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happy valentine's day!!

2012-02-14T23:18:00.000+08:00

actually i have many many things to blog about.. and many many photos.. which i cldnt find time to sort through and blog.. very sad indeed..

so i can only blog a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to all my lovelies out there.. i remember how we used to set dates to meet.. how we prepare the presents for each other...
but i also understand that things do change over time when we have no choice but to grow up..
i still miss those girly times we spent together during vday.........

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i gradually learnt one thing in life, its the thought that counts.. and it works all e way up to the heart and remembers that thought forever..

its strange enough how i cldnt realli remember how i actually spent my vday for the past few years.. except for the first fateful year i bumped into dear BF.. when i tink now, i have no recollection at how other vdays were spent seriously..
except for a momento one where we cook for each other.. it stayed in my heart and memory forever because it felt the most heartwarming.. no expensive restaurant dinners, no expensive gifts.. but a kawaii to the max plush dog he made for mi as a surprise plus the lunch we cook for each other..
somwhow this memory is much more precious than all the others..

today, he managed another surprise for me which took me totally off guard... very touched at his thought and gesture although a bit heartache at the cost plus the fact that i cldnt keep it forever...
yes, you r rite, gers always like to say flowers r impractical... its a way of telling the guy that the ger cares which is why she din wan to burn a hole in his pocket.. although deep down, there is always a time where the ger will appreciate this gesture very much...

thanks for the surprise because i nv suspect at all that there is a bouquet of lilies awaiting for me at the recep desk when i was summoned over... truely touched n happy of cos.. hahahaa..
sometimes this once in a while thing is what that makes the moment worthwhile..

it is also very true that you will feel the happiest at the least expectation or even better - no expectations..

life can be very simple but humans like to complicate it along e way...

ramendamen craze

2012-01-16T23:32:00.000+08:00

Went to this super awesome ramen place at mandarin gallery - ippudo!

Omg! The queue is horrible seriously.. I seldom queue so long for food (if my memory din fail mi) but to b honest, it's kind of worth e wait because e broth is sooooooo good... Though I cannot say e same for e flavoured tamago comparing it to marutama n possibly japan..

Ippudo has like e best broth so far next to the authentic one in Japan.. It's so good until my craving for ramen continues... So much so that I went for ramen again at marutama HAHAHA

I seriously dun understand how ajisen can survive until today with such competitors... I never step my food into ajisen after my second try.. N my second time there was because I have no choice but to accommodate..

Okie so much for my blog post... I'm juz trying to show my presence n to rave abt how nice ippudo has been... Plus its kinda difficult trying to blog using an ipad.. Fingers dun feel like fingers anymore.. Sorry about this crappy post..

festive season celebrations

2012-01-09T22:30:00.000+08:00

yes, kind of first post of 2012.. not counting those sale posts...

one year has once again gone by in a flash... i realize the older you get, e faster time passes by...

once again, im here to do a long post because i seem to get into a habit of not blogging for the longest time..

for a while, i find myself wif nth interesting to blog.. crappy life n lost for words..

for no reason today, i suddenly felt inspired to upload some photos that i have taken over the festive season in 2011.. to show off of cos the two cutest babies from my two darling frens..

i <3 these two babies to my utmost heart...
somehow by seeing them, all the troubles for the day flew away.. playing wif them keeps mi happy.. when i c e happiness in their face, it cheers me up tremendously..

had dinner at this place called jpot in vivo city.. recommended by jer.. so there it is for her bday treat... haaa.. e funny part is all of us tot it was a steamboat buffet.. i was preparing myself in the morning not to eat so much for breakfast and lunch... halfway through the day, in e chat, jer den told us that it was ala carte order.. pengsan.. i nearly fainted..
but okie la, otherwise i wldnt noe how many luncheon meat i hav to eat to recoup if it was a steamboat buffet.. basically e whole grp felt that bringing mi to steamboat is a waste of money becos i ate e cheapest food there..
(and what's worse.. i've been craving for luncheon meat ever since tat steamboat.. when BF suggested to have a twosome steamboat at hm, i was so happy that i cld buy an entire can of luncheon meat n have it all by myself.. what happened was when the luncheon meat was bought, we cld not find any can opener at hm.... -_- can u imagine the thousand storey fall of disappointment...)

then i found my love for moscato... i had my first taste of moscato back at a fren's hse.. after hearing SO MANY raves about how nice moscato is.. when i tried for the first time, seriously i was darn disappointed.. how can it even be nice?! so for the longest time, i was wondering izzit because moscato was drank from a normal cup which spoil the taste to the max..
after dinner, we took like forever to reach wine company becos of the many distractions along the way.. this is one of the distractions which took up so much of our time.. hahahaha

all the beautiful lightings along the broadway (is that what its called?)

it actually feels great.. to be taking photos once again.. i haven been taking photos for the longest time.. i dunno y either.. it juz nv happened as frequently as last time anymore..

anyway, back to my moscato... e gers decided to order one moscato since it sld b e mildest among all..

i tried and I LOVE IT!! one of e sweetest wine i have ever tasted and i din resist the sweetness.. (although i felt reali sinful aft drinking...)

actually until now i cldnt figure it out if e first time is reali due to e cup issue... hmmmmm...

its has been a wonderful ending to my 2011, spent wif my dearest gers n their fam... i always like e chill out sessions with them.. and very thankful for my bunch of gers be it JC or sec sch for always being there for me through all the down down periods...

<3 <3 <3 you gers to the max!

Shiseido Pureness Blemish Get

2012-01-07T01:52:00.000+08:00

bought too many bottles at one go.. therefore letting this go @ $20

usual R.P is $32

real authentic product from Shiseido and brand new..

please email me @ masaki010184@yahoo.com.sg if you are interested :)

Armani Exchange Watch

2012-01-07T01:49:00.000+08:00

bought for a year and wore only for important occasions..

very elegant and sleek design.. suitable especially for night functions..

authenic Armani Exchange watch which comes in the original box and warranty card..

selling @ $100

please email me @ masaki010184@yahoo.com.sg if you are interested :)

Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Serum

2012-01-07T01:43:00.000+08:00

selling this at $50

R.P @ about $100

best seller for the white lucent series

its brand new - unopened packaging..

please email me at masaki010184@yahoo.com.sg if you are interested :)

state of confusion

2011-11-02T22:10:00.000+08:00

it has been a while...

i found myself with no more time now to sit down properly to read blogs..

even wif rare moments where i am able to get back hm early, sometimes i cant even bear to spend time in front of my laptop for fear of time dwindling away.. like what i am doing now.. 3 hours juz flew by like tat and i feel as if i have not accomplished anything..

i am beginning to wonder if the jump has been worth it..

i rem how ecstatic i had felt when i cld get into this com.. it was ALMOST like a dream come true.. to be in touch with an industry that i reali reali love.. to learn about products that i love..

up till today, i do enjoy e knowledge that i have gained along e way.. not about the work actually but abt the products im dealing with.. knowing more on how supply chain sector has worked for this type of industry.. to certain extent, this experience will benefit me in many ways.. which is why im still convincing myself everyday to stay on.. to struggle.. no matter how imbalanced my life has become..

its v fast paced.. i cannot deny it... but i always pride myself as someone who can survive in any environment.. even until now i believe in surviving no matter how bad the environment is.. although when i hit the down period, i am reali down... a lot of emotion fluctuation in this job is involved.. the risk of not jeopardising a new launch.. or not buying enough for some products.. or even creating the wrong cover days which nearly led my boss into major despair.. my mistakes overwhelmed mi... i took the blame very badly such that i cldnt get out of it for nearly the entire month...

gradually im starting to tink if it is worth it... to be occupied constantly by one million and one thousand things to submit every week... even when it comes to planning for a holiday, there are so many blocked days that i cant allow myself to go on leave.. needing my frens to accomodate to the dates etc etc etc..
yaa, indeed, where is the work life balance...

i grew more and more bad tempered... such tat ppl had to bear the brunt of my temper especially the close ones.. even frens that i have never reali flared in front of them, i flared and i cried...

frens told mi to measure myself.. frankly i dunno how to measure anymore.. there are times i reali love tis job and i noe there will always b ppl to tell mi you can never find 100% satisfaction in any job.. and its even more difficult to find a job that you love.. however i love the office environment i am in.. the surroundings i am in right now until the official move which i am dreading... but i love the perks that come along wif tis job.. i like it tat i noe what ppl are talking abt when they talk abt makeup... i like dressing nicely to work (yes, v shallow but believe mi, i have never dress nicely to work since my first job until now.. somehow it gives mi a moment of pride..)

so you will wondering right now what exactly is bothering mi.. 工作也有本难念的经...

if you have seen how long since i have blogged, this is how busy i have been until my brain cells are all dead for a more creative post...

And even longer since i indulged myself wif self-absorbed photo taking T_T

dearest delfi, you are badly missed by the family...

2011-10-07T21:50:00.000+08:00

and very much by me as well......

since young, i have never envisioned myself to become a dog-lover as i grew up... i was very scared of cats and dogs in the past (i still hate cats A LOT... i will never ever love any cat in my life...)... i used to squeal and avoid at all costs whenever a cat or dog crossed in my path...

when i first met delfi, i was lucky enough to have overcome my fear of dogs a little through the help from shi's dogs ironically.. then the love for her grew surprisingly enough... she wasnt those dogs who will cuddle to you when you are feeling sad or even "sai nai" to you to get your attention.. she's a fierce ger who had e tendency to bite everyone she was not familiar wif... perhaps its e love that is so apparent from the whole family that got me into it as well..

delfi was a bubbly dog when i first saw her who used to twirl round and round around her daddy when he came home.. u can see her excitement when she saw her daddy back home.. that was the love they had for each other and the affinity that bonds them together.. she cldnt slp when her daddy was not home.. she used to whine terribly when she knew that her daddy was not home..

i missed the times when i cld see her leaping and putting her paws on the chair, waiting for us to give her food.. as we fed her each time, she came back for more and more... i missed the times when she used to wander for no reason into the room and responded when dear BF called out to her.. she didnt react much to my calls... i missed the times where she gradually lost her sight, she wld bang her way though the room door if we ever leave a slight opening.. somehow she's very determined when she smelt food somewhere.. even when we hid in the room, she still found her way eventually... then we wld have to push her away many times but she persevered on...

until to a pt where she totally lost her sight and slight sense of smell, she still did silly things that make us laugh and made our days for no particular reason...

she collapsed once when she was fighting a tooth infection and none of us knew.. we were scared shitless and i felt reali heartbroken at tat time when i saw her so robust one wk before and so frail the following wk... i cried........... because i cldnt bear to c her wif a swollen face and wobbly legs........ it was reali reali lucky enough she recovered...

there was one time where i remembered myself sitting in the kitchen feeling very down, i dunno why but i was very certain that delfi circled around me because she knew i was sad.. somehow i was very comforted by her presence...

i never expect myself to feel so deeply for a dog before... i dun even keep any pets right from the start when i was young... back then, i wld never be able to comprehend why would ppl feel so sad over their pets... now i knew, even wif e short span of time spent wif her... its devastating... as devastating enough as losing a family member, because she's part of the family... the love that the family had for her, she is a very fortunate dog already... the continuous care that auntie D devoted to her was way beyond words to describe... i had to admit i reali cant stand the smell of shit and to wash off the shit off her, it was beyond my imagination.. but there were times i still did together wif the help from dear BF and auntie D.. and the even more times that auntie D bear with it and wash her until she was clean...

when she suddenly collapsed this time, i din wan to believe that she wld reali bear to leave us so soon on that fateful day.. i was reali hoping everyday that she cld recover soon and be able to walk like how she used to be... when dear BF told me he didnt tink she cld make it past that day.. i panicked... its e same panic i felt when i received news on my grandfather.. i never made it to see her one last time........................................................

i count my blessings that i hav been given the chance to know you, del del... otherwise i would have missed out the many occasions where you brought joy to the family with your antics... and never get to witness the love the family has shared for you... the older you were, the more adorable you became.. even with the many hassles that came along with your aging hood, there were grumbles but there were never complaints from your family members.. the memories spent wif you remained deeply etched in my heart...........

del del, be happy whenever you will be going.. dun forget your papa whom you love so much, your mummy who has taken very care of you and your siblings who love you unconditionally... they will never forget you... but dun be fierce to other dogs anymore when you are at where you should be okie...
i do miss you too

you are the best dog that ever came in our lives...

* thoughts *

2011-09-10T19:57:00.000+08:00

人生完美的事太少
真爱没有输赢只有信任
幸福没有捷径只有经营

back to blogging!

2011-08-25T21:19:00.000+08:00

it has been a reali long while since i last blog..

i have been itching to blog for the longest time.. but for the longest time, i found myself with absolutely no time to blog...

seriously, everyday i came home exhausted, so much so that i dun even feel like using my laptop.. i cld not even find any time to read any blogs :( felt myself being very detached from the blogging world.. i used to update myself with all the new posts from all the blogs nearly everyday such that i wish my frens can update their blogs more frequently.. sometimes i wish i hav tis luxury... yet on the contrary, i do not wish to go back to those shithole days once again at the expense of free time..

for an update, yes i have finally gotten myself out of the terrible rut.. i have never felt happier and RELIEVED until e day i left tat terrible and horrible rut... although e most wrenching episode still did happen on that day and since i din blog abt it a few mths back, this shall go back into my memory book... a memory that i hope one day i can scrap it away and forget abt this bitch in my life..

i found myself in a happier environment.. with very supportive colleagues to work with... but the work is reali tough.. and so time consuming that i can work from 9am till 9pm near to non stop in ofc.. its amazing.. becos i cld not recall myself being tis hardworking in the past... frens told me "welcome to the real working world finally" HAHAHA.. and xuan told me she nv has to wait for me before because of work.. which undeniably is very true.. its always ME who has to wait for her... haha

getting so rusty wif blogging until i cldnt tink of any interesting enough things to blog abt... actually i do have a post to update.. that is way past due... so probably not to harp on that anymore.. time whizzed by damn frigging fast... i gave myself a month's break... but honestly, i dunno where tis one mth has flew to.. i felt i had not accomplished anything in this one mth's break and i had to force myself back into the reality of working... all i rem was it had been a great month where i can slp at anytime i wan.. i can wake up naturally without the need of an alarm clock.. life like that is funnily fulfilling even though i mite not have done anything worth mentioning at all..

except the jb trip i had wif my gers... it felt like umpteen yrs (actually i tink its reali umpteen yrs but i refused to acknowledge how many yrs exactly was the ago...) ago where we stepped into jb together for the first time.. the anticipation to go wif the gers is still there and very fresh... i reali missed those days where we were frigging young n carefree.. im glad we made it to jb together.. it was a wonderful time spent together shopping in the mall..

and also for the tw trip with dear BF.. its a much different trip from previous trips.. the time spent trekking to scenic places wif him made everything worthwhile... its especially breathtaking at the waterfall wif him beside me.. the beauty of it astounded me... then the beauty of 花莲 astounded me even more.. the endearing part is to share the beauty of the places with him..
and guess what, i miss tw now o.O

now im wondering if i can take a yr end trip to tw again??? **cross fingers and hope** im missing cold cold weather...

it feels good actually to be able to find some time today to sit in front of my laptop, typing these words out... although i know all in all, its a quite nonsensical post.. thanks for reading until now.. hahaa..

lastly, ending off wif a self absorbed pic of me.. haha!

Prada Tessuto Gaufre

2011-08-25T20:41:00.001+08:00

SELLING AT $1800

Colour: Black

Material: Nylon and Saffiano Calf Leather

Country of Origin: Italy

Colour: Black

Approximate dimensions:
Length - 45cm
Height - 28cm
Handle height - 15cm

Comes with original dust bag & authenticity prada card.

If you are interested, please email me @ masaki010184@yahoo.com.sg

to dearest yun - part 2

2011-04-03T18:13:00.000+08:00

all in the months of preparations had came to a close in a flash in one day...

a lot of feelings involved especially on the exact day, seeing my best buddy changing her status officially to mrs tan..

i tot i can grow to be stronger after being involved in other close buddies wedding..

i tot its as simple as trying to control the emotions from flooding, just try my might..

i tot aa, i have improved a lot by not dropping any tears when i watched e video montage...

but it broke me when i hear ur speech on stage... the uncontrollable urge to flood caved in n e floodgate opened... even until today when i replayed ur speech in my head, when the memories of our grp friendship flash back, the tears have a way of their own to fill my eyes..
i was even at the table, half praying to myself "pls pls, dun say so much touching stuff, else my tears cannot stop.."

then my dear BF said its abnormal if i dun cry -_-

but in e end im glad u did.. becos its indeed a very good speech...

i am truthfully and awfully touched by ur words last nite... especially Friends Forever... it takes a day to make a lot of frens but a lifetime to find true frens that will stick to u... and u and my many other sisters r worth a lifetime to keep in my life...

juz like u hav been to be there for me through gd and bad, i will also be there for u through all the good and bad (but of cos many many good for u in the future...)

honestly i even had that momentary moment of the urge to cry when i saw u hugging ur mum in the morning.. so i escaped into the room before i embarassed myself further..

and lastly i wanna thank you for giving me the chance to be your jie mei for ur BIG day.. hence i was able to participate in the many discussions and preparations for your wedding..

the preparations towards your wedding has been one of the most enjoyable process throughout this period of time to keep me going through the horrible work..

thanks for the photo shoot back in NUS.. it brought back many good memories...

thanks for the many many things you have brought to my life ever since u came into it..

it is, in very truthful words, that i have attended one of the best weddings in my life.. and very happy to know (even though its juz momentarily) JM's decent bunch of bros on ur wedding day..

lastly, thanks to the bunch of jiemeis that stay in my life throughout :D

to dearest yun

2011-03-30T15:24:00.002+08:00

its time to get excited once again for a lifetime close buddy once-in-a-lifetime event...

all the planning and preparation has gotten me quite excited amidst the busy till siao work...

what is e most impt is to see tis close buddy to be blissfully married n stay blissfully happy in her marriage life thereafter.. i tink tats one of e most a woman can ask for in their life - to find a good partner to 扶持 till the end... although i know she has her own reservations, dear yun - it will b FINE.. just be urself..

its v funny how our friendship started.. for the last two years of sec sch life, we had never been close.. though we were just seated three seats away from each other.. fact is we barely exchanged much words.. because mi being the more outspoken and daring one during those days and she being the meek and quiet ger in class (LAST TIME, hahaha), we had very minimal interaction.. to the fact also that she was seldom able to join us during outings which contributed to the lack of interaction..

but our fate started (i reali forgot exactly how..) when we went to the same JC together after first three months.. for dunno wat reason, somehow we seem like those long lost frens managed to find each other once again in the sea of lost souls (okie, v drama...), we clicked........ MADLY........ we started our incessant chatting over the phone after sch... worked the same part time jobs during our sch holidays... and because i find tat its v comfortable to be just with her.. i can tell her anything under the sun, the moon or the stars... she's a simple ger with the patience as BIG as the ocean to listen to my complains and woes... in fact, i tink she's one of those gers where there are hardly anyone who will find it very difficult to get along with.. she has never thrown her temper at mi before even when i was in my obnoxious mood at times...

she contributed to the many best parts in my jc life thereafter.. until today... it gratifies me alot that we stay together through so many years even though work and relationship have indeed driven us apart (err, slightly??)... changed our thinking... changed our lifestyles.. but the effort is unspeakable...

u noe, i still misses those days a lot where the two of us will impromptu-ly meet up for our favourite movie date.. and scare ourselves to death wif those horrible thai, korean, japanese horror movie.. at first there's still rong who joined us.. subsequently it became juz me n yun to those horror movies.. the movies we have watched together are uncountable and our taste for movies are so alike so much so that we spent nearly every wk watching movie together... those times in Dark Waters, A Tale of Two Sisters, Saw (dunno saw no wat liao becos there r simply too many SAWs), Hills Have Eyes, Resident Evil (which subsequently we din watch 3 & 4 together anymore) The Eye, Many Thais horror movies and the recent Drag Me To Hell.. many many more la.. cannot rem le.. already say memory no gd.. those r reali gd memories where i would hide my eyes n ask her "how? how? how le?" den both of us wld scream hysterically in e cinema and felt shiok abt it becos we dun care who were irritated wif us... when i started to tink back, its worth the nostalgia...

the phone conversations we had in those days that always warrant either her parents or my parents to nag at us to stop our conversations.. now becos of various reasons, we hardly do... the fact tat i always cry to her at the lowest pt in my life, she's always there to listen...
i still treasure the sometimes impromptu chilling sessions when both of us can make it due to her erratic work hours previously.. work reali has a way in changing many ppl's life...

to my dearest fren in this lifetime - i hope i can still get to be frens with you the next lifetime, the next next and the next next next and forever and ever... thanks to fate for bringing us together else i will never have the chance to get to know you even better...
i hope we can stay this way... no matter marriage, family or work or whatever is in the way, it will never obstruct our road of friendship.. here i wish you to an eternally happy marriage and i will stand out for u together when your hubby bully u wif his eloquent talking (HAHAHA)

work has in many ways make us more n more tired to spend the time together as well as the time being divided to spend with our partners...
nevertheless thanks for making me part of your circle and staying in mine :) i do love u always.. ha ha ha..

给我最爱的S.H.E

2011-03-21T21:28:00.001+08:00

从2010至今，好多好多不幸的事一而再再而三的发生。。有时真的觉得好沮丧。。

世事太无常了。。天灾没人能挡得过。。人类的失误却毁掉了另一个人的一生。。

刚把S.H.E爱而为一的演唱会看完。。第一感动到要死。。第二难过到要死。。
从没有想过当一个人想要重温过去的画面时，在事故以后，心情可以如此的糟糕。。我只是一个局外人都已经这么难过。。真的不知道当事人的她如何这么从容地重温演唱会的画面以及面对一切。。。当然她哭了。。。因为她知道她所失去的再也会不来了。。。
也因为这样我也哭了。。。

从这台北的演唱会里，我才知道“安静了”这首歌的歌词是怎么引发出来的。。。
是她和她的未婚夫在感情里最低潮的时候，在她和他之间还在摸索对彼此的爱情时，有感而发所写出来的。。。就因为知道了它的由来，这首歌突然之间变得别具意义。。。

我不知道往后她的路要往哪里走下去。。。不过我很肯定的，只要S.H.E一天不解散，我一定会陪着S.H.E一只走下去。。。

安静了- S.H.E

只剩下钢琴陪我站在这里梦想中属于我们的婚礼

却成了单人结婚进行曲

在这场爱情脚力的拔河里

爱我还是爱你你选择了自己

撒娇的可爱的女人的爱哭的

照片里曾经的都是你喜欢的

如今我还在原地你却走回你的记忆

你说我爱你太多

就快要把你淹没

你害怕幸福短暂一秒就崩落

分开是一种解脱让你好好的想过

我想要的那片天空你是不是能够给我

你说我给你太多却不能给我什么

分不清激情承诺永恒或迷惑

爱情是一道伤口我们各自苦痛

沉默是我最后的温柔

是因为我太爱你

♥ Salute to the Japanese ♥

2011-03-16T11:11:00.001+08:00

yes, very lousy post below.. to compensate, here's a longer post to make up for the very lack in writing hasty post..

wasnt in the best of condition when trying to do up a page for my sale items... i had the most busy night, trying to catch up on news of Japan disaster, doing up the page, wrapping items, happily opening my online parcels, clearly some mess in e room without much success and catching the 9pm show.. all in one nite.. accomplishment = 50%

since friday, the whole world is very shaken by the biggest disaster ever in the century... i was equally shaken and distracted by all e news.. frankly, the impact din reali hit me when i first received news on the quake.. i was tat SLOW... its until late into nite when i saw all the twitter posts, fb posts etc etc, then it started to strike me that OMG, Japan is tat badly hit... I started following ST app, trying to grasp the gravity of the situation in japan..

and now as I am still following the various news on the aftershocks and nuclear explosions randomly each day, I am enormously sad and touched at the same time at how Japanese's spirit in trying to overcome this calamity... the biggest quake ever hit since 1900s..

The sadness is very overwhelming when the footage of wreckage is displayed over and over again in papers, in news, over the internet etc and etc... its just very heart-wrenching to see a once prosperous country being reduced to such a state.. n what is worse after all the aftershocks is the nuclear explosion that followed which adds on to the gravity...

of all countries involved, it is reported that Japan is the only country being hit by nuclear twice.. once in WWII and then today.. how devastating can this get...

i read, i saw, many r commenting that this mite be the retribution for Japan for what has happened 70 years ago... seriously, i dun care retribution or not... i believe their ancestors have paid for the price of it through the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the side effects that the future generations had to ebar after that... Y HAVE TO 落井下石在别人这么惨的遭遇??

when such disaster struck, it should already past beyond the stage of snickering at the fate of Japan and worshipping the fact that its retribution... isnt it v shameful to be here snickering at their pitiful state while the Japanese are standing strong and calm for their calamity.. they took it in their stride.. to be honest, i doubt there are many countries in this world who can face such calamity compared to the Japanese with this type of attitude.. No pushing, no rushing for OWN dear life.. all stood in calm and regimented queue, even though their world is shaking into pieces... SERIOUSLY, WHO CAN DO THAT?? the chinese will push their surrounding mates down in order to save their own lives.. would any chinese still stood so selflessly in consideration for the safety of the ppl around them?? i salute and truely applaud them for their attitude and spirit... its true, this is the result of their own strong education and not something that can be achieved through GDP..

so the more i read, the more devasted i felt especially when i tot of how frantically they r trying to stop even more nuclear explosions with futile efforts.. i dun wan to c Japan to be reduced to a country of nothing-less.. i wan the Japanese to be safe and sound and not suffer fr anymore side effects of the nuclear explosions.. Instead, it gets even more depressing when it's being reported that children are sick in the cold weather and the victims are all trying to last their food out... and now there's nth i could help except to try to donate..

the fastest way currently to try to reach out and donate is through the Red Cross Society in Singapore.. i tink tis mite be the fastest way to make sure the money goes out directly to Japan..
and the best part, i encountered NETWORK error when I tried to go in to their website!
Anyone who noe the method of donating, please do drop me a comment...

It is not becos I have been to Japan before... nor me being a Japan fan... nor the fact that i am obsessed with Japan.. that triggers off this post... but the spirit from them that inspired and moved me to bits... how they r actually taking everything in stride and not complaining.. This is what i wan to commemorate about...

I sincerely and earnestly hope Japan can survive this ordeal.. I still wan to contribute to their economy...

Dolly Wink etc n more...

2011-03-15T22:27:00.000+08:00

juz set up a page for sale of some of my items..

do go in n take a look and drop mi a comment or email if u r interested.. thanks :)

你不知道的事

2011-03-09T23:23:00.000+08:00

came across this song sometime ago while listening to radio.. e tune stuck to me throughout.. not knowing at all wats e song title..

sad songs always hav their ways of sticking and growing on mi...

for dunno wat reason today, i was humming this song all e way... determined as i am but until now i still cldnt find e MP3 for this song..

and also din noe e lyrics r so sad until i googled for it..

youtube full mtv for u..

and lyrics...

王力宏 - 你不知道的事

（作词：王力宏&瑞业作曲：王力宏）

蝴蝶擦几次眼睛再学会飞行

夜空洒满了星星但几颗会落地

我飞行但你坠落之际

很靠近还听见呼吸

对不起我却没捉紧你

你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎落满地在心里清晰

你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见那高空里

多的是你不知道的事

蝴蝶擦几次眼睛再学会飞行

夜空洒满了星星但几颗会落地

我飞行但你坠落之际

很靠近还听见呼吸

对不起我却没捉紧你

你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎落满地在心里清晰

你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见那高空里

多的是你不知道的事

我飞行但你坠落之际

ho~oh~~

你不知道我为什么离开你

我坚持不能说放任你哭泣

你的泪滴像倾盆大雨

碎落满地在心里清晰

你不知道我为什么狠下心

盘旋在你看不见那高空里

多的是你不知道的事

Meiji Shrine ♥ Japan

2011-02-27T00:00:00.008+08:00

before gg on the trip, rong n my sis had emphasized very clearly tat they wan 2 visit shrines n temples in japan..

so Asakusa Sensoji Temple with Meiji Shrine shall be..

in awe.. becos finally saw a shrine..

always see it in anime but tis time, i can finally has the chance to see it in person..

but frankly, if u wish to visit Meiji Shrine, u have 2 choose either autumn or winter season to visit.. else u gg 2 kill urself in the heat during summer becos it is a LONG LONG LONG walk in...

the water that has turned into ice e nite before we suspected.. n hence u c all e ice broken up in the drain during the daytime..

the cleansing pool i hav mentioned in Asakusa post... we din realise the meaning of this pool until we came to Meiji Shrine.. i tink there's a notice somewhere 2 tell us tat we hav 2 cleanse ourselves 1st b4 stepping into e temple..

imagine in tis uber cold weather, we have to remove our gloves juz for cleansing... brrrrrr...

i find e spitting of water into e drain v disgusting.. becos u hav 2 sort of gurgle the water in ur mouth 2 cleanse den spit it out.. at least tats what most of e ppl were doing there n we juz followed suit..

stepping into the shrine.. was kinda excited becos i can finally put up the tablet onto the wishing board..

three of us..

here's the wishing board under a tree!

i hope the wishes can come true! then i hav the chance to go back there again 2 thanks e japanese gods.. hahaha

in e shrine interior.. not supposed to take any pic.. but i sneaked a shot anyway..

some solemn ceremony gg on in the inside of the shrine but had no idea wat it was..

still the inside.. sneaked erhm not just a shot..

then a closer up shot.. before the security guard finally came n stop mi..

putting my tablet up..

we were like discussing wat lang sld we write on the tablet.. chinese? english?? becos english felt so off.. but chinese, my handwriting is simply too ugly.. so aiya, stick to english better la (alt e ugly handwriting doesnt make much of a diff..)

sorry, try as i mite, i cant formulate a proper japanese sentence for my wishes.. dun wan to antagonise the japanese gods with my very broken japanese.. as much as i wish to show my sincerity..

i just wan to say again...

it is reali no joke if u wan 2 travel to Meiji Shrine during summertime.. wear e thinnest clothes n e most comfortable pair of shoes u can.. e entire road in is made of pebbles..

Tokyo Tower ♥ Japan

2011-02-26T08:35:00.037+08:00

is one of the fairytale places i wan to go to.. ever since from young watching all the jap serial dramas.. onli thing i wish is dear bf can b there wif mi on tat nite...

a place tat i always presume is e most romantic to be at..

seeing the tower from far..

it din felt any more romantic than it is when watching serial drama..

i always had e illusion tat e setting aorund tokyo tower is somewhat very dreamy n very romantic like..

u noe like there's a small little foundation right next to the tower where lovers can hang out there taking pics before gg up... n there's a park surrounding the tower...

there's indeed a row of trees with tall brick walls surrounding the tower.. erhmmm, can tat count towards a park???

dun ask mi why... i juz had tis illusion all the way until i finally saw e real thing...

the price we paid to go up to the main observatory..

posted this up so tat i can rem wat is the cost of gg up tokyo tower...

once u reach the main observatory floor, there's basically nth much except for the bird eye view of japan..

and these r all wat my camera plus my lousy skill cld muster..

THE BIRD EYE VIEW FROM TOKYO TOWER......

from different angles..

tried to get a close up on this dunno wat bridge..
we suspected its e odaiba bridge which we din manage 2 go T_T

braving the cold just to get a few shots on this...

it was terribly cold tat nite...

so cold until yun took a heat pad fr very long ago to try it.. tats when it dawned on mi y we had been so silly until we braved e cold for so many days without even tinking of buying heat pads..

below are all pics from yun's cam there on...

my camera nearly suffered very badly in my hands... for tat instant, i had an uncontrollable urge to throw tat cam onto the floor of the main observatory tower..

NONE, i repeat, NONE of the portrait pic can turn out well becos e main observatory was way too dark.. i tried many settings, but i juz cldnt get e flash on... no matter how i tried 2 force it on, it refused... like a sulking spoilt kid...

when e flash suddenlly decided to obey n flashed on, e picture is totally blurry...

i noe i sldnt blame it on e camera... sld blame on my super amateur until-an-amateur-photographer-will-laugh-at photography skill

eventually i got myself very frustrated, i gave up trying..

tried to self take so many unsuccessful pic until a stranger who CAN FINALLY SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE volunteered to help us take a pic!! he's a taiwanese...

so basically this ends my dream of tokyo tower.. its worth the first visit.. because u will gape at the majestic and intrinsic architecture work... seriously tokyo tower is awesome to look at for the first time, but probably a waste of time for a second or third visit thereafter..

mayb, perhaps, mayb it will be romantic once again when i can visit it during any festive season...

♥ Harajuku ♥ Japan

2011-02-25T10:32:00.082+08:00

double hearts.. becos i reali <3 <3 <3 harajuku a lot..

its gg 2 b my absolute place to visit whenever i go japan...

let u look at the locker phenomenon very prevalent in japan..

one small locker is about 300yen... big one about 400-500yen.. i tink there's one super large one tat can put in one luggage which is ard 800yen.. but din c it in the railway station..

its not cheap.. but for a tourist or mayb their own ppl, its an essential when u need to travel to a lot of places in one day with a lot of shopping..

very clever of japanese to even tink of this convenient money making idea

u can find lockers in nearly everywhere in japan..

wat happened to us was we were so laden wif the food goodies from asakusa.. n we had to deposit the heavy stuff temporaily b4 we can continue wif harajuku shopping..

here we are!! excited!!

hungry max... tat was abt 2-3pm already and we hadnt hav any lunch.. so we dropped into the first restaurant opp the train station..

very luckily, the food wasnt tat expensive..

it is definitely more worthwhile to come wif a grp of frens.. n we shared e cost of food together.. in tat way, we can actually try lots more variety..

we were also saving our stomach for the marvellous crepe ltr..

the first authentic meal in an authentic japanese restaurant..

the super yummilicious fried rice i have ever ate for japanese cuisine..

other than e yummy garlic fried rice in shima..

so yummy tat i kept craving for it when im back T_T

e ramen there no matter fr wherever, its always super yummilicious.. like i mentioned b4, not many ramen house in singapore (except e one in central.. but e one in central also onli got e egg tats super nice..) can beat this ramen in authentic japan..

ajisen is reali fake fake ramen...

also our favourite... we like it so much till we ordered one more set for it..

at the streets of Harajuku now...

the MARVELLOUS crepe that cheesie has intro-ed...

it is reali so marvellous until i tot i hav gone 2 heaven wif it..

no lying...

we choose the strawberry cheesecake crepe.. also a recommendation from cheesie..

its a must-try if u step foot in harajuku..

i heard other than harajuku, e crepes sold elsewhere r basically "fake"...

strawberry cheesecake!

told e gers 2 give a 幸福 expression... they asked mi demo..

here's my take..

FAILED!!

slightly better???

repeated pic.. but just to show tat we have gone back to harajuku once again.. becos we din hav enough of it e day b4.. so many things 2 shop...

the things there r nice though mayb not b nicer than Shibuya.. but its cheaper by a lot.. at least more affordable.. but no, we din manage to c any cosplay dressup :(

camwhore by the railway station...

then guess wat... back fr harajuku, we were still craving for more japanese food.. but at e same time we also craved for all the fast food in japan..

shopping non-stop has caused us to have no chance to fully enjoy e food in japan...

so here we r, trying our best to cram in as much variety of food as possible at nite..

ramen again... two days with three times ramen in a row..

n found e eggs we wan to eat in japan.. lazy to google wat is e exact name for e egg.. so lets juz call it egg wif half boiled center..
becos i rem central has very nice egg wif half boiled center n i cldnt forget abt how nais the egg is..
i tot japan surely has even nicer egg with half boiled center...
so although the ramen already comes wif half an egg wif half boiled center (gets abit irritating to keep seeing the egg with half boiled center.. there i did it again.. hahaha..), we ordered another 3 more..
the waitress gave us a shocked look n asked if we r sure we wan so many eggs...
yes, we sticked to 3 extra eggs more.. its not like we can find such type of egg at every alternate restaurant along e street..
we shared e egg, gyoza (harajuku one is def much better..) n one bowl of ramen..

becos we were gg to have.......................................................................................................

KFC NEXT!!!

lastly, went into family mart n bought e asahi tat i <3 so much back to hotel...

they have this clear asahi which is uber nice becos its much lighter in taste..

i dunno can bring singapore or not.. so i nv buy at all T_T

still missing japan alot and alot and alot..

Hen Nite for dear Yun - the Scarlet Hotel

2011-02-24T13:56:00.000+08:00

we decided to book a hotel for yun for her hen nite..

the reason for choosing a hotel in e end was becos many times we came close to booking one but changed our mind thereafter.. so tis time, what's a better option other than having a hotel to hav a gers nite together??

went through numerous selection from locations like in little india (becos can get a suite room real cheap..) where some felt it was a tad too sleazy.. to the New Majestic Hotel (nice but i felt e price was too steep for a small room.. we needed a BIG room..) to M hotel (which is ex..) to even a very nicely deco suite in i-forgot-wats-e-name hotel (which i love it e instant i saw e pic.. but way way too ex..) perhaps rong can enlighten wats tat hotel name again..

anyway, we finally settled on scarlet hotel.. becos of my distinctive memory of the rooftop bar..

im glad we made e choice in choosing the premium room..

<3 it so much e moment we stepped inside..

absolutely in love wif the design of the room..

surprisingly enough though, this is a 4 star hotel.. given its quite isolated location..

we booked a premium room becos we wanted more room space.. n reali reali glad.. becos it felt reali PREMIUM..

pls ignore e plastic bag.. sorry.. no time to pack it away..

more plastic bags.. three gers lugging so many things to the hotel for the preparation for the hen nite..

we actually spent quite a bit of time discussing online etc becos everyone's reali busy wif their own things..

most of e deco stuff, all thx to qz, she managed to put it together given tat short period of time..

me n rong wif not much artsy cells in us gave her e full control.. i can onli do simple paper cutting.. even pasting also need to engage ping's help den can paste properly T_T

very big space isnt it?! tat little quaint cupboard over there is actually e TV consol.. comes with DVD player samore..

a perfect room for Twister.. HAHAHA

even the toilet also so quaint n nice... but no chance to soak myself in the bathtub at all!

nothing.. just want to show how nice tis hotel room is :D

then absolutely in love wif this couch... and the big mirror...

a perfect corner for perfect camwhoring..

even the slippers also so nice (but i forgot to take a pair back.. i wan to go back this hotel again T_T)... my feet look comfortable in it.. haahaha

behind, the master at work, trying to figure out the best position to put up the decorated board..

in front, me using the opportunity to camwhore when i was done wif all e pasting..

a sidetrack...

i was pretty amazed tat i was able to put together my makeup act (although i kept delaying the meeting time..) at hm n got down to the hotel wif my makeup on.. my initial plan was heck everything, i juz needed 2 rest my terribly weak body at hm before gg hotel.. pack 5min, rest 10min.. n very nearly panicked like mad when e time was running short.. so intended to hav no make up n go hotel 2 prepare..

because overdone myself wif e alcohol e nite before.. went to slp with a spinning head.. n woke up wif a terribly n extremely ill body.. i onli slept for less than 5hrs den i forced myself up..

which explains y pack 5min n rest 10min..packed abit den v xin ku had to rest for 10mins T_T

throughout the 2hrs, i was hoping in might that i cld recover my strength very very soon..

miraculously enough, i managed to hold myself n even made myself up before going out.. alt the gers actually waited for some time for me to get prepared..

sash - made by qz entirely..

lightsticks - hard work by mi n ping breaking the sticks n connecting all of them together.. not an easy feat becos its kinda hard 2 get e lightstick stay tight in their connectors..

<3 the lightsticks effect TTM..

very nicely decorated all from QZ's hard work.. she's e most talented in arts among us all..

n we were still in e midst of preparing like crazy becos we totally overran on our preparation time..

yun actually arrived before we even got ourselves ready (actually mostly me haven got myself ready.. still got hair to make... so paiseh...)

we had to get her sis to help us do a decoy..

n tis naughty yun kept ringing the doorbell non-stop..

i tink she was v excited 2 c wat we had prepared for her..

so SURPRISE!!! for her

the bride to be :D

she came very dressed up as wat we hav told her 2 do.. but she din continue wif e pact we made to wear e boots!

all ready to take the challenges we hav set for her in her beautifully done sash..

finally a grp pic (very long nv hav a proper grp pic) but missing tingting :(((((

okie, mi with my finally done hair..

not reali finally done.. is not very done yet.. but i hav no time 2 cont.. so i left it as such..

qz brought us to Brotzeit - a german bar..

n drank nice german beer..

dark beer.. which is also veri NAIs...

wasnt in much of e mood to drink becos of the nite before's overdose..

the malt sweetness of the second darkest beer..

still prefers the dark one n e light one though..

but german beer is reali nice becos they r v light.. i like light light beer..

the sausage platter which i like very much.. i hope e bride did too..

the sour cream potato which i din like very much..

pizza which okie la.. juz pizza.. not exactly a very huge fan of pizza..

but me is a huge fan of SAUSAGES.. real edible one i mean...

the pork knuckles according to much raves from qz n rong, is actually not bad.. for someone who doesnt reali take pork knuckles.. tis one is pretty gd..

just another range of sausages.. plus chicken breast meat..

grp pic again, thx to yun's sis who keep helping us take photos :D

tis one i reali dun like.. hahaah.. forgot wat it is.. some prickled veg???

n yun so excited initially who tot its a present 4 her.. took her less than one min to realise wat it is.. the very clever her i suspect was already on suspicion on the things we wan her 2 do.. so she guessed it v fast tat we wldnt b so nice 2 give her a present so early.. becos e nite was not over yet!

one of the simple tasks we put her to perform on e streets..

but in e end we relented la.. din get her 2 perform e full task... becos her ans wasnt very satisfactory due to unanimous objections..

took it on spur of instinct.. an orchard road scenic view..

the very sporting yun..

with a very nice and spontaneous and cheerful couple who wrote yun a very card full of blessings..

read their blessings :)

our grp shot taken by the very nice couple..

n not forgetting to continue camwhoring while yun was hard at work..

another one.. hehe

test ur eyesight!

n e last task she took was to get a stranger 2 buy her a congratulatory ice cream.. n she did!

the rest i decided to censor out.. hahaha..

back to hotel for the continuation of games..

pretty huh...

a blur shot becos too gan geong to get e self shot done..

standing in front of a very nice mirror in e lobby 2 self take.. but many ppl walking up n down e hotel lobby..

which causes e gan geong-ness in mi..

actually is becos i kinda paiseh.. so faster anyhow take..

feeling regal when u sit juz rite there..
xuan, quite perfect for photo shoot huh?? hahaaa..

e beauty of e lobby..

e rest were waiting for their turns to take polaroid wif yun..

the quaint stairway leading to i dunno where..

lastly, the entrance..

yes, again..

TWISTER TIME!!

final grp pic taken in the hotel before everyone removes their makeup..

erhm.. to show our sexy legs.. erhem erhem..

and camwhore wif yun...

and lastly, scare u wif another camwhore pic of MI!! dreamy effect <3

finally, last but not least, the polaroid shots we took n gave to yun as a memento...

dear yun, may u hav a BLISSFUL and HAPPY marriage ahead <3<3<3 u always

Asakusa ♥ Japan

2011-02-24T00:27:00.000+08:00

very long cldnt blog... u all noe pretty well what is the reason...

japan post is taking frigging long to complete..

so here's some v lag posts on the continuation of my japan trip...

early early morning.. took a grp pic finally all on our own becos we found a BIG mirror at the lift lobby..

cool or not??

finally can has a decent grp pic..

again in the lift! becos also got a very nice BIG mirror.. full length in fact..

see how we r all bundled up...

the lobby area...

looks damn posh not??

my favourite hotel 2 stay in for future trips.. (i onli stayed in one hotel so far.. wahahahaa..)

never have enough of self cam-whoring..

a pic of the streets becoe e day when we arrived, i forgot to take...

is a terribly cold morning.. there grumbling y the wind so cold...

took refuge in a small cafe nearby.. had english breakfast instead of a japanese one..

but surprisingly many japanese came in this cafe to have breakfast too while on their way to work..

yes, we r tat early nearly everyday in japan.. can go work wif e japanese already..

at the super confusing train station...

have to take so many trains.. transit at so many places.. get in n out.. buy alot of tickets.. before we can finally reach asakusa..

n took us wat felt like 10mins to understand how 2 get 2 asakusa...

inside tis super old old movie like train station...

it is a fabulous feeling..

i can finally has a place in japanese movie! LOLL

the reason why we r at asakusa...

to visit the most said, famous must visit tourist attraction..

presenting the Giant Lantern in Sensoji Temple..

but cannot c us clearly -_-

no more close up pic.. becos extremely hard 2 take when e sun is shining in our face..

very overwhelmed at the sight of the temple..
finally can get 2 c it...

i believe is for the divination lot..

im not v sure.. and din bother to find out.. becos frigging damn cold..

had to take out gloves each time to camwhore.. so cold... until u dun c much photos afterwards..

when ur hands r out of e gloves, make full use of it...

the place where u hav to cleanse urself before gg into e temple.. i tink... but we din do it.. becos we din noe wats its for.. until much later -_-

the streets of asakusa.. i never expect there's so many things 2 c n buy in asakusa...

guess, guess?? can u guess wat its selling???

what's e best other than eating ice cream in such cold weather..

e ice cream doesnt melt!!

its like so comfortable to hold e ice cream without worrying it will melt...

then saw a young man pulling a trishaw..

japan also hav tourist pulling trishaw..

after tat, we are completely distracted with all e food n souvenir shopping in asakusa...

so tats all for my photo log for asakusa.. byennite..

Fashion ♥ Japan

2011-02-10T11:21:00.001+08:00

here's another post on MY fashion in japan...

actually its nth much... mix n match here and there with more or less the same type of clothes..

becos too kiam to buy too many clothes there as firstly they r very ex.. secondly too many winter clothes.. buy le come back also got no use for it.. hav 2 keep in e wardrobe for like a yr before a possible cold trip.. n by den all e fashion change again... hai.. its like tat when u r a slave to japanese fashion.. they change so fast tat u cant even catch up in changing ur clothes in prolly 5mins..
not like i can pretend 2 up e aircon n pretend im in some eskimo place.. im hardly home to even pretend..

then even if got buy any new clothes also still too kiam to wear those new clothes so fast either... rather keep them nicely packed in their plastic bags n pretend i reali bought a lot of things..

pls do not be shocked tat tis is all i hav got...
naively i tot i cld get 2 buy a lot (which i failed to keep e kiam-ness out..) and cld also change into two different outfits for each day.. apparantly i underestimated n we totally hav no time to make it back to hotel to change anything at all..

chubby face!! T____T

simple.. a white turtle necked with black fur shorts.. (sorry u cant c e fur shorts here..)

with my newly bought boots... i wanna get until thigh high but cant find one nice enough n cheap enough..

tis pair also not cheap.. abt $60 if i din rem wrongly..

it was a desperate measure already.. i purposely nv bring any boots to japan n wore my potter shoes wif fur leg warmers (rem?) there...

when i got my first pair of nice shoes at Shibuya 109 (2), i wanted to get a super nice pair of boots there too.. NO MY SIZE! is japanese things so HOT until like tat???

actually also not very nice until very nice la... i din reali c v v v v v v X 100000times nice boots also..

so e last store along e streets of Shibuya, my frens n sis v nicely went along wif mi becos they noe i was very desperate to get a pair of boots for the days in japan..

so there i got it at $60 T_T

stare longer at my $60 boots pls...

geared up in trench coat (this is also when i regretted for not buying tat super nice trench in Shibuya... i am not lying when i say its super nice... now stabbing myself 989776583 times for not getting it T_________T)

n still frigging cold... got gloves but too tiresome to wear.. so bear wif e cold when taking photo...

erhmm, yess tats my wig... i dun hav time 2 curl my hair anymore when i had 2 wake up 2.5hrs earlier than others to slather on the gao gao moisturizer onto my body to make sure i dun hav rashes n also my makeup...

sacrifice reali a lot of beauty slp for this trip...

but its a very buang wig... wore one day n i decided im not gg 2 put myself through such torture anymore.. i tink e fringe is e culprit.. im gg 2 try chop it into bangs...

guess where i am????????

takashimaya toilet.. v chic isnt it?! we were so impressed.. so camwhore for quite some time.. n its v early in e morn so no ppl in e toilet.. haha!

wore my lacy shorts together wif e kawaiiiiii socks from one of e shops in shibuya 109.. now im so glad i bought it :D

neck fur was bought together wif my off white top at $30...

very stiff posing.. sorry.. pardon mi.. need more practice...

bought another pair of boots at harajuku... nearly thigh high i like!

fur coat also bought at v desperate measure at harajuku as well.. serve myself rite for not getting tat trench...

leopard print scarf courtesy from my darling fren xuan..

my favourite shorts bought from harajuku too.. love it to the max :D

i can onli put such giant ribbon bow in japan...

im gg 2 try it in sg.. but i tink dear bf dun wan 2 go out wif mi on tat day...

then with my newly bought on-spur-of-the-moment ear muffs..
in disney, u can hardly resist anything at all... everything u also feel like buying.. i nv tot it cld b true until i stepped inside myself..

another one showing off my ear muffs.. leopard prints samore...

its reali okie to exaggerate in ur dressing when u r in disney japan... becos everyone is e same... hahaha..

reali.. giant bow doesnt look tat awkward aft all..

then cui to the max when gg back to sg...

see how clothes get repetitive when i was reali too kiam 2 wear e new clothes..
anyway gg back le.. hu cares rite.. hahaha.. singaporean doesnt care much anyway when back in homeland..

below r juz endless pics of me camwhoring uselessly..

to show we r reali in japan.. hahaa

four of us at last..

a close up on my cute ear muffs!

voila! last camwhore pic for this post... railway station at harajuku..

afterthought: this is a gd trip spent together wif my sis n my dear frens rong n yun... our official first trip together after knowing them since sec sch.. though mi n rong went bkk previously...

had fun wandering around wif e gers.. getting lost together... having loads of japanese food together.. mostly camwhore together during a trip which is sth tat even mi n my sis dun do often in sg... reali glad in a way yun n rong r able to tag along for this trip... n we hav our first precious trip memory together..

more to come i hope...

can i hav a cold korea trip... okie.. someone is gg 2 nag at mi liao..

tats all.. byebye..

Shibuya ♥ Japan

2011-02-09T21:55:00.000+08:00

Happy chinese new year!! hope everyone has a gd cny...

i had and is a frigging busy one for this long wkend.. barely had enough time to rest completely..

so took a long while to post tis japan entry becos was damn busy for the entire cny...

finally...... at long last...

v early flight at 5.45am at Changi airport terminal 1...

but mi n rong were half wishing its nite flight so tat we cld hav more time in japan..

still, i love gg airport at such wee hours.. have more feeling tat im reali gg overseas! do u feel so??

a group photo.. and i juz wanna show off my white fur leg warmers...

e one and onli chance where i cld get 2 wear these pretty fur leg warmers..

one gd thing abt wearing winter wear is i will somewhat look thin in watever i wore.. HAHAHA..

however, frankly, i tot wee hrs in e morn n airport is sure chilly.. i ended up felt like i was gg to suffocate wif heat in tat turtle-necked..

so more fur leg warmers pic.. pretty, isnt it.. hahaa...

y i forgot to take pic of e plane meal... it totally eluded mi...

i have a "knack" in forgetting to take like e most impt photo when im travelling..

but its okie.. luckily yun TOOK it!! from her v gd camera.. lightweight n compact.. I AM VERY TEMPTED to get it... in later post, i will explain y...

finally! finally! we reached my long awaited-even-slp-also-dream-of country!

stepping foot into a country tat i hav been dreaming of since childhood days is an incredible feeling..

like a dream tat i cannot believe has came true..

until i saw all e japanese words around mi..

all e japanese bowed and said "日本へようこそ" (welcome to japan)

waiting for our luggage

and camwhore while waiting for the luggage.. cant wait to faster step into the cold cold weather..

when we finally stepped outside to take bus, the damn cold hit us so strong until i dun even wan 2 snap any photos..

i was damn damn damn excited so i kept breathing and breathing in the cold... tis is how 9 degree celsius felt like...

again, i FORGOT to take how our hotel room looks like again!

lucky yun took it.. else i got no pic to show at all..

as those hu noe mi, its practically gone case after one day.. so no pt in taking at all..

erhmm not becos i bought a lot of things.. but becos hotels in japan r frigging small..

u can c there's onli a very small walkway for us to walk to toilet n back 2 desk...

the very small toilet... also taken from yun's camera..

but at least its not very terrifying to bathe in it..

and here we r at e japan railway train!

with their super super complicated n messy until can die train route..

each day, we had 2 stand in front of the railway map n stared at it for a good 5mins before we decided we had 2 ask e information counter again on how 2 get 2 our destination..

shinjuku ticket to shibuya

and v excited to step into the train with the japanese..

n faked japanese when not opening our mouth to speak..

i tink we can pass off pretty well.. heee..

a pic by the railway station first..

n totally went berserk when i steppe out of e train n saw e handsome Kimura Takuya! in the poster...

we walked a few steps away and i ran back, decided to heck all the japanese knowing tat we were tourists n simply juz wan a pic taken wif him... erhmm....... his poster..

if i c him in person, i tink i will reali go berserk...

and marvelously ecstatic to be on the streets of Shibuya..

even though we were frigging cold..

even though we were frigging hungry...

we basked ourselves on the streets of Shibuya..

its like another dream come true...

i know its v exaggerating.. but its hard 2 describe my feeling being able to b there in person becos i fall so heads over heels in love wif japan since e 1st drama i watched..

and we saw the Shibuya 109...

at tat pt in time, i was thinking how come this Shibuya 109 is so different from the one i saw in Cheesie's blog and internet...

i will come to tat ltr too..

SHIBUYA! <333333333333

so hungry n i din wan to waste anymore time in searching for food n shorten the time for shopping.. so i suggested we juz settled for mac n search for authentic jap food ltr..

also becos e food court selling authentic jap food seems ex.. we din reali wan 2 spend so much on food on the first nite there.. so well....... mac it is... anyway any fast food in japan also tasted super yummy.. its no joke...

got a culture shock... when i saw their trash bin being segregated into plastic n paper..

how did the japanese manage to do it??

so environmentally friendly... and not juz tat.. its plus e hassle of having to separate plastic n paper after eating and den dispose..

how on earth did they get so disciplined!

its sth tat singaporeans, malaysians can never never do it.. okie, prob not juz S & M.. in fact its nearly ALL the countries hu cant b so disciplined..

which is why i got so impressed wif nearly everything in japan...

u will never ever regret stepping into japan... at least for me, NOOOOOOO

every fast food has tis type of trash bin...

so naturally we 路乡随俗 n segregated our paper and plastic properly..

e ppl there r always serving their customers wif a smile..

not like in so many countries, ask them 2 serve us like we owe them $1 like tat...

done with eating n headed for shopping..

stepped into this Shibuya 109 (2) (with my mind still tinking y totally unlike wat i have seen in e internet one..) and when we walked up down from level 7.. we saw all guys wear.. n were reali bewildered.. y all guys wear.. reali not wat i hav googled abt...

i was quite sure there muz b e GERS Shibuya 109 around..

but glad we went inside too.. becos tats where i found my super nice shoes.. slit throat price.. but super comfy.. so its still worth e price..

we stepped out n saw e REAL 109!!

had to travel in cold to reach there again.. first day still can bear wif e cold..

so camwhore abit before heading there..

passed by a shop tat sells fabulous looking fruits but also fabulously ex..

reali very very cold at nite... but we juz wan 2 camwhore non stop n make sure we captured ourselves in Shibuya 109..

more.. tats all we cld muster in tat cold cold weather.. its worth it...

n Shibuya 109 shopping in winter is like shopping in Paragon...

wondering how on earth did the japanese have so much money 2 shop??

japan stores also closed so frigging early tat we hav nowhere to go aft tat..

so walked round e station to find Hachiko..

n we found it!!

e statue was chilly..

为了拍照我忍！

got a japanese to take tis pic for us..

on e way back out from Shinjuku station, we found a roadside stall.. YAY to authentic jap food..

it was amazingly good.. not sure if its due to e extreme coldness we were facing.. so we were extremely grateful for e sizzling hot bowl of ramen..

looks so scrumptious but we din try a single bit.. becos dunno how 2 communicate! MUAHAHHAA..

skilled ojisan at work... the ramen there is reali reali nice!

ajisen ramen is already like shit... the ramen there will make ajisen ramen into even worthless shit..

its all becos of ajisen ramen which makes mi almost dislike ramen.. until i tried e ramen there..

e onli regret i had were not being able to try the cold soba (my absolute fav!) n one pc of e sashimi there which yun n my sis said is scrumpilicious!

e oiishi ramen with one calefare (erhmm dunno izzit spelt like tat..) japanese behind yun n rong..

he woo-ahh woo-ahh wif e ojisan n i cld onli stare and listen in gape at their conversation...

ended the day by heading back to our hotel, walking n shivering in e cold... passed by krispy kreme n got rong so tempted.. hahahahaaha.. in e end, we did stop by n shared a doughnut together.. e waitress muz b tinking we were so damn pathetic to share one doughnut n one hot choc.. actual truth is we were trying to get out of e cold a while.. at e same time satisfying rong's urge 2 eat e doughnut n our desire 2 drink a hot cuppa of choc before heading back..

filtering through these photos make mi miss japan once again... makes mi terribly pining to go back...

i wish i can go to another cold country tis yr end or prob early next yr...

much as i cldnt endure the cold weather in japan for the last two days... now im hoping to put myself back in it once again...

hai.. which fairy godfather or godmother can grant mi my wish???

i juz wan 2 go somewhere cold cold enough 2 don on my winter wear once again...

thxforreadingbye..

Nom Nom Nom ♥ Japan

2011-01-28T13:55:00.001+08:00

took some time off from e tiresome spring cleaning yesterday n took some pics of the items that made mi died-ed/~~cough blood~~ for in japan..

i "died" at all those super nice packaging and fabulous nom nom food..

the super nice disney packaging tat nearly make mi died-ed hundred of times each time i saw them.. they r like everywhere in e entire disney?! n there r like 989787 stores in disney wif all e fabulous packaging tat got mi crazy..

was crazily fascinated with the long rectangular packaging for god-know-what-reason..

i have a super weak spot for PINK stuff.. and now guess wat?? valentine theme all over in disney.. no prize for correct guess... but yess, died-ed e 76589 times again over PINK packaging in disney.. everything also wanna buy home.. but impossible when i hav a miserable budget tagged to my wallet..

each easily cost at least 800yen and above.. do e maths urself (divide by 60)... so u now noe how bad my wallet bleed in disney?? okie, though mine's not e worst.. hehee..

there's still more nice tins all around in e stores.. i repeat IMPOSSIBLE to get them all.. sighz..

u will never be able to guess wat tis container is meant for in disney.. can u?!

1400yen..

this - 2100 yen...

i shall reveal e mystery... can ur heart take it?? HAHAHA

ta-da! - a POPCORN container..

v clever isnt it?? make us spend $30 to buy a container juz 2 put popcorn in it..

sg got so clever ma?? even if have, sporeans also too kiam to even spend tat $ 2 buy..

there muz b some spell in japan tat somehow got the four of us all crazy n spent e amt 2 buy e POPCORN CONTAINER..

r u convinced now japanese r v clever in their packaging...

died-ed another 10,000 times when i saw duffy! e so famous toy in disney sea such tat u will c almost 99.9% of e japanese carrying this.. n mind u, they nv bought tis tiny version which we bought 2 hang around our bags.. they bought the BIG soft toy version.. WITH CLOTHES samore... at least 7000yen for ONE (not one pair) with clothes and 3800yen for one without clothes..

seriously i tink japanese r frigging damn rich... i too kiam.. cant bear 2 buy e big soft toy back.. but i was 80% tempted to buy.. luckily some 理智 kicked in plus incessant stopping from sis n yun...

here's e super yummy food to die for...

super delicious mochi which i hav been searching high n low whenever there's frens hu went japan.. sadly none found..

and v lucky i found it this time!!

e special part of this mochi is when u bite into the strawberry mochi, the chocolate oozed out.. so nice until i cant bear 2 eat it yet.. e wrapping is still intact... one box of food also wrap until so nicely..

the yummy choc which rong recommend.. i dunno how yummy yet becos its still sitting in the luggage, waiting to be unwrapped..

we bought a lot of this fr the cosmetics pharmacy.. rong said a japanese couple took a double take at e price for the choc.. so we guess muz b v cheap.. anyway its reali quite cheap.. so we bought a tonne back...

heavy until siao such tat we had 2 deposit all our shopping haul into a locker before heading to Tokyo Tower.. imagine lugging dozens of this choc all around.. tis will reali die..

rice crackers.. v cripsy and nice.. i left onli so much for myself n sis.. e rest all given away..

and the v v famous Shiroi Koibito (白色恋人)!!

long before i even stepped food into japan, i hav already heard so much abt this yummilicious goodie and eaten as much.. HAHAHA..

what i did not know was it cld not b found anywhere outside hokkaido.. so in a way, u wont c it everywhere in tokyo in fact... thx to J's advice to get it fr e narita airport.. e moment i saw it, my sis n i combined bought back at least 15boxes of this yummilicious goodie.. its frigging ex FYI.. 1058yen per box.. so do ur maths again n u will noe how much i hav spent on this... i practically used up whatever remaining yen i hav on this..

ITS WORTH IT!!

if u reali like it so much as mi, u can get it too at ion orchard 4th level, i tink...

voilà i hav completed my food post...

frankly, i cannot believe i hav spent so much on food.. almost equivalent to my clothing expenditure.. everything in japan makes mi go crazy..

if i hav time to filter through my 1.2k plus photos again, i will do a proper post of japan.. hahaha..
and if im in e mood, i will consider to post my shopping haul from japan..

meanwhile, thanks for reading my useless post of yummilicious food which mite or mite not make u go all hungry n gian of japanese goodiness food HA HA HA

ただいま!

2011-01-27T14:51:00.001+08:00

back from a ~~fruitless~~ fruitful trip in japan..

after enduring an extremely cold weather.. to a pt where i actually miss sg weather (just a little)...

fruitful being i learnt many things when i was over there.. exposed to such orderly n polite culture tat i seriously had 2 say im v impressed.. the extent to which e japanese go an extra mile for their service is worth a commendation... im not saying all, but i dare to say for e 98% there, they r extremely committed into delivering the service level tat many countries r seriously lacking..

for their extreme consideration where they will queue properly in front of trains n wait for e ppl to come out before anyone make any move to step inside.. its worth a commendation..

for their willingness to help when it comes to asking for directions.. even if it meant opp the direction they r heading, they r still willing to take a detour to show u e route.. its worth a 2nd commendation...

for most of the store employees' initiative to actually use their store big paper bag and pack all your shopping bags into one bag nicely for u... its worth a third commendation..
thats e first time i ever experienced such initiative such tat i was taken aback when e salesgirl volunteered to take my shopping bags from mi n pack it nicely into one.. i dun tink u can find such service in anywhere except for japan..

for their creativity and effort into making every little thing so nice until u feel like buying every one of them back.. i never tot i wld wan to buy the entire disney store until i stepped rite into it.. then i understand wat does rong meant tat "will go crazy in disney"... i bet no other disney can beat them in their packaging.. needless to say, i spent a bomb there too T_T its definitely worth another commendation...

so so many commendations until im speechless for words liao..

n yet there r still so many so many praises for japan tat rite now i cldnt summon enough memory to recall all of them..

overall, japan had mi experiencing the coldest weather ever in my life so far, e best service level, e best japanese food (duh! like of cos!! i had ramen nearly everyday without getting sick of it.. i had ramen a few times in ajisen n im sick n disguested by their quality...), e best shopping (but frigging expensive..), e best disney (i onli had one visit...) etc etc etc..

i love japan SO MUCH that I WAN TO GO BACK THERE AGAIN...

im kind of missing Asakusa, Harajuku and my terribly nice trench in Shibuya 109 already.. and i haven been to Odaiba, Ikebukuro etc etc etc...

everyday i woke up at 4-5am sg time to start preparing and make sure everyone was out of e hotel latest by 9am japan time... tats how we made use of our time fully in japan in the short one wk...

only complaints i ever had of japan are their shops close awfully early! and their railway map is damn confusing...

fruitless because japan has re-affirmed all e "rumours" that their things r very expensive.. these rumours became "un-rumourfied" instantly..
it was so damn expensive until i buy one top or one dress or one pants or one skirt there, i had to tink twice.. REALI TINK TWICE n wonder very long if i sld splurge... then sometimes i will tell myself "heck la.. juz buy la.. sg also cant find wat.." but reali reali is mm gam to buy lor.. buy le u will feel ur heart tearing a little.. n tearing a bit more n more as u walk down e harajuku streets and into every shop... n tear e worst if u step into shibuya 109..
its like how should i put it... shibuya 109 = paragon, harajuku = fareast plaza.. ya tat speaks for a clearer explanation..
so i came back with very little clothes n a tonne of food.. those hu have travelled wif mi noe i NEVER like to spend alot on food.. i rather spend all my money on clothes, shoes, accessories etc etc etc.. i buy food but minimal.. sooo i broke my usual practice.. lugged back a tonne of food n surprisingly enough luggage never overweight.. (pictures will b up soon..)
okie, i admit... partly becos i cldnt manage to buy a lot of clothes.. partly becos e food there is damn damn damn nice!
so now tat im back, im kind of regretting loads of things tat i did not buy.. first and never am i gg 2 forget is e fabulous trench.. y did i not buy?! T_T now wan to buy a ticket n fly back also cannot find e coat le... best part is dear BF told mi $120 for a trench i tink is okie.. double impact..
2nd regret - a v nice dress with v nice frills at e bottom cost approx $50 which i did not get as well becos i hav already bought two items fr tat shop which is like $100 gone in ONE shop on onli e 2nd day..
and many many other regrets which ya rite now regret also no use le.. when im gg back again, i make sure i do not hav so many regrets again...

pic posts will b up soon... very lazy to filter through the 1.2k photos taken... will upload when im finally done wif my spring cleaning n cny shopping..

thxbye!

far far away land

2011-01-18T12:00:00.101+08:00

is a fairytale that can never come true in the reality world..

but somehow my fantasies can be made real for tat few hrs n for future relishing..

few favourites places in the far far away land - USS in sentosa... considering sentosa is a island by itself (LAND, u c..)

found myself waking up to fantasy of far far away land where Princess Fiona resides.. (okie, actually im not v sure if she reali resides there or izzit just my fantasy.. i googled and i cant find anything.. so juz bear wif mi n pretend tat she reali resides there okie.. its juz a fantasy anyway..)

n imagine myself a princess in the sweltering hot sun.. (this is when u wish sg reali reali has four seasons to make e fantasy more real...)

then found myself along the broadway street with loads n loads of broadway shows...

so there i was watching a broadway in a theatre.. *GASPS* MONSTER ROCK! (is there gg to be a monster popping out?? *acts bimbo n hid in e prince charming's arms*)

when i came out, BEHOLD! there i was on Fifth Avenue street... What heaven hav I found?? a shopping paradise...

Empire State Department Store?! Is this real or wat?

what am i waiting for?? Let's GO!

and thats not all.. there's even an US style building in my fantasy... tats absolutely nice! had the sudden urge to climb up those stairs and for the fleeting moment, act like im running away fr some conspiracy.. (*shrugs* y not? anything can happen in fantasy anyway..)

came to i-dunno-wat-this-is place... so bye..

starting to get a little bored walking on the streets..

but HEY, bumped into a little yellow signature american cabby..

and it took us to Charlie Chaplin! what a watse.. i should have placed my feet exactly like his...

and even took a pic with the OH-I-SO-HATE-CAT cat... yes, i absolutely hates cats.. never in my dream would i expect a photo with the disgusting creature on earth.. but i still did.. hai...

still have carols to listen to...

den bumped into madagascar troupe!

and had the third death threatening ride i have put myself through... coming out groggy and a sprained neck...

*THE END OF MY FANTASY*

normal time for pics... hahaha.. enough of my rubbish fantasy...

the colonial feel with a vintage car that completes the whole feel... e pinhole does the magic..

this is the entrance tat divides the far far away land and erhmm i tink jurassic park??

i reali like the streets a lot... it made me feel as if i am reali stepping into the land of america... a place tat i promised myself i will visit it someday...

thats all.. so long and goodbye USS.. till we meet again..

and and last but not least, i like tis pic alot alot... this is by far e most artisty photo i have in my cam so far.. it is not taken by mi samore :(

reali tats all.. thxnbye..

♥ Shibuya

2011-01-17T08:00:00.000+08:00

i googled...

becos i noe i will never have the time to post real-time pic up on the same day... so i kop the pic from the internet...

this is where i will be today!

can you feel my ecstatic happiness???

im FINALLY setting foot into my FAVOURITE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD..

calls for some celebration *jumps around happily*

please allow me to say this once - OMFG, im so damn excited!!

♥ Shibuya, i shall CONQUER u...

ここに私は、日本に来る！

2011-01-17T03:31:00.000+08:00

in translation, here i come, japan!

all set and ready to go off..

heard tokyo is now snowing! i hope e snow can last until i finally step into japan! v excited!

Changi V Hotel

2011-01-14T10:41:00.000+08:00

came a tad late... i was busy wif a lot of things.. but seriously i dunno exactly what hav i been so busy with so much so that this post is delayed to 2011..

it was an impromptu decision to celebrate xmas wif a bunch of frens in a hotel...
in my memory, i dun recall there's any time i have ever celebrate a festival before in a hotel..
i wld say this is my first time having an xmas celebration in hotel as far as i can remember..

before i bore u with all e details, photo time now!

presents that teacher A took effort into preparing for us... she even prepared a riddle for us to guess before opening the present..

an outlook of the e hotel decor...

u noe wats e nicest part about xmas??

e gift exchanging moment!

but too bad e guys cannot reali appreciate it... they would rather we gers exchange among ourselves n count them out O.o

so guys, learn this.. if u juz put in this tiny effort into searching for a present that u tink ur ger wld like, ur ger will b easily over e moon for the effort tat u hav taken... (okie, most gers at least...)

but sg men r, yes, a tad less romantic for tat...

a random pic we hav taken before dinner time..

thai food for dinner!

a little out of place for a xmassy mood... when ur stomach calls for wat, u eat wat.. tats e logic..

dinner was a little torturing for me.. when i can see all e seafood but can eat non of them for e time being..

it was also during such a time then i realised that seafood is such an essential for most cuisine... its unbelievable.. go hav some tot n tink wat food doesnt reali come wif seafood.. u will find out prob 90% of the dishes especially chinese is made up of seafood...

the pandan chicken which i find it as normal.. but its great tat i dun hav 2 lift a finger 2 open up the leaf.. HAHA..

my soursop n e guys's fav drink - bandung.. izzit just me or izzit e guys?? y guys like bandung so much??

full of milk?? so milk led them to u-noe-wat...

the riddle of wat i have to guess for my pressie..
u can try to hav some guess...

trying to practice camwhoring using e mirror...

hotels' full length mirrors r great!

looking reasonably thin.. BUT its not true T_T

the dreamy effect that all e gers like..

tried a new game.. muz b v puzzling rite.. obviously its monopoly...

now den noe e ways of playing monopoly is so vast..

tis is monopoly city... n was quite confused when shifu E was trying to teach us.. u reali need to get hands on before u can fully understand e game..

actually wanted to change to another game... then chaos broke when midnight struck.. (rhymes!)

the guys bought e snow and ribbon stuff.. they intend to use them e moment midnight strikes..

e innocent mi had no idea wat "evil" plans they were harbouring...

we were still preparing for the new card game when suddenly one fren shouted, "merry xmas!" (or sth to tat extent, it was pretty chaotic aft tat.. i cldnt rem..).. den it took e slow-witted innocent mi to realise wat is gg to happen...

e GUYS HAD ARMED THEMSELVES with the snow and ribbon can... wts... i din even had any chance to arm myself..

so i had to scramble away FAST.. first tot was to run to the toilet.. then found tat toilet door is locked!!

i had e mili second to register who is missing fr e room.. luckily the guys also realised hu is missing fr the room.. so all ran to the toilet door and tried their might to ~~pick the lock~~ open the door...

tats how e above pic came about.. and all hell broke loose.. becos of the ONE person hu hid in e toilet...

this is wat happened when he hid in the toilet and eventually he still had to open the toilet door.. HA HA HA!

the aftermath

resorted to playing dice game to finish e liquor... our own improvised "大小" game..

we played another monopoly game (yes monopoly again..) but its a diff one once again... called e monopoly deal.. was quite fun actually... so fun tat teacher A went to bought a deck herself..

im beginning to like staying in hotels :)

New Year Eve - Swing + Jun's hse

2011-01-11T15:34:00.000+08:00

new year eve became one of the rare times i fell seriously drunk in the year of 2010..

when there's a bunch of very mischievous frens gathering together, foresee the daunting task of drunkardness..

gear up for the nite...
theme was bling bling set by xuan n shi..

was in a total panic attack a few days before with no idea how to gear up for new yr eve..

after some rummaging, i thank the 神 above for letting me find this very bling scarf..

so my bling theme is set..

BF has e headachest headache when tis bling theme was set..

he doesnt believe that e guys in e grp wld b able to find any bling thing to gear for the nite..

but oh my, he was very wrong..

i dunno how on earth did we forget 2 take a pic of e bling that each n every one was wearing but we reali forgot.. given tat there r so many photographers in tis grp..

back to my pt is E was wearing a gold necklace.. and R had on a studdy bling belt..

see the effort e guys had put in for this bling bling theme??

bf's?? "bling bling" word written on his hand.. one of his many "igenious" ideas...

i wld say left most of e gers speechless with his "idea"

i reali should hav gotten a pic down.. sigh..

YES to swing restaurant again...

took two swings becos of e no of ppl we had..

had some minor hiccups when we reached the restaurant.. the restaurant crew den realised they din hav my booking.. i nearly had another panic attack in less than a wk.. and on e verge of screaming at them already if they actually screwed up my reservation..

i reserved e swing seats more than 2 weeks back!

they accepted another booking made by others, conveniently forgetting abt my reservation..

aft serious searching through their reservation book, bf's sharp eyes caught my reservation in the book.. saviour!

so e restaurant lady has no choice but to make sure we hav our swing seats..

lucky for her, she provided quite a pleasant service throughout the nite.. throwing in extra things inside for the new year eve's package.. so a little thumbs up for tis restaurant..

but a sidenote: if u r planning a surprise, pls pls make sure u liased properly wif e lady and all e restaurant staff beforehand.. n make sure ur instructions r clear.. becos she has bungled on surprises (unknowingly i wld say..) planned by us on the two occasions..

then headed to jun's hse where jun & E have so kindly provided to us for so many occasions..

present exchanging time!!

had a hilarious time.. becos the organiser (aka me!) forgot to prepare name tags n tag it on the present for guessing purpose... yes, go ahead with ur -_-

when we finally came up wif an idea on how to exchange those presents, e clue tat i wrote 2 rain nearly had her wanting to hurl sth at mi..

i wrote "santa claus wrapping - E***"

she took a look at my clue n e table den at me, giving me e incredulous look... the entire table was filled wif santa claus wrapping paper.. WAHAHAHA.. joke of the nite by me...

i forgot 2 include the word "blue"

u noe wat was passing in my mind when i wrote tat clue?? i tot, "uhmm, santa claus wrapping paper, v obvious is mine..." cos i was onli looking at my wrapped present n no one else's..

i din realise its XMAS exchange so naturally many ppl wld use SANTA CLAUS wrapping paper..

v muddle headed..

my xmas cum bday pressie from xuan :)

she gave mi a little scare e other day when she asked if i was still into leopard prints..

i had a suspicious moment that she is gg 2 give mi a leopard print TOP or cardigan... so e rest of e day was spent thinking if i wld dare 2 wear any leopard print top/cardigan or not...

yes, though im into leopard print stuff, i still have not gathered enough courage to display myself in LEOPARD prints at e moment in sg.. i tink i am not TAT daring yet and bf will never go out wif mi dressed like tat...

very very lucky turned out to be a scarf... will come in very hardy for e trip.. thx babe!

bday cakes for mi n jer!

this is e surprise tat e lady bungled on.. she came running towards ME when we had footed or were footing e bill and asked "how about ur cakes?? you wan it served now???"

i was dumbfounded for the moment.. number 1, i din noe there were any cakes to begin with.. number 2 i wasnt even supposed 2 know that there was CAKE!

den i caught e same dumbfounded look in xuan's n rain's face momentarily of which they tried to hide it under a nonchalant face.. i guess everyone was equally caught by surprise tat e lady leaked out the secret..

HAHAHA

two bday gers with one kena tekan by drinks ltr.. no prize for any gd guess becos all of us NOE who was e one who got drunk...

jer thankfully escaped becos new yr eve countdown is not her actual day -_-

sorry, dunno why jer was caught by surprise in tis.. loll..

but i tot its cute so i posted it.. hahaha

not likely to repeat.. so u can prelude my slightly drunken look... okie la, let u laugh at my "seh" look la..

i admit i am V BAD at my seven times table when im half drunk... my brain seems to stop functioning totally when e alcohol is churning in my mind..

another one in progress.. e infamous doraemon hand... i dare to post tis becos she covered her face.. else................................... LOL

we drank two red, one very nice sparkling white and an entire full bottle of vodka mango...

tis is a record for our grp...

never once we have gotten past one entire bottle of vodka before (in my very vague memory) least said plus red n white wine...

forgot why i took it.. but mite b e lethal cup tat finished shi off at e last round..

xuan, R, jun, E, jer and my dear BF got off unscathed!! round 987563 in APR 2011...

happy 2011!

2011-01-01T00:00:00.065+08:00

OMG!! its 2011 now!

i have grown yet older by another year once again :(((((((

its true that women reali age faster.. becos even growing old by one year also vexes us out...

another year passed... i realised a list of very random things...

1. i hav kind of grown out fr the clubbing scene... i do not fancy clubbing as much as i did last time... perhaps its onli e time spent with the gers in the club tat excites mi now? the loud music n incessant drinking tires mi out eventually...

2. i reali do like to travel... i like to travel around the world while i still hav the ability... i like to be able to see the sights with my own eyes instead of through other ppl's eyes.. ever since the ordeal of facing health anxiety, it made mi treasure e fact tat i can still walk around in one piece is a blessing.. so within my own means, i will try...
travelling with ger frens is the next best thing to take place.. those memories in taiwan wif e gers r precious...

3. taking better care of myself is important... eg: like my skin! instead of tinking "let nature take its own course" naively... if nature continues to take its own course, the railway lines is going to create a train contour on my entire face very soon... sometimes things just have to be taken into human's hands..

4. sometimes e more i wish for sth 2 happen, e more it wldnt.. e harder i tried to forget it, e harder i cant make myself forget...

5. it hasnt been an entirely smooth year.. a lot of ups and downs along e way.. which made me at some moment in time reali feel like throwing everything aside and disappear for a while... i never have the courage to do so... a lot of things which i told myself not to be so 执著about, but once again its hard...

6. quite a number of cases where i feel tat im lacking in a lot of things...

7. very lacking in discipline to exercise such tat my entire of gym membership is wasted.. heartache over the loss of money.. vowed not to sign up for anymore gym membership :/

8. im onli motivated when there r ppl or things motivating mi.. otherwise i will let myself slack away...

9. this whole yr has flew past without mi accomplishing many things... in fact, i can recall nothing..

10. had the worst hair ordeal for this yr by doing a permanent perm on impulse.. end result was my long hair got frizzed up for nth... n got reali dry n ugly... even e colour faded to a horrid yellow which more than 10 ppl at least had point blank told mi my hair colour is v ugly.. thank you v much n i noe its v ugly.. im juz trying to endure until v close 2 my trip den i will colour it.. no pt colouring it now n let e colour grow out by e time i go on my trip rite..
on a happier note, i went to "correct" it by using rebonding as my remedy... it is so far a likeable remedy...

11. last but not least i managed to actually lost mayb 4kgs (probably mostly water retention) aft e op.. n put it back on as fast as two wks :(( i cant accomplish the habit of eating healthy food...

okie, my list of randomness self-reflection is somewhat done... goodbye to 2010 which has neither made mi a person any better nor any lesser, i reckon...

i hope 2011 can reali b a happy happy year ahead... happiness is actually a v simple thing.. but too bad i am never simple to begin with...

Goodbye 2010!

2010-12-31T11:22:00.000+08:00

last post of the year..

off to enjoying a good dinner wif my gers tonight.. n countdown to a hopefully good year...

enjoy urself, all my dear frens!!

a serious wardrobe distress..

2010-12-29T17:03:00.001+08:00

im serious!!

cannot even imagine rite... how on earth did i ridicule myself to a state where im seriously lacking in tops..

im racking my brains for a top to be wore to the dinner on 31st.. and came up clueless..

i have either tanks which r simply too plain or too ugly on me RITE NOW..

useless and ugly work tops becos i cant be bothered to doll up for work sake... or too many dresses but all dun seem appropriate enough...

and ended up with too many denim shorts fr e craze in tw with minimal tops to match other than t-shirts.. an additional two more lacey and furry shorts with even more no tops to match!

now im contemplating whether to rush for last min shopping.. or make do wif watever i hav in my wardrobe..

actually what im seriously lacking is the rite top to match tis festive season's fashion.. the shittiest thing ever happen is wardrobe disaster..

my 2011 new year resolution

2010-12-27T08:00:00.000+08:00

i know!! I know what it sld b now!

my 2011 new year resolution shall be errr... to stop being a spendthrift... errr probably from the second half of 2011 onwards...

not very well done.. but at least I'm taking a step out to STOP myself from spending so much..

I seriously hope so..

so it wld mean lesser trips next yr n probably e yr aft tat.. I hope I can survive..

lesser impulse buys.. I hope even more tis will reali happen..

I'm mortified at my unlimited sea of wants n desires.. people hav wat I also wan wat.. it's obviously unhealthy... for erhm a ger who is not born wif a silver spoon..

keeping my fingers crossed tat tis 2011 new year resolution will materialize..

modesto's!

2010-12-25T09:00:00.002+08:00

is actually a city in central california..

but ended up as a restaurant name in vivo selling italian.. hahaa.. okie its not very funny..

anyway, juz a quick post on my xmas celebration wif e gers...

some mural on the wall.. mayb its e city in central california.. haha..

appetitizers from some sets we ordered.. but the appetitizers r not appetitizing at all..

onli e breadcrumbs r nice -_-

never am i a big lover for vegs...

i tried.. reali did my best to try one piece..

in e end e taste made mi nearly puke..

except for tis mushroom soup.. yummy!

another not so appetitizing appetitizer..

came their specialty.. PIZZA!

sausages pizza r usually nom nom..

contains shrimps which i cannot eat :( YET...

bacon pizza..

bolognese penne is incredibly nice..

#10

leopard prints plate! so cute.. haha..

#11

#12

one of our rare full grp pic...

i was browsing pics to develop for them.. its goddamn hard 2 find a full grp photo..

found one tats umpteen yrs ago.. hahaa made everyone take a 2nd look on how we all looked like umpteen yrs ago.. lol..

#13

my attempt at self taken grp pic..

goood rite?? managed to fit everyone in.. getting skilled at self taken pics HAHAHA..

but my camera causing many of them distress..

focus n focus n cant snap.. e gers had frozen smiles on their faces in most pics.. which i did not post.. HAHA

#14

this one better.. not so blurry..

#15

tiramisu which i absolutely dislike becos of e coffee taste in it..

#16

err dunno wat cake..

#17

and err dunno wat pudding.. but i ate it at least.. its not bad..

okie, thats all..

distracted by all e gift exchanges by then..

bye..

ITS XMAS!!

Seasons Greeting

2010-12-24T12:46:00.000+08:00

Merry Xmas to everyone in advance!!

time for some new year resolutions soon..

while im still tinking mine, here's some sneak pics for e little bday celebration my sec sch sisters had for mi...

can you believe where tis cake is from??

the moment e waiter brought it out, i was tinking "waa, what a nice log cake for xmas.."

i seriously din expect a surprise bday cake..

my dear gers managed to hide it so well from mi..

even until today im still wondering how dear rong sneaked it in without mi seeing??

i was wif her when we walked into the restaurant together!

it looks like a log cake out from e restaurant itself, rite??

is actually the icing cake from the icing room O.o

rong decorated it all by herself n i tink its fabulous.. but she doesnt agree.. hahaha..

too nice until muz take more pics :)

the page boy shoes i always wanted to get..

little pressie from zhen n rong from zara..

:D see le makes mi v happy..

a dress that i bought impromptu and juz nice came in handy for the occasion :)

Another gooood buy

2010-12-22T08:00:00.001+08:00

omg, i frigging love this new pair of shoes..

looks soooo old sch?? (urhmm i dunno if tats e rite word to use..) tat i fell in love wif it e moment xuan showed it to mi..

50% discount off.. and there i succumbed to the unresistable urge of pretty shoes..

omg, xuan, we r indeed very bad influence to each other when it comes to shopping.. LOLLLL.. but i enjoy all e shopping experiences with u..

though i forgot actuallly who is e one who told me she din reali wan to shop but in e end, well so u c...

I wish

2010-12-18T00:59:00.000+08:00

I can be happier..

I can b more mature in e way i handle things n diverts my attention away on things that won't b happening now..

I can be prettier - I wan my cosmetic surgery!!

I can say that I wan to be thinner.. but I cannot becos it is my own fault that I cannot persevere with lesser food..

I know what exactly I wan in my life.. so unlike my surrounding ferns..

lazy to do anything..

2010-12-15T10:00:00.007+08:00

even when i hav e time to spare on hand rite now..

lazy to practise on makeup n take some nice photos myself...

lazy to pack my things n start a mini spring cleaning...

lazy to pick up some recipe books n perhaps learn a few more new dishes...

lazy to even try to cook some of my/my sis's fav dishes...

lazy to watch videos..

lazy to sit in front of e laptop n make use of time..

even more lazy to write a proper blog post...

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simply juz too lazy for words...

i feel as though i hav not rested enough.. AHHHHHHHHHHH

A One Sentence Post

2010-12-12T19:00:00.000+08:00

or sort of one sentence...

"its important to noe what kind of frens u r with now before u r stranded in desert.. water becomes very precious."

wahahahahaa - inside joke wif e jc sisters :p

touching kinship

2010-11-29T21:19:00.000+08:00

watching a tv programme on channel 8 today..

seeing e happiness on their faces when e husband n wife was once again back in their hometown after so long.. and once again reunited with the big family once again made me recalled e times that I hav wif my big fam.. although e times spent dwindled now, I still enjoy e time spent talking 2 my aunts n uncles.. e feeling is irreplaceable..
no place is happier than being surrounded by a sea of kinship..

after tis ordeal, it made mi treasure everything even more..
thanks to my dad n sis for taking care of mi all tis while..
though he's fierce on normal days, when it comes to times like tis, he reali does his best to take care..

also thanks to all e frens hu hav taken e time off to acc mi n to visit mi when u noe I've been v bored..

lagging in e sg scene..

2010-11-22T12:26:00.000+08:00

i felt as if im already out of the orchard scene..

i din even noe that there is an ALT store recently opened in Heeren?!?!?!

it is a store that comprises of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong etc fashion and beauty products all located under one roof.. and me being a fashion fanatic has missed tat out!! n not once, i repeat, NOT ONCE i have stepped into this store ever since it opened in July...

anyway, recently, thanks to xuan's recommendation on some makeup blogs, i hav found out abt Hope Girl cosmetics...

one blogger was recommending abt this series of makeup.. and what reali attracts mi so much is their leopard prints packaging...

below is a pic i kop from one blogger's page...
i cant post any pictures of my own becos i haven even got the chance to get down 2 e store...
been procrastinating for the longest time.. becos most of e time, im simply too lazy to make my way down by myself there..
and on 2nd tots, i tot mayb i sld try 2 refrain fr buying anymore makeup... when i have tons of it already..
but still e packaging caught mi on my weakness...

how to resist such cute packaging like tat??

im seriously mulling in gg down soon 2 grab mayb a few pieces for myself (yes, makeup collection again).. prob for xmas gifts.. my frens who like tis packaging too, mayb u will get it for ur xmas gift..

Pockets Full of Posies

2010-11-20T10:00:00.050+08:00

is an incredibly-hard-to-rem name for a restaurant..

and also a name tat ppl wont tink of taking a second look on it when searching the store directory..

this was how rong missed it and i nearly missed it when we were searching 313 store directory.. i told her e location n she saw e name.. she tot cant b tis rite.. sounds like a florist shop instead of a restaurant.. same tots crossed my mind.. but i was insistent to check it out becos i was pretty confident tats e location.. e onli doubt tat crossed my mind was "closed down already meh?" it was lucky tat i called up the restaurant to cfm...

because we were tinking of a place to celebrate for dear zhen's bday... when she suggested 313, this is e 1st place tat hit my mind.. becos the 1st time i saw it while waiting for a cab at e 313 taxi stand, i was telling xuan "hey, sg also has got swing themed restaurant.." n lamenting at e same time we din manage 2 go 2 one in tw...

i like it cos e ambience seems nice regardless of whether the food is nice or not.. n its an interesting concept.. i like swings in generally.. especially one tat is so prettied up by all e flowers...

it is in fact a florist shop that comes together with a restaurant.. cuisine is western but is quite nice...

nice, isnt it?? sitting on a swing while having dinner..

photo-taking time while waiting for the rest to come..

mi with zhen but cant c e swing...

can c swing rope now...

very cheery colours but trust me, the drinks are not that nice... not reali worth ordering..

nice colours can be deceiving too..

i have to emphasize - the MASHED POTATOES are damn nice...

this is grilled set which supposed to come in sirloin steak, lamb chop, chicken chop...

but we changed the lamb chop to chicken chop which explains the mass of chicken on e plate..

the third icing cake i have done for a fren...

running out of ideas 2 design a cake.. im not very artistically talented...

plus nice waffles...

its a nice place for gathering.. but hav to call up early to book for the swing tables.. becos they onli hav like three swing tables..

my furry hat..

2010-11-16T10:00:00.000+08:00

bought it impromptu in uniqlo during a gathering wif dear sec sch frens..

wanted to take a look at e furry trench coat xx bought in uniqlo.. ended up the hats and berets caught my eye..

i saw a very nice furry hat?? in m)phosis.. its like a hat but without the rim around it.. wanted so much 2 take a pic but e staff was looking at mi.. den i looked at e price and got stunned.. $100 over for a furry piece like tat.. no way!

so can imagine my excitement when i saw furry stuff in uniqlo.. i even want to get a furry vest there.. now tinking of it makes mi v tempted to go back n get e suede hat as well as e furry vest..

wore e furry hat n signalled to my frens who were sitting in the blue mountain cafe... they all tink tat e furry hat is nice.. also becos they haven seen e suede hat... so i gave in 2 e furry one instead becos it is the TREND for autumn season... but im gg during winter -_-

on second thoughts, i feel like getting the suede hat too...

should i or should i not...

learn to never challenge god

2010-11-15T22:43:00.000+08:00

look at the bright hot sun... i was still complaining tat e sun was so hot.. i was gg 2 melt!!

who wld hav tot what was going to happen next??

n we gers bought and carried all the things over to chalet.. FOUR of us *smirk*

i tink we r quite strong.. hahaha..

i had to blog abt tis becos tis bbq declared one of e most dramatic bbq i have been 2..

n it reali proves 2 mi one fact...

xuan came prepared wif chilli padi but she forgot abt the onions..

to stop the rain from coming...

e whole day was bright and sunny...

who noe when nearing to the bbq time, clouds gathered and sounds of thundar cld b heard..

i was like uh-ohh... dun tell mi its gg 2 rain..

so shi and xuan hastily poke some chilli padi wif satay sticks (for those who dunno, stick a chilli padi through a satay stick into the ground can help to prevent rain...)

nonetheless, drizzle came... i tink its lacking e combi of onions (we forgot all abt e onions available from the satay..)

but all along i was thankful in my heart tat luckily its onli drizzling..

though the poor guys were holding e umbrellas for us throughout..

e most gan geong bbq we ever had..

tried our best to bbq as much food as possible 2 bring..

e drama came during 2nd round of cooking..

rain stopped, so we decided to cook all e food.. den lightning struck..

we were all like errrrrrrrr.. faster faster..

juz den someone said e magical sentence, 不用担心，我们终于打败了天！

believe it or not, within tat few seconds, it was reali within tat few seconds, e sky instantly thundered and downpour came!!!!!!

dear xuan who managed to escape this "disaster" stood at e door laughing like mad, still have e time 2 find her phone 2 take pic of e pathetic us instead of searching for umbrella!!!

but on e afternote, its damn funny each time i tot abt it...

of cos tat someone kena scolded by us until jialut jialut.. HA HA HA...

so lesson learnt is do not challenge GOD!

random, random

2010-11-10T15:55:00.000+08:00

going to a very random post becos no inspiration...

so decided to post the so called most luxurious trip to genting we had so far...

we got a free room of the better hotel (cld hav been even better but too bad we r not silver member la..) in genting so an inpromptu decision made n there we were on our way to genting...

decided to try for sth different as well.. so we booked e first coach bus company we saw - Transtar..

we were lucky in a sense tat for tat nite we were setting off, i guess they hav had too little ppl so they gave us a luxurious seater...

look at how spacious it is?? even walk along e aisle also not scared will bump into anything or trip over ppl's bags lor..

and look at e huge space i have for myself..

its like e most comfortable trip i hav so far to genting..

its so comfortable until i actually felt "waa! so fast reached genting le.."

plus a whole tv to myself..

so many firsts for myself in this trip also - first time sit in a double decker to genting..

u noe wat is the shittiest thing though throughout this entire bus trip?

many many nice horror movies..

but not one i dare 2 watch becos its a NITE trip up T______T

i naively tot i cld watch my horror movies on e way back to SG.. but NO, was given a lousy bus tat dripped water cos of e rain instead...

here's the view for e hotel room...

i was darn impressed..

juz plainly becos all e stays in genting were in First World, e lousiest hotel...

its juz like a box for all e gamblers to slp, tats all..

tis is very different.. at least i felt as if like im reali having a holiday this time..

spacious room wif a FULL LENGTH MIRROR..

but not v holiday mood, so din reali camwhore at all T___T

our first day dinner there.. yummy tom yam soup..

and i totally never expect the portion to b so big until i had 2 drink 5 bowls of soup

this was not the portion of rice meant for two ppl..

this was what was left over by us after having a plate of rice each..

i felt so wasteful!

okie la, not a must try dish...

next up, we went mushroom farm (as usual) for our 2nd day dinner..

its a must go place..

becos no 1 u get 2 enjoy e cold cold wind when travelling downhill..

no 2 they hav cheap food

and lastly, they have incredibly good food also..

will u believe it if i told u mi n dear BF ate 15 eggs in total for e whole genting trip???

my v favourite dish there..

their 咕噜肉 is one of e best i hav eaten... crispy to the max.. mad love and yet not tat ex...

this is dear bf's must order dish over there.. COD FISH.. ex but still cheaper than SG i tink..

and i tink they "tok" us lor.. they purposely gave such a big piece for two ppl's portions...

weird rite?? obviously wanna "tok" us one..

our meager spread for juz e two of us... eaten until damn full..

like to go genting becos it is e next closest cold place i can juz go anytime i wan...

so if any of u gers interested, once i can get free rooms, we can consider going up together :)

Halloween at Zouk

decided to drop by zouk on the halloween nite to c how far this year ppl hav gone for their gear up..

muz say i was impressed...

ppl nowadays reali willing to go all way out to actually doll up for halloween..

i onli managed to take two sort of decent photos..

becos i was too mesmerised by the various gearup there...

i saw an entourage of Corpse Bride walking along the road to zouk wif an incredibly solemn face..

so mesmerised until i totally forgot 2 take any pic...

so all e impressive ones have gone inside, leaving mi wif tat two shots.. WAHAHAHAHA

but feeling kind of old suddenly now tat i cldnt muster such enthusiasm for halloween anymore..

but, come to tink of it, i have nv attend any halloween party before either...

still reading? told u its a random and uninspirational post liao ma...

LOLLLLLL

okiebye...

Vote for the little darling...

2010-11-04T16:16:00.000+08:00

everyone in our grp and i believe everyone who has met her before will love her to bits..

so cuteeeeeee...

here's your chance 2 help my dear fren mummy sian by voting for the precious little kitty in the SPLASH AND PLAY contest

Visit the link HERE...

ARE YOU SURE you can resist the cuteness of her???

go vote for her NOW!

one of the best things in life

2010-10-29T10:23:00.000+08:00

and do u noe wat izzit??

tats having a bunch of gers in my life whom i appreciate and the feeling is reciprocated...

and the genuine care and concern received from them is undeniably heartwarming... making mi feel 暖暖的...

a simple "i accompany u" speaks for a thousand words..

thanks to all my dear sisters in my life.. i reali reali LOVE u sisters :)

Praying Selina can recover soon

2010-10-27T11:24:00.001+08:00

feeling kinda heartbroken from reading all the news regarding selina's burns..

as my dear frens wld noe how much i love this grp S.H.E and how long i hav been following them, never once tinking of deserting the idolism for this grp for others..

i like the friendship tat i can see between them.. the rapport between them.. how they connect to each other even though they hav came from various places from the start.. a true, sincere and heartfelt friendship i c in them that i barely can say for the same for other grps...

when i 1st read the news in the New Paper.. first tot that came into my mind was muz b a gimmick.. tis cannot be true.. how cld such a thing befall on selina... you can nv believe totally wat newspaper or magazine is writing.. for all u noe, it mite be all scam, juz trying 2 make u buy more copies back to read..

they r e luckiest ger grp i feel.. wif all the 天时地利人和 that brought them to fame..

n tis lucky ger is gg 2 get married next year.. wat kind of joke is this for a filming to go awry??

its reali funny how god likes 2 play wif humans' fate... who can fathom that when everything is gg so smoothly on tis end, it mite spell sth amiss on the other end??

when i read on the news, a sinking feeling seeps in.. yeah, wth, this is true... poor selina indeed got burnt.. u noe how newspapers always like to exaggerate their headlines... i reali tot it cld one of those moments again.. n den when u read on, u realise "chey, juz a slight burn onli la.."
then it shocked mi... 3rd-degree burns.. i was still fumbling in my own mind of encyclopedia how serious is exactly 3rd degrees burns... how come newspapers made it out to be so frigging serious like tat..
isnt 1st degree burns e worst??
my mind is always mixed up wif how we always like to play wif numbers.. like sometimes we will associate 1 being the most important hence anything serious will hav to be link with 1 so on and so forth.. n like when we wanna express how much we like sth den 5 is being associated..

tis is where i hav to thanks uncle google for help... that i can get my facts correct.. 1st degree burns to 6th degree burns.. with 1st degree being situations like sunburn and 6th degree where bones can be revealed from the burn...

so can u imagine the impact of 3rd degree burns?? they leave extensive scars...

especially for a showbiz artiste, its almost equivalent to near suicide.. OMG... now then it dawned on me why they say its a long road of recovery for her...

this is also WHERE you can see what i meant by sincere love and friendship exist between these three gers so much so that even Hebe's mum jumps out to lend a helping hand..

seriously, my heart aches.. n i am nearly in tears when reading the article..

"Jen was not so lucky. She suffered third degree burns on her arms, hands, finger, thighs and back. Skin grafts have been planned for Jen though it is unknown how these injuries will affect her career. "

why so unfair one T_______T *shakes fist*

on my own wishful thinking, i wish i can b there to lend tis pretty young lady a support, sincerely sincerely prayng tat all the skin grafting and whatever shit they r doing can restore everything back to place for her...

dedicated to my beloved S.H.E...

WIG!!

2010-10-22T11:00:00.066+08:00

it has grown to be such an almost common phenomenon now...

in Japan, most girls had wigs on..

why?!

because its the most convenient accessory invented..

it is no longer seem as an accessory for helping ppl to cover up for their shortcomings.. it has became a fashion fad... so much so that more and more wigs are manufactured to make it look reali reali natural..

before i actually got myself a wig, i wanted one very much.. it can save mi so much trouble for tonging my hair all the time.. n possibly saving mi from dropping even more hair after all the tonging...
tink of all the time as well it can save mi from my preparation...

i tink my dear gers are very intrigued to know how exactly the feeling is like for putting on a wig.. so here's goes for some of the pics taken...

ta-da - my brunette wig...

when i finally got this wig, i was reali excited..

i tried it on immed without any makeup..

as usual, it din look nice if i din hav any makeup on.. i look eccentric instead..

but also i tink my forehead is not tat high enough to accomodate the fringe part..

tried with a marine cap so tat it can somewhat helps 2 cover up the fringe portion..

wearing wig turns out to be actually quite tiring on the head... i hav to scrunch up all my hair into a hair wig.. den put on the wig one.. the wig itself has an elastic band around which scrunch up my head even more..

the plus point is its reali convenient.. gone is the 30mins needed to tong my hair..

the con is i cant reali do much except to wear hats/caps.. i dun reali dare to tie it up for fear of all the curls getting tangled.. n tat it wld reali show to be very unnatural...

can you believe that i went to cut my wig's fringe?? it was reali too long for my forehead..

i had no choice but to take the plunge and cut it with a lot of caution..

i din wan my wig to be ruined without wearing it out once..

do you tink it reali looks natural???

the curls are damn nice and frigging long...

more camwhore..

the feeling is it is reali COOL wearing a wig... its even nicer than my own hair T___T and i can finally has my long hair back...

also for temporary measure while i am still nursing my own hair back to health..

but but but, wigs dun suit sg weather at all... it gets reali hot when wearing wig for too long...

wait for the chance and i will wear it out for u gers to c...

My Ice Skating after sooo long..

2010-10-20T10:00:00.068+08:00

yes, like after at least 7years since i last stepped into an ice skating.. probably since uni years onwards, i have nv stepped into an ice skating rink anymore..

i finally got my wish fulfilled (well, half.. another half i will come to it soon..) when my dear sisters agreed on this impromptu gathering..

it was actually spurred on when i saw sian's pics wif her frens on e rink... then i tot OMG, how long hav i last stepped onto a rink?? not that im superbly good in ice-skating.. in fact, i cant skate very well LOLLL..
i simply juz like the feeling on ice n e cool cool wind that blows when i can skate reali fast around the rink..
erhmmmm, under the help of an expert skater of cos..

i used to ice-skate very frequently back then in secondary.. where i met a bunch of guys who were pretty into ice-skating... was somehow brought into it by them cos they were fanatic of ice-skating and bowling.. somehow bowling din rub off mi well... then i realised ice-skating is a reali fun sport and most importantly, i dun even perspire :D

i envisioned back in younger days when i had no bf and i was holding tis silly crush for a guy that how nice it would be to actually skate around the rink hand in hand wif my boyfriend..
that he would be there 2 pull mi along n protect mi as we skate..
an occassional fun of teasing each other on the ice..
yes, that is my another half of wish not fulfilled...

our skates...

v long nv stand on skates.. but surprisingly, can balance pretty well on skates though wif a little trepidation..

din reali like the newly renovated Kallang ice-skating rink..

it used to be a very cosy ice-skating rink even though it was small compared to Jurong one previously..

Now that Jurong one was also closed down.. Kallang became the onli option..

it's been so long since i last stepped into a rink until such that i din even noe that kallang one was closed temporarily for renovating..

it din feel like it has been renovated.. felt tat it became dilapidated instead compared to the past kallang one..

i wish they can do sth about the deco and return the old cosiness back..

the gers laughing at mi for wearing like tat to the rink...

i am trying out this dress bought from hk last dec..

so apparently tis dress is too warm for normal weather except for such occasion...

just to show all of us in skates...

coincidentally , i found tat mayb it is reali a dream for most gers who like to ice skate that they would like to hold their bf's hands in the rink..

i was watching a korean drama recently.. e female lead brought tis guy to e rink n said out my exact tots, dumbfounding mi for the moment..

she mentioned that she has always wanted to hold the hand of the guy she likes to skate around a rink..

its hard to explain why exactly muz it be on e rink...

perhaps its juz e security that can be felt and tat u noe u can entrust ur hand 2 him in e rink as he leads u around..

its like..... a fairytale...

I AM A CHEF...

2010-10-19T14:57:00.001+08:00

now that i have tried single-handedly to whip up some dishes...

now then that i realised cooking is reali tedious work especially for working women nowadays.. even when i wish to whip up some VERY simple dishes, the preparation time is enough to kill mi..

especially so when i woke up like 5.30am tat day not to prepare the ingredients but to accompany a fisherman for his fishing trip...

especially when i decided to take the plunge myself to cycle to and fro from bedok jetty to mac and packet back macdonalds for two fishermen all by myself... i am not trying to boast on anything.. but i am indeed very pleased wif myself for being able to cycle so far without any company tis time round... becos those who had cycled wif mi should know how shaky i am with bicycle.. i nv tot i can manage to cycle on my own without any surveillance on a busy ecp road.. least say about packing food n drinks back on the bicycle..
frankly speaking, i nearly gave up when i was left wif 1/4 of the journey to macdonalds.. becos firstly i dunno if my bicycle will get stolen if i left it outside macdonalds.. n secondly, i reali cld not imagine how am i gg to cycle wif all e food dangling on the two sides of the bicycle..

SO I REALI DID IT.. ha ha ha..

so all in all, it had been a very tiring day after all the so called exercise n basking in the sun... i still had to go back n cook...

my favourite potatoes with luncheon meat and tomato sauce..

attempted a few times..

turned out to be quite okie la..

peeled n washed the potatoes by myself..

dear BF onli helped to open the luncheon meat can -_-

my very first attempt on this black pepper chicken..

they liked it :)

and finished everything except the onions and green peppers of cos..

my failed terribly fried rice..

i dunno what exactly went wrong.. but the taste turned like "orh"(yam) rice instead of fried rice

T______T

i tried to cook my mummy's way... which is the black black one..

and i naively tot fried rice should be the simplest..

so cooking taught mi sth.. it reali needs some skills..

anyway tis dish is the one that kills mi..

makes my poor arms ache like mad.. like i hav suffered rheumatism like tat..

its a combination of cycling cum stirring rice tat caused such result..

my favourite peanut soup too..

halfway through the preparation, i hav blanched the ribs and peanuts...

when i was about to put the ingredients, it suddenly occured to mi if i sld wait for the water to boil or not before putting down all the ingredients.. i mulled to myself for reali long..

den decided i had enough waiting in case my ribs became useless aft being exposed 2 e air for too long, i threw caution to the wind and threw everything in..

they liked it too.. say e soup v nice..

i cooked in mummy's style as well.. so it means no scallops added..

i din like it v much.. somehow feel sth was still missing..

until it hit mi two days ltr that i sld put light soya sauce for added taste instead of salt!

mummy always put light soya sauce instead of juz salt...

hai.. wan 2 try again next time if i hav e chance..

but now i noe how to brew soup!!

i was worrying for the entire night the nite before that what if i bungled up the entire cooking session... after all, the last time i whipped up a series of dishes was when i had to cook for my home econs practical session..

v heng it turned out not too bad except for the fried rice.. and it was satisfying when ppl do like the food..

i found out that i do enjoy cooking.. although seriously i am v slow in cooking.. it took mi from 2pm to 6pm to prepare the ingredients and cooked onli 4 dishes..

a fren brought her red bean soup/paste along.. e critic is it's very nice!! wanna learn fr her too...

next up: i hope i can try my mapo tofu soon...