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malaysia trip part 2: KL and Berjaya Times Square (17th - 20th dec 2008)

2009-01-16T11:29:00.004+08:00

So after our sorely disappointing trip to Colmar Tropicale, we arrived at Berjaya Times Square. Parking was such an issue but we finally got settled in. After we dropped our bags, we headed to the food court for some lunch. Do you know that for the dishes and rice stall you actually scoop the food yourself? It's not like the kind where u are served.. And their pricing is absolutely outrageous. There's no transparency as to how much they charge and how they calculate it. I don't even know if they go by quantity of each dish or the number of dishes.. And the same goes for the other food stalls. The lady was superbly unwilling to serve us and kept quoting a different price from that stated on the menu. Only after paying and checking the recepit did we realize that it was for some gst.. Weird!!

As usual, Tessie got into another seriously bad tantrum, making Mom and Dad get really angry at us.. But heck, it always happens.. Sometimes we really don't know what goes on in her head. She just ups and decides she's annoyed at something and 'woops! we'd better scram outta her way..' Anyways, we spent that whole day just walking around and shopping. Thanks Dad and Mom for being ever so patient and walking with us endlessly without any complaints. I too was getting very tired towards the end, so I understand how you guys must have felt. Anyways, we had dinner ar Restoran Oversea (I think). It was by unanimous voting that it was the best meal ever!! We were so missing chinese food that everything on our table that day seemed God-sent (See facebook for pictures). This reminds me.. The roads in Malaysia.. What I'll give not to have to cross them again. It is quite known that Malaysians have a unique way of driving which, as a Singaporean, I would have to say is relatively unsafe. I had absolutely no idea how their traffic lights worked. I mean, their pedestrian crossing rule is give-way-to-the cars-not-the-pedestrians. I had no idea though, so crossing the roads always made me hold my breath subconsciously.

We did a little more shopping than we headed back to our lovely suite on the 39th floor. It was a lovely night, being back in a more familiar environment of a clean and well-prepped hotel room. Boy was it relaxing to soak in a well-deserved bubble bath and snuggle into freshly cleaned sheets for the night.

The next morning, we were very reluctant to get out of bed for a swim, despite having made plans the night before. In the end, we settled for some sauna and steam room. Then we went back to pack our stuff and get ready to leave. We packed our luggages, loaded them onto the car, then went for more shopping.. (instigated by a very disappointed someone beacuse she felt she didn't get to do enough shopping and get what she wanted). We had some dimsum brunch which was not terrible but pales in comparison to Red Star's. Finally, around 3pm or so, we left KL. I sound very mean saying this but I was kinda glad we were going back to Singapore. I guess I just wasn't used to it.. Not that I'm spoilt or anything..

Anyways, we did make a stop at JB's Restoran Ah Koong. Lurve their Yong Tau Foo. It was absolutely delicious. Really cheap but the quantity was sufficient to make everyone smile toothily. I really recommend this place. Go for the set meals. They have very good variety and it's well priced and delicious. =)

All in all, I had a good time, setting aside the quirky Malaysian services and Malaysian style cooking. Really glad for this little trip. Thanks dad for organising it and driving us to and fro!! =)

New year eve's celebration at tonkichi

2009-01-05T15:17:00.003+08:00

Shosh and i went to watch 3d bolt!! Finally we're out of our hermit shells.. :) wells, anyways, after that we headed to town where i finally got my much wanted perfume. You know, i need to get out more. Seriously! Always compiling a list as long as pinochio's nose before i finally force myself to go to town. Anyhoos, we then went to taka to meet his family there for some jap food to celebrate the jap new year. I have to admit, i'm not a big fan of tonkatsu. But it was really quite good. I had the oroshi rosu, the katsu was not oily, the meat was very tender, probably owing to the fact that it packs more fat than the hire. I thought to order the radish to have it to cleanse my palate but it was soaked in the sauce. Thank goodness for the free flow of excellent shredded cabbage and tea to wash it down. Oh, and the healthy orange slices was a good touch, like a silent consolation to all the sinful katsu you have just consumed. All in all, i give it 2 thumbs up. I mean, i'm not even a big fan of tonkatsu but it's making my mouth water just thinking of it. :)

malaysia trip part 1: Colmar Tropicale in Pahang (17th - 20th dec 2008)

2008-12-22T10:37:00.004+08:00

Darren and Shoshi stayed over the night before. We only went to bed in the wee hours of the morning. Kinda stupid, since we had to wake up around 6 the next day.. Anyways, the drive was totally hilarious. We got lost!! Our 4.5 hour drive ended up as a 10.5 hour drive! Somehow we couldn't find the sign to berjaya hills and we drove all the way to bentong! Haha.. Poor daddy.. He must have been so tired from all the driving!! =( Really wish we could have done something for him...

Anyways, finally, we reached Colmar Tropicale at around 6pm. Check out our resort suite. Isn't it quaint? We dropped our bags and went down to have dinner. The pizzas and pasta were only so so. Let's say I've had better ones before... And it was so expensive for naught.. Wr spent about 370rm for 7 of us... But we were all starving by then, so everything seemed delicious. After that, we took a stroll around the place. Somehow I had expected something bigger and more exciting, so it was a little of a letdown. But the 'village' is really aorable. =) That night we retired early. Tired from our journey, I'm sure we were all glad for the respite.

The next morning, mommy and daddy woke up earlier to play golf. The rest of us had buffet breakfast on our own, which sad to say, fell short of expectations. The sausages were a little powdery, the porridge cold. The teacups had ants on them and the nasi lemak rice was not fragrant at all... After the unsatisfying breakfast, we waked around again and went to book appointments for massages. Then we hopped onto the shuttle bus and headed to the rabbit park. The rabbits were most adorable. I wished I had one... We couldn't get enough of it. Tessie was afraid of rabbits so she absolutely refused to enter the park. Poor Darren had to accompany her so he didn't enter as well.. But I'm sure it was no chore for him. I mean, he must love her enough so he'd rather stay by her side then go in without her. =)

We then headed to the country club and met mum and dad for lunch. The fare here was slightly better. Though you have to find the right items to order. My club sandwich was swell, but tiffy's nasi lemak was only so so. Shoshi's chicken rice was a tad too salty but tasty otherwise, though tessie's char-grilled steak sandwich was not all too good with it's superbly sweet onion jam. Then we went to the sports centre and the boys played a little snooker and we did some archery. I totally sucked at archery I think.. Somehow i seemed to have such a different aim from everyone!! There must me something wrong with my beady eyes!! =(

Shortly after, we headed back for our massages. By the time we were all done, it was almost 7.30pm.. We were starving and finally decided on a indo-chinese restaurant. It was terrible as they totally refused to fit two tables together for us, claiming it would block up the space. The weirdest part was that he wasn't even eager to serve and help us. We kept insisting but he was fairly rude and just ignored us, making us fume away with injustice. We then went to the one that sold grillled chicken. We must have stood there like 5 minutes, unattended. Not long, but it really is when you see the waitress stolling aroung ignoring you, the other staff flirting around with other ladies and the chef walking directly in front of you, only to ignore you, sit down and eat. Finally, mom got pissed and walked in to ask the waitress. She said they close at 8 and are not serving. So weird, why ignore us then? At least have the courtesy to come forward and tell us! And who closes at 8pm? It's dinnertime!!! Seriously..

We walked over to le blason, our last choice since they served terrible breakfast, and asked for a table for 7, only to be told to return again at 8.30 as they were now closed for groups. Superbly weird!! What are we? Singles? Are we any more inferior to the 'groups'? That night sucked. the dinner was not too bad, compared to the other meals, but in my opinion still not that good that I will want to return again. so we headed back to have an early night, hoping that KL will be better..

continues on next post..

my birthday celebrations (15th & 16th nov 2008)

2008-12-22T10:09:00.005+08:00

this year we didn't do anything fanciful. to be honest, it was actually quite an ordinary day.. what with exams and shoshi in camp all crashing down simultaneously... but it's okay.. i still had fun.. as long as people remember it and everyone gathers to have a fun time..

as usual, shoshi and i went out for dinner, his treat of course, at Kuishin Bo. No wonder i'm getting a little meaty.. hees.. but i have to admit, the cold crab... i just can't get enough of it...

on the 15th, we went to melben crab at amk with shoshi's family to have crabs.. yum!! i lurve crabs to pieces. though i have to say the creamy butter crab wasn't at all good. it tasted oddly sweet.. but i'm so glad they remembered and helped me to celebrate! and not forgetting the lovely pressie ya-chan wrapped for me.. haha.. so cute...

the next day, we went to bugis with my family to eat steamboat. i lurve buffet steamboats as well... haha... anyways, the funniest part was that after dinner, shoshi and i went shopping a little at bugis. and i ended up waiting for him while he shopped instead of the other way around. haha.. adorable?

as usual, we celebrated with a cake again. somehow, momma decided on durian cake again. haha.. but it was nice... so what the heck... =)

tess' birthday celebrations (11th oct 2008)

2008-12-22T10:05:00.003+08:00

bbq dinner at our corridor for tessie's birthday!! kudos to the chefs; daddy, shoshi, darren and tessie... topped off with yummy durian cake from angie's the choice!!! compliments to darren!! yum!!

i'm really glad for all these little birthday celebrations.. i think somehow i just enjoy being able to spend time with my family. plus i like that darren is starting to come over more often.. i like it when we seem like a huge family... can't wait for more people to join!! (hints fion!!)

tiffy's birthday celebrations (4th & 8th oct 2008)

2008-12-22T09:58:00.005+08:00

i'm sorry for the extreme tardiness.. this post was due oct 8th! but wells... anyways, we had sukiyaki dinner to celebrate tiffy's birthday.. the weirdest part was, she wasn't even there for the dinner celebration. she decided to go out with her frens and told us to start without her. we kept calling, even until the end of dinner.... in the end, she finally confessed and told her she wouldn't make it for dinner. weird.. not like she didn't know about it... sometimes i really don't understand her....

to my dearest

2008-11-03T22:35:00.006+08:00

Somtimes I really feel so so helpless.

It's like you're falling into a pitch-black pit and you can't seem to save yourself.

Just that this time it's not me who needs to be rescued.

I really sad at the way things have turned out.

I never thought this would have happened to me, to my family.

I was always so proud of us, every single one of us.

I'm not saying you are a disappointment.

You have never been a disappointment in my eyes. Because you choose the way you want to turn out and it is not destined.

As long as you want to do well, you're not disappointing anybody.

The way this story has unfolded has not been entirely your fault, but our's as well.

We have failed you as siblings, failed you as parents.

We have done so many things wrong and if I could turn back time, I would rectify my mistakes and do anything, anything at all, to stop what was about to come.

Can't you see how it pains us when we see what harm you are doing to yourself and yet know that we can do nothing to save you?

Can't you see you are hurting everyone around you as well?

What will it take for you to realise that we truly love you and only want the best for you?

All that we have done, our harshness and disappointments, were not to gang up against you and isolate you.

We just want to help you.

We're always there for you, always.

Why is it that you never want to hear us out anymore?

Why is it that what we say seems so unappreciated?

We say only truths hoping that you'll see reason in them.

We might have hurt you, angered you. But don't you see how you hurt us too?

You see the frowns on our faces when we argue, but not the helplessless and uselessness we feel towards ourselves when you walk out on us.

You don't see the tears we shed after an argument with you.

Where's the girl we all loved, so sweet and innocent?
I miss our little chats and gossips.
Miss especially our little secrets and giggles.

It's been far too long and torturing a journey for us all.

We just want you back the way you were..

Shoshi's Birthday at Bintan (26th - 28th September 2008)

2008-10-03T18:13:00.011+08:00

Being Shoshi's 21st birthday, I wanted something big and grand. I wanted it to be a chance for Shoshi to meet up with all his old friends again and catch up with them. But while i was trying to persuade him to do it (he's remotely reserved and chill-lax), I could tell that he actually would rather just have a quiet dinner. Eventually, the idea of going overseas for a wee trip popped into my head and so I suggested it to him. He loved it instantly so plans started rolling, albeit slowly as Shoshi's really last minute kind and I didn't want to make decisions without him.

Finally, plans were set down and the day came for our departure. =) Fervently, we met early and headed down to TMFT. I was running late, as usual, and was so afraid we'll be late! Thank God we weren't! We even had time to eat!!

Upon reaching the terminal, there was an immediate excitement coursing through me. I never had to handle my own tickets, passports, check in and stuff like that. It was most exciting! As we sat in the ferry, we were so eager! I guess that's the whole idea of having a trip yea? I mean, if it doesn't excite you, why bother to spend the money and go out of the country?

As we pulled into the ferry terminal at Bintan, I almost couldn't contain my emotions! Imagine, 3D2N of escapism from dull, droning, monotonous, stressful, tedious (if u have not yet got my drift..) days and a chance to spend it contentedly with my love.

Anyhows, we got off the ferry, went through immigration (can't believe I had to queue alone!!) and made our way onto the shuttle bus to Nirwana Gardens Resort.

When we got there, we were welcomed by a dancing troupe. We eagerly grabbed a complimentary drink and made our way to check in and confirm our departure ferries. Then we made our way to our room! It wasn't too bad! Neat and clean and looked very resort-ish but with the feeling of a hotel room. =) We dropped our stuff, freshened up and then we made our way down to ask about how to get to any shopping areas.

We realized the closest, and not to forget the cheapest, was a 15 min bus ride to Pasar Oleh Oleh. So we hopped onto the bus and the Pasar. =)

The Pasar was quite clean and not very big. Surprisingly, we managed to spend the entire afternoon there! It sold the same things over and over again but Shoshi and I went around couting for a specific mask. So we ended up going into every shop. The place is really interesting, the people so delightfully friendly. Their worst service staff is probably our standard back here in Singapore. Honestly, it's perhaps a reverse psychology. Their coyingly sweet attitudes made me want to buy things from them! So wells, we did spend quite a bit there buying some souveniors for ourselves and our friends and family.

Feeling hungry, we made our way to Kampong Lagoi's Waroeng Bambu, which sells Indonesian food at reasonable prices in a restaurant setting and divinely sweet services. But that's all the compliments I can reserve for the place. I have to admit that Indonesian food does take alot of adjusting to. Everythings so oily and sweet and heavily flavoured. And they have the funniest mixture of foods, no vegetables but a plateful of sweet, tough beef, fried chicken, egg soaked in sugar syrup, fried tempeh.. Shoshi even had fried young jackfruit and beef skin, which looked like cubes of jelly-ish fats. YUCKS!

That concluded our day. We headed back early and had an early night cuddling and having a bit of 'us' time together. =)

The next morning, we woke early and fresh, I eager to have my breakfast and Shoshi eager to go on the traditional fishing tour we booked the day before. As we made our way down, look what we saw! Giant Snakes-n-Ladders and a chess set! Too bad I didn't know how to play chess! Haha. Then again, even if I did, Shosi wouldn't wanna play with me! Haha!

Breakfast was a buffet style, complimentary breakfast at the Coffeeshop. Looked at our plates. Piled like I was feeding a growing boy!

Once we were done, we had some time to kill. So we walked around the hotel, checking out it's facilities and the beautiful beach! you'll see picture later! =)

Soon, it was time for our tour. We boarded the bus and made our way to the magrove areas. In all honesty, I wasn't so much looking forward to it that eagerly. I was a little sceptical about it (just not my cup of tea) and it seemed like only the two of us were going for it, with everyone else going on the mangrove tour. But it turned out great fun! Being just the two of us, we had the little sampan exclusively. That and we were allowed to try everything, cam-whore as much as we wanted. Shoshi even got to row the sampan! We got to try the jala, the bubur and shoshi even caught a crab with the injab. And we were allowed to bring it back! =) It was interesting, even though it seemed like we were melting in the hot sun in a small little sampan. Haha!

And thank God we went for it. When we chatted with the others from the mangrove tour, they said they only got to see snakes and some mokeys. The other animals were too smart to be out in the fiery heat of the scorching sun! Hees! We got more out of our trip! Lucky us. =)

After spending the morning at the magroves, we went back and rested a little before heading down to the beach! look how clear the water is!! you could see fishes 5 feet away. And if you wadded into the water, you might even swim beside them. Shoshi had so much fun looking out for them. He so adores fishes you know. He even said he could do it all day, provided he had a pair of goggles. Such a cutie!!

After about an hour, we got a little restless. And we saw some people kayaking so we thought to try it out. We went to inquire and it wasn't too expensive, so we happily hopped onto one and paddles pur way out. Yes yes, it was my first time! So loser. But I think I wasn't too bad. It's actually a very nice feeling. Paddling out into where there were no crowds and sitting there feeling the breeze, chatting and looking at the fishes. We could zoom from one end to the other, or paddle slowly to watch the sunset! Yes! We saw the sun set, a first for us! It was so close up the picture above truly doesn't do it justice. It was so temptingly round and luxuriously bathed in shades of orange that we just had to stop on a 'forbidden' shore to take pictures. Another thing that came so up close was a bird! So close it was that I had this sickeningly fearful feeling in my belly! I was terrified it would lend on me or peck my ear off!!

After a delightful time at the beach, we went back to wash up, then we caught the 7 o'clock(8 on Singapore time) bus to the Kelong. Boy was it good. We had gong gong, drunken prawns, a steamed crab and a honeydew sago to share. It was pricey though. We spent around 70 for 2 people. Thank God for the 10% discount! And boy did we take long to eat.. By the time we reached back into the sanctuary of our hotel room, it was aroung 9.15 Bintan time. Haha.. So we stayed in and rested and watched teevee. Somehow, Shoshi fell asleep first. By the time I turned off the lights to sleep, it was around 1 plus Bintan time. And I'm absolutely terrified of hotels! Hate to be the last to sleep. I kept thinking there was something lurking in the corners!! Shucks! I'm so silly!!

The next morning, I arose early, as usual, and woke up lazy lazy Shoshi who was still sleeping soundly, as usual! I was starving, as usual! I can't sleep when I'm hungy!! Hahahas. So after we dressed, we went down for a heart hearty complimentary breakfast! Look at all that we ate! And I totalle adore their muesli!! Yummy!! Thank God we went early. By the time it was 9, the queue at the doors were endless and the poor hungry people had to wait for ages to get a table!!

Seeing as we had another hour or two to kill, we went round to explore the hotel grounds before we headed for the pool to swim and finally ending with the beach again! It truly was a chill-lax day! Look at all we saw!! The python was so big it looked like it could snap my bones as if I were a twig! And the deer was so silly! It got tangled in some leaves and ended up looking like a tree itself, dangling with lines of leaves. Haha.

Shortly after, we cleaned up and checked out. It was funny sitting at the lobby looking at the people who were just arriving. They looked so blur and so 'new'. Made me wonder if I looked like that too when I had first arrived. Hahahas. Soon, the bus came for us. It was sad that they trip was coming to an end. But it truly was a trip worthwhile. It took us away from reality and the hustle and bustle of the tiny yet stressful little red dot which we lived on. It was truly refreshing. Undeniably the best date we've ever had. Luucky we chose this instead of a large dinner party! =) We'll take this anytime!

CAC FOC Main Comm Outing to Sentosa (25th September 2008)

2008-10-03T17:23:00.006+08:00

Here's introducing the new foc main com for 2009! =)

our very first meeting. as usual, we had supper after. very foc tradition! thanks shun shun for the porridge =) anyhows, i really commend the effort and kudos to the proposal to focus on main comm bonding early. It really does make it easier to get to know the others. =) hopefully this bonding will make us a family early in the planning and it will benefit our future camp plannings.

Our first outing to Sentosa! =) Thanks kah hui for planning it. =) I wished I had stayed. =) But anyhows, I hoped you guys had loads of fun =)

As usual, we were supposed to meet at 1pm at harbourfront but we ended up waiting for quite a while. So anyhows, we finally reached about 3, i think.

First stop, Costa Sands resort to drop our stuff and load up on the sunscreen. Then on to the beach we go~~

What's a beaching day without some dunking?? THANKS TO MAX, we all got dunked, though i still don't see why I got dunked first. Just a little provocation and MAX went berserk, dragging me all the way to the water!! Some were really funny! Trent's classic tree hugging and Prawn's back flip... Truly added some laughs to the party!!

Doubtless to say, we had some beach sports games like captain's ball, frisbee throwing, relay races. Some of them even went to the extent of going for a run. You know, I think it most weird to go there and suggest a run when the whole point is to play some interactive sports. But heys, if you want to, i can't say anything. It's just not my idea of fun. Thank God Sheena felt it was totally silly and we stayed behind to play the frisbee. =)

Not to forget the water captain's ball. It was fun! Lucky i brought the ball!

the girls..

wu lei.xiuming.sheena.yanting.me (did i get them right?)

At El Toro with Ash (21st Aug 2008)

2008-10-02T23:17:00.004+08:00

I know this post is extremely belated! But it's not my fault at all. I FORGOT TO CHARGE MY CAM!! And so all the pics were with Ash! Aargh!! Hahaha...

Anyhows, Tessie's ex manager or something recently opened this place at Winsland House names El Toro. Tessie said that I might be interested in it and so when Ash asked for a meet up to catch up, knowing how he adores Mexican food, I suggested the place!

So we met up and walked over. I had not the slightest inkling where it was so we eneded up walkinh one round. But due credit must be given to our slow but functioning sense of direction because eventually we found it, though we much time wasted!

When we reached, we were starving. We took up quite a bit of time deciding on what to eat. Eventually we decided to order 2 dishes to share and we decided to open a bottle of red wine. Think it's something like blood of the bull when you translate it?

I lurved it of course! But knowing what a terrible drinker I am, after 2 glasses I felt a little flushed and woozy! That, and I, wait, I mean WE, began to talk to much and laugh too much! Hahaha.... So though it was a little tense initially, we soon got over the awkwardness, though with the help of some red wine!!

Of course, after a glass or two, Ash admitted he wasn't that big a fan of red wine so it was up to me to finish the rest! Bad decision... First time I actually walked zigzaggedly home! And we couldn't stop laughing at other people and their little quirks on the train. You know those typical scenes where two people get too high and everything seems so funny that they try to whisper it but it seems so loud that everyone seems to be able to hear? Yea! That's what happened. A tad embarrassing huh, Ash?

The Salsa classes they had there on the thurs night we were there. Wonder if it's still on thurs! =)

On the house! Though it was a little too hard and oily. Not crucnchy and had a funny stale aftertaste.

Our quesadilla. I loved it. It seems miserly but it's just enough, leaving some room for desert if you liked. =)

I liked this more! Our paella. The serving size seemed very snall but it is very very filling! And the amount of ingredients they served was very generous. Mussels, Prawns, Sausages... And just the right amount of moistness and saltiness! Lurved it! =)

We made a new friend from Lebanone. She's a staff there. =) Her name's Amne I think. And she was so sweet and easy to chat with. =) I hope she lurves Singapore! Hey Ash, maybe we should visit her again at El Toro!

Another bottle of wine, anyone?

Castovia Outing to ECP (22nd Sept 2008)

2008-10-02T21:54:00.004+08:00

I didn't go earlier as i couldn't cycle, nor could i skate. I was afraid I would seem a wet blanket and that I would not enjoy myself. Thus, I only decided to turn up for the bbq. Yet, looking at their pics now, it really looked fun and maybe I should have gone after all..

Anyhoos, thanks for the great cooking you guys. I truly feel sinfully guilty just sitting there and waiting for food. But I did not want to intrude, especially into a zone that was not at all my forte. I'm terrible at bbqs! Truly I am..

As you can see, the only think I'm good at is the marshmallows.. Hahahas.. that's us doing some silly marshmallow roasting!! ~hees...

Honestly, I'm truly grateful for CAC FOC! The friends I've made, the outinga and gatherings you guys hold and the sweet friendship and family spirit truly has coloured my life. I thank God for sending you guys to me! A big family always!! =)

Thanks guys!! =) Hope there's more to come! *Winks, Rosa!!*

Dominic's 1st year birthday at Dalvey (21st Sept 2008)

2008-09-24T14:45:00.004+08:00

I really wanted to be there. I was always missing out on all these family outings and celebrations due to numerous reasons which all sound very ridiculous now when you say it out. So this time, I went, even though I had to leave in an hour's time because of my cursed Japanese lessons. But boy was it worth it.

Look at Dominic, the adorable birthday boy. He really is so adorable. He doesn't whine or cry too much. Just sits there and observe mostly. He's so adorable!! And might I say, he looks so much like Debbe when she was a baby!! And doesn't he look cute in this picture, all the way from his stubby fingers to him crooked smile and his stubbornly standing hair! I really admire the photographer's patience and skill to snap such a shot! It truly is difficult to snap a constantly wriggling and moving baby!! At least the picture always turn out great! I wish mine always did.. =)

As with all her other children's parties, there was a jester who made the most wonderful ballon sculptures I've ever seen ( He has been in this line of work for 10 years already! It truly is a skill. =) You should see the things he made!! Chickens, monkeys climbing trees, dragonflies, heart shaped wands, swords...), a magician (who started just as i left for jap), a cameraman, a videoman, a candy floss maker, catering from Purple Sage, loads of balloons, a life sized Mickey and Minnie and a pool of balls complete with a slide(which was way too smal to fit me but I couldn't help myself).

Look at all the pretty babies! There's Dominic (Elna jie's 1 yr old baby boy), Debbee (Elna jie's 2 plus baby girl), Angel Isabella (Grace Jie's 1 plus baby girl) and Kira (Elton kor's daughter). I so lurve them to pieces! It so adorable how you can see their personalities even at such a young age. Bella's the quiet obersever, Nicky's the reserved one who tests the waters before jumping in, Kira's the happy pretty princess and Debbee's the leader who knows what she wants. =)

Look at the high tea spread from Purple Sage. It was so so. Some finger snacks were wonderful, like the seared tuna withe peppery salsa, or the brownies. =) Some were only so-so. But I still liked it for it's layout and service. =)

Look at out goodie bags! There are little stuffed animals attached to them. =) We got monkey! His name is Dangles!!

As I said before, we really couldn't help ourselves! We just had to be kids again!! There's really nothing much I can say to justify my actions! But boy was it worth it!!

Mommy's birthday and Dad and Mom's anniversary at Melben's (17th Sept 2008)

2008-09-24T14:30:00.005+08:00

We brought mum out to Melben's at AMK to have crab bee hoon =). yummy!! bought her Swiss Bake's mango mousse cake and Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue. =) The cake was heavenly, not too spongy yet not too mousse-ish. Very light on the palate. You could finish the whole cake and not even know. =)

And for daddy, we didn't forget you!! Happy anniversary you guys! 25 years already, and still so loving. I really hope my future marriage will be as sweet and beautiful as your's!! Hope you liked your durian pancakes from Four Seasons =)

NUS's Dance Synergy - Dance Reflections 2008 Passage

2008-09-15T21:13:00.004+08:00

Went to Ramen Ten before to have dinner. The food was not atrocious but I didn't enjoy the lack of air conditioning. Neither did I enjoy the un-Japanese quality of the food, nor the English songs which were not even sung by the original artistes, playing in the background.

Overall, i felt it wasn't excellent. I love to watch contemporary dances and I was hoping to be wowed over by it's dynamic and graceful performance. Yet, the dancers seem to lack in coordination and synchronisation. The music too, seemed lacklustre. I thought they could do better with the song choices and the way the songs linked to one another. It left a very funny feeling when the songs just ended halfway and had to fade out when the dance ended. Semmed almost as if there was not enough choreography. Even though it was only a transition, it still felt very awkward. What's more, I was not impressed by the choreography, especially those of the first few dances. The choreography seemed absolutely boring. I mean, how can you be impressed when the opening act consists of all the dancers rolling around on the ground for at least 2 minutes? Even when it came to the female dancers alone, the moves did not seem graceful enough. And the guys!! Gosh, I was totally put off by the lewdness of a particular grinding and "sex" dance by a certain male dancer. It left such a bad taste in my mouth that I could not stand to watch the entire piece..

Yet, I do have to credit them for their effort put in and the last 2 dances. It was considerably better.

Gosh, I do sound terribly unfriendly! I just wished it had bowled me over in awe.. But still, well done Nina! And thanks for asking me along. Somehow I did enjoy myself!! Though I was terribly cranky that day and couldn't stop getting annoyed at the slighest things! Thanks babe for putting up with me and for all the patience in the world! I would have just snapped if I were you.. Proves that I've more to improve before I can qualify as a good girlfriend!

A bad experience with California Fitness

2008-09-03T16:09:00.004+08:00

It started about a few weeks ago when my friend signed up as a member and recommended me for a free one month trial at California Fitness in Orchard. The lady called and informed me about it. She suggested that I come by within the next two days. Initially I told her I would be busy but she kept insisting on either one of this two days. I tried to ask for another day but she was very adamant and would say things like, " Only the next two days." without so much as an apologetic or persuasive tone or a suggestion to help solve my problem. Thinking it was a good package, I didn't want to forego it, so I told her I would head down tmr. Just before I hung up, she remembered she had not yet asked me my age. When I told her I was 20, she said curtly, "Oh, in that case, you must photostat your parent's IC." Obstacle one! But nothing I could not do, so I set it aside and didn't think too much about it.

About an hour later, I realized I could not shift my schedule around. So I called back to reschedule. But when I called, the lady kept telling me she could not do anything and I had to contact their sales dept directly. She refused to connect me to them because I couldn't produce that lady's name. Obstacle 2! Evetually I got so helpless, I told her, that since that was the case, it's okay, I would just wait for her to contact me directly.

So the next day, she called me hours before our appointment. I could not answer as I was in class and I could not call back as I had no breaks to do so. She must have called me 3 or 4 times. That's when I began to feel annoyed. She seemed so anxious to get me and so desperate to sign me up. I think I must have picked up eventually, or I called her back. I apologised profusely for missing her calls then told her that I could not make it today and had to reschedule for the day after. I even told her that I had called to tell her yesterday but I could not be connected to her because I had forgotten her name. Instantly, her tone changed! She became very curt again. "You can't tomorrow? The day after ar? Erm... Okay lor. What time," she asked. So I fixed another date and time. I then asked if I could bring a friend and how much would they have to pay. She said I could and asked me for her name etc. I told her I had not found one yet but I will and will contact her in an hour's time. he kept insisting I give her a name so I just gave my sister's. But since I had not yet asked my sis, I told her I would get my sis to contact her again in an hour. But she kept asking for her number, until I said that I'll call her in 15min. Then she just said, "ok. bye," and hung up. I was a little perplexed as to why she was so impolite and eager to hang up. She didn't even sound like she wanted me to sign up but was just doing it to get her job done.

When my sis called in 10min time, she questioned my sister. I was busy so I wasn't beside her. But when she put down, my sister came to me, the first thing she said was, "Why is that lady so rude and fierce?"

After a while, she called back again. This time, my sister picked up. She told my sister that there's a change and since we are under 21, now we can't just bring our parent's ICs. Instead, we had to bring our parent's down directly. Obstacle 3!I thought this was ridiculous and I told my sis that we should just forego it. So i tried to call and tell her we do not want this free trial anymore. But when I told her over the phone, she said "You don't want already ar? Then nevermind. Bye." And she ust hung up on me. WTH? She was so rude!! Her tone really changed when I mentioned I was no longer interested. Weird! Shouldn't you always maintain a happy refrain and thank the customer regardless of whether he/she takes up your offer?

About 2 weeks later, just the day before yesterday, she called again. Her first question when I picked up was, "You have an appoinment with me right?" So I told her yes I did and that I'm sorry but I am not interested anymore. Immediately she said, "Actually, since you are underage, we can't sign you up for the free trial. But we would like to ask you to sign up as our member." I mentioned I wasn't interested. I mean, I don't even get to enjoy the free trial, I had bad service and now you want me to pay to sign up? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Then she asked " May I ask why you are not interested?" So I said that it was because of distance from my school. And she went on to ask where my school was exactly, what time it ended, where I stayed etc. Even when i said I stayed in the north, she had to prod and as, "North, where?" Then she went on to calculate the time I would take to travel back and forth and tell me that it wasn't far at all. I was positvely annoyed and irked at her ivasion of my privacy by this time so I reiterated my point and told her I WAS NOT INTERESTED ALREADY. And she still had the gall to ask me if I do workout. I said I did a little running, not really gym work. She then asked why I did workout for. I was appalled by her audacity and said that I just exercise to stay fit, not to lose weight or anything. Then she went on to explain, "Actually to keep fit and lose weight, you need to have a personal trainer because you don't know your true bmi etc and you don't have the proper equipment to train your lower body." WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, LADY?! By now I was truly irritated so I said, "I'm really sorry. I'm not interested, really." Then she said, "Okay, Nevermind then. Bye." and hung up on me. WTH???

I'm really irritated by her attitude. I can't remember her name, but i think it sounds like Alvyn? If she does call you up, I hope you have been warned..

CAC Face Ambassador Pageant/ CYNOSURE BALL (16th Aug 2008)

2008-08-17T22:07:00.019+08:00

I know this post comes as a superbly tardy post. It is not entirely my fault though. Everytime I decide I should blog, my lappy ups and decides it doesn not want to load the page! And being the computer-idiot that I am, let's just say my preferred choice of action was to shut the damned thing off and go take a nap. So wells, that explains my tardiness. =)

Anyhow, this truly was a fascinating experience. It's kind of like the things girls see on tv and think to themselves, "What would it be like if I did the things they did?" Well, I can officially say, "I tried all those darned things! ~lalala.."

It all began with a shocking announcement from James during our last pre camp meeting that Wenting and I were to participate in it. I absolutely had no idea what it was all about and I always thought Joyce was to join instead. About a week after camp, the emails and sms started to pour in and I began to panic. I thought it would be a fun experience, but I most certainly did not want to join alone (wenting was strongly against it!), neither did I think I was at all suited for pageant. Eventually, after much persuasion (and trickery, on pak lun's part), joyce, mingjun and I were signed up for it.

So, first came the first modelling training. I was both excites and nervous since I had not the slightest inkling what to expect. When we reached the place, the first thing we saw were the models strutting outside Shine. That, combined with the ferociously furious instructors ('cause of our flagrant tardiness), made us want to cower with fear and forget we ever signed up for it. Even after entering the agency, it did not calm my fraying nerves one bit. They bombarded us with choreography and made us repeat it over and over. Not that I minded the choreography, I was just so intimidated by the models and so embarrased to try walking. Sighs, that truly was a bad experience because I went back feeling like I made a mistake signing myself up for it!

It was very a rushed 3 weeks. Time seemed to fly as we went back for rehearsals with Shine Modelling Agency, photoshoot with Dean Studio and a few other rehearsals with GuanHong for the talent show. Oh, did I mention the trip we had to No 1 Costume Costume Shop? We went to Artiris at AMK Hub first but we could not find anything suitable. A few of us were feeling quite disheartened as we had expected ball gowns, unlike the wispy cotton knee-length dresses we saw there. Thankfully, the committee graciously altered their plans and allowed us to go to the costume shop to get clothes instead.

This was the first time the girls actually bonded and talked. We shared stories about our progree with our talent segments and also other gossips about our partners and cac stuff. It was very fun as the rest were very easy going and so easy to talk to. Finally we reached the shop. Immediately, we went into PLAY MODE and all of us started taking weird hats and taking turns to make a ridiculous attempt to look funny and have fun. (That in the bear's hear is me btw!)

It was most fun, trying on gowns; laughing at ridiculous ones and admiring the beautiful ones. Yet, despite the light hearted mood, You truly got to see the true characters of all the girls. Some were very forthright, even to the point of being blunt, some were terribly sweet, suggesting gowns that would suit you, and others were just more focused on themselves, afraid to not look pretty enough so they only buzzed around looking for what flatter them most.

Finally the day of the ball came. We met in the early afternoon and made our way to M hotel. Hung around for a while at a room before heading down to the VIP room (aka our dressing and makeup room) to get changed and dolled up. Upon reaching the ballroom level, the first thing we saw were these studio shots of our's lined neatly in a snaking pattern, bordering the edge of the room.

I have to admit I love my picture terribly. I was afraid it would come out funny as I've always felt I wasn't very photogenic. But I'm glad it turned out splendidly! All the other contestants' pictures were gorgeous too! You could really see their different personalities throughthey pictures; qian ru being sweet, lea with her sassy, stylish character..

Then we went for hair and makeup. The guys went first and were done in a jiffy. Then we went up to do our's. BOY, was it long! I felt like I had sat there for hours, of course in between we had to keeping dashing back and forth to rehearse and then back to do our eyes, rehearse another segment, and then back to do our lips... By the time i truly finished my makeup, it must have been around 6pm. I think i was one of the first to enter but one of the last to be done! I really am puzzled!! Anyways, as many of us still had hair to do, we hade to rush and chomp down our stale pizzas while we did our hair. It really is very difficult to bite into a pizza when you have lipstick on, so much so that i gave up the temptation to eat another slice and just let myself go hungry! Thank god Max wan't us or he would have cried because he could only look at but not eat the pizzas! haha.

Look at how think our makeup was!! I so thought i looked like a vixen or a tranny!!

When we first saw our costumes,we were stunned. I do so adore the wispy flowy toga gowns the greeks wore and these cotton ones seened a far cry. but after a while, we decide they wern't too bad, what with the belts and hair accesories etc.

Soon, people started to pour in, some even being jovial and enthusiatic enough to put on some sort of costumes or accesories.

Okay! Finally we were ready. The people filled into the ballroom and we took some time to rehearse and calm ourselves while we waited for Guanhong and Gary to return from their wushu competition. We were positively fretting and I was so afraid i'll screw up or something. Some of the girls were very nervous too and we tried to calm each other by offering to rehearse together or giving encouragements and hugs. =)

But it's not always so sweet. Not going to mention names but one girl really irked me for a moment. While we were rehearsing, I mentioned that perhaps they should stand a little forward later so that we may filter back in after we return from our triangle walk, otherwise, we would get jammed on the right. Immediately, she turned around and said rudely in my face with a scowl etched on her's, "I don't know what you are talking about." Then she promptly turned back and continued striking poses. Maybe I sound bitch relating it now, like it was only a petty incident. But I felt very insulted and was most perplexed by the insulting tone indeed. And I'm not exaggerating because the girl beside her turned too and looked at me to see my reaction when he heard that comment too. I was most embarrased so I only saw from the corner of my eye. But lucky she was nice and decided to just keep quiet and give me space to cool down and not embrarrass me. After a while, I did cool down indeed. I realized it was just her character. Like you would say things and if she couldn't hear you, she wouldn't turn around and ask, "Sorry?" Instead, she would literally bark out "WHAT?" with a frown on her face. Initially when she did that to me, I would get stunned and wonder if I said something wrong. Gradually, I realized it was just her.

Anyway, the first segment began and we went up for our group introductory walk. It was thrilling but the blinding lights and tense silence made it nerve-wrecking. When we walked finished and headed down, I literally let out a sigh of relief. The hardest part is always the first time you do it as you never know what to expect. But anyways, we had to rush back and change, so we didn't have time to bask in the relief.

So wells, I was done changing and I waited patiently for GuanHong to change. I was nervous as we had only met twice or so to rehearse it only. Plus we had yet to practice the song just before the walk as he had left for wushu competition. That, and we had some changes to make which we haven't even discussed. When he was done, we tried once at the list lobby. but before we could do mush, we were told to go to the ballroom already. Being the first really sucks. We went in and I was so so nervous, worse than before even as there was more to screw up now! Pak tried to give me some reassuring smiles and encouraging words, thank God for it.

So anyhows, we went up and told the crowd we were going to sing a duet. When i mentioned the title, I heard a million "wow.."s resonating across the room. For a while, I wanted to shudder and run off the stage. It made me wonder if i chose the wrong song. But before I had time to even wince, the music started and Guanhong started to sing. Really admire his bravery. Like I said, it sucks to be the first. Anyhows, I absolutely hate microphones and I had no idea how I would sound like or how loud I would be. So I started off really shaky. Thank God, just as I was about to screw it up, I notice June on my right, swaying to the song and giving me encouraging smiles. It really calmed me down instantly. That's why throughout the song I kept looking over at her. Thanks so much June, really appreciate it. =) But I still think I did a terrible job. I'm not actually that bad, I think! I just really hate to sing publicly and using a mic..

Anyhow, when we finished and went off the stage, I was so relieved. As I walked out, I could see the others practising and fretting. I was glad mine was over, but i didn't want to rub it in, hence I went straight to change into my gown. Maybe it's not that bad being the first after all! ~Hee

Look at Pak lun's cheeky face in the background.

I'm glad I changed early though. I had so much difficulty with my dress!! Firstly, being not very conservative a dress, I had to take extra precautions to make it avoid having a wardrobe malfunction! If that wasn't bad enough, I remebered it was too long and we couldn't alter it so i had to hand sew or pin it up. The pins Christina and I tried earlier failed and the stitches Venessa sewed on just ripped apart because I kept tripping over them. So I had to repin everything! And it was so difficult and tedious to pin it because it would flair and I would look like a buttercup! Serena and Ziying were very nice, offering to help and keeping a lookout for any spots where I would expose myself and helping me to rectify those problems.

As we filed into the ballroom to prepare ourselves for the Q and A and individual catwalk, we were very psyched. It was the last event. The one i dreaded most. Mainly because I hated pageant questions and also because even after pinning up my dress, I still had some ominous sense of forebode that told me I was going to trip and fall.

We saw the last half of the guys answer the questions and qian ru was smart enough to mark off the questions they ask. At least the harder questions were asked by my turn~ So as i made my way up the stage, I was mentally praying that I would not trip. I literally had to glide my foot one infront of the other because I was so conscious of my gown! When i finished my individual catwalk, I was so relieved I almost forgot that I still had one more crucial omponent to finish! When I picked a card and the emcee read it out, I literally had to suppress my grin! YIPPEE!! Easy question!! So there, the final crucial segement down!! ~wee!!!

CAC!

Lastly was the couple's walk. This time it was a really no pressure, relaxing kind of walk. I was still afraid I would slip but if I could do it once, what's another? Plus it's not that bad since I had someone beside me this time. =) Thanks Guanhong for being my partner! I think our partnership turned out not too bad after all huh?

the crowning!! i'll try to recall who won what yea?

CAC Face ambassadors: Chris and Chun Yih, Mr Personality and Miss Congeniality: Mingjun and Serena, Mr and Miss Popularity: Gary and Jocelyn, Miss Glamorous: Joyce, Mr Body Beautiful: Justin, Mr and Miss Gorgeous: Guanhong and Qian Ru, Miss Style: Me, Shine's New Face Discovery award: Gary and Venessa (non contestant)

Shoot! can't remember what's the other award Chun Yih Won...

Anyhows, Shine were really... eager.. to sign on models! They approached almost everyone to ask them to sign up with them, even going to the extent to promising them the crown in return. None of the girls they asked said yes, so in the end, the award went to Venessa and non of the contestants got it. That's why the girls were one award short!! I won't say too much because it isn't very nice to bitch that objectively and I most certainly do not want to get into any unecessary trouble...

Post ball! We cam-whored like crazy!! I just wished I had my camera with me that day...

When I went home, my little sis was so excited by my night! So we stayed up and cammed a little more =)

My daddy had not yet slept too! Let's just say he saw us and wanted to play along too! I think he makes a pretty supermodel! Haha~~ Don't you think so?

BBQ and stayover at Ms Tay's (5th August 2008)

2008-08-07T13:02:00.005+08:00

check out miss tay's pad. =) the epitome of a young, modern family yea?

the master bedroom.

the outside toilet

her son's bedroom. yea, i'm wondering the same thing toos.. why are the bedsheets pink?

the guest room cum mini work room

the living room. lurve the rug and the lamp on the left.

the dining area

after all the good things, here's something erm... bad to bring you back to reality.

i was late from CAC meeting. tried to rush but i wanted to take pictures at the end so i refused to leave early. so it dragged all the way till like 10.30pm. supposed to be the shortest meeting but it turned out the longest! ironic huh? anyways, by the time i cabbed to ms tay's place (oh yea, thaks pak and ting shu for walking me to the taxi stand =)), it was already 11.20pm. so yea, i missed the bbq. so even though the food was hard and overcooked or undercooked, thanks for being so kind and feeding me!! =)

CSS Netball girls (pioneer batch)

with peitian, joanna, xijun and lillian.

with lesley, lillian, xijun, jacqueline and karen. (shoot! didn't get a shot with m tay and another with serena!)

lurve this kangaroo furskin to pieces. so absolutely soft and warm!

all in all, it was a lovely gathering. even though when i reached the rest were about to leave, it was still nice seeing them again. it was nice lying side by side chatting and hearing all the girl's stories and giving them advice on relationships etc. hearing all their probs made me feel that relationships were fragile, they can be strong, but they still are fragile. made me feel like i should treasure shoshi more. plus, everyone kept harping on how nice a boy shoshi was and that i was the wilder one so i should take more precaution not to be naughty and stray. heehee. what nonsense!! i would not deliberately do something like that!

back to where i was, yea.. it was nice seeing ms tay lie there with us, listening to our every word, sharing her own stories and giving us advice and concern. then waking up to cook maggi noodles together, eating together and sitting there drilling ms tay on her marriage. these were priceless. i never knew my teacher would be my friend the way it turned out to be. it was great, we should do it again!

last CAC meeting (5th August 2008)

2008-08-07T12:20:00.007+08:00

joyce, mj, pak, guanhong and me met early to rehearse our pageant's talent show.

after 2 hours of break, i couldn't bring myself to go for the 3 hour long damned lecture. so wells.. especially since eveyone started coming early toos. so wells, we started camming again!

tingshu was being annoying, at least i think so.. haha. so yea, he got the nipple pinching punishment! but he wouldn't stay still, that's why he looks so tortured.. it's not me.. i truly am very sweet and nice!! =)

the horns.. always a good accessory!

we were so hungry, we started to junk ourselves! mj thought it was hilarious to pose as if he ate all of them. so well, we played along and let him do a silly shot!

poor pak was our test subject. i found a bunch of cable ties so i tied his hands behind his back. the boys saw and went berserk, taping hs mouth and tying him to a chair. actually it ws mostly max! he got so excited, it was hilarious to watch. never thought i'll see the day when max goes crazy over something that is not food! haha. he even accidentally pushed pak too fast and made him fall back while he was tied the chair.. hahas!

anyhows, after seeing the fnial product, the guys decided to use it on alex later. i truly am sorry pak! haha.. shudn't have unleashed the animals on u! haha..

the final product! look at all the wicked looks etched on their faces!

kliff baked this! so cute!! haha.. a guy... itsy bitsy cookies! how adorable! haha. but i passed it round n it never came back! haha.. it's okay. share the love.. haha

this iswhat happens during meetings!

ting shu and alex acting cute; me gorging on food, june posing pretty for any camera which trns her way, weijie being bored(then again, when is log side busy during meetings?) and kliff looking at pretty girsl online!

poor alex was so tortured! the best part was he gamely played along n struggled! we cable tid his limbs and duct taped his mouth, even taping Xs on his... then we sprayed gatsby shaving cream on his hairy legs and made him wear a devil's horn! some guys were even more cruel. they kept putting things t his crotch and asking him to grip onto his d*** firmly so it on't drop! boys will always be boys...

main comm! with a tortured alex! by now alex was just giving in already after struggling for so long. hence he looks perfectly "untortured" here!

all's well ends well. happy birthday u guys! dun forget mine!! =)

i truly appreciate having her for camp. june made it a point to include me and make me not feel left out . although initially i didn't understand why she did certain things the way she did, i do now, after going through so much together. she really is a gem. =)

ecs and gls =)

i had no idea there were picture crashers in the back! haha. coincidentally both are logistics side! log men are jealous men!

photoshoot for pageant at DEAN'S STUDIO (2nd August 2008)

2008-08-04T00:28:00.005+08:00

after tuition i rushed down to clarke quay for the photoshoot. =) as usual i was late. but i wasn't that late! haha.

joyce got the same shoes as me! though mine's in green andher's in black and white! sweet~

pak as usual is cam whoring~ haha.. though he doesn't need to do it himself!

i lurve this pic because we look so different in style! joyce as usual is looking sweet in her beachy dress and slick straight hair. like a suny day time girl. while i look more night time with my simple-cut satin dress and curls. haha. putting us side by side seems such a contrast and yet it doesn't look such a mismatch!

i'v always looked weird in specs! like a teacher~ at least pak's specs look nice! lurve the metallic neon green!

this was taken in the studio. the studio is along HONG KONG ST. a small one room studio upstairs. it was very simply fashioned and had no airs about it. which made it very comfortable to be in and not one bit stressful at all.

anyways, this pic is like super illusion curze pak was sitting in front leaning in and i was behind, propped up against the car. so it looks like he ws leaning on my arm, which wasn't all. haha..

darn funny! we kept making fun of them, th dominant wife and henpecked husband. maybe i went a lil overboard! won't do it anymores! but they were really nice about it, even posing for us. hence, the picture..

if u wanted to know, the photoshoot looks like this. it truly was an experience. we took individual shots were. guanhong, my partner, was nice enuff to go on first. the first photographer was really nice and instructed him on how to pose this way and that. it was nice having someone else go firts so u could watch and learn. i'll bet it wasn't just me. everyone else ways intently watching and observing too. next was me but i was too embarrassed to go up so mingjun went next. so by the time it reached me, i was the fourth and it wasn't that embarrassing. but still i couldn't help but flush. thank God it wasn't visible. but i was positively heating up! lucky for me, it lasted very short only so yea.. haha..

anyhows, after that we snapped pair shots, which was better since it wasn't so embarrassing. it was quite fun actually. and even after when we snapped a bit more individual shots it wasn't embarrassing anymore. mine was fairly easy i think. it wasn't hard curze the photographer kindly instructed us on how to pose etc and i found it quite simple to do as instructed. but if i had to pose on my own.. well, thazt would have been another story.. haha

i think it was really fun! i wouldn't mind doing it again! maybe next time i'll pull shoshi to do one with me. come to think about it, i did want to do it on our 4th year anni. but wells, shoshi's not a very photo person.. so he didn't want to. but i thought it wud be nice to preserve the memory. wells, maybe next time =)

while the others were having their shoot, pak and i walked around and played with the antiques. haha. it was fun! and the antiques.. boy were they beautiful. =)

after the photoshoot, mj, joyce and i went to eat fich and chips. i forgot it's name but i think it's fisherman's wharf or smtg. it's just opposite the central. =) we ordered a halibut set each which costs 9.50 per person. but actually, i think i would have preferred the dory after all. it turned out a little too bland and the batter a little too much. though it was most crisply friend and not very oily. the chips i had were most disappointing as it was very soggy and bland. kinda like fries that were left overnight.. and the coleslaw tasted funny and didn't seem fresh. but they do serve a mean portion. felt really full at the end..

i told mj to pose as if he were catching the fish and he gamely did. but we totally didn't plan the facial expression. which made it so hilarious as it was so impromptu.

here. the halibut set.

townning with pak and june (1st August 2008)

2008-08-03T22:50:00.005+08:00

this is what happens when u have a camera and too much time! i tried (unsuccessfully) to self cam. but i think i seriously suck. i dunno why they dun seem as nice as when tiffy snaps herself. maybe i'm not as photogenic. or wells, maybe i'm just fussy! haha

i like this pic. it looks very sensual. and i like my little snub of a nose in this pic. haha i just generally like the outline of my features in this pic. makes them more defined. =) yippee!!

out in town with june n pak! we walked around for like ages before we managed to bug and force pak to get his hair cut! his lion's mane!! haha!! it just had to go! =) so finally we decided on a place for him (francis and jean on the 5th floor, if u wanted to know), and mercilessly dumped him in the salon before waving him goodbye and telling him we'll be back in an hour or so to find him! in the meantime, june n i went around shopping and we snapped this pic. =)

oh, btw, dun u think june looks like a china doll in this pic with her high cheekbones and short crop!? haha

she insisted that the prev pic looked terrible so we had to snapped a new one!

after quite a while, june and i went to meet pak! when we got to the salon, the hairdresser said he just left. so we called him up and found out he went to the washroom.

oookkaaaaaaaaaaaayyyys..

was it that bad?! i dunno bout june but i was kinda anxious! when he came out, i was impressed! i thought it looked good!! =) lucky we forced him to cut =)

see?! doesn't it look so much better?

i was supposed tomeet shoshi around 9.30 for dinner. but i was absolutely starving so i thought i'll get a snack. but lo n behold, i went and got myself a bowl of rice and milk tea at man jia le! haha! shoot! made myself so full!! thank god shoshi didn't get angry with me when he found out i ate already! haha. =)

btw, if u do eat there (it's one of those small shop/stalls thingy along the side of level 1 far east) their milk tea rawks! as well as their fried wanton and chicken. both of which were sinfully delicious and crisp! =) yums!!

after dinner we headed back home, the two of them were sweet enough to accompany me by the longer route even though they knew they had to stand thruout and get jostled by the overwhelming crowd rushing back to their little nests of comfort and love.

but when i got off at yck and called shoshi, i realized i still had to wait another hour and that he got delayed. so i called pak and they graciously offered their company. really sweet beyond words curze as much as i was silently hoping they would accompany me, i truly didn't expect them to, much less with so much nonchalance.

so wells, i took the next train down to yishun and we kinda bummed ard and chatted a lil. june had to leave after a while but pak was nice enuff to stay a lil longer till shoshi came! sweet! =)

oh yea, and shoshi too was adorably sweet, graciously altering his plans to suit his ever annoying and fussy girlfriend. heehee. i think i shud be sweeter to him!

check out the crabs shoshi caught while outfield. yippees!! =) 8 mud crabs for me to eat! haha
he plucked durians too, but wells, how could u bring that back?! maybe next time yea?!

our first post camp outing (30th July 2008)

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it was a busy night. we went to watch the dark knight. then we went for dinner at vivo's bakerzin followed by clubbing at st james! yupps. that was our night! and i so enjoyed it sumhow.. =)

so anyhows, i left my place at around 1.30, 2 to go to town to pick up some stuff. wanted to leave early to do my hair but wells, i was busy making the cards and slacking ard at home that when i left, i only had time to do some shopping. anyhows, i knew what i needed and wanted therefore it turned out quite fruitful. =) so anyhows, i picked up a pair of jeans, a strappy pair of heels and a black covered heels. then went to vivo and picked up my clinique pre cleanser and went to meet steph and the rest for movie!

so anyhows, around 10 of us went for the movie. generally dark knight was good. but maybe it wasn't my genre. i thought it was rather messy and too many things were happening at the same time. but i lurved the screenplay, the storyline etc. so wells. why not! =)

oh yea, i mentioned that i was late because i was making cards? yea. these were the notes. i cut and wrote the names the night before. then i woke up and continued to write the notes and decorate the cards the morning itself. that's why i was late! curze i made around 25 pieces. hopefully they dun throw the cards away after a month or so! haha! oh yea, and i gave each one a lil goodie bag of chocs and sweets too!

oh, joycey made some stuff for us too! a short note and some hershey kisses! =) yippee!!

i absolutely adore these lights in bakerzin! i must have them in my room next time!!

~hints hints!!**

thanks mingjun for coming down. i know u felt a lil left out initially curze it was actually a main comm outing. but heys! u had fun too right?!

some of the stuff we had at bakerzin. i had the mushroom linguine in cream sauce. it was very nice! i lurved it. the cream sauce was very light on the tastebuds and yet not bland that it was tasteless. and it wasn't too watered down or too thick. the mushrooms were delightfully delicious. not at all soft and mushy! they still had a bit of crunch in them. some of them had the ham and bacon penne. they said it was yummy and highly recommended. i also had the highly raved warm choc cake. it was fantastic! though i thought it wasn't warm enough so the choc inside was rather gooey and not oozing out as much as i thought i would. but still, it tasted sinfully delicious and is definitely a hit with any chocolate lover. but i also like the candied citrus beneath the cake and the light vanilla ice cream on top. =) oh, max, stace and alex shared a choc souffle. it was my first time having a souffle but boy did i like it. never expected it to taste like that. yum!!

oh! did i mention that max so happy thruout dinner? he can shifting from one end to another sharing other people's food! haha. and he had such a great time finishing up all my half eaten main course and desert curze i never seem to be able to finish my meals! haha

the dinner crowd! =)

my latest fave pic! i'm so glad i managed to catch all 4 of us! seems like my limbs aren't that short after all! (right, ting shu?! haha. just like i dun need heels to have long legs okay?! haha)

CAC FOC 2008

alex! where are u! and max! u are evil!! poor wenting is pushed out of the pic! if it were me i'll be raving mad! haha

all in all we shared two orange vodkas, one cranberry vodka, one bourbon coke and one lime vodka. but i wasn't the least bit high. maybe we shud have had more! especially since shu and i agreed that the orange vodkas tasted like peel fresh and the bartender left out the vodkas! lucky we didn't have to pay for them! not worth it, definitely!

the many funny faces of shu! haha. isn't he adorable!?

thanks everyone for coming! it was fun!! and i really appreciate that some of u guys came down just for the movie, dinner or clubbing only. it's nice knowing that u guys appreciate the gathering and want to be a part of it, no matter how little time u spent there with us. i really do lurve u guys. it might sound superficial but it definitely isn't because u guys are precious!! if not for u guys, i wouldn't have clubbing sessions, shopping trips, dinner dates or supper outings. i would have missed out on so much. thanks for making my life so colourful and ecstatic! i lurve it every bit!!

mass dance practise and supper! (11th and 14th July 2008)

2008-07-31T15:22:00.003+08:00

welcome to the CAC FOC '08 club!! haha!

what we chould have been doing..

what we were doing instead!~ we can't seem to stop camming!! haha! but i do so lurve this picture! max!! stop ur funny faces pls! haha

and more senseless camming with pak and kah hui..

and finally some games! so typical foc! haha.. pak! u look like u are having fun! haha

boys will always be boys! i was so tempted! but shoshi would never approve!~

alex is a BOY again!! haha. he was supposed to be james bond right!?

more silly things that we do!

and finally, we were so tired and hungry that we had to go have dinner!

yummy yummy bak chor mee. maybe it was just yummy curze we were starving! it was so late already then. like 12 odd? thanks kah hui for driving us there! =)

the two drivers! yea yea! drivers are kings! just u wait!!

must have been the BROWNIE POINTS that cracked us all up!! haha. mingjun looks seriously in agony! chris seems like an old woman sobbing! haha

pak! is this like ur trademark action?!

last pre camp meeting! (17th July 2008)

2008-07-28T11:45:00.003+08:00

camp was drawing near. so i thought it'll be a really impt meeting. thank god i went for i had fun. sumhow.. haha!!

i rushed down from work at CSS to make my way to school for wenting's pool games trial. though i knew i was late and i couldn't go into the pool, i still thought i ought to be there to show my support. so i rushed down.. after i reaches, i slacked a lil, basked in the sun a lil, then i screeched into max's ears until tingshu pulled me away for an unglamorous high tea at canteen 2 of peanut butter waffles and teh. =)

after lunch and high tea, i was feeling terribly full and sleepy. lucky wenting wanted us to try out some wet weather games. =) so we played a lil and just basically horsed around a little. then joyce they all went to play a lil bb while i had fun hogging pak's ipod =)

finally, we made our way back to CAC room. despite not doing much, i felt terribly sticky so i took a quick shower, cammed a lil and then napped a lil before meeting commenced.

pak n i!

kah hui! wth are u doing! haha!!

meeting was as usual a lil boring! but it was exceptionally bad curze no one wanted to listen to james and i felt so bad for him. i really think that sometimes the things that people do to him are way too extreme. i mean, he did do certain things we all don't agree with. but still.. maybe we shud blame his eccentric working style. but to blame him, ignore him, criticise him so publicly and conspicuously.. i feel really bad for him..

pak acting gay! haha

we were (as usual) starving in meeting. so we gorged ourselves on biscuits. that explains the busy mouths on these two hunks! haha

yes, i was bored and my fingers were itchy! haha

last day of CSS cum Racial Harmony Day celebration (18th july 2008)

2008-07-28T11:05:00.004+08:00

it's super shocking to see him cross dress! OMG! and he was wearing stilettoes and black stockings! haha!!

with felicia

with suthen

with the 1N3 girls!

CASTOVIA cac foc (20th to 25th July 2008)

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DAY O (NIGHT GAMES)

DAY 1 & 2 (TOUR DE NTU, CAPTAIN'S BALL, FRIGHT NIGHT, WAR GAMES, AMAZING RACE)

DAY 3 (BEACH GAMES AND INITIATION NIGHT)

DAY 4 (SP NIGHT AT PARISS AND DXO)

DAY 5 (CLUEDO AND FINALE NIGHT)

DAY 6 (EXTRA DAY)

For all the times i've spent whining and hating the work, missing the canvassing and thinking of excuses to skip meetings, i'm sorry! realized i spent too much time fussing and too little time bonding with the rest and giving my 101%. i just want to say that i'm glad it happened, every single bit of it. thank you everyone for being a part of this lil committee and making me feel so much a part of it (even though half the time i didn't deserve it..

youth day celebration @ CSS (4th July 2008)

2008-07-12T12:52:00.005+08:00

tribute to sec 2 (i think)

they're supposed to be handsome hunks as they tried to charm the ladies in the song "PRETTY WOMAN". look at them!! so kewt!! and mr Felix! what hunky pose is that? u look more like u're doing a kungfu pose! haha

see ms tay shimmying in the background with mr Simon Chew!

tribute to Sec 1s (i think). Mr Dinesh looks cheeky! haha. and mdm raudhah, u sure can dance! haha

tribute to the sec 3s (i think) check out mr oon in the cupid's costume! it was precious!

look past the foreground. u'll see mr Siva grooving in the background. way to go, sir!

Mr Ng. the ever kind form teacher who was always patient and rarely lost his temper no matter how out of hand we got. now being a relief teacher myself, i realise how hard it was to keep us in line. Thanks for teaching me to keep my temper and anger in check and to be ever understanding.

Mr Sham. a fantastic English teacher who fueled my passion for the language and taught me to strive to excel and not be restricted by boundaries.

mr ng's sec 4 & 5 cohort and their tribute: "PROUD OF YOU"

ms tay n mr aw yong (the rebels)

mr aw yong looks like such a terror! then again, students nowadays are terrors as well. what happened to the good old days when students feared and respected their teachers? i really wish they knew how hard it is to go in and try and finish something even though u know half the class is yelling and laughing and the other half having private chats or just passively listening. if only they knew...

doesn't mr felix look adorable? haha!!

it really amazes me the difference school is now and then. back then we were never allowed to boo or cat call. the kids nowadays were busy hooting and standing to shout cheeky comments. students whipped out phones by the dozens and snapped photos fervently as the teachers performed.

where's the good o' days?

where's all the meekness and obedience?

really makes me want to be a better student and work harder.. makes me appreciate the efforts our teachers/tutors put in to help us even though we seemed so unappreciative.even though we might screech your ears off or fall asleep when u try to make us listen, we still lurve you every bit. it's not that we are ungrateful. it's just that it never seems as bad when u are a student. everything just seems so unimportant and useless. what we fail to realise is that there are things more crucial and essential than who's gonna whack who or who just stead with who... we might be daft and ignorant, but one day we will finally see the err of our ways and realise all u've done for us it like u said, "for our own good". Just hope u know u're efforts have not gone to waste and because of ur persistence and patience, i am what i am today. i will never forget your efforts!!

teachers in uniform~!

2008-07-12T12:27:00.003+08:00

ms tay

mr siva

mr felix!

ms tay's birthday (4th July 2008)

2008-07-12T11:49:00.004+08:00

lesley came down to watch the youth day celebrations as well as to help me celebrate ms tay's b'day!

mrs phang . mrs lee . mr felix(check out his cutsey face!) . mr ng(ever-boyish) . ms tay

so angelic!

went down to taka to get this tiramisu cake from bakerzin. yummy! not too mushy and very light! but could do with more liquer though!! and no! I'M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC!!

ms tay has low tolerance for alcohol! hope this is sufficient to knock her out! haha!!

so frantic. i only found out the day before that it was her birthday the very next day! so i rushed down to town and luckily i managed to collate a bunce of knick knacks for her pressie! sent quite a bit! but we split it amongst jo.germ.serena.kare.jacq.lill.les and myself. =) but i was quite satisfied with the gift bow evventually! and nope, it wasn't colour co ordinated delibrately!! anyhows, thanks shoshi's mom and yasushi for going down with me to get the pressies!! so sweet of u guys!! though i'm sure u enjoyed yourselves too!! (buying the pans!! haha!)

out with christie to town!! (8th july 2008)

2008-07-12T10:57:00.006+08:00

out with my lovely! i lurve christie chang! come back from sydney more!! it's not fair that we only get to meet up so seldom!!

we went to shimbashi soba @ paragon to eat the soba. quite costly. but i think for the price, i expected better. i ordered shoukadou set A and twin had set B. the soba is good though! very chewy!! th texture was good!! and the soup was so light, it didn't seem too filling. the salmon sashimi was fresh and sweet.. but i'm not a sashimi person! the teriyaki chicken and unagi was good!! not too sweet! yummy! the fish cutlet was not very good. bland and overfried. that's why it was a little dry! but wells, at least it wasn't oily!! goes for their tempura too! not at all oily! and the soft sheel crabs was so yummy!! the fried tofu though was very unique! instead of just friend like that with the bonito sauce, it had this sticky, gooey coating, a bit like mochi-ish. i liked it though.. =)

what's this leaf?!

we went to do our nails before dinner!! heehee!! thanks has again!

thanks twin for the wonderful day! promise i'll go to sydney to find ya soon! and bern!! we're missing u every second! hurry back!! i wanna know how's germany!!

filming the spoof video for CAC FOC '08 (5th July 2008)

2008-07-07T11:54:00.006+08:00

i lurve this! it's so hilarious!! haha

u really do look like ultraman!

u will forever be known as ultraman alr!!

me.pak! btw, pak! must u always wear the same shirt?!

ipod nanos galore!

hungry hungry! as usual! our simple lunchfare in sch!!

the coolio's of the committee!

after filming we went to have chicken rice at far east and coffee at tcc! lurve my matcha coffee. it's really substantial. not like weak and diluted =) and i couldn't stop looking at the swirling movements of the drink as i added the sugar in! haha. jian shun had sesame endless waltz! yum!! another of my faves!! curze i just absolutely adore sesame! kh had some raspberry thing which was so delightfully refreshing and not the least bit sour or too sweet! wt had some azuki coffee which was surprisingly good considering i dun really fancy azuki. but i found it odd that it was kinda paste like so it didn't really blend well with the drink.

our posey shots. i think i left wenting's out! woops!!

the three pandas! so kewt! haha

weijie.jian shun.rosa.kahhui.alex.me (from left, top row then bottom.)

the charming trio. =)

look at wenting acting cool! haha

this is like totally obscene, shu's supposed to be the princess. but he looks.. erm.. "very" convincing. haha oh.. and kah hui's ultraman! haha

CAC Senior's Camp (27th - 28th June 2008)

2008-07-07T11:42:00.006+08:00

stovia rawks!

7 wonders punishment early in the morning!

so adorable..

best freshies 2007!

into the drain we go to walk the never ending tunnel!

the result? dirty dirty lil kampong girl (though i look not very dirty but more dishevelled in this)

andrew looks seriously waxed in this! haha. but i guess that's curze we were both very shagged!

alex looks less dead, more held down and tortured!

fei fei. u'd better be careful. did u know all the guys were practically drooling after u curze u were dressed in their ultimate fantasies? oh.. and shu shan. u looked so cute! alex! pls dun act cute! haha

back to NYJC (17th June 2008)

2008-07-07T10:24:00.006+08:00

went back to ny that day to cam whore. i miss school. surprising though. considering i spent so much of the time there whining and moping. but hey, it was so much easier, studies wise, frens wise. so it was nice immersing ourselves in ny's environment.

we made this to put up on the wall. truthfully, i hated the team. not the people, but the team. i just didn't fit in. there was too much politics and i just felt unwanted all the time. but i do miss the sport... so much!! esp playing with the CSS girls.

as usual. reggie was being sick! haha!

reggie.gareen.brenda.jacqie.me

i've always sucked at standing board jump. but this is my worse ever. i actually jumped, slipped and fell. hence this unglam pic!

it was so hilarious. we were trying to do monkey bar shots but jacqie couldn't hang on and brenda couldn't get up. haha. it was like superbly difficult to get a proper picture. but we did, evenutally.

i have chubby cheeks in this! just like ting shu!

i'm sorry! i know this is unglam but it is so funny i could not resist putting it up. gareen was trying to imitate the white chicks. and man, she did one hell of a job! =) i couldn't even bring myself to pose like that!

don't they look like some old couple?!

after our cam whoring session, we went to Plaza Sing to eat! man! this place sucked. i'll never go back again. my beef soup noodles was fine. but the msg! gosh, i had to drink water by the gallons after i ate it. the xiao long bao was only so so. quite miserable in terms of portion and taste actually. the fried cutlet noodles... well, let's just say the fried cutlet was was too dry and over-fried. and the meat was very miserably small and thin.. even the seame paste desert was bad. 2 bucks for very small portions and it was diluted too! bad place! hate it.

Dinner with CSS Netball Gang @ HONG KONG CAFE (24th June 2008)

2008-06-27T10:00:00.004+08:00

les.me.lill.miss rainbow.karen.serena

i had so so much fun. honestly, i was a bit lazy to go. then again, when am i not?! heehe. but i'm glad i did curze we had so much fun gossiping n chatting, catching up and laughing. oh yea, and camming too!

i met lill and les first. it wasn't the least bit awkward. we chatted as if we were still close frens. we headed down to cityhall and searched for lill's cake. thanks lill for still meeting us inspite of it beign ur aaron's birthday! anyhows, after that, we met miss tay, or rather, miss rainbow, serena n karen. we then headed down to hong kong cafe for dinner because we were utterly famished.

upon receiving our menus, we started to peruse. miss rainbow, being as ravenous as she was kept trying to hurry us. but aargh!! i was ever as indecisive and couldn't decide. eventually, i had some fermented pork noodles. the noodles was not too bad. not too soggy and very tasty. but the fermented pork... didn't taste much pork. and it was overly oily. not at all nice. had to stuff it down. if i had to, i'll give it 1 star out of 5. actually, i'm not a big fan of the place. the rest of the food was only so so as well.. only thing nice was the milk tea and the mango ice, though i was so full by them i couldn't fully appreciate it. well i wouldn't go back again if i could...

anyhows, we sat there for very long, just gossiping n catching up. in all honesty, i didn't wanna go home and was hoping we could just continue chatting. but eventually, we held lil back way too long and thus we took some group shots and then headed back.

all in all, i really enjoyed myself very very very much! i can't wait to do it again!!!!!!!

odd though. i really really miss CSS. thank god i'm doing relief teaching back here. though i wished i had some friends doing relief with me again.. but i really didn't think i would feel that much a rush of emotions and swelling pride just by being back here and immersing myself in the CSS spirit.

sighs.. i miss CSS!

first driving lesson!

2008-06-25T23:27:00.003+08:00

had my first driving lesson today!

gosh it was hard! aargh!! feel so stupid! hate the feeling! i gotta buck up!

well.. at least i didn't screw up big time..

damn her hide

2008-06-19T16:16:00.002+08:00

today i finally got to see her true colours.

i know people are gonna talk upon seeing this blog post. but u know what? i can't be bothered anymore. why shud i bother to be nice anymore. i mean, this is my blog, if i can't be honest here, where else can i do it?

i've always knew she was bitchy and she never liked me. for whatever reasons i do not know. maybe it's me curze everyone else doesn't seem to have any problems with her. but it's been a lonely and bumpy journey and finally i'm free from all the quabbles and listening to her bitch n rant as if i weren't there. she's always been very sarcastic and obnoxious. but i tried to pass it off as because we weren't very close. i really did like her, honest. but her character.. sighs.. i just wished she was as nice as she looked. well, i guess the adage still stands and looks can be deceiving.

i won't bore anyone with the tedious argument we had on msn. also, i do not want this blog post to spoil any relationships. i just need to rant and i want people to see her for who she really is. but wells, i'll bet no one will see her as a bitch because she never shows that side to anyone or rather, if anyone sees that side, no one, bless their kind souls, would want to tell her about it because they dun wanna spoil their fragile frenship with her. but in all honesty, she is a bitch and i've had enuff.

so if any of u wanna read our online argument, feel free to tag it on my tagboard and i'll send u the document. u know what, i'll even send u the email exchange we had in january because that's when it all began.

Father's day dinner @ home

2008-06-17T20:06:00.005+08:00

this was impromptu. we went to Giant to buy some dinner and we ended up having quite a feast. lurved the potatoes. fion had so much fun using her new food processor to make it =) it was slightly more gooey than usual, maybe curze it was more churned and therefore the starch more broken up. but heck, i lurved it. it's still my most favoured comfort food =)

and last but not least, a dedication to u daddy! we love you..

Father's day Brunch at Red Star

2008-06-17T19:24:00.004+08:00

u know, somehow, i'm beginning to like this dress more now..

tessie n i

the family!

food, glorious food!

our daddy's pressie from PANWEST.

AWW.. look how happy he is!!

my mummy lurves to pose.. heehee

Father's day. Always a joy.. =) lurve family occasions. because there's always lots of love, laughter and good food. =)

for brunch, we went to our favourite dim sum spot, Red Star, or more affectionately known to us as HONG SENG. anyhows, couldn't resist (as u can see from above). we had chicken claws, porridge, our beloved egg tarts, char siew pao, spare ribs, lai wong bao (custard buns), baby octopus, steamed fish, intestines, roast duck, siew mai, chee cheong fun. =) yummys. it really is the best dim sum ever. words cannot express my utmost fondness for it. no wonder it's always packed! =)

after brunch, we wanted to go to suntec but it was most crowded. we circled twice, EVERYWHERE was packed! SERIOUSLY! like mummy says, Singapore's population has outgrown its.. parking lots... haha. so in the end, we headed down to vivo to shop for some golfing tees for mum n dad. it was kinda boring actually. to see all the things u want, all the stores u wanna browse, but not be able to.. but well, on our way there, we had so much fun playing song games in the car. it really was a blast, singing and besting each other. it was fun. and everyone participated and no one got into any tantrums. yippee! a first! if i dare say. so i guess it kinda made up for everything..

CAC Meeting (12th June 2008)

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Just some random shots..

2008-06-15T00:38:00.003+08:00

i caught the flu bug from my love bug

and now we're taking turns being the sicker of the two.

sighs.. that and CAC's starting to be a chore.. which is an understatement. gosh! how i long for a pint of freedom and a dollop of well deserved break!

4th Year Anniversary (31st May 2008)

2008-06-01T23:15:00.017+08:00

I really do not know where to start recounting this memorable day. i pondered for a while and i decided to do it picture by picture.

This was by far the best day of my life. =)

Not perfect but i would not even want to trade the bad parts of the day for without them, it would never be whole, and the sweet parts would never have seemed as sweet.

Let's begin with the preparation, I began my intial preparations about 3, 4 weeks before. nth much, just called to confirm reservations and sketch out the day's itinerary. we roughly wanted a spa and dinner and hotel. dinner was quite fixed curze shoshi wanted ANGUS HOUSE. i researched online and was torn between 2 spa houses but eventually i chose AFOND SPA as they had hell lot of couple packages and i've read some pretty good reviews about them. hotel wise, i checked online and i was absolutely thrilled when i found a room at swissotel merchant court for a mere $188.32. we didn't want the usual LLYOD'S INN. it's great for get aways and nights out but it wasn't the most pretty and romantic. so we settled on SWISSOTEL MERCHANT COURT. also, i dragged tiffy around to buy pressies and to plan my surprises.

1 week countdown: I called to double confirm reservations for our spa (my beautiful pressie from shoshi). By this time, i was positively fretting with anxiety. you see, i decided that it being our 4th year anni, i wanted it to be special. so i decided to give dear love 4 surprises. so i had to get the pressies and plot a way to fit them into our day, all these times keeping it a secret. it was most difficult curze the plans kept having to be changed and i had to keep coming up with plans b,c,d...

1 day to the big day! i baked a cake (had so much problems with the icing!) and bought a sunflower. it was a last min decision but i thought i wud complement the card or sumthing i originally wanted to secretly have the hotel's staff place it on the bed just before we check in. then i headed down to swissotel merchant court. I spoke to the staff, asking them if they could help me dot the room with candles and secretly light them while we were out. let's just say it eventually fell through curze they were afraid we would burn something and the staff was most uncooperative! sighs. i was heartwrenched. 1 day left! what was i to do?!

i got home, sad and disappointed. but luckily, i came up with an alternative and happily set off painting my nails (a request from shoshi). honestly, i don't know why he loves it so much when i do my nails! haha. but well, i thought he ought to get what he liked curze he's always cooped up in camp and can't enjoy much.

we were slightly tardy when we got to AFOND. So well, that kinda explained the lukewarm peppermint tea. but it still tasted every bit as nice. it had this sweet and minty aftertaste that was most pleasant and refreshing. the saltine crackers was yummy too. i liked it for it was grainy and just lightly seasoned with salt. and the lovely ferrero rocher. hmm.. it made my day!! that and the fact that shoshi was so sweetly feeding me the biscuits and chocs like i was a princess.. heehee

so this was our room, the Rose room. it was so sensual. lightly dimmed and it encompassed everything. there were two beds side by side (With a pull down screen if u were shy), a shower with those big spa-ish shower heads, a large jacuzzi (though we would prefer if the jets were stronger) and cupboards to store your belongings.

From the moment we stepped in, i was actually afraid and kinda lost. it being our first time, i really didn't know what to do. the lovely therapists showed us in and instructed us patiently on what to do. then she left us, telling us to change and head for the jacuzzi. the sweetest part was when she left us to our jacuzzi and told us we could lock the door and relax and they would come get us when 20min was up.

the package we signed up for was the Back To Honeymoon Couples Package which costs $298 bucks for 2 for a 2hrs 20 min session. =)

firstly was the Crystal Bath. initially, we were kinda at a lost. were we to go in naked? could we snap pics? eventually, we took out oir cam and sneaked a few photos. but sadly we couldn't do it for the rest of the sessions as the therapists were always there. anyhows, when we approached the 20th min, we eagerly got out and showered off the crystals (they seemed more like jelly-ish bits though). then we explored the room like a pair of inquisitive lil kids. upon the 25th min, the therapists knocked and told us to shower off for the rest of the session to commence. we picked up the disposables off the bed and opened them up. to my surprise (and horror), i had this stringy thing that looked not like a normal disposable. omg! i didn't know how it shud go and which went were. gosh! thank god my final decision was right and i didn't embarrass myself.

next up was the Cocoa-Nut Body Scrub. we were told to lie on the beds face down. my therapist was Anne (a most delightful, energetic, little old lady) and shoshi's was Cecilia (a shy and quiet but most accomodating and polite woman). Anne told me that it wud involve some exposure and she promptly whipped off my towel!! initially i was kinda awkward about it. i didn't shy away or cover up n whatnot. but soon her boldness and nonchalance made me feel at ease. so anyways, with a mixture of sea salt and cocoa, she scrubbed my body and then we proceeded to rinse it off. then we changed again and headed back to the beds for..

the Yummy Choco Wrap. Anne and Cecelia came in with bowls of sweet smelling and intoxicating chocolate. shoshi (being ever so cheeky.. and greedy) asked if it was really chocolate and if it was edible. Cecilia told him it was an invited him to try. then Anne told me to ry it too n boy did it taste good! haha. so we lay over again and they smeared chocolate to every part of my body. it was so sinful but oh so good. the smell itself was enough to rejuvanate me. =) after they were done, they wrapped us up with plastic wraps and placed a heating blanket over us to expel the toxins from within. they were most patient and amiable throughout, most definitely not intrusive but all the while remaining ever so approachable. every 5 to 10 min they would come in to check on us throughout the entire 20 to 25 minutes. once shoshi even ask poor cecilia to wet his eye towel and cover his face with it, leaving her dumbfounded. thruout the session, shoshi n i chatted and relaxed in the darkened room. it was so relaxing that shoshi could have fallen asleep. but i felt so restricted and so excited at the same time that i cudn't stop chatting. after 25 min, they entered and helped us to get showered. it was so funny for when Anne entered to turn on the lights, she said "Wakey wakey, time to get up, yoohoo~". haha. she wasn't annoying but it was so chirpy n cute! then when she helped me to the shower, she sang "here comes the bride...~" as i was wrapped up in the plastic and it dropped behind me in a train-ish sort of manner. boy was i thirsty by now due to the loss of water from the wrap! greedily i gulped down the water they considerately prepared for us and lay down for the final part, the..

Hawaiian Lomi Lomi Massage. this hour long massage was so heavenly long. she worked her way through every knot and ache, streching all my muscles and easing the tenseness. but certain parts like my calves were pretty ticklish and when the kneaded and loosened the ever present tight knots in my shoulder, i felt like i was gonna die from the pain! maybe i shud have asked her to be a little more gentle. but overall i lurved it, and despite shoshi saying it was all his favourite massage, i think he still did enjoy it for he fell asleep at one point and Anne, Cecilia and I were giggling at his momentary snores. heehee

at the end, when we left, they asked if we would like to sign for a package. but they weren't pushy and gave us ample space and time to ponder and peruse. eventually we didn't sign, but they were still very friendly and even gave us each another cup of warm peppermint tea to sip on before we left. it was most fun and i lurve this pressie form my "totti"!

lunch at Holland V was a simple affair but yet still yummilicious! =) one reason being we were so relaxed from the spa we wanted to just head for the hotal asap so we could rest. secondly, we wanted to have something cheaper and ordinary so dinner would seem all the more precious =)

finally, we reached swissotel merchant court. this time, the staff was much more pleasent and within 10 minutes, we got to our lovely classic room on the second floor, most deliciously quiet and peaceful and yet situated within 1 minutes from the pool and the Blue Potato. it wasn't very grand but the colour scheme and decor (esp that of the toilet) made it seem so comforting and classic. =) i especially lurved the little hallway concept leading to the beds! but for me, the best part of all was that when shoshi entered, the first thing he said was "now this looks like a hotel!". really assured me that i made a right choice. =) oh.. that and the fact that the shower gel provided made hell lot of bubbles with the tiniest amount! haha..

Shortly after we entered, i gave shoshi his first surprise and present. i bought this set of clothes (brown polo from Recoil and checkered berms from Zeniz) for him to wear for the night. i knew how much he needed berms and polo tees. so despite the fact that it might seem a lil less formal, i went ahead and got it anyhow. it wasn't much but it looked nice and i couldn't afford to spend too much already (u'll see why later..).

and then we cammed! we had to! i wanted the memories. and i so lurve this pic for it pure sweetness!

more camming..

and even more camming. within 5 min, i was bored stiff with all the smiling and running up and down to set the timer for the cam.

after the camming, we soaked in the tub and cuddled a lil in silence, basking in each other's arms and taking comfort in the mere presence of each other. after that i springed his second surprise on him. it was this handwritten poem i wrote two days before.

you can't really read it but i'll type it out here. dun laugh! it is copyright though so dun rip it yea! heehee.

"you know how time seems to fly,

and again another year passes us by.

yet one thing remains the same,

so deeply etched, just like my name.

this fuzzy thing that warms me so,

and teases my frowns when I am low.

true, it's not always peaches and cream,

yet sometimes i still think it's a dream.

it's LOVE, which so softly came,

yet so game, it rendered me tame.

a million things i would not trade,

in exchange for this love the stars above bade.

thank you for being the one who dared,

to teach me love, so tender and rare.

let's hope we'll last till the stars are cold,

with me in your arms, forever to hold."

anyhows, we then watched a movie "The Golden Compass" and then we showered and prepped for dinner. cutey totti fell asleep while i was changing and doing my make up. it was so adorable how he dozed off the very moment his head touched the pillows. but i knew how tired he was so i let him rest for about 20 min before lightly waking him up.

he did change fast though and within minutes we were good to go. it was most sweet how we kept consulting each other on what to wear etc. and i lurved how well he took to my stockings. i always thought i looked funny in them but he was most encouraging and so i ended up wearing them after all =)

this time i managed to remember to snap a full body shot of just us (before we left while we were still looking fresh and swell!) anyhows, i lurve my plaid dress and i lurved more how he looks so decent and metro in this outfit! makes me wanna fall in love with him all over again. heehee.

on the way there, i managed to sneak in a peck or two though he was a little busy on the phone settling his army stuff! well, can't blame him.. lieutenant shoshi is a busy man! haha! (u know i'm just playing with u babe!)

oh.. i almost forgot! shoshi wanted to act cool! heehee.

here's where it gets exciting! when we reached, we asked for our table. as usual, we were slightly tardy again! haha. upon confirming our reservation, the lady told us to hold on and promptly disappeared into a staff room. even i had no clue what was happening. then she returned holding a sunflower (that's when i remembered the surprise!). she passed it to shoshi and said "happy anniversary", just as i had instructed tiify to tell them to do. it was funny curze when she came out with the flower, shoshi was a little startled and i heard him murmur something like "huh? that's.. what's that for.." even when she passed it to him and turned to lead us to our table, shoshi turned and said to a grinning me cheekily " babe, this is for u lar, not for me.. "

even as we sat down, he refused to acknowledge it and even said i was being cheeky and was so eager to put it on the chair beside me, away from all the curious stares. it was precious.

we ate a 6 course meal at ANGUS HOUSE. it costs about 50 before taxes and service charge per person. kinda ex but the food it nice, as it was before..

when we placed our orders, shoshi took my order in a most gentlemanly manner and helped me to place my order (he knows how much i hate to do it!) then just as he placed finish our orders, he abruptly added a half dozen oysters to surprise me! for a moment i thought i heard wrongly and i kept pressing him about it later, even lamenting a little at his cheekiness. until he said "well, then what about that.. (pointing to the sunflower."

but it was wonderful, the oysters. fresh and cold. the way it slid down your throat and left a fresh aftertaste.. yummy! but 3 was enough for me!

so first course of the meal was the hor d'oeuvres. this time it was fish on daikon. lurved the sweet daikon and the fresh fish. lucky shoshi doesn't fancy daikon much so i had twice the amount to eat!

then was my favourite and most long awaited bread! i dunno why but i just lurve their bread, or all breads in fact. it was still warm, with a soft inner core and unsalted butter so that it did not mask the slightly salty and sweet bread.

then we had pumpkin soup. when they served, i was actually dreading it a little. we dun really like pumpkin soups (esp the one at borders bistro) but this one was really good. it wasn't powdery and thick. neither did it have a very raw pumpking taste. all that was there was the semi sweetness from the pumpkins and the creamy effect of the cream gliding down your throat. it isn't even filling or too much. i cud even drink a whole pot! and shoshi (the fussy one) liked it too. so that must mean it really was something.

then we had a fresh salad with a little was it tangy wafu sauce? it was most cleansing and refreshing. but it wasn't as tasty as the horenso salad from Aburiya, or the delicious prosciutto salad from Pasta de Waraku. but on the contrary, the lightness of it felt more welcome and served well to cleanse our palates after the soup and appetisers.

5th course was our main course. shoshi had rib eye medium rare. so juicy and not overcooked.

mine was medium done sirloin but it was slightly overdone and seemed more like well done to me. but heck. what was disappointing was i thought it used to be better. it seemed a little lacking this time. maybe slightly bland in taste? what do u say babe?

as we wrapped up or meal, they cleared our dishes promptly and we sat there chatting and waiting for our desert. by now, slightly more than an hour had passed and i was amazed at how long we had spent eating already. then from behind shoshi, i saw the manager bring up our cake and lit a candle and put it on our table.

i wished i had put less flour though.

but the over firmness did bring about a few laughs. =)

when they cleared our cake, shoshi seemed so frightened they would forget or skip our tiramisu and he had to ask if there was gonna be a sixth course. when they gave a choice of ice cream or tiramisu, shoshi fervently responded "tiramiu". it was most funny seeing him so excited. haha

but it really was great. not too sweet and just enough liquer and coffee taste.the corn flakes by the side added just the right amount of texture and the fruits by the side balanced out the sinful dessert. and yet surprisingly, they were all sweet, a rarity since melon fruits usually turn out bland! must have been a good day for us! =)

so 1.5 hours later, shoshi n i left ANGUS, full and satiated and we decided to snap a few shots of us and ANGUS. lurve especially the last row of pistures with the flower. so sweet!

then we decided to take a walk back from orchard to town. and we stopped at boat quay to snap a few shots.

rather, it was my decision. but i didn't know shoshi didn't want. he didn't say, but just tagged along. eventually he got a tad too tired and warm and his moody just went down and down. i tried to keep a happy refrain, but ever so often i couldn't help but snap at him curze he was being so moody and such a kill joy. he wasn't outrightly angry or rude but it was just such a mood spoiler that eventually i just snapped and we broke out into an argument.

ironic huh?

looking back though, it was a really silly argument. but i felt he didn't appreciate what i had done so far and he was just being lazy for wanting to head back and slack. it seemed such a kill joy. and i still had 1 more surprise to go. sighs. i couldn't help it but i broke down. he was really fierce though. and i think it must have been the stress from all the preparation and the constant changing of plans.

eventually we made our way back and i changed and went off to bed, miserable and sobbing because i thought the day was ruined and my surprise (the actual highlight) was ruined. initially shoshi was angry. finally he gave in and softened.

then he said one thing that made me melt "you just want me to love you, don't you? why didn't you say so?" and he came over and cuddled me.

eventually everything tamed down and he gamely left the room for me to prepare my final surprise. he called me and through our cellphones, we played this yes-no guessing game for him to guess his final present and surprise. he could ask 10 questions and i could only answer yes or no.

i took longer than i had expected to prepare it but it was worth it. he kinda smelt the candles from outside so it was a spoiler. but then i covered his eyes and led him to the bed where his surprise laid.

when i opened his eyes, you cannot imagine the shock he felt. either that or he was just trying to squint and see what it was. i prefer to believe it was the former. for the longest time ever, he just stood there and looked. then he walked closer and for once in my life, i finally saw him dumfounded and speechless.

here's what i gave him! the w950i he wanted but dropped it off his wishlist as it was too costly.

i cud tell for once he really didn't expect it. for one, he kept apologising about making me cry and angry prior to the surprise. as well as the fact that he whispered into my ear, "i don't want the phone, i only want you.."

it was precious and i felt to appreciated (even if that meant busting me pockets)

i will never forget this paricular moment. it was priceless.

that night we had such a sweet time cuddling in bed and enjoying the warmth of each other.

we woke up early and went to soak a little in the jacuzzi in the morning. boy, did it feel good waking up early in the strong arms of my man. =)

anyways, it was such a beautiful view from the poolside. overlooked colourful clarke quay.

i cudn't resist snapping these shots of the flowers. =)

then we cammed at the pool and jacuzzi (though many jets seemed disapointingly asleep)

lurved how many of these shots were actually impromptu! and also the fact that the jacuzzi was deserted, save for us! felt like our private little getaway!

it really was the best day of my life. what more can i say?

Grandma's Birthday at Yan Palace (24th)

2008-06-01T22:38:00.005+08:00

In all honesty, I initially really did not want to go for this dinner. I kinda told mom too late and they sorta booked places for us already. But i hated the fact that i usually could only meet shoshi over the weekend and it was taking up my weekend. furthermore, we had intentions to pre celebrate shoshi's mom's and his granny's birthday. and shoshi's mum had asked me like thrice if sat or sun would be better. i felt bad like not being able to make it. and to maek things worse, i only had to go a tess didn't wanna go and one of us had to go. shoot! she's able to meet darren any day! and to top it, she called like later in the day to say that she would go after all, after i had told shoshi to go home and not meet me after i had been further persuaded to go by mommy, and after all the frustration and irritation i felt bubbling within me.

But well, eventually i did go. and i felt way guilty about being so sore initially. i did quite enjoy myself. thank god for tiffy who made it so much fun and so much more enjoyable. =) though tessie was a lil insanely moody whenever the mood hit her. well, she aways is quite tempremental. but well, the food was actually surprisingly nice. and the karaoke thingy, well, let's say tiffy n i did have some fun belting out a few tunes. u know, surprisingly, their choice of songs was, to me, better than kbox. they even had "lean back". haha. though i would never sing it. haha! but i dare say, daddy, uncle alan and fabian had the most fun singing! =) oh yea, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPO!

tess. me. tiffy and granny!

i lurved this. the sauce was most tasty. it wasn't too salty and not the least bit overpowering in taste nor smell, and the bland broccoli balanced it out perfectly.

my flower!! i totally adore it.

fried soft shell crab.

it was okay only actually. i would have preferred if it was more crisp and less oily. but lucky it again wasn't too salty. and plus the rest of the meal had no fried stuff so this dish did not seem uncalled for.

tessie

uncle alan had so much fun singing!

Uncle Shinji and Aunt Doris.

You know, i never knew uncle shinji could sing that well. =)

sweet tiffy.

my adorable granny.

i did so enjoy this, though it might have seemed a little bland. but after the filling meal and fried soft shell crab, this bland bowl of soupy noodles was most welcome to wash it down. also, it was quite refreshing seeing ee fu noodles cooked in a different manner other than the usual fried way. =)

i lurved this. =) it wasn't too thick, neither was it too diluted. not too creamy either and just the right tad of sweetness. =) a most refreshing desert.

Dim Sum at RED STAR (17th May 2008)

2008-06-01T22:03:00.003+08:00

We Went to Red Star that day to eat. It's really my favourite place to eat dim sum. i can never get enough of it! Oh gosh! it's simply divine. i absolutely adore the egg tarts, with it's flakey buttery crust and complementary semi sweet egg custard in the centre. oh gosh how my mouth waters just thinking of it..

on our way back actually.

daddy saw the pic i took and wanted to imitate. haha. he's so adorable!

only mom, tiffy, daddy and me went.

(and grandma, her maid ah yoke, aunty vicky, aunt jenny and randolph met us there)

it was so funny. we were trying to cam and daddy kept trying to make us laugh. finally he decided to tickle us. haha. so that's why we look like we were suppresing our laughters in here.

yummy. i lurve tea.

tiffy n i cam whored as usual. you know, i kinda understand why she likes to cam. she always looks so cute.

so we finished dining, and got ready to leave. i asked daddy whether his shoes were the one we bought for him from timberland. so he took out one shoe to show me that it was and how comfy it was. then i took his shoe and ran away, leaving him with only mine. in the end, he ended up having to hobble in my tiny shoe to get back his shoe. haha. it was hilarious. so tiffy wanted to snap a pic of him in my shoe and daddy gamely posed for the shot by mimicking a ballerina. =)

Vivo with Joyce (May 15th)

2008-05-16T00:12:00.018+08:00

went out with joyce today!!

i had quite a fun time!! we went to asian kitchen to eat first. it was yummy! thanks joyce for recommending the mango sago!! it had just the right amt of sweetness and it left such a delicious and chilly feeling in your mouth after i ate it. the beef noodles i had was so yummy. the noodles had the right texture! wasn't too soft but surprisingly chewy and yet soft enough for easy chewing. it was cooked such that even after serving it still remained chewy and not like a lumpy mess. the beef balls were very tasty and chewy, with cruchy bits in it. i think it was water chestnuts?? anyways, the beef slices were yummy too. it was so undercooked that when it was served i could still see the red parts of those not submerged in the steaming soup. and not to forget, the soup! it was tasty enough but not overpowering. =) truly got my thumbs up. the xiao long bao was nice too. though i would have preferred if it had a tad more soup in it. service was top notch! efficient and friendly, though i believe it was due to the fact that we were more or less the only customers due to the late lunch hour.

but well, joyce and i had an enjoyable time just sitting there and chatting and brainstorming ideas for upcoming birthday and anniversary celebrations etc. it was quite fun trading ideas and sharing gossips etc.. =)

anyways, after that, joyce and i walked practically the whole of Vivo. honestly, me feet were aching. but i was having so much fun. it's truly nice to find someone who actually walks into stores and picks up clothes to try so that u dun seem like the only silly fool going crazy over the clothes! haha!!

then we headed down to Plaza Sing's Made With Love. lurve the place! though it was extremely crowded. i wonder why.. must have been the hour. that's why all the working crowd was there. we must have spent a decade there huh joyce? we were both so indecisive and slow and couldn't manage to pick out what we wanted. well, what can i say? i lurve art and craft so everything looked so nice i just cudn't place my finger on what i wanted. =) but well, finally we got what we wanted and happily, the both of us made our way home, carrying our craft necessities and a huge, satisfied grin etched onto our faces. =)

CACfoc 11th meeting (May 13th)

2008-05-15T23:38:00.009+08:00

Just camming with my CAC peeps during our 11th meeting. =) will upload the group photos shortly!

Really hope we can make full use of the last two months and cheong together. i really hope the camp will be a success. so i pray we'll all set aside our differences and work hard together to prove we are the best!!

Gabriel's Birthday Celebration at SIZZLERS(May 10th)

2008-05-15T23:28:00.004+08:00

the fisherman's stew.

the only nice thing here were these prawns with shoshi's sauce

quantity to make up for the lost quality

demetrius (did i get it right this time?) and his sexy dragon fruit mole

we went to sizzlers that day to celebrate Gabriel's (Shoshi's cousin) birthday. BOY was it a bore!! the food was absolutely miserable. we went there so full of hope that we'll be able to savour juicy piping hot steaks but only when we sat down were we informed that they only served buffet. what??? i drag myself to a steakhouse just to eat a buffet?

and pls pls heed my advice! it ain't nice! it was almost like a family barbeque. i mean i cud have made the food myself. and the funniest part was we wanted to grab some tea but there were no cups at the buffet table save a sign that said "for cups, pls ask staff" so we asked.. and guess what, he said, "you've to order it separately." weird. pray tell me why is there a machine and tea bags and a sign for then??

the salad bar was okay.. nothing fantastic, merely ordinary. the chicken tasted like $1 chicken u could get outside(not to say that is was disgusting, but just ordinary.) only thing good were the mussels. but it was a fisherman's stew. so nothing divine about it.. the ice cream was okay. kinda like the old mac ice cream.. u know, vanilla, chocolate or mixed..

so well, we're never going back there again!

Hagan Daaz! (may 8th)

2008-05-15T22:35:00.005+08:00

u know how sometimes u can judge a person's character by the food they eat??

mild and bitter sweet. (mine!!)

mischievious and fun loving (just like ya-chan)

erm..

woops! this was shoshi's mum's drink..

( with a lil topping yas and i sprinkled on when she went away for a while!)

2008-05-05T00:23:00.002+08:00

gosh! is it just me or is there something wrong with my tagboard! shoot! shoot! shoot!

anyways, i gotta do updates soon.. SOON! i promise..

oh btw! did i mention! i dyed my hair!! AGAIN!! heehee will show some pics once i'm start to cam whore again!

in the meantime, i gotta settle down first! everything's moving too fast simultaneously!!

btw, joyce? is it possible to make private posts? teach me how pls! =)

2008-04-11T09:44:00.003+08:00

i'm just blabbering here.. ignore me yea..

exams are just round the corner, starting with jap midcourse exam tonight.. so need to get my act together! i'm gonna ace it!!

twin says she's coming back on the 28th june.. really can't wait.. miss her, bern n nina like crazy!! sighs.. when she comes back, i'm gonna call the few of them together to catch up, sleep over etc.. bern!! when are u returning??? poor twin btw, seems really cold there.. if it were me i'll just die!! don't worry twin, when u come back, we'll go on night escapades round singapore to eat all the local delights yea!! Promise!!

just read joyce's blog.. as usual, she was busy cam whoring! haha.. =) i kinda admire her for her energy.. =) nobody ever wants to cam whore with me when i'm up for it so in the end i end up not doing it!! haha.. oh yea joyce, if ya reading this, andrew says that when the exams are over, we'll go clubbing again yea.. are u up for it?!

shoshi's gonna be confined till the 25th curze the new recruits just came in.. so we can't meet up over the next few weekends.. but wells, it's exams period so all's good.. so anyways, we met up last night during his nights off. =) it was extraordinarily nice, surprisingly.. just feels sweet catching up, maximising our time and making it quality time.. =) sighs.. it's just sweet spending time together.. so can't wait for our japan trip next year!! yippees!! =)

oh yea! n i got a TAGBOARD!! Tag me!!

shoshi's commisioning ball at shangri-la (22nd March 2008)

2008-03-24T22:25:00.014+08:00

table pic =)

did my nails for comms ball. dear HASLINDA thanks

for treating me to it. u da best!

dun know if u can see it clearly

like my dress =)

camming in the toilet.

rach.jeremy.shosh.me

shoshi n i at shangri-la

jeremy. aka buzz lightyear, or like i like to put it, earthworm jim.

yonghwee

is it darren? did i get it right?

jinyang

shoshi

lurve this part.. where all the guys stood n thanked

the girls for gracing their ball. haha

jing looks like some PM yo?

i wasn't eyeing other boys. shoshi took this curze

he thought avi looked like he was dozing off. haha.

greek salad. lurve the olives. the duck confit was a lil too much though.

grilled cod. i thought it wasn't too bad yo.

cockster jinyang

lurve ur dress kel. =)

boys will always be boys.. haha

echo wing plt 3.

kel insists that avi was faking a well bod.. haha but wells,

i'm more concerned with jinyang's fascination with nipples! haha.

when u r high...

rachel.me. gosh i look funny yea?

shoshi, me, rach and zhuang

as usual, my lime magarita

shoshi's lime and green apple caiprinha.

shoshi n i at wild oats

wild oats bar.

jing hong and kelly.

whisky shots and chess..

the consequence? a drunk jing! haha

shoshi flag =)

comms ball..hmm.. the memories.. =) makes me happy just thinking of it..

honestly, it wasn't swell. in fact it was a lil boring. but well, aren't they always?

anyways, pre comms ball was all the rave. it was so hyped. lurved how we went scouting for earrings, shoes etc. special thanks to elna for giving me her dress so i didn't have to spend on one. thanks to shoshi for giving me the idea of converting it into a tube instead of a toga. it's better this way too =) much more elegant.. also thanks babe for choosing the pretty shoes studded with gems. it's divine! thanks jacq for helping me pick out the earrings. u da best. it's pretty. shoshi thought so toos. thanks has for doing my beautiful nails for free.. hmm.. what else.. oh yea. thanks to myself for hair and makeup. wait! what am i saying!! nonsense lar.. getting so crappy.. haha.

anyways, as usual, we got a room at lloyd's. not fascinating but it's like our lil hide out. =) heehee.. i was running late when i met shoshi. we were hungry n shoshi had to get his hair cut so we stopped at novena square, got what we needed done n bought yummy chicken rice bask to the room to eat. nope,this time bentoga naindesune! haha it was heavenly. maybe curze i was starving curze by the time we got back n ate it was almost 2 di. it was sweet that the entire time we didn't argue n i didn't get peeved. i know how i can get a lil intolerable and cranky when there are hitches in my perfectly planned schedules. heehee.. my bad!!

anyhows, we had loads of fun just chatting n chilling, doing stuff we otherwise wudn't normally do. it was precious.. i really cannot describe it in words. though the terrible bruise i got on my bum still hurts a lil.

aside: (i'm such a klutz recently, the past 2 weeks in fact. first i tripped on my way to the salon on comm's parade saturday. then on the same day at comm's parade i fell on the stairs, garnering 2 immediate bruises on my shin n knee. so embarrassing that was. then in mid week i almost fell like a flat board backwards when i lost my balance on the jerky train. thank god for the kind soul behind who almost stood up in concern to ensure my safety, as well as to jacq and andrea, whos caught me even though she herself almost fell. then on comm's ball sat i hurt myself on a low hook jutting out from the wall. what can i say? there was another immediate bruising n swelling. even when i told shosh, he gave me a not-again-babe face. haha. that's not all. on sunday when we retired back to his house, i bumped my knee on his table and tripped over some bags and almost fell face first into the table as i tried to save the falling fan on my right. haha clumsy yea?! think i must be jinxed..)

anyways, back to comm's ball, ard 4, i started to get prepared. thot we had to leave ard 5. shoot! timing was wrong again, so in the end, i took the whole 2 hours to do my hair n make up, get dressed n stuff.. haha thanks babe for waiting ever so patiently, though it wasn't much of a chore curze u pretty much like the fact that i was occupied so u cud play ur psp yea? haha. cute!

so we cabbed down, went to the beautiful room in shangri-la so shoshi cud put on the finishing touches to his attire. then we went downstairs n made our way to the ballroom. beautifully furnished. the elegant centrepiece of white roses, the ethereal blue spot lights n the stunning chandeliers. =) courses came one by one starting with the bread basket. sadly, it wasn't fantastic.. oh wells, next was the greek salad with duck confit. first taste the duck was good but it soon got a lil too much n heavy on the tastebuds. shortly after, was the green pea soup. it was definitely not fantastic. the peas make it was too powdery and the soup was just not fragrant enough. almost everyone didn't finish it. in fact, think the one we made for halloween was even better. after that was the grilled cod. it was nice. fish was satisfactorily substantial, though i think the tomato sauce was a lil off. it wud have done better with a herbed cream sauce i think. anyways, we had the desert next, mixed fruit with passionfruit and guava sorbet in a slightly tangy sweet sauce. overall it was not too bad. though the guava seeds in the sorbet made it so annoying to eat. the chocolates were next, yummy, though i think a wider variety wud have been preferred. then lastly was tea or coffee which, what can u criticise about.. by that time i was absolutely freezing so the hot brew was warmly n most happily received.

the videos we watched were sweet, most brilliantly edited n produced =) captured the many but not exhaustive list of actitivies the poor boys endured. it was nice watching things that shoshi mentioned before, watching videos of things shoshi bitched abt before.. made me feel so excited.. i almost wanted to go "hey babe!! wasn't that the time u.. that's the thing u mentioned b4..." =)

after that we cammed a lil, though i thought that we cud have taken more for the memories.. then again, shoshi never was a camming sorta person. then zhuang fetched us back n we all changed for our night out. we had such a tough time finding our way there, to wild oats bar. but it was a pretty cool sorta place, cosyish sorta bar. but they closed early.. shoshi n i only had a drink. but it was sweet that we cud use the time to get to know rachel n jeremy better. kinda like family fren feeling =) yippee.. so anyways, we made our way out to chill curze they were closing. by then, vik n jing were pretty high from all the shots they drank for the chess game. i had a shot too, thanks to yonghwee. =) it was great! lurve the warm tingling sensation down my oesophagus after i drank it. =) also had another whiskey ginger ale. hmm.. i never was a very good drinker so i was a lil high even though i drank so lil. not very much though.. but when i get high, i get a lil lazy n like sleepy. so haha, i was kinda leaning on shoshi a lil and a lil woozy. heehee. i know i know.. i'm quite a bad drinker.. heehee..

it wasn't too high n rowdy but there were some fun moments. like watching the guys try n do the flag thing with a pole. having jinyang lick avi's nipple. (if i may say, jy seemed to enjoy it. he licked repeatedly!) as well as when peiyin gave vik a shy peck on the cheek and when avi and jing burst out singing.. haha..

finally at ard 3 plus, we made our way back, thanks erm..i dunno who u r. for the lift out to the main road. =) we happily cabbed back n for once, i was so satiated but bushed i didn't bother to bathe. just washed out the make up, changed and snuck into the warmth of the bed and shoshi's arms. =)

shoshi's commisioning parade (15th mar 2008)

2008-03-21T23:02:00.008+08:00

shoshi n his family.

FINALLY!! after all the mths of toil n sweat, it all pays off.

shoshi with yonghwee

looks like some poster no? haha

part of his contigent

shoshi with amos

shoshi with jeremy zhuang

shoshi with avinesh

shoshi n his' bros, yushi n yachan

our spicy food. dunno how i managed to find food to eat..

ash n i

me, jeanette n rachel(zhuang's gf)

my sad bruise..

a result from being so careless..

shoshi's comms parade. what can i say.. it was a moment of pride and joy. dunno why but i seemed way enthu compared to him.. haha, anways, thanks andrew for letting us camp in ur room =) so sweet!! and yupps, i permed my hair on sat toos =) moment of impulse, definitely.. but it didn't turn out bad =) so yupps.. but blew $160 on it.. so yupps.. i'm darn broke now.. sobs..

so on sat.. gabriel was supposed to fetch me at 5, originally 4.45 but it was so early!! 5 shoshi's family still hadn't come. they fetched me at 5.25. running late, carrying loads of stuff n running thru jp to meet them at the taxi stand.. sumhow it wasn't all i had pictured! gosh, cud almost feel a sense of forebode coming my way.

yupps.. it was a harbinger all right.. we cudn't get a sit n ended up sitting at the side. what the hell!! so much for invitation when u make us miss the parade, not literally but well, it was as good as missing it. it was bad!! i cudn't see the parade properly n poor shoshi trained so darn hard for it n he had no good pictures to keep as memories.. i feel so bad though. maybe i shud have just left his family n found a place in the centre to sit so at least he can get some great shots.. i dunno..

anyways, after that, we went down, snapped loads of shots n finally made our way to dinner, shoshi n his parents in the dining hall and me, shoshi's bros n cousin had buffet at the warrior's hall. poor us, food wasn't erm.. fantastic.. freaking spicy curry everything.. urgh.. but shoshi said they didn't eat very yummy food either.. so.. sighs.. poor us!! haha.. but well, gabriel made an effort to chat with me, i saw ash n we took some photos n i got to know rachel a lil better. so it wasn't too bad..

anyways, after that, we went to shoshi's bunk to get his stuff. we were waiting (boring) in his car for him when shoshi came down n asked his bros to help. then, ever so sweetly, he turned ard n asked (with such a sweet smile) if i wanted to go up n help. it didn't matter if i were wearing a dress or wedges or that i wud help him to carry heavy stuff. all that mattered was that i suddenly felt needed for the night. i was super grinning as i ran up to help. but, a lil too enthu i guess, because i tripped n fell on the steps.. gosh! so EMBARRASSING!at least i didn't expose myself!! i really think i heard some pretty loud gasps from behind me n i'm pretty sure quite a few of shoshi's army frens saw it. urgh!! i didn't wanna seem like a silly chit, so i picked myself up with shoshi's extended helping arm, dusted my skirts n brushed it off as nth. but honestly, my knee was burning n i seriously thot it was bleeding. but it wasn't when i cheked later so i didn't wanna make a big fuss.. turns out, it was quite bad.. it bruised like crazy, one on my knee n another on my shin. sighs.. it's one week later n the bruises still have yet to subside.. sighs!! now i'm gonna have an unsightly n unladylike bruise as evidence for comms ball. sobs..

back to the story, finally everything was over so we made our way to sixth avenue there n ate venezia ice cream. yummy. i had a dark choc waffle. yummy!! the ice cream was mildly sweet n very rich. and the waffle was crisp n yet not hard, unlike those chewy soft ones u get outside.. it was good. really!!

well, headed back to shoshi's place, rested a lil, watched a lil man u.. then i headed home, back to my mundane n motonous life of tuition n studies n sleeping!! =) heehee..

motorola razr2 v9

2008-03-13T22:58:00.002+08:00

finally! we bought a phone for mummy. motorola razr2 v9. i'm not fond of motorola but she lurves it. how can i deny such a sweet mummy something she lurves. :) i know it's too early to be a mummy's day pressie but we had a $120 off. =)

when will i get mine?? kinda eyeing the nokia 6500c. hate nokia but lurve the design! hmm.. dilemma!

urlissa and demitrius

2008-03-06T20:39:00.007+08:00

this is her before

nope, this is a boy!!

this is urlissa now :)

look how worried shoshi is when urlissa hogs the camera

she refuses to smile

funny boy dimitrius

ya-chan

that day we met with shoshi's lil niece n nephew. so so adorable. :) i really cannot put it into words. lurve them so much.. :)