get into the mask, how to breath through mouth, what is the posture that we must keep to stay afloat...etc! The uncle was very nice to teach us. His idea of using bottles to stuff pieces of bread in to feed the fishes amazed me. The bread will not melt away from the hand and would be able feed the fishes bit by bit.
the briefing Walking to the jetty and get on the speedboat, we were ready for the exploration! The wind that gushed to our faces and the bumping effect of the boat brought us up the graph of excitement!
1st stop - We reached another jetty. The huge, beautiful and colourful fishes surprised us! Can't wait to jump in and say hi to them! We all went down. As for me, I discovered I had difficulties to use my mouth to breathe. Over there, I had been trying hard to learn. Indeed, my hardwork pay off and I get to enjoy the scenic view under the sea! Besides fishes and coral, we spotted sea urchins! We had our lunch by the jetty with the little cats after a few hours of snorkeling.
2nd stop - we moved on to the duty-free shop where we get our souvenirs. As we was walking to the duty-free shop, we spotted something black hanging on the trees. Getting closer to investigate, we discovered they are fruit bats! So coolz of them to hang upside down and sleeping away... We bought our souvenirs and move onto another site for snorkeling...
3rd stop - The boat stopped near to a small island full of bushes. From there, we will start off our 'advanced' level of snorkeling! The view under the sea is magnificient. It was just like watching discovery channel live! A lot of fishes...I love it when I hold the bottle of bread and the fishes just follow me. The awesome sights of sophicated corals and the schools, schools of variours breeds of fishes and the small surprises like sea urchins make me think upon how magical the underwater world is!
Returning back to our house, the sky started to turn dark and dizzled... At the point, rudy and the guys went to borrow the guitar. We sang and chatted until dinner time...
At night, we had our last session of HTHT with titbits...
and 3rd day.. a group of us left early back to singapore.
I had really enjoyed myself! and I do encourage my friends to go there!
The whole album of selected pics is available by this link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=160741&id=647364967&l=3a4530ee6f
Recess Week Tioman Getaway Day 1
A getaway trip to relief all the stress before going into 2nd term marching toward exams!
On the SBS bus to LarkinIt was indeed a fun trip especially going with the LDPians (me, susan, shah kiat, rudy, bao shin, roy & aikling)! The organiser was shah kiat and as for me, I helped him in getting participants. Initially, we had 9 but xie wei and yee loong dropped out so we were left with 7. Nevertheless, we are not affected by the loss of participants!
On the bus to Mersing
Let's march there! Kee Kiat helped us to get bus tickets to Mersing for the departure timing at 8.30am. Everyone met at 7am at the Singapore Customs and take SBS bus to Larkin Bus Terminal. After a hearty Macdonalds breakfast, we hopped up the luxury bus at the price of RM11.50 only! About 2 hours, we reached the Mersing Bus Terminal. Taking a cab at the price of only RM5 per person, we managed to rush for the departing ferry!
On the ferry
We were seated at the front of the ferry and the chilled air was full-blasted at us! Oh mine...so cold!! There are 5 stops at Tioman Island and our resort is at the last stop. Roughly 2 hours, we then reached the right jetty!
We've reached!Wowo...! We are so amazed by the different gradients of turquoise of the sea. The clear water revealed the underwater live scenes - big schools of fishes, beautiful corals, huge living seaweed and even saw a swordfish? Quick! let's look for the resort we are staying - Salang Beach Resort!
As we walked along the seaside to find our resorts, we could feel the light breeze and the lay-back lifestyle at this island... We are happy to know that this is a low peak for tourism so there's ain't many tourists so... Yea! Do not need to queue or squeeze through the crowd!
'check-in and check-out lobby & dining area'
Our house!
Checking into our room... We never expect such a big bed and a clean and neat toilet! After lunch, we went 'swimming' at the beach with our goggles. Little can I imagine, the water was shallow enough to see the corals and the little fishes swimming at the coral. We enjoyed our 1st day afternoon by swimming above the corals, through the school of fishes, visiting barnacles by the jetty, spotting sea cucumbers and floating on the green crystal clear sea! What a relaxing activity to be done!
Our wet look after swim!
View ard the house and seaGetting ourselves clean and ready for dinner! To our surprise, the dinner consists of a preserved veggie omelette, fried diced chicken with a special sauce topped with sesame, fried fish fillets, braised tofu with minced meat, sambal kangkong and tom yam soup! Indeed a sumptous dinner! A slow stroll down the coast where we could visit the shops to get souvenirs and ice-cream... Before we went back to our 'house', we had a supper by the sea. Last item for the day is Heart-to-Heart talk initiated by rudy...haha!
Our Dinner
Shopping momentsThe whole album of selected pics is available at this link:
Aquarius(es) are...
-don’t want to be like others and take pride in the fact that you’re so unique
-self-sufficient
-determined and forceful in how you deal with people
-You want to express your ground-breaking spirit in everything you do but unfortunately you won’t always able to break free of the limits that are imposed upon you
-very energetic
-you’ll dream and aspire
-You have very inspirational views of the world and even if your opinions are too different, you’ll always be respected for speaking your mind honestly. (OHHH SO THIS THE ONE THAT MAKE U>>> honest!)
-like to be involved in groups and organisations
-great organisational and communication skills
-have your own ideas and solutions to problems. Others are surprised at your quirky approach and how you resolve these issues.
-You’re investigative, curious and extremely active mentally. Your thinking mind rarely, if ever, stops.
-like to create a comfortable environment in which to live.
*93.3% accurate!*
How have i'm been for final yr sem 1?
Cute little elephant keychain that I buy with siew pingAfter stepping down from the main-com positions from my cca(s), I'm trying hard to adjust to the 'hard-core' muggin' habitat since it's my last 1 km to complete the degree paper chase. It is really hard for me as I'm been leading a exciting schooling life without being tied down by books. So far, my results slip show no 'F' and no warning letters were being mailed to me.
I've been putting efforts to read notes and do tutorials after the busy week 2 for cca booths tending. The results of this is slow but showing a slight slight improvement. Still a long long way to go! Hope I don't stress myself....
I'm taking Malay Language Level 1 as my elective. 5 cores + 1 elective will make it 17 AUs. Not considered heavy and have to start on my 10 AUs FYP soon!
Recruitment talks and industrial visits are very favourite activities as many of my friends know that I love to go for workshops and talks! Not for the goodie bags or the sumptuous buffet spread athough they are indeed important...It's nice to attend talks to know more about the company, what they offer and how the speaker present... As we are stepping into the workforce, I feel it's good to increase knowledge on the workforce especially when you are networking. For example, you met someone and he's from a company named ABC engineering. In many circumstances, many people might be wondering what is this company doing and the history... It's a fantastic way to impress people if you know the company no matter how small the size or length of history.
My new E63 Nokia HP
I have the fr3b outlet membership!
Just for $28 for a year membership and you can get any latest samples from the outlet + a goodie bag! If not, you can join as a basic member for free and request for postage of item(s) as low as $0.80 per item!
I personally benefit from this basic membership as I found the suitable products for myself. It is a waste to buy the retail size and the unsuitables ones end up in the dustbin after expiry date. Besides that, the small small samples are easier to bring along for any short vacations with adding much weights to your baggages! Love it!!!
Coco Before Chanel Movie
I'm shocked to find a similar version of this movie at Tudou and Youtube but different actress... The song that the female lead sang is very nice!
Click here to listen!
I love her character that overcome any obstacles ahead!
Don't forget the Lyrics - Singapore Challenge!
Wow...Really put me into test for Singapore songs too!
My Timetable
My final timetable is out! *Click on the pic to enlarge.
Hope there wouldn't be any changes... And I was thinking of whether to change the elective...
Project Homestay - Selected pics are up at Facebook!
Let's me show you the uploaded pics of Project Homestay at the following links according to 'Day'...:
Day 1 - Fly from Sg to Penang and at Penang
Day 2 - At Penang - Part 1
Day 1 - Fly from Sg to Penang and at Penang
Day 2 - At Penang - Part 1
MINDS Event at Bishan Park!
it's 1st time joining a MINDS event. MINDS = Movement for Intellectually Disabled of Singapore. So far, I did volunteer to mentor/help out childrens, teenagers and elderly. I'm very excited to observe the volunteer program in MINDS!
This event is to engage the trainees (beneficiaries) with the trainers and external volunteers through games and bonding sessions. Through this event, I realise the trainees have their own thinking and talents too! However, they require a lot of attention from us to observe what they need and get them to be involved in games. Patience is a must to listen to them and talk to them...
All in all, I love my trainee, yoke liang! He always repeats my questions and hyper active at all times. He is actually very independant and could take care of himself!
Below is the pic of me, kailin and zhimin with our trainees and mentors!
Epsob MovieMob
This is the 1st time Singapore is having a free fortnightly drive-in movie~
Check out at this website: http://www.moviemob.sg/
I've a 'C' out of the prestigous 5 'C's
I've joined California Fitness as their Gold Member at a good student price rate! This gives me a low end 'C' (Club)out of the 5'C's (Cash, Credit Card, Condo, Car and Club) that everyone is going after!
Hmmm...I got full access to the Bugis outlet's gym facilities and all classes at all times and all days!
Ok.... With this, I must maintain my flexibility from the yoga research 2 mths yoga experience and maybe can go for standard chartered half marathon! As I'm paying the monthly membership myself...got to scrimp and save! Haha...
You can redeem 1 week guess pass with this link and follow me to classes:
http://www.californiafitness.com/hk/en/img/popup/guestpass/SGP-smallguestpass.jpg
Visit their website at: http://www.californiafitness.com/
My Gold card!
I'm back from Project Homestay
Yea! I'm back from Project Homestay - Homestay Trip at Malaysia
~ Stay at my Malaysia friends' houses
~ From 8th July to 16th July~
~ Been to Penang, Ipoh, Kampar, Kuala Lumpur & Malacca! ~
This experiential trip is indeed rare as we are been received by the friendly and enthusiastic state hosts to visit the exciting food hideouts and serene places of interests that the locals often goes...
Would update as soon as I have received all the pics...
Would update as soon as I have received all the pics...
At Malaysia~
Cheers!!!
June 2009 updates
Ever since after my attachment, I'm been trying to involve myself in various activities and outings to catch up with friends!
June 3: Attachment 'Graduation' dinner at IMM Ajisen Ramen
June 4: Got my FYP title!!!
June 5: Last day for NTU attachment students
June 11 - 13: LDP Retreat at Arada Countryclub
June 14: Bought Eee Top & PC from PC Show... spent 1.5k!
June 15: My last attachment day with Leica + resume driving practical lessons
June 16: Pulau Ubin Trip with Cousin Minmin and aunt
June 21: Out with poly clique for dinner at Chin Huat Steamboat Buffet and hang-out at Esplanade
June 20: Dragonboat try-out with Grace at SDBA Kallang
June 21: Driving Lesson
June 23: Driving Lesson
June 24: Out with family for a KTV session at Party World!
June 25: Out with Sue (NYP attachment student in Leica) to taste Mynamar Food at Peninsula Plaza
June 26: Steamboat with PJC clique at Iris's house
June 27: Majolica Majorca Makeup Workshop, dinner at far east hainanese chicken rice shop, chill-out at Clarke Quay with Sec Sch Clique
June 28: Outing with NTU WSC SBHL to Topone KTV, dinner at Chilli Padi & hangout at Esplanade
June 29: Driving lesson + after dinner walk to BP Plaza & Sheng Siong with Zhimin
June 30: Out with Grace to get stuffs for her New Zealand Trip at Suntec
My new belongings!
Eee PC & Eee Top + free DVD writer + 250 GB external harddisk(bought from PC Show)
Kappa Canvas Shoes(can wear for labwork)
Adidas Yoga mat (from the yoga research)
2 dramas that are real good!
I've watched a 2008 Japanese short drama, Absolute Boyfriend (Zettai Kareshi) and a 2 yrs ago hot favourite Taiwan drama, 命ä¸æ³¨å®šæˆ‘çˆ±ä½ Fated to Love You.
Both are so nice...!
Zettai Kareshi shows the true love between a human, Riko Izawa and a robot lover, Tenjo Night. The love story is exceptional touching with the strong love and devoted care from Night move undecisive Riko... I also love the cakes exhibited in the drama especially the cream puffs made by Riko! The robot creation could give the engineering students a dream to create one like Night! MmmmMmmm... Worth to invest your time in this short serials!
命ä¸æ³¨å®šæˆ‘çˆ±ä½ is a romantic comedy driving at the start of a beautiful mistake. Chen Hsien Yi is the office girl who offers her help unconditionally to make others happy. Ji Chun Xi is the president of a necessities company who has a ballet dancer girlfriend, Anna. Both of them make a mistake and conceive a child. Eventually, both of them lose him. However, the harsh conditions and their strong relationship couldn't separate them even they are distance apart!
15 What-I-want-to!
I want....
1) to go for a Homestay trip in M'sia! (in the process of planning)
2) to go running, swimming and sports that I want to do to slim down (grew fat after attachment)
3) to pack my messy room
4) to shop shop shop at GSS (I think need $ capital for that)
5) to slack in the library for the whole day (able to empty thoughts?)
6) to catch up with friends (from my pri sch --> uni)
7) to settle my cca stuffs
8) to work part-time (only super short-term ones)
9) to involve in useful workshops, forums and seminars
10) to watch as many dramas at possible online! (currently watching a old drama - Fated to love you)
11) to write many entries in my blogs
12) to finish my driving practical sessions and pass FTT (aim to complete in dec)
13) to find time to do literature review for my FYP project
14) to go sing K as many times as possible! (going one in JB soon)
15) to get a bf for myself (which is the hardest; always get pestered by my parents and relatives...)
That's all! Anymore to add?
How to have a fantastic 2 mths holiday?
my baby cousin, Terri...!(She said:" Am I cute?")
My Attachment is ending soon..., my 2 mths Holiday is going to start!
What should I do?
10 Great Hangouts in Singapore!
1) Harbourfront
- Sentosa! visit at http://www.sentosa.com.sg/
& check out the package promotion at this link:
http://sentosa.com.sg/UserFiles/File/choice.pdf
- Before marching to Sentosa, you will see the biggest mall in Singapore - Vivocity
- Trek as you see the beautiful sceneries in Singapore at Henderson Waves, HortPark, Mount Faber Park
2) Bugis
- You can make your way to Bugis Village as it is one of the 'hip' places to get affordable and trendy apparals
- A newly opened Lluma, on the left side of Bugis Village, is just another place to chill-out besides Bugis Junction
- Grab a cup of homemade ice-cream from Tom's Palette after 10% off regular (with NTU matric card) at Shaw Tower
- Want to get cheap IT items, you can go down to Sim Lim Square
- There is a Guan Yin Temple at Si Ma Lu which is very famous among Singaporeans
- Kampong Glam, which is just opp Raffles Hospital, have exotic cuisines from the middle east countries, offer water smoking (shisha) and affordable designer clothes at Haji Lane. Heard of House of Japan? It's there too!
- A lot of Steamboat branches shot up there! Remember the $15 nett sichuan spicy steamboat that everyone is recommending? It's now $16.90 nett with free flow of can drinks! Can enjoy a bowl of authentic chinese desserts at the dessert shops (ah chew desserts and ji de lai) along the lane opp bugis Junction
3) Orchard
- check this out at http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_do/shopping/where_to_shop/shopping_in_orchard.html
- It's a shopping paradise and there are numorous shopping centres... start from Far East Plaza --> Tangs --> Shaw House --> Wisma Atrium --> Takashimaya --> Cineleisure (some sat there are lime flea markets in front of NYC) --> The Heerens --> --> Plaza Singapura --> end at Cathay Cineplex
- Sing Karaoke at K Box & Party World & Watch movies at any cinemas u wan!
- Someone should be interested to visit Hard Rock Cafe Singapore? It's there too!
4) City Hall
- you can shop as well from Raffles City --> City link --> Suntec City (It's also a place to host business meetings & exhibitions like food fairs and PC shows)--> Marina Square
- Coming up, there will be a Formula 1 street race there!
- Find out more about the art culture in Singapore at Esplanade & club at DXO
- A few museums are nearby eg. Philatic(stamp) Museum, Ancient Civilisations Museum, Civil Defence, Toys' museum
- Picnic at Fort Canning Park
- Chill-out at Chijmes
5) Clarke Quay & Boat Quay
- A place for nightlife! Eat at The Satay Club, Brewerkz, Jumbo Seafood, Club at Butter Factory,The Arena, Dbl O and Pub at Hooters, Elephant, The Clinic... check this out! http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_do/nightlife_in_singapore/nightspot/Clarke_Quay.html
- Also shop at Central Mall
- Try out the thrilling ultimate bungy and extreme swing
- Take a boat ride down the Singapore River to enjoy the night scenes
6) Chinatown
- A place with a long long history of chinese immgrants and can be reviewed at Chinese Heritage Centre
- Night Market to shop and eat!
- Newly established Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum that can have a sacred buddha tooth relic chamber!
- Eat Eat Eat! Food Centres that offer all the Singapore favourites! Maxwell, Chinatown Complex, Hong Lim...
- Singapore's most famous Bak Bwa (rou gan) can be purchased from Lim Chee Guan (LÃn Zhì Yuán)
7) East Coast Park
- A fun spot at the East! Try out Cable Skiing at Cable Ski Park
- If you have the stamina, try biking along the newly trail to Changi Airport
- Dine while enjoying the sea breeze at the East Coast Lagoon Food Centre in the middle of East Coast Park
- Learn how to skate at Skateline
- Go out to the sea with your kayaks!
8) Little India
- check out here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_India,_Singapore
- Try before India Fast food? Go to Komala Vilas & Annapoorna's Vegetarian Fast Food Restaurant
- What's about Sweets? Not the sweets we usual eat but it's their traditional snacks
- Shop at Little India Arcade & Mustafa
- Try to find the most delicious Nasi Briyani at Tekka Market
9) Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
- Bukit Timah Hill is the highest mountain in Singapore at 163.63m
- It's the homes to more than 840 flowering plants and over 500 species of animals
- We could trek from there to MacRitchie and up you can go to the HSBC Tree-top wall
10) Downtown East
- 'Chalet-ing' at Aloha Loyang, NTUC Costa Sands, Arada Country Club, HomeTeamNS Pasir Ris Holiday Chalets...
- The biggest Theme Park - Escape! and have some water fun at Wild Wild Wet!
- A newly setup mall called the Downtown East which provide food and fun!
How many pairs of shoes do you have?
picture from flickr
Have you ever count how many pairs of shoes do you have?
One of my friends ask me this as he posted this question to his female friend and received a stunning stunning answer! Guess what is his female friend's answer? She said:" I don't know!" After a while, she announced the shocking figure to him. "50 pairs!"
Wow!!! Wow!!! Stunned? Girls, I don't think you should be taken aback. Go and count your pairs of shoes (including those 'not in use' and a bit spoilt)... Guys, I think you will sure to lose out in this competition!
Consumer Reports Research Center states that women own an average of 19 pairs of shoes. Check out this website by clicking here! Shoes have many different types even a simple pair of slippers have many types.
I, myself possess a total of 13 pairs (so i'm below average?). I've 2 pairs of flip-flops, 1 pair of sandals (look like birkenstock but cheaper type), 1 pair of heels, 1 pair of covered heels, 2 pair of normal shoes (1 not in use), 1 pair of sports sandals, 1 pair of running shoes, 3 pairs of ballerina shoes and 1 pair of strapped flats.
I jus love flats and causal shoes that are comfortable. =D
Have you counted yours?
Midway for Industrial Attachment
Wow...I think everyone thought I've given up with blogging? No...
I'm currently busy with my 5.5 mths of Industrial Attachment that will end in the beginning of June'09.
I'm currently busy with my 5.5 mths of Industrial Attachment that will end in the beginning of June'09.
The small factory employed 15 NTU interns! 3 NYP students just left in the early quarter of '09 and 2 NYP students jus came.
And let's me show you my IA gang! None of us know each other even though we are like 'coursemates' that sat in the same lecture theatre for 2 yrs! Most of them are from JC, some from poly, most from s'pore, one from m'sia, some stay halls (hostel), some stay hall 17 (home), some have CCAs, some are jus slackers, some are confirmed 1st class honours holders, some not even reaching honours...but our common identity is we are NTU students! And we are seriously very very close with one another!
One of us recently kicked off with a excel chat to cast a safety net in case being caught red-handed for doing what we shouldn't do! We do have a facebook group strictly for the interns/students. For every lunches and breaks, we tried to be together...even on the way to work on the company bus and off work on the company bus to je station!
1st grp pic on wk 2(not all of 15 are in)
NYP students farewell
Our 1st outing(to have Japanese Charcoal Grilled buffet at Sunset Way)
Recently, we are affected 'postively' by the 4-day week. A extended weekend of sat...sun...& mon and no pay cut! Next outing, we are planning for have a food trip at JB!
Project L.O.V.E 2008 - My Reflection
Starting off as a small member in the secretarial team for Project L.O.V.E 2007, I didn't realize I had eventually gone through Project L.O.V.E 2008 and awaiting for a new committee to take over for Project L.O.V.E 2009. Both trips are experiential especially the recent one.
In the stage of planning & preparation, I assisted in the secretarial work of the team as well as helping out in the activities. The secretarial job scopes indeed expose me to the operating styles of the other departments of the project and have a chance to try out fund-raising activities. Out of all the fund-raising activities, flea market is the most memorable as I initiated it but had a hard time to get buyers due to the lack of experience in beautifying the shop front.
The best experience that I had is from the trip itself.
The living conditions of the locals are worse than what I have thought of. During the road trip to Baray, we had a quick view of the locals staying under a grassy roof, 'grassy walls' and on shaky stills. When we were out for tasks, we took a close view of how they live their days with no hot water, insect-infested house and environment, dirty drinking and washing water and no lights in the night time (unless they buy car battery to generate electricity). Unlike Singapore, they do not have street lights, TV sets, computers, proper flooring, comfortable sofa sets, proper roads proper roofs and more of the basic items that we had. This made me treasure what I possess
Although they are living in a poor state, most of us are being warmly welcome with smiles. The locals are very friendly and cheerful. Nothing of us is faced sulky faces during our home visits or when we happen to meet any of them on the streets. Any help that we need, they would be more than happy to render their assistance. This gave me a lesson that poverty does not mean taking everything away from you; one's happiness shall be fought upon.
I was taught not to take things for granted. The roads we built, although they are not a good quality, are highly appreciated by the locals. These were the same as the well pavements and roofs. I had never realised how hard is it to build and maintain the roads and houses.
By working with my teammates and the local people, I had learnt to take advice and not to let things go on my way. A pair of ears that listen to good advices will carry one far off!
All in all, I really love this trip! Live simply, eat simply, dress simply and definitely a simple happiness! Happiness from helping people is definitely more satisfying than having something expensive. The memories and friendship forged will stay with me forever!
Completed! Project L.O.V.E 2008 Blog Entries!
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Finally, I've completed the Project L.O.V.E 2008 blog entries at the blog site!
You can visit at
http://www.ldp-project-love.blogspot.com
http://www.ldp-project-love.blogspot.com
*As for mine, hopefully coming up real soon...*
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Expensive T-shirt!
This is a Prada t-shirt that cost $650!
I think we can buy 130 pieces of Giordano/Baleno crewneck t-shirts!
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