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2012

2012-01-01T02:34:00.003+08:00

2011 has been such a horrid year health-wise! Top wish for 2012 is better health.

Retail Theraphy!

2011-02-18T23:50:00.000+08:00

Yay new nail polishes in such pretty colours! :D

I have just woken up from 13 hours of sleep! And for the first time in a super long while, I actually slept before midnight last night! A really tiring weekday-week and the workload is only going to increase from here! But, time spent with the best buddies (and retail theraphy!) is going to mitigate all the stress! :D

December; a time for parties! :)

2010-12-25T23:30:00.013+08:00

I shall now finally post a proper update on this neglected blog of mine! :D

23rd December 2010; Tiffany's 7th Birthday Party!
My family held it at Jurong Safra Kids Amaze where there was a fun playground with a even more fun slide more than 18metres long! Its been a long time since I enjoyed myself so much at a playground meant for children much younger than I! :P

The function room my mum booked was called Bettle Room.
A photo of us 3 siblings with Tiffany's beautiful princess cake! :)
She's far from behaving like a demure sweet young thing though; everybody we know has been commenting that she's very much like a boy! Her birthday wishlist this year included Beyblades (she now has about 8 and 2 stadiums!), Creepy Crawlers (a bug maker) and Nerf guns. She now has 6 Nerf guns from the enormous machine gun blaster to smaller (but definitely not small) versions!

24th December; Christmas Countdown at Aunty Shirley's

The presents I prepared for my family! (Smallest one is for the maid! :P)

Me and Thumphy at Aunty Shirley's Christmas tree. My household didn't have a tree this year! :(

The food was really great. I don't have a nice picture but turkey and ham with cranberry sauce is definitely my fave festive food! 10 times better than anything at CNY! :D

25th December; Annual Christmas gathering at Samantha's

The actual day was spent at Samantha's as it has been for the past few years!

This was the game sheet that greeted each of us at the door this year! I won the 6th prize in the lucky draw, a red gumball machine my sister really wanted (so I gave it to her! :D)

Oh and my lucky number has been blacked out not to prevent anybody from buying 4D but because I used my handphone number! :P

Mini Christmas tree with some of the presents! :)

We all played the Newspaper game. Mummy and I teamed up and actually won! :D

This was our last move; I was so worried Mummy's back would not be able to take it but she's a strong woman!

Love this game Samantha has and we played! Also played Monopoly and Dai Di but I think this game was the most fun! :D

It's a sort of guessing game where each of us has a card on our head and we've to figure out what it is by asking the others yes/no questions. For the first round, I got 'Cupid'. How is Cupid a movie star?! Totally misled me and I was unable to guess it! Haha I won the second round though, I got 'Garlic'!

Sexy Martini + Lovey dovey Cupid! :)

And thus, my favourite season of the year draws to a close. I love how happy these few days have been. It's now time to settle down a little, am going to revamp my kiddy room a little and of course sort out all my lovely Christmas gifts! :D

Baby Viking!

2010-11-07T16:43:00.002+08:00

As a random update while I procrastinate doing my readings, there was a little fun fair in the neighbourhood not long ago and my sister and I sat on the Baby Viking! I was probably the oldest of everybody who sat on that exact ride but it was rather fun! :)

It cost $3 per person though so it was a total of $6 for a 5 min ride for the both of us.
Is that considered cheap these days? Its been so long since I last went to a proper theme park! The last time my family sat on a Viking, my brother was still a little wimp and a couple of swings into it, wailed for the ride to stop! He sunk down his seat and started gripping his heart and making loud moans. Kind of funny now but it was very scary years back! My sister looks so very grown up in her school uniform, I can't believe its been 12 years since I was her age!

Happy Halloween! :D

2010-10-30T21:54:00.004+08:00

Just one more day to Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Oh this is sooo cute, couldn't resist adding it in! :)

Does Life suck or what?

2010-10-23T00:57:00.002+08:00

LIFE SUCKS! I'M GOING TO DIE.
(Haha my catch phrase from my secondary school days has made a comeback! Aisyah was reminding me the other day how much I used to say this in secondary school.)

Wisdom from Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar:

"Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world."

"Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? Is it because we are not the person involved."

"All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live."

(Haha oh how well these quotes speak to me in this time of gloom and darkness brought on by the flurry of assignments and readings I'm caught up in right now!)

But don't take me too seriously, haha! I never really want to literally die. NEVER. I've too much to lose. I just see a lot of cute humour in the above quotes, hehe! :P
Instead, may I conquer all my assignments and readings in good time! Die, assignments, DIE! And don't forget to leave me my A grade in your will! :)

Busyyy beeeeee.

2010-10-01T19:22:00.005+08:00

Uni life has made me have no life.
Haha I think the next time anybody asks me how uni life is going, I can reply with "What life?"! :P

I haven't had time to even think about updating this blog, I feel a tinge of sadness that my life since Uni hasn't been chronologically logged like the bits and pieces of my life before the start of school have been. A blog has also been most useful that way, to me. The assignments and projects are coming in and I'm having much less time and strength for friends, leisure (haven't shopped/caught a movie since school started!!) and even family. But I hope this frazzled hectic stage lasts no longer than the first semseter! :)

Oh one important thing to briefly blog about (if I still want this space to be any autobiography of sorts) would be that I'm now a Singaporean citizen! I don't exactly feel any surge in national pride but I would say that Singapore has always been more a home considering I was born here, afterall. It's just good to be entitled to all the benefits now! :)

And as a random sidenote, my sister and I took part in the pomelo-peeling competition during an event her school held for Mid-Autmn Festival. It was so impromtu and I had just trimmed my nails (sigh the one time long nails would actually come in handy....). We didn't win but we still got a prize and that was all my sister really wanted, haha! She's wearing my old cheongsam! :)

Oh and its October! A whole month of Uni has flown past!

Third time to Batam!

2010-08-12T15:47:00.007+08:00

Haha okay, Batam yet again.
It was my third time there so I was far from excited but it didn't stop me from having fun! :)
I do have one regret though; on hindsight, I should have dyed my hair black again! Never mind, in 6 months, I'm going back to black hair! :D Had an impulse to just dye it back to black straight after I dyed it brown but that would have been impossible coz my hair is pretty long and the bill was already way >S$100! Can't waste Mummy's $, haha! :P

With Mummy and Tiffany.
My father didn't come along this time so we had nobody to keep suggesting going back to the hotel in the midst of shopping, haha! This was taken at the hotel lobby, we stayed at Nagoya Plaza instead of i-Hotel this time. Its much smaller but the general feel is about the same! Plus, Nagoya Plaza is a nearer walking distance to the shopping mall!
My shopping buddy, Sam! :)

I don't know what Donald Duck stood for in Indonesia, maybe he was Nagoya Mall's mascot or something, haha! But we took photos with him, anyway!

At the hypermart! Sam and I kept commenting how one item or another was cheaper than in Singapore. It's really true! A pack of 5 Yakults cost only a dollar in Batam! Though as a disclaimer, the bottles were slightly smaller than Singapore's. Haha!

I'm holding this card thingy which was to redeemn our shopping bags back from the baggage counter. The hypermarts in Batam have this system where we can deposit our shopping bags while we go grocery shopping, really considerate for heavy shoppers! Though I guess it has its security pros too; prevents shoplifting!

Oh and something else worth gushing over in Batam would be their KFC outlets!!

During my previous 2 trips, I chose to eat at A&W coz I felt it would be something different from what Singapore offers. Little did I know that the KFCs in Batam are so much cooler than in Singapore! :D

Everybody felt the chicken tasted better but the main plus point, were the variety of desserts and their ridiculously cheap pricing! I had 3 desserts to myself that day! :P

This is the Brownie Sundae and the Strawberry Waffle.
I also had a Strawberry float. Don't have a photo of it but its depicted in the advertisement below... And the best part is, each of these cost less than S$1! I think they cost about 70cents each. Yum-yum! :)

Alright end of post, byeeeee!

Sleepover!

2010-08-02T16:02:00.003+08:00

Its August! How quickly time flies!
Now would be the best thing for time to stop. I've been enjoying myself so much; shopping, reading, movies, meet-ups with friends, mini vacations to Batam... Everybody always says that when we're students, we yearn to work but as the years go by and we become full-fledged working adults, we would want to return to school once more. Personally, I think I'm best suited for just lazing my days away! :P Although ultimately, I do desire progress and acknowledge the importance of intelligence and life-long learning. Guess the whole point is, I'm not in the least bit prepared for school!

Admin-wise, everything is settled save for online matriculation but in terms of mentality, I feel more like a Primary 1 child dreading the commencement of school in a new environment! I should be a matured young adult ready to tackle my tertiary education, armed with quick wits and the qualities of being street-smart, sensible, hardworking and the like. Why hasn't that side of me emerged yet?! 1 more month and a whole lot of growing up to do, I wonder if I'm the only one feeling pressed for time... I don't wish to enter my course feeling like an ignorant fool, haha! My apprehensiveness aside, I think Life has been wondeful! And like everybody else, I do anticipate the adventure Uni is going to bring! :D

Some time ago, I went to Tiffy's place for a sleepover! It was my first time staying over at a friend's place and also the first time they had somebody over so there was lots of excitement about! It was a typical girly slumber party kinda event, we gave ourselves manicures, had face masks done and there was plenty of girls' talk! :)
We also played board games with her 2 sisters and I won, I might add. Haha!
Her family was incredibly friendly so I can't wait for Tiffy to pop over my place for the next sleepover later this month! :)

Here's one of the few photos we took:
We were having masks done! I had no problems smiling but all Tiffy could manage was a sort of grimace, haha! :P
This is her sporting grandfather, posing for a picture with us!
Love his "huh what is this?" half-bemused expression!

Alright finished with this post, byeeee!

28 days and almost exactly 4 weeks to the start of Uni!

Outing @ Timbre + Predators

2010-07-20T00:00:00.003+08:00

With only slightly more than a month left, I've been in a mad rush to enjoy the last bit of the holidays. Not once have I felt that the holidays were too draggy; I shall never understand those who tell me they can't wait to start school. Haha I'm not sure how I'm going to survive my tertiary education given my lazy state.

Anyway, I went to Timbre last week! :)
It was my first time there even though I've been hearing lots of good stuff about it! I must say, it lived up to expectations. Although I was unlucky in my drink choice! :( Lychee martini isn't really to my liking at all. I shall get a Choco choco the next time! Grace ordered that and I think it was the best drink that night, sweet and nothing like alcohol! :D

Making silly faces in the MRT, haha! Lorraine refused to be a part of our nonsense so she took this picture!
A shot of the 5 of us! We should have taken it earlier when there was daylight, flash is very unflattering!

And my hair is in a terrible state, I'm going to re-dye it soon! Mum has just confirmed our THIRD Batam trip this holiday. I'll be heading there again during the National Day weekend. Which is just as well since a hair treatment is very much in order! I'm probably going to dye my hair there too! :)

I caught 'Predators' with Brother last night. And it wasn't bad at all! Science-fiction always pulls it off, somehow. Although I was quite tense and didn't deal very well with the suspense, haha! It had been some time since I caught such a show at the cinemas. And I have never taken kindly to merciless killing! Which is precisely what the predators do! There were several touching moments though; of self-sacrifice and unity through adversity. And I thought the whole concept rather interesting! :)

Alright its getting late, I'm going to attempt going back to regular sleeping hours now! Plus, I've to get up in the morning tomorrow for my NTU medical check-up! Hopefully, I'll get all the admin stuff settled too! :)

Byeeeeeeeee.

Baking chocolate chip cookies! :D

2010-06-29T18:14:00.009+08:00

About 2 weeks back, I had my first real baking experience!
Baking had been on my holiday itinery for the longest time but I was never able to find time, company and a venue to actually be able to tick it off my list of to-dos.

One really random night, I was just thinking about how fast the holidays were zooming fast and how I had a gazillion things unaccomplished. Which was when baking came to mind! So I decided, right there and then, to embark on my baking quest! Chocolate chip cookies are a well-known no-brainer (now that I've tried it myself, I must say I agree!) so I sourced for their recipies first. I clicked the first seemingly reliable website that came up on Google and using my camera, took this:
Haha the above was my main source of information!
Oh and venue is no longer a problem! I always thought my home was lacking an oven to bake but as it turns out, my mum told me our microwave doubles up as an oven too! :D

Half of the below ingredients were taken from my home stock and the I bought other half from a nearby supermarket, just before closing time! It was so impromptu. I decided to bake at 8+pm and went out to get the ingredients at 9+pm, haha!
I insisted on doing most of the stuff by myself! But Mum helped with various things, like teaching me how to work all those baking equipment and helping me preheat the oven (which come to think of, I still don't know how to manage myself). My maid is of no use with baking. I asked her and she told me she has no prior baking experience! :O But I'm sure she learnt a whole lot that day, as I did! :)

That's my lil' brother in the background. He was making cheesecake!
Cookie dough with chocolate chips thrown in! :D

Haha my maid went trigger-happy with the camera coz i kept insisting on doing everything by myself! :PYay homebaked cookies, fresh from the oven! Yummy.

Left to cool! I think a warm fresh cookie is one of the best tasting foods ever! I should know, I had several that day! :D This was just the first batch, we ended up with almost 100 cookies!

Haha recounting it all makes me feel like baking again! Oh and now that I've had a taste of baking (haha pun intended!), it has been promoted from a holiday to-do to a hobby-to-be! :D

Who wants to bake with me?! I need to widen my baking skills, haha!

BATAM 2!

2010-06-24T21:41:00.010+08:00

Our second Batam trip was mostly food and enjoyment with less of shopping.
I went with my paternal grandparents, parents and little sister.
So it was evident there were vastly different energy levels and objectives and it proved difficult to find mutual activities unrelated to food and enjoyment. Haha!

FOOD:
Dad discovered this crepe stall and it was good! :)
Really cheap too, at about S$2+ for one which is about enough for a meal. For me, at least.
The menu. I tried the Beef&Cheese one, a fusion of two of my favourite foods! Yum.

Almost cooked up now!

The cooking is now right in front of us, really fresh and hot from the pan! :)

Mmmmm.

The ice cream in Indonesia is insanely cheap too!

Those you see depicted on the stall front cozt like 50 cents!

Mine was vanilla flavoured with chocolate syrup and rainbow toppings! :D

Quality-wise, probably not as fantastic as Singapore but the standards were still up to my expectations! :)

ENJOYMENT:

I think this picture sums it off well!

I went for hair spa and manicure and it was done stimultaneously!

Oh boy, did I feel pampered! :P

I could get used to Life like this! :D

Oh and I had my virgin baking experience a couple of weeks back!

(All those Home Economics lessons donkey years back don't count!)

Shall blog about that soon! :)

BATAM

2010-06-14T00:29:00.001+08:00

Haha when I finally have the time to update this mostly neglected space, I find everything so backdated that its hard to find something to talk in detail about.

But oh wells, guess one highlight of the past few weeks would be the Batam trip I went on with Mum and some of the relatives from her side of the family. First time there. I know I've been there as a small kid but I don't count what I don't remember as actual experiences. I'm going again next weekend, haha. But I'm not going to go for the massage again, horrible experience!

Think its worth recording some parts of the trip. Parts I'm looking forward to experiencing again next weekend.

For example, how much Batam made me wish Singapore still had A&W!
Yummy root beer floats! Mmmmm.

Haha okay I actually uploaded that picture as a mistake. But I do like A&W! :D

I wanted to post more about like, the awesome hospitality culture Indonesia has. Really, not being snobbish (or perhaps lacking the ability to be only because there is nothing much they can really show off, from the cynic's perspective) made a difference! I felt the people there were really friendly and so eager to please. There'll be random people waving and smiling to you (like the women depicted below) and these people don't make money out of it.

And some of the shopkeepers were so friendly I didn't have the heart to haggle with them. Hmm okay almost didn't. Blame the tight budget. But Mummy was right in saying there's not much point in saving a few bucks when we know they probably earn really measly amounts. And the tour guide was friendly too. Though admittedly, that's part of the job. Haaa the cynic in me kicks in. Nonetheless, I hope we get service as good next weekend! I'm dying for a plane ride but vacation transport this holiday isn't going to get any more exciting than ferry mode.

I relived H2 Human Geography in Indonesia too. Somebody said these were slums and I rebutted that they were squatters coz they're still legal. Haha I don't know where that came from, presumably a dark corner of the hidden debris of A-level knowledge I still have contained in my brain's highly limited and rapidly decreasing memory space. And I don't know if I'm correct! The living conditions in certain parts of Indonesia are quite squalid. But I guess even Singapore has such areas!Our tour guide told us that corruption and forgery of fake notes has gotten so bad that Indonesia revises their currency design every 5 or so years. Notes of previous designs will then no longer be accepted. I find that quite startling. Or is this a common practice in various countries? A quick Google search revealed that India does this too.
I'm holding all the invalid notes!

I think this is one of Batam's few toursity spots. Lots of cute little building in this garden. Many pictures of this area are up on FB but I thought I'll post my favourite shot here! :)

Mummy was my main sponsor for this trip, hehe! Though in my defence, I used a lot of my own moolah to fund my shopping too. I love hotel breakfasts! We stayed in iHotel (Indonesia has got to support Apple, haha!) which is 5-star by Indonesia's standards. Most of us did get rashes from the hotel bed though! :( Still, hotel breakfasts just don't disappoint! I love scrambled eggs! :D

Oh and I don't want the holidays to end so soon! 2+ more months but I'm so sure they're going to slip away! I shall enjoy more now! :)

Happy 19th Birthday to Juanita! :D

2010-06-04T04:18:00.005+08:00

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, dearest Juanita!
This year, our clique planned something special; a build-a-bear workshop surprise! :)

The entire process has already been documented on Facebook (yes, at about 4am!) but I wanted some pictures to be up on this space too! :D

We're all holding little hearts to put into her bear!
Tiffy was missing in action at this point but no worries, we added in a heart on her behalf too!

Tada, her new bear's name is Choconerd! :)

A group picture to commemorate this special day!

Small clique outings are always so awesome! :)

Happy Mothers' Day 2010! :)

2010-05-09T03:12:00.003+08:00

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!

This is the card I've prepared for Mum! :)
Scrapbooking has been "in" for some time now but this is the first time I've made something like this for her so I really hope she'll like it when I present it to her later! :D The present box embellishment opens up to a lovely array of cheerful pop-up flowers! And coz I'm the mushy girl I am (hahaha), I wrote another "I love you" inside! Coz somehow, what's handwritten nails it best, right? :)

And of course, the back of the card is not empty. A good bulk of it is the essay I wrote for my University admission. I take a lot of pride in that essay coz I meant every word and it was about my mum being a positive influence on me. I wanted her to have a handwritten copy of it.

And since the applications have all been closed and I've already been accepted into my course, I see no harm in posting it here! :) Although any plagarism (doesn't matter if it seems like I'm flattering myself!) is definitely frowned upon, 100% copyright okay! And of course, there are parts when I'm selling myself a little what with it being an admission essay, afterall.

"With our mother being the very first person we come into contact with after our birth, it is hardly surprising many of us consider her the person who has influenced us most. However, I like to think my own mother has influenced me beyond any average mother’s capability. To sum her up in a sentence, she’s a passionate reader, compassionate teacher and above all, a loving parent.

My own passion for reading and Literature can be said to have been ignited by her. From tenderly introducing my toddler self to the wonders of flash cards to financing my Enid Blyton books (I can proudly claim to have amassed the entire collection during my Primary School days!) to sacrificing sleep for bedtime stories involving me as the protagonist (of course as the charming princess or fearless heroine!), she opened my eyes to the sheer delights of books, words, imagination and language from a very early stage. Whenever somebody compliments my flair for writing, I know I have her to thank.

As a professional teacher, she has had her share of difficult students. It definitely impresses me that she has never wavered in her goals and has always maintained an equilibrium of gentle patience and strict efficiency. Visits to her school are never complete without her students telling me what a wonderful teacher she is and at this, I always feel an enormous surge of pride. I myself am on a quest to become an equally accomplished teacher and am blessed to have such an exemplary model to emulate.

A mere 300 words is inadequate to analyse her impact on me but I shall end off by saying that having a “mother” like mine has given me a better understanding of the term than any dictionary can ever provide."

Hehe touching?! :D
My mum doesn't read my blog but this post shall serve as a reminder to myself that she really deserves being cherished! :)

Grace's 19th Birthday!

2010-04-24T22:49:00.007+08:00

Grace's 19th birthday!

We celebrated Grace's birthday a day in advance on 21st April!
I had been wanting to eat at this restaurant for some time now and by a stroke of happy coincidence, the venue that was decided on was Vivocity. So, we had dinner here; at The King Louis.
This was what I ate; beef sandwiches!
Cost $12.50, if I don't remember wrongly. It was quite filling so I think the money was worth it. Though next time, I'm gonna try the ala carte menu (this came from the special dishes menu) coz their dish presentation is miles better!

With the birthday girl, Grace! :)

With Cassandra! :) The whole venue was medieval-themed! And there were knights in both gold and silver shattered in corners of the restaurant. The waitresses all wore tiaras and though that added to the theme, I thought it might have been better of their whole outfit suited the theme. But I suppose it would have somewhat restricted their movement.

The 5 of us! :)

I suppose we might all be moving on to different paths when it comes to our tertiary education but they are a bunch of friends I hope to never lose contact with! :D

STARBUCKS Save The Earth! :)

2010-04-18T02:42:00.005+08:00

15th April 2010; Starbucks!

I got to know of this event through Facebook and it was just too good an offer to pass up on. Everybody with a Starbucks tumbler got a free drink on the house at any local Starbucks. And Starbucks coffee isn't exactly cheap to begin with.

And I had a great companion in the form of my fellow bookworm (haha which really doesnt equate to nerd, right PF?)! We only decided to go like the night before and on MSN so it was really last minute but oh, how I love spontaneity! :D

We read a little in Starbucks too (me trying to boost my books-i've-read list in prep for my NTU interview the next day and she reading a guidebook about forming portfolios) though it was sunny and we couldn't take it after a while, lol. It was followed by shopping and I'm appalled by how much I spent all under the pretext of getting a free drink.

Mmm its only looking at this picture at this point that I realise Pf did up her cardigan in a really special way, cool! :D
My pretty Starbucks tumbler! ♥

Okay bye! :)

Happy birthday, Aisyah! :D

2010-04-10T20:18:00.017+08:00

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, AISYAH! :D
As evident from the picture below, we celebrated at Swensens!

I made Thumphy take a picture of me with one of Aisyah's birthday gifts (FROM me, of course) before leaving the house! I'm personally not a fan of Stitch (though Aisyah definitely is one) but this stuffed toy was particularly cute! :) Oh and I'm aware that the background at this part of my house isn't exactly glam but pictures (and people too, lol) look better with sunlight shining on their faces! Gives the whole picture a happier uplift.

But I deviate, back to the birthday celebration!

Pictures with food!

Birthday girl + soup!

Non-birthday girl + soup!

Haha actually, we both shared one soup, one drink and one pizza.

BUT to make ourselves sound less stingy and cheapo, let me clarify that it was primarily coz we were intending to have a ice-cream feast later on! :D

Pizza which was very yummy!

American cheeseburger. It was both of out first times trying it but we decided we should be more adventurous and give something new a shot. And I'm glad we did coz it was nice! :)

This was my second attempt at holding up the pizza pan, lol! First try, the pixxa slipped and shifted way out of place. It made me worried that it would fall to the floor so I let out a slightly embarrassing yelp! Haha sure got the attention of the people at the next table. =/

Our drink which later became MY drink coz Aisyah stuck to plain water, so healthy! I should learn from her, I've been snacking like mad lately! Especially when I was working and it was the only feasible effective remedy to keep myself awake!

Why are we not posing with the drink? Well, Aisyah thought it would be silly to pose with something that looks like mere plain water (its actually Sprite) and I did agree. Only took a shot since I had already switched on the camera. Haha!

Hui Shan came to join us soon! :D

My fringe looks disgusting here but the birthday girl closed her eyes in our only other shot together (how classic of her, really) so I've not choice coz though this is MY blog, SHE's the star! :D

Shall end off this birthday post with a pic of the 3 of us! I had good fun today and once again, happy birthday bestie! :)

Moving on to another recent highlight now!

28th March 2010

(Haha wouldn't remember if not for the camera dates, lol.)

Hmm who takes photos with receipts?

Apparently, that would be me! Haha.

I had a jolly good reason though; that night's dinner was my very first family treat! It was at Pastamania (one of my current faves; good value for $!) and my whole family was there! Mum said she felt dinner that night was especially good coz it was her daughter's treat! And she asked Dad if he felt proud, haha awww...

Its a great-GREAT feeling knowing you paid for a meal that provides for more than just yourself. I remember reading a mini chapter in Toto-chan (one of my really well-loved childhood books) where the kids at her school were given vegetables and foodstuff as prizes for their Sport's Day instead of the regular things other schools gave out. The principal's rationale was thet the children would feel more pride when their prizes were used for the entire family's dinner, how true that is! Its wonderful getting to share something you worked hard for; in this case, my hard earned money from this holiday has certainly been put to good use! :)

Oh and as a sidenote, I'm now a member of Pastamania! The membership costs 15 bucks but I reckon it'll be worth it since its Halal (this is important when 2 of your closest friends (Aisyah and Juanita, of course) are Muslim ) and I've been eating there pretty often this holiday. So if anybody wants to borrow the card, can get it from me! Quite worth it, 15% off! :)

Alright off I go now, I'm gonna properly enjoy this weekend (finally get down to some quality reading) and do the needed chores (pack my messy room and sort out my heaps of shopping bags, lol!).

BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

YL's 19th birthday!

2010-04-02T23:00:00.002+08:00

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, dearest YL jie!

I had intended to upload the picture of her enjoying her yummy NYNY mudpie but there's something wrong with my dumbo phone and I can't transfer it over (sidenote: YL, send me the photos please! Esp the one of both of us! :D) so I dug up this really old (but nice!) picture of the both of us. And looking at it, I suddenly miss my black hair! Lol.

Anyway, today, we celebrated her birthday at City Hall (NYNY) before proceeding to her friend's church for an Easter service. I hope you enjoyed yourself, birthday girl! And may we continue this tradition of celebrating our birthdays together for the many many more years of Life! :) Its unfortunate your mood was slightly dampened at the halfway mark of today but I hope the rest of your birthday made up for it! :D

Next year, we're gonna celebrate the big 2 already!
For now, let's enjoy our last teen year! :)

Money, money, money! :D

2010-03-15T14:32:00.006+08:00

Hmm A's results were okay!
Nothing fantastic but enough for me to get by! :)
I know I should be contented especially considering how unconfident I was after my papers but I can't help but have this naggy feeling that's telling me I could have done a whole lot better. Never mind, I shall fight this awful feeling but telling myself it could be a whole lot worse. And that's true, really! To those who still have their chance; study hard now okay! :)

On a much lighter note, here are some overdue pictures of me with my pay from BCH!
First ever real salary; ain't gonna take those miscellaneous flyer/tuition jobs into consideration. They paid us in cold hard cash (whoo!) coz we were only on one-month contracts.
My very comical happy-face. Hahaha i get so tickled whenever I look at this! And look at the money I'm holding!!! :D

Most eventually went into the bank but I did check some (okay not "some", a lot! :P) items off my wishlist!

Among the multitude of items I got, I remember the sweet pink cardigan, a pretty Starbucks tumbler, new iLuv earphones (I wanted to get headphones but I really look like a monkey wearing them! :( Sigh.), new pencilcases/pouches (I've a cute bunny one and a vintage floral one now) for Uni or whenever/whatever, TheFaceShop Jewel hair product (not bad!), birthday presents for Bestie and YL Jie (of course cannot reveal here!) + a whole lot of new clothes and accessories (never fails to make me happy)!

Proud Mummy! Haha.
Past few days have been spent with dear friends. Went for the NTU and NUS open houses. + a whole lot of shopping at various malls! I'm really enjoying life! :)
In fact, I'm going off to meet PF soon, shopping at 313! Yay.
I'll be fulfilling needs, not just wants. Coz I neeeeeed to replace the F21 singlet my maid LOST (like, poof!, its suddenly-gone-from-the-washing-kinda-lost! ZZZ I still cannot believe it.).
But I also need to start watching my expenses so I'm gonna be very responsible and not overspend today! :)

Byeeeeeeeee.

A-level Results

2010-03-05T00:03:00.002+08:00

Its past 12 midnight now so today's the day.
THE day.
I'm not going to jinx myself by refering to it as "doom's day" but neither am I going to get my hopes high by calling it something cheesy like "the day my labour bears sweet fruit". Lol that was random.
In any case, I'm hoping for the best! I wish I could say I'm prepared for the worst too but that would be blatant lying.
Let's just see how everything goes and whether I'll have to fulfil the promises I've made.

CNY Day 2+3!

2010-02-24T13:55:00.018+08:00

CNY Day 2

Something special at our open house this year was that Dad hired a mini Lion Dance Troupe!
We'd never done this before so this was quite refreshing. We requested for our guests to come earlier this year (to enjoy the lion dance) so people started pouring in at around 11+ am.

When our first guests came, I was just wandering out of my room. In my PJs! (Thanks to having slept way-way-wayyyy past midnight the previous night) Thankfully they were close family friends that come over often enough to have seen me in my PJs/house clothes, anyway. Haha.

The lion squeezed into my room too! Haha and even pranced about for a while despite the huge space restraint. It was amusing, for me.

(Holding my hp not out of disrespect while my paternal Granny was talking to me but coz I was trying to snap pictures of the lion! Hehe.)

The lion dance troupe left this behind for us! :)

Family + paternal grandparents.

CNY Day 3; Cousin's outing!

In the morning, Thumb and I went over to my paternal gran's to send off my 1st Aunt who was leaving Singapore to return to Malaysia. We all took a last-minute photo at the void deck before she left.

Afterwhich was my virgin experience at playing pool! Sad to say, I've no natural talent and must have looked quite a sight struggling with the pool stick thingy (omg I don't even know its professional name, lol). I did manage to get 2 balls in, the first coincidentally being the pink 4 ball!

Thumb and I holding our fave balls. Haha its no surprise how peverse my brother is! =/

Dinner was at ION's Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe!

I thought the food there was good and wasn't too pricey either.

I tried the cheesebaked rice and chicken chop.

Have never been a rice-person since my sources of carbohydrate are mostly breads but I have to say, this dish was quite yummy! :)

Shall end off this post with a photo taken by a most adorable (in the little boy kinda way) waiter. He was so small-sized, more petite than even me! And he kept skidding around the place (instead of walking), haha.

Byeeee.

P/s: I shall be relief-teaching again from tomorrow to 9th March! :D

CNY Day 1

2010-02-20T01:34:00.005+08:00

Happy chinese new year! :)

CNY DAY 1

Quoting Mummy, sweet start to the year with sweet Bird's Nest!
I used to be allergic to this; when I was younger, my eyes would swell and water really badly with just 2 teaspoonfuls. Which was tragic and robbed me of further nourishment. Although my cheeks were (are? :X) so super fat I doubt I could have been better nourished.
Anyway, I'm no longer allergic! We served tea too, the younger ones taking turns to pour for whoever's older. Which i found amusing coz this means the youngest has the least tea in their cup. Somehow, I don't remember this tradition last year but I'm sure it must have taken place? Hmmm.
First angbaos of the day; from Mummy and Daddy! :)

Going to bai-nian at my paternal gran's!

Yearly photo of the family at the sofa. This is the best one and my sister still isn't looking! Hopefully next year, she's co-operative enough and shows some improvement! Haha and that would prove all the "jin nian jin bu" correct!

Have been busy having funnn ever since work ended! I shall update on CNY day 2 very soon! This year, only 2 days of CNY spirit though, I think. Okay byeeeee, for now.

Guess work also spells f-u-n! :)

2010-02-10T00:15:00.003+08:00

Everybody has been really nice to me at work lately! I've not been well for several days now; sprained my left foot. It got terribly swollen and induced several gasps and loud "aiyo"s from my colleagues! Haha so cute. Add to that a major sore throat and hacking cough which has most unfortunately caused me to sound like a man when talking to customers! :( Have noticed that some of them find it hard to understand what I'm saying too! Probably due to my poor enounciation. All thanks to my swollen throat! Oh mannnnn.

I have no pictures to post since my life has been revolving around work, work and work lately.
For one, I don't have the mood coz I'm in my ugly work uniform for more than 12 hours a day. For another, even if anybody for the strangest of reasons was eagerly looking forward to photos of bak kwa (lol), I'm not allowed to take any and a search on Google would easily turn out millions of pictures.

But I do have some funny incidents to share! Just thought I'll note some of them down before I forget. Work is expected to get pretty darn hectic probably tomorrow onwards... Sigh the CNY crowd!

1) There was once an elderly lady who fervently insisted on us giving her the bits of burnt bak kwa (that we snip out during quality control and before selling the bak kwa off)! It was quite funny coz the tray of brunt bits that day was particularly black and burnt and I wouldn't have thought it possible that anybody would have found them appetising. Its also kinda sad though, thinking of what hunger (and perhaps poverty, I don't remember if the lady looked to be in a dire financial state) lead people into thinking of doing. =/

2) There was this young boy (estimated by my colleague to be about 7-years-old) who stole one of our sweets (from a small tin that belongs to one of our colleagues) and upon relising it was mint-flavoured and not to his liking, he spat it OVER the counter of displayed bak kwa, over to where we were standing. And that's quite a task, a pretty long way to have to spit. Lol! And to make matters worse, my colleague lamented that the boy was laughing away while he (my colleague) had to pick up the sweet (probably in a messy goo of saliva as well, ewww!) and then dispose it for him. What a rude child! =X But I have to admit, I laughed over this incident for quite a long time.

3) To cope with the increasing crowd, our store came up with this system whereby we write down orders on a slip of paper and then give the customer another slip, both of which have matching numbers so we can easily identify which order belongs to which customer. This makes payment and collection of goods easier. To my amusement, there was this middle-aged lady a couple of days back who actually requested for her slip back AFTER I had thrown it into the garbage bag. When I said I had already thrown it away, she proceeded to pick it up from the garbage. (Okay this isn't as gross as it sounds coz it was right at the top of the other garbage bag and the garbage being mostly paper, tissue and plastic isn't as disgusting as one would imagine) but the funny part was her reason for going to all the trouble! She confided in me that she wanted the number to buy 4D! Hahaha. I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing out loud and offending a customer. But isn't that just so typical and cute!

Haha that's about it for now. I had better go to bed soon! Work at 10am again tomorrow!
Byeeeeeeeeeeee.

Work spells t-i-r-e-d.

2010-02-01T23:27:00.002+08:00

Omg super tired!
Okay I have been working 10am to 10pm daily shifts and shall continue to do so for the next 2 weeks, weekends inclusive.
This shall go on until my contract ends on 13 Feb, 6pm!
Wish me luck! :)

Mind@#$%!

2010-01-25T14:24:00.006+08:00

Omg this is so cool!

Supposedly, the more you see them spin, the more stressed you are.
Haha eeks, I think I must be ultra stressed right now coz the spirals are spinning like crazyyyy to me! I don't feel particularly stressed though! :)
I think its just that I've always been more visually inclined? Hmm.

Okay must click on the picture! Pardon the profanity! :(
I almost didn't want to post this up coz of the big F-word.
BUT we're all grown-ups who know better now, right? Lol.

Okay, bye! :)

Pink fan!

2010-01-16T03:36:00.002+08:00

The other day, I asked the maid to clean my fan! It was super dusty, guess partly because I've been using the air-conditioner more frequently these days.

When she dismantled it, it looked like a murder tool of sorts! And it could still be switched on... My fan, being reasonably old, even makes growly noises; this just completes the whole scary picture! Lol.

Anyway, another reason was because I've always didn't really like that my fan was a very unfortunately dull shade of burgundy red. And I chanced upon this lovely pink fan cover! Yay my fan is now really sweet-looking! Haha untill I find an actual pink-coloured fan. But maybe by then, I'll be so absolutely unconcerned about the environment and electric bills that I'll be totally dependent on air-cons, oh wells.

Haha its 3:44am now and I'm still not sleeping. Am not even tired enough yet, actually. Which explains my out-of-the-blue (pink, actually? Haha!) blog entry.

Okay bye! :)

Circus Du Freak; The Vampire's Assistant

2010-01-12T13:21:00.003+08:00

I've JUST reached home from an awesome movie!
And I liked it so much that I think it warrants immediate blogging. Lol.
Okay partly coz I've to leave the house in 30min too.
So, let's make this a quick one!

Circus Du Freak; The Vampire's Assistant
I've gotta thank Aisyah for suggesting we catch this. I can't believe I've never read (yes, its originally a book series) this! There was a point of time I did an extensive search on Vampire books. Wonder why I didn't find this...

In any case, I think the movie was great! Plot was not as full of surprises as Harry Potter but coz neither Aisyah nor I had read the book series, we made a couple of wrong guesses throughout the movie. Which just means it isn't predictable. That's one of the qualities of a good movie, in my opinion; that the audience doesn't preempt what happens next.

The actors weren't any big names but their acting was good, nonetheless. I didn't find myself thinking they were wooden or that they didn't put across an emotion correctly, as I sometimes feel during movies.

The graphics, make-up and special effects was a lot more mystical and fantasy-like than Twilight, closer to Harry Potter. No magic involved though; these people are supposedly freaks forming a circus. I find it heartening that they found support in each other. Actually, some of them had pretty cool so-called deformities! I wonder why they don't see their abilities as superpowers instead, haha! It was delightfully humourous too, much more so than the Twilight series.

Plot has less romance, something refreshing. It was more about friendship. And desinty? It had a typically happy ending but that's the way I like it, anyway. Can't expect me to cry my heart out with every movie I catch; Life itself is distressing enough.
Yep best movie I've caught this holidays. I even borrowed the book from the library (How very lucky that the West Mall branch had it, whoo!) immediately after the movie ended. However, it was to my disappointment that the book looks childish and amatuer. =X The font is huge, been ages since I've read such "kiddy" books. I'll definitely give it a shot though and if I like it, I'm gonna buy the whole series. 12 books as yet.

Oh and Aisyah! Click on this picture!
This is the bad guy, the best friend turned arch enemy.
Look, he had PURPLE eyes, NOT yellow!
Haha Aisyah insisted that he had yellow eyes but I knew they were purple!
We decided we'll buy the DVD and then confirm it but it isn't necessary after I've found this picture. So there you go, I'm not gonna say "I told you so" but... Lol just click on the picture!
Okay time to go out again, gotta accompany Granny to meet Mum.
Haha go watch this showwwwww! :)

First day of Primary One!

2010-01-09T18:14:00.004+08:00

Holidays have been busy busy busy!
To think I thought myself free enough to sign up for driving lessons... Ahhhhhh.
Haha on a happier (though it means even less free time) note, I think Bee and I found jobs today! Nothing is absolutely confirmed yet coz we've yet to sign the contract but I'm keeping my fingers crossed... At the rate I'm going, I need to earn some money to make up for what I'm spending!

Anyway, Tiffany's first day of Primary 1!
4th Jan 2010
I brought her to school for her first day since both Mum and Dad were working.
She's so small-sized that the uniform hangs over her. Lol a bit like my case! =X

It was kinda cool going back to Princess Elizabeth Primary School (was also my and my brother's primary school years back) but what wasn't cool was having other parents look me up and down and wonder (Oh I know what they're thinking!) if my sister was my daughter.

Haha and the parents were so rowdy. Its understandable them getting excited over their kid's first day at school but I sure didn't expect all the jostling. It was so squeezy when everybody tried getting their children up into the hall at the same time. Poor little kiddos stuck within all the bustle.

Oh and Tiffany came back and complained that school was "lousy"; in her words. All they did was "climb up and down" as well as "walk all the time". Haha I'm guessing it was an Orientation of sorts, gone sadly unappreciated by my lazy bum of a sister. Lol. Well, I hope she copes well at school! :)

Okay more busy days upcoming! Byeeeeeeeeee.

Last post for 2009! :)

2009-12-31T17:39:00.013+08:00

Last moments of 2009;

1) Christmas

The actual day was celebrated at Sam's house with the relatives from my mum's side.
It was a lazy day of catching up, playing Monopoly (kids) and Mahjong (adults) (Haha guess which category I fall in?) as well as exchanging presents! :)

Sam, the host! We were all provided with cute Santa hats, really added to the holiday atmosphere! :D
Their baby Christmas tree with all the lucky draw exchange presents under it! They've been numbered. I don't remember which number I got but it was a nice storage box which doubles up as a stool....

With Thumpy, the grumpy Christmas elf. Haha! People have been mistaking us for twins this year, omg! Otherwise, they'll ask if he's my elder brother. Haha old boy! =X

Christmas was a jolly affair with many parties, both with friends and family, lots of giving and taking (hmm which is just exchanging, haha!), good food and happiness all around! :)

2) 30th Dec was the day the 6 of us finally met up again!

We decided on Swensens' at Holland Village...

It had been just slightly more than a month since we saw each other but it felt like ages and I missed our group so! Everybody had updates for each other so it was an evening of chatter and laughter. We also celebrated Tiffany's and Gen's belated birthdays! :)

With our party hats! :D

Juangy, ME, Juanita!

Tiffany, Gen, Anyu (new hairstyle!)!

3) 31st; today; last day of the year!

The first half of today was spent at Central!

Where there were free balloons and popcorn! :)

We felt like little kids at a funfair. And we had mildly embarrassing balloon fights along the way, lol! But its worth reliving our childhoods once in a while; in a couple of years, we've to grow up (which means no more childish fancies, not in public at least), however much we don't feel like it.

The 3 of us with our balloons!

Hui Shan, ME, Aisyah :)

Today was a great day because not only did I not overspend (I spent under $40! :D), I had the company of great friends! We may do rather silly stuff but there's a special type of f-u-n in doing it together! :)

And so concludes my lovely last week or so of 2009!

May 2010 only get better! :)

Christmas 2009!

2009-12-24T20:50:00.003+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2009! :D

Our Christmas tree!
Haha I told Mummy I find it ugly. Didn't tell her why but its because we don't have an angel atop and the baubles are blue! :( She read my mind anyway and said that pink baubles only go well with white Christmas trees... Anyway, next year, we're having red and gold baubles in place of the blue ones! :)
But blue baubles are alright afterall, the Teh family's Christmas trees are always nice! ;D

With presents all waiting for us! Haha I think the amount has doubled since! ^^

I've spent hundreds on Christmas presents this year! I know it, not just think so. Haha an absolute upgrade from spending perhaps only tens when I was in Lower Secondary or so. Not that I mind in case I come across sounding like Scrooge. =X I know Mummy's spent a lot too; possibly thousands!!! She returns home almost daily with bags of presents from Borders, Marks&Spencer, Takashimaya etc. Haha not all for me and my siblings; the relatives are really extravagent and mighty generous in their gift exchanges! Hmm I love how this season of giving makes the whole atmosphere so festive! My fingers are quite sore from all the wrapping (presents) and writing (cards) but I'm happy many times over! :D

I'm going to be ultra busy during the last few days of 2009, just as I have been the past month.
I didn't even have the usual eager mental count-down to Christmas eve this year; it was not necessary since time flew fast enough on its own.

Alright, I'm off to shower now, before watching 'Surving Christmas' (Aisyah's recommendation!) and then I shall sit under the tree with my lovely family! :)

Enjoy the last moments of 2009! :)

Tiffany's birthday! :)

2009-12-23T13:31:00.002+08:00

We had a Princess-themed birthday party for her not long ago! :)
Today's her actual birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY! :)
Just the other day, somebody random asked if she was my daughter! Lol NO!
She's my sister okay! :)

Friends!

2009-12-20T00:22:00.008+08:00

PICTURES
Haha Hui Shan, uploaded for you! ;)
That makes me sound so noble; in actual fact, I would have uploaded them, anyway. Hehe.
Choir besties outing! We went to IMM and West Mall. Haha location not by pure choice; we were under time limitations. Sorry! :( Let's go someplace ultra-ultra nice next time round!
We spent a lot of time in the library; not in silence though. Haha but we were considerate (being pretty much alone, there wasn't anybody we could have disturbed) as well as hidden away in an obscure corner. Aisyah wore a rather similar colour scheme to me! Haha I wore the new clothes I just got the day before. (haha PF, recognise them?!) I laughed alot-ALOT, as can be expected from an outing with the 2 of them! :)

313 @ Sommerset

Haha I didn't expect the 4-storey F21 to be much a big deal considering I've never bought anything from there before. The sizes were always too big! But that day was totally different; I bought 3 tops and accessories! And PF and I came to a consensus that even the prices were "nice"... :D We spent a long time there (a long and happy time in spite of the crazy queues) though PF pointed out it was not as long as the amazing 2 hours we spent at Japan Home, haha!

I also experienced something strange that day! I usually aim to hit as many shops as possible within a mall but that day, we deliberately planned NOT to go to Zara for fear of spending even more than the little fortunes we already had. Haha now, that's something rather new. Hehe.

PICTURES

Taken with PF's very pro camera! Haha the professionalism of it all is heightened when in contrast with my lousy quality handphone-camera photos above. Alas, our location was anything but scenic and we had to settle for flowering (even then, very sparsely so) bushes in the vincinity of the MRT. Photos turned out nicely though; suppose that can be credited to the skills of PF! :D

I think this photo is so very ridiculous coz its so touristy. I can almost safely bet I'm the only local who actually poses with MRT vegetation, lollllll.

But this is nice, if only because I look really fair! Hehe.

Thanks, PF! For the great day out and photos!

I also enjoyed our MRT sharing session and chatting till we missed our stop! :P

JJC Prom 2009!

2009-12-17T04:23:00.004+08:00

Its 4:30am now! And I can't sleep! :(
And I'm meeting Aisyah and Hui Shan at 10am later! :(
This has been going on for several days! :(
My body clock always gets screwed during the holidays! :(
I don't have panda eye bags anymore... I've monster eye bags! :(
Oh boy I could just whine and whine and whineeeee on. Haha I feel very whiny today.

Okay to make the time while I'm not sleeping more productive, here's prom pictures!
I'll post some which are already on FB and others which I did not upload...

My nails, which lasted a mere 30mintues. Haha I seriously admire those with long false nails, totally do not understand how they stand it. It is rather tedious to apply and it hurts a little (okay more of pressure) to remove them and above all, it makes movement so very constricted! I couldn't even open the zip of my bag properly. And 3 dropped off during the car journey (to Shangri-La) itself. I removed the rest before entering the prom ballroom though not without the help of Ju and Yukai. Haha I think they're very pretty but really not worth it. Maybe I'll try having them much shorter next time, they were a tad too long this time.

Taken during the car journey, when they were still (uncomfortably =X) attached.
Frankly, I wasn't 100% looking forward to prom... the main reason being that only 4 out of 12 in Big Clique were going to attend but it was rather fun in the end. (though this still means I don't have prom photos with the others)

Hmmm *yawns* I was intending to post more pictures but I think I might finally be able to fall asleep now so I don't want to ruin the moment... (haha I sound like some desperate insomniac! =X) So here's just a few more! :)

Juanita, Me, Juangy, Yukai
Haha other friends are all up on FB already; although I'm not going to post pictures of them here, doesn't mean they're any less significant to me! :)

My hair, from the back! :)

Okay please let me go to sleep! I really need it bad!

Goodbye. AND good night! :)

Interview with a Vampire

2009-12-15T15:55:00.006+08:00

Now, there’s something I simply have got to gush about, that “something” being Anne Rice’s ‘Interview with a Vampire’! I know that as a self-professed Vampire fanatic, I should have long sunk my teeth (haha pun intended) into this timeless and much critically acclaimed classic. I blame lack of time! Nevertheless, I suppose it isn’t too late to start… I’m halfway through the book now and I have no doubt at all it is going to make its way through my top 10 favorite novels EVER.

With many past novels or literary texts, I recall myself nodding my head in agreement to indicate I share the same sentiments. What is different in the case of this book is I, definitely on more than one or two occasions, found myself raising an eyebrow in interest or with both my eyebrows furrowed in deep thought. (Haha I think it’s quite ridiculous the way I’m describing my eyebrows but yes, that’s how it goes with this novel.) It explores points of view and concepts that I have never thought to think about before. And the main point is, it explores them in such a way it seems as though a few of them form some main cruxes (morals values, especially)of Life itself. The first half of the book I have now devoured (I do think I truly devour books I find worthy.) has, indeed, been enlightening.

This is one novel that would be a perfect Literature text. For one, it isn’t dry, unlike many popular choices. (Ahem… James Joyce… ahem. Haha opps. I do think Joyce had a lot of good pointers too though, if only he hadn’t been so self-indulgent and so frequent in leaving us readers hanging.) It is definitely thought-provoking. For another, I think (I have to admit, I’m not 100% sure on this one) the movie counterpart is actually rather elaborated if not on par with the text itself. While I was reading, the plot became shockingly familiar and I actually recalled scenes from snippets of a movie watched loooooong ago. (I wouldn’t be surprised if I had been like just 10 years old.) After an Internet check, I confirmed I had indeed watched the movie “Interview with a Vampire” (1994) before. That the novel was able to arouse visual images from a long otherwise forgotten movie from the depths of my memory is pretty darn amazing.

PICTURES

Brad Pitt as Louis and Tom Cruise as Lestat
I recognised Brad Pitt first, Tom Cruise took a little more time. He looks so different!
Very charming. And the extravagence of their 18th century dressing is something else worth gushing over. I always lament (to anybody who would listen) that we can no longer go out dressed anything like that without people staring strangely at us. Why do I somehow feel this regression in terms of our (the world in general) fashion sense? Lol.

Claudia; her story is a most engrossing one. Her mindset and imagination held much interest for me.

The novel also contained complicated relationships explored galore.

Hmmm how can the Twilight saga even begin to compete?

I have never, up till now, found men with long hair appealing. Pardon me but the picture that comes to mind when I add long-haired and man together is this pudgy, greasy and possibly most smelly motorist. Haha I don't know how the motorcycle comes in the picture but it does. Lol.

I shall go buy the hard copy! I'm only reading the e-book now and have always prefered the actual book form, for some reason. Yay, another fantastic book to groom my ridiculously shallow mind! :) I want to re-watch the movie toooooo, asap! :D

Okay byeeeeeee.

SuperStar Virgo

2009-12-09T00:25:00.010+08:00

Haha I should be posting about my cruise trip and prom night, I know. I feel incredibily lazy but oh wells, just for the sake of a digital record... Blogging about events help me somewhat remember them better. I'll blog about the Teh family vacation first! :)

It was great! I can remember instances on board the ship where I felt terribly bored but in retrospect (I suppose this is how things go), I think I really enjoyed myself! Food was good (though I know not all agree with me): I'm not going to upload any pictures of food but I especially liked the Western courses at Bella Vista. It was the most posh place on the ship and we would have had 90% of our meals there if I had it my way.

Come to think of it, without the joys of Charlie Childcare (a play place for kiddos my cousins and I used to frequent on previous cruises but have now most unfrotunately grown too old for), what I remember most are eating, mucking around with my cousins and reading. I finished Nicolas Sparks' 'The Choice' on board... Oh and the highlights of the days (It was a 4D3N thing) were productions carried out in the Lido theatre. First night: Juggling by Terry Parade, Second night: The Little Mermaid (the slightly more tragic UNdisney version) and the Third night: a dance and acrobat performance. I suppose the shows were of so-so standard, I can't say I was particularly impressed though I was definitely entertained.

PICTURES
[Don't expect anything unglam; all have been cleverly ommitted! :)]

Airbrush Tattoo: I got a butterfly in purple on my right arm! Oh and the lady said my arm was too small to acomodate the whole tattoo and she had to shift the template lower (Hmm the lower part is usually fatter?) That was most delightful news as I've been thinking my arms have gotten flabby! Actually, they still kinda are. Haha eeks.

Tattoo pose!

Bann, the cutie pie! Haha this was our act cute shot, I had to try very hard. Lol. He just had to smile! :)

Family

Formal wear!Shall end off with a happy jumpshot! :D

Overall it was a good trip and I loved the shopping at Phuket! We only had 2-3 hours though and most of the shops sold very similar items. But I bought myself a very pretty silk pillow cover (which is my fave buy!) and that was enough to make my day! Haha along with a couple of t-shirts and tops... Thumpy bought 4 t-shirts, those with sick quotes printed on them. Hmm literally wearing his heart on his sleeve... (or rather, chest since the prints are in front, haha!)

Okay I'll update about Prom soon! :)

BYEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

And the holiday commences!

2009-11-28T00:54:00.006+08:00

Laptop is fixed! For real and hopefully for good (though let's not get overly complacent when it comes to technology).
I'm anticipating a return to very late nights due to excessive surfing of Internet nonsense.
Nonetheless, I'm happy! Can't say the weeks/perhaps months of borrowing Thumpy's laptop has been fast food. (i.e Convenient and easy, haha geddit? I am so lame! :D)

I suppose an update about my holidays so far is due. I don't have many pictures though so I'll keep it short and sweet. Just lines of words to remind myself I'm having fun before I inexorably think about how I've screwed up my A's.

23rd Nov: Last day of exams was Chem MCQ. I dyed my hair after! Don't ask me why, I've been toying with the idea for some time and I really felt like a drastic change after this intense, trying period.

Mummy was thankfully supportive and Thumpy got to benefit since second person got a discount of 50%! We both have brown hair now; he looks like a grizzly bear with a messed up furry head and I... hopefully look much better. I'm getting used to it already and it comes with the boon of new clothes and accessories! I've a new excuse now: "But a lot of my clothes don't match my new hair colour!!!" Haha.

24th Nov: First day of "freedom" was spent with Bestie! :) We hit town (ION, Wisma and Takashimaya) for much needed retail theraphy. We were so busy shopping, walking, talking, SHOPPING that we didn't think to take pictures! I did snap a photo of our cute doughtnuts from DunkinDoughnuts though! The smiley face is banana-flavoured!
It was a real fruitful day and I returned home with bags and bags of shopping! And a happy heart (

25th Nov:I met up with Hidayah for our long overdue chat over LJS breakfast! It was her suggestion and I have to say, LJS breakfast is surprisingly yummy! I have made mental plans to have it again soon, am already tempted as I type! ^^ We combed through most of JP (while chatting, of course) and I bought myself a new romper, among other little things here and there which amounted to a little fortune when I later did the math! =X

26th Nov: Another day of... (what else) shopping with YL jie this time! Thankfully the mall we chose (Yew Tee Point) was rather small and my spending was naturally restricted. I've no issues with small malls though, they're cosy and usually not as busy as the up-town areas... It was great finally seeing YL after 2-3 months. Exams are really dreadful obstacles shredding apart our social calendars...

27th Nov: Today, I caught New Moon with CWL, Jo and Thumpy! It was the first time I brought my brother along on an outing with my friends but I have to say, I think it turned out pretty much fine! Lame (and sometimes even rather sick) jokes galore! Haha boys will be boys; I'm refering to all 3 of them here! I think Carlisle Cullen (the dad, the benevolent doctor) is really charming! Even more appealing than the much-ga-gaed-over Edward Cullen. I've always found vampirism cool, I shall look to expand my Vampire Book horizons beyond Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse this holiday! Next up is the Vampire Dairies series. Have already downloaded the e-books! ;)

28th Nov to 2nd Dec: I'm going to be overseas from this Sunday onwards! Tomorrow, my cousins will be coming over to stay the night and on Sunday morning, we'll be going aboard SuperStar Virgo for a 3D2N cruise to Langkawi/Phuket! Its a family vacation involving the extended Teh clan with the exception of a few who can't make it. Won't be full attendance but I'm sure it'll be fun nonetheless! :) Shall be back on Wednesday, till then!

Interim Zone

2009-11-20T23:41:00.002+08:00

Ever so often in Life
We cannot but halt
In this empty void
After battles fought

The transition after
Ostensible eons of drone
Tiresome and worrisome:
This interim zone

Most sensible dread
With many a fret
Howbeit inconsequential
When all has been set

A-levels!

2009-10-28T04:26:00.001+08:00

Hmm what on earth am I doing here?

Okay. To make some sense of my post, good luck to everybody taking the ongoing O-levels!
And similarly, all the best to everybody going to take the A-levels!
In a matter of days! So, I have good reason to be frightened out of my darn wits.
Oh my golly goodness.
*blah blah blah*
Let's get all the rattling over and done with before my GP paper! :)

(NB: This short ramble is going to be posted as something to look back and laugh at when the A-levels are over and should definitely not be taken as a measure of my sanity. Haha!)

Goodbye!

Birthday Party!

2009-08-30T13:11:00.018+08:00

Here's a quick (as short and sweet as possible, haha) update about our (me and my lil' brother!) bunny-themed birthday party held just yesterday! Photos are already up on Facebook so this post is for the benefit of my friends without Facebook acounts, hehe! The party was a blast and we stayed up until 4am!! :D

Welcome to the party!
This is what you'll see when you first step in; a basket of party favors for the guest! I hand-packed all of them by myself so they're all filled up with loveee! :) There's a rabbit mooncake and rabbit sweets inside, yum!
These are the balloons Mummy surprised me with! I love the pastel colours! :)
Yay. Wearing my white bunny ears and birthday dress No. 1, holding my pretty balloons and being a very happy girl! :)
Bunny kitchen helpers! Haha so cool, their bunny ears match their outfits!
Adorable Carebear cupcakes!
The Carebear decorations are all either rings or toothpicks! I chose the red/pink one at the top right corner and Thumphy (lil' brother) chose the top left pink/purple one so i could have two rings! :D Haha, more cute childish accessories to add to my collection!
Me and the twins! :)
My bunny birthday cake!
Thumphy's chocolate cake!
With Mummy, our dear birthday party sponsor! Thank you!
Awww 2 adorable bunny babies eating birthday cake! :)
With my Chinese tutor since Primary School, Mrs Koh.
Mrs Koh's cute grandchild; haha she blew her very first balloon yesterday!
Introducing our maid, Lin, who made most of the dishes! :) If you notice, there are coloured papers pasted on the wall behind... They are from the drawing competition we held! Haha every child was supposed to draw a bunny and in the end, the best few walked away with cool bunny prizes! Winners were decided by voting with stickers (each guest gets 2)... Haha cute idea, right? :D
There were many other guests but I don't think I can spend another minute waiting for the photos to get uploaded so I'll just leave it as it is. More photos up on Facebook anyway and I think these here capture the main gist of it! :)

Oh wait, one more!
The cakes with lighted candles! And check out Thumphy's special fireworks candle! Hehe they said it was his canon's fire power! Hahaha geddit? ;P
Haha alright guess that sums up the yesterday! When all the guests had left, we (me, Thumphy, Kor and the twins) spent the wee hours of the morning at the playground, playing cards and watching a movie! And hence our sleeping time of 4+am, lol! Coming up are celebrations with friends, I shall be looking forward to them! :D

Surprise! :)

2009-08-19T00:07:00.005+08:00

Hmm its been more that a month since I last blogged!
Haha but laptop's been fixed so I decided to come by for a short post!

What I'm about to blog about definitely warrants a post (even disregarding GP Prelims tomorrow, haha)!

Its this!:

Teenage September 2009 Issue!
Haha now, everybody must be thinking I'm nuts to sacrifice sleep just to blog about a magazine that caters to ages I have gone way beyond (or so I like to think! :D) BUT we should never judge a book by its cover! (I'm not a fan of S.H.E, by the way) What's important is its content!

TA-DA!
Guess what this is?
Wheeee dearest Aisyah sent in a dedication for Hui Shan and I! It should'nt be too difficult to spot us, we're right smack in the middle of the photo (its blur, I know). Haha those good old choir days! That photo of us must have been taken when I was in like Secondary 3? Anyway, back to the point; thank you bestie for the lovely surprise... (it coincides with my birth month too! :D)

Okay that's it. I am aware I might be the only one getting all excited about this but its okay, blogs have always been self-indulgent! :P

Goodbye and all the best for prelims everyone! :)

Sam's birthday!

2009-07-14T21:21:00.005+08:00

Last Saturday evening/night was Sam's birthday celebration! I had a great deal of fun despite being the oldest by a rather large amount... but hey, age does not matter when the matter does not age, right? :D Hehe I think that's a nice phrase to use in birthday cards! Must have read it somewhere but I've forgotten where!

So anyway, bowling! It was sooo long since I last bowled and my score was very pathetic! Grrr. Next time, I'll bring my own ball instead of using the lousy house balls! (Hmm but well, its kinda obvious this is just an excuse to save my face, lol!)

The birthday cake! It was Oreomisu from Emicakes and I really liked the bottom part where all the Oreo bits were, yummy! :)

Group shots...

Its always difficult with little children around...

The older ones have to pose for ages, just waiting and smiling.

Ooh look, Thumpy is scolding Tiffy! Hehe so classiccccccc. And I have barely moved an inch, I must be the ultimate pro at waiting for the perfect picture! ;)

All together now, snap! :D

Okay I am going to strive to sleep before 12mn tonight, less than 2.5 hours away! I hope I can make it, I'm very sick of waking up feeling sapped of all my energy. Not to metion feeling extremely antsy and grumpy, like an OLD WOMAN! Horror oh horror! :'( So here's to youthful exuberance! I reiterate; age does not matter when the matter does not age!

*chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant chant*

FOOD :)

2009-07-07T23:37:00.014+08:00

I've always been one who eats to live (as opposed to "live to eat") but I've recently found a whole lot of photos of food on my camera and handphone! Hmm gluttony...

My pictures never do the food enough justice but anyway, in no chronological or whatsoever order, I've decided to post pictures of what I've been eating, hehe.

Toastbox
Oh this was just last Friday! :)
Milo Thick Toast and Traditional Kaya Toast! And I think that's a bit of the Laksa bowl shown at the top of the picture, hahaha...

It was my first time trying Toastbox and though the space was slightly crampy, the food was reasonably good and I like the old-fashioned coffee shop atmosphere, definitely more classy than any hawker centre or food court...

Fathers' Day 2009; Raffles Town Club Dining Room

Hmm this was slightly disppointing, I was really expecting much more from RTC as I've had brilliant meal experiences there but I guess due to it being busy on Fathers' Day, the food was served slowly, with great long intervals in between courses. Maybe they thought it would help us appreciate the food better but... not really a good idea when we were all feeling famished. It was quality time spent with the family but I can't help thinking of the good money wasted on service not quite as worth it.

Menu for the night! I didn't take photos of all the courses but those I like more are up!

Oven-baked Lamb Ribs

Snail Soup with Vermouth; wheeee I think this was the highlight of the dinner! It was surprisingly very yummy and I think I even prefer it to my all-time-fave cream of chicken! I was apprehensive about trying it but I'm so glad I did! If anything, this saved the the day/night and made the waiting worth it! Haha I should give escargots a try someday! :)

Beef Tenderloin laced with Wild Mushroom Sauce; this is one of the rare times I actually complained the serving was much too small! Oh wells that's just the way fine dining is... Probably some tatic about always leaving you wanting more? :D Hehe.

Dessert; Chocolate Cake with Caramelized Coffee Sauce

This was just average... but that's coming from somebody who really prefers ice cream to cake for dessert so don't think my word for it. Haha.

Also served with the meal was sparkling wine! I was a little thrilled (hmm I do realise I sound very amatuer) to hear this since I've never had a whole wine flute to myself ever (with the exception of a wedding here and there) but the adults said it was of lower quality than they're used to. I found it just fine but then again, I don't have anything to compare it to, do I? Lol.
Wheehee! :)

Icing Room Mini Cake

This was done mainly to humour my sister, not for any special occasion. She attempted to draw a yellow heart but failed so I made it a smiley face! Haha its a simple design but I think its cute... Its not shown on the picture but on the side of the cake is my sister's name, flower and big pink and red hearts. I did the more complicated parts of the decoration so it was a shared effort! :)

Bakerzin

New York Cheesecake! Mmmm. I know I said I'm not a cake kinda person but this is heavenly! My whole family has a craze about this cake and during the month of June, there was a 50% offer on this, making it ultra affordable and very worth it! We bought like 3 whole cakes coz we thought it was gonna go back to its original price once July started... But guess what? Bakerzin is still having promotion for this cake! For the month of July, its going at 60% off! (Haha my gosh, I'm like doing free advertising for them!) So we bought another whole cake just a few days ago.

Bakerzin Ice Cream!

Vanilla, Rum & Raisin and Caramel.

The Caramel was actually quite bitter, I didnt like it at all...

But Vanilla was smooth and creamy while the Rum & Raisin was yum-yum! Always can bank on my fave flavours! :D Ooh and the meringue sticks were like little bits of happiness melting on my tongue... Lol what chessy/corny phrasing!

Okay the end of this lengthy foodie update! I actually have more pictures of food stored away, can't really believe it...but there's no time for me to post them up now. So I'll just make do with the better of the lot! :)

X-box, please!

2009-07-03T00:16:00.006+08:00

H2 mid-years are over, yay! :)
Thanks friends (you know who you are!) for the almost daily good luck messages and all, they helped boost my morale a lot! Well my human geography went mighty horrible, goshhh. And there were some other tough aspects of mid-years but they're over so time for a mini break! (Oh man H1 papers are so very spoiler!)

Anyway, I spent a significant portion of today reminiscing about the good old X-box days when I had the luxury to really playyyy. I don't know how I got to all of a sudden thinking about it but since it broke down, my gaming days have never been the same! Boohoo. (Not that I was very pro to begin with though, haha!)

This is quite strange since I don't ever remember playing to the extent of being even mildy addicted... Hmm okay maybe at a certain point of time but that was ages ago! I think it must be those darn A-levels, its making me think of everything I can't have right here, right now. Sigh! I want to get the X-box fixed! (Well not now, but maybe at the end of year!)

So anyway, I downloaded the soundtrack of several songs from DOA Beach Volleyball (my fave X-box game! :D) and well, its not really helping the yearning. Lol. By the way, I think I like this game for all the RIGHT reasons okay! I'm sure its not just the guys who enjoy this game, hehe. It is rather much of a girly-girl game, to be frank. My favourite players are Leifang and Hitomi! :) Hitomi's the one on the left in the picture!

Since I've gotten into the mood, here's another game I used to like! Kungfu Chaos! Graphics are rather childish but nonetheless really cute! I usually choose the monkey as my player because I think he's got the coolest moves, haha! Or there was this pink girl with a blonde poytail, some special character you have to unlock... I like choosing her since I like pink, haha! Gosh I can still vividly remember some of the battle scenes!

Oh and there was Halo too but I did'nt really enjoy that as much, I'm never good at those shooting hide and seek games... When I did play, it was usually under handicap or with the condition that nobody else who was playing (mostly cousins or my brother) was allowed to kill me, lol!

Haha I guess anybody can tell how looooong the X-box has been spoilt by looking at just how outdated the games I'm missing are! Oh man I really hope the X-box gets fixed soon, I don't even see it around anymore! Hmm I wonder where's it's kept away, haha... Oh well, those good old X-box days... May new X-box days come soon! :D

For now, it's the A-level hurdle! Eeks.

CDC Farewell Party 2009!

2009-06-03T13:33:00.005+08:00

CDC Farewell Party on 27th May 2009! :)

I decided I'll just post a few pictures here! (And maybe the rest up on Facebook, if I have the time...) It was overall a really fun day! I could tell the J1s did put in a lot of effort so yay, I think CDC is in very good hands! :D

The yummy food! Rather pretty presentation too!
Helping out with the Decorations; blowing balloons!

With Mr. Lee who took such good care of us! :)

As a whole mixed group; some J1s and some J2s!

Monday was Movie Day with Bestie! I find it hard to believe but this is the very first movie we've watched together (at the cinema, that is) since the start of our friendship 5 years ago! Night at the Museum 2; it was quite humourous but the duration of the movie was pretty short... I thought the storyline was cute but nothing really special (same old "villian wants to take over the world but hero saves the day" plot)... Not that I didn't enjoy myself though! Time spent with Bestie is always good! :D

And there was this crazy guy sitting in front of us who laughed in a really funny and very loud way, we found that amusing so it kinda added to the value of the ticket we bought, haha!

Oh and happy 18th birthday to Juanita (4th June)!
I shall look forward to the celebration as a big group after school tomorrow, haha! :)

JJ Talentime 2009!

2009-05-25T20:08:00.009+08:00

Yay time to post about last Saturday's highlight; JJ Talentime 2009! :D
This year, nobody I personally know took part but the performances were entertaining and I got to spend time with everyone! :)

Let's start off with a touristy shot; Me, Pei Fang and Juanita.
With some artsy piece outside the auditorium which I very highly doubt any of us know the significance of, anyway. Or is it just me and my lousy general knowledge? Lol.

Inside! Bee Suan, Yennyboo, Yu Kai, Ee Suan and Me!
Yeah I'm aware I'm clearly the shortest without my school shoe's aid! :(

Yay my guest for the day; PF! Thank you for taking time off your busy project schedule to come watch Talentime with me! I really hope you didn't feel out of place or anything! :)

With Yennyboo! She edited this picture, haha!

Secondary school buddies; Grace and Mei Xiu!

The half of small clique who went; Juanita, Me and Juangy!

We didn't get to meet Tiffy to take pictures but she did a great job at AVAC! :D

A picture of all the contestants on stage, all raring to go! The grand prize of $1000 went to a talented dance group! Though there were a few exceptions, the singers this year paled in comparison, I think.

The whole group of us from 08A02 who went!

Top Row: Lee Ming, Juangy, Juanita, Yennyboo, Alyssa, Yu Kai

Bottom Row: Me, Bee Suan, Ee Suan, Xian Mei

To end it off, a nicely edited shot (credit of Yennyboo again, who else? :D) of those who went to KAP Mac for supper!

Haha the $2.70 ticket proved to be extremely worth it, yay! I really enjoyed myself and the day was filled with laughter and jokes almost continously. Though not during the performances, of course... Our group make a cultured audience, hehehe.

Alright next event to look forward to would be this Wednesday's CDC Farewell Party! We J2s got the invites today and I must say, they're quite pretty! More updates soon! :)

Byeeeeeeee.

My special family!

2009-05-19T20:25:00.002+08:00

Just to post about something I find really funny (and cute!!):

We just re-painted the bathroom ceilings in my parents' bedroom so there has been a terrible "paint-smell" for the past few days. So look what they came up with? Haha they brought the bed out to the living room! :D

Last night was spent as a whole family watching TV on the mattress until the wee hours (like 1am!), haha! :) Oh and that's my brother playing games on his laptop at the sofa... Lol.

I can't wait for Talentime this Saturday, the ticket prices have been falling drastically. From $10 to $8 to $4 to now the special price of 3 for $8! Which means each ticket costs only $2.70! Haha yay. I'll use this Saturday as motivation to get through the rest of this week!

Bye-bye!

I love long weekends!

2009-05-10T20:39:00.006+08:00

HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY! :)
Mummy's not in Singapore now but we've called her already!
And yay, I'm so glad tomorrow is a holiday!

Short post!

Look at my cute little beansprouts! :) Oh and the backdrop is coincidentally Hello Kitty, haha! I'm not as crazy over Hello Kitty already, really!!! I need to revamp my room!
I met up with YL jie yesterday! :) We were intending to study but forgot the library would be closed! Awww. Though I think the chatting session at the library cafe was great! Would'nt have been able to talk as much had the library been open, lol. So anyway, we shopped for a while at JP before going to CDANS! That place still smells the same and it reminded me of swimming lessons in lower secondary, haha... YL jie has been dilligently doing all her tutorials with 100% effort, keep it up! I should learn from you! :)

Toilet mirror picture again! :D

Okay bye-bye!

Sneezy Sunday

2009-05-03T17:32:00.005+08:00

Here's introducing my cute little virtual pet! :)

I don't play Pet Society all that often anymore though, it gets really boring once the novelty wears off. But my little bunny is adorable, right? :D

Today's a very sneezy day coz I've been cleaning out all of my old stuff! For some strange reason, dust accumulates really fast in my room and since I've not done such thorough cleaning for ages, I've discovered heaps and mountains of dust (not to mention an ant's nest as well?!?!) since starting about 2 hours ago. My kind maid has been helping me combat the dust by constantly wiping around but I've still been sneezing a lot! Geeezzz.

Alright enough of whining and off I return to cleaning, dusting and sneezing...

Girls' Day Out!

2009-04-26T12:50:00.008+08:00

SATURDAY GIRLS' DAY OUT AT TOWN! :D
Hmm so just how many hours did we spend on travelling alone? Haha.
On a very happy note, I finally broke the spell of constantly meeting up at Jurong Point! ;)

Travel buddies for the day! :)
At the super-princessy dressing room! Everything was pink, I likeeeee! Hahaha.

On the way to the flea! Taken by our photographer, Yennyboo!

5 happy girls after half a day of shopping! :) We continued until it was night, haha!

Oh and just because I've no time to elaborate on this post definitely does not equate to the day not being fun enough! I had truckloads of fun of laughter! We should have another retail theraphy session like this soon! :) Recession = sales almost everywhere!

Long weekend coming up!

Outings! :)

2009-04-21T21:24:00.008+08:00

Happy 18th birthday in advance to Grace (22nd April)!
Doubt I'll have time to post tomorrow considering it'll be CDC J1 ex-co interviews! Hope we'll discover a least a handful with good potential! :D Anyway, last Sunday, we celebrated Grace's birthday! I went to Jurong Point again... Haha we ate at one of the outlets in the chain of Japanese restaurants and I thought it was really over-priced!

Here's what I ate:
I ate lunch before leaving home so wasn't feeling all that hungry.
I felt "cheated" coz the drink cost me $2.20! I know its not a lot but I could get 2 (maybe more) cans of the drink for that price! I wasn't even thirsty and could have very well done without it. *whines* Oh wells it's the company that matters! :)
This was dessert! I got really tickled when Lorraine asked me: "How come they serve fried chicken with the ice cream?"! Hahaha. Its actually 2 (small!) pieces of fried banana. At $5.90, this wasn't very worth it as well... I shall refrain from eating there again, no value for money.

Nobody was keen on taking group photos but here are 2 shots of Cas, Mei Xiu and I! At the toilet, haha.

Cassandra.Me.Mei Xiu

***

Last Thursday, JJ Clique made it a point to have lunch together! We went to Jurong Point (Oh no its becoming the place I go for every single outing!) It was with collective wisdom that we agreed to choose something more economical and ultimately, we decided on Delifrance where they have student meals at just $5.90! :)

Tiffy.Juanita.Me
Juangy.Gen.AnYu

It was lovely bonding time spent together and I laughed until my spine (haha I dont really why?) hurt a lot! The hour or so spent at delifrance passed by really quickly and our meal was followed by discussing products at Body Shop, buying hair accessories and just window shopping! Oh and I signed up for the Body Shop membership card so anybody who needs it can now borrow it from me! :)

Alright, goodbye!

Civil Defence Club!

2009-04-18T10:57:00.012+08:00

Yay its Saturday! :)
And I finally have some time to clear my backlog of photos!

Quite some time ago, I was involved in the Bishan MRT shelter open house. It was pretty much an enriching experience although only the site briefing and actual day was enjoyable. Honestly, I had to struggle hard not to fall asleep during all the other briefings... but I did know my duties and roles well okay! :D

Photos!
Bishan Mrt seat! Haha I'm not the only one who took a picture of this so its not lame!
On the actual day, we wore our red CDC shirts. Me and Juanita posing at my station; more about it soon! :)

With Zhi Long who came over after his ushering duties!

My personal fave station! :D I served as a presenter at the 'Dry Toilet System' station. The name's probably a slight turn-off but truly, this station is the most intriguing and interesting! With cute "props" too! I was holding this diaper-like thingy (known as an absorbant bag) which is not just for toddlers but for everybody who needs to use the toilet during times of emergency when they're all locked up and kept safe within the shelter.

The female dry toilet, in a sweet shade of pink! In the box are the hygiene packages which contain: wet tissue, dry tissue, the absorbant bag and a trash bag also with instructions printed on it. These little toilet bowls (haha) are sturdy enough to cater to fully grown adults although they do look like those in kindergardens, don't they?

The male toilet is in baby blue!

All in all, it was rather educational and I had a great deal of fun presenting to all the cute little children who came by! I think I even still remember my script since most of it is typed above. Haha coooooooool... :)

Below are pictures taken at the site briefing the day before the actual event!

Steph, Sophia and Me with the ventilation duct! This was another station... 2 stations before mine, I think. Haha.

The ventilation duct was literally cool to touch! Even Mr. Lee joined in for this photo! :)

And here is the cutest (and most sporting!) teacher-in-charge we could ever have! :D

To end off this post, here's a group photo of all the presenters. Sadly, the ushers didn't go for the site briefing and we didn't have time to take a full group shot on the actual day...

Alright busy weekend ahead, bye!

Aisyah's 18th + Good Friday!

2009-04-10T20:53:00.004+08:00

Today; HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY TO DEAREST AISYAH! :D
Happy 18th to Xing Yu on the 9th (yesterday) too!
Haha everybody around me is turning 18 & legal already...

*Hope you enjoyed yourself! Although we didn't have much time to chat (Haha but besties will never be able to talk enough, right?), it was greaaaat getting to spend time together on your special day! :D Miss you already, haha! Today, we had Mac breakfast (Uh-oh, again!!!) before heading out to Jurong Point. I initially wanted to hit town or something but Aisyah wanted to explore JP and oh wells, must accede to birthday girl's request! :D In any case, our trip out today was restricted by time! :( She had her house party to rush for while I had plans to go for a musical with Grace and Wei Jian... Not that the musical was not fun though! :) Gosh it felt really great being able to get some girly shopping done, haha! We both got new accessories, yay! :D

Us posing with her presents! We got a nice lady who just happened to be waiting for the lift to help us take this picture! :)

Oh and thanks for the cute keychain & letter! I'm blessed with ultra sweet friends! Lol receiving presents even though its not my birthday sure is something I could get used to! :P

Hmm the rest of my Good Friday... Grace invited Wei Jian and I to her church's musical and it was just as good/entertaining/inspiring as I expected! There was a fair deal of humour and the story was portrayed really well! :) One downside was that it was raining really heavily and my shoes got utterly soaked despite the short distance we walked after we got out of the car... I had to discreetly remove my shoes during the musical, haha! Thank goodness they were completely dried by the end of it! :D

Oh and I was fiddling with Wei Jian's Ipod touch and oh man, I feel so tempted to get one of my own! I've never really been attracted to Ipods but this one is really multi-purpose! Maybe I just like the novelty of touch-screen games/books though... Haha I like the villager game best; I want to make cute little babies out of mud too! So funny-adorable.

p/s: The pictures for both our old and new EZlinks did not change so I saw no point in keeping my old card. Which just means, all that Macdonals I ate was in vain! :( The money in my old EZlink (which could well have been transfered over!) was merely exchanged for a load of transfat, drats!

Okay happy good friday; hope it was excellent and not just good! :)

Daiso Trip! :) + Mac Binge! :(

2009-04-07T19:54:00.002+08:00

* Hello I've alot of CCA (the MRT shelter open house!) pictures to share but for today, just a mini update!

Monday! 060409

Whee see the picture we took while posing with Singa! Haha hope I got the name right! There are now several figures of him placed around IMM! I think I saw 3?

Anyway, Monday was a trip to IMM with my Daiso buddy, Yennyboo! :) I enjoyed myself browsing through the shelves of cool stuff but we felt kinda giddy at times; there was just so much to absorb! Haha. I bought a denim-coloured storage pocket thingy for my accessories so everything shall be organised proper now, yay! :D

I've been eating a whole lot of Macdonald's these days, can't stand how unhealthy it is! But so very sadly, its the only other thing besides transport I can spend my EZlink card money on and I want to keep my old card so all the money must be spent before tomorrow! & I still have $2 left despite having gone on some crazy Mac binge! :(

Tomorrow's the day we trade in our old EZlink cards for the newer version and while I do know the value gets transfered, it won't if I'm going to claim I lost my old card in order to keep it for sentimental value.

Hmm I wonder if the above gets my point across clearly but oh wells I just needed to use as much of the remaining value as possible hence my series of Mac meals... Hahaha.

Alright shall update again soon, last weekend's CCA event was great fun!

Bye-bye!

Yu Loon's 18th birthday! <3

2009-04-02T19:11:00.007+08:00

Today is a day of drastic mixed emotions! Alright let's get over and done with the sad part first...

The big glaring point is, I got rejected for blood donation. Again. It feels more disappointing this time round coz I really put in the effort! I was weighing myself so often, to the extent my maid probably thought I was on some extensive weight loss programme. (She's not wrong though, just that it's the complete opposite!)

I'm not blaming the nurses or anyone else at all though, I understand 100% fully that its for my own good... < Haha this shows that I'm thinking rationally and am not obsessed with donating blood! What I don't get is why my body keeps rejecting my mind's wishes!!! Body, I am so utterly disappointed in your capacity! GRRR. Maybe I should just divert my wishes to hoping those who can actually donate be less apathetic to blood donation and more brave in facing the needle! :)

It's just not the same though; I'VE been wanting to donate since a whole year ago!Okay I don't really want/feel like saying more more, I guess...
Just, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! :( Sucky day.

Still, thanks to today being a very special day, I guess the negative emotions were somewhat offset!
Moving on to the happy part; HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY TO DEAREST YL! :D
On Tuesday, we met up at Jurong Point after school for lunch, catch-up and some shopping! I was physically tired (what's new?) but seeing her did brighten me up! Hehe I really hope you like all the presents and my card! :)

Pictures:
Under her suggestion, we very daringly took pictures at this mirror right smack in the middle of JP... (luckily not blocking human traffic though; we're considerate people!) Hahaha.

Haha my very sweet friend also surprised me with a little gift; a really cute wooden bunny along with my letter! I felt soooo "guilty" coz afterall, it's not my birthday! Hmph somebody just cannot sit back and enjoy being princess of the day...but thank you! <3

Hehe I hope your birthday today was as special as it should be! Since my day was so downright depressing, may your's be UPright delightful! Thank you for being caring, understanding and encouraging to the max! I hope you already know I'll forever & always be here for you! :) Haha and as promised, I'm going to call you soon! :D

Alright that sums up today, byeeeeeeee!
TGIF tomorrow, yay!

April Fool's!

2009-04-01T20:31:00.002+08:00

HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!

Today was pretty uneventful for a day proclaimed to be for jokes and pranks... The class had fun during GP though, haha! ;) Oh wells guess we're all grown up and proper now! Hehe.

I had Jack's Place for dinner! All part of preparation for blood donation tomorrow! :D It's not 100% confirmed I will be able to donate (darn minimum weight!) but I'm really crossing my fingers. These few days, I've also been working on telling myself that it won't hurt much and I'm now almost completely self-convinced, hehe... I do know whatever pain there will be is worth it though! :) WISH ME LUCK!

My dinner today:
Red meat to increase my blood's iron content! I also finished all my peas, something I rarely do!

Alright I intend to blog again tomorrow to share the details of the donation drive AND also because it's a very special day! So, shall stop here for now. Goodbye! Haha.

Earth Day 2009

2009-03-28T14:28:00.002+08:00

The first week of the term's now over! :)
It was taxing and busy especially thanks to CCA but I'm glad I survived...
I wanted to blog one "achievement" (unfortunately not academic-related) this week!

On Wednesday, I made my first (and probably last, lol) announcement over the school's PA system! I thought it was pretty cool coz I could kinda-sorta hear my own voice being projected even while I was speaking! :D Haha okay so this is probably no big deal to any other person but I'm such a loser (nah I'm not really) so that minute or so was like the highlight of my week!

After Geography test yesterday, we walked out of class to a rather pretty sight! I never knew the trees in the school compound actually bloomed! There were yellow flowers (of whatever name or species, I don't know) trailing down from above! I tired to capture a nice shot of Nature but my lousy camera always fails me! I had to edit the contrast of the picture below just to bring out the yellow flowers against the green leaves... Then it's not all that natural anymore, zzz!

Look at the pretty flowers! Though come to think of it, I don't remember the air smelling any sweeter than ordinary. Hmm haha.

On the same topic of Mother Nature, today's Earth Day 2009! :) We're supposed to switch off all our lights (along with other electrical appliances, I presume) from 8:30-9:30pm tonight... Yay I shall do my part for the environment!

Tomorrow's Sports Carnival at school and I've to report for first aid duty! I hope it'll be fun but guess I've learnt from past first aid duty experiences not to harbour too high hopes, lol. It might be different when you're able to witness all the action from the grandstand (that's where we'll be located) though! :)

Okay bye-bye!

March Holiday Post!

2009-03-19T18:32:00.006+08:00

Happy 18th to Wei Jian today! :)

My last post was about the commence of the holidays; this one is to lament how quickly it has flown past!!! I probably can't deny I didn't expect this fast pace but still, boohoo! School again, really soon. *sad face*

18th March 2009;
My morning was spent with PF at the library! I did study a little while she read her novel... It's not easy to concentrate when: 1) your dear study mate's literature is so much more interesting than what's on your to-do list and 2) the playground (nicer than the ones for kiddos!) outside is beckoning you like crazy! Haha I did (kinda) finish my tasks before venturing out in the hot sun to play though! :) We didn't get to try the hammock so there'll be a next time!

Oh and we actually spent approx. 3 WHOLE HOURS at some random Japanese hardware shop, I still can't believe it, lol. It's just not what typical teenage ages shop for... Haha.

Evening time was reserved for Brother Kwek's chalet birthday party! It was held at CDANS and I think the venue was pretty nice and cosy...the only downside being the frightening amount of mozzies there, I guess. There was also a playground there, with swings! :D

Some pictures...

People (coz not just kiddos, haha!) at play:
Admist bubbles!

I like the bubble effect; my sister chasing the maid! :)

At the estimated time of 7:15pm, I went to find Juangy at the shooting range! It looked really cool; hmm maybe I'll give shooting a shot (haha pun intended!) one day... :)

Alright I should really go off and enjoy the little bit of the holidays left now! BYEEEEEEEEEEE.

March Holidays

2009-03-14T20:07:00.009+08:00

Hello, March Holidays! :)
I can't describe how happy I am that the holidays are upon us! (though no doubt with a fair amount of homework, ahh!) I spent the first day of this week-long holiday lazing about in my own room and reading a few novels I didn't get to during school term... Yay, really.

8th March 2009; Birthday Celebrations!
The birthday girl and birthday boy; Lorraine and Wei Jian! :)
Group Photo! Lorraine was the photographer, I think. Haha.
We ate at Pepper Lunch and the catch-up session was short but nonetheless enjoyable!

13th March 2009; Sports Meet!
Hmm Bikila won overall champion! :) I was not present to witness any events though. I was sent out to buy first aid materials especially Deep Heat Spray which is always in demand during Sports Meet... Haha. I think my time was spent much more productively that way though, I would have made a rather passive spectator, not much fun since nobody I really know was taking part. Lol...

Plus, it was nice getting to admire the pretty sky yesterday! The clouds were fluffy and the sky was real blue! :)
I guess the next highlight came after Sports Day; Juang and I went to rebond our hair together! It was a lovely experience spending that 4+ hours with a friend instead of my mum for a change! All that time for girly chat was superrrr nice! :D I don't want to post pictures of the process though, we looked funny with our hair in the steamer thingy, lol!

*Oh and I realise my blog skin is still the Christmas one! I think I'm just going to leave it as it is, lol. CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ALL YEAR ROUND! :D

BYE. Enjoy the holidays, everyone! :)

POINTLESS BLOG POST HAHAHAHAHA

2009-03-06T22:01:00.008+08:00

Phew this week is finally over! But, I'm not looking forward to the next and the weekends provide little consolation this time! :( I SHALL MUSTER ALL MY OPTIMISM! :D

Hmm okay there is really nothing happy I can think about regarding this past week (Lol this sounds very depressing but it's not actually all that bad! Haha.) so I shall do a backtrack of events!

22nd Feb 2009; SCDF Telematch!

I no longer remember much of the details except it was blistering hot and my happiest moment that day was when I saw PF's CUTE little face peeping out from the huge crowd! (Haha are you feeling touched? :P It's true though!)

Below is a snapshot of the last telematch game! Took weeks to plan but in the end, the game only lasted a few mere minutes! Haha not sure if it was worth it... Just hope everybody had fun, I guess? :)

PF and her family! Haha thanks for coming down! :))))
And don't I look silly with one sleeve rolled up like that?! Sheesh the sleeves are just too long!

Gathering at Mei Xiu's House!

Hmm this was superrr loooongg agoooo (like during CNY?) but I just feel like posting the pictures up, haha.

Second Row: Wei Jian, Grace, Audrey, Joanna

First Row: Belinda, Mei Xiu, Lorraine, ME

*Cassandra missing since she ran away before this picture was taken! =/

Hmm I remember playing mahjong, chatting, eating and drinking.

I don't know what else.

Oh man I have a feeling this blog post is doing nothing but showcasing my lousy vocab so goodbye!

DRAMAFEST 2009!

2009-02-28T15:42:00.017+08:00

FINALLY, DRAMAFEST 2009!!!
(and a proper blog post at last!)

After all those days spent planning the script, choosing the cast, making the props...

The dozens of hours we spent rehearsing towards perfection...
On 20th February 2009, the day finally came for us to showcase 08A02's play! :)

It was a day of much rush but I guess it's all part of the GREAT excitement that came with it... Our play's title was "Love, Forbidden" and is adapted from one of our current Lit texts, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I played an ANGEL with Gen! It was super fun trying to make ourselves look angelic, haha!

ANGELS vs DEVILS!
Scene 3b will always be remembered!
"Awww Estella, he's so sweet."
"Estella, listen to your heart!"
"No, Estella! Don't. Hurt. Him!"
See, the lines are all embedded in my memory...

Haha posed picture! Is my frightened face really like that? LOL.

Our extremely capable Assistant Director (Anyu) and Director (Lee Ming) without whom I don't think pulling off this play would have been possible...
Me, YenSze, Gen.

Me, BeeSuan, Gen.

Haha with 08A02's very scary BEST ACTRESS!

Sangee as Miss Havisham was perfect! :D

Mr Wangyal, Hong Yu (Pip!), Me, Sangeeee.

Haha Mr Wangyal made things somehow easier with all his drink treats!

Hong Yu is yet another example that goes to show how our casting was really goooood. Hehe.

Me, Hendy, Kelman, Gen.

Flying angels!

Me and Gen with Woon Shin as the arrogant Drummle. Hmm I don't mean to keep praising 08A02's casting skills but I think Woon Shin was made for his role! Haha.

Me, Juang, Gen.

Juang was our Stage Manager! A very capable one too! :D

One should really never underestimate how tedious planning all those behind-the-scenes movements is! =X

The actual day crowd!One big disappointment of the day, seriously. I was at first quite delighted with the turn-up (a lot more than what I expected) but I wish they had been more cultured. Can't blame all of them, of course. I feel slightly bad complaining (not really my place, I KNOW.) but there were a few really rude and noisy ones! :(
Oh wells. Nevertheless, the day was still really wonderful, all thanks to our class spirit and the effort all the Literature classes (H1/H2) + teachers put in! :)))

To end it off, a final picture of 08A02. CLASS EFFORT!

Rainbow at my window...

2009-02-25T21:56:00.003+08:00

Just a short post now, in a bid to add some colour (literally!) to my dying blog!
Check out this pretty shot! :)
My mummy took it using her handphone from my bedroom window.
Apparently, it occured while I was in school so I missed seeing it but it's really beautiful, isn't it?

I'll update again soon, lotsa DramaFest2009 pictures to share! :D
For now, bye!

V-day 2009.

2009-02-15T00:32:00.001+08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! :)

Seasons Chrysanthemum Tea!

2009-02-07T14:20:00.009+08:00

Bad news: I was starting to feel feverish and weak yesterday at school.

Good news: I've since discovered a great health drink; Seasons Chrysanthemum Tea!
It didn't stop my illness totally but I strongly believe that it was because I drank 2 whole bottles of it that I didn't succuumb to my fever/flu/sore thoat until after school! I bought it from the school's vending machine and felt instantly better after drinking just a little of it...

Thanks to this great, marvellous, magnificent, wonderful drink! :) I even managed to run 3 runs around the track and complete all my excercises during PC before really running a temperature!

So everybody, do try drinking this the next time you feel like you're about to fall sick! It may just help you postpone it!

Yay I'm now an advocate of Chrysanthemum Tea! Hehe.
I have no idea why the Internet does not carry proper pictures of the great Seasons Chrysanthemum Tea! So oh wells, I've posted a picture of the flower instead! :)

CNY pictures, at last!
I realise I didn't take as many as I thought and since its already been so long ago, I shall just post up a few...

Mummy's homemade yusheng, always something to look forward to! I think this is a whole lot better than the storebought versions... Really! Look at the yummy salmon sashimi! :D

As usual, reunion dinner at my cousins' place. That's my grandfather in the picture; all eager to begin the meal! Haha.

My Happy Family!

Me and Mummy!

I took a picture with my maid too; she was wearing the new year t-shirt my mother bought for her! :)

Alright then... Now, I shall return to my cosy bed and recuperate like a good girl should! :)

By the way, I have to take 4 different types of pills! :(

Trip to BBSS and IMM! :)

2009-01-29T18:03:00.007+08:00

Hello! I decided to post once more before I upload my CNY pictures! :)
I should clear these before I blog about my CNY 2009!

Trip to BBSS

Quite some time ago, the day before CNY holidays started, I went back to visit BBSS with Aisyah! It was a really enjoyable trip because not only did we meet Hui Shan and Clara, we got to explore the new school! It’s been renovated really nicely and I’m extremely envious of those still in BBSS! My batch missed being to enjoy the new facilities by about 2 years! The school even has lifts now... although of course the students are not allowed to use them, haha.

Here’s a picture of us in the new toilet! I found even the toilet appealing, lol! :D
Me and Aisyah in the hall!

Fish Spa!

Some time back as well, I went to try the Fish Spa Therapy with my mother and sister! It was a pretty interesting experience although I felt a bit squeamish about letting the fish nibble at my feet! Well, the verdict is that it does not hurt one bit but it’s really ticklish and takes a few minutes to get used to! Hehe. Our feet were all really smooth after that! :)

Haha still looks abit "ewww" to me! =X

Alright then, I'll keep this post short! Shall update about CNY once I have more spare time! :)

50th Wedding Anniversary

2009-01-23T21:47:00.010+08:00

Whoopee! Time to post on my paternal grandparents' 50th Anniversary. I've sorted out the photos and chosen a few nice ones to share! I can't post up all the pictures, it'll take me much too long! =/

Firstly, the birthday cake! It was coffee-flavoured. Although I didn't quite like it (probably wasn't sweet enough =P), the older generation really enjoyed it! :)

And in any case, all who were present were already basking in the everlasting sweetness of a 50-year marriage! Haha so cheeeeeesy. It's true though... Spending that day together as an entire Teh Clan made me look forward to planning the 50th Wedding Anniversary of my own parents... *dreamy faraway look into that day, a few decades away* Haha!

Everybody was really dressed up! It was like a small-scale prom with attendess of varying ages! Here's my dashing little cousin, wearing his Dad's jacket. Awww he's looking all manly and grown-up, so cute! :D

Me, Vin Nee and Yan. Haha look at Vin's blissful face! By the way, the weird positions of our lips are actually supposed to be kissing pouts! Sigh, how very telling of our inexperience! Hehe.

Kel Lee, Me, Mummy and Vin Nee. Kel Lee and Vin Nee are my twin cousins!

Me and my sister (that's my eldest Aunt at the back) Behind us is the Karaoke system. I really enjoyed listening to my uncles and aunties croon the night away. Some were really sporting and it really lightened everybody's spirits! :)

Oh man Loong looks so sullen taking a picture with me! :( He's so cute and chubby though!

Ahhh at every family function involving the entire Teh Clan, there's bound to be height comparison! I've been eliminated from such activity since the height difference is significant (ZZZ!) but here's a picture of my brother and cousin, Jay, while they were comapring height! Can you see how they're trying to stretch their bodies as loooong as possible? Lol!

Alright to end off this post, here's 2 pictures of my family and my paternal grandparents! They're not very clear as they were taken with handphones (The actual ones taken by the professional photographer are not with me yet.) but I think we look reasonably organised! In fact, if we had been more poised, don't you think we would have looked like the cover of some Hong Kong drama serial?! So cool! :)

Hmm I think I want to be the mean character, the one who goes pretending to be nice an secretly plotting evil plans! Hehehe. Although since good always triumphs over evil, it'll still be best to play the kind-hearted one! :)

Okie doke sorry for lack of detail! Just know it was a huge highlight of my holidays and a day of warmth and love, exactly as it should have been! :)

School!

2009-01-19T21:49:00.004+08:00

It's been a whole week since school started but I'm still not back in the studying mood! :(
However, I don't want to go on a blogging hiatus so soon, that's why I'm back! :D

Naturally, I should be blogging about my paternal grandparents' 50th Wedding Anniversary since it was the last really big event but I'm really much too tired to embark on uploading the ton of pictures! I'll just post some random pictures first? Hehe.

At IMM with Mummy and Sis! :)
When we got there, we saw this 2 mascots and my sister kept laughing!
Me and Juang after our surprisingly fun CS lesson today! I seriously hope the other CS lessons to come will be just as entertaining! Anyway, we made mandarin oranges and a fish today! :) My fish has a huge mouth, if you notice.

Okay end of my short update... I don't really feel like blogging, just knowing there's school again tomorrow. Oh no! =/ Bye!

Random-random

2009-01-09T04:50:00.006+08:00

Oh my goodness! I am never again going to a 10-hour First Aid duty with my music player out of battery! It's very torturous when there's nothing left to play/talk about/ do and I have learnt my lesson... I couldn't get to sleep the night before and had to listen to something. So, I guess my player's "Idle Shut-Down" mode is switched off when I'm listening to the radio instead of my songs? That's how it went from full batt (I always charge it before First Aid duties) to zilch! :(

Okay I'm going to Malaysia tomorrow! It'll be a celebration dinner for my paternal grandparent's 50th Wedding anniversary! Cool, right? :) Too many divorces these days! I'm really looking forward to the dinner, will post pictures soon!

This is the Hong Kong drama my family has just finished!
Without me, I'm last this time. (I'm only at around Episode 20 out of 40)
Despie a few saddening moments, this show is really great! :) There just always has to be drama to spice things up a little...

2009!

2009-01-03T00:31:00.005+08:00

It's the new year! :)
HAPPY 2009!
I must be quite silly. I spent some part of 1st January, wondering if I really didn't have school on the 2nd. Hahaha and boy, was I relieved to find out (with the help of the year timetable the school provided us with) that we really only start school on the 12th! :D But, I have CCA! Hmm-hmmm.

Is it already customary to list new year resolutions on our blogs? Okay for 2009, I'll just try my best to be a good friend, daughter, sister, student, female (haha) and person. I am too lazy to type out all of my expectations. Oh I know! I shall hope that for 2010's resolutions, I will not be lazy and will list everything like a disciplined young lady! :)

Okay now, I am going to clean up my room; it has already remained messy from 2008 to 2009! Plus, I feel rather crabby! I don't know why, I must be going mad. So, I will go hide in a corner and purposefully forget all about tidying my room... Hehe.

p/s: I need a new blogskin soon, help!

Genting! :)

2008-12-30T14:59:00.018+08:00

I'm back to post on how I spent my Christmas and Boxing Day! :)I hope I'm not the last one to blog about it? Hehe.Christmas was just 5 days ago though it feels like alot more time has passed...Oh wells, here goes!

25th December 2008
Christmas Day!

Our Christmas meal this year was Chinese! Haha but it's one of the Chinese meals I enjoy most, Mummy's Popiah! :) Mum brought all the ingredients, as fresh as possible, all the way from Singapore to Malaysia... To add a Christmasy touch, she prepared honeybaked ham with cranberry sause as well!
TADA!
As an additional treat for the little ones (yay I'm still included!), doughnuts of various flavours were purchased and added to the menu! :D

My cousin, Darrell, brought his new pet to the gathering! He claims it's a hamster but I'm quite sure it's some species of white mice! Even my dad and uncle agreed with me but at the end of the day, stuborn little Darrell left the house with the mindset that it's a hamster! It has red eyes + pointy ears and really does look more like a mouse though!

Here's a picture, what do you think? Haha.

Baby Christopher came too; he's a really sweet-tempered baby with a cute little voice! He can speak Cantonese too! :) This picture is quite blur though...

So, this Christmas, we didn't host the usual party. It was a much quieter and more peaceful gathering which was a special change. I enjoyed just sitting down and watching my family go about, chatting with my cousins, those who can actually hold conversation... and playing with those who can't (like Christopher and Cheryln!)

26th December 2008

Boxing Day!

We went to Genting! Haha it was quite a last-minute idea but I guess it only made it all the more fun! :) The last time I went to Genting was in Sec 3?

Haha look at my brother's face! Like I said in my earlier post, the weather was rather unpredictable... This was a shot when it was sunny and hot! There were other times when it was really cold and I was almost shivering!This was taken while queuing up to sit The Flying Dragon! It's one of my favourite rides in Genting coz it passes through the indoor part and we get a really good view! :) We sat this ride thrice!

At some point of the day, we met a clown, giving out free balloons. Although the youngest in our group who went is already 9, we still made a bee-line for it! I got a pink lollipop! :D

Hahaha look, my new brother is Dipsy! >.<

A new attraction at Genting is Beryl's Choclate World! It's a very cute and cosy little land with lots of nice areas to take photographs! (which explains the many pictures to come!)

See the cute choclate-coated strawberries hanging on the ceiling?!

Ladybug teapot pouring out molten chocolate, haha!

Overall, it was a very enjoyable trip! Although there were some downs like when it rained or when the rides we wanted were in maintainence ,(Cyclone, the rollercoaster, was out of order until almost 7pm! We only managed to ride it once! =X) it was a wonderful trip to Genting with my dearest cousins! :)

29th December 2008; a trip to Sentosa!

People present were Me, Mei Xiu, Grace, Wei Jian and Kor (my cousin brother).

The weather was very nice, really windy! I would have liked a little more sun though...

We didn't take any photos together at all! :(

But, I've a shot of my cousin playing Volleyball with a group of complete strangers!

Haha he's the guy in blue...

The rest of us didn't join in coz sadly, we're mostly not very good at Volleyball.... Haha. I was quite unprepared coz I didn't bring a towel or even a waterbottle! =X But, I shall still look forward to the next trip to Sentosa! :)

Okay this is a rather wordy post, byeeeeeeeee!

BACK! :)

2008-12-27T21:19:00.002+08:00

I'm back from Malaysia! :)
How was everybody's Christmas?
I'm really tired now so I'll guess I'll update properly another day...
Quite alot of pictures coz I spent Boxing Day in Genting, real fun! :D

It rained on and off there so I was feeling hot one mintue and freezing cold the next.
It must still be hotter here in Singapore coz even with air-con in my room, wearing a just shorts and a tank top, I feel so extremely hot that I feel like sweating! =X

I'm going to decrease the temperature further, bye-bye! :)

Tiffany Teh's birthday!

2008-12-24T03:22:00.007+08:00

Oh gosh, it's already 4am now. And I'm leaving for Malaysia in a few hours! Uploading the pictures alone took superrrr loooong so I'll try to blog really fast.

X'mas Party at Samantha's
Samantha is my younger cousin so naturally, about half (the other half is in M'sia) of the relatives on my mother's side turned up! I got lots of Christmas presents! :D It was a fun-filled day with great food and board games with the kids!

Yay cute cupcakes! I took the one at the top left hand corner of the box! Yeah I know it's blue which I usually avoid but the decorations on the others were not cute! :(
Well anyway, I ate it in less than 2 minutes? So it does not matter what colour it was! :) My sister collected all the decorations... She even took those from the log cake so we have a plastic bag full of cake decor at home now, haha!
The board games I played with the kiddos were quite special. There was Monopoly with credit cards instead of paper money! I was the happy banker of the day in charge of a machine which can deduct/add money to the cards! Cool, right? And the game plays in millions of dollars instead of the usual ones, tens and thousands! Makes us all feel super rich! :D

Next game is a Chinese gambling (?) game!
It's known as "Da-Xiao" (Big-Small) and I remember watching Chinese shows of the olden eras and the gambling dens then always had this game...

Here's a picture!

23rd December; my sister's birthday! :DDD

We had 2 parties but I only have the pictures for the one held at her school. We bought a Mac take-away-party so we had to organise the games & give out the food and toys etc. ourselves. It was no big problem though, all the kiddos were really co-opperative! There were 3 boys and 4 girls present. 5 were absent, sadly...

The ADORABLE, LOVELY, SWEET birthday cake!

This is really one of the cutest birthday cakes ever, don't you agree? :D

Happily singing the birthday song and clapping their little hands! :D

Playing a game! What a neat circle they formed! They were all really enthusistic and eager, with widened ears whenever instructions were give out. Really cute bunch of kids! :)

Haha this was the cutest little boy there! His name is Yan Shan. He's Chinese-speaking and one of my sister's best friends in school! :D

Children these days really are getting smarter! Look at the Chinese words they're learning at K1! I don't even know how to read everything! My mum was amazed too and even proceeded to test them on the spot, lol!

Alright then. I'll be away in Malaysia again from the 24th to 27th/28th so miss me! :D

Since I'll be away, here's wishing everybody a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MORE holiday events! :)

2008-12-20T00:59:00.011+08:00

Hmm I'm not 100% sure of the order of the pictures!
But I feel like updating on everything (well, most of everything) that has been happening so here goes! :) Changed blogskin to match the festive mood, lotsa credits to Yenny for helping me with it! Thank you!

"Study" Group with Yennyboo and Bee!
I went to school some time ago in an attempt to study a little... Had Mac breakfast with Yenny in the morning before meeting up with Bee in the school library! I hardly studied; to put it badly, what I studied was negligible, very much so! =/ I really did enjoy myself though; alot of updates to catch up on! & girl-talk will always appeal! :D

We went to JP for lunch and walked about the new extension as well. The new extension is bigger than I expected and the shops there are quite nice/up-to-date too; I especially like the stationery shops, expensive but definitely worth it! :)

Hmm took this picture from Bee's blog! We had lunch at Mos Burger!
Car-Servicing with Mummy
I went with my mum to service her car at Kia Motors! I ALWAYS agree to go since Ikea is only a walking distance away and Anchor Point is nearby too! Not that I'll be bored just staying in the service-centre seeing that computers, sweets, drinks, pastries as well as newspapers are all provided! We get to view the cars in the showroom as well! :)

The picture below is not the decoration at Kia Motors; it's one of the ones we passed while walking on our way to Ikea, I don't remember which. I took a picture since I thought the grass looks pretty! Also reminds me of the saying; the grass is always greener on the other side! Hahaha.

The FOC pastries at Kia. Don't let the free breakfast provided fool you though; car-servicing costs more than $400! I would have never expected cars to cost so much to maintain! No wonder some guys treat their cars as their wives/babies! Lol.

West Coast Park with YL jie!

We even brought our toys out! :DDDD

I brought my Bunny (the pink one) while she brought Cutise (the green tortoise).

Bun (the white bunny) is a Christmas gift from me to her! :)

Introducing our lovable toys!

Haha a self-timer shot. This picture spells: "We're the proud owners of our adorable toys!"

Another reason you SHOULD bring your toys out: you can use them to shield your face when others try to snap unglam shots of you! This way, you will always have a cute face! ^^

I found 5-cents on the ground! But we didn't take it coz we're not materialistic, lol.

What we took was a picture! :)

I suppose this trip can be considered a rackey-trip for future West Coast Park trips to come! Next time, I shall bring my picnic mat so we can sit comfortably on the grass, we'll just have to find a clean spot first! Even without the mat, I had alot of fun thanks to great company! :) It was superb getting to chat and hilarious especially when YL shared her accounts of the funny/strange dreams she has!

*& she's a magician with magic dust!

Dinner at Jack's Place with family

Just a few random pictures...

My mum ATE Rudolph, ahhhhh! :(

Now, all that's left of him is that bright red nose of his!

I took a picture for memory's sake!

TADA! :D

Haha lol.

And this is my jumping brother, trying to touch the silver ball ornaments!

Yay tomorrow's energy will be spent on badminton, swimming and mahjong!

Wish me luck, goodbye! :)

HOLIDAY HOLIDAY! :)

2008-12-15T20:54:00.021+08:00

Okay time to update! Due pictures are piling up in my handphone and screaming for me to post them up, haha! & alot has happened recently. I don't have pictures for all the events though.

Pre-xmas Party at Sangee's

The food; its not often I get to eat homecooked food with my friends so it was quite a treat! I liked the potato salad best but sadly, its not captured in this picture. I helped to wash the dishes! :)
One of my fave parts of Sangee's house is this swing, the first thing that catches our eye when we step in. Its really comfy and it has to be rather strong; held by a metal chain!

We posed with the swing, really enjoyed having Yenny the professional camerawoman snapping away at me! Hehe. But I look like a little like Kampung girl, don't I? :'(

Tiffany! Haha I had to try countless times before I could upload "Tiffany".

Yennyboo's turn!

A timer shot to capture all of us!

Right to Left: Yenny, ME, Tiffy, Angela

To end it off, a group photo! :)

Top row: Sangee, Yenny, Gideon, Xing YU

Bottom row: ME, Tiffy, Angela, Anna, An Yu, Shi Ping

Sangee has a dog named Jacky which was cause for worry; just a little. I didn't scream AT ALL though, which was a relief. I wasn't all that scared since she has not learnt how to jump off from a height and this means she was confined to the bed for a reasonable part of the day. Haha. She bit Xing Yu on the ankle though, that was kinda funny! Jacky crept up from under the bed; really knew what she was doing! Lol.

Hmm on a slightly more serious note, I learnt alot that day through the testimonials and everything; it gave me alot to ponder on. And food for thought is always a good thing, convinces me I'm not brain-dead plus it gives me something to pass time with. It was good bonding with friends too which I've always been a fan/advocate of! :D

Outing with Aisyah

This was quite some time ago but I didn't have time to post these pictures so here they are now! :) We met up for X'mas breakfast and to exchanged presents! Our celebration this year came quite early but it was still rather jolly! I laughed alot, happy day! :D

I felt as if we were tourists (or at least as if we both didn't live so near West Mall) coz we took pictures at the X'mas decorations! Not just a few but quite alot! Oh wells might as well since we're there, right?

Aisyah first!

My turn! :)

Haha my good buddy, Charlie Brown! ^_^

We visited the library as well! We saw lots of old men (women as well, actually) and whispered at the sight of each one... Kinda like a private joke: we were ticked of by this really obnoxious old man in the library once! =X

We took pictures in the library too! :)

With this cute little rabbit picture which we like!
Me and the adorable rabbit picture!

*I've decided that I will keep a rabbit when I grow older. Maybe as a 21st birthday present to myself? :D Pets, aside from fishes, are true tests of responsibilities! Besides, the image of the rabbit with one ear from Malaysia really made an impact on me...

Abdul Rahim's daughter!

A close-up of the cute rabbit! :)

My dear bestie insisted that it was wearing a "tudung" (part of the Muslim traditional costume) while on my part, I think its more of arabic costume, something a Shiek would wear. I know I'm right, I did some research okay! Hehehe.

We wrote our comments! Click on the picture if you're curious to see the question we answered. What we wrote took up almost half the space but we figured not many others would actually bother. It was rather fun though, writing what we feel.

Last Saturday

I played baminton, went swimming and then played mahjong until 2:30am! Cool, right? Haha. It was great being able to sweat it out; I'm experiencing severe lack of proper excersie this holiday and was so grateful for this day out! We've already booked the court for this Saturday as well, yipee! :)

In the picture below, you will see my mum, Auntie Joyce, Uncle Chris and Kah Swee. I was taking a break so my mum stood in for me. As some of you might know, I'm terrible at badminton but thankfully, the rest (yes, the adults!) are just as bad as me. Excluding my mum. of course. She's good at everything I can think of, lol.

Today

I watched "Quarantine" with Danny at Vivo. The movie was quite disappointing but still okay, I guess. The starting was rather boring and i thought the camera resolution and clarity was really poor. There were creepy parts but they were definitely more gory, shocking and disgusting than scary. Still, I covered my face for at least half of the movie. Sigh I'm such a scaredy-cat! But it was the anticipation that was killing me, really. Cheap thrills always have "things" jumping out in your face all of a sudden.

Oh but there was a funny part where I actually laughed a little. This "zombie" jumped out and the fireman just punched her in the face and she fell back down. I found that amusing but of course in the situation then, I would have found almost anything humourous, haha!

Guess the best Zombie show shall still be the Resident Evil series of which there are parts I still remember vividly. It still remains to be one of my fave movie series! Maybe "Twilight" will be able to compete. It is afterall also a movie on the "undead", right? Haha!

Overall, the trip to Vivo City was fun and I managed to buy 2 pairs of earrings which were on sale! :) We got to browse at Page One before the movie too and I always enjoy trips to bookstores!

Alright a rather long post already...
BYE!

More Holiday Activities! :)

2008-12-09T00:31:00.014+08:00

Hmm-hmmm. I think its time for me to blog again, haha!
I have alot to blog about so I figured I better start before it accumulates into a huge snowball!
Its been very very very busy and I've hardly had time to take a breather. It seems like all the time, there's something to do, see, read, tidy, talk about or even eat/drink! I'm overall a very happy girl though, hehe.

MY MALAYSIA TRIP (2nd to 5th Dec 2008)

One of the first things I realised when I arrived at my cousin's house on the 2nd was that they have a new addition to the family; a black dog! I was dismayed, of course. Anybody who knows me well enough should know that I'm not exactly a fan of dogs. Still, it was not all that bad. I kept to myself and it didn't come pouncing at me too... The dog named Baby and is really playful!

Here's a picture of my cousin (named Bann) and the dog!
The first day was spent shopping. The malls have all been decorated for the Christmas mood since the festival is just a few weeks away. I took some pictures so here they are!

Santa, Me and my cousin, Yan. All dressed in red! :)

Mummy and Me at the X'mas Tree.

Awww my loving parents! Hehe.

Me and Darrell!

Darrell's new nickname is "Little Kimchi" because all of us think he looks Korean... Haha.

We set off for Port Dickson the next day! The following pictures are of different quality as they were taken with my mum's handphone. My own went out of battery and I was much too lazy to charge it. I couldn't find any extra plug at the hotel, anyway.

Port Dickson was great fun but one huge disappointment was that we didn't spend any time at the beach. We went swimming and visited the Pet Farm there instead... I had to make do with viewing the sea from our hotel room's balcony. It was still very lovely though! :)

PICTURES:
Left to Right: Yan, ME, my sister, Darrell, my brother

This is a picture of the Pet Farm situated in the hotel itself!

The chickens and rabbits were put in the same enclosure which was a tragic mistake!

You'll see why soon! =X

Me at the Pet Farm!

That's my sister's milk bottle pouch I'm holding, hahaha!

Bann and Me; I didn't have time to take pictures with the rest of my cousins!

Poor rabbit with no ears! :(

This is why rabbits should NOT be mixed with the chickens. My best bet is that its ears were pecked off by the brainless chickens, ouch! :(

I also saw a rabbit with only one ear that I would have loved to adopt. It was white and its one ear had a very pretty pink colour in it! :) No picture though.

There's alot more to Port Dickson but I'll stop here. Hehe. After Port Dickson was more shopping and at the end of the trip, I managed to get a fair bit of new clothes! Chinese New Year clothes are totally settled. I have enough clothes to last me for quite some time! :D

TODAY; Mei Xiu's birthday celebration!

I went out to celebrate Mei Xiu's birthday in advance today! We went to Bugis Junction & Bugis Street. Had lunch at NYDC. It was my first time eating there, I think. We didn't take many pictures but here are some!

Grace and Mei Xiu:

ME and Cassandra:

I spent alot of money and I am broke AGAIN! I bought more clothes and a necklace. I spent ALL the money I brought out and also borrowed $15 from Cassandra, zzzzz! Mei Xiu the birthday girl and Grace also spent alot of money. Cassandra is great because she resisted all the temptations and saved us by lending all of us money! Opps time to stop all this "money money money", I think I'm starting to sound very materialistic! =X

It was nice seeing all of them; I'm really glad that despite long intervals between each time we meet, we always have topics to discuss and the outings we have are always enjoyble! :)

p/s: I shall blog about the pre-xmas party at Sangee's soon! For now, I have to pack my wardrobe! I've alot of new clothes, remember? Hehehehe.

Bye bye!

My holiday outings! :)

2008-12-01T20:35:00.023+08:00

THIS IS A VERY PICTURE-HEAVY POST! :D

29th November 2008

I went out with dearest YL jie to IMM and JE library.
It was a day when we relieved our childhood, haha!
We also wore our matching pink shirts! :)
Me with the cute cuddly bear! I realise I have a huge liking for soft furry stuff!
Haha I think I'm a "soft-toy-person". Although of course, I don't talk to them like YL does, hahaha! I AM SANE.... XD

YL with her two fave Mr. Men and Little Miss characters, Mr. Happy and Mr. Bumpy!

& she has her POA textbook as her T-shirt design, super unique! Hehe.

Little Miss Chatterbox! She matches with my skirt, haha.

And of course, Mr. Happy again! My dear jie has this fetish for round stuff!

Dear YL: It's been a whole two years since we've been jie-mei, I'm really grateful for your pressence in my life... Somebody I can count on in every situation! :D Thank you for everything you have done, all the sweet letters you've written and thoughtful gifts over the years! I like how we always vex when our birthdays/Christmas come around coz it shows how much we care! Regardless of the distance our different routes (JC & Poly) has put between us, I'm confident we won't drift apart! So, you should feel the same way too! :)

New York New York Dinner with Family!

Guess how much this small cup of drink cost?It cost a whooping $7.90! The picture on the menu is totally different... I felt so cheated, boohoo! It was nice but I don't think I'll ever buy it again... =X

This was yummy! It's tender beef pieces covered by mash potato!
1st December 2008; today!

I went out with my Choir Besties! :)

I'll let the many pictures we took do the talking first...

Left to Right: Me, Hui Shan, Aisyah, Clara!

We printed the photo with all four of us, with a pretty pink border! :)

It was a visit to AMK and I laughed alot. My jaws hurt from all the constant laughing.

Laughing topics included the dares Clara owes all of us, her being "pregnant", our memories from choir times (like how me and Hui Shan once got chased out for playing!!!).

It felt really great being able to reminisce and I thank God that so many wonderful memories were forged with them! I didnt even feel tired from walking in high heels coz there was just no time to waste!

& sorry to Clara for making you wait while I shop (I was the ONLY one who ended up buying any clothes at all...), hope you were not too bored! In any case, you smacked me hard 3 times already! Its not often I let people smack me and not retaliate okay! Hehe.

Overall, it was a fun day with my best friend and adorable cheeky juniors! Miss you all already!

p/s: I'll be going off to Malaysia tomorrow afternoon, will be back on the 5th!

Remember to think of me so you'll all have sweet dreams! :) Hehe.

23rd Nov EP Day!

2008-11-25T21:09:00.003+08:00

EP DAY ON 23rd NOV

So, I went for the EP Day (Emergency Preparedness Day) last Sunday! I've been to quite a number of EP days already (involves my CCA, if you dont already know) but this one was quite different and rather special!

We've never been told to wear long pants before so when I got the instructions from SCDF, I was anticipating why. Turns out, we had to run around for this EP day. It was a car-bomb drill! My role was to be a "first-aider" and pretend to provide first-aid and words of assurance to the "casualties".

Here's a picture of the firemen attending to the fire caused by the car bomb:
There was such a crowd in front of me that I found it quite hard to take a proper picture!

We ended really early (10am+) and Ranjini, Pei Fang and I went to explore the place a little! There was a cute brown pony there as a public attraction! We were allowed to take photos with it and since there was no queue at that time, we decided to give it a shot! :)

Me and the cute brown pony:

Us three and the cute brown pony:

TRAGIC NEWS: The day was going to end on a great note when I realised I lost $5! Due to pure carelessness!!! I had put it in my pocket that morning but I realised it was gone when I was about to buy a drink! Grrrrrr.

Nevertheless, I think this was one of the better and more fun EP days I've attended. Alot more relaxing than having to entertain kid after kid at a games station... Not that the kids are not cute though! Hahaha.

Alright goodbye! :)

About 18th November!

2008-11-21T20:01:00.003+08:00

18th November was a really special day, for many reasons! Let me tell you why! :D

Firstly, it was dearest Clara Wara Wora's birthday! Happy 15th and I hope you stay cute and jolly always! Here's a picture for us to reminisce about the good old days and at the same time. let's look forward to more good new days (to come!).I think I look visibly older now compared to this picture, ahhh. I'm aging. But dont worry, you still look just the same! Huggable and sweet as always! Can't wait for the 1st! :D

Secondly, Aisyah and I went to Bugis for shopping! I'm quite happy with my purchases though at the end of the day, I was left with a mere 75cents in my wallet and was "cheated" of money as well! I bought a belt and saw it selling for $5 cheaper at another shop! I was terribly upset coz $5 extra would have meant we could have eaten something a whole lot better than just KFC. Never mind, I shall refrain from complaining since it was a special day! I'm glad for the time spent with Bestie and that she was finally willing to walk into Bugis Street with me! It took alot of persuading and a promise that the upper floor was air-conditioned! :P

Lastly, I WENT ON LIVE TV! :DDDD
Okay I guess I'm making a mountain out of a molehill since my family (mummy, sister, brother and I went) was merely in the audience but nonetheless, I was in the first row and clearly visible! My whole family was excited for a day, no less! We went to support a family friend who was showcased/interviewed by Okto Live.

It was a great experience getting to see all the "behind-the-scenes" action such as the director scribbling notes on scrap paper to reming the hosts of what they have to say. And we were given clear instructions to look out for hand signals which would mean we should clap and cheer!

If anybody is interested, there'll be an encore of Okto Live this Sunday at 6:30pm! Try to catch me if you can! I was wearing pink and my brother next to me was in white! :D You'll probably see us before/after commercials! Hehe.

Alright so that sums up my special day! :D

Have a great weekend!

BookFest2008!

2008-11-17T14:39:00.008+08:00

Hello!
It's been quite some time since I posted a MSN convo between me and PF huh?
We can't stop the trend now! :D

pf (｡◕‿◕｡) says:
i feel like trying kfc breakfast. lol

*MEL (｡◕‿◕｡) LOVES!!! says:
haha you know why you’ve never tried it before?

*MEL (｡◕‿◕｡) LOVES!!! says:
there's no such breakfast!

pf (｡◕‿◕｡) says:
there is. new one.haha

pf (｡◕‿◕｡) says:
i think it was launched just 2/3 days ago

*MEL (｡◕‿◕｡) LOVES!!! says:
REALLY?!

*MEL (｡◕‿◕｡) LOVES!!! says:
DANG SO IM THE "SWAKU" ONE!

pf (｡◕‿◕｡) says:
haha. dang. i sounds like a kfc supporter -.-

Hahaha. Okay here's the link she gave me: http://www.kfc.com.sg/menu/am_setmeals.asp
*Everybody should avoid being embarassed by claiming there's no such thing as KFC breakfast coz now, there is! :)

Moving on, I shall update about 15th Nov'08: outing to BookFest with my fellow bookworm! :D

It was my first trip to BookFest with a friend so of course it had to be with my fellow avid reader! Yay. It was nice pointing out good reads to each other. I didnt buy any books (Mum's instruction!) but I did take down some titles I hope to get to read!

I also bought new stationery and got a pink Tamagotchi keychain free! I chose Violetchi; one of my fave Tamagotchi characters! :)

Here's a picture I found of Violetchi:

Very cute, right? Hehe.
We took a picture! A kind passer-by helped us take it. PF is in all black as she had this event to attend in the evening and the theme was Black! That silly girl claims she looks fat in almost all the pictures we took! But she's skinnier than me, mannnnnnnnn. Her face is so slim and I'm very envious, hmph! Hehe.

Oh and one more thing! Sweet PF surprised me with a belated birthday gift! I was quite shocked but also really touched, thank you! :) It was wrapped really nicely and she even stuck a cute little surprise at the side!

SEE!

TADA, unwrapped! A set of cute Hello Kitty drawers in shades of pink! Love it! :)

Okay bye-bye!

NTU Art Exhibition!

2008-11-14T20:44:00.015+08:00

Yay I finally have some spare time to update about the NTU Art Exhibition!
I'm feeling a tad lazy though so I'll do away with detailed elaboration! :D

It is easily the most interactive and fun ART exhibition I ever went to! I've not had the chance to go to many though since I usually get more attracted to Science Centre exhibits and the like. In any case, the first thing that caught my eye when we walked in was this!

Haha there are definitely nicer cupcakes out there in the vast market but this was the prettiest of all the refreshments provided! Very sadly, it didn't taste very nice except for the sweet sugar flower! My brother loved it though so he gladly ate the remainder of mine. Hehehe one of the times he's of use! XD

Near the refreshment area was the first exhibit! Bread shoes!

If you take a closer look, the shoes are actually made of bread and they are balanced on women make-up items like lotions, lipsticks and nail polishes. It's an interesting concept dealing with how women can be breadwinners too! Apparently, this artist chose to use bread as its a common staple food item.

Here's a snap of me and Mummy; one of my fave photos with her this year! :)

Another exhibit was this; paintings were hung out in this orange-light-lit room like photos set to develop. Daddy found these paintings quite morbid. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it though... It was all pretty common to me, nothing special. No surprises here...

Nonetheless, picture! :D

On a closer look, you'll find they do give an uneasy feeling though.

Moving on to Aunty Joyce's artwork now! Her's was a unique idea too! Of course, it was not just the single piece you see pasted on the white wall! The white box-like container contains alot more of those small cute paintings. According to Aunty Joyce, she was aiming to make her artwork intimate. I think it worked considering visitors to the exhibition had to dig into the box as if we were finding little bits of treasure! :D

Another piece of artwork! Done by the lone guy in the entire team, I think. This reminded me just a little of Marilyn Monroe and her "flying-skirt" trademark! ^^

Another exibit required visitors to get hands-on and peel plastic off balls as well as kiddy tables and chairs. We were one of the first to start peeling the balls, on the request of the artist herself. Haha. Red ball is mine, green ball is brother's and blue ball is Kah Swee's! Kah Swee is Aunty Joyce's younger brother! I'm too lazy to type my own analysis of this activity, what do you think? :) Something that has got to do with change though, that's quite definite!

I'll talk about the most fun exhibit that day now! It involved alot of creativity and hands-on work, unexpectably from us the visitors! Pasted on the wall by the artist were basic shapes and different types of papers. Provided on a small table nearby were art materials and a hand-written note requesting us to add on whatever we wanted! My bro and I gladly obliged. We added our names in white stickers! And also pasted some cute colourful polka-dots, haha!

So, to end off this post, here's out artwork! A cheerful piece with Kah Swee's name added as well in the end. And note our signatures! XD

Okay end of post, byeeeeeeeeeee! :)

Enjoy the weekend!

I WANT! :)

2008-11-09T23:06:00.001+08:00

Hello!
Firstly, I want to showcase this:

The latest NintendoDS, the lovely NintendoDSi! Woohoo!

I've always said that one of the main reasons I still prefer the NintendoDS to a PSP is the touch screen! Now, I've more reasons to like the new NintendoDSi! I can't say I'm completely happy that the only two colours it currently comes in are black and white since I may still prefer it in pink but then again, white is nice and classic! :)

PLUS, according to the research I've done so far, it now has a camera function. Only 0.3 megapixel resolution but hey, it compensates with 11 types of special camera lenses. The part I like best is that, just like Neoprints, we can draw and colour on the pictures using the DSi's touchpad! It also includes a Music function now.

Okay enough gushing. I'll gush more if I do get it! Maybe I'll just wait for the pink version to come out afterall? Hmmm. In any case, I want a Nintendo DSi!!! :D

11th November 2008; yesterday

I went for a Teppanyaki dinner with my family! :)
We ate at IMM; Hoshi!
My mummy says I ate there alot when I was younger. Apparently, that dates so far back that the guy who used to cook for us is now the Head Chef! Cool, right? Also goes to show how long it's been since I last went for Teppanyaki and so, I was really looking forward to it!

Some pictures, of course! Introducing our chef for the night, hard at work!
I must say, it was quite nice being able to watch somebody cook your meal before you eat it. I liked watching the chef shake the pepper out on the food coz it made it seem as if he was doing a dance of some sort, haha! And, it also meant we had the food hot from the oven, literally... (though it was more this huge cooking space than an oven, lol.)

Veggies; chop chop chop! (Chef in action!) Maid behind, stoning. (Caught on camera!)
HAHA.

Now... Something very cool! You know how those professional chefs always have a trick or two up their sleeves? Take a look at this fire! It was one of the highlights of the night and I managed to capture a shot of it, yay! I guess it's pretty common but I was quite excited considering it had been years since I last experienced it. I had forgotten how hot it was, haha.

p/s: My sister is going mad! You know the kiddo song?

It goes something like this:

Step on a line

And you break your spine!

Step on a crack

And you bend your back!

She's obsessed with it and constantly reminds every single family member not to step on any while at shopping centres. She finds great joy at screaming at us should we fail to oblige. Something we should avoid at all costs especially in public places! The amusing part is that even my dad has to follow the "rules". Hahaha imagine that... XD

Alright, end of post!

I shall finally update on the NTU art exhibition next time, if I remember! :)

Outing with Yenny! :)

2008-11-07T21:38:00.001+08:00

I have alot to update about! *screams*
Sadly, this blog cannot be my priority because I have to go do those things that I want to blog about before I can blog about them. Haha get it? :)

Anyway, let's not waste any more time! I shall showcase a unique "birthday cake"!
TADA~ This was my mother's substitute birthday cake this year. Her fave! :D
It was Daddy's idea to put it there...

Oh and don't worry about the white apparition in the background. You're not seeing "things" and neither is my camera supernatural or whatnot, lol.
It's my sister jumping about in excitement; she gets that way when she sees candles! Hahaha.

There were other events that occured in between but I'll blog about today first! I took alot of photos at the NTU art exhibit I went to so I shall have to save that event for another day! :)

TODAY
Today was "Fun with Yenny" day, wheeee. We went to IMM; Daiso is one of our fave hangouts now! I spent $14 at that shop alone, oh mannn. =X But it was cool thanks to great company! I like the "pasar malam" held outside now too! The straw bags there are nice! I feel like getting one but sadly, I'm experiencing shortage of cashflow now. Haha okay okay enough ranting about shopping!

We dropped by Science Centre! :D It's been ages since I last went there and although we only went to the entrance area, it was quite an eyeopener thanks to the Dinosaur displayed! We took pictures with it! I found it quite nice (not scary at all!) coz it seemed as though the Dinosaur was looking straight into my eyes with a menacing look, threathening to bite me at the next second. Cool! :)

Dino and me!
Dino and Yenny!Mama Dino and 2 little (in comparison) imitators! XD

At the giftshop, I found spaceman ice-cream! I've only eaten it once and that was when I was really young but I remember it being very yummy! I shall buy it again the next time I go back! Yenny, let's go INTO Science Centre next time, okay? :)

*Overall, today was great despite the sorching sun and how thirsty we felt! We walked quite alot but I think having somebody to chat and laugh with makes the distance a whole lot shorter, probably even more than Technology can! Hehe!

End of post, bye-bye!

Twin's and Mum's birthday

2008-11-05T01:38:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY TO THE TWINS; KEL LEE & VIN NEE! :D

(Right: Kel Lee and Left: Vin Nee)

At long last, Project Work had finally come to an end! I don't mean to make it seem like PW is a chore or something (although alot of the time, it really is... =X) but it's a huge load of my shoulders. I'm still slightly worried because I don't think I have done my best BUT let's not harp on that any further...

To celebrate, WE (Me, An Yu, Gen, Tiffany, Juanita & Juang) went for lunch at Pizza Hut! There's nothing like girls' talk to make my day even happier! I had the Hawaiin Pan Pizza and we all drank root beer! :)

A picture of all of us:
This was kindly taken by one of the waiters there...
(Left to Right: Tiffany, Gen, An Yu, Juanita, ME & Juang)

I left the outing abit earlier to meet up with Mummy! After some shopping, we ate at Crystal Jade, one of my favourite restaurants to date!

I took pictures of some of the cuter dishes!

One of my fave dishes; Xiao Long Pao!

Mummy said there used to be really good Mango pudding at Crystal Jade but they've since replaced it with....

STRAWBERRY PUDDING! :)

It's really great and kind of melted in my mouth! I really enjoyed my dessert!

It was fantastic, a must-try for all sweet tooths! :D

To end off this post, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MUMMY DEAREST ON 5th NOVEMBER!!!

I've the bestest bestest BESTEST mummy in the whole whole whole wide world! :)

I'll update about the celebration dinner soon!

Alrighty, bye-bye!

Halloween' 08!

2008-10-31T21:40:00.000+08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :)

I celebrated Halloween today, yay! I'll love it if someday, somehow, Singapore gets into the spirit of Halloween and everybody dresses up and goes trick-or-treating! Fat hope, I know but I'll definitely be an active participant! Even if I'm grown up! :D

But since I would have been considered an oddity if I had gone to the extreme and went knocking on doors, I went out for lunch with Yu Loon! And just to spice things up a little, we exchanged candy! See the cute bag with Hello Kitty in the picture? My goodies for her! XD She got me Jellybeans, Chocobaby and Crunchie (my fave!!!!). Thanks, jie!

Picture in the toilet. I realise now it's like so similar to some previous photos we took at Mac, haha! =X See my cute shirt? It actually has a hoodie but I'm not going to publicly humiliate myself by posting a picture of that here, lol!
My Halloween goodies for the day! Daddy bought candy for me and my sister too! I know-I know... Best Daddy in the world! *swoons* Heehee.

Halloween night was dinner at Jack's Place! Boy, did I miss their steaks! Seriously, to me, Jack's Place has the best steaks! :D And brace yourself for a cute baby picture! Yet again.

Presenting... Baby Edward! Adorable, sweet-tempered, lovely! Awwwwwww. XD

He let me carry him without any coaxing at all, he's very huggable! Hehe.

Of late, I've been reading quite a fair bit. Just finished 'Nights in Rodanthe' by Nicolas Sparks. He's been one of my favourite authors ever since I read 'A Walk to Remember' so I was more than willing when Mummy recommended this book to me! I finished it all in one night so you can just imagine how good it was!

I loved it; a beautiful romance novel. Not the typical teeny booper one but one which tells the tale of two middle-aged people who in the most unexpected situation, finds the somebody who really understands them. I shall not give any more spoilers but anybody who enjoys a good read should check this book out! :D

Alrighty off I go now! Holidays are here so I hope I'll be able to update more frequently! :)

All the best to everybody for Oral Presentation next week!

Weekend Outings!

2008-10-25T20:03:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 17th, TIFFANY NG!

*18th October 2008; Outing with Bestie Aisyah!

We were supposed to watch a movie (had planned on MaMaMia) but we didn't and so, just went to Causeway Point after lunch instead! Catching up was alot of fun!

One of the more memorable things we did was to get matching cute shoelaces, yay! I'm going to save them for the new school term. Which right now, seems far far far away! I know I'm going to regret saying that when I'm actually IN the school holidays but 12th January! No more the blues of having to go to just mere 2 days after shouting "Happy New Year!" at the top of my lungs!

Then again, what am I saying? Holidays are still some time away and I'm STILL not done with some major to-dos like CCA projects, Oral Presentation and Chinese A-levels. I can't anticipate the holidays with open arms when such important events are looming at the back of my mind! :X

Oh wells back to the outing, we didn't take many photos but I do have a few pictures during out MRT ride, lol. We saw two cute young girls climbing the poles and jumping onto them! It looked dreadfully painful! And had they been a little older, they would have probably been thought to have been doing some erotic pole dance. (!!!) LOL. They were having this mini competition and taking turns to see how how far up the pole each of them could reach and it was all a cutesy little affair! :D I'm not saying their parents were right to allow them to play around like such monkeys but the train was not crowded at all and so, I didn't mind much. (:

Pictures!

UNCENSORED SWOLLEN EYE.
CENSORED.

(I'm an advocator of "Swollen eyes should be censored too!") LOL.

*19th October 2008; Hari Raya Open House at Juanita's!

The whole day was about photo-taking and girls' talk!

And these spell F-U-N! :)

Sweet smiles from everybody!

An all-serious shot! I was smiling only because I was not aware everybody else was not! :SAll-serious shot 2; still no good coz I think I look like I'm about to burst into tears, lol! I was trying much too hard to control my laughter, haha!

PROFESSIONAL MODEL SHOT; my fave of the day! :D

Top Row (from left): Gen, Juang, ME, Yenny

Bottom Row (from left): Bee, Lee Ming, Juanita, Xian Mei
The people who make JC more bearable! :)

Okay I'm off now, back to enjoying my long weekend! ^_^

Pinhole Glasses!

2008-10-23T21:51:00.000+08:00

Hello! Product review time!

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Not long ago, I started trying out pinhole glasses . For the benefit of those who have yet to hear about such a product, this is something that aids eyesight problems such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. They are also the cheaper alternative to prescription eyeglasses, costing only less than $20 a pair!

Although I used the product for only a few days, I can definitely testify that they do work! I tested this fact (It’s scientifically proven okay!) not just on myself but also on the different members of my family... All agreed it works for them which only shows how pinhole glasses work for people of all ages and different snellen. (My father is long-sighted while my mother and I are short-sighted.)

Upon receiving the pinhole glasses , I did notice one demerit. In my opinion, the design is not exactly one that appeals to the typical teenager. But after more in-depth pondering, I noticed something.

LET’S COMPARE!

Shutter glasses; a major hit with Singaporean teenagers and touted as a must-have fashion accessory...
Pinhole glasses; not a common fashion accessory YET but you can be the one starting the trend!

Come to think of it, won’t it be better if wearing shutter glasses actually improve our eyesight? The sad thing is, they don’t and I do find it quite silly wearing glasses that block our eyesight. Don’t fret though, pinhole glasses to the rescue! These are the next potential fashion hits as well as good for our eyesight!
If you’re still not convinced or are not the adventurous type and would like to wait for somebody else to kickstart the fashion trend first, you can always stick to wearing them just at home for the time being. I have to admit I have not seen any pinhole glasses out on the streets yet. Then again, let’s show others how to look cute the healthy way!

A next common worry; will the holes actually block our vision or make it harder to see? When I first tried on my pair of pinhole glasses , I found it hard to focus THROUGH the holes and my vision was partially blocked. I was quite dismayed but not for long as soon after, my eyes somehow seemed to have automatically adjusted and it became less of a chore. I even managed to watch a few hours of television after which, I had completely forgotten the pinhole glasses I was wearing are not the usual ones I wear, amazing! :D

I can’t deny I’m not able to prove my point through talking scientific terms and medical jargon but I can assure you it does work (definitely for me, at least)... If anybody wants to give it a shot, I can always bring it to school. Trust me, it does not take long for one to realise that comparatively to without eyeglasses, our eyesight is much improved with the aid of pinhole glasses ! And since they cost a whole lot cheaper than any average prescriptive glasses and yet do not compromise on the effectiveness, why not? :)

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End of review!

Newest Horror Movie Hit!

2008-10-16T12:00:00.001+08:00

Newest Horror Movie!

INTRODUCING... The Swollen Eye!

****************BEWARE THE EVIL HAUNTING OF THE SWOLLEN EYE!***************

Okay okay jokes aside, I need to complain!

My eye hurts! :'(

I don't know why it got this swollen, it's worse now! I think it has reached its peak!

It hurts alot!!! Worst eye-swell I've ever gotten in my life!

Ahh I need to think positively, don't I?

Okay maybe my eye will get soooo swollen it'll burst and I'll have a bigger eye!

What I've always wanted!

YAY.

Oh wait but that would mean one eye would be bigger than the other?!

Nooooooooooooooo!

*Excuse my nonsense, I think swollen eyes lead to deflated brains...

Sigh my eye had better recover soon, it's the busiest period now! D:

Okay I'm going to concentrate on reducing the swell, bye!

My Malaysia Trip! :D

2008-10-14T22:08:00.000+08:00

Hello!
I was intending to blog the day I returned from Malaysia (Sunday) so that everything would be fresh on my mind! Sadly, I was much too tired and it didn’t turn out as I planned. Haha. It’s okay, I’m still youthful and should be able to recall the events well enough! :)

I took lots of pictures but I’ll have to keep this blog post as short and sweet as possible, it’s going to be very busy from now on! CCA duties are kicking in full force! Already, I’m down for First Aid Duty this Friday. Don’t get me wrong though; I’m not complaining! XD

The first night we were there, we had dinner at Era Square! I didn't quite like the place since most of the food was seafood and there were lots of flying ants! :S It was quite irritating having to constantly swat at them and thus, the meal was not enjoyable at all. Bad start!

There was a fountain there though so at least Baby Cheryln (my little cousin!) was entertained...

I was quite happy to meet my great-grandmother again! It had been years since I last saw her? Thankfully, she's still quite fit although she can no longer walk without aid. Her mind is still really alert! I know that for sure since I played mahjong with her and lost RM12! Haha. The games were entertaining and the movies of both my granduncle and great-grandmother were much faster than I expected! :)

Not long after Mummy and I arrived in Malaysia, Granny checked in to the hospital! She was put in a C-class ward by default at first and boy, was it bad! It was extremely crampy (more than 100 people squeezed into a small apartment! =X) and also very stuffy. If I found it hard to breathe, it must have been even tougher for the suffering patients! :S There was even a stench of urine... To be frank, I was quite stunned at the standards of hospitals in Malaysia... I was sure glad when Granny moved to the A-class ward! :D It was alot better with air-conditioning, haha!

Me and Po! She's much better already!

I had my strawberry milkshake! I think I have that every time I visit Malaysia, it's really nice! Haha. Plus, it's pink! :D

Posing with my pretty pink milkshake. ^_^

Darrell and I watched several movies including KungFu Panda (I bought the DVD in Malaysia!), Forbidden Kingdom (Very blur! Sigh.) and lots of Cartoon Network. I had forgotten how dumb the concepts of some CN cartoons are, lol!

Our Movie Snacks; cotton candy and doughnuts!

I discovered the perfect "bribe" tatic for Baby Cheryln; she can't resist Cotton Candy!

Left to Right: My Granduncle, Aunt, Grandaunt, Mummy! :)

This is Cutie Cheryln! She has pinchable cheeks and has grown up alot since I last saw her a year ago... She makes a great playmate despite being a little temperamental! She's a baby with character, haha! :D See that little green smiley face patch on my shirt? It's insect repellent, cute, right? Hehe.

Darrell and Cheryln! Their sweet smiles... I miss them so! XDI got to enjoy a meal of A&W in Malaysia too; I've still not gotten over the fact that there are no longer any outlets in Singapore! Sigh oh sigh... =X

Feel like having an Ice Cream float? Haha!I bought Kinder Eggs, Malaysia-style! Before you scoff at me for being childish, take a look at them! They're different from the ones sold in Singapore, they're much better! I'm not sure if they're availiable in Singapore but if they are, let me know! I'm going buy like lots at one go; that's how good they are!

TADA! Wonder Kinder Eggs. Like the ones commonly seen in Singapore, they also contain toys!

This is the difference! The egg breaks up into two halves when spilt open. The orange half contains the toy (I got a little red snake thingy and some tree, lol!) The other half has yummy chocolate which you scoop out with the white spoon provided! It's REALLY good, sweet and thick enough! :)

Alright, end of blog post! I'm starting to feel abit groggy... Mummy gave me a Piriton pill for my swollen left eye. It hurts whenever I blink a little harder! :'(

Off I go, bye-bye!

Cassandra's 17th birthday!

2008-10-07T20:57:00.000+08:00

Hello, everybody!
Here's announcing I'll be overseas from tomorrow to Sunday.
Haha don't ask me why it's while the school term is still going on, there are certain reasons! :D
You'll know if you're sharp enough... Hehe.

In any case, I'm here for a purpose.
HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY TO CASSANDRA!!! :)

Just yesterday, I celebrated Cassandra's birthday at New York New York.
It was my first time there and it was indeed a pleasant experience; to me, the food was yummy and yet still affordable! I want to eat there again sometime in the NEAR future; any takers to go with me?

Here's pictures to tempt all of you! ^^

Here's my main course; Roast Beef sandwiches!
They cost $8.90 and for something rather filling, I thought it was really reasonable... (:
In the background, you can see part of Mei Xiu's soft shell crab.
Afterall, we HAVE TO & MUST save some stomach space for dessert, don't we?
Mouth-watering, ahhhh. XD

This is one of their specialties; Deep-fried Mars Bars! I don't know which greedy friend of mine took a huge scoop of the strawberry ice-cream before I could snap a picture, hahaha!
This is heavenly!!!! I can't help myself; I thought this was superb!
Mud Pie with Vanilla Ice-Cream. A must-try regardless of whether you consider yourself a chocolate-lover or not. I loved the warm, sticky chocolate! :D

Feeling hungry yet? Heehee...

Let's see. Even before Cas’s birthday celebration, the fun had already begun! To be more exact, it started right after I left the school gate. How misleading that I should say this, I know. It makes it seem as if school is a place of extreme boredom and suffocating lessons! Well, maybe it is. Just maybe... Haha air of mystery... ^^

While Danny and I were walking to the bus-stop, we heard some unidentified noise.

I distinctly remember myself asking him if it was a cat or a bird. Lol.

Eventually, we discovered the source. It was an agitated black kitten which has somehow gotten itself stuck in the drain outside the school's main gate! :O

We decided to "rescue" it but since it sounded and looked so distressed BUT we didn't dare trying to lift the drain cover lest it attacks us and leave us mutilated with multiple scars on our once pure white skin!!!!!!!!! (Okay exaggeration, I know. But you get my point.)

To cut the long story short, some anonymous boys from JJ had lifted the drain cover and left after Danny and I tried and failed to seek help from the school's non-teaching staff... We proceeded to buy some cat food and fed the little critter! :)

The black kitty enjoying its meal; salmon and mackeral, if I'm not wrong. Haha!

I even took a picture with it! Guess it's visible that I was quite apprehensive about going near the kitten; it still seemed agressive and I was not about to take any chances! (Remember what I said earlier about risking our pure white skin?!) In any case, the little black lump in the picture was the black kitten!

So, my Monday this week was anything but blue/gloomy! Haha.

If only all Mondays were the same... BUT I shall not complain, Life is good to me! :)

Okie dokie end of this blog post, look forward to another update, about my trip to Malaysia!

I'll miss all of you so better remember to think of me too! Heehee.

*Dearest Po, may you get well and be in the pink of health soon!

Bye-Bye! :)