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2010-11-20T16:13:00.000+08:00

Puya Raimondi, the Queen of the Andes, blooms only once in its 100 years lifespan.

And soon after flowering, the plant dies.

One flowering episode can generate more than 3,000 flowers & 6 million seeds.

Short beauty which is appreciated by all

2010-05-30T12:01:00.001+08:00

Ha. I dont know who'll be reading. But nonetheless, i promised myself to blog when i'm back from malaysia. So, here it is!!

our trip started from beach road, where we boarded the coach. There was a group of middle-aged aunties who entertained us throughout the whole 3hrs+ journey with their non-stop chattering about what they will want to do in malacca; bringing their mom to cut hair......

Yup, so we reached the malacca bus terminal--- Lost. I thought that bunch of aunties are going to alight too, but they didnt. So.... we wondered around the hot & humid terminal (we weren't dropped off in the terminal itself, its like outside), and we decided to cab down to hotel puri.

Hotel Puri was just nice! It was the house which late tan kim seng used to live. A thing about the houses in malacca is that the width is small but its length is very long. Last time, taxes were charged according to width, so that explains the structure.

This is the lobby. Cool and very inviting amidst the hot & humidity of the weather.

The second lobby area

See the black stuff. Its birds! yan zi, there are many in the evening period. And the chirping is woa!!

And this is our room for 2 nights. Nice bed, but the tv channels were very limited.

Walked and walked and walked around. Just taking in the sights (melaka river, tourists, old houses) and smell (ooohh, melaka river do smells!)

Here are the food that we sampled::::::

Our first meal: Ho Kee Chicken rice. There were a couple of other chix rice stalls there, but this was the nearest. As presented, you can either choose rice in balls or normal. I would go for the normal ones next time, the ball-form is just too oily. The chicken was a little tough, maybe because of the breed of chix.

Nadeje Patisserie at Dataran Pahlawan is a cafe located at the roof top of the shopping ctr. Took some time to find it. And it was the mille crepe cake we were after. But they only had 2 ava flavours.

This is the original. Look at the layers, it has a very special texture, like you are biting into a more defined kueh lapis.

And the cream between each layer was well spread out in amounts which are adequate for you to taste. Well, for the duration we were there, people came in mostly to take away cakes. So i guess its rather popular with the residents there.

This was the dinner place on the first day.

Walked for a very long while before settling to Eleven. They serve Portuguese food. I liked the vegetables (but i forgot the name, its akin to lady's finger, but not that pretty).

Jonker 88 was where we had lunch the following day.

Its a place for chendol, laska, yongtaufu and many others. The interior was tasteful:

The chendol was flooded with the intense flavour of gula melaka. Even though the uncle making it doesn't look approaching, but the taste is definitely yum yum!

Dinnered at Calanthe art & cafe which was rather near hotel puri. The whole atmosphere there was really relaxing. Not too crowded.

Food was above expectations. And you can find the coffees of the 13 malaysia states there. How wonderful. But i didnt try any cos the rice was too filling!

And here are the places of interests visited & passed by::::

Head to the tourist office thinking there's free maps ava, but nope, so continue to walk.

Passed by the Maritime Museum. Its the only museum in the town which is air-con!

And whats more, you have to take off your shoes when you enter & you can cam whore inside. But once you are out, the blazing sun just coax you back in.

St Paul's hill

This, the Melaka Sultanate palace was under renovation. But i guess its a interesting place to visit due to the size. Apparantly, it showcases the ancient Malay kingdom that once flourished in melaka.

The Stadthuys

Sights along melaka river

At night. Super pretty. The lights & reflection

Jonker walk and others

This is actually a statue to commerate some Datuk's achievements. Not bad not bad

We walked a freaking long time in the hot midday sun to get here. Its near the sea, far from the central area. And the surrounding place is still rather undeveloped.

This is like the sg calsberg sky tower.

River cruise. There are 2 operators of the river cruise. Advisable not to go for the one which has benches. Rather, head for the one near the clock tower. It is said that the ones near the clock tower does intepretations of the sights ; even caution you to the lizards in the river. The ones that we took just stopped at the wetland.

You'll see lizards swimming. Its their home!

Yup, they are building a monorail. Woohoo, commercialisation still strives.

Thats it. But its worth to take the cruise.

So after that, we went to kl via their coach service. And food food food!! Thanks to his friend, Alan, who was especially patient & kind-hearted to drive us around.

This is the place where we slept for 1 night. Nothing to rave about, except that its near a street selling food.

Later, we went to visit the exhibition: Coffin exhibition: tradition & mysteries @ the National Museum. Nice. The 2 big boys were amazed right? Haha, hurry call me big jie jie!

Showcased of many different types of coffins in Malaysia

The Perak man

This bull is really magnificant!

This chair coffin: used for a community in Luzon, but only reserved for aristocratic & noble classes. So where is the body stored? The body will be dressed & placed in a reserved site (in sitting position). Then, it is left to decompose & dry till the skeleton remains. These bones will then be collected & stored in jar. Wohooo. Sit till decompose, how long will it take?

Oh, and i tried my first rootbeer float!

This place, located at sungei wang shopping ctr has swings as seats.

And the last nigth was spent attending his collegue wedding at hotel equatorial

Yup. That ends the short trip. I'm looking forward to the genting trip end of june? Hopefully!

2010-05-09T17:09:00.000+08:00

yeah yeah yeah!!!

its malacca & kl for the next week!

till then... pon pon will be here!

2010-04-18T14:54:00.000+08:00

I'm so looking forward to Malacca + KL trip!
I want to visit the peranakan museum, cruise down malacca river, eat lotsa nice food.
I want to buy shoes!!! (opps, babe better not be reading this)

MC's mindmaps done!!! woohoo!
Meanwhile, my bedroom is best place to reside in the house. The big cupboard although not a good sound insulator, but, good enough to minimise the negativities. urgh

2010-04-09T21:19:00.000+08:00

Oh my, its been such a long time. Aloooooha!

Anyways, nothing much, still doing the dreading wil2 assignment.

But headed down to Arab st recently. And i think i'm falling in love with this place. The sermons, the food (yes, the food is great great great!!), the tourists, the sch kids having their tours. No air cons, no big malls, no excessive noise. Just nice.

These are the peeps who went down the other day. Had great fun looking at old toys and photo taking.

Oh man, i love this robot! Its head can move!!

2010-01-18T18:26:00.000+08:00

This is the show i'm watching now. Nostalgic for the old lady in me. Man.

Go catch it, although its just 12 eps, but the story is between 1949 and the current days. If only i was present in that period, then its cheongsum, cheongsum and more cheongsums. What can you complain about? Wohoo. Yes, underneath the war & uncertainty lies the 凄美的爱情 story. =)

2010-01-17T20:21:00.000+08:00

Caught Crowd Lu's 2010 7 days concert on satuarday. And it was marvellous! Held at dragonfly (ok, that place is not that big, but cosy enough) and luckly we got there early cos there was a queue and its free seating/ standing. Although we didnt get the best seats, but who cares. When he started singing, everyone was up. Oh yeah!

His l-o-v-e sign in rocker style is oh yeah, damn rock man. Hahah. Anyways, the whole concert was nice, and he even sang hokkien songs. And his live singing was similar as what i hear through the radio. Nice.

2010-01-02T16:25:00.003+08:00

So long, little friend. Its 2010 already. Happy new year!

It'll be an exciting year, but first, i still got a group project on hand to complete. Due in 13 days time. What's done? hmm....we know the problem, we've brainstormed on the possible solutions. Just that we have yet to link the solutions to resolve the problem. Easy. Not easy, but its do-able.

Anyways, the last major event of 2009, christmas at er gu's. I'm like in the middle of somewhere but nowhere. Man, kids are no longer kids. But food's good.

And this little guy's photo aplenty because he's just tooo cute. Enjoy

2009-10-07T19:54:00.001+08:00

Hey babe, let's 加油 together for the battle end of this month!

I believe in you wor!! 加加 many many 油油油!!

2009-09-21T22:06:00.002+08:00

HO ho ho.

Last entry was June 21. Exactly 3 months ago!

Its coming to end of semester 5 (i think), with only 2 more lessons to attend and 1 more project submission. Everything had passed so fast that i thought it was only mid-semester. Now its going to be mugging and more mugging till end of oct. And did i mention that i'll be having a module during holidays? and that module has 1 individual & 1 group assignment. Bring it on and let me enjoy my holidays.

I am so glad that SM is finally over and done. BT, Bengawan & Prima. oh man.
Now its time for party!
I want to sing sing sing!

2009-06-21T14:48:00.002+08:00

I need to exchange my frowns for smiles in the presence of someone.
Maybe i should learn from these princesses.

2009-06-09T21:30:00.003+08:00

I'm worse than cinderella.

Cinderella needs to be home by 12midnight.

Poor anna needs to be home by 11pm++

2009-05-20T14:03:00.001+08:00

DAY 8

Didn’t go anywhere because we had to reach the airport by 12. Breakfasted at a nearby breakfast store near the hotel. Airport shuttle by the hotel car. Cost us SG50. That ended our trip.

2009-05-20T12:37:00.007+08:00

DAY 7

To the zoo, to the zoo, to see the pandas pandas pandas. Yes, the zoo entrance fee is NT60= SG3 its worth is just to queue to see the pandas only. Pandas were the main attraction. Queuing in the hot sun was no fun, luckily there were occasional breeze. Their other animals’ enclosures were big big big.

Colourful poop display

Koala. Can they actually be happy in such warm weather. Maybe their enclosure is airconditioned.

Elephants

Giraffs

Zebras

Camels

Hippo, big, round and smelly.

White rhino

Gorilla... ew, they are damn big and huge. like from outer space. Baboon Little cute girl

Reptiles and amphibiansWoodchuckThis animal was rolling and rolling on the floor. Maybe its itchy or smthgTram back to entrance

2009-05-20T11:34:00.006+08:00

DAY 6

Breakfasted at 永和, the 米浆is surprisingly better than豆浆!!

Headed to Marty’s Shrine to see the changing of guards, apparently at the CKS memorial hall, they also have the same ceremony. But at the Marty’s Shrine, the distance the guards walked were much shorter than that compared to the ones at CKS.

They walked… no, they marched slowly and even marched up the stairs and onto the platforms. Wonderful.

Then there were stunts with the guns (or rifles or weapons).

The guy in white collared tee, is like their nanny. Any creases in the uniform, any issues regarding the guard in station, he’s there for them. So there are 2 guards right? Heaven’s just not fair. See for yourself why one guard is more popular for photo taking then the other.

Grab a bite of soup and lu rou fan at a some small shop. Then its towards 孔子庙 and 包安庙 which is opposites each other. Then its to a shopping ctr near Taipei main station where the storefront showcase many many many Gundam models.
Trained to CKS memorial. This place is huge, the steps up to see the statue of CKS is a lot. FREEDOM!!
Went to Taipei main station underground mall. Many shops selling shoes which were too big for me, clothes, nick nacks. Good for shopping

Evening was spent at Miramar shopping ctr. They have a shuttle at Jiantan mrt station. Ferries wheeled.Pink coloured cabins is sooo sweet!

Dinner at the shopping ctr's food court like food area. This looked damn appetising and nice.

Take 2 at shilin NM. This time discovering more unknown secrets. They sell pets there, dogs, cats, pig, guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, porcupines.

And some of the dogs were extremely small and fragile. Too young to be sold. The kittens were worse, their faces were drooping, lifeless, just sleeping and hiding away. Ew, it’s a depressing state they are in. even the rabbits and guinea pigs, many kept in one cage.

2009-05-20T10:51:00.005+08:00

DAY 5

Still at 北投, we visited their market in the morning. Bustling and alive with people hawking their wares from plants, seafood, chickens, cooked foods all in one place.

Passed by this ketagalan culture museum. Didnt have time to go in and look.
Its off to the北投 hot spring museum which used to be a old hot spring. This used to be a common bath area.

Then we are off to ximending to our 3rd hotel, 金帅. Headed to 五分埔, it’s a place to get clothes, shoes and accessories. But don’t expect to try on, most store owners don’t allow that. No photos taken there, as you can see, I was busying shopping.

Dinner was at 点水楼.

Don’t go 鼎泰丰 in Taiwan!!! 点水楼’s 小笼包is to die for. They apparently use black pork. The taste has more level then the general ones.

2009-05-18T21:45:00.006+08:00

DAY 4

Woohoo. It’s to Juming museum in the morning. Bused down from 淡水 bus interchange about 45mins to reach 金山town. Then we cabbed up to the hills where the museum stands. It was an intriguing ride, turns here and there, curves there and everywhere. Urgh. But it was all worth it.

The museum was huge and the sculptures were just marvellous. Here are some of 100+ photos taken at the museum This is one of the most famous sculptures.

This is the miniature sized army figures

Here are the real sized ones. They are as tall as babe. Its just amazing how
The army of navy and the huge ship

Then its back to淡水 where we went for massage and got info about the cruise to 鱼人码头.

We took the cruise at the right time for sunset…

Here’s the iconic bridge See the changes when night falls, it was just so pretty.

Here's the fried chicken which i was talking about from shilin NM. You can find it here w/o the long queue. Its big but with bones at the bottom. Nice and fresh and hot from the fryer.

2009-05-18T21:05:00.005+08:00

DAY 3

Had a hotel change to 北投 in the afternoon. Breakfast was at a cosy breakfast store with the aunties serving up delicious meals, the salad with fried onions, chicken bits, lettuce, alfafa, cucumber and thousand island was unforgettable and the pork burger with alfafa, eggs and sauce….. ahh.

Packed and mrt-ed down to the 新北投. Toured around their market place and there were many small streets. Had a taste of crepe with bananas and chocolate… hmm, lots of students were buying from this stall.

Checked into the北投水纱莲 hotel which is super near to the mrt station. After that headed to see the 地热谷 but it was revamping.

This is the source of the 温泉 in北投, it’s a pity we didn’t get to see it.

Then we went to 泡温泉 at one of the hotel, 水都。。。ahhh… it was wonderful. Not many people were there, just about 4 couples. One thing about hot spring is that when you finish pao-ing, you butt will have a stingy sensation. I guess its because of the friction from the stone steps. Its not a very nice feeling though. But your skin will feel extremely subtle.

They have 4 pools, 2 cold and 2 hot. Facilities there were fine.

Then its off to dinner at this beef hotpot shop. Man… its damn nice!

2009-05-18T12:30:00.010+08:00

DAY TWO

Started the day in the morning at ximending area, cos we had a tour in the afternoon. Interesting shops that we saw...

Yes, you are not seeing things. They have bee chin heng in tw.

And this dog is definitely a very good marketing tool

Kfc-ed for some egg tarts and pizza nuggets.

Do try the kfc egg tarts, they are fantastic, crispy and eggy. Yum yum even for someone like me who doesnt like egg tarts.

Tour bused to our first stop at 南雅風化石.

Water washed and wind blowed to cause these formations. Didnt really have much time for snapping, the tour guide used a powerful tactic to make us leave the place.

He said, come,let me help to take a photo, ok ok, very nice, lets go to our next stop.

Then its to 九份老街 to soak up some touristy atmosphere, but besides that the area was cool overlooking scenery were excellent, the trip up the hill was vomit inducing.

This is the raw ba wan. I thought what was it at first, its has a disgusting pink hint to it. Urgh. And they sell it like that.

Nonetheless, its the place to have some nice smelly tofu (which is not at all smelly when you eat it) and shop for some snacks.

Overall, the tour was not really worth it, if its possible, try to go on your own, although it may be more ma fan but you get to taste the whole place at your pace

After that, headed to longshan temple. Although its near to 7+pm, the temple was still alive with many many devotees. The incense and smoke was overwhelming. The whole temple was huge too.

And they said, there's always food near the temples in tw. True true true.

Huaxi NM once used to be place where tourists go for live snake skinning. Snake whatever whatever, anything you can think of, they had it once there.

But now, there were only a few stalls with prominent snakes displayed outside their storefront. There wasnt any touting of snake meat or what.

So, food, food and more food.

Baked corn and the ba wan.

2009-05-18T11:48:00.006+08:00

Here's my update on the 7 days in tw...

DAY ONE

Transfer flight in hk airport was fine. Just needed to walk quite a long distance to the gate. Their shops were interesting. Guardian = mannings

Duty free= free duty

Shuttled bused to the hotel- Ferrary Hotel. The shuttle was quite a distaster cos we had to change buses in the midway and lug the bulky luggage. The hotel was fine, windows high, bathrm a.ok.

Grabbed a bite and headed on to National Palace Museum. Entrance fee is free on sat from 5pm to 8pm. It was an experience visiting the museum at night, all's lit by yellow lights.

After that, to Shilin NM which was at the next mrt stop.

Lots of Food.....

The queue at the fried chicken was toooo much (its not the only store in tw, there are like franchise, so if you dont eat it there, eat it somewhere else).

And there are many game stalls. Young and old played. This, the mahjong game, we couldnt make any sense of it. Its like matching the mahjong tiles with the ones on the tables.

This, its a tad stupik. Slot in the coin and hope that the ball will fall into the desired hole which lits up.

And i played this, hit the ballons with the bulleted guns. I beat babe on that spinning round top with the ballons attached. Woohoo.

That ends our first day in tw.

2009-05-17T22:20:00.003+08:00

I'm back from taiwan. 'Self qurantining' myself for as long as the days go. Anyways, the trip was fun but tiring. With 4 take offs from the plane already left me exhasted and my skin dried. The weather there was fine with frequent wind blowing. Saw many interesting stuff and not forgetting the pandas.

Eat and eat and eat, walked and walked and walked. The 3 hotels that we stayed in was fine and transport was really very convenient. Thanks babe for carrying the big luggage x4 times up and down the ximen mrt exit 1. Damn the stairs okay? Pics will be uploaded soon, i'm tired again after waking up late and napping in the afternoon. Must be some post-holiday syndrome.

2009-05-08T11:22:00.004+08:00

Yeah, its finally over! Come 25 hrs time i'll be in taiwan! Taiwan taiwan!! Food food and more food, just hope that i dont gain toooo much when i'm back!

Stella, why you dot dot dot sooo many dots? Dont dot la, let me tell you a story about my pig okay. Give yourself a break from your dissertion to miss me!!!

I can stare at you intently,

Or let you see, how i can sit cross legged,

Or climb high high and bite my might off.

Or invite you to a game of hide and seek. I hide you seek..

You always manage to find me! Humph!

But i still get treats. Mum mum?

But sometimes you trick me and made me get my head out of the cage!!!

Phhhweeeelssse? No mum mum??

2009-05-03T15:48:00.003+08:00

Happy Sunday!! Can you tell thursday to hurry up come? I'm desperate for thursday 1.30pm arrivals. Just let me take my 3 hours, 1 qn per hr paper!

let me out, pleeeeeaasssse......if you dont, i'll bite till my metal cage falls apart!!! Grawh!

2009-04-19T21:37:00.004+08:00

Happy Sunday!

Although it's going to end in about 2 1/2hrs time, but its still a happy sunday. Why? Because i started on marketing and managed 7 chapters through the day. Unbelievable, Believable. But its the back chapters which are the killers. Jia you for the next 2 days, and my first paper will be over on 24 april, 4.15pm.

These recent days had been HOT hot Hot, stella, i guess you're still enjoying post winter days with thick clothes. Teleport me there!! It was reported 35 degress C! So boy, dont freak out why i was perpsiring so much ytd, it was just too much.

So, its back to mugging, tomorrow.

Anyways, had dinner at a beef noodle place at jurongpt ytd and we both had only 1 conclusion: It's not what you'd expected. And do look out for a lady who is at the bar counter, whose main job description may read: Shaking (not mixing) bubble tea for customers. Ya, she's practically the only one in charge of that that day. From when we queued, till after the visit to the restrms, she was still transfering her energies to shake the bubble tea. And, is bubble tea supposed to be shaken?

Here's an interesting napkin idea: no... not me, look at the napkin... here's an enlarged of the upside down ( i tried, but i cant have it in the right way, dont ask me why)

It shows the rearend of a cow. Big rearend.

2009-04-05T21:26:00.003+08:00

!!! Happy 3rd Anni !!!

You owe me today tomorrow. So you better don't be late when i'm meeting you at 9am! And lets hope that the waffles shop is open on monday, if not you owe me another one. =x

2009-03-25T21:27:00.016+08:00

Star light, Star bright, How i wish i can shine tonight!

Oh no. I'm so glad that everything is over ytd!! Triple Y-E-A-H! Until, mr charles mentioned the case of the dreaded subject in his interesting lecture today. Man, its over le ok?

Anyways, many things happened from my last post. Ah, stella, thanks for STILL checking out my blog. okay, so i shall back track a little (a lot).... to

3rd feb: To the ZOO with my beloved shimin

where i learnt about siameng,

saw the wild animal which looked like pigs (i forgot, but i know its not pigs)and this desert warthog which hid its front legs when eating. and they've got hairs on their back. and they are really smelly too! and the white tigers which was walking to and fro, like parading sort

and the second time we went back, they were nt moving like distressed creatures.

other animals that we saw

the kangarooo in australian outback exhibit
the ostriches.. no heads in the sand though

the rhinos feast

komodo dragon, big and loaded. always sticking out its tongue.
it posed!

this cute little one was munching on some nuts

and this leopard cat was unassumingly sound asleep when we visited

inuka. and her mum was just lying there and prancing forward and backwards the whole while when we were there. issit stress or what?

memories of the... man, what is this called?? the little ponies at the new rainforest kidz

cows.. or shd i say calves?

the snapping turtle...

my close encounter with a cold-blooded

cute little girls who were so cute and sweet
and, this is the most, em, memorable? exhibit. cos its full of red butts, heats, males and females and lots of hair

its not as tame as it looks

see that red thing, its their butt. and they really look like brains

see the 'troop' at the background, its led by the females..

caught the elephant show, see, komali is a giant!

this, it REALthe giraffes

on board their river cruise

other random pictures

yup. he's watering the grass train.this F-l-o-w-e-r! is sooo springy, curly wriley.no, you're not seeing this. its a real creature on top of the signboardand they said opposites attract, the power of black and red.the shiny cocoons to block out birdsem.. animals?

its nice to visit the zoo again since my internship interview. woohoo.. what if i had really interned there? maybe i'll be with the pumas, polar bears everyday!

2009-02-28T23:13:00.001+08:00

My love code: Quality Time

Spend quality time with me after march 24. Now i'm spending my quality time with my essays, projects and tests. Lecturers lectures and more.

2009-02-12T21:55:00.002+08:00

There's just too much readings to be done. Help, Dink Dink!!

2009-01-24T22:17:00.003+08:00

This is singapore....

Looks like swan lake at australia. Seriously. Pardon my 3.2 mp camera. But its just amazing.

Go there during the late afternoon and enjoy the sea breeze and evening sun rays. Its heavenly.

2009-01-18T17:10:00.006+08:00

Last sunday, went to eat with the mums and cousin for a zaobao's event in celebration of CNY. It was held at the fairmont sg and there were reportedly over 300pax in the ballroom. It's like a wedding banquet la. Anyways, it had food paired with wines. Total of 2 whites and 2 reds. I think normal-ppl will be drunk if they finish all. So the majority of tables were filled with aunties and whatnots. Thus, there were many many unfinished wines after. But you cant blame them, i was a little off when i'm on my 2 1/4 glass. Luckily i recovered after the event ended.

Anyways, food was okay. The yu-sheng, with the apparant blueberry sauce was mild and lighter than normal. But besides that, they had a generous raw salmon slices.

Then came the cabbage with mussels (I think, or some shell). My mama gamely posed for this picture.

The next was smthg like sharkfin soup minus the shark part. So i think they used some part called the Cartilage. Yup. It was nice with the crunchy black fungus.

Then it was lotus rice. I like. The mushy rice and the chinese la-rou + the spring onions.

After this came some performance.

The lions were all drunk by then. All drunk. It's terrible to see them in this state.

The dessert was interesting. eh... the taste was. But besides that the presentation was too. But then... the servers plate the per-serving before you can eat. So, this meant that you wouldn't really see the 'whole' presentation of food. It was just a waste of that, cos the whole bowl was placed in ice-model. Which was interesting.

Anyways, the guy in the maroon shirt was apparantly the organiser and a food critic, and besides him is the chef of szechuan court.

Yup. Thats all. Back to ot ot ot!!!

2009-01-17T14:40:00.003+08:00

School has started. Although the modules that i'm taking this semester doesn't look very interesting, but i guess i have to work double-hard. Anyways, despite this, met up with andrea & eunice, my primary sch. Yup. Read that, it's p-r-i-m-a-r-y school friends on wed. And my, we had so much to talk about from teachers whom i forgot to stuff that i remember, and to when we are going to get married. =) It was a great gathering!

Oh. And we've known each other since 11yrs old. So this year it'll be 10th anniversary of being friends. Thats so cool. And that eunice boo boo said that it's time for our parents to meet each other. Wahhaaa.

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY! CHEERS TO GIRLFRIENDS FOREVER!!!

2009-01-02T12:39:00.002+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

It's just the second day of new year and i've cried twice. Stella, come back come back!! Oh man. You can see snow, i also want! Take care of yourself and update your blog k!!!

2008-12-22T10:36:00.002+08:00

The sui-est day of 2008 just passed. I hope in this last month of 2008, i wont be encountering such days again. Shalln't elaborate, cos i think it affect you too.

Anyways, as i'm trying to get use to my new phone, i'm missing my old phone. There's a distinct feature that my old phone has and the new one doesnt. Keypads for my fingers to type one. Uh. Give me a few more days, if not i would kindly allow you to buy me that 500+ phone.

And its 3 more days to christmas. Why does it sound like another day?

It's 3 more days to christmas!!! Yes!

2008-12-14T21:36:00.012+08:00

Went to the southern ridges with yiwen on thursday!! Uh. The whole route is suppose to start from west coast park -- clementi woods-- nus-- kent ridge park-- canopy walk-- hort park-- alexandra arch-- forest walk-- telok blangah hill-- henderson waves-- mt faber-- marang trail.

Sounds like a mouthful? It actually it. Norm newspaper and reviews all took the treking the other way round (means starting from harbourfront then to west coast). Butta, since we live in the west area, i decided that we shd start from clementi.

Bypassed west coast park and started from clementi woods. Yiwen commented that she can bus down from her hse (man, so paiseh). So at clementi woods, w/o and maps nor signs nor whatsoever, we walked towards where we think will lead to the nus. And we did, after a series of uphill that warmed us up.

Another obstacle at nus, cos yiwen thought we were supposed to go on a trail, not walk on the pathway beside the main rd. Ah. Who knows how to get to kent ridge park from nus? Googled and it doesnt show? Heck. We took the internal shuttle that lead us to king george park. A residence area in the uni which looks damn posh and nice (for ppl studying in nus, you can kindly fill me in on whats that). From there, we walked uphill to find the first landmark, a MAP showing to hortpark!!

Passed science park 1 and walked on the pathway towards a leadership insitute (1.5km). The walk here was a tad boring except for birds and interesting signs that i've nv seen. Oh, and cars that crosses the bends and the 200 bus stop.

And tada, our second landmark, KENT RIDGE PARK!

This is another uphill task. Which is the steepest among all. Its quiet, nobody except for greens, an open court, exercise areas and an occasional uncle who's jogging.

Then, this was way too good! SIGNS!!! Seriously, they should place these along the entire process. And may i recommend a better one, placing the distance to reach these places. And more of these..... at least we know that we are on the right path.

The canopy walk was a disappointing one. One is becos of the 3 smokers we met on one lookout pt. It's just too much, i felt like throwing them down. Anyways, as the name suggest, you'll get a view of the canopy.

Then we reached the new attraction: HORTPARK. We didnt go in via the main entrance but by the back, so our first sightings were the big and high glass houses. And they house beautiful flowers!!! Exotic too!

Preettty and BIG yellow flowers.

Bunches of red flowers! So pretty for hand bouquets!

Walk further to the main entrance and you'll be greeted by areas and areas of themed gardens. There's wizard of oz,

the scarecrow which we wondered abt its gender.

tin man and the lion. I think the lion's pic is great with yiwen. =)
and there were dinos statues along the way. Nice for kids. And playgrounds.

and the flowers we saw along the paths, very pretty. and the bamboo garden. Stand in the middle and maybe one can meditate.

Picture taking time if you'd ask me. But not in the midafternoon sun. Do come in the evening for better and cooler phototaking sessions. There's an open area, great for holding wedding receptions. A thai restaurant at the first level filled with officeworkers. And the main lobby had the most christmas trees in one area. There were like at least 6 trees.
Behind this pieceof work is actually an air conditioned room filled with photos taken around the park. This is a good place for some nice cool air from the hot and humid afternoon sun. Too bad they dont have benches inside, or else, it would be filled.

Walked out of the main entrance and you'll come to the ALEXANDRA ARCH. Eh. Basically, just a connecting pt to the forest walk. Its a long and winding. Not recommended for ppl with height-to-phobia. But as you get higher, the breeze is cool.

Banana plant with the fruits and flowers.

This was on the way to the HENDERSON WAVES through forest walk and telok blangah hill. This is where we see more people. Parents with kids. See, its really like catepillar.
And this is one of the resting pts along the way. And this is the pt also when it started to drizzle. But it didnt stop when we reach marang trail, near to mt faber and towards the ending point.

It just got heavier and heavier. Until we had to turned back and rest at jewel box. Luckily for a helpful chef who directed us to toilets we were much drier. Called for a cab when the rain continued to beat down mercilessly. Ya. I know its a terrible way to end a walking trail, but we didnt really had much of a choice.

So we basically got soaked from the feet. But it was nice getting on the train back home. Recommend you to go not during this monsoon season. Go during morning or late afternoon and maybe you can start either from hortpark to harbourfront or the other way round. Bring lots of water and camera, oh and food too. There's no makan except in hortpark, the thai restaurant, which is a little ex but there are vending machines for snacks.

I love this photo. I wished i can bring it home for christmas!!! It's 9 days to christmas!

2008-12-03T13:52:00.005+08:00

Top Table-d with stella on monday. Apparantly it was their last week of service. Ya, so last week of service should be smoother right? Hahaa, but the service staff were a bit nervous. Anyways, menu for the week was good.

For appetizer, i had the crab cake which was juicy and took no interest of stella's potato and leek and smthg else soup. (aye, you forgot to take your soup's photo!)

The mains were excellent.

This is the veel cheek that i had. It just 化掉. Ya, 融化 in your mouth. The veel sits nicely ontop the bed of mashed potato. And the stew garlic, ya i think its garlic. But i dont remember the smell, anways was well done.

Stella had the seafood smthg smthg. It's too long, and i dont know what it means. Anyways, it was good. Salmon and prawn good.

Ending off we had the raspberry dessert. Suppose to be a sweet ending, but the edible silver paper was just too distracting. It seriously look like aluminium. The serving size was off too. This was mine.

And this was stella's.

And i just know that there is a full length mirror at the tcc's toilet!!

See, full length man!!

And i was trying to capture 'in motion'.

And stella did a stationary 'in motion' smile.

Ktved later and yesterday. Ah. It had been like... at least 5months plus ba. Woohoo! Ktv at bugis is recommended!

2008-11-29T11:13:00.002+08:00

Today's news is not any better than yesterdays. The Sg hostage was killed last night. And she was supposingly on a one-day business trip. Now, death comes in the form of advanced political implications. It is not just merely 身老病死. It's just scary to think of being killed by terrorists. See, even the word terrorist is so scary.

People are hating other people. Countries are hating other countries. Is world war three approaching?

Oh, i read smthg that the closure of Thailand's airport has caused the country to lose billions in just air traffic and other millions in tourism. With the recession still deeply felt in all countries and yet another added blow to the country's economy, when will it be safe for tourism to resume again?

What do i wish for christmas?

Peace and joy. (a bimboitic answer, but seems to be a wishful thinking in this global situation)

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Finished the 2-week job shading o level's ss's marks. Man. I'm glad its over. I dont have to see that lady again. No more sitting directly where the air con blasts. I guess, i'm going to enjoy the rest of my holidays. Yeah!

2008-11-20T21:47:00.003+08:00

It's getting colder and colder each day.
I wonder why aircons are still switched on.
I live by electric fan.
What if one day sg snows?

Work is into the fifth day tmr. Changed partner, which changed my mood too. It's just so much better working with the auntie. Hello? As a guy cant you have the initiative to take new booklets? You have to WAIT for me TWICE to take it and count and divide up nicely for you??!

2008-11-16T15:55:00.006+08:00

In the memory of Pepe pew Pepe

Pepe went to heaven not so peacefully on the 15th nov. He was 5year 3 mth old. An old man for the piggy. He brought us much joy and laughter, tears and anger with his small sized body which is mismatched with brown, black and white.

His black eyes, although cloudy and not all sparkling looks into you for food and some sayang-ings. When you're on yout back...

or how we play with you, you dont squeal. You just sit and stare calmly.

Even as you hide yourself under the chair, we could still see you.

Although i dont really like you when you came into our hse today (becos you are so mismatched) but you are a lovely little boy who makes me sneeze when i carry you. And mama's nickname for you is 小黑. 小黑. You are the only one piggy who lost your tooth.

In your last days, you bravely ate your 'medicine' and developed sudden love for baby food and the new recovery diet. And that was also when i dicovered your name had a pew in it. Whatever that's for, you are a lovely pepe boy.

And while you are in heaven, tell you little girl to let us sayang her more.

Bye bye pepe!

2008-11-10T21:58:00.006+08:00

Ah. So long since i last typed here. It had been a veyr long and tiring process of preparing mindmaps, studying the notes and trying to remember names for history. It's just too much. But i'm glad that its all over now. Its time to enjoy although my accounting paper was a diseaster and hmt was ____. Ya. Anyways, i'm looking forward to spending lost time with babe, catching up on sleep, watching shows and baking!!! Oh man. Stella, remember to date me to teach me to bake!

Okies. Looks like i havent been taking much photos of humans recently. But pigs, i sure do have. Pepe lost one of his tooth (they only have 4 teeth) like abt a couple of weeks ago.

Here's him, which the one bottom tooth. He's so good to like me take this pic of him! =)

And he's depressed when he cant chew his normal food. Sometimes, he'll just stare into the corner of his cage. Poor thing, i wished there were things like fake tooth for small animals.

Oh... and there are times of great depression..

Sometimes he'll want food so badly that he stares at you everytime you walk by. With his black black eyes... and the 'give-me-food' face. But he's eating baby food mixed with his loose powder now. He's really like a baby!!!

And here's Ms Super Unglam. Dinky acts like a princess. Demanding for food. Always. And when she sleeps, i cant help it but capture her real self.

See her leg, she cant sit properly. Thats the way she was borned (as mentioned by my sis). Haha. But its super cute right??

2008-10-11T13:25:00.003+08:00

Wa. Although i had a good sleep last night, but this morning's papers weren't good news at all. For once, even though i don't know stocks and whatsoever and don't really follow the bulls and bears of the economy.... but at least i can still read.

Today's ST's front page-- at one glance, i thought it was the obama and mccain's what what votings. I really thought red was mccain and blue was obama. Wahhaaa. Seriously. It's how much the index had fallen. STI's? 15++%.

Today's papers is finance finance fiance nono. Finance. Man. It's just too much. If you're like me, blur, clueless abt whats happening to e economy. Just read the headlines. Its's just too much.

They said that employment is going to be hit, so there'll not be merry christmas and happy new year. They said its going to be worse than 97 asian economic crisis. Smthg on a brighter note, was that commodity prices are going down!! So i wonder why the red & yellow fastfood is charging a whooping 3bucks for delivery charges. Wa. Too much.

Ya. So saddening ah? At least the weather is good today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-10T16:35:00.003+08:00

If you haven't watch
CONNECTED: 保持通话.
PLEASE GO AND WATCH IT!
It's one of the very few movies which is worthwhile to watch this year.
It's really really good good!
古天乐's chinese, if he was really speaking his lines himself, really suits the character.

2008-10-05T17:15:00.004+08:00

Ah.. its Sunday!

Dance lesson on last friday was full. There were like at least 10ppl in the room. Its a bit squeezy. And the mirrors are not wide. As in there's a door in the middle of the mirror. So if you can imagine, if you stand at the position facing the door, you're doomed.

Apparantly, there came a spoiler. Think the girl had dance background. Sorry, i just cant stand the fact that you already know how to dance le then still join. Its a bit disrupting, as mostly all of us are still not here not there. But well. Its only lesson 2. Means i have to see her. For at least 6 more lessons. Be gracious, anna.

Oh, i love taking photos of pepe. He reminds me of rainie. He's just sooo cute! Lovely.

Thats him. He crawled under the stool while sis was changing his cage. He needed some protection you see.Thats him. Amusing himself when i held the camera near him. I guess he wants the 大头狗image.

Thats hum, posing nicely for me to snap a pic of him.

Babe, happy 30th!

2008-09-21T22:08:00.003+08:00

So why is people trying to poison everybody in the world?
With the tainted milk prdts and others from china, whats's really safe for consumption?

I mean. Look at those poor infants who get kidney stones. They dont even know whats that. They just cry and get fed. Their parents must be damn disrupted. 'I killed my own child'
Man. Its too much. I wonder what went through my papa's mind when he said 'Luckily you and jiejie were born earlier, no prob with milk'.

So whats next. Boycott china's prdts? But they are everywhere. Ya. Even clothes and shoes. Oh. I wonder what they really put into these chemicals or added the little extra smthg inside.

Grow your own veges, milk your own cow. Impossible in urban city. Lets go back to farming. Self substaining farming. Bring the shovel to train your muscles and sweat it out.

2008-09-21T21:51:00.002+08:00

Mugging period starts next week.
But then, all work but no play makes jill a dull girl.
So i'll be out too.

I hope the weather will be good. So that i wont have to study with my heated room.
Oh. and i just finished my 8wks dance class. I hope it'll contd. So that i can learn to shake my butt more. Wahhaa. Come some shakira.

2008-09-01T21:45:00.003+08:00

Urgh.
I'm in sleep-mode nowadays.
Whenever its MAB revision or HMT proj, its automatically sleep-mode.
Luckily i have one test down tmr. Jia you anna!
And i still want to enjoy lantern festival carrying lantern and taking photos w the lightups.
Help.
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Anyways, visited a jap restaurant at paragon last weekend. First time there. Food's good, service-nah. The service staff apparantly converse among themselves by some dialect. Interesting. And of all the servicestaff, only 1 auntie was wearing lipstick. The others were lifeless as moving souls. Its a little scary if they dont move.

Ya. But food's GOOD. Sashimi was fresh. I've never tried salmon tempura, now i have. The grilled fish was the best i've ever eaten. And the prices are reasonable too. Will be there again.

2008-08-19T21:55:00.002+08:00

Urgh. Its getting more and more irritating. Luckily i have 2 assignments down this week, and i wont be seeing babe. Goodness.

Yes. I'm whining, i'm complaining. Because it's a little suffocating. Every week is a bombardment of information, information and more information. I look forward to friday, my NO-SCH day.

I'll persevere. I'll persevere. I'll persevere.

2008-08-17T16:50:00.004+08:00

Woohoo. I had a seafood fiesta yesterday at Greenwood. Basically if you have a car its much easier to get there. But the dinning ambience was much greater than the entrance where you can practically smell seafood and its hot and narrow and whatsoever.

Ordered hot platter which cost a moderate 79bucks. For that... you can get 3 fresh oysters, baked oysters, softshell crab, half lobster, calamari and an octopus salad.. oh how can i forget the fish skewers. My first time having fresh oysters. Not that bad as other shells. But babe said that oysters are the worst of them? Issit? Man.

The calamari were exceptionally good. Its chewy texture still remains until we finish the whole platter. Its just yum yum. Ya. The best.

Softshell crab were just marvellous. Best ones that i've ever eaten. Unlike those jap restaurants whose softshell crab tasted a little mushy and just dont have any crab taste at all.

Oh.. how can i forget the 4 big prawns?? Juicy and plum. All i can get for best prawn satisfaction!!!

Will surely visit there again. But i'm more interested about their a la carte. Oh, and for people who love fresh oysters, they apparantly have specials on tuesday where you get 1 buck per oyster. Love. Call for reservations before you go. They run on 2seatings per night.

Caught 12 loutus at grand cathay. Eh.. is all that i can say. Lets not compare it to 881. So... its very much like a musical. Yup. They sing what they say instead of saying it. Get it? Doesnt really appeal to me.

I want to catch bad habits!!!!

2008-08-09T22:08:00.002+08:00

I waved to Team SG and China Squad yesterday. The China team consist of sooo many people that my hand grew tired. Did you?

Ha. Caught the second part of the Beijing Oylmpics Opening Ceremony, and the countries and their sportsmen were entering the Bird Nest to engulf the applauses and cheers from people all over the world.

And the much awaited last torch bearer didnt appear until about 11++pm. Thats when they bring the torch to the stadium and the last of the last sportsmen ran around it with the torch. Tada. And it was Li Ning, apparantly an old timer in the gymnastics. And that's when the dazzaling part starts. He ran alongside of the Bird Nest. Ya. Along the building. How interesting and innovative.

And the last torch? Its a super duper big BIG one. BIG BIG one on the Bird Nest.

Fireworks were wonderful. WONDERFUL! Wooohoo..

August is a month of celebrations. Olympic Opening. National Day. HistoryMgtThought project due. PricesMarkets test. CommercialLaw test.

See... How wonderful!
Jia you!

2008-08-05T16:52:00.001+08:00

my bad. my bad. my bad.

happy 28th.

2008-08-03T16:03:00.006+08:00

Ah. Long time no post. This was last week's... Decided to go healthy-living for a day. Wahhaa. Actually no, because we were heading to bugis and there was stuff that we havent tried before. So... on we go. To search for fortune centre. Basically you'll have to walk walk to the guan yin miao there. Ya that building. With lots of vegetarian food. Think new age vegetarian, not those oily fried beehoon, disgusting mock chasiew, fried fried fried dont know what.

The eatery that we went to wasn't the one that i had intended to go. Man. I want to go search for the right auntie!! But nontheless, food was good. The feast that we ordered.

Looks a lot? Yes, it was actually very filling.This was what i had. Soba Salad. Eh, no i'm not kidding. Even though you can't see any soba here, but its at the base of the bowl. Portion is big. The whole bowl is filled with greens, carrots, cabbage, brown rice crisp and a very tangy and interesting sauce. Yum yum.

This was what babe had. It comes tgt with the super super sweet soup. I like. Never had been a friend of brown rice, but this was not too hard. Acceptable. The soup was wonderful. Ah.. nice. And there was the sushi roll. It damn nice too. With mint leaves that babe hates. Woohoo.

I guessed it was because of the sourish sauce and stuff, it opened my stomach for more food later. This is the red ruby at Tekka Mall. It's heavenly though sinful with condensed milk. But.... it was worth it.

See the many many sagos? Yum. Some burst with bite. Checked out the building directly opposite Tekka. And its the new laselle campus. The entire building was black. Yup, black. And very glassy. There was an art installation. Basically the yellow ribbons fly with the wind. Sitting on the steps of the dusty, not realyl ready for classes building.. it was just peace.

Ya. But if you want to watch this in peace, go there soon before the start classes and you wont be able to rest your butt on the steps.This glass panel... is not an installation. It's really broken! Man, but it just look tooo artistic right? Woa. maybe water flows the other way here too. =)

They have directions within their campus too.

With interesting names that you'll not find in sg. They have nice black colour stairways too. But babe just cant capture me beautifully with the also beautiful stairs. Wahhaa.

2008-07-24T22:43:00.002+08:00

Sometimes i wonder what's life about. Everyone's here for a purpose. A reason. You live to die. Correct right? =)

When lecturers use the future years as illustration on how history management thoughts will evolve and still be similar in 25years time, i shudder at the realisation. That we are constantly growing older each day.

In 25years time, i'd be 45. Thats like half of my lifetime gone. *cold*

2008-07-21T11:00:00.007+08:00

The Night Festival last weekend was such a wooha. But i'm glad that my girlfriend shimin dearest accompanied me!! Firstly, it began to rain when we just reach cityhall. So we don't really have a choice but to walk around rafflescity. Man. I think they added more new shops at the basement (which was already a little overcrowded). There were Prints and one more shop that i've yet to explore. Toured Prints and it was just marvel. And i wonder why their products are so expensive. But thats not the point. I bought smthg there!!

This::::
I cant take the tip of the pencil. It actually has many colours. So when you write you'll get like blue and yellow, red and green. You know, that sort of things. And after much ooohh-aahing at the expensive stuff, we got out and it was not raining anymore. Thankfully.

By the time we reach the smu campus there, there were already loads of ppl there. Damn. My height being not-so-spared-by-gravity, we were like fighting any holes to see whats happening. After some time... necks were tired and eyes were just seeing the lighted building, we decided to switch places.

Found the open air space which was so much better and continueed to enjoy from there. The performances were just spectacular. People were flying around, the moon was coming closer... pics say it all.

Before the performances.

The big ball.. with a dancer inside.

The moonss..When they collide..The dancer with the moon.This is a segment which i like the most. The lady just made her own word in the half-spere container filled with water. And she swims in it and do all sorts of stunts. Very beautiful. And these water images of people... oh, and there were actually ppl standing so near to them. And they didnt know the it was gg to sprinkle.. hahaa. And playing with fire. These girls even had a fire umbrella. So cool. On the way back, we saw these headless gowns. So eerie right? But it was fun walking along ciythall at 2230. Oh. and we were trying to find food.. but there are no food outlets open. Man. Seriously, its a saturday night. And everything has closed. Its no fun at all.

2008-07-13T12:18:00.002+08:00

Seeing stella already blogged about her first 2 weeks of school, i wonder why didnt i talk about my new school at all. =) Guilty: yes. Bothered: not really. Wahhaha.

Anyways, in the first wk, i only have sch for 3 days. And the next wk(second wk) i only have sch for 2 days! Yes. Envy me for just this while. The normal timetable is 4 days in a wk. Still not that bad. But i'm desperate for a part time job at my mama's friend's husband's clinic. Read it: desperate.

Besides that.. the 2 subjects that i've been introduced so far is just... so so. Okay, i would say prices & market is like mircoecons. So thats alright. I'll miss the rmit lecturer jill beer. She's such a motherly figure that i'll miss her. Waaa. And for commercial law... Yes. LAW! Stella, luckily you didnt choose law in poly. It sucks totally. But i'm trying to love it so that i can understand all the cases in the book. Man. Wish me luck & i'll work hard.

History of management thought & Mgt accounting & business sound fair enough. I hope that i'll love them to bits!! muacks!

New school's fine. So super small and cosy. But the canteen and the cafe is just too much. Dont ask me what's good there. I havent eat in my sch's canteen before. Surprised? Dont be. My mama said that i'm invading ngee ann's premises.

And sch's the nearest of near so far since my primary sch days. It just so wonderful to be able to get to sch in 30mins! Cheers!

2008-07-11T20:58:00.004+08:00

Saw this news article on Straits Times today. It made me realise that human ashes can turn into better use/keep-age rather than being stored up in the urn. The company: Alogordanza, located in eastern Swiss canton of Graubuenden is said to be able to turn ashes into precious stones. Ya.. As in human ashes into diamonds and whatnots.

So firstly, this is what they'll do, separate the potassium and calcium which makes up 85% of ashes from carbon. Bring in extreme pressure and heat...... poof! Graphite.

More pressure and more heat... poof! Diamonds!

And all in all, it only take 2 months, but cost from $6000 to $22500. And guess what? Only half a kg of human ashes is needed to make a diamond. How cool to be remembered by a precious stone.

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Saw fresh Roselle flowers sometime back. And finally get a chance to deal with it today. I forgot to photograph it when its still fresh in shape. After boiling, the calyces (i guess its the petals) turn lumpy.

But they turn the water into a intense rose red. Its just so nice. And i made agar agar.

It is suppose to look like this when its fresh.. See the wonderful shape!! So prettty!

2008-07-05T21:22:00.003+08:00

Saw this news on the papers today: 'Pregnant man gives birth'. Wow! Apparantly the man had undergone some operations to make him from a woman to a man. Anyways, he got pregnant through IVF. But still... a man getting pregnant?

He commented on Oprah's show that: "I feel it's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human need. I'm a person and I have the right to have a biological child," . So what's next? Woman gaining the freedom from the labourous 9months and childbearing and the anxiety and riskiness of childbirth?

Exciting.

2008-07-01T14:16:00.002+08:00

Caught human spirit on Artscentral yesterday night. It was one of the episode that made me feel uneasy. It talked about Dede, who is a half man-half tree and he's working for this 'entreprenenur' who apparantly gather these extraordinary people in Indonesia for show. Yes, the ppl in charge of them described them as 'attraction'. In addition, a man describe the show as like Madame Tussauds. Man. And they made them walk on fire, made Dede pull a truck using his ponytail.

Human rights human rights!!!! They are not stuntmen! They are just people who has diseases, some of which curable!

Superband on channelU yesterday night was...... Likely those who are not up to the standards are being eliminated in the early rounds. Save my ears from noise disruptions!

2008-06-24T19:29:00.006+08:00

Caught the last event of Sg ArtsFest. Well.... it was an eyeopener. But if i dont read what's all the performance about beforehand, i'll be as blur as babe. But still.... it didnt make any more sense than what it looked.
The stage before the performance. I didnt know bedok reservoir has smthg like that. OKay, maybe that's because this is the first time i've been there too. =)

There were bubblings in the reservoir, explosions, fire, fireworks, happiness and sadness, death and flowers. Oh.. and the fish above.

Apparantly, autioning for the produce that they had made.

And the maiden from across the waters.

The monster-like structure is actually made up of water dispensers.

See the flame from its eyes??

Impressive setup and the venue really make it more enjoyable. With the breeze from the reservoir after the performance, i felt more like camping there on the seats. It was just nice.

2008-06-21T21:47:00.005+08:00

Central with tony today proved something. That although there may be some places that you've visited many times before, but each time you discover something new. Be it a new tenant, new events, new decor... there is bound to be something new each visit.

So... i realised that the g-max bungy and swing thingy opposite central's ticket fees have increased. I think last time was only 30 bucks. But now for the bungy ride its 45bucks and the newer swinging one is for 40bucks. And the ultimate for both rides is 60bucks. Even tony commented that he wouldnt pay 30bucks for each ride. Hahaha.

Lunched at TomTom!! He chose that among waraku, the udon place and ma miason. It's wonderful. We had the 3pc sashimi, sukiyaki udon w pork and his ramen with red chilli. I think we took a little while to order, so the chef behind the counter was trying to help us along. Haha. But he was kind enough to offer to order for us the 3pc sashimi as i only could see a 5pc set(which is too much).

And my!! This sashimi was... the best i've eaten till date! Salmon, tuna and yellowtail. Each piece thick and fresh with bite and just melts in your mouth!! My udon was way too much! But the pork is love!

Walked and found our way to Yamakawa, the jap supermarket. And guess what i found there?

They are too lovely to sit on the shelf. Teddy Pop, what cute name! And the sweets are in shape of teddies!!! How cute. Although 4.50bucks for a pckt of sweets is a little off. But they are too irresistable. So here they are with 6 flavours. I'm determined to try all flavours!!

And i found this while we were just about to leave the shop.

Looks soo familiar right? Man.. although its 5bucks. But i couldnt bear not to buy it.

And there's toy inside! Which makes me more eager to try my luck!!!

So here's what i've got. Not too bad.

Anyways, they were having some shopping spree event at the atrium and i caught nathan!! You know, that 17yrs old jazz singer? That one who's lanky, tanned and has a oh-so-wonderful voice that can make you fly?? Ah ha. He sang 3 songs. No pic cos there were not much ppl around and i was standing like in the middle.. so it was a little paiseh. But.... its just so wonderful. Even tony agreed that he sings well and looks good!

Tomorrow's another day to look forward to! Hydrospiens!!

2008-06-20T11:40:00.006+08:00

My first Monin event and it happened after i graduated from the sch. Funny or not? Well, without the expected flaring and some handsome bartender, it was more of a 'for-freshie' event. Haha. But then...

The Bubblegum one.

And here's the chocolate cookie one. Really have choco chips and cookies smell!

Anyways, one of the 2 turtles in my house recently laid eggs. 3!! How cool? But apparantly, they dont know/dont have the ability to carry them to full-term. Ate one of it and 2 are now in a container of soil... with a little hope that they'll hatch. But i doubt so. More like in need of a incubator for the eggs to hatch ba.

Here are they!

Baked scones using the receipe in the newspaper. Turned out not bad. Used dried berries and the receipe doesnt require sugar at all!! Fantastic!

The raisins ones

The cranberries one are just so lovely

2008-06-16T15:36:00.003+08:00

Last week there was this advert on arts***tral on a Saving Gaya project. And it apparantly shows a child figure showing only its head and half shoulders. It started by having tar poured over his head. The jet-blackness just trickled down from his head so eerie-ly. Then red paint, supposingly to represent blood trickled down in similar manner.

Take some time to imagine this. (if you didnt catch it on tv)
The mixture of black and red liquid dripping from the top. Down onto the eyes, smiling face of a child model.

Then its the climax. A chain saw sawing the child's head.

And this child figure is slowly transformed into a real child. Innocent-faced.

No wonder they took the advertisment down after much comments on it.

If you think you can't do anything about the big big world issues.

Try this: http://freerice.com/

For every correct world, they'll donate 20grams of rice to fight hunger around the world. Although this may sound absurb, but go to the webby and see how you can be upping your vocab while feeding people in Bangladesh and Cambodia. Be part of it!

2008-06-16T14:30:00.002+08:00

Oh man. Happy New Year!

Am currently blogging on my new laptop. Shall name it sooner or later. Man, and with the wireless mouse handicapped, i'm at loss of using my finger to navigate the whole page. Even though my screen is only 12.1", but its a little tiring. =(

Jobbed at the aviva open as promoters for storm. Well... i enjoyed myself with the live telecast. Live people screaming and cheering. It was just wonderful. And i even made friends with this 7yr old girl called Yulia. Nice name. Her dad thought she was a nusiance to me, but boy, this girl know a lot more badminton information than i do! But she was entertaining!

Ciaos to this laptop for a min and back to the old and big desktop!!! Where i can use the mouse FREELY!!!

2008-06-05T16:01:00.003+08:00

Singing is so addictive. Will be going for another k session this coming weekend after the one on monday. Which was years ago since i last step into a ktv. And the orchard's partyworld looks lup sup from the outside. So many rooms. And so dark.

Wells. I finally has a place in university le. School's starting on july 1. Which makes this month the last of my self-declared holidays. Am glad though.

Anyways, for people reading this. Take care and love yourself! =)

Happy 26th!

2008-05-31T17:22:00.003+08:00

Remember Meiji's Panky??

Bitter chocolate with mashed croutons inside. Not that wooha fantastic. But the packaging is real pretty. And just a little hint of bitter chocolate, although i expected more. Maybe i should just switch to bitter chocolates.

And this is my new love: Corn snack chocolate flavour 'Chokobi' from Dasio. If you dont know, this is the snack that 蜡笔小新 loves to eat. And he calls it 小熊饼干. Although there issit any shapes of bear inside, this star-shaped corn snack is really nice! When you open it, you can't get your hands off. Caution!!

Ooh. There's a new article recently which says teens are now more influenced by the media and peers that they dress or act overly-mature for their age. And one mother commented that she dont let her little girls (9/10yrs) play with Barbie dolls unless they are chirstmas pressies. Hello?! Come on, in My generation, Barbie dolls are just a kind of toy for entertaining myself. Not as if i would want to imitate their dressings, think that Barbie is the perfect size for girls, long legs, big bust, slim waist is a must or else you are a not. My... what has Barbie turn into?

2008-05-27T14:20:00.006+08:00

The biggest event of the 3years in TP. Graduation Ceremony '08. I'll remember this day for the rest of my life. It's such an important event right? How can one forget to register online to reserve a seat in the convention ctr to sit through all the speeches, see graduates collect their dips and most importantly, enjoy the atmosphere.

And so the forgetful one, moi, got a Latecomer seat card. But i didnt even have a seat in the convention ctr! All the while, through the speeches of whoknowswho, i was outside the hall. Waiting and waiting. Labelled as 'Latecomers' as what the in-charge kept on calling us. We weren't at all. =)

So... we watched the performance outside. And beside the buffet line. Where it was so convinently placed, but just can't start yet. And my stomach was growling, feet a little sore. Well well.... besides all these, i get to take pictures!! Woohoo!

Stella, me, Ian pan.

Cheng yan, my beloved classmate in yr1.

Eh. Blur huh? And why so many ppl? We supposed to take a grp photo. But they just dont get our meaning of: come come, help take photo. =)

My yr3 groupmates. Wild.

Cherie, stella, samuel, clarissee, adeline.

My mama.

Beloved cherie. When are you gg to cut your hair??

A really funny photo. Stella's mum told us that this plant decor was much better than the other view. But then, how to take photo where there's a big ctrpiece: corporate guests reception? =)

So.... this was much better.

That's huiying.

Yr1 classmates. We gossip, poke fun at each other and laugh out loud.

And thanks babe, took time off and came for my grad ceremony. More and more ppl are saying we look like siblings. What's your take?

So 3years and what you get out of it? A good diploma, wonderful friendships, knowledge, network... oh man. =)

2008-05-26T16:22:00.009+08:00

My neighbourhood is so happening. One day is funeral. Noisy and alive with the procession and rites. The next day is a joyous malay wedding. Today is some belated- vesak celebrations? Happening sia.

Anyways, yesterday went to boat quay to catch the last performance of Water Fools, the opening event of Sg ArtsFestival 08. Man. It was damn spectacular. And its amazing how they get the props on the water and moving!

And before that... the view of boat quay in the evening was also enchanting.

Still having the last of sun rays.
And as night dawns.

Just the right ambience.

Pictures, though not very clear. There was a tree and a bed. A maiden in red dress with a man running on a hamster wheel below her. Some long propellers. A man clearing rubbish on the water. And 2 gods with feathery wings.

There were fires, music and fireworks!! Woohoo.. mama and i had the first class seats man. Though we were practically facing the backview of the whole performance, but the display of fireworks didnt really matter. It was just wonderful. You get the bang bang sounds, and the boom! and the splattering of displays. Wooohoo!

Before that, we head down to Medi-ya. My love. And bought these snacks which i've-yet-to-try.

These are my prized items from Medi-ya: Pretz's Mentaiko and cheese. And Meji's Panky Choco.

And look at the Panky choco's baby blue packaging. Isn't is just soo lovable? Oh man. I want to let my mouth enjoy the bitterness soon!!

And this is the japanese pancake which mama and i bought for 2 dollars per pc. The cheese flavour was... distinctive. Never tasted cheese like that before.

Ooh. Watching dynamic korea is so much fun. Housewives are testers. As in they test out new products and existing ones and gives the company feedback. And in return they get to keep the products, for free! Oh man. Is there such a good deal in sg? I bet.

2008-05-23T11:05:00.007+08:00

Dedicate this late post to babe: Happy Birthday!! Hope allswell!!

For that 2 days, Anna's Lalaland was created. =) And the privlege passes brought babe to all over sg. Though many things went unplanned and there were many glitches along the way, thanks for your ulitmate compromise and tolerance.

So we went to...

The HK cafe at Katong. And finally got to try their Bo lou Bao. I think its one of the best that i've ever eaten. The top crust just falls off. But it falls off rather messily. But overall it was great. With no pork fillings and just the butter in between the bread. Its a wonderful feeling. The butter literally melts in your mouth, and it actually compliments with the bread and the top crust very well. Good! And its only 1.80 per pc!

Other dishes that we ordered were just alright. Not that woohaa. But the xiaolongbao were not bad and the meatballs too. Then.... the plan was suppose to go teoheng. But the place was fully booked.. till 11pm. (We were there at around 4? ya, can you imagine?)

So... we went pool-ing instead. It had been such a long time since i last touch the cue hits the balls and clear the table. Wahhaha. But it was damn fun. 4 games... and i won...

After that, after much piss-ness and stuff, we finally made our way to Renaldo's apple strudel place at eastwood centre.

Oh man. It's damn good. I thought the thing should be warm, but the apples inside were surprisingly cold. And together with the earl grey, they just taste heavenly. So that sort of concludes the first day of adventure and misadventures.

On the day when babe turned a year older, we went to try out this restaurant at Valley point. Heck, i reached at the appointment timing but why didnt they do the special for me??! =(

So this was the place:

The interior was wonderful. And they really promised their window seat which was atad warm cos of the afternoon sun. And they had seating arrangements arranged too. The lady's seat has 2 seats. Which one basically for your butt and the other for your bag. Wonderful or not. And the waitstaff was humourous. I think babe really enjoyed his presence and presentations. Eyerolling for me.

Anyways, before the starter, we had this pre-starter of mango sherbet. (if i didnt remember wrongly)

It was a refreshing shot with the hint of mango. Excellent for the start of the meal. And the presentation was just gorgeous.

Next up, we had our starter which was the chef's seasonal assorted platter

Consisting of the scallop, which were super juicy. The foie gras was the sweetest i've ever tasted since the bad experience at another restaurant. It just melts away. And together with the, i think is bread or smthg crispy, it just go well to the throat. And the salmon, finishes the starter dish well. The salmon topped with the cream sauce and the peppermint leaf at the bottom is just soo marvellous!

After that we had our hot dish. Mine was the Tempura soft shell crab. It's the first time i eat softshell crab, where i can easily taste the crabmeat. And its not powdery at all. And the tempura vegetables: daikon, egg and others sit on top of the sweet potatoe mash was great.

And babe had the escargot.

It was wonderful. There wasnt any shell-ly taste as i thought it would be. But just that maybe the butter was a little too heavy for this hot dish ba.

Then its the seafood bisque. Which unfortunately didnt quite suit the tastebuds of both of us.

The taste was very seafoody. But i guess its just tooo much until 3-4 mouthfulls are enough. And taste aside, i really dont very much like the presentation of the crab claw. I dont know, but it just looks odd. Period.

And the main dish, which i was looking forward to!! Babe's Beef tenderloin on pu-ye.

Ooh. It's just so juicy and succulent and whatsnot. The pu-ye is actually the leaf on the bottom of the beef from japan. Eh..i guess the juicy beef overtook me that i didnt really 'tasted' how the pu-ye taste like. But the presentation was wonderful on a granite ontop of pebbles.

Babe's experience with the beef tenderloin...

Spread the beef slices on the pu-ye leaf. And wait. Patiently
Dip the beef slice into the special sauce
Taste. Chew slowly
Be satisfied!
And mine was King prawns!!

Oh man. It just look soo great when they serve. Cos the prawns were soo BIG, i like!! Topped with cheese and baked. With the risotto is mum mum. But the prawns were hard to pry from the shell. I had a tough battle with it, before i can savour the sweetness of my victory!

Next came the drinks with our desserts.

Babe had roselle and i had the mallow apple. Roselle is actually 洛神花. Which gives a refreshing sour taste to the end of the meal. And my mallow apple? Very mallow.

Here's the desserts.

The yam cake topped with a crispy layer of cracker and ice cream on top was wonderful.

The warm chocolate cake which oozes out chocolate is great.

We ended our lunch before 3.30pm. Which they gently reminded us 15mins before their closing. A little rush, but overall a great experience.

Yup. After than we met Pei for movie: Chocolate.

Man. It's one of the few action movies that have a storyline. And the main lead just fight damn well. I want to learn: Somersalt highkick. Oh man.. i want her as my master. Woohoo! She really fights real well, catch the movie if you can. All her moves and stances were very well composed and... woa. I can't say more. But she looks like a mad girl with her hair all over her face

2 Wonderful days!

... and You still have a complimentary ticket....

2008-05-17T16:24:00.002+08:00

OOh No.
Just when i thought everything is okay. The nightmare of yeesteryear came back!
Oh No!
Oh No No!!

2008-05-17T14:56:00.007+08:00

Yeah! Its saturday already. I'm 7/8 done. I just need to double confirm the CT. Hope everything will turn out great. Oh man... why am i so excited over someone's birthday? I bet the birthday boy is not as excited as me ba. Wahaha.

Anyways, its great to stay home these days. While some people may scowl at me and call me a slacker/lazybum...or all the other not-nice terms, but its my life, not theirs. So just mind your own business okay?

I'm going to introduce my lovely piggies at home. They sooo good! I mean, when you need someone to tell your secrets to and dont expect a responds, or just to disturb when you're bored, snap some pics of the most embarassing moments... TADA! They are there for ME!

Okays.. here's PEPE.

And when you're bored... these are the things that you can do.. And he doesnt mind.. any little bit!

Place a tissue paper over his head. And say: Peek a boo!! He'll just stare at you with his black iris, or maybe his eyesight isn't so good to see who issit.

And... you can put him up on an orange stool. And let him stay put forever. But i'm not sooo mean. He just wont move an inch when he's up there.

That's him, when he's fed with medicine. Its not an easy job to do..

And, this is his daughter, Dinky!

This is her cutest photo so far. She looks adorable. But dont be decieved be it. She's a naughty little brad who doesnt like to be caressed or entertained.

And when she's very sian. Her pose would be this. And see what's that in front of her?? Her foodbowl. Easy access. Clever.

And when she plays hide and seek. Yes. She hide...

But she seeks too!

Woooohooo. I'm so excited! I want to 传 my excite-ness to you!

2008-05-13T14:22:00.002+08:00

Yeah!! No more L.S!! Go away LS, dont come find me anymore! I want to go eat good food next week, so dont come and disturb me!

And i just tried on my harrypotter's gown... and the zip of the coatcover fell off. Man. Thank goodness. Hope mum will get it up for me. Oh man... I'm like mum here, mum there. Sounds like the commercial of the new korean drama series that gg to be shown in the evening about the 2 girls. And the rich girl kept whining: mum!.... mum!

Anyways, i'm in love with Aska Yang's 对爱渴望. Woohooo!

I'm 3/8 done!

2008-05-08T12:36:00.002+08:00

Oh man... I'm feeling giddy. I've no appetitte for any food except sweets. Bring me my mama!

2008-05-04T16:11:00.002+08:00

Its finally over! From 830am till 1245pm i was in this classroom full of people taking the test. Man. Sitting through it is already an accomplishment. Hope alls well!

Anyways, its getting hotter and hotter these fews day. Please take care of yourself and drink more water!

Ooh. And i've just know of another person in my course in sia. Thats soo cool. There are at least...4 ppl le ba. Woohooo. Congrats.

And congrats to my sister who sprained her neck. Try spraining it another way, maybe it can go back to its original position faster!

2008-05-02T21:16:00.009+08:00

Oh man... i have to be up at 5.30am tomorrow for the SAT test. Good luck!

Anyways, i went for a swim today and my mama commented that i look like chocolate. Wooohoo. Yummy ah. I want to be dark chocolate! Wouldnt it be nice if the world was darkie?

Ok. I shall be good and contd my post on my kukup trip.

So... we went to Tanjong Piai

In order to get to the Southern tip of Asia....

we combed through the mangroves...

saw many tall tall trees...

and many more....

saw interesting breathing roots...

and many many other trees...

and finally reached!

we saw this big globe thingy.. which was nt yet completed. It was scorching hot. And my godparents took shade from the open area. So... yeahman. I can say that i've been to asia's most southern tip, have you? =)

And then.. we contd walking and walking. Climbed up this fleet of steps. It was damn steep.

And what are we suppose to see there?? Birds. But there was none.

These.. are agar agar shaped of ang ku kueh. Man. Its damn nice. Could have bought the whole box back. It's just soooo good on a hot day. Its basically agar agar, but with ang ku kueh fillings.. like red bean, pineapple, green bean paste.... durain...wahhaaa.

After this, we head down to Pekan Nanas. Where it was once pineapples plantations. Now they still do, but not much. And the landmark? A half-ripe pineapple.

Finally got to see babe's hometown. And his house. What can i say? BBQ in the 4th flr. Fly-kite even. Or just laze the day away. I just love the 4th flr. Come on... rent it to me k?? =)

After that... it was like having a mini banquet, but with just a table of 10. It 's just so scary to eat with his family.. We had steamed fish, fried mini octopus, vege, chix wings, pork cutlet eh... and others ba. And why no pic?? So paiseh.

Seafood trip to Kukup and Pekan Nanas

2008-04-28T21:49:00.005+08:00

On a bright Sunday morning, at 9am, i stepped out of my house and went to woodlands to meet my goddad. It was damn freaking early. But i couldnt sleep on the train though. Woohoo. Talk about excitement. It all started when i just asked him whether he was free for lunch this weekend. =)

So.. we set off to causeway link at around 10am. But but.... its was all jammed there. Seriously jam-packed. There were actually plans to call off the trip and head to somewhere in sembawang for seafood. But luckily, we went via the second link. Where it was smooth-flow of traffic! Damn. Should have just waited for them at my house right? Then no need to travel down.

So we reach Malaysia at about 11-12plus... where my bladder was going to burst from the over consumption of water. I needed to relieve urgently.. and when i asked babe how long more to go before we reach kukup... he replied: a30mins more, i nearly fainted.

Luckily... i didnt burst before i reach.... And the relieve areas were 'woohoo'. Its just a hole. Just a hole. And i can see the mangrove bed and waters. And i looked for where to flush, there wasnt any. So i went out and washed my hands. And returned to the table. Then, realising....

And then there were loads of mudskippers!! A whole lot! They are huge and volumious and with tattooed bodies. But food came before we could take pics of them.

And i ordered blackpepper crab.. for what?!

Ohh, and i dont really want to know where the seafood are from.

After lunch, we headed to inside. To the houses on swamp. Man. It was damn cool. But the sun was shining right above our heads that w/o the brolly would do us more harm. Why didnt i take pics of the houses?? I was busy sheltering myself from the oncoming traffic of bikes and bicycles. It was a long concrete pathway that leads to the houses. And to one of my goddad's girlfriend we go to. Her house it just soooo good.

Free flow of sea breeze, unsalty air, clean floor, nice wooden planks. What more can you ask? Oh... and the view of the sea. Wa! My mama will love there! Chill the whole afternoon at the smthg similar to balcony atop the swamp is no biggie.

I would love to stay for the night...

See you... so serene. No games or psp can match this right? =)

Off we head to Tanjong Piai. Where we get to be at the Southern most tip of Asia. How cool can that be? Just right in MAL!!

To be cont'd. Nights

2008-04-25T16:09:00.002+08:00

The 4 letter word is actually a connoction of chemicals. It seems like everything around us is related to sciences and their chemical reactions. Endorphins, Oxytocin and what else. And the most impt? Oxytocin which attributes to long-term relationships.

Still, the 'long-term' scares me.

Anyways, made a trip down to sgh last night. A hospital is ultimately a hospital. It scares me. Getting lost and finding for the right room where someone you know has a bed in there. And i'm glad that till now, i've never stayed in one before!

To Kukup to kukup we go...

2008-04-20T14:08:00.002+08:00

A kind and amiable man is often taken for granted. People sometimes say that being good breaks, being bad pays. So is being good really good?

You wonder whether your good intentions will be 'good' when you present it in front of others. But what you think is good, may not seem good to me.

Friends share good stuff. No doubt. But what if these stuffs clashes with our goals in life?

I dont have a goal in my lifebook which states that i must own a car (at least a merc).
I dont have a goal in my lifebook which states that i must have a investments of up to hundreds thousands.
I dont have a goal in my lifebook which states that i must establish my career by 23yrs old.
I dont have a goal in my lifebook which states that i must earn up to a few thousands every month.
I dont have a goal in my lifebook which states that i must earn the most that i can earn.

I just hope for a simple life. No doubt luxuries are enjoyment. But too much of abalone is not good either.

No doubt that money makes the world go round. But too much doesnt make it move faster.

I just hope that i wont be invited to those kind of sessions w/o my prior notice anymore. Once is an eyeopener, twice is bad. And i think the third time will be dumb.

Langkawi escapade

2008-04-10T12:51:00.030+08:00

(I started this post abt 5 days back. But i can never seem to finish it)

Back from my long-awaited holidays to the langkawi island. It was wonderful. Everything from the food, the sights, places, environment and people were great. Man, and the beach was just right in front of the hotel. And everywhere was sunny and sunny!!!

Day One

On board the smallest plane that i've taken so far, it wasnt too bad. But the food was bad. In anyways, it was just an hour and 20mins flight to the langkawi airport. Where we had to descend ourselves w/o the tunnel that most airports would have. So there was our first view of langkawi in hollywood style.

And it was on for a ride to our hotel for check in. 180 was our homey for the next 3 days. Though w/o a direct seaview, but if you look further, you can see the beach.

The hotel's lobby...

I managed to catch the sunset whil babe missed it just to take the camera from the room. Ah.. i'm super sorry!!! But it was just soooo tranquil.

and more....

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Then we headed to dinner at SunCafe. Walked for around 20mins to get there. The streets were abMan. I wish that i can bring the whole SunGroup back to sg. The interior was great, so was the people who served. Although there were constantly lizards running across the walls, but if you dont bother them, they are of not much harm.

The food that we ordered..

Le Cordon Bleu chicken. Which was chicken stuffed with a piece of ham inside. Very interesting. The fries were especially nice nice nice!!!

Mine was king prawns with linguine. Ah.. i expected the KING prawns to be bigger. But the 6 made up for that.

After that, we passed by lotsa of SunSun places. Including this

And this

Which we went in and had Tequila Sunrise. Although a very small area, and the angmoh at the bar counter looked at me when my camera flashed, everything was just peace. With the barista making his movements through the ice throwing into the glass, its just great.

On the way back, we saw SunDay bistro. Where the friendly host tried to invite us in when we were going to dinner and we saw him again when we were heading back. The exterior was so Balinese style.

Then its off to lalaland for babe.

Day Two

The next day we headed to Oriental Village for the CableCar ride. Oh Man... Its just soooooo nice and beautiful.

The tickets....

The cable car which can seat 6 person.

Although we had to climb up and down to get to this bridge, it was worthwhile. And the stepes were irregular. Man. Its a real workout!

Although dark clouds were looming, but it didnt deter our enthu-ness. Wahahaa..

We went back on ground after the hard work to climb the bridge.

Went to KuahTown. To their LangkawiFair. It was supposedly their largest shopping ctr. But it wasnt of so much to look at. Then we headed to....
Cabbed down to LamanPadi for a view of rice plantations. It was good. But the whole place was as though there were only 2 visitors. But it was cool. But the restaurant's food prices were tooo ex to consider. Hence making us to move to over next destination.

The UnderwaterWorld. Priced at RM28, it was even cheaper than that of sg ba. And we took ard a few hours to get through the whole attraction. It was great! But then the 'opening' view was the enormous and humongous saltwater fishes that sent chills down me. And with the glass enlarging them further more, i was glad that we went over there fast.

And there we saw flamangos, rabbits, tortises, and fishes held in open-top containers. Oh, and mandrain ducks which came in pairs.

Then it was to the indoor. And the playful seals greeted us. We caught the 'performance' by them.

Then it was my favourite!! Penguins! OMG, they are just soooo cute.

And then you'll get to see mambo (dont know the name of the species) They are just soooo cute!!

And they greeted us in a super uder strange manner. And the thing is that, they do it sooo uniformly that it'was a little scary!
They actually stick their bodies afloat, close to the glass surface and kept on flapping their wings. And they do it together!!For the close-up. They really did produced an "arh-arh-arh" sound.

Then to the smaller seaanimals.. where we saw seaurchins, studded starfishes, zebra sharks whose eyes look very human. And sea otter which are sleeping from their afterlunch.

Then its back to homey. Off to AmorasSpa in the hotel. Had the Traditional Balinese Massage. It was soo oily but a satisfying 90mins of massage and relaxation. Minus the part of steam and sauna room. The heat was just unbearable!!!! And its like having the aftertaste of oil on your skin. After all the heat and back into the cool reception area, everything was back to normal.

Going out for dinner at ard 9 TangLung Seafood. Decorated using red lanterns. Even the tablecloths were red! And we order mantis shrimp. Which were damn difficult to eat. But it was nice!
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The menu...

Look at the price of the beer... Man. Its damn cheap cheap cheap!!!! This was what we ordered. The mantis shrimp cost rm96!! And its rm16 per 100g. Out of the total bill of 139! Man. Must be the weight of the shell.

Heading back to the hotel with a full stomach, we decided to check out the beach at night. Yup. It was nice and windy, but the disturbance of the mosquitos sent us back to the homey.

Day Three

With only less than 5hrs before we get coached back to the airport, we decided to loll around the swimming pool and beach for the whole morning. Man. It was great soaking up the sun. Walking barefooted on the grains of sand on the beach was like au natural foot reflexology. And having the sun scorching on the sand bed, it was oh-so nice.

Witnessed an old-lady strolling with her dog. When suddenly, her dog went bersak chasing after the crab on shore. It was such an amusing sight. The dog kept barking at the crab. And chasing it whenever it moves. There were even attempts to bite. =)

And more beach...

At the beach bar, sipping our last cheapo cocktails... Mai tai and smthg Carribeian thingy. *

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There.. my three days in Langkawi. Nice food, cheap beers, good to sun tan, nice weather. But not many people-looking activities. Mostly are ang mohs in the late thirties, little asian..

2008-03-31T20:37:00.002+08:00

Counting down to the day i'll be out of singapore and to my had-been-thinking-wanting-to-go country. Its 7 more days.

Should have extended the travel dates. To maybe about 5 days or 4. So i can enjoy waking up many days in the hotel room. With the warm sunrays seeping through the balcony. And the cool air from the air con. Man. I just love mornings in the hotel rooms.

And photo impression just dont load. Man.

2008-03-27T15:12:00.008+08:00

(I know that this post is long overdue. But.. whatever!)

SUNNY DAY ON MY BIRTHDAY! ALL DAY!

I'm so happy that it didnt rain on my birthday! Wooohooo!

Thanks babe for planning for my birthday. Thanks for the whole whole trip and stuff. Thanks for all the marvellous food that you''ve fed me with. I think i'd must have put on some weight since yesterday.

Our first stop was my house. Babe, thanks for making a trip down. I know what you were thinking. I wouldn't take those for the whole trip. Muahaha.

Then it was to the muffin shop at tanjong pagar. Oh. Their chesse muffin was excellent. But a little more cheese as the filling would be the best. The cream puffs were super creamy.

Down to ice monster for some shave-ice. Man, it was good. After that long walk from bugis junction to berlington sq. That was when i got my surprise.

And it brought me to... Yeah man. The real thing.

From below it was already that spectacular.

Yes. And you'll get a 360degrees panaromic view of singapore and the water bodies. Reservation for the cabins were less than filled. There was even a couple who got the whole capsule by themselves. Oh man.... And these are the things you'll see on top of that wheel.

Yup. It was a slow-passing 30mintues plus ride. Trying to identify the buildings and see things from a different perspective.

Cabbed down to have frog-leg porridge at geylang. Not bad. But i cant forget the one at chinatown. Guess, i need to spice up my food with more chillies. My best friend was water for that meal.

Tada. And my birth-day ended with me feeling bloated with happines.

Thanks babe!!

a weekend spent baking

2008-03-22T20:54:00.007+08:00

Yup. It was baking spree. It's the joy i guess. Or maybe the smell.

Or maybe the end product. Or issit the process?

Here are the products

The heartshaped chocochips cookies. That are ohso lovely.

Then, its the new baking spree.

Muffins with blueberry and macademian nuts on top.

The whole lot.

I love this. It looks so paint-like.

And the upclose.

Found portable heartshaped lights in the storeroom one day. Decided to light up pepe's cage for a change. Looks so much like those malays' weddings.

And this was drawn by my father's brother's daughter's daughter, Brenda. They say she's a girl who's really like her mother when she was young. Exactly the same replica. Firstly, she said that she drew her younger sister and herself. Next i asked her to draw another picture of me and her. She said, this is for me, It shows herself and me. =)

A day of rollerblades

2008-03-18T15:10:00.004+08:00

It'd been some time since i try out anything fresh&new. And last sunday, i got myself a 100+bucks blades cum a set of armour cum some lost confidence.

Tada... These blades make me look like armoured girl.

And thats his blades. Doesnt it look damn ahbengish? I warned you before. Even raph agreed with me. Smirk*

Anyways, it was fun. Although we just, i just tried to blade straight on the corridor. Whatever ok. Everthing starts from the first step!

2008-03-14T22:23:00.001+08:00

今天太阳出来了！！！

2008-03-13T16:13:00.002+08:00

Thanks babe for talking my through to speak up to my mum about the issue.
If you never try, you'll never know.
How true is that, that i really hold to this belief now and forever more.

And thanks mama, for letting me go on this holiday. I'm not too sure whether you already knew it beforehand or whatsoever. But thanks for trusting me.

It's not measurable.

All thanks.

2008-03-13T14:24:00.006+08:00

Had an all girls outing on 11mar with my beloved primary sch friends, Andrea and Eunice. Man, it was so good seeing them all well.

Anyways, we went to check out the new shokudo at raffles city. It's like a japanese style marche. Although much raved about, the food was still alright. But not that marvellous. Thus, 3 pax we only consume about 25bucks of food there. So you could guess well.

See, they got cards also.. So cool.

And us!

Afterwhich, we went to have the mochi ice cream which Andrea recommended from shop which specialise in the creampuffs. And man.. It was heavenly!!! Even though 2bucks for a piece is a bit on the high side, but it's definitely worth a taste.
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Hope to meet up again in the holis to go back to our old sch!!!

2008-03-07T11:35:00.006+08:00

I did something unbelievable yesterday!! Make a guess??

Tada: I went to IT show MYSELF!!!

Despite the crowds, i somehow managed to get my way through the booths, get the brochures and listened to ppl review about their cameras. And i'm soooo so getting one, despite my mother's constant explanations of 'what for get another one?'. Saw quite many people ytd there, han ming, sam ho, deli, victoria, seng and andrea's sis.

These muffins are from Beccarino at tanjong pagar. What i can say is that eat them while they are still fresh out of the oven, maybe the experience and satisfaction might be much greater. But i like it cos they have pine nuts on top of the golden crust. yumm..

Anways, i've got a new addition to my keys. Haha. I'll never forget the scenario when i'd to 'search' for the key.

Last night, i saw an interesting sight in my living room.

The piggies got covered! =-)

2008-03-02T11:02:00.004+08:00

That was the time that i woke up in the morning yesterday. For people who know me, i'm a morning person. Wonder why did i wake up near to 11am. Must be the weather. And then soon, i was off to Ikea.. Gave the meatballs a miss due to the super crowds and headed to anchorpt. Surprised by the decor of their foodcourt. Look so english countryside style. Food was good and so was the ambience..
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*This is a hellokitty shop. The shop decor is just too sweet. Look at the poddles, i never thought they can look this normal.
Ooh. And the toilets were lovely too. The signs are so cute. Was a little desperate to take the male one.. But i didnt. My mama commented i was doing fieldwork. If only fieldworks could be this fun.....

And one fine night, i was craving for ice cream.... this is what i found in my fridge... Strawberry ice cream with a real strawberry inside and full of strawberry syrup.. ooohh. The goOey
feeling is so good.

And its undeniably fruitful... =)

2008-02-29T22:48:00.002+08:00

What a day, what a day. And my laments go on..
Laments? Maybe its something else.

My anger is not placed on something which is so shallow. I dont mind it at all. I mean AT ALL.
It's the trust and the communications.
Just like in coffeeprince.
It's not all chan's actions that made the manager so angry. It's why the inability to tell the manager the truth. Even as their relationship became closer, the trust between them should be greater.

I'm not that mean to deprive people from the outside world.
But being communicated and preinformed is the least that the person can do.

It's not that i dont trust you.
If i dont ask, you wont say.
If you dont say, i wont know.

Period.
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Natas fair was alright. I guess it would be more happening in the coming two days. Yup. Happening crowds still queuing to get into the hall at 7pm++. And the queueline is of 2 halls long. Man.

2008-02-27T14:18:00.002+08:00

Suddenly, the world is becoming more prearious.
Shadows that i once used to love to take photos of are now monsterous in the evening light.
As night falls, i wish that the morning sun would wake up faster.
And shine the whole earth.
How i wish that i have a 24/7 personal aide.
Who'll protect me 24/7
Even a dog would be good.

Fight on!!!

2008-02-14T11:11:00.004+08:00

------Happy Valentine's-------

Anyways, this entry is not really abt valentine's. Just happen that today is valentine and i'm updating. Waaa..

Yup. Its the end. Finally submitted the research paper. 3 weeks was all it took. But its all so worth it. It like soo much fun doing on a subject which interests you man. Yeah. Boutique hotel go!! Hopefully the interview on monday would turn out well.

And its so sad, i didnt get to eat Toptable and the Ipoh horfun before i end my 3 years in Tp. Man...

And my belated thanks to this bunch of lovely L&G for making my 41/2 mnths such a wonderful time...

--Tada!! My wonderful hskp L&G @ RC--

Yup. Apparantly, the depthead left, so they are currently sourcing for another one ba. Ayes, i guess ppl come and go. So while they are still around, cherish their presence and love them!

And my lovely coursemates interning with me.

And, recently i went for a wedding dinner @ RS hotel(can't disclose, ask me if you want to know). And it sucks totally. The service staff and the whole dinner. Its just another bad incident that adds to my negativess on having wedding dinner. Its such a waste of other people's time. Morever, the food sucks. Even my mama said that the sharksfinsoup is too googey, too much cornstarch. Eww.

And... video clip of the photos which shows the life of the couple from their childhood till then, its just tooooooooooo long. Its so damn long. And worst still, the female travelled to so many countries that there were too many photos to share. A suggestion: share this kind of stuff at family gatherings. People who attend your wedding dinner like my uncles/aunties/niece/and me won't be really bothered to know about your detailed lifestory.

So my conclusion is: If you ever ever have any wedding dinner or have to organise one, please keep it short and sweet. People's main purpose of attending a wedding dinner is for the dinner. Dont make it soo tiring for others. Luckily, my sister is not having any wedding dinner, or else, i forsee me helping them with the video clip. Phew!

And the last tada!! So sweet. =)

Ciaos. Meeting my girlfriend who commented that becose my boy am not free, thats why i'm meeting her. 1/2 true. =)

2008-02-07T23:03:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year folks!!

Know what's the best thing to have during cny?

tada

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sore throat! so that i cant eat all the goodies. which directly translates into less junkfood this season!!

woohooooooooooooooooooo.................

2007-12-08T10:41:00.000+08:00

oh man. It had been nearly 1 month since i've updated. Nvm.
This is a self-read blog.

Yesterday had a horrible afternoon. With stomach cramps from gastric/ache/food poisoning or whatsoever. I had to call off work and 'return' back yesterday today.

I've came to realise yesterday.... no, i dont know why too, but i just realise it.
That someone actually ask about my well-being more than someone who ought to be.
There's this weird feeling up there.
Someone is actually more anxious compared to someone who ought to be.

Weird. Period.

Read from the papers some day ago. About something: to be in love is to be in want.
'eros': ancient greek: the word for romantic love. And they say that ''eros is an intoxicating mixture of anguish and joy''
So how do one actually be in love for the so-many-years?
To be in love is to be in want.
If one's want is satisfied, would the love subsides?

2007-11-04T15:33:00.000+08:00

It had been quite some time.
Many things happened recently.

But i dont think there's a need to document everything.

Had the hotel's D&D last last week. It was a hectic day, but fun.

Here are some pics::::

*almost the big family of hskp*

*the 3 pretty ladies and the guy*
man. i'm still nt over guys with nice brows..

*the guys and the ladies*
It was a tiring night. Snappings snap snap. But the food was alright. And the aunties really wow you when they dress up. And man. I do feel like a lil princess okay... lil girl there.

The performances were great. Except for the magicshow and the actup on 1 of the std. Man.. its a night of fun, not to reiterate the standards. Save it for some orientation! Now then i realise that i hate magicshows. Esp with the 'magician' talking non stop, it simply turns me off.

Recently photo of the 2 roommates. They even cut the same hair. Isnt that lovely

And this is the Pork Shabu Shabu at Tomton. man.

remember this??

Its damn nice. The pork doesnt taste like pork at all. Its sooo.. heavenly. According to them, their pork is free from stress. Maybe, for 19yrs i've never tasted the real pork. What i've tasted is stressed pig! Our dinner came up to a total of 77+bucks + gst +service charge= 91+bucks. But its really worth it!

Oh, also tried the hokkaido ice cream. Pics ltr. The matcha annd vanilla one is traditionally nice. But the strawberry and blueberry one gives a nice berrytaste. Marvellous way to end the evening.

2007-10-12T21:00:00.000+08:00

Updates of soo long.

Today marks the end of my rotation within hskpdept. Woohoo.
It had been rather hectic.

1--> (trying hard to rem) PublicArea. Yes. It was really public. Finally got to see guests and such. After so long in the backofhse.
2-->Uniform rm. Where i got to sharpen my clothes-folding skills and met many ppl. Basically, anyone who wants to get their uniform goes there. And, longserving staff even have credits for washing/drycleaning. Sia la.
3-->Linen with lorenzo, where we were stuck in the super squeezy store to look for the SO's bathrobe. But in the end couldnt find.
4-->Store with betty. Bruises obtained due to that dumb trolley. And it nearly fall on my feet.
5-->Coordinator aka live-answering-machine. Where the aunties speak eng. I'm so nt used to it.

Thats it. Mon is afternoon shift coordinator. Woohoo Its till 11pm! Nice.

Great insights from the experienced during lunch. It really brought me down to think about what i want to do in the future. Man. How would i know. I'm just a 19yrold girl. Though not too young, but not too old either. Seriously, i cant imagine being in the same job for more than 3yrs. But then, these few days, i've been faced with similar questions.

'how come only you in hskping? orh, you choose one ah... actually hskping can learn also.'

'hskping very tough, not for a timid girl like you.'

'why dont choose frontoffice?'

Man. The optimal i ask is for rotation. But since there isnt, then just let it be. Whats wrong with a small girl in hskping. At least, i challenged myself to make the bed, do the sheets, clean the toilets and do stuff i've never ever done before in my 19yrs on earth.

And i've got to meet people whom i've never imagined i would meet. I made friends with people of the world. I've got to communicate with my second and third languages. No. I'm not unhappy in there. Its just too many people are discouraging me from the continual in this dept. Bleah.

On the more positive side.... got a treat from ah ben and tony. Wohoo. The food is good and so is the mehmeh. Even though communciation may be a lil slow. But we still understand each other. Actually, thinking back, it still feels a lil weird to be out with prc guys. Ah. But whatever.

2 days off. Looking forward to greencurry tomorrow.

Shall post the pic ltr.

2007-10-01T11:38:00.000+08:00

Here i am. At 11.40am at home. Today's the start of the afternoon shift. Man. Sincerely hope that i'll survive!

Wanted to post smthg up ytd, but clicked the wrong option and the window just closed like that. So... now i dont have the mood to blog what i wanted ytd.

But, had a good weekend in the west with babe. Still, we went to the chinesegarden to soak in some belated midautumn festival. There were also fireworks. But its a little pathetic.

Finally had italianbmt after soooo long. Missed it to the core. Off to supermarket to do some grocery shoppping after that. Homed and let babe viewed my pastyrss yearbk. So many memories flooded back. And i seriously look different back then.

Yup. But it was a fun stayover. I also want to stayover on fri. If not, look at this
1) From my workplace, which i finish wrk at 11pm. I have to travel back to home. Which i'll reach abt 12mn.
2) Then the next morn, i have to be in tamp by 10am. Which means, i have to wake up like 8am+.

Hope that everything will turn out my way. Wahahhaa..

2007-09-23T17:56:00.000+08:00

It's 23 september le. Nearly into the 3rd week of the sip. 5mths really seem like a long time now.

It's all tough work. My hands are like bitten by insects, here swollen, there swollen. Bruises, cracked nails, coarsed fingertips. Man. I really wish that i can wear gloves to do those jobs.

I really admire these aunties. Though they may be small size, but they have the strength. They endure backaches and pains and do things swiftly with experience.

But well, its only 2 wks into the job. Not as if i'm going to make a conclusion now. But i'm looking forward to 5days workwk.

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Guess a short meeting aint enough to make up for onewk's absence.

Till then, enjoy your beefnoodles,time with mama and eating tons of mooncakes.

2007-09-11T11:57:00.000+08:00

Yes. Tomorrow is IT.
The first day of attachment. Looking forward? Okay la. Nt for the cramps that are eversodistracting. Otherwise, all seems fine. And i wonder whether i would be working for this whole week. Which means, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. See...5days in a row. Crossing my fingers.
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Anyways, finally had the peace treaty on paper. Though missed out some stuff, but at least its down. And the icecream parlour's service sucks to the core. Man. Luckily babe was there, and good thing that it had grown over his limit. And made him go up to the supervisor. It was just too much. But is made me taste my firsts of earlgrey. Man. Its heavenly. Now i know why, ppl love earlgrey.
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I'm a lil lazy to post pics of lastwk. Maybe they'll be up in a few wks time.
And off, are stella to beijing. Wooo.. =)

2007-09-10T12:18:00.000+08:00

This post is long outdated.

The last 2 presentations that i had during the firstsemester of yr3. First, its the BE presentation. Where i was shot like nobody's biz. Marketing jiu marketing ma... business plan what thing lo. Hope that this is the first and last businessplan i'll be coming up within my life. pls! Nah, the pics will do the talking....

*
Then, there a special. By felix k. zr! Woohoo..

See, now you know his secret.
*
Then, the interesting one was OB presentation. Think everyone had fun. Yeah man. Despite all the otherstuff... firstly... presenting to you, the actors cum actress.

*Note: GD: goodgirl. PK: piakia

*see... so oldsch. miss your sch ma?

but then, we're happy!
*

speckie!

2007-09-01T16:06:00.001+08:00

show me your sincerity

2007-08-28T10:54:00.000+08:00

Freedom!

Yeahman. Its all over at last. The most dreaded subject of the semester, destinpd. Man, on the way out after sch, we heard someone (who's a straight A student) saying that she had lost a million marks for that paper.. Duh. If she lost a million marks, then what abt us? A billion ah?? Crazy. Some people just dont take small things into thankfulness. Be grateful. Even if you lost a ten marks, there are bound to be other ppl who are losing 50. =)

Man, its only 11am and i'm wondering when the rain will stop. So i can go out and buy agaragar and chrys flowers.

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Oh, finally caught 881 ytd! It was rather long and draggy at some parts. But nonetheless it was an enjoyable movie. And apparantly there were some quarrelings at the back of the cinema.. man it was disruptive, but luckily it subsided quickly. Okay, i have to say that centurysq's cinema was nt as bad i had expected it to be. At least the seats were more comfy then gv's. Well, it was also one of the few movies that i see so many uncles and aunties. Woohooo. The target market is huge man.

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And, i still dont know when i'm starting sip man. And i wish to go overseas after the sip man!!!

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Alrights, till i'm bored again. Bwaahh. Oh... i remember smthg. Can you ever imagine that there's a type of person on this living earth thats super irritating/ unresonable/ turns you off the first time you see his face/ say hello without looking at you/ game straight away upon reaching home/ wants to wash his clothes seprately even he lives with 2hsemates/ insist that roomdoors are to be opened when slping... and who knows what he may come out with.. eee. Erxin. Period.

2007-08-26T15:52:00.000+08:00

奇怪，不要和我讲话就说啦。
奇怪。。。

2007-08-19T12:09:00.000+08:00

Bwah. Today is sunday. Yesterday was saturday.

Had the launch of sip w/o much fanfare though. Apparantly, when is the exact date for me to start my sip, i still dont know. Major revamp and many many movement of the hotel attributes to this. Ah... grace said that there were many bitchings in the several areas. But no one had gone to the same department as me. Woohoo.. and she talks about hard work=losing weight. Wa. So cool sia. I'm so so looking forward to it man... to see my beloved interviewer again. Wahahaa.

Anyways, caught secret ytd. There's a hellload of people in cine and orchard. And and and.. the thing is i dont get the whole movie until babe repeated & explained to me the 2nd time. Man, i'm not slow right? Its just too complicated. So many linkages, but shown only at the end. In the first place, rain had already told him the name of the piano score. Cool? Suave i would say. I think let me watch a second time i would be able to digest it more.

And, even though there were many people in the cinema, i think many ppl were touched. Touched. But not to the extend of shedding tears ba? Man.. i knew of someone who did. And the reason? The person doesnt know.

Its the mugging session again. Ob is fine, its just destin. Ooh, and i didnt know that we are able to read the case study before the exam. So cool right? And i knew it the day when we got the case. Slow? Maybe ba. No one told me ma...

Yeah! I love ob & destin! =)