SMILE!

Bye bye for now... It has been a great ride.

2009-06-07T00:55:00.006+08:00

It has been a long time.
3 years, 1 month and 28 days to be exact.

A love-hate affair.
A long-term fling.

You have been here for me.
To rant and of course,
to bare my soul.

But I feel its time to move on.
To greener pastures,
to bigger things.

So today, I bid goodbye.
It has been a lovely stopover in my life
and I eagerly anticipate what is to come.

:)

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Bye bye blogger. Hello wordpress!

Relink me please.............. joyholic.wordpress.com

Cya on the other side!!! :)

I could just cry!

2009-06-03T01:53:00.003+08:00

The seller told me she has nv experience any lost mail since November 2007! And that of all the parcels she mailed out on the 26th, only I have yet to receive my stuff!! She even said her postings 2 days ago have already been received.

I am in a v bad mood now. :(

UPDATE: IT CAME IT CAME IT CAME!!!! Slow but just in time! :) I was abt to go out and buy them this evening... Hehehe!

I just want what I paid for!!!!!! :(

2009-06-02T22:28:00.004+08:00

Last night, I was sulking at the non-arrival of my online purchase. To pacify me, a friend said...

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go sleep lah, tmr when you open your eyes, it will be in front of you!

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*tadah*

JOY ♥ says:
nono! it shld be in my letterbox!!!!!

____ says:
yah! now its in the post office drinking coffee. tmr then will come. :)

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To refrain frm fretting too much today, I went out to pamper myself with a massage and facial. Then I played the fillal card (collect good karma) and visited my grandma who gave me an angbao as usual (was tt my good karma??) had good food at Whampoa before daddy treated me to $65 worth of durians and mama let me drive home.

I drove frm Boon Keng to Loyang using the PIE and I survived! Hee! I ALSO PARKED SUCCESSFULLY IN ONE TRY!!!!!

Went past a traffic police cordon, safely went through before mommy dearest told me she left my license at home! Lucky they didn't spot check. :)

Feeling jubilant, I excitedly opened the letterbox finally but...

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NO PARCEL

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And inefficient SingPost didn't even reply my email! Poo!

The ugly side of party-planning :(

2009-06-01T23:36:00.000+08:00

My party is fast approaching... But there are still so many stuff left undone it really bothers me. :(

1) Guestbook!
- Its getting starkingly obvious tt my art sucks. :(

Problem: the films I ordered online haven't arrived!! I am starting to fear they won't arrive at all. Damn!

2) Games...
- I am not creative apparently.
- Dilemma between matured 21-year old games versus fun and rowdy games.
- The prizes!!! Hahaha! I like this part. :)

Problem: I don't have enough baby photos. Eeek!

Not forgetting all the things to follow up on this catering for instance.

Thank you to all who volunteered to come early and help. I hv enough ppl now but I just can't stop feeling all sweet inside when all you dears still offer. :)

This blog now looks funny bcoz Trixie changed her photobucket account affecting the picture links. But will be making the full switch to livejournal this wkend I think. So so so just let this one be ba.

Argh, still feeling sore abt the films. Mega sighsss!

Dum dum want mum mum

2009-05-30T11:40:00.006+08:00

I had laughed at Trixie's desperation to read Twilight till she nearly blinded herself on ebooks.
I had rolled my eyes at Ting's obsession with Edward Cullen.
I had sniggered when friends gush abt the movie.

Not anymore.
Call me slow. But I am now, a convert.

:P

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And online shopping sure is heavily testing my discipline!!!! :( for some reason, my order has not reached me a week aft the spree-er claimed to hv sent them out. Please through some divine intervention, tell me all is well. :( tt was a mighty expensive transaction. Sighssss...

I am really tired. I suppose I think too much and hope too much for my own good. :(

But I am really happy now. The parents just came back frm Hong Kong with a mini luggage full of clothes and M.A.C cosmetics for me. Geri was right when she said there is a branded sale going on there now. Shucks, shld hv been more persuasive in talking my way to a holiday. *toot toot*

My whole family is threading on thin ground now though. Its making me feel really lost and vulnerable bcoz anything, however minor can probably cause a volcanic eruption size 6 on the richter scale. All bcoz my dear brother managed to piss my dad off so much, my even-tempered and ever so indulgent father issued the ultimatum.

"Do you think this is a negotiation?! By hook or by crook you get me that degree!!!!"

All bcoz impulsive didi rebutted "Pa, I don't want to study le" when yet another tuition teacher quit on him. In my family, trust me, not studying is as good as a declaration of the start of World War III. Wrong move boy...

But can I blame him when he meekly came into my room and hugged me just now asking me to save him? Choices, choices...

SB Graduation 2009

2009-05-27T23:40:00.002+08:00

My latest hobby is crafting! :) And I am somehow hooked on channel 8 dramas (yes, shocking!) but I don't know the name of the shows... I just go, its the Christopher show now. Or "oooh.. Can't wait for the Zoe Tay show". :P

Messy messy!

My flower pretty right?

Poppy-up art! :)

3 dimensional!

I am really proud of my final work although it does seem a little kiddish. Hee. The cloud and the stars are hanging so they can swing swing when you shake the frame. :D

Yesterday was convocation... Been ages since I went back to SP. Come to think of it, it has been awhile since I took the mrt at all. Was pretty shocked to see "priority seats" become "reserved seats" with such HUGE signs designed to embarrass thick-skin ppl who need to be instructed on the right thing to do.

Whether it works anot, it remains to be seen. But for starters, I sure am not gonna sit on them.

The big banner tt greeted me as I walked in frm Dover station left me quite jittery with a million butterflies in my stomach.. What if I stumble on stage???

First thing first, was lunch. :) Brought the old bird back to his alma mater's canteen. Food court 6!!! Its like symbolic to eat there for one last time and many graduates must hv had the same thoughts as the place was packed!

Got dressed in stiffling formal wear (hate it!) and thumped a lift back to the convention centre frm Fifi's dad.

Hello! I am Joy harrypotter Chua. ^^

My one and only guest, Zest Goh Jun Hong. :)

If not for him, I wld hv skipped this memorable occassion. Bcoz I would nv turn up alone even though many do. I just won't lah...

Excitedly taking photos around the Convention Centre.

While others chose to talk and mingle.

At last, its starting!!! I was seated at w35 between Ming Jun and Terri.

I kept reminding myself to keep smiling as I walked towards the School of Business director. But when my name was read out by the computer, my mind went blank and I was just silently wishing I would not fall flat on my face. Sigh.

Ordered photos for $5 though. Hope I looked fine.

Actually aft collecting my transcripts, I spent ages in the toilet with Clarise and Tiffany taking photos and plotting our escape. When we eventually returned to our seats, I sneaked away before the valedictorian speech (spell, boring!) and was already at train station with Zest when I changed by mind and went back to take photos. Haha.

Me and Guoquan.

Me, Jess, Lisi and Meishyuan.

Jess, me and Anna.

Yiling, Jeanette and me.

Catherine and me. She got diploma with merit leh!

Fifi darling and me!

Fifi, me and Cheeleng.

Fifi, me and Xinyi.

3 of us again with food this time.

Me, Fifi, Xinyi, Novin and George!!! The China ITP ppl... Loves~

Sze Ying, my colleague in OCBC Shanghai.

Ceyang, Cheeleng and me.

Me and Jing Xian who ran away before me.. :P

Xinyi, Cheeleng, me and Jing Xian.

Me and Zest, my official photographer and bag carrier (bcoz I keep forgetting and leaving it on the floor). THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Liang Ying and me. She even more pro. Not only diploma with merit, she won some extra award. Ahhh!!! I shld hv studied harder. :(

Fifi and me with balloon.

Fifi and me without ballon.

Cheeleng and me..

Fifi, Cheeleng and me.

Haha.. For some reason Zest approached Chris Cheong (his ex trading teacher too) and we ended up taking a photo.

Melvin and me.

Jeremy, his cool hair, and me.

Dancing balloons!

Me with the background of my fellow graduands.

My last view of SP and the cohort of 2009. It has been an eventful 3 years. :)

Thankfully I brought a change of clothing. When I removed the robes, my formal shirt was totally soaked through. Taking photos sure is a hot hot affair!

Since we were already on the other side of the island, we went even further to Boon Lay for Kushinbo! Haha.. Its extravagance but since its a celebratory dinner, we heck care. Oops!

Piles of snow crab! Yum!

Big big legs wor...

The boy cutely brought back a plate of teppanyaki mushrooms happily exclaiming,

"I know you like mushrooms so I choose mushrooms!"

Poor thing. I had to burst his bubble by saying I totally adore mushrooms.... Just not shiitake. Don't like the strong taste and he had to finish it all on his own. :(

I love sushi though. And sashimi too! Sweet sweet salmon.

I like teapot soup too!

I did my research! So I discovered on someone's blog when the restaurant plays the music "Ding, ding, ding, 1, 2, 3" we hv to go queue up for exclusive dishes only for the first 30 20 customers!!!

So like true Singaporeans, we chionged to queue barely when the music started! Haha!

V v v v unique shellfish reminded me of China Club, one of the best places I hv dined in Singapore.

The nxt "ding ding" we got crepes! This time we were faster. HOHOHO!

There were 2 flavours. Red bean and whipped cream or Banana and chocolate. I got the banana one and Zest got jealous coz mine is nicer. Woots~!

The 3rd "ding ding" was cheese-baked lobsters! By then, I was stuffed so I didn't go queue but he was nice and shared.

Hahaha... Lucky lobster.

The 4th and final "ding ding" was frozen strawberries! I likeeee! Considering the "ding dings" are every 1hr or so, you can roughly get an idea of how long we ate.. :P

Soft-serve ice cream, my favourite!

I got a little greedy with the desserts. :P

Last but not least, I express developed one of the photos taken earlier and gave him his 'thank you' present.

Yups, I know its not necessary... But you really hv no idea how much graduation means to me. I hv been looking forward to this day since my first day in SP and without hesistation, I indicated my attendance the moment the option became available. I marked out the date and I started planning celebrations aft. So when mama told me they weren't gonna attend bcoz of a holiday, overnight, all my dreams vanished. I was really mad at her and did not talk to her for a wk. I deliberately did not collect my robes till the v last min and I finally did bcoz you promised I wld not be alone. So it is a big deal to me (really) and I am very grateful tt thanks to you, I didn't miss it. So don't be all humble when I say "thank you" yeah?

Thank You.

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Just randomly, this is one wondergirl I wld encourage my boyfriend (if I had one) to fall in love with. So cuteeeee!

Happy Birthday to the best friend, I lost.

2009-05-25T16:53:00.004+08:00

Forever since we last cared. 5 yrs since we last spoke. 2 yrs since we last met.

Its been a long while since I last saw you in my mind. Boy you sure crept silently this time. For years now, I hv lived my life just fine. Without thinking, without missing and without any hint of you.

But amazingly, today I did what I promised myself to do all those time ago. I promised to nv let a morning come without me wishing you a good day. I promised to nv let a day go without me wishing you safety and happinness. I promised to nv let a night pass without me bidding you "good night, don't let the bed bugs bite". Haha.

Today my friend, you will have a good morning, a good day and a good night. :)

It feels weird to once again realise... Hey, my past was no dream. We are just two different ppl walking down two different roads. The junction tt we used to meet is no longer and the nxt intersection is far far down. But nonetheless, we are living well. :)

I nv once told you, many gifts I can throw away without a second thought. But everytime I pack my room and put your tiny perfume bottles, your sch bookshop acquisitions and all your silly little things my mother nags me to give away into the "consideration" pile, they always find their way back into my drawer. Always.

Do you remember when I wanted to climb to the highest point in the 'spider web' of Pasir Ris Park and the mean ppl sitting up there wouldn't let me? You would shout at them only to get laughed at. Nevermind that they were bigger and stronger and looked really mean. When I finally reached the top, it got so scary I cried and you held my hand as we made our way down.

Do you remember where we played sparklers? By the playground at your house. You would form a heart-shape or my name in the sand and I would sulk whenever the sticks burned down.

How abt the times where you snail mailed me letters and drawings? Your letters were long but with words so crooked and big. I cannot remember what you said and I nv kept any. I only remember you wrote abt Bon Jovi in a generation of Backstreet Boys. I thought you were queer. Your drawings were in colour pencil and were always abt houses. The kampong type with the grass roof and square windows. I teased you because you always hv a chimney with smoke coming out of it, when a grass roof would hv just caught fire. :P

We liked playing crossword puzzles on the bus and I always lost. You would then make fun of my English standard which pissed me off so much I started a word bank book writing in every new word I found in storybooks so I could beat you the nxt time.

When Escape theme park opened and I was too short to go on some rides, you passed up your chance bcoz I was disappointed and you didn't want to add "jealously mad" to the list. Heh.

I still remember the times when we smsed while you were in detention or was it compulsory study period? You complained and bitched abt the teacher. I didn't comfort, I didn't sympathise instead, I ranted bcoz I felt it was for your own good.

This may come as a surprise but I do rmbr when you asked abt my prom. I told you I didn't ask you "because you are not anyone special" but I conveniently forgot to mention tt non-Damaian dates were actually not allowed.

You were my first real Valentine. But you didn't set the mark high by forgetting to buy flowers and I was upset. Lol. Tt night, I forgot to thank you for coming from so faraway so I would not be alone and I forgot to thank you for walking me home and becoming the first boy to complain abt the dist frm the bus stop to my house.

You had asked if I liked someone. I did but I didn't want to tell you who.

Today when all these memories flashed back. The moments we shared, the ppl we hv gone on to meet and fall in love with. I was surprised my heart didn't ache like it used to those yrs ago when everything between us stopped.

So I think now is an appropriate time to ans the question you asked nearly 7 years ago. I refused to admit it before bcoz I wasn't sure if it was a one-sided thing. I wasn't prepared to take the consequences shld life as I know it, well, change. I hid all the photos and all the gifts. I threw away the cards and letters.

I liked you. It wasn't love. I didn't know what love was yet.

But I let time pass. I let the the feelings die. I let change take over both you and me. Today, I take back the promise I made to think of you daily. You are happy now and I am happy for you.

From the bottom of my heart, you will always be a v treasured friend.

Happy 21st.

不可能回去那天真无邪的时代...

Happy 21st Birthday, SOTONG!!!

2009-05-24T18:37:00.001+08:00

Tomorrow, Sotong turns adult! Celebrated her geeky 21st at her place last night and boy was it a cute affair. :)

Birthday girl dressed to theme....

I was late as mentioned in the earlier "ranting" post so didn't get as many photos taken. *sulks*

Sure hope Suting got her neighbour's permission to block their entrance. Haha!

By the time I arrived, everyone had finished triple helpings (or so they claimed) only Huiyan accompanied me. 谢谢你!

Photos put up for the game... Apparently my memory prowess is not so good. :(

Resting in the aircon room. Huiyan looks so so so ~~nerd~~ cute can?!

[Back from left: Kelly, Serene, Jerome]
[Front from left: Khang Jing, Huiyan, Wanyee]

Soon we had to go out to play games.... Here are the contestants for the best dressed "geek" contest. They had to sell themselves on why they deserve to win. All of them with the classic geeky twist sign. :P

Apparently showing before and after photos worked!!!!!!

Huiyan go so many votes tt they all dropped to the floor.

Little victory dance aft she was declared victorious.

Birthday girl gives out the prizes...

Elated Serene loves the library.

Kelly the bookworm.

Jiajin bowed and said "please vote for me"? Chiobu turned geek is hard work. She even brought a v cute backpack which she shld hv carried. :P

The big moment, the key-shaped cake!!!! Pink and white so pretty!!! :)

"Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthhhhhday to Suting,
Happy Birthday to you!!!!"

Sotong with boyfriend in "Nerd" t-shirt. LOL!

The other boyfriends in attendance were, Jerome with Serene.

And Wilfred with Jiajin.

The Damai clique!

Dividing the cake is always the tough part...

Eating cake, my favourite! ^^

Guess who is the birthday girl??

Ans: None of the above.

Photo-time!!!!!

My babes. :) 9 years of friendship, 1 more to the big 10. :)

Stamping Suting's name on the gift box. The box is actually a relative's baby's first month Ang Ku Kueh box. Heheheh!! Reuse, Reduce, Recycle! :P

A dress and lip gloss. Hope she liked it...

HAPPY 21ST DARLING!!!
May the coming yr be filled with happiness and good fortune. :)

WARNING: senseless ranting.....

2009-05-24T01:11:00.001+08:00

I just want to rant bcoz today didn't exactly go smoothly for me.

First I got a bad stomachache. Mild food poisoning perhaps? The type I vomit and lao sai more than once and at times, I feel like doing both at the same time. Haha.. Disgusting I know. :P

Of all days, my toilet started leaking and from the toilet bowl, no less.

Basically I am spoilt so I only use my own toilet. I mean for the past 5 yrs I hv lived here, I hv listened to my siblings fight to bathe, fight to brush their teeth, etc etc, while I hv the luxury of having my own ensuite. But today alas, the day came where I hv to join the war AND the queue for the v busy common bathroom. Trust me, when your bowels are not cooperating, having to remain civil to family members is the last thing on your mind.

To feel better I took a nap which made me late for Suting's 21st. If tt wasn't bad enough, I realised I haven't picked my clothes which is hard bcoz my wardrobe is in an utter mess and I am running out of nice pieces to wear. :( Took nearly an hr trying to piece my outfit tgt and really couldn't afford the time to make my hair look more "pong" no thanks to the nap I had.

Rushed out of the house aft I realised most of the girls hv reached. Waited for the bus only to realise I left my bloody wallet at hm. The dist I had to walk back was no joke seriously! It included climbing the irritating overhead bridge in the damn Singapore weather.

Of course I arrived at her place (aft getting hopelessly lost downstairs bcoz all HDB blocks look the same), hot and flustered. But I cooled down fast enough and got into a photo-snappy mood. Nvm tt my hair looked flat and I kept forgetting to angle my fat face properly. Need more practise. Hohoho.

But I watched an episode of Boys Over Flowers at her place. It is one of my fav fav episodes so yay for me. Seriously contemplating rewatching the series. Lalala~ Oh wait, this is supposed to be a ranting entry..............

On my way hm, it wasn't bad coz I had company over the phone. THANK YOU! But sadly, I missed the MJC bus stop where I was supposed to change frm 89 to 81. I missed alot of bus stops for some reason and I ended up alighting at the mid-section somewhere near White Sands taxi stand.

Obviously there wasn't buses there so I had to trek across the field towards Pasir Ris Interchange only to realise 89 will then go on to Downtown East area where I can board any bus home. Let me repeat tt sentence, I can board ANY bus home. If only I just missed one more stop yeah?

So anyway, I went to the interchange and thankfully I didn't hv to wait long for bus 17 but unfortunately, I was seated nxt to a fat guy who imposed on my space. Considering I was on the inside seat and was already crossing my legs, I was still pretty stuck.

The road back to my house is once again another source of agony. So much for tranquil and serene housing. Give me noisy and nxt to the bus stop house anyday!

Going past MJC today made me emo... But more abt tt another time. Joy is sleepy.

Talking cock.

2009-05-23T18:04:00.004+08:00

Brian: "Is the old man home?"

Dear brother's off-the-cuff comment left daddy sulking for a day. LOL!

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Shld really be heading off to Sotong's geeky 21st soon but I am facing a drought of inspiration on clothing choice. Sighssssss.

Trixie dear hv came up with fab fab ideas for my guestbook only she is now asleep and haven't exactly put those ideas into action. Lazy bum! *pokes her and runs away*

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Last night when I kaypo into her room again, I found this pretty limited edition Monopoly set. Most attractively, it is totally PINK! I excitedly picked it up and said....

"Gosh, you shld give this to me as my birthday present. Its so me lah!"

She put on her signature evil eye and glares at me when realization hit. Slowly I said...

"Oh. This IS my present right?"

Coldly, she turned back to her Macbook and all I could here was "Get Out" before she started blasting her damn music.

Gee... :(

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I am anticipating my partyyyyyyyyyyyy!

And I hv finally gotten my lazy bum down to Serangoon Broadway for the harrypotter robes. My brother likes to wear it and run around the house. Boys nv grow up do they?

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Back to clothes digging. Bye!

The silver lining to the dark cloud of being jobless.

2009-05-22T17:05:00.000+08:00

Daddy came hm this morning... He bought me perfumes!

Estee Lauder's Pleasures.

And Lancome's Miracle.

I looked like some idiot frantically pointing at stuff I want through the duty free glass. LOL. Saw many many Victoria Secret stuff I like and when I was like salivating at them, mama said to draw up a list and she will get them for me when she flies of to Hong Kong nxt wk. :P

Two days ago, I was at the airport also with friends. :)

Cheeleng and me.

Small Thiamhee and big Darren.

We were there for Swensen's 1-for-1 lunch offer!

Very worthwhile but my chilli crab pasta didn't taste like the chilli crab I hv been craving for so long. :(

Later Cheeleng left for town and we took the skytrain to Terminal 3.

Playing with little kids. ^^

Tried out wood-block printing and Darren drew "pimples" on his paper which he claimed was alot of ppl watching his presentation. LOL!

Browsed some shops and spent a little at Candy Empire. We went for tea break. Oops!

Had the tea time special at Secret Recipe.

Thiam Hee's banana chocolate cake.

My marble cheesecake.

Darren had chicken cordon bleu.

Last week, I went for the Singapore Arts Festival Opening at Marina Barrage.

I zaogeng.. LOL!

A 9 metre high praying mantis made up of recycled elevator doors and flown in frm France!

The night ended with a bang of pink fireworks.

Me with the future IR in the background.

The flyer with the sushi buffet I am so gonna try nxt wk. Hehehe!

Went down to play with the fountain.

And unexpectedly got splashed more than intended.

Midnight snack which tasted like chocolate cereal pops.

Felt generous and brought supper home...

Afterall I found money didn't I?

At last, my chilli crabs the way I like it. :) 2 whole pincers to myself, what a luxury!

Bummer oh bummer, I haven't bought my birthday cake and I hv already blown my party budget. *acts cute to the mother*

Erabelle Prestige

2009-05-19T23:17:00.001+08:00

Just the other week, I had my facial done at Haach. As usual, the service appalled me. No wonder sister swore off it and my mother rather leave her package (all paid for) uncompleted then to go there and put up with their nonsense.

What started out a couple of yrs ago as a splurge at the Tampines branch where we spent so much to get VIP access to the habourfront branch hv spiralled downwards into this unpleasant experience where all they try to do is force-sell you stuff.

I mean, a satisfied customer inadvertably spends more. So my last visit hv officially left me so pissed off I am prepared to throw away 5 more facial sessions and 2 massages.

Came hm, bitched alot and mommy dearest booked a therapeutic release for me the nxt day. :)

Erabelle, the place she moved her business to.. No wonder she nv went back to lousy Haach. Haha!

Plum tea and sweet potato biscuits greeted me when I stepped into the bright and really pretty lobby.

All the staff wore cute kimonos and little slippers as they bustled around.

Little did I know I wld get to wear it too! Haha.. Only mine is much nicer. :P

The staff really adored me.. Kept asking me to pose at various places while they brought me to find my mommy. Hehe!

And they kept going "kawaii" which pretty much embarassed me. LOL.

Behind the kimono got ribbon one!!!! Love it!

Aft getting changed, we went for a feet soak.

The staff put a lotus on my lap... Maybe it is to relax me? Or probably just for fun lah..

A retired mother with all the time in the world is the best! Provided she doesn't get mad or start to nag... Heh!

Waiting for the skin analysis results...

I like the chair.. Fluffy one!

We were then brought to a room and taught tea appreciation.

1) The older person hv to sit with the back facing a solid, lighted wall.
2) Admire the painting on the bowl, each is hand-painted and unique.
3) Inhale the jasmine smell.
4) Take a sip (with the painting facing yourself).
5) Turn the bowl 1/4 clockwise and take another sip.
6) Turn another 1/4 clockwise and finish the tea.
7) Place the bowl on the table. The picture shld be facing the opp person.
8) The opposite person now repeats.

Sweet jelly to complement the bitter aftertaste of the tea.

Finally, the VIP suite...

They really think of everything when I was presented with a cute little velvet box to store my accessories.

Another shocker was when I was given personalised towels! Its actually my dad's initials so I am sure only my dad ever used it. :)

Then came the massage which was so comfortable I fell asleep so many times and had to be nudged awake to turn over. :P The facial was also not painful and didn't leave my face blotchy coz they used a vibrator machine!

After abt 2hrs, I was told to shower in a really pretty attached bathtub. I forgot to take a photo of it though.

This was what awaited me aft I came out of the shower (they use Crabtree and Evelyn shower products!!!) ramen and snow pear soup! Yum!

I had my snack facing this.. Can't imagine busy Dhoby Ghaut to hv such a tranquil and relaxing view ba? And it rained while I was having my pampering session.... I didn't even realise it! Its like a private sanctuary away frm the outside world. :)

Aft I got dressed, its eyebrow plucking time...

This hurt though... :(

Random shot.

Counting down to 2nd June.... This time, no VIP room bcoz daddy is home and he booked it for romantic with mommy. But I'm get to try the tatami room which Alisa says is much cosier. Woots~!

:(

2009-05-17T15:28:00.003+08:00

I have been packing my room since yesterday afternoon coz the mother was just so close to blowing her top. But my messy piles just seem to get taller and makes me rather irritable when I pull something and everything else collaspes. It amazes me how everything could fit into the shelves previously before I tried to be funny and yanked everything out.

It also amazes me tt I cld accumulate so much stuff (many of which really frivalous and useless really) over a couple of mths. I know I tend to spend on impulse.... But tt sure is a hell lot of impulses.

The cool thing is I found alot of lost stuff and little things I forgot I owned. Of course there is the gross bits of finding melted sweets, old and used tissue paper and whatever nots in bag pockets. Thank goodness with the sticky sweets, there wasn't a dead cockroach or worse, rat!

Am feeling quite down now. :(

On a good note, I found like $140 in my mess. All scattered in old bags and wallets. Some just stuffed in corners of my drawer. I really shld do this more often so it wouldn't be such a herculean task each time I get around to spring cleaning.

I need a cold drink. A hug wld be nice too.

Graduation 2009

2009-05-15T16:39:00.003+08:00

I forgot abt it for awhile.... But now tt the letter is here, I really cannot put off collecting the harrypotter robes anymore. Whoever chose tt place for collection is really damn dumb. The few times I went past, I couldn't even find parking anywhere.

The nice invitations were printed on glittery cards...

But my own "admission ticket" is a black and white piece of paper. :(

"To go or not to go, that is the question."

My Packed Week

2009-05-15T14:29:00.003+08:00

My right eye hurts like crap. Must be the fake eyelashes glue tt caused some allergic reaction... I hope its not infected though. :(

And NO! Its definitely not my eyeball being squashed bcoz I like to snuggle face-down into my pillow when I sleep. Zzzz! No such thing one can?!

Anyhoo, photo backlog frm Monday, 11th May...

Adrian's 23rd birthday.

My neighbour and I at the bbq pits.

Oreo cheesecake!

It wasn't much but still, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Tuesday, 12th May.

Morning was spent with the mother... We were supposed to indulge in my Thai craving but the restaurant wasn't open yet. Poo!

I took this photo while we were waiting in the car by the side of the road for cheaper Esplanade parking at 11am. :P

Don't like the steps part though.

I loveeee tofu! I can like eat it every day for a mth!

And french beans.. Yum Yum!

Went back to Tamp to meet Cher for Ikea!

The baka whose camera got invaded by ants so she brought her boyfriend's camera but forgot the memory card! Hahaha! I thought such stupid things only happen to me. :P

Baka called me a 败家女 bcoz I overpaid for a notebook. -_-"

Fruit basket head!

Ikea's v worthwhile set lunch for the day! $5.50 for a v big portion!!!

Greedy Cher could still wolf down meatballs and a hot dog bread after lunch. *peifu*

We went to Giant and then back to Tamp's S11 for dinner with Ting.

Wednesday, 13th May.

Went down to Outram, got lost at some shophouses street just to meet Fifi, Tong yan and Cheeleng for lunch. Had nice nice chicken rice and Japanese cakes at glace. :)

Cheeleng's green tea, coffee cake!

Fi's rockmelon cheese tart.

Tong yan's Strawberry shortcake.

My banana chocolate which they all loved but I found a tad too creamy...

Thursday, 14th May.

Had dental appointment before meeting up with Ting for shopping in town and Korean food! No photos coz we both forgot. :(

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To two friends of mine,

Both of you are unique in your own way. Although you both happen to desire the same things, to strive for the same things and to simply put, like the same things, tt does not mean you cant co-exist in a mutually beneficial way.

I hv heard both sides of the story. Resentment, helplessness, despair and bouts of sacarsm ain't gonna make you girls any prettier.

Girl A visits Girl B when the latter is sick bcoz Girl A says, "B will not eat when she is sick de! So I must go and make sure she eat." Girl A is the giving sort. The nuturing, the maternal, the sensible sort. I know she cares alot but sometimes faces difficulty in portraying the concern just like my mother nv fails to piss me off when she nags with good intentions.

Girl B when shopping with me points at practically every pretty, pink thing and says. "Ahh! Shall I get this for A? A will adore this!!!! Omg! This is SO A!" Girl B is the whimsical sort. The type of girl men love to love but women love to hate. What?! Much as you want it, you can't have both worlds... She is so endearing if she wants to be but occassionally thoughtless. She lives for the moment and hardly ever thinks of consequences.

Both of you at any point in time are thinking abt the other much as you like to deny. Both of you care truckloads abt how each other feels. True, you may neglect at times, you may do things to hurt and you may have been at times selfish. But its the small things, the little gestures tt really do show how much you mean to each other and instead of letting petty issues cloud the situation, instead of being harsh, I believe you undergraduates are smart enough to come up with a give and take situation tt is accepted by BOTH PARTIES.

I think both of you are too precious to go abt this less-than-fairytale life. All my frens are amazing and very special so please don't fight anymore. :(

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When Ting left for sch, I headed back to Tamp to meet Zest and Darren for.........

Changi Village Nasi Lemak!!!!!! :D

Aft dinner we went to the beach to play.

Darren, Me and Zest.

The wind was sooo strong!

Lighting 3 sparklers tgt results in a BANG of bright light.

The smoke smelt and tasted awful...

What are they doing??

Awww... J for Joy. :)

Playing with wax...

Complete! Heh Heh.. THANK YOU DARREN!

When the sparklers were all burnt out, the boys started spearing candles and tipping hot wax everywhere. Talk abt kinky. :P

For a lovely evening with good food, good fun and good company, thank you,

Zest,

and Darren.

This 2 idiots kept going on and on abt bad drivers who are women. The irony is the only one with a license among us, is me, a woman.

A lazy day....

2009-05-13T21:17:00.003+08:00

Sorry another pictureless post. I used to hate posts like this but aft spending a morning uploading photos, I am too lazy to edit and sort them. :( Its really funny bcoz ever since I lost the USB cable and had to manually insert the camera's memory card into my card reader, I keep forgetting to take it out.

Bringing a camera without its memory card out is seriously stupid. Cher shld be able to understand tt feeling of mine. :P Anyway, I hv been spending shitloads recently. Which sucks bcoz the bank balance has just dropped below my safety level yet again. :(

Dammit pretty things! I always had a spending problem but I don't rmbr it to be tt bad.

Anyway, I got myself alot of craft stuff (largely for Prints. Double damn!) So will be busy doing handicraft stuff in the comfort of home-sweet-home. Goodbye.

Counting sheep...

2009-05-11T14:24:00.002+08:00

This is bad. Couldn't fall asleep again last night... It has been like turning in early, flipping around and not actually resting till abt 4am. Its as if my whole body clock is screwed. Some nights, I am dead tired. The type I am confident I wld just zonk out the moment my head hits the pillow but yet random wild thoughts keep running through my head like a stallion lose and its only my eyes closed but tts tt. Other nights (like last night) I stay wide awake. Not even pushed to shut the eyes and hope to drift away. Its just like staring at my ceiling, thinking, worrying, eye twitching. Its nights like this tt feels like day time where I am energised, raring to go out but is in bed bcoz the time dictates so.

Its so bad tt I even went to the doctor at 7am a few days ago (doctor opens at 9) to request for sleeping pills which he refused to give. He says I just need to exercise to get the energy out frm my system. Sighs, I am so not the exercise type of girl. Damn!

HAPPY MAMA'S DAY!!!

2009-05-10T22:24:00.001+08:00

Mother's Day is the one day for me to show my appreciation to the most selfless person to ever bless my life. :) The woman who suffered for 9 full months to give birth to me, the nxt 21 years bearing with my nonsense and for the rest of her life providing me with the best she can offer.

That is how great a mother's love is. :)

So the weekend was dedicated to the most impt woman in my life!

Dinner for the grandmother.... A small restaurant in the Chinatown area tt serves surprisingly good food. :)

V traditional with the menu on the walls...

Cold appetizer!! Super smooth fats on the pork slice.. It literally melted in my mouth!!

My favourite! Fried prawns in salad cream!

BIG BIG BIG steamed pomfret!

Oil bags.. Haha! Really oily!

This restaurant is famous for its cold crabs.... But I am still missing chilli crabs with fried mantous. :(

On mother's day, we eat mama crabs! LOL!

Braised sea cucumber with my favourite bamboo shoots!

Chestnut stuffed chicken!

Really authentic and lovely oh nee!!! Tastes far better than it looks! :)

Alisa and Angelica!

My immediate cousins, Angelica and Olivia with their parents.

My siblings and I!

Trixie is trying to be funny...

Today, we had our own family celebration.

I bought a mother's day cake frm the v disorganised Bakerzin.

Why disorganised? The collection queues were bad, they lost many customer's orders (including mine) and had to rewrite my msg on the spot. If tt wasn't bad enough, they ran out of the larger sized cakes halfway through the day. If tt still isn't bad enough.....

The just called 30 min ago (7 hrs aft I collected my cake) asking me if I required delivery bcoz my cake is still at the shop. 0_0"

I guess tt means they found my lost cake afterall? Tt also means if I had said "yes" to delivery, they wld incur a loss on the cake and on the petrol. Seriously!

These were meant to be a greeting card but I print screen and developed them as photos for my mother's day gift.

Of course, we still hv to be nice to our parents everyday but extra nice today.

HAPPY MAMA'S DAY, MOTHER!

Funneh! :)

2009-05-09T23:33:00.004+08:00

After the whole excitement of starting a new blog. Meddling with the html, put up a few posts, I am now seriously bored of blogging. Which is weird really bcoz my camera is like flooded with photos of some really exquiste places (like my Japanese spa experience). :(

Maybe it is the too many photos to sort through tt is putting me off time and again. Oh wells, just came back frm mother's day dinner where I finally had my crabs!

Anyway, what started with researching for Kumar to show my ignorant brother, I found S factor bimbotic bloopers and HOSSAN LEONG tt left me in stitches! :P

Nah! Don't say I nv share!!!!! :)

i want i want i want!

2009-05-06T17:03:00.004+08:00

I am so sleepy... But napping in the day means having problem sleeping at night. :(

My phone is being surprisingly good today... So I don't know if I shld give it just one more chance.

Some days it decides to play prank on me and be unbearably laggy. Other days it just hangs or worse, dies on me! Although these moodswings only happen once every wk or so, the 1-2 days it stays cranky literally gets on my nerves so badly I just wanna chuck it out of the window.

This phone sucks at multi-tasking. Take for instance I am typing a msg when an incoming one comes in or I hv running applications while I search the contact list, the speed of the phone slows to a crawl.

So now when I happen to hv a little spare cash, the impulse to switch back to good old Nokia surfaces.. With all the new qwerty keypads which I adore so much. But e71 is really out of my reach and in terms of price, the newest e63 (sibling of e71) is cheaper than my current phone.

And downgrading really isn't my cup of tea. Sighssss....

Shagged

2009-05-02T13:32:00.004+08:00

Dumdeedumdum~

I hv settled on an LJ account. Yay yay yay! But I will only be fully blogging there nxt mth I guess... Still not v used to some of the functions. This blog will still be used frm time to time for the more personal stuff while the other one will be postings abt my life as an international student. :)

Gotta learn to censor more. Stay low profile. Haha...

Slept at 3am last night and woke up at 7am to accompany my mother to Mt Elizabeth for her heart check-up. Really shag now but she insists I gotta wash my hair and bathe bcoz of the scary swine flu yadda yadda... Sighs... After I bathe I probably will hv no mood to sleep anymore. :(

Please help me come up with a cool LJ nick! :P

2009-04-29T23:13:00.003+08:00

Flimgarde, a rather small-fry in Singapore's movie arena made me stand outside 5 mins before my show bcoz the previous show had not ended! The theater was good really... But the lack of time planning really baffles me.

Caught the best show I hv watched in a long long time, Wolverine! Its an action-packed but not gory, a good guy versus bad guy, a brotherly love conquers all sorta comic book movie. :) And the best part is, you need not be an X-men fan to understand it, which was my main worry in the first place. :)

Illuma, the new Bugis mall has kiap kiap machines with food (even Magnum ice-cream) in them and each try can cost you up to $3. Insane!!!!

I also learnt not be dumb and over complacent when I see a kiap kiap machine tt seems easy. I shld not hv let past victories cloud my judgement and logical thinking bcoz every try = money. Damn! Shld also learn to cut losses and not just foolishly drop coins just bcoz I hope I will be lucky in the nxt round. Gambler's mentality. Tsk!

Oh ya, I want to change this blog add coz its getting some what stale. Hee! Was thinking of moving onto livejournal bcoz of all the online shopping and sprees. *excitedness* But I lack the most impt thing, a nice, catchy and totally "me" nick tt is still available and under 15 characters.

clumzie
missfoodie
sugaredrainbows
tootydotdot

were all shot down by the sisters with mouths opened wide and incredulous, are-you-kidding-me, faces. Eeek!

My favourite girls turn adult!!!

2009-04-28T22:25:00.002+08:00

First up was Yilynn's 2nd birthday celebration at Nihon Mura. Primary purpose was for us to meet her new boy, Julian!!! He is a chef! So tt is like pass our standards already! *greedy* :)

Actually, Meng, Cher and I were like talking abt impt university stuff while Ting our resident "mother" interrogated the poor boy. Hahahaha! But of course we all know she has our best interests at heart lah!! :P

All togther now... "Awwwwwwww!"

Then came Jiajin's Vintage Floral chalet!!!!!

Balloons, balloons, balloons!!! I likeee!

The reception.. Haha. Ivy really put in alot of effort into the pretty scrapbook where guests cld leave their messages. We also had to put $1 into the piggy bank for a chance to fill up a questionnaire abt the birthday girl with the bonus question being, "guess the no. of sweets in the frog!" :)

Joy loves food! HAHA!

Birthday girl with parents at the entrance to the chalet...

The weather was freaking hot and everyone was using paper plates as fans while I got drunk on fruit punch! Hehe!

This shot was fun coz Ting was actually fanning us below so our hair can *fly fly*!

Some of us were smart enough to hide upstairs in the aircon room!

Cake time!! Pretty birthday girl sure looks happy!

Upper sec classmates!!!!!!

Lower sec classmates!!! Haha.. It was only in photo time did I realise I am in all of Ann Jia Jin's Damai cliques. So qiao!

Photo with the lovessss!

Birthday kiss frm her boyfriend, Wilfred. *sweet*

Alot of witnesses to the "kiss"... Haha...

The cake is served and I got a BIG strawberry! 0.0

Khang Jing got the most answers correct so she won $29! Fyi, the frog had 78 sweets! Who wld hv guessed?!

But what are birthdays without presents? Shared this with Xinyu, Haz, Maz and Szerui. We even got a little book to write our birthday greetings. So much more value then a Hallmark card. :P

My favourite actor, Chew Chor Meng.

2009-04-27T23:44:00.011+08:00

I am not the sort to follow drama serials (I usually watch a few episodes, skip to the last, if I like the ending then I watch the middle part bcoz why watch a lousy show right?). Unless of course the show have not been fully screened (I will then go buy the DVD if I really want to watch it, which is rare). So this accounts for the fact why I stopped at episode 6 of Rainie's new show, ToGetHer, although mysoju.com is now till episode 11 and everyone seems to adore it.

I don't know what happened really bcoz I used to be a huge couch potato just a couple of yrs ago. A TV junkie you call it? The type who wld would eat in front of the TV, brush teeth in front of the TV, watch TV before bathing, before homework and before abt everything else lah. :X

But frm back then till now, my whole family hv suddenly stopped watching television! Even though daddy subscribes to practically every single cable channel and I hv my own TV in my own room ALSO WITH CABLE!! In fact, we watch so infrequently tt the old (4 yrs only) plasma died frm under usage. Don't ask me how....... The buttons just froze due to inactivity I suppose? (-_-")

Even though mommy was pretty prompt in chucking the old one out and replacing it with a kick-ass new 52 inch high-definition Samsung and even splashed on a bunch of whole new all-surround sound speakers bcoz the v eloquent and bull-shitty sales promoter convinced her tt our old ones (also all-surround sound) is obsolete and more importantly, its silver and doesn't match the new black TV. Zzzz!

But still we don't watch TV! Nada!

So it amazes me tt I actually sat through 3 hrs of "Star Awards" last night when I knew nuts abt the shows tt were winning. Seriously, I caught like 3 episodes of the hyped up Nonya show? Yeah, ONLY 3 EPISODES! And tt was only coz I was at the cousin's place and they were hooked. So I seriously hv no idea who deserved to win or not. Only I don't like Jeanette Aw (but I must admit she really is pretty) so I was quite delighted she didn't win Best Actress. HAHAHA!

Anyway, the whole purpose of this entry is abt Chew Chor Meng. From since I could rmbr, he was my fav actor like forever?? I always wrote his name under "favorite actor" in those pri sch autograph books lor. I laughed when he was the comical Ah Bee in 敢敢做个开心人. I laughed again when he starred as Mr Kiasu. I was so used to seeing him young, energetic, cheerful and well, god damn funny.

So I was shocked when he stumbled on stage to claim the Best Supporting Actor prize last night. Partially limping, with a slight slur to his voice and with his facial expresssion down, I nearly cried. I mean I read he has gotten some muscular atrophy disease frm the newspapers like since last yr? But I just didn't expect it to be so obvious, so real, so in-my-face, painful.

He really deserves his award. Not for sympathy but for being strong and professional in wrapping up filming, for the courage to turn up at huge media events (like last night) even though his movements was already badly affecting him physically. In my opinion, he has just become an even greater role model and I believe this view is not just mine alone.

A few hrs ago I was having Sakae buffet with Ting and Cher. Naturally the conversation was brought to last night's show and Cher remarked: "If MediaCorp dared to beep 周初明 before he finish his speech, I confirm write in to shoot them!" Hahaha...

He said: "In the first half of my life, I've been leading a real fruitful one. I didn't have much experience in acting to start with and was not highly educated, but I was still able to make it big in my 10 years of showbiz career. Now that I'm into the second half of my life, I'm sure it will surpass the first, and this is no longer something that can be measured by the awards."

So touching, so positive, so brave!!!!!!!! :'( *feeling choked up again*

Dammit!!!! On a side note, The International was a good movie with a sucky ending. Very very very sucky ending. See!!!!! This is the reason why when I watch shows and read books, I go to the end first before I sit through the whole thing and end up disappointed and pissed off. Bahx!

But at least not the whole day was bad...

I got 2 new toys frm the kiap kiap machine. :)

You know there are 3 types of machines. The first 2 types commonly found in arcades are.........

2 plastic arms... Oldest type since my pri sch days..

The 3 flimsy long hook thingy usually used to catch bigger toys.

This 2 types hv pretty poor grips like 99.99% the toy even though caught will drop out when the claw retracts either bcoz 1) the toy is too heavy for the weak grip or 2) the claw shakes when it goes upwards, purposely dropping the toy. CHEAT!

But anyway, I loveee these machines and I hv no qualms abt pumping money to feed these rigged things bcoz the toy inside keep adorably calling out to me, "come Joy! Come catch me!" Darn it! Stupid cute things!

BUT out of the 6 toys I hv amassed over the past few mths, 4 was caught by this new net machine! Its a 100% track record. 4 times tried, 4 times caught. And even Darren caught 2 winnie the pooh in just 1 try!

This net has a metal chain below which closes when it goes up. However, even though the grip is still pretty shaky, nets hv holes!!! So the toy somehow always end up stuck. So viola~! I likeeeeee!!! :D

Me: Muahahaha! Fat bird, I want you, I got you!
Fat bird: Me is owl, me not fat bird!
Me: You are fat what!
Fat bird: Me is round. Round is a shape. Me is SHAPELY!
Me: Circle is a shape. Round is just... Round!
Fat bird: *runs under my chest of drawers wailing*

Wait, he got stuck so................

HAHA! FAT BIRD!

Okay, lame.. Good night to the few of you who still bother to read this blog. :)

P/S: Remind me to rescue the poor fat bird tmr! Muahahaaa!

Planning the departure with mixed feelings.

2009-04-24T18:45:00.005+08:00

Will update abt Jiajin's 21st chalet aft I dutifully save Ting's photos off facebook. Sighs, what happen to the good old days where ppl will just zip the file and take forever to send me via msn? Irritating as tt was, now its "all up on facebook!!!" which is irritating too bcoz I keep forgetting to get them. Sheesh!

Crystal Jade Xiao Long Baos really got standard! Best I hv eaten in Singapore so far.... :)

刀削面 in sour spicy soup. YUMMMMMM!

Dessert at Central's Waraku.....................................

The adult's Matcha Ice-cream..

Geri and me had Petit ice-cream blah blah blah... Love it! :)

Geraldine and her mom, Aunty Esther..

We met to discuss abt Australia since she will be going to Queensland too. The accomodation we are considering are pretty similar only our schs are on opposite river banks so bunking tgt may not be tt feasible. :(

Anywayyyyyy, I hv convinced Mama to take me to Sydney! So I can shop for my winter stuff there before I commence sch. Hopefully Aunty Esther can buy the tickets soon so we can all go tgt just like when we were younger!!!! :)

Oh, also went to Liang Court's Meidiya with mommy! We bought alot of awesome Japanese snacks.. Going to go back there again to buy my "instant" stuff to bring over to Aust. Japanese are best for making food out of the packet. Woots~!

Going to the zoo, Zoo, ZOO!!!!!

2009-04-20T21:28:00.001+08:00

On the 8th of April, I went to the ZOOOOOO! Haha. It was a very random and spontaneous thing to do which resulted in me taking the first bus down to Ang Mo Kio when the sky was still dark and reaching with the sun high up already. :X

Met up with Darren and his tuition friends. Didn't expect the day to be so so so much fun and the ppl to be so awesome. I really had a great day, so much so when I tooked the photo's off Elizabeth's facebook, I couldn't help smiling... :)

We were among the first to reach save for a handful of tourists.

The guys: Andrew, Christon and Darren
The girls: Xinyun, Elizabeth and Me!!!

I started the day out laughing pretty bad. Haha!

Cool signboards for illiterates! :P

Some herb garden with a v nice name (unfortunately I forgot). Something like "garden with a view"?

Nice nice nice Seletar Reservoir.

Giraffe: "However you girls stretch, you are no match for me!"

Random shot~!

All the drinks were like $3 and above even for mineral water, so freaking ex. I would rather pay $10 for Ben and Jerry's milkshake. At least its not some rip-off tourist price. ZZZ! Okayyy, my priorities are abit off.

Kanga land! Okay, its called Down Under blahblahblah. Probably will see alot of these when I go the Brisbane.

Help! Let us in.................

Totem gods.

Transporting Darren to neverneverland where Peter Pan and little children nv grow up. Muahahaha!

New species?

The legendary Big Foot leaves the Alpine Mountains for the Deserts! 0_o"

Poor Kangaroo capable of jumping 13 metres but kept in a too small enclosure. :(

*squish squish squish*

Xinyun: "Here boy, I hv foooooooooooood."

It took ages for the poor Kangaroo to stand on its hind legs and since it couldn't jump, it just kept dragging itself along. So poor thing....

Emu also known more crudely as "Big Bird"! Sesame Street anyone?

At the Fragile Forest, I saw a family of I dunno what, skunks? Got baby somemore.

And alot alot of pretty butterflies!

In some exhibit.. They showed pestsssssss. The place smelled bad too!

Another statue, a hungry tortise so Xinyun fed it a pocky.

Are polar bears really tt huge?!

Cold blue waters which critics say is not cold enough for the polar bears who are actually suffering.... Animal cruelty!

Inuka. The bear cub breed at the Singapore Zoo. Apparently, he caused quite a controversy a few yrs back when his fur turned green? Now he may not get to stay in Singapore and we could well lose our Polar Bear exhibit entirely. Lucky I saw him already. :D

Sealion = Water show without fail!!!!

Goofing around...

Cute like wear-tuxedo penguins.

Elizabeth, Christon and Andrew.

Xinyun, Darren and Me, sitting on steps bcoz the place was packed.

Smart smart!

Monkey high up.

Monkey low down.

Stuffed monkey.

Monkey in photograph.

Monkey in drawing.

Monkey with red backside.

Elizabeth tagged the butt "Andrew" in facebook. Damn funny!

Be afraid........................................ Be very afraid.....................

The white tigers tt ate tt cleaner or something. I think they are the same ones coz I heard alot of ppl commenting while we were there.

Couldn't find the yellow tigers, Andrew's fav animal, so he settled for the tiger-imitation rubbish bin. :P

The king of the jungle sitting on Andrew's shoulder. Bwahaha!

Very, super, extremely, shagged out. Was so tempted to take the tram or the ferry to get back to the entrance at extra cost of course...

Mousedeer who looks nothing like a mouse and nothing like a deer. Heh!

In the Pets Corner.. PIG goes Oink!

Forgot the animal they were trying to pose with. Oops!

Dark photo of us trying to copy the hippos. I was too lazy to edit them before uploading. Lalala~

The evolution process!

Pygmy Hippos are known as water ballerinas.. But they seem quite clumsy to me. HAHAHA!

As still as a log... Did anyone notice the crocodile?

Urrrgh! Heavy!

Bye bye zoo! We had a blast!

I am bored. I need willing company.

2009-04-18T14:29:00.004+08:00

I feel older.

There is this ever-present tiredness that however much I try to push away into somewhere at the back of the mind but always seem to hv the mad ability to creep back into my subconciousness. I tried to sleep the time away. Hours and hours of unconciousness. But wait, I am forgetting the nightmares.

Is it the lack of funds and the entertainment running dry that is sapping up my gusto and youthful energy? Or the negative chi resulting frm the perpetual mess in my room tt is leaving me all lethargic, sick and sianned.

I can't really say its the lack of exercise because my early morning swims just make me more drained and exhausted. My pursuit of happinness hasn't really bore fruit yet but at least the light at the end of the tunnel is there. Not really light per say. But expiry date or finale as they call it.

Lots of stuff to do before I leave so I shld quit mopping around and start prepping excitement. Have booked flights to Sydney and is in the midst of persuading my mother abt Auckland. :):):)

Now all I need to do is sort my wardrobe so I can uphold my mom of her note she left on my desk, "Ah girl, your mother is a very generous mother if you do to her liking. Hint: Pack your room." I take tt as a direct promise of a shopping spree. I am thinking Kate Spade bags and Aldo boots. But mama is a huge fan of Nine West and tt is waaaaay better. :D

Shopping is in my blood. Broke as I may be I still like looking at pretty stuff. Restraint Joy, Restraint. Hehe.

On a happy note, I am not dirt poor now. Because I packed and found my hidden stash of foreign currency. Its not much but its something. :)

Feeling strangely happy. I wonder why.

2009-04-17T23:25:00.006+08:00

Okay, I decided not the reveal the leaving date at all because its always changing anyway. The "joy" of paying to hv unlimited changes hur? :(

Was randomly blog surfing when I decided to visit a blog I haven't visited for a long long long time.... Saw entries tt made me feel slightly choked up and well, nostalgic. I mean I understand that the rule of the game is to be able to 拿得起放得下. But on many instances, I find myself lacking in tt department. I try really hard though. But like its often said, 开心就好.

But don't be mistaken, I am not emo now. Was just stating my point in a matter-of-fact way... Plus, I am pretty cheery because I am now watching funny adverts on youtube and I hv just spent a lovely evening with my girls. Not forgetting the laughter we shared when Haz bought the pregnancy kit (for her mom). :)

Been a really long time since I spammed youtube videos and laughed over lame commercials like shit. Here is to share a few I found. :P

HAHAHAHAHA! But as its past curfew and the mother was naughty and NOT HOME YET! I freaked and called her parents (my grandparents) who nearly sent out a search party till I got in touch with Trixie and realised she was out monitoring stock markets with some guru. Retirees are really amazing.... *faints*

And to think filal me climbed up a flight of escalators (the mall was closed) in my high heels and embarassingly caused the staff to hv to reopen the cash register so I could purchase a cake at 10.30pm. Oops!

All because the mother craved cheesecake and went alllllll the way to Great World City to find the shop I brought her to previously. Little did she know this same shop is now at the newly opened Tampines 1. HAHAHA suaku!!! :P

Got supper and she is not hm. Eat tmr don't know still as nice ma?

Just to sign off, Jiajin's birthday present still a secret till tmr. I bet she will adore it! Can't wait! ^^

Nearly gone :(

2009-04-16T22:43:00.005+08:00

Hey Folks,

I have gotten my departure date. If you are interested to know call me! (Yilynn, its no longer the 20th) :)

I will not be telling anyone the time though. Don't want to end up crying at the airport because a lovely few of you turn up. Not a very auspicious start to a new beginning I feel. Haha. But still I have abt 2 mths left in between 2 job commitments and a pending one so I will squeeze time out to meet each and everyone of you. I promise!

But please please make time for me too. Must say my proper goodbyes because sadly, mama says if the family wants a holiday in December, I will either fly to that country frm Brisbane or they will tour Australia which means I don't get to come home. :(

And if you wonder why I am leaving so soon is because

1) mama is ~~kiasu~~ worried abt 1001 things
2) we were thinking of squeezing in some touring

Actually I think the main reason is the mother wanting to spend solo time with me. :P

So yupsssss! That's all.

This little piggy went to the food shop!

2009-04-16T20:00:00.001+08:00

Another largely food entry so a big oops if you haven't had dinner. I haven't had mine fyi. :P

I forgot why mama and I went to Bosses because we already had lunch. But if I rmbr correctly, ~~she~~ I was craving Xiao Long Baos. Hehehehe!

Don't be fooled by the Vivocity address, the posh entrance or the fab fab view. The prices here are really not exaggerated. Lunch-time serves "dish-of-the-day" (which happended to be a whole fish!) at only $9.80 and the other dishes hover around the $20 range. Unless you order abalone or some other delicacy! -_-"

This doesn't look v appetising but its actually home-made fish crackers which are awesome! Considering I hv a bloody big ulcer, I couldn't stop munching!! Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very nice la!

Xiao Long Baosssssss, my favourite! :D

But since we couldn't just order one dish (will paiseh one...) we ordered frog porridge and my fav fav fav, 3-egg vegetables! Have chicken egg, century egg and salted egg in a v rich broth. Nice~!

Btw, ever wondered why frog porridge in Chinese is called 田鸡粥 and not 青蛙粥? I am wondering too. Hmmmm...

Mama also bought me alot alot alot of funny things frm Daiso and pretty oynx boxes and purses frm a furniture stall tt is going at 40% off!!!!! :)

On the Saturday before Easter Sunday, Zest, Serkee, Cheeleng and me went to Singapore Expo to catch a theatrical drama abt Jesus' crucifixion. I am not Christian but I went because

1) I was somewhat intrigued by the description of the play;
2) To give Tiffany face and not "pangseh" her.

Nevertheless it was fun. Learnt more abt the religion and was drawn into the whole "concert layout" of the hall. City Harvest Church is really rich!!! Haha. Anyway, the actors were brilliant! Cheeleng cried at the crucification part and I was fearfully watching through the gaps between my fingers. Gosh, impressed!

Maybe I enjoyed it more because I was seated between Zest and Serkee so I didn't get much of the preaching which is what I am really afraid of. Not because of the content of the messages but more so I stress over the pressure. :(

Very very knowledgable and very very very eye-opening. For the first time, I realised religion can actually be pretty cool. :) But don't worry mother (if you are reading this), I am still going temple with you nxt wk. Haha.

Aft the programme Zest and I browsed some other exhibitions in the area where I splurged heavily at John Little. Tsktsk, I hv been a bad girl. :( My drink is the yellow one and its supposed to be peach coke or something but I couldn't taste any coke. :((

Yesterday was pigging out day with Cheeleng. FOOD AGAIN?!

Her New York Fish and Chips frm Fish & Co.

My sinful but yum yum dessert because I had chicken rice lunch with mommy earlier.

Shopping at Illuma, middle road (my party shops) and Bugis Street, we were still not really hungry but its dinner time!!!

Her laksa. Fatty fatty! WAHAHAHAHA!

And my wanton mee! Looks messy but its the best wanton mee I hv ever eaten. SERIOUS! I always always eat this when I go temple. Its a special dark sauce instead of the usual ketchup. But pig lard alot... Fatty bom bom. :(

We were full but craving so we bought not 1, not 2 but 4 box of durians. Because 1 for $5, 4 for $10. Aunties at heart. LOL! One box tasted bad so the nice boss on his own accord, noticing tt we threw most away, gave us an expensive (easily $10) box. :)

But durians make us thirsty and hot so we adjourned to TCC for a cuppa of indulgence.

Her mint chocolate frap.

My latte with coffee jelly. :D

Reached hm late with a box of durians to pacify the mother and ended up eating it with her. Sighsss. Went back to my room saw 2 new sweets in my half packed luggage. Screamed to nobody in particular on who anyhow put things in my room.

Turned out Trixie bought me piggy gummies frm Marks and Spencer (because it reminded her of me *slap slap her*) and Alisa got me Hello Kitty sweets (because it reminded her of me *hug hug her*) and they bought the sweets SEPERATELY. Just coincidentally on the same day. :)

So because of all the snacking, its no surprise I feel fat. So I woke up at 6am today, went to the club (~~chlorine-free~~ natural water, better for my hair) and swam for an hr in the freaking icy cold swimming pool. Got showered and weighed myself on the v high-tech digital scale and guess what?!??

I lost abt 2kg frm the last time I weighed abt a mth ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Either I am aging (bones shrink) or my muscles (3 times heavier than fats) are degenerating into flabbiness. I am puzzled but 5kg to my ideal weight sounds wayyyyy more manageable than 7kg to ideal. Yay!

And reality check, I am really leaving for University of Queensland. No more waiting for NTU to realise my talent or SMU to give me a chance.

Paid whatever that needs to be paid already, decided on the departure date and is now booking hotels for staying a few wks before I get my new home. The days are fast ticking by and I am strangely starting to miss hot, tiny, Singapore. The thing is I HAVEN'T EVEN LEFT YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To smile or not to smile? :X

Sad

2009-04-14T15:10:00.002+08:00

Cheeleng's appeal didn't go through.

I was looking forward to night suppers, sleepovers and weekend drives.

Although she says Perth isn't far frm Brisbane.

Its really just words of consolation.

Because its just not near enough.

I will be alone at orientation.

Alone in classes and lunch-time.

Alone when I am lonely.

Alone when I am sick.

Suddenly the thrill of studying abroad does not seem so bright anymore.

Its gonna just be books, coffee and the occassional chicken essence.

No more worrying of unfriendly competion or her boyfriend visiting.

No girl talk and gossips till 5 in the morning.

No making a fuss because the bestfriend hates fishballs and I adore them.

For 1.5 years, no more.

I GOT PRANKED!!! GRRR!

Friends, you mean the world to me.

2009-04-13T13:49:00.002+08:00

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

To celebrate post IT-fair, Serkee, Tiffany, Cheeleng and I had dimsum buffet at Excelsior Hotel.

Cheeleng sorting through our just arrived cleocat purchases... :P

Fifi and Serkee...

Food needs no introduction! :D
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On another evening, Cheeleng, Jessica and I headed to Cineleisure to catch "confessions of a shopaholic"!!! Aft hearing so much abt the book and reading raving reviews of the show, we decided to be typical girls and catch a chick flick tt is in gist, making fun of girls. Talk abt irony? Haha.

Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil!

I look like siao ding dong. Hohoho!

Glamming it up for the camera in a neoprint booth. :P

Who makes the best shopaholic? Me, Jessica or Cheeleng???
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Speaking of precious friends, Zest and I hv agreed to become ordinary platonic friends. Strike out all the complicated emotional needs, the reliance and the expectations. True, it appears impossible. But give us brownie points for at least attempting to try, no?

Have you ever had a friend who you could talk to abt the whole wide world?
Have you ever had a friend who could read your mind?
Have you ever had a friend who knew you better than you knew yourself?
Have you ever had a friend who cared beyond reasonable limits?
Have you ever had a friend who you cannot imagine life without?

I have.

So aft tt night of confrontation, we met up again at Ehub! a couple of days later.
As friends.

Dinner was BBQ Chicken's student meal. $7.90 includes a main course and a drink. Cheap cheap!

Tuck-in!!!!

Playing with the Minnie Mouse he caught frm the kiap kiap machine.

Cute cute cute~~~~~~

Joining my collection of other kiap kiap toys... :)

There are nights where I wonder if staying around him will eventually result in more tears. If I can actually bring myself to forget the pain and hurt tt nv fails to follow subsequently. But for now, I am satisfied with just having a friend I can trust.

I have learnt that I cannot control how I feel.
But I have learnt that I can control what I do abt it. :)

用所有爱过的回忆原谅你

Alisa's 17th: The China Club

2009-04-12T14:58:00.000+08:00

Been blogging really behind time lately... Here is the more than a mth overdue photos of The China Club where we celebrated Alisa's 17th birthday!

Birthday girl with Brian and Trixie before we left home.

Pretty sculptures outside GIC Building where the restaurant takes up the 52nd storey.

Private lift to take us up!

Only 2 buttons! Ground floor and the restaurant floor!

Authentic looking interior greeted us as the lift doors opened.

Lush deco!!! Just like in Shanghai Tang movies where rich Chinese businessmen gathered. The China Club is among the few exclusive hang-out of local traders where they wined, dined and entertained. Entrance is by invitation only and since mama has already retired, I wonder when her "invitation" will laspe.

Miniature library with financial references for the target market.

Alisa, me and Trixie.

At the shopfront.

Mimicking old, water-marked mirrors...

Sashay of skirts!

Textured wallpaper and Alisa trying to look seductive. :P

Chairman Mao. HOHOHO!

The restaurant is seperated into different wings.

This is the side with the slight western touch...

Airy, soft curtains.

Colonial lampshades with ratten windows.

And stained glass paintings?

Birthday girl and me!

Day-time view of the financial district.

Night-view of the boats.

Playing with curtains.

Finally, our sitting wing...

Like the ceiling... Can incorporate light.

Table setting.

Communist-styled menu.

But we kids soon found the menu too painful to look at. Everything is charged per person and not by dish like in other restaurants. Each table was allocated 3 waitresses to cater to your every need and they were busying over mommy so the rest of us camwhored. :)

Trixie!

Brian!

Me!

Alisa!

Brian and Trixie!

Alisa and Me!

After awhile, it seemed pretty obvious we were bored so the staff brought papers over to occupy us. LOL!

Appetizer!

Shreaded sharksfin soup. 100% pure sharksfin.

2nd sharksfin dish, whole intact sharksfin for EACH ONE OF US!

But I don't like sharksfin so I traded mine for Szechuan Soup instead. Yum!

Sauteed whole scallop on bed of enoki mushrooms.

King prawn on baby asparagus, topped with fish roe.

Some sorta shellfish stirfried with garlic.

Baby kailan, flowering segment only. NO LEAVES!!!!!!!!

Birthdays can't do without longevity noodles right? :)

Sesame pancake!!!!

I had Gui Ling Gao because I was coughing pretty badly during tt period.

Pu-er tea.

In the toilet while the patient brother waited outside.

THANK YOU MAMA!!!!

This rounds up my first visit to The China Club and it cost mommy a bill of $800. No wonder she took so long to bring us. Poo!

Came home and Alisa got an Intercontinental Hotel cake.

Caramel and apple flavour. Niceeeeeeeee~

Birthdayssss!

2009-04-09T18:33:00.001+08:00

Way way overdue is really my sister's 17th birthday last mth... Shall blog tt in the nxt post. Last weekend there were two celebrations, Cheeleng's 20th and Yilynn's 21st. Next week there is Jiajin's 21st. Poor me is broke. :(

We met at Yishun KFC to write the card...

Darren being queer!

Piling in Gerald's car (so nice of him to drive), brings back old memories of his van. Haha.

Preparing the steamboat. I was involved in the process frm buying to preparing to cooking wor! *claim credit*

Work stations....

I was doing the cutting... Thankfully the others didn't entrust me with the vegetable or squid washing. I probably wouldn't hv done a v thorough job. Heh! :)

Jessica and Zest were the official washers...

Gerald making himself useful...

Then again, maybe not.

Confirm plus chop, NOT!

Darren complained alot but he sure looks happy? 0_o"

The spread...... YUMMY!

Tuck in!

[Clockwise frm top row, left: Cheeleng, Richard (house owner), Jessica, Tiffany, Me.]

Just us girls.

Eat full full immediately lie down. Darren must be trying to fatten up.

The cake!!!!!

Make a wish...

Cutting "halfway" bcoz of some first-time heard ritual. Haha!

Birthday girl with the guys...
[Frm left: Gerald, Thiamhee, Darren, Cheeleng, Richard, Santoso, Sengwang]

Birthday girl with Jessica and me and the family tree I designed. :)

Group photo!

Again!

Playing WII was the primary entertainment..... Esp boxing bcoz 2 ppl (esp Santoso) wld play while the rest laughed at their shaking bums. WAHAHAHAHA!

Yilynn's 21st was held at O Bar. I didn't go but I did attend the morning part at her house.

Her theme was Gothic/Punk/Emo... And yeah, I know I probably don't look like any. LOL!

Today was a tiring tiring day at the Zoo.. Shall head for my shower and bed now. Tata~ Oh ya, today Tampines One opens!!!!!! I want to goooooooooooooooooooo! :(

Grand Hyatt, Straits Kitchen

2009-04-03T21:53:00.001+08:00

Been spending alot of time with the mother... Its nice. :)

Today, she sponsored what I did to my hair. Its not exactly what I had in mind (my hairstyles nv go according to my imagination anyway), but at least its not the nest looking thing I had this morning. :P

My mother!

Me!

Recently, the Sunday Times published some good lunch deals across the island so we attempted to source them out but ended up eating far frm budget. Oops! Indulged in $48++ Asian buffet at Grand Hyatt, Straits Kitchen.

The classy exterior, ground floor of the hotel!!!!

Inside with nice, dim lighting...

Pretty glass partitions to cut the restaurant into sections for some privacy while not making the place too dark. :)

The concept of the restaurant was "food islands" where different types of cuisine are distinguished by their own "islands".

Indian spread (I kopped this photo from Google because my own photo had smoke coming out frm the pots).

Peranakan fare...

The Malay station was a hit!

Most popular was the Satay.. Yeah, my own picture had smoke again so credits to Google!

Cute serving pans.. Unlike the usual catering sorta metal ware.

Fresh fruit and juices station!

Apple, Lime, Bandung, Barley and Sour plum.

Chinese noodle station serving prawn (BIG) noodles and Laksa.

Chicken and duck rice station..

Very aromatic prawn soup and crispy duck drumstick!

Popiah station.

I likeeeeeee!

FOOD. :D

Desserts included homemade ice-cream, crepe, nonya kuehs and even Oh Nee and Mee Chiang Kueh!

Fruits for disgestion if not will fat de.

But sighhhh, I am putting on weight. Time to diet! :(

Shorter, straighter hair.

2009-04-03T13:47:00.002+08:00

Once again, my "just out of bed" hair left me frustrated, irritated and fed-up. Why am I not surprised??? Lucky there are no plans to go out today, cue, no need to apply heaps of volumnizer or curling solution. Sighs..

Jessica Simpson, the hottest "medium-length" hair for the season.

Personally, I quite like this Nicole Richie do.

Close-up! Look like what I had in primary sch minus my horrible china-doll fringe.

I know their face-shape is diff frm mine but when I googled "hairstyles for round faces", the top return was a Zac Efron photo. And much as I love him, I am so not gonna adopt his hair.

Joy is just bumming...

2009-03-31T11:53:00.004+08:00

In between shopping and buffets, watching movies and drama serials, planning birthdays and attending birthdays, I hv been doing personality quizzes. Haha! Welcome to my life - and my rather empty bank account. :(

Jessica claimed this test is really accurate so I gave it a go!

Your view on yourself: You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for: You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship: You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you meet that person.

The seriousness of your love: Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

Your views on education: Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can. (I agree!! But not really bcoz I want to learn as much as I can but more so bcoz I want to prolong the luxury of not working. HEHEHE!)

The right job for you: You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success: You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. (Sigh.. No more news broadcaster...)

What are you most afraid of: You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel. (Very very very true!)

Who is your true self: You are full of energy and confidence (?!?!). You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean (YES YES YES!). You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

Check out you personality at http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx! :)

Shall go see if the latest Boys Over Flowers episode is out already...

Btw, I know I am really slow but I am hooked on "命生注定我爱你" now... Somehow I always like this poor or stupid girl, fall for rich guy, live happily ever aft sort of scenerio. My Cinderella dream perhaps? ToGetHer is a very nice show too! I can't really relate to Momo's character but its nice to see the low-key ppl in the limelight for a change. :)

Things to be happy about!

2009-03-30T22:09:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, Kelly turned 21!!!

Bcoz I didn't hv wrapping paper at hm, we were forced to wrap her present at Ehub! and again bcoz we couldn't find tape, we had to borrow frm Delifrance...

Dinner was at New York New York! :)

On-the-house drink coz Kelly didn't want to do a sabo which would earn her a free meal. :P

We got her to prove her french kissing prowess by knotting a cherry branch...

Woots~! SUCCESS!! :P

Birthday girl with nice nice strawberry shortcake! ^^

Knife hv heart-shape.....

Free apple-flavoured cotton candy. I likeeeee!!

From secondary 1 till today! :D
[Frm left: Jiajin, Suting, Huiyan, Wanyee, Khangjing, Me, Kelly]

On a happy note, I went shopping with Mommy and I saw a v chio external harddisk. I initially fell for the baby blue one. Rare to see this shade of blue on electronic items ma!!!!

But unbelivably, Mama said:

"Get the pink one la! Match your laptop, mouse, camera and bedroom walls!"

I was pretty stunned since she usually nags me abt being too girly pink! :P

But since I really liked the blue.................... I think your know what she did la? Hehe! She spoils me. Really. LOL! Now I got 2 back-ups... One to bring to Australia and one to leave behind in case I lose the one I brought. Lalala~

On an even happier note, I had the Pizza Hut student promo today (must really exploit the student pass before it expires!) and I went to Ikea Tampines!!!! Saw many things I want to buy when I go again with Trixie darling! :)

P/S: I am broke.
P/P/S: I am still sick.
P/P/P/S: I am going to go to sleep smiling. :X

What is happening to me?

2009-03-28T12:34:00.004+08:00

I'm moody... Again.

Yesterday, was exceptionally bad so I posted an entry tt was initially drafted. I am no stranger to drafting entries. Many a times, when I just need an avenue to express myself, I blog. But not all the time I publish, for various reasons. More so if they are weepy ones.

This time around, I am not sad. Just afraid.

But tt is no reason to be so transparent abt my emotions on a public blog. So for the first time, I hv deleted an entry.

:)

Marriage, the start of a new beginning?

2009-03-25T20:47:00.003+08:00

"A successful marriage depends on two things: finding the right person and being the right person"... To me, a marriage is a lifelong commitment between two ppl who promise to do everything possible just to make the other happy. If soulmates do exist, it probably means this. :)

On the 21st of March, a rainbow appeared to signify the union between Chris and Sye Ling. Trixie was taking photos of the lovely pink sky on our way to the hotel when she accidently caught a rainbow!

Playing as we got ready to leave the house.

We were waiting for Brian who was trying to get his hair to stand. :P

Finally a photo of him with Trixie and Alisa.

With me!!!!
He is a very sweet, indulgent and attentive guy. And most importantly, he is SINGLE! Any takers? 0.0

GROUP PIC!! ^^

Our table set-up at Intercontinental Hotel. Nice baby blue and white theme.. :)

The individual setting.. With a gift and pretty rolled napkins in ribbons.

I graduated!

Look like Tiffany and Co. hor? *wishful thinking*

Thought it was gonna be chocolates or fruit cake. Didn't expect cute magnets! :D

Pretty 5-tier cake. Did you know all this wedding dinner cakes are fake?! They hv a little slit at the back to slot the knife in.... Just for symbolic sake. :P

Nice lighting!

Mama and small aunt.

At the VIP table with my grandma and the uncle who asked abt "the 3 ladies at table 1". Hahaha! I am jealous coz they hv prettier plates. Hmpf!!

Waiting for the food took alot of patience. Luckily, there was the camera!

Say cheeeeeeese!!! :)

First appearance of the bride in a v v v long fluffy dress and alot of smoky dry ice!

So sweet can?! *Awwwww*

Then the couple read out love letters to each other as the photo montage played in the background and the waitresses walked down the aisle with FOOD!

The appetizer platter. Cold dish la!

Sharksfin soup which I abhorred. No sharksfin at my wedding, I swear!

Drunken prawns, I likeeee!

Then came an interval where the couple's friends screened the video of sabos the groom and his friends had to endure in the morning before he cld pick up his bride. Heehee!

We also took a toilet break.

Explored the hotel a little too! Haha!

When I returned, the 4th dish had already been served and cleared... All tts left was my portion on my plate. Luckily someone kept an abalone for me! :P

Steamed fish...

Roasted chicked... No beak le. Poor thing. :(

Seafood e-fu noodles!

Dessert of mango sago. Sweet!!

Second appearance of the important couple, this time, the bride donned a red cheongsum to pop the champagne.

There were 3 rounds of yam-seng.

Cheers to a new life!

Andre Maurois once aptly said, "A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short."

I hope someday, I will meet a guy who can't get enough of me. A guy who will talk to me till I fall asleep and still be happy bcoz he can hear the sound of my breathing. He need not have alot or look good... Just loving me this way, will make me v satisfied. :)

I need something to do. Fast.

2009-03-23T17:44:00.000+08:00

I just finished a 20 page scrapbook for daddy!! Its pretty. :)

And and and, I'm the no. 100th to sign up for graduation!!! Teehee~

Okay LAME. I'm bored. :(

姜还是老的辣!

2009-03-22T19:03:00.002+08:00

With each passing year,
we grow older.
We can't help the aging,
But the least we can do,
is stay young at heart.

Which is why, I am so proud of my grandparents!! Aft toiling hard their whole life, bringing up my mother and her brother, it is time for them to just lay back and enjoy life. Play majong, shop and eat just like the old ppl in the movies. :P

But noooo! My grandma on her own, signed up for acting classes at the local community centre. Dutifully she travels down to Marine Parade once or twice a week to learn her lines. In the process making alot of friends, some of which she goes on holidays with. :)

This grp of old folks hv gotten alot of media coverage, ranging frm the front pg of Straits Times a couple of mths back and even through online avenues...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/414733/1/.html

Aft a yr of hard work, family and friends were invited for an evening of performance!

Presenting, ENCORE: An Evening of Ageless Theatre!

My grandmother acted out a whole scene of how fearful she was of her mother-in-law (v traditional households) tt she didn't dare to run away frm her steaming nian gaos even when there was a fire.

I sacrificed a Saturday evening of IT fair sales and splurged $$ on a cab just to show my support. And I really wasn't disappointed!

While his wife to some degree fulfils her girly dream of stardom, my grandfather still goes to wrk every day, rain or shine. To the same workshop he has been working in since his youth. No one really questioned what he was doing until for a project, Trixie needed his metal welding expertise......

He produced her "idea" frm a piece of paper with random drawings to an actual usable product. It greatly impressed her teacher.

When was the last time you looked at your grandparents? When was the last time you felt their importance? When was the last time you looked upon them with awe?

My grandparents survived a World War. They lived to see the progression of old Nanyang to Singapore of today. They played a part in this development frm third world to first world. They are still living to tell the tale. Likewise your grandparents...

Only if you can spare some time, to listen.

Bored Stiff!

2009-03-21T16:08:00.002+08:00

Xueqin called yesterday afternoon... In 3hrs long distance, I feel I already know St Lucia. Of course, there will probably be waaaay more to discover when I actually go there but for now, I know enough to keep me psych and counting down to the day I fly. :)

From Australians who walk to sch barefooted, to Queenslander homes and even the nitty gritty of what I need to pack took up 4 foolscap pages (such as earwax digger!). It was like I was in a lecture copying notes!

Last night bcoz I got hungry while online shopping (*evil eye Cheeleng* LOL!) I cut a piece of banana cake for myself. I left behind crumbs on the table, the dirty knife in the sink and the half-eaten cake in the fridge. That earned me a huge nagging on how I am not ready to live on my own. Shit!

Okay, I am bored to the core. And its too early to start preening for tonight's wedding.. :(

Superman, SAVE ME!

2009-03-21T13:44:00.005+08:00

I hv been living the most perfect life, ever!

Every night, I watch ToGetHer or Boys Over Flowers till abt 2 or 3 in the morning. Then I pick up the phone and talk to whoever till 5am. The next day, I nv wake up before 1pm (unless I am going out). If I don't go out, I surf the net, doing brainless things till its time for my meals. If I do go out, I spend hundreds on clothes tt look pretty similiar to what I already have. I eat in restaurants and gossip with my girls till the last train home. When I reach hm, I online shop somemore.

But why am I not satisfied?

Is there something called "too much of a good thing"???

It feels like I am just wasting my life away, depleting my savings (which wasn't much to start off with). Sigh, I think I need a job. Or a hobby, the cheap and preferably free sort.

And the medicine better start working soon.. Or I will sooner or later be coughing my lungs out. :(

Old old photos!

2009-03-20T22:35:00.000+08:00

I am sick and drowsy so I shall just let pictures do the talking...

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Junwei's (Loti's boyfriend) tea reception for his new shop opening at Redhill followed by dinner at Nihon Mura and dessert at kopitiam...

Ting bully me!!!

Machine eat our $1.. :(

老板娘!

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Korean lunch and heavy spending with Cheeleng, pigging out with Darren at Taka's basement and Subway dinner with Ting and Meng...

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Picnic at Botanic Gardens, one item off my wishlist! :)

Very near Orchard Road!

Started out feeding fishes...

Lured a beautiful swan in.... :D

"Ahhh! So near!!"

Brought bread to feed them.. :)

Dessert aft a long day of play! :D

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Before I leave Singapore, there are some things I really wanna do...

1) Picnic at Botanic Gardens
2) Kite-flying at Marina Barrage
3) Waraku Ladies Night
4) Steamboat Buffet
5) Chilling at Cafe del Mar, Sentosa
6) Night cycling
7) Geylang for durians
8) Waterfront Jumbo for chilli crabs
9) Local food at Newton Circus
10) Pond fishing at Pasir Ris Park

As you can see, only one hv been fulfilled... Please book me soon! :)

I am kinda reserving some for certain grps of ppl so if you are mentioned, MEGA HINT! :P

3) Ah Ting ah!!!! I want eat I want eat!! :)
4) Cherlyn, can we go ur place followed by sleepover?
5) JESSICA! We wanted to go like since forever? Hehe!
6) SPSE dears... We can go all over Singapore and eat yummy night-time food!
10) Thiam hee! This is fishing not prawning.. Want try new thing? Hee!

The rest is open for all! Haha! Hurry, I don't intend to wrk so I am really free! :)

Student, no more.

2009-03-18T23:55:00.002+08:00

The final semester grades came out today... In short, my poly life is truly over.

By right, I shld be pleased I hv successfully gotten my diploma, my grades are above average and I safely made the mark for the university I want to enter.

But by left, I miss SP.

Over the past 3 yrs, I know exactly how long it takes to get to school frm home (1hr 15min). I know which carriage door opens to the downward riding escalator of Dover mrt station. I know the least painful way to get to the classroom when I am in heels. I know how much food I can order for $2 at the nasi padang stall. I know what is the best combi of fruit juice at food court 3. I know the time to collect free Business Times. I know which teacher to smile to in the corridors and which teacher would ignore you. I know the peak hrs of the canteen and I know the sch.

Much as I am eager to start a new chpt in my book of life, I am reluctant to leave what is so familiar for the unknown. A new environment, new problems, new ppl, new me.

Ready or not, the time has come.

IT SHOW 2009

2009-03-16T13:21:00.003+08:00

Sorry for the long hiatus in which my tagboard flooded.... I hv found a meaningful past-time, earning money. Heh! :)

The 2009 IT SHOW was better than I expected. Way better! The crowd was overwhelming and surprisingly, there were more serious buyers than kaypos!! $_$

I overheard a guy saying: "And my boss tells me it is the recession.."

All in all, there were good times and bad times. When customers closed sales without too much of a fuss, jokes among friends, sharing of water, occassional tickles and so many more moments just make all the exhaustion worthwhile. :)

Thank you Xinyu for the lunch-time Haagen Daz chocolate ice-cream.
Thank you Ting for the emergency delivery of water!

And Guo Quan's Starbucks subsidy with the money he picked frm the floor. Haha. Mini "class coffeebreak" with Serkee, Evan, Guo Quan and Java chip Frap venti-sized, was an amusing end to a busy day.

On the last day when disappointment shrouded me, the period cramps were killing me and horrid blisters were more horrid than usual, Zest and I cabbed home. Ahhhh, indulgence. :)

I suppose I would miss out on future fairs when I leave for Down Under. Moolah aside, the past four days will be remembered.

A mother's love.

2009-03-11T19:43:00.005+08:00

In preparation for the IT fair starting tmr, Mama took me for a full body massage today. She also got me my fav nonya kueh for breakfast.

Now she is making me feel bad for ignoring her for almost the whole of the past wk, walking away when she was nagging, glaring at her when she woke me up this morning and refusing to go grocery shopping with her. :(

She also got me socks... The low low type to wear inside pumps (either she doesn't know I already hv them or she was psycho-ed by the sell sock aunty at the mkt). Anyway, she got really excited (she had this super wide smile!!!) and told me it would make standing long hrs at the fair more bearable.

Sigh, I feel like the worst daughter in the whole wide world.

Just the other day when I was having Macdonald breakfast, I saw a perfect example of how selfless a mother's love is...

Small boy: I want big breakfast set!
(mother went to order and came back with his big breakfast and a $2 sausage muffin.)
Small boy (picks up receipt): My set $7... So cheap.
Mother: *laughs indulgently*
(opens her $2 muffin, takes out the sausage and puts it on the boy's plate)
Small boy: Eat just bread, nice meh?

The small boy doesn't understand tt the mother gave him her sausage not bcoz she likes her burger plain but she just wants him to hv the best she can give. I was v touched. Haiz...

moment of randomness...

2009-03-11T00:29:00.002+08:00

The past week has been tough.. Been through alot of emotional shit which is probably due more to my own insecurites and self-doubt than actual worry abt my future... I mean, I am blessed with a mother who insists I prepare all my further education stuff but end up planning for me ultimately. :P

So don't worry peeps, my frustration and tears are for more selfish reasons then uncertainty of what is to come. Besides, I hv decided where I am going to be for the nxt 2 yrs at least, haven't I? I just hope I am making the right choice and tt the things I am gonna lose in the process of this departure are things I can really afford to lose.

Cheeleng: The most precious thing in this world is your family and no matter where you go, you will nv lose them.

But there are things beyond family, ppl in particular, ppl I love by choice and not birth right. I am not ready to lose. I really cannot imagine it. I suppose all this come across as me being childish bcoz I am supposed to be counting my lucky stars for having the privilege of going abroad when pure laziness on my part hv robbed me the chance of a university education here. I know but I can't help being scared.

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Enough is enough! Joy is gonna stop moping and start being whimsical! :)

My v cute mother couldn't take my mess so she took it upon herself to neaten the wires below my desk. Haha.. I mean, if you can't take something, its best you do something abt it urself instead of depending on someone else (in this case, me). :D

Funny pack I received in the mail. Its frm the Singapore Navy and it caused my mom to evil eye me and remark: "online shop again!?" Zzzz!

A friend: this just means they expect you to work so hard you need protection!

The same friend: This means you gotta wake up in the middle of the night to do duty whenever and wherever!

Stamped postcards! The stamp is hand-stick de!!! I know coz its crooked! LOL! Pity I can't rmbr what my funny friend said abt this (he was trying to discourage me frm being tempted to sign-on... $25k lump-sum wor!! *faints*)...

Trix and Alan got me this.. Because of my name... Was wondering why kinder surprise change name...

I found out the reason behind the name change through the hard way... NO MORE bite into an egg and find a SURPRISE toy anymore. :(

Some kid probably "swallowed" or "inhaled" the toy in his or her greediness to consume the egg. Tsssk! :(

The rubber-like toy.

Instructions to play.. Stupid really.. Draw a circle and try to throw the ugly toy in?! Cheat my feelings la! :(

And cause I am really bored, I bought books!!!! The he's just not that into you is not according to the movie la.. Plus, I watched the movie thrice! I think I can sufficiently recall what is in it without the help of a book. :P

Trix saw tt I folded the pages of my new books therefore, earning a huge scolding frm ~~geeky~~ Alisa. Sobs! So she got me cute bookmarks! Heee!

With a lovely hand-drawn card as usual...

And a note!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^

Speaking of random stuff, I bought strawberry products at Daiso a few days ago..

Me (found cute cute chopsticks): Wahhhhhh!
Cher: Why you whine?
Me: I like the strawberry chopstick but it comes in a plain transparent box. I like the strawberry box but it comes with plain white chopsticks. How?
Cher: Pretend you can't see this!
(she proceed to open the packaging and switching the strawberry chopsticks to be with the strawberry box)
Cher: Okay.. Can le!

I left the shop happily.. It was only aft I got hm did I realise the strawberry chopsticks couldn't fit into the strawberry box. Darn!

Cute scotch tape dispenser Mama got me..

Me: Ah gong which one nicer?
(shows him brown, orange and white donuts.)
Ah gong: Chocolate one.
Me: This is not chocolate. Its chao ta!

He laughed so loud I swear the whole Popular could hear him!

Life is SHITTY

2009-03-09T10:34:00.006+08:00

This couple of days have been an emotional roller coaster ride for me. Don't think its the cause and effect of any single thing or person but more so moodswings on a very large scale. I hate how this makes me feel, so inadequate and out of control.... :(

Maybe its the shows and books I have been reading tt is all so pro-feminist, independent and strong and its confusing me. Really. Or is this the after effects of bumming too much? Perhaps the pressure of moving onto the biggest part of my life? Or just me feeling old!!!!

Anyway, this is not a good time to be hooked onto 꽃보다 남자 but I likeeeeee!!!

You know I really like a show when hopeless me spend wks fretting on how to get the video streams into my Ipod. What?! I don't exactly hv a v cooperative sister or "help-me-download" friends ma. Sighs.

I hope sushi later can help me stop thinking.

Happy 21st Thiamhee!

2009-03-06T17:22:00.003+08:00

Yay yay!! Bcoz of facebook (I still don't really know how to use), I have finally gotten all of Thiam Hee's birthday photos!! Haha... Ya, another 21st. :P

Lunch was the oh-so-melt-in-my-mouth Bedok chwee kueh! Before taking bus 403 to East Coast Park... :)

Richard playing with my fan, Zest vying for the camera's attn. :P

I don't what I was doing behind Jessica but it must hv been funny bcoz Melvin is laughing. Lol!

Scandalous!

Shhh.. I'm telling a secret... *winks*

Playing LAN again...

So cute.. Small boy listening to Zest teaching Richard.. :P

Cheeleng pangseh!!!!!!!!!! Haha...

Playing arcade... I like....

Good hair day. ^^

For some reason, this greatly amused the boys. :P

SPSE rocks! :D

Basketball...

Jessica's character died and though I may look v composed, I really was screaming the whole time. :X

Later we got hungry but the rain prevented us frm heading to the BBQ area so we settled for Burger King with alot of free-flow water. Heee..

We also squeezed our handwriting onto his card! :)

Bcoz I bought a Happy Meal, I got a crown!!! Hahahaha...

But Zest wins hands-down with his cola cup as a staff. *rolls on the floor laughing*

[Frm left: Jessica, Me, Zest, Sengwang, Darren]

The group photo I took was more complete with Richard, Melvin and Santo in the back..

Photographer gets a solo shot. Wahahaha!

Aft a really long time, the rain still didn't look like it was going to let up so we started to look for alternatives....

Eventually, we decided to brave it!

30 mins later, we reached!! @_@

Some of Thiamhee's classmates were BBQing under umbrellas..

But we stayed dry under the nearby pavilion. Hohoho!

Only venturing out to play on the viewing gallery...

*censored*

Beehoon filled our tummies while the food got BBQed.

Santo attempting to raise a fire in the shelter...

When the fire at last looked decent..........

......... we suddenly discovered this sign. :(

So we went back to playing games on my Ipod Touch. Heh!

Photo hunt!!!

Jessica and Me was taking a perfectly decent shot when Zest decided to try and be funny. However, his ghostly impersonation didn't turn out as expected. Oops! :P

Still trying to be funny.. LOL!

Its hard to share the cake among so many ppl.. Blackforest is nice nice!

Strawberries are much nicer...

Birthday boy Thiamhee!!!

With his 19-yr old and 14-yr old sisters!

His sabo frm us was to down half a cup of pure hard liquer.

The response Richard got when he poured out Thiamhee's drink.

~~Gerald~~ Darren the incurable alcoholic was trying to drip out every last drop and was caught by my sharp shooting skills! Muahahahaha! Shortly aft this photo, the real Gerald called. So qiao! Hehehe.

Clean-up crew...

Thiamhee with our present!

Original Levi's t-shirt and leather belt! :)

The clique all dirty and smelling of cooked food...
[Frm left: Sengwang, Melvin, Thiamhee, Darren, Jessica, Me, Zest, Santoso, Richard]

WE HOPE THAT DESPITE THE RAIN, YOU ENJOYED YOUR SPECIAL DAY!!!!!

Happy 21st Ronald & Ming Fung!!!

2009-03-06T12:39:00.001+08:00

Had another 21st celebration last night.... *my pocket is crying*

Spent the day hitting town with Ting to search for costumes for upcoming 21st bashes.. Its pretty cool tt my girls hv fancy ideas for their parties making it so ~~expensive~~ much fun to prepare for. :)

Jiajin's floral theme is all the rage now so tts pretty easy. Think high-waist skirts and vintage print dress.... Besides, if all else fails, I could get the t-shirt with the cartoon flower print for $9.90 at a far east pushcart. What?! Go chalet supposed to wear t-shirt and shorts de ma!! Hahahaha! :P

Yilynn's gothic, emo theme would be slightly harder coz well, its not really my dresscode of choice. But still it would be pretty cool to be someone I am not just for a day. Plus, I love lace and seeing Ting in a corset would be FUN! :)

Okay, back to yesterday's celebrations at Din Tai Fung.

Large bowl of spicy and sour soup.. I likeeeee!

Xiao Long Baos rock!!!!

For the rest of dinner, we had noodles and drank free-flow tea till we nearly burst. Luckily we didn't get cakes of the standard size..

Cute cute cake revives childhood memories.. Ronald could actually still rmbr the names of the other trains wor! Haha.

Polar cake with Bengawan Solo knife? Weird.... 0_o"

Childish Ronald.. Tskkk!

Ting was trying to light the candles Ronald kept blowing out.. So this explains the face. :P

Finally, 2 large candles and 1 small candle each! So the boys can don't fight... We are so darn thoughtful! Heh! But lo and behold, they still blew out each other's candles. Boys nv grow up do they?

1st shot: spastic Ronald and Ming Fung looks exactly the same as he did when I last saw him at sec 4...

Better. :)

Brotherly love.. -_-

Both of them come frm the same camp and platoon. Small world hur? But Ming Fung scaredy-cat, didn't dare to take Ronald's 30 min bike journey so he ended up taking 1hr and 21min to arrive by public transportation. Ya, he explicitly said 21 mins. LOL!

Being D&T students they attempted to draw equal lines dividing the cake among us...

*time goes tick tick tick* Ming Fung is still drawing.....

Finally, a real cut!

Ting was under firm instructions to "follow the lines". Haha!

Equal?

Happy Birthday Boys!
[frm left: Jiajin, Ting, Me, Ronald, Ming Fung]

HAPPY 21ST JASON!

2009-03-03T12:48:00.001+08:00

2009 will be a celebration yr with majority of the ppl I know reaching the milestone age of 21 (myself included). Needless to say, with all the chalets, bbq gatherings and birthday dinners, I am going to be left quite broke... Sighs.

Anyway, today 2 friends turned older! Jason and Thiamhee!!! But both had early celebrations over the wkend. :)

Day-time was spent with Xinyu and Szerui having student tea-time buffet at Sakae! $13.90 only!! No wonder Xinyu took off frm wrk just to come eat with us.. Hehe.

I love strawberries and I love ice-cream!

Watched Xinyu and Szerui play arcade coz Jiajin and myself wanted to be fashionably late for Jason's celebration.. We still ended up being the first to arrive though. :(

Jason Chen Kai Xiang, the birthday boy! Haven't seen him since I was 16?!!

4e4 gathering! Complete with Mr Tan Cher Chong (former form teacher)!!
[frm left: Jason, Kenny, Wanteng, Mr Tan, Jocelyn, Sandy, Me, Jiajin, Ronald]

The buyer of the cake forgot candles so Kenny had to hold a lighted lighter while we sang the birthday song in English and Chinese and attempted Malay. Haha..

Poor finger.

Off topic, this bus ostracize short ppl like me who obviously cannot reach the bell!
:'(

Die stupid, eeky thing! DIE!

2009-02-28T01:50:00.002+08:00

I hv just killed a life.
But I don't feel bad.
Actually, I sorta feel like a hero!
Its like I hv rid the world of 1 evil, eeky thing.
1 stupid, evil, eeky thing.

Why stupid you ask?
Because....

1) its past midnight and I'm dead tired.
2) I wasn't wearing spectacles/contact lens.
3) its presence caught me by surprise.
4) its size alone multiplied the "eek" factor by 100 fold.
5) JJ said its back for revenge coz Jason stomped on one (traumatic hor!)
6) I couldn't find my trusty smacker (blame the maid and her tidying!)
7) I hate the smell of shieldtox, esp before bedtime!

So, I ran around playing catching with it using a plastic bag. Unfortunately, I missed and it escaped to a dark corner of my room. Lucky bug! But still eek to the max!

Probed around my mess for a little, whined to a grand total of 3 ppl, had a couple of "be brave" and "tips to exterminate" phonecalls but like girls always do to girls, we end up scaring each other even more. :P

Thanks Cheeleng darling for the "be careful cockroach kiss you while you sleep" remark!!!!!!! Waahhhh! Eeek to the max X1000 can?! :(

Not daring to sleep, later the stupid, evil, eeky thing kiss me how?! Therefore, I logged online. And guess what?!

The VERY stupid, evil, eeky thing decided to emerge into the lighted spot of my screen, right in front of me, AT MY EYE LEVEL TAUNTING ME (here I was thinking creepy crawlies hate the light)! It was like waving its damn feelers in my face saying in cockroach language "come get me, you slowpoke!" Darn it! And guess what again?!

It brought with it its little baby. Awww...

So baby gets to watch mama get squished. And baby being baby didn't know how to run! So it got squished too. Yay!

DIE STUPID, EEKY THINGS! DIE DIE DIE!

Now I shall safely go to bed bcoz I am a hero and heroes sleep soundly bcoz they use up alot of energy to make the world a much nicer place. ^^

Graduate already?

2009-02-26T01:56:00.006+08:00

If you were linked here frm mysingapore.sg, the iPod Touch entry's direct link is:

http://euphoric-.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-here.html

Thanks!

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Today, I sat for the last paper of this semester. The last paper of my whole poly life in fact. Though the reality of "graduation" hv not really set in (reality = time to get a job!), it feels weird to know tt I will nv again see SP the way I hv seen it over the past 3 yrs. Its sad.

And for some reason, despite complaining a hell lot abt the system, I think I will miss school.

For starters, I no longer hv "exam stress" to blame when I nudge the mother to drive out and get me some snacks. Wahahaha!

Summer berries and cream is loveeeeeeee! Buying a hand-scooped pint is somehow just fresher than those sold at NTUC.. :P

Secondly, though the food is not all fabulous, they hv been a part and parcel of my life as a business student (foodcourt 6), my life as a pretty active cca member (foodcourt 3), my life as a typical unhealthy kid (foodcourt 5) and the v occasional macdonald breakfast during long 3 hr breaks (foodcourt 2).

My all-time favourite, strawberry and kiwi juice!!!! But I will nv forget the time I heard this weirdo in front of me order banana-durian. Ever. Tt sounds even more far-out than Cheeleng's mango-banana lah! :P

Not forgetting the architecture of the sch tt is rapidly changing as I type this.....

The soccer field I always rush past to get to the clubhouse. But I suppose I haven't really explored SP despite GEMS and having friends all over the campus. Sigh...

Me: Hey, where is T5 ah?
Hanming: 笨死了! 你在这里三年是干什么的?!
His kinder friend: Go straight, turn right.
Me: *paiseh*

Most importantly, I will not get to see friends daily even if its just a short "hello" along corridors or when we bump into each other in lifts. :(

Friends like Darren who buy stuff for me just coz it reminds him of me. Sweet anot?!

Special Mentions!

Cheeleng: Life in sch and out of sch would not be the same if I had not met you. Though sometimes I complain you neglect me and I sorta miss the Cheeleng you were back when I first knew you, somehow, our friendship hv blossomed beyond our wildest imaginations. I bet when you first got my number frm Tiffany and called me abt Finland, you wld not hv imagined us the way we are today. :) And for the occassions where we broke up or quarrelled with significant men and spent the night crying to each other, I thank god for blessing me with a friend in you.

Tiffany: Fate led us to be in the same cca guided tour ages ago. If it wasn't for you bugging me to sign-up for SPSE, this 3 yrs would hv passed really differently. Premium apple juice, hot milos, cancer causing french fries with alot alot of chilli sauce, vandalism of my lecture notes and BD. Need I say more on how special you are?

Serkee: For some reason, I always find myself thinking back to the night of April 30th, 2007, Zest and me had just broken up and you spent hrs talking to me as I cried below his block. Even though you were with Desmond and shld hv been too pre-occupied to deal with my issues, you actually put him on the other line so he could attempt to give me the guy perspective on things. You are truely someone who puts friends above others. :) I hv never racked up this issue before but really, thank you for being the person I turned to when I really couldn't stand being alone.

Jess: You are the most hardworking friend I have. Through you, I learnt alot abt determination and staying humble. I learnt how to value my family as I watch you shuttle between Malaysia and Singapore. I learnt how to balance work and play. I learnt how to give more and take less. :) China gave me the chance to live with you and although I make alot of noise when you boil not-so-sweet herbal tea for me whenever the weather got a little colder, I do appreciate the gesture. :)

Cairong: We may not interact much but for the same reason as Jess, the vitamins you made me take, the milk (for strong bones), the taking turns on the phone and when we boil water for each other to soak our feet aft a whole day out in Shanghai's blistering cold, the experience was irreplacable. Our messy room and act cute 逃难 bags will remain v fond memories. I was really touched when you sent tt msg on 15th Feb, "today last yr, was our first day in China." I'm glad you remembered coz I remembered too. :)

Darren: My best male friend! I don't know how to start but you do know tt every time I tease you or nag you or dash your hopes, I really do care right? Haha.. No point in listing everything out but still, thanks for everything you do. It means alot. :)

Guoquan, Evan and Kelvin: For lending me notes, for telling me tips, for helping me whenever and wherever, I really appreciate it. I don't know where we will go on frm here or if we would even keep in touch. But you guys made an impact upon me and for tt, I am grateful to have had the priviledge of knowing you.

Jessica: My best cca friend! I still rmbr how we were the only yr 1s thick-skin enough to "infiltrate" the exco back then and all the late night outings we had aft 55@sp followed by our friday meet-ups. We may now meet up alot lesser, the fun moments are still significant and will be something I will always look forward to. :) Let's nv lose touch yeah? Loves~

The original intention was to prepare lovepacks for everyone but I didn't really hv time. SORRY! So I did these for the BD mates for spending so so so many nights staying up, researching, compiling and editing the final yr project till ship-shape!

I really used an old typewriter to type the messages hor! 10 points for effort! Heheheh! If you bother to look closely, all the messages are slightly different. :P

Sweets for my sweet~

Cute cute hello kitty candy form hearts wor! ^^

Yvonne, Wanteng and Me! Fifi noob pangseh....

On a random note, my room is now Nippon's frost pink and my curtain is a piece of cloth held to the pole with a clothes pin. 0_o"

Finally, uninterupted sleep tonight. Sweet dreams all!

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Btw, I just caught "he's just not that into you"... Really enlightening show tt left me thinking.

... Sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell the ones who want us from the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over...

Today has been an irony. And 8 NSmen on their Wednesday nights-off in a chick flick (w/o dates), just added to the irony. ;P

Updated at long last!

2009-02-23T23:48:00.001+08:00

Very very long update.....

Met up with the girls at Ajisen, Plaza Singapura on the 6th of Feb.
(Photos courtesy of Khang Jing's blog)

It was full attendance (finally!!) bcoz Kelly is at last contactable!! :)
[Frm left: Suting, Kelly, Serene, Khang Jing, Huiyan, Wanyee, Me, Jiajin]

On the 10th of Feb, the SPSE gang met up to bid farewell to Xueqin..

Me at Parkway Parade with my favourite ice-cream, Strawberry and Durian! Yum!!

As it was raining, the early birds couldn't cycle so we ended up in a LAN gaming shop.

Santoso with long lost Carolyn!!!!!!!!!

Pretty Carolyn and cute Jessica!

With the return of Santoso and the appearance of Carolyn, it was another full attendance gathering! ^^
[Frm left: Sengwang, Jessica, Cheeleng, Me, Darren, Carolyn, Xueqin, Santoso, Zest, Thiamhee]

Had dinner at an authentic Korean restaurant along East Coast Park.

Pigging out in a private room!

Free flow slides!
(Photos courtesy of Jessica's blog coz I can't find them in my sharing folder anymore.)

Fooooooooooood!

Very expensive but delicious meat. $88 (excl GST and service charge)!! *pocket burns hole*

Cute paper towels tt look like marshmallows when you pour water on them... =X

Heart-shaped dessert!

I was laughing at something so the photo went abit off.

In the nxt shot (less than 30 secs later), Sengwang hv swallowed his watermelon. LOL!

Cheers to a friendship tt knows no geographical boundaries! :)

Here's to everlasting friendship!!

交杯酒! Grab a partner!!

We left behind alot of dirty bowls and cutlery and headed to the arcade...

I am 007!

Seriously cannot take photo with Darren! If you cover him and look at me alone, I think quite slim ba? But beside him, fat liao. Zzzzz! *suks*

Bang bang! I look like I nv wear clothes hor? Teehee~

Cheap cheap "Let's Go Jungle"...

Ahhhh!!!! Disgusting creepy crawlies.....

Jessica and me not bad wor! ^^

Throw ball ball!

Small kids! :P

Darren too snatch limelight liao la! Haha.

My babes!

The guys went to play Left 4 Dead again.. While Cheeleng, Xueqin and me went down to the beach to chat.

21st of Feb is Mama's 49th birthday!

Raffles the Plaza sent her a chocolate truffle cake on the house wor! How come I don't get this priviledge on my birthday?!

Grand Hyatt sent liquer chocolates! OMG~!

As part of a celebration lunch, Mama took us to Simei for lunch... Little did we know it was some S.H.E autograph session thingy tt left the usual ulu mall packed like crazy.

No, I wasn't obessed enough to join the queue tt led all the way outside! 0_o"

Hebe, Ella and Selena.

Mama, Alisa and Trixie!

Having Sakae Sushi.... Didn't take all the food coz Sakae only la.. No big deal. But they did hv some new salmon dishes though, and my family is salmon obessed so we tried them all. :P

Outside seared, inside raw. So-so nia...

Ordered alot alot but I dunno why the bill for 5 pax came up to $71 only. They must hv missed out something.. Hmmm.

When we reached hm, a box was waiting...

Grand Hyatt delivered a cake! They must be don't want its chocolates to lose to Raffles the Plaza. Wahahaha!

F&B voucher to "invitations only" China Club was UOB Visa Infinite's present to the mother. I WANT GOOOOOOOOO!

I bought present also okay! Only not as high class so post le will paiseh. :(

On the 22nd, I went to be lightbulb with Xinyu and Gaozheng who bought hamsters!!!!!

So cute right? Tiny tiny de!

But don't ask me to touch them. Heh.

Preparing their new home at a staircase landing...

Xinyu and me then headed to Suntec to meet up with Jiajin.

Pretty right?

But the pretty Jiajin took this photo and remarked "hahahaha! Fat Hazwani!"

And then she talked to me and snapped a camwhore shot just as I replied. Bad JJ! :P

Trying to budget, our dinner was at Makansutra! Not v cheap hawker food but cheaper than any restaurant at least. :)

Teh Tarik!

Fresh coconuts!

Jiajin moment of photo-disturbing-nonsense AGAIN! Haha...

Fried oyster! With chilli alot alot!

Hokkien Mee!

Chicken satay! Looks super nice hor????

Nasi Goreng...

Mee Goreng with fried chicken...

Maziah and the recently attached Hazwani.

Xinyu and Jiajin.

Jiajin and me.. We are missing Szerui and I am missing a boyfriend. Only left me in the clique unattached so uber sian. *whine whine whine* Hahaha.... :P

Self-timer...

Closer.

Slim shadows!

Going home in the really slow bubble lift.

Jiajin: Why so slow?
Maziah: Its a hydraulic lift.
Jiajin: Huh? In water ah?
I forgot who: Hydrau not Hydro!!!

Our precious bimbo.. Heh! :)

ITS HERE!

2009-02-21T21:39:00.001+08:00

I am a technology follower bcoz nothing I buy seem to stay "hip" for long. Take for instance the iPod nano 2nd generation I got abt a yr ago for more than $400 is now made obsolete by not the 3rd but 4th generation of colourful pretty iPod players with mp4!!!!!

My cute cute "angel" tt accompanied me through hrs of mrt rides! Irritating brother calls its the ghost though. :(

Some mths ago, my sister bought the ultra chic iPod Touch. While I could only look on enviously, she stuck the display sticker on the back of my calculator loudly proclaiming tt now, I hv one too. :(

But finally, no more sulking! >.<

MY VERY OWN!!!!! On Friday the 13th; no less! :P

With a short and sweet note tt made my day! :)

Like a child at Christmas, I could hardly wait to rip the packaging off my new toy!

Mineeeee~!

My own sticker to pass off as another "iPod Touch" for someone else. Heee! :P

The really slim player came in this plastic rack thingy to prevent its delicate mirrored back frm getting scratched.

However, the instructions to get rid of the 'rack' was rather perplexing... Was I supposed to break it?

My old iPod... Its the red series, some Protect Africa frm Aids (did I get the name right? Haha.) campaign tt was all the rage last time.

Aft thinking really long abt what to engrave, I settled for je suis joie (french for I am Joy). Its only later when I realised tt "I belong to Joy" or something along those lines wld be more suitable. Oh wells~

Attempting to input songs... Its seems easy but for the computer noob tt I am, I took the whole afternoon and I still need the sister's help for the game part.

But here it is in its full glory! :D

The music page...

The slideshow page....

Drag and viola~!!! (okay, I admit I am easily amused.)

Charging.......................................................

I got a new satin pouch for my latest baby to rest in. :)

The nice ppl at MICA also gave me t-shirt! I think its one of the unclaimed consolation prizes but its so darn hip! Like those oversized hip-hop attire. Heh. Their loss is my gain. Muahahaha!

It reads: "My heart lies one hundred and thirty seven km above the equator on a little red dot."

LOVE IT!

Once again, thank you MICA and mysingapore.sg!

If you missed the entry tt won me this fab fab prize, check it out HERE!!!! :)