Relive = Revive = Revent

Shifted

2007-05-09T23:10:00.000+08:00

I have SHIFTED.

Please visit me at anastasiazen.wordpress.com

Thanks.

Fed Up

2007-05-09T09:09:00.000+08:00

I'm uberly utterly superly FED UP.....coz blogger screwed up big time, posting page just couldn't load....i was anxiously wanting to write abt my sat.....and blogger created trouble yet again for me. But anyways, luckily read in the forum and edit the link and now it's kinda back to normal.

I can't blog now coz pictures are all at home. Now at work. And sharks, my manager is not feeling well, not coming in.....and ask me not to use the system.

I'm so FREE now!....haha.

FYI: I'll be changing my blog soon so i'll post the link when it's ready. :P

Last paper t.o.m.o.r.r.o.w

2007-05-01T21:54:00.001+08:00

Tomorrow is my last paper!

Yay for tml but boo for now. Still mugging my last chapter and later going thru the questions and answers!

Hope i can remember all the facts i need man.

I'm gonna chiong all the way now. Lucky is a afternoon paper.

Good luck to all those who are still having exams or exams round the corner!.

I can't wait to spring out to play!

Hours or Minutes

2007-04-26T00:12:00.000+08:00

Woah!....I'm just dropping by coz im feeling a little anxious/excited to sleep now being about 10 hours away from my first paper!

It's opened book. And that makes me more worried.

I'll be CALM!

Peeps, cheer me on silently. I'll appreciate it loads.

Gonna take my beauty sleep now!

What ought to do

2007-04-21T11:45:00.000+08:00

Didn't manage to wake up early as planned but did some household chores.....suddenly a thought came thru my mind....."time passes so fast that it waits for no man~~"......and i told myself that i gotta get my butt on things that i kept sitting on.

I want to follow a motto: "Live today like there's no tomorrow!".....similar to a saying: "Do what you can today, as you do not know what tomorrow brings."

Stuffs which i ought to do after the exams are over:-

1) Clear my room, make it more spacious (stop lying things around!!!!)

2) Pack my unwanted clothes to the salvation army (more shopping?....hee hee)

3) Attend yoga class at least 2-3 times per week. (Hard but i'm sure i can do it!)

4) Get back on my piano. (can't let the Grade 8 certificate go wasted.)

5) Check in to the dentist. (took off my braces in Sec 2 but was lazy to wear my retainer, and my teeth shifted, gosh~!)

6) Go for a hair cut, and steaming (my hair has grown into a messy heap of forest.)

7) Mani and Pedi session. (missed it lots)

8) Tentatively, these are the few must-dos.

One of my acquisition this week!

Yay, it's wetseal again. *hides*

The Face

2007-04-19T23:15:00.000+08:00

Just finished going through all the chapters for taxation and now taking a short break. Have planned that tomorrow nite will be practicing on computations. Hopefully im on the right track.

Plaited my hair to work todae and when i let it down just now, suddenly just strike me to take some pictures as i imagine myself having permed hair.....was comtemplating for a year whether to get my hair permed....(which lucky i did not!!)

Uber messy

I'm a Pig.

Okay, enough of me to scare you away.

Should I try a perm?....Hmmm~~~

Quick Bites

2007-04-16T19:55:00.000+08:00

Just a quick update before i get on with my revision....I've been studying bit by bit since last week...and i really hope im not too late this time.

I wanna thank everyone around me for giving me endless support and encouragement....especially Gabbie...hehe...who have been my everything since the beginning of school....fetching me up and down....making sure i have my meals and waiting outside patiently outside my class and den fetch me home.

Work have been great i should say. Though i haven been enjoying life as before.....but i know my hard work will pay off at the end of the day. Colleagues in this new job are nice people (so far)....and also im trying to get used to being called Gen-san (where my 2 jap directors and 2 jap salesman call me)....they just can't seem to pronounce my name.

Last friday they just gave me a Welcome lunch treat at Waraku @ The Central which is at Clarke Quay mrt station...i think many people don't know that shopping centre opened for business for a while already.....at the basement have my favourite tiny donuts selling at 12 pcs for $4.00 (ex i know)....i din manage to take any pictures coz i don't want my colleagues to think im mad, being only at the 2nd week at work.

For once, i can call today a Happy Monday!....

Bye bye monday blues~~

Tired again

2007-04-10T23:43:00.000+08:00

These few days im feeling so dead tired.....

not tired of my new job....

but tired that exams are round the corner and leaves are not enough to spare.....

so i started studying for my exams starting end of this month!

every day, back from work, have dinner, open table, study.....

I hope i have the strength to endure to the end.

On a side note, it's the first time i made a uber de-li-cious breakfast for myself on a saturday morning. (it's good to wake up a little late on a saturday morning)

New job

2007-04-04T09:54:00.000+08:00

Today im into my third day of my new job. So far everything's fine. Colleagues so far so good. I'm still not as comfortable at my desk yet.....no privacy....no radio (man, im so dependent..making do with my radio in my hp)......not much time to surf net(means lesser time for online shopping *winks*).....lesser chats on msn. On the hind side, im working hard k.

Now i understand the true meaning of "you cant have the best of both worlds".

Nothing much happened lately, just that im trying to adjust myself to the new environment that's all. Oh!....i forgot something......coz now that im in a jap coy.....i gotta get used to calling those jap guys, xxxx-san, im just not used to it yet.....everything i want to say it out, i feel like laughing....haha....

Won't be updating that much coz it's that period of cruial time again. Yes!...itz De Exams!.....i gotta start preparing soon....won't be able to get much leave though....goon enough that i can take leave despite serving my probation now.

And one more thing that i gotta mention is that there are certain days where the company is closed coz following some days of japan's hoilday. While i was marking the calendar, i smiled to myself coz most off days are like fridays and mondays - so that means looooooooonnnnng weekend....yipee!

Kay, till i have more updates to make.

Heartlanders

2007-03-31T23:56:00.000+08:00

Gabbie and I named ourselves the heartlanders today. Coz today we spent our day around the neighbourhood of serangoon garden.

In the afternoon, Gabbie picked me up and we went to Serangoon garden for lunch and later fetch me to Serangoon MRT to collect my spree stuff.

Back to Compass Point to get some tea break and back to his house.

Did some studying while he play his some Commander game.

In the evening, we drive down once again to Serangoon Garden for some infamous western treat. The food was great for a shop in a coffeeshop. Im surprised that there's lots of people there.

I won't collage the pictures coz they ought to be on their own.

The murshroom soup.

The murshroom bits can still be chewed and taste perfect. Not forgetting the garlic sticks, very nice too!

Gabbie have the Ribs. I forgot to take the after pic....he wipe out all clean till it's left with bones.

I had New York Strip, which is the steak. I had it medium rare. It's not very bloody.

Each set have a choice of 2 side dish. Therefore you see mine and Gabbie have different side dishes.

The baked potato and mashed potato both taste heavenly.

I forgot what's the name of the stall but it's near the round-a-bout at Chomp Chomp. Be prepared to wait for like 45 minutes for your food. Good food is worth waiting.

While waiting for our food, we noticed the moon just came out. So i had a shot at it.

A day well spent.

It's good to be a Heartlander sometimes.

First time to Massage

2007-03-29T00:44:00.000+08:00

It's been a long time i feel stressless on a weekday, without worrying of work. Just a day out with Gabbie, relaxing.

We decided to go for a massage @ Truespa which we paid for like 1 year ago *grins* (im the one who delay it till now)

preparing for the massage, we were given the couple room.

The massage was quite nice, however, i cant stand feeling sticky after that.

Had a short dinner at Taka

After that we caught Pathfinder. Not bad.

On a side note, it's been quite sometime that i put on a dress.

Had an enjoyable day!

Last Day

2007-03-28T00:16:00.000+08:00

I decided to back date my entry coz this day/date marks the last day of my 2 yr 2 mths stay at (XXX).

Though the last road there was rough and sad but i had lots of happy memories when i first started out there and i miss those times. It will all be in my memories.

What i miss most is my desk. The most comfortable position ever. (guess i've been in my comfort zone long enough).

my access card

The waiting area which looks like part of a living room.

The meeting room which is never been used.

This is it!

Good bye!...

And Welcome to a new life!

Celebrations are happy moments

2007-03-21T23:28:00.000+08:00

Had 2 short celebrations last weekend 2 days in a row. Been tired but happy to be able to spend sometime with loved ones.

Sat, 18 Mar 2007: Dad's birthday (according to chinese date)

I'm bad at choosing restaurants, so i gave my dad the green light to choose the restaurant he wants to dine at, he chose Jiang Nan Chun at the Four Seasons Hotel @ Orchard. This year we had Gabbie to join us.

On the way for dinner.. ..

The food we ordered.

The food was good and service great.

This small glass of lime juice before serving dessert.

I was feeling very happy that Gabbie sat together with my family to have this short dinner. Was heartwarming.

Sun, 19 Mar 2007: Shalene's 1 month

I've become auntie once again. My cousin brother's wife gave birth during cny period and so fast 1 month had passed. He hold a mini celebration at Lion City Hotel.

Baby Shalene....she's adorable

My another niece turning 1 yr this May is baby Geraldine

who was this prematured baby months ago

look how much she have grown.

A sudden thought went thru my mind seeing new life coming into the world. Are we afraid of death?. Why do we cry when someone die? and why do we smile when a new life come?....isn't it just like a cycle?...the opening of a chapter and the ending of another chapter?

Nothing. Just pondering.

Catch Up

2007-03-15T22:47:00.000+08:00

Wanna catch up some lost time for blogging.....i find that i've been too lazy to blog and upload pictures (where i don't have much interestiing pics to share)

Anyway just for the sake of it, some expired pics to share.

celebrating CNY at Mingli's

Hope can meet up more often!

Nothing's coming up lately except for getting ready for my new job, planning early for my exams, up coming tests, 1 more project to go.

Since we are going into the first quarter of the year, i hope this year will be a fulfilling one for me and everyone!

Pining for *that* day to come is so painful. I need Endurance!

Sha la la Sha la li

2007-03-14T11:24:00.000+08:00

Don't ask how i came up with this title....it just came to my mind coz just the other day i was msging my dad, i forgot what were we talking about and that was the reply he gave me.....i never thought my dad could have those humour through sms....Oh well, so that was how it came about.

Been so lazy to update, some pictures to share but haven got the time to upload.

Anyways, a little bit of everything. Let me organise my trend of thoughts first.

Firstly - my official last day of work is 28 Mar. Yippee!!

Secondly - first in a million times, started to do my project like 3 days before the deadline and taunt like mad throughout the night to complete it!....yesterday finally drop that 'masterpiece' into the BBACC box. Phew~!!.....i'll never do that again.

Thirdly - I got a job offer!!....it was a blessing in disguse....lucky didn't give the chance for spider to use me again. Just in time after i serve my notice, i get to start work again. This time is better (i hope). The working hours is from 0900 - 1730hrs plus it's 5 days work week. I hope to get a better experience there (i hope again).

Fourthly - A big challenge is up ahead of me....coz my exams are starting at the end of April and im starting on my new job beginning of april. So it means a lot of DISCIPLINE is needed as im so a last minute person. Just hope everything will go smoothly for me this time.

As usual, im still curbing on my wetseal crave. So till tonite, if i have the energy to load and post my pictures!

Yeah~!

Opps! I did Wetseal again!

2007-03-05T10:25:00.000+08:00

My fingers and my mind is not coordinating well.......eversince the saga these few days.....i turn to my addiction again......~~~Shopping~~~!!!

Been so into Wetseal till i can't stop!

These are what i ordered. Shall stop for now.

waiting for this to arrive.

Just ordered these 2 last nite.

Hope it won't get OOS.

I was even crazier during the cny week coz i ordered like 4 wetseal tops at 1 go but it all went OOS. So my fingers are itchy again.

Back to reality!

Resignation Saga

2007-03-04T12:54:00.000+08:00

I intended for a happy post to end off the new year but this one incident made me feel there's a need to pen it down as it marks one of a life learning experience for me. Whoever who knows or do not know what's going on, I'm gonna pen down the whole account of my nightmare (work related, but initials will be used only).

Main Characters:
Company A
Company B
Company A's boss - G
Company B's boss - S
Company B's boss's sis, call herself the regional mgr - V
Colik who is in the same dept as me - C
S's so called PA - A

Jan 2005 - Joined Coy A but is attached to work in Coy B (meaning Coy B is the client of Coy A).

May 2006 - Coy B's boss, S, asked if i would like to go over his Coy to be his staff and he will speak to G regarding this matter. G told me she's alrite with the arrangements and ask me to decide for myself. Therefore in good faith, seeing S is quite a good employer, decided to go over to Coy B (w/o discussing the terms and conditions). He gave me an increment of a $100, when i bargain he agree to increase my salary after 3 mths and told me to be patient. Promised me study leave and saturday off (officially is 5.5 days work).

Jun 2006 - Offically joined Coy B, and an accounts dept is being set up (previously no accts dept). My new colik, C, also came in the very same day. Even though me being in the Coy for abt 1 year plus, still have yet to discover new things.

Jul 2006 - S's sister came in the Coy as head of accts dept. Me and C are to assist her. Though she preach abt being fair and equal and ask us not to treat her as a mgr,treat her like just any one of us. During the first month while she was in the Coy, she started digging up old accts as far back as 2003 and started questioning me and C on why some things are done that way. We were lost for words but we bear with it and help her out in any way we can.

Oct 2006 - 3 months probation is up, due for increment. V spoke to C and me, saying that she's not happy with our performance. Also said that since Oct is very near to the end of the year, therefore increment will be done in Dec. We accepted our fate and continue to bear with it.

Dec 2006 - Dec came and pass. Nothing was done. During which, a lot of things have happened which C and me couldn't stand abt her. Bringing family problems to work, whole day being on msn, chating on the phone with friends, going for long lunches, going for massages during office hours etc...I started to look for jobs coz i couldn't take it anymore. C also did the same.

Jan 2007 - V told us that only staff that worked more than 1 yr are entitled to AWS. After i heard it, asked her if there's pro-rated, she said no. We still bear with it.

5 Feb 2007 - C tendered her resignation as she got a job offer. She had her saga when V argued with her over the definition of ONE MONTH'S NOTICE, when Feb is 28 days and is considered as 1 MONTH. V argued that should count physically 30 DAYS!!!....what logic?....C wrote to MOM and got a letter as prove to throw at V's face. Finally C left this freaking Coy on 27 Feb. During the same month, I overheard that a new staff will be coming in, and is A's ex-colik, young gal (or rather guy, if u get what i mean), with minimal job experience is getting a starting pay more than me!....This really start my fire.

28 Feb 2007 - Decided to give it my shot to ask what happened to my increment (as promised). And since that C have left, I have to do her job too!.....Gathered my guts to speak to V. She heard my side of the story and told me that will spreak to S abt it. That same day, S asked to speak to me. The response i got in return was the shock of my life. He said he thought V extended my probation for another 3 months (which i know nothing of). And asked me to reflect on my work performance. Talk a whole load of crap to me and still not touching on the main topic which i highlighted. Therefore i know that my time there have been wasted coz V have been all the while feeding S with poison and giving bad feedback to him abt me and C. Went home think abt it and decided to type my resignation letter.

1 Mar 2007 - Hand over my resignation letter to V and told her my decision. She too preached a whole load of crap to me even though i fight back. She told me that it's alrite for me to walk out but at the same time gave back my letter and ask me to consider again. Isn't she contradicting herself?

2 Mar 2007 - I went back to her that im sure about my decision for leaving. I thought if she had the guts to tell me that it's alrite for me to leave then should have the guts to accept it. Yet she can ask me to give her a few days grace to find someone else. Me being the soft hearted one, said ok. Friends ard me told me that I shouldn't let her even for 1 day to make use of me.

3 Mar 2007 - Therefore, I offically throw down my letter to her desk, telling her that i've no extra time to spare. She kept quiet.

THE END

This is briefly what went through. Throughout these 3 days, I'm glad that i've friends and family around me to give me the backing and support. Now i'll be looking forward to the 28th of this month as it's my last day.

I see through so much more now and i know that life ain't like it seems. And not to trust people so easily, the mask to put on depending on situations.

It's time to move on now. And I will.

I will not look back.

Hanging in there

2007-02-26T15:18:00.000+08:00

As my upper eye lids are getting heavier, i decided to divert my attention somewhere else for the time being.

Am at work now, but my morale is down to zero or even a negative if there could be....my colleague's last day of work tomorrow and i've yet to get another job.....got calls for my resume to be sent to a few companies. *Cross my fingers tightly*

Wednesday, which is the last day of February. Is THE-DAY for me!.....Im gonna approache spider with all my unhappiness. For those who knows what's going on or those don't know what's going on, just give me all the support i need. I'll be fine and be a stronger person after that.

Anyways, CNY have been a quiet one for me this year. But i kinda get quite good rest. And now gotta get my butt back to studies. My first assignment due in 2 weeks, and i haven even get started.

So till then, hope everyone's been good these days.

CCC - Concerts, Celebration, Cleaning

2007-02-17T12:09:00.000+08:00

Have been a tiring week rushing through all the preparations for cny...yea...anyone doesn't?.....A run down of the happenings around these few days....

Reunion Dinner @ home - 17 Feb 2007

This my aunt and grandaunt came over to join my family of 3 for reunion dinner....i feel so cosy.

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Cleaning, spring cleaning - 16 Feb 2007

The "once-a-year" thing is back.....cleaning and arranging my room again.....was on leave and assist my mum in marketing and cleaning and ironing.....to lessen her load of housework coz of preparation of the food for first day of cny.....to feed all my hungry relatives....ARGH!.....

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Valentine's Day - 14 Feb 2007

This year's v day, the feeling was just like any other ordinary day......don't have much big hoo haa over it.

Mine was simple and sweet, Gabbie sent a sweet bouquet of 6 roses to my office.

The simple dinner at Spageddies and dessert at PS cafe

My gift to Gabbie, Adidas watch.....i got the red one

His gift to me, Handmade Heart locket necklace with pearls

Short evening but happy!

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Cliff Richard's Concert on 11 Feb 2007

My dad bought 3 tickets for Cliff Richard concert....erm actually i asked to get a ticket for me la....haha...my dad was like...:"the songs not hip hop kind one ah!".....i said..."i know la, i hear his songs before ma."......i love cliff richard too coz he's the so call oponent of Elvis Presley (my biggest idol) in their era.......his voice is juz so soothing....

And yes, i went.....

The concert starting at 8pm, we reached there at 6.45pm.....was afraid not enough parking....and true enough there were people even more 'kiasu' then us....the car park was almost full.....

We found our seat and waited~~

And waited, when i take pics of myself means im really bored~~

the crowd coming in, nearing 8pm - show still not starting

When the show started 20 mins late, It was a BLAST

I regretted not taking my digi cam and gotta make do with my hp cam

I'm totally in love with Cliff Richard!....though he's already 66 yrs old but still he have that romantic voice that makes you wanna fall in love all over again....and best part was at his age, this guy can really shake-rattle-n-roll..boy he's hot. Sadly, i couldn't see his face but I enjoyed the whole concert.

Dam!, It's so Beautiful

2007-02-08T00:03:00.000+08:00

This post is long overdue, it's actually meant for last sunday's events but as usual i was too lazy.....i had a quiet and enjoyable evening on sunday with Gabbie and his family for a short dinner at my favourite crab zi char stall at Seletar Garden.

That evening while waiting for Gabbie to come pick me up, i was early and there i pluck up the courage to take some pics of myself after being unable to smile properly since i "kanna" the stupid toothache (the pain is still there and the gum still swell, im gonna get it out after cny)

these are the first hand pics, lucky still can see my dimples....hehe...

Anyways, after dinner Gabbie, I and his parents went separate ways.

Gabbie suggested bringing me to Seletar Dam to take a look there....we stopped by the flyover and took a slow walk over the stretch.....it was really windy and nice.....we could see the boarders of our neighbour country....it was really a beautiful sight!

i tried to take the pics of the dam but the quality of my hp din manage to capture the beauty of it.

My pics do not do justice to the place, i shall take nicer ones when i go there again.

I'm still hunting for a new job, so if there's any contacts please let me know kay!...thanks.

Wednesday or Thursday

2007-02-01T00:40:00.000+08:00

I keep thinking today is Thursday......it was Wednesday just now....since it's past midnight so it's

Thursday!....watever~~

Thanks for all those who msged me on my toothache....really appreciate the concern...but

sadly...the ache hasn't subside since the day it started....though i've completed my

antibiotics...im still waiting for the pain to ease off and go back to the dentist to check again....

Cancelled my combat yoga class today coz i booked a late timing......i've been lemming for

combat yoga for so long.....anyways going for my usual hot yoga tml.....lost just a tiny whiny

weight though coz i couldn't eat hard stuff lately......I'm working on it!

Go! Go! Go!

wisdom been ached

2007-01-26T16:17:00.000+08:00

I'm super depressed today!!.....it's really a bad timing that my wisdom toothache came back yesterday.

Am supposed to meet Ericia and the gals for dinner after their KTV session and i gotta skipped it all because of my stupid wisdom tooth.....during my exam time was the right side....now is the left side....and this time even more painful....the dentist showed me the x-ray that the left tooth is more slanted than the right and therefore more painful.....goodness.!....he gave me mc for a day.....slept for like 2 hours but the swelling haven really gone down....up online to check some mails and stuff, tml gotta get back to work coz it's payday!....goin back to my beddie soon!...

Oh!...and the rain just started.....at least it's a nice time to sleep....i haven been sleeping much lately.....read in some mag that not getting enough sleep also lead to weight gain.....i better sleep early these days to lose of those pounds.

Here's an unsightly sight of me.

That's the left side which is swollen....it felt like im squeezing a fishball inside my mouth....bad feeling.

On a sidenote, im on a serious *online shopping ban*!!!....been really addicted and addictive to online sprees. I gotta check into a shopping rehab centre!

Kay, gotta rest now.

NB:Ericia and gals, let me know when will be the next outing be!....really sad that i have to miss it.

seven days

2007-01-21T23:34:00.000+08:00

It's been seven days since my last write up....been feeling lazy these days.....

last week when i was up for the mood for yoga, booked the class and d*** something juz gotta crop up!...wat iszit?...."auntie visit" came to town....missed a week of exercising.....im feeling so fat again and it's so frustrating when some stuff just can't fit and you know it happened again!....yes....tummies.....i really gotta stay out from fast food and fatty food and exercising regularly.

now is up for food again....Sat i tried White Dog cafe at vivo ( if i got the name right)......food was nice and service was good....though there was some hicupps where gabbie and i spent over an hour there...

we shared the Triple Murshroom soup...super yummy!

My Fried Salmon with lemon sauce

Gabbie's King scallops with black ink (wrong choice)

i feel yucky abt this dish....and it was too salty so gabbie gotta order another dish...and he ordered Pizza

our pizza was sent to the wrong table that's the reason why we took such a long time to have dinner.....back to the point.....the pizza was not bad, the pastry is thin so you don't feel too choked up....

and a nice Warm Chocolate cake with villinia ice-cream to end off.

*the colour of the pics varies coz it was taken by my hp camera and im still figuring out the functions....hehe*

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Friday was with Fen, combed the whole of chinatown but no luck with finding any clothes for CNY....i think their stuff there are way too overpriced.

Ta~

I look horrid.

"Cleaning House"

2007-01-14T14:31:00.000+08:00

"Phew!".....just packed my room, threw away old boxes stacked up throughout the year....(and i got cheek to say it out.....*slaps myself*)

Here's what caught my attention in today's bulletin:

"Last week I threw out WORRYING, it was getting old and in the way. It kept me from being me; I couldn't do things God's way. I threw out a book on MY PAST (didn't have time to read it anyway). Replaced it with NEW GOALS, started reading it today.

I threw out HATE and BAD MEMORIES. (Remember how I treasured them so)? Got me a NEW PHILOSOPHY too, threw out the one from long ago. Brought in some new books too, called...I CAN, I WILL, AND I MUST.

Threw out I MIGHT, I THINK and I OUGHT. Wow, you should've seen the dust. I ran across an OLD FRIEND, I hadn't talked to in a while. His name is GOD, and I really like his style.

He HELPED me to do some CLEANING and added some things HIMSELF. Like PRAYER, HOPE, FAITH and LOVE. Yes I placed them right on the shelf.

I placed up this special thing and placed it at the front door. I FOUND IT - it's called PEACE. Nothing gets me down anymore. Yes, I've got my house looking NICE. Looks GOOD around the place.

For thing like WORRY and TROUBL there just isn't any space. It's good to do a little house cleaning, get rid of the things on the shelf. It sure makes things BRIGHTER; maybe you should TRY IT YOURSELF."

BE BLESSED AND BE A BLESSING TO SOMEONE ELSE!!!!

It just takes 60 seconds.

Up and a-Bout

2007-01-09T23:03:00.000+08:00

Hay Hay!.....seems i lost my momentum on updating my blog lately....so far now is the second entry since the new year....i've not been pretty much busy lately as yet.....so far work as usual, still rushing for stuffs....school just started and im trying to get my act together to get all ready for classes.

So let me give you some low-down of some stuffs in the past month and presently.

Food first....everyone loves eating especially....Hong Kong Cafe shall be then.

Gabbie and my first try at Hong Kong Cafe at Novena's outlet.

On 2 separate occasions.

First try.

2nd try.

Overall: Food is not bad, serving just nice but just lack something which i don't know what.

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Home-cooked Spag

Took a half day off and had a short cooking session with Gabbie. We did some grocery shopping at Cold Storage and pop back to his place for some home cooked spag.

The entire dish, I'm proud to say that I only cut the garlics and the rest of the cooking and peeling of prawns, etc was done by Gabbie....Oh! and not forgeting I also opened the can of tomato sauce and washed the dishes after the meal.

Here's the final product. Really yummy!...Really....

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Dim Sum @ Chinatown on 02/01/07

Gabbie and i went down early in the morning at around 8.30am for dim sum....i forgot the name of the restaurant....it's opp the smith street market, along the shophouses.

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IKEA's meatballs and salmon

One friday evening, Gabbie and I dropped by the newly IKEA at Tampines after it opened for quite some time.....but the crowd was still WOW!....took like nearly half an hour to get a seat.

Our usual food at Ikea. The cheesecake slacken a little.

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Miscelleanous.. ..

Spy is a Bodyguard for a day!

And me, not exactly an impulse buy but i got myself a little black dress. Read somewhere in the forum that someone mentioned that every gal ought to own a black dress.

Haven been up to the mood of self cam whoring. Till my spirit is up again.

What goes Up must Come down.. ..

2007-01-03T10:40:00.000+08:00

Am back at work on the third day of the new year....gosh!.....it's painful man....totally no mood to do anything.

Starting class this evening and later i gotta get time off from work to go for a job interview. This interview is in one of the big 4 accounting firms in sg. was told that the interview duration would take about 2 hours.....gosh!!!.....feeling scared man.....i would calm myself with 'just-give-it-a-shot' kinda mood.

It's really hard for me to move on i feel....that im in my comfort zone for too long a time....

Things i was pondering over getting a new job:
- no more msn days for me, coz i won't know hows the new environment yet.
- no more going in and out of forums, online shopping sites anymore.
- i may not have a computer of my own, like i have now.
- taking time off so freely

But to think of all these, are just crap!!....i should think of the future and not moving on is not improving at all.

I really need to get my butt on things that work. And i feel i should give more pressure to myself as i used to have years ago.!....and that's when i see results.

I need to remind myself!

WelCome Twenty-O-Seven

2007-01-01T22:37:00.000+08:00

Happy 2007 to everyone!.....and a toast to a new beginning once again.

I've drawn up some resolutions for myself as a guide.

- To be inspirational and motivational to people around me (hope i can do so)
-Stop bumming around and spend every minute and second usefully.
-Move on to a new job, and don't look back.
-Buck up on my studies and get back on track.
-Help around the house. (that's my mum nagging again)
-Start my yoga classes again since i'm into my last year in my membership.
-Be more daring to stand up for myself.
-I'm gonna have a new hair colour for the new year, gone with the brown.

There are many more points to add and to remind myself to improve one. I hope to fulfil all.

I wanna be a brand new person for this year.

New me or Old me. I'm still ME.

GoodBye 2006

2006-12-31T23:51:00.000+08:00

Very soon we are moving on to another fresh new year......let's do some recollection of some happenings before stepping into 2007.

2006 have been quite a bumpy year for me as there was lots of ups and downs......be it at work or in school.....maybe i was hidden in my shell for too long since 2005 and being in my comfort zone all these while.

There's lots of improvement to be made and too much to tell......so i'll be making a list and checking it twice that I'll be a brand new person be it spiritually or emotionally.....and most importantly to step out of my shell and make a better change.

Enough of my crappy old sad tales....let me end this entry with some new stuffs i've gather this year.....Erms.....

-I had my first go at online shopping and im lovin' it.
-I went to yoga classes alone. (i used to be all whiny over being in class all alone)
-I have my first go at wearing a mask at work.
-Learning to read a map and giving directions *winks @ gabbie*
-Taking in full force pressure from work and school.
-New friends made online.
-Learnt to use forums to search for stuffs.

etc etc etc (some stuff that may not come across my mind now)

Anyways, my lately manicured nails and pedicured toes.

See ya in the new year!

Let's have a fresh new start with a *bang*!!!

Christmas O Six

2006-12-26T22:56:00.000+08:00

Hope I'm not too late to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!......Fun?....mine was kinda boring especially when the weather is so terrible.....rain rain go away!...

The main thing i can highlight is the yearly affair that Sam, Mingli and me have. Our pact to spend every Christmas eve together irregardless of whether we are single or attached.

This year was a little exceptional coz Sam have a flight to catch on Christmas eve so we have our gift exchange on the Eve of Christmas eve.

Mingli and me, opening Sam's presents

Sam and me, opening Mingli's present.

Sam and mingli, opening my presents for them.

All our presents

Mine, Sam's, Mingli's (items seem to be from small to big...hehe)

No partying for us....juz simple chill out and chats at my place...that's why im so dressed down.....it was a quite a nice chat as alwiz...though our christmas was spent simply this year but i alwiz treasure the gift exchange session and the surprises we get when we open each other's present.

Love you babes!

Last but not least,

A BIG Merry Christmas to All, once again!

Muahxxx!

A little of Everything

2006-12-17T21:56:00.000+08:00

Thought i've gone for a holiday?.....nope.....mood was on some roller coaster ride and the coast is a little clearer now....so there im back....

I'll type less and show some pics of what have gone thru....

Not in order of any sequence.

Raffles Hotel - The Billard Room
My aunt brought me for a belated birthday treat - International buffet. I had my fill.
She had a 1 for 1 voucher, so she invited my mum and Gabbie for the treat too.

Some of the food i took.

The surrounding, with flash.

Another one, w/o flash but i edited to lighten it.

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One Saturday outing with Gabbie

after picking me up from work, we head down to Old Airport rd temp hawker centre to have the Kuay Chap (forgot what's the store name).

Gabbie order serving for 3 persons. Guys~~~....big eater....

Dinner!!!...brought for a crab feast at Seletar Garden.....yummy!!

most importantly is the crab...Wah!....gabbie ordered one juz for me!....

Look at my hands....i cut my nails juz for 'them'...people around us were looking at me....i dunno why

After that we tried to go IKEA but was too crowded.

Anyway, a satisfied day.

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My quiet Birthday

Din had any celebrations this year but was happy to spend it with all my loved ones.

Dad brought me to Tung Lok at Liang Court, he said it is a nostalgic place coz he hold a birthday party there when i was One.

The food

Simple birthday cake

Me - shagged.....

-THE END-

Note: Anyone with job lobangs please contact me.

Lack of mood

2006-12-05T09:13:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the lack of entries lately.

Last week i was diluted with lots of makan-ing coz after my mum's birthday was followed by my parents' anni and then my birthday. My body ache like mad and was too lazy to upload the photos.

This week is another makan-ing week. Meeting up with my friends to celebrate a belated birthday for me.

I'll post a proper entry when i get back myself. I was just terrorised by something which i don't want to mention.

I hope everything will turn out fine for me.

nothing much

2006-11-26T14:58:00.000+08:00

Not much of exciting stuff lately, juz some brief update for Friday and Saturday.

After missing our meeting 2 weeks ago, met up with Zhongfen on Fri (my SIM lame-mate) to pass her the Wetseal loots.....i brought her to my favourite Jap pig out place.....Wasabi Tei....since i've been telling her about it all the time....she was curious to try too....We ordered the Cod fish claypot set, Salmon sashimi and assorted Tempura....Surprisingly, we finished everything....Yes!...everything......and it was very nice of her to get a birthday present for me...(pics later).

Yesterday had a short evening date with Gabbie....haven been meeting coz of his preparation for his papers....

We went to Chomp Chomp for a mini fiesta....Here's what we had...

Need more explaination?....Guess not....these are some of our local delights....

My review: Food is alrite...Hmmm!...

After dinner, my tummy need some exercise therefore we comb round the area to see if we can spot some nice pig out place......

Bump into some nice small eating places/stalls.....maybe will try out some time....

It was quite a nice cool evening away from the city lights and noise.

Peace and quiet.

My Royal Highness goin 1 Step Up

2006-11-23T10:31:00.000+08:00

Been so busy at work and i really slacked in uploading photos and stuff.....My dearest mummy's birthday was on Tuesday....i gave her a surprise by putting the sunflower bouquet and a birthday card on her dressing table so to make her smile when she wakes up.....Evening my dad brought us to CHIJMES @ Lei Gardens for dinner......food was not bad....

Yesterday after work went for my once a week yoga class, I'm glad that this month i was consistent to attend once a week.....feeling was good to sweat it all out....certain positions im quite comfortable already.

Now, I'm having a freaking crampy tummy man......yea!...is the gal's thing again....sick.....Super no mood to work that's why blog for a while.....

Photos tonite!

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Just pictures and little description.

-The pre-celebration on Sunday-

After church, lunch at Tai Seng in Chinatown Centre. My grand-aunt, aunt and maid joined us.

Is a set lunch kinda thing. Can't finish the food, need to ta bao. The last pic is the birthday cake my aunt bought for mum, is a yogurt orange cake. Erm doesn't taste that nice though.

Came home to cut cake. I was dead full man.

Sang few hours of Karaoke and that's the end of the day.

- Tuesday, actual day-

Surprise of the beginning of the day. My Morning Sunflower bouquet.

Was glad that my mum was happy the whole by my surprise.

Evening dinner at Lei Gardens @ CHIJMES

Food was good. Price also very good.

Some shots of the surrounding at night. Beautiful.

Went home. Cut cake at home.

Cake from Polar. So so only. Disappointed.

Lastly, a shot with the Christmas tree at CHIJMES.

Mingli's 23rd

2006-11-16T23:03:00.000+08:00

Today is my best friend, Mingli's birthday.......recall that 3 of us, Sam, Mingli & Me alwiz celebrate our birthdays together.....if i remember correctly when we started celebrating together was sweet 16.....it's marvellous how many years have passed and we are still celebrating our birthdays together....Sam will be on flight today that's why we celebrated for Mingli yesterday.

We have dinner at V8 cafe in Bugis, Sam suggested coz she said it brings back good memories as we alwiz hang out in Bugis after school during our secondary sch days....

While waiting for Mingli, the star of the day, to come.....we get on with some serious work.......doing the paper work!!....

First pic is my present to mingli, then we have Sam at work, busy decorating the card and lastly our end product.

Mingli was quite late but she's the big shot so no matter how hungry we were, we juz bear with it.....after ordering our food...the Miss Vainpot have another go with my camera.....

Mingli with all her presents.....the birthday card choosen by Sam....it's a picture of 2 old ladies coz she can't one with 3......we remember once we saw a birthday card with 3 old ladies playing bowling.....so we said we'll play bowling when we grow old next time.....haha.....

Our Food finally came.....

After dinner we head down to Mind Cafe for some board games.....and also to sing birthday song to the birthday gal....

The 3 of us taking a pic together after being 'lost' for so long....

A moment of silence, birthday gal cutting erm....brownie...hee hee....

Some games we played....

Red -Me, Blue-Sam, Green-Mingli.....i lost.....

We ended the day really well.....though we think that we going older so fast but we are still young at heart.....!

Pic of the day!

I was just trying to be artistic!

Lastly, Happy Birthday Babe!

Retardation Mode

2006-11-12T21:47:00.000+08:00

Though exams are out but i still haven get back in my momentum.....no pigging out, no partying.....but yes for one thing.....shopping spreeing....been doing lots of online shopping till Gabbie was going groggy too coz i send all my loots to his address.....haha....(Baby xin gu ni le....hahah)

Here's some of it:-

F21 spree - My F21 top got cancelled coz was OOS....fated not to have it.

ASOS spree
Button thru boob tube

Wetseal spree
Open back top

Block print top

2 button tank cami

Super Deep U neck top

Hmmm....i think that's all for now.....i used to dislike online shopping but recently don't know wat's got into me.....i think what started me off was getting accessories from online then slowly got to clothing sites......and mailing lists and stuff.....gosh~!!!...but i'm holding on to my fingers to stop clicking so much.....it's like some addiction...

But this month i might just find an excuse for myself coz it's my birthday therefore it's a good excuse for me to pamper myself, yea~?....

Just received my M-boob tube from Gabbie yesterday, waited for it like a month coz the seller need to order it again....tried on and it's so comfy....love it loads....here's a pic of the model....i wanted it in white too but it's out of stock.

Uncountable stuffs bought online last month....i hope i know when to stop.

Anyways enough of shopping for now.....caught STEP UP on friday with Gabbie.....i tell you....i love the show to bits....and the dance were just awesome......juz urge me to get my butt up again.....but well....im trying to go for my yoga class regularly for a start.

Check this out---->STEP UP IS SO GOOOOD!!!

If you love it, you'll love it. If you hate it, you'll hate it.

Whatever. will be searching for the soundtrack soon.

Tml's monday again. And the cycle goes on.

Every Little Thing

2006-11-08T11:31:00.000+08:00

Some stuffs i've been up to lately:

1) Back to work for a week already....duh!.

2) Stop swimming for a month, beginning to get lazy again...but i've another remedy.

3) Went back for my yoga yesterday, boy did i sweat it out!....was dripping sweat on the yoga mat, into my eyes and ears.

4) Gonna try out facial at Leonard Drake, but i feel lazy.

5) Going for my re-visit to the dentist this friday. Hope nothing really wrong with my wisdom tooth.

6) Meeting Zhongfen on friday and bringing her to Wasabi Tei for dinner. Good things must share share.

7) Awaiting for 'Step Up' to release. Can't get enough of Channing Tatum from Prison Break.

8) Hands getting itchy, and joined a ASOS spree last night. 1 hr to choose what i want and 10 minutes to make payment. Slept at 2.30am.

9) Book a slot for mani and pedi a day before my Birthday at the end of the month at Amara Hotel Shopping Centre. Wuuu!..i miss tanjong pagar so much.

10) I seriously need a hair cut soon.

Vivo outing

2006-11-05T23:41:00.000+08:00

Another simple weekend has past, tomorrow is monday again. So sad.

Spent the rest of sat at Vivocity with gabbie.....we wanted to try out the new cinplex....caught The Convenant.....it was quite a nice show.....not some juvenile horror flick,,,,,,quite interesting storyline.....and lots of eye candy.....i give this 3.5 out of 5 popcorns.

The crowd at vivo was over whelming.....so packed with people man....before the movie we want to have a cheap dinner at Republic foodcourt but was fully packed, hence, we went down to the basement caught Thai Express coz there wasn't any queue.....

His

Mine

After the movie we walked around the sky garden area....lots of people there too.....so boring....

i was actually trying to take the night scenary of sentosa.....but it seems too far away....

Attempts to fit us with background scenery also failed...:(

It was so hot out there.....so we decided to end the day with some coolness.....Yes!.....Ice-cream....Ben's n Jerrys was fully packed so we settled for Hagaan Daz....

While waiting for our ice-cream~~~

Trying to take a shot of gabbie's pimple on his chin.....in vain....

1st try

2nd try

i give up!

Anyway it's quite an artistic shot.....reflections of the shop opposite...

Finally our ice-cream came, after all our cranky takes and we had 2 video shots....but im too lazy to upload....

It was quite an enjoyable day.

Yup, today was hunting day for my dad.....was hunting all round for handphone for my dad coz his presious samsung died on him....glad he found a new hp and he's returned to nokia....

Been urging to catch this latest movie.....as i've said my love for dancing movies....this is coming up for me.....

Channing Tatum is just so hot!....Watch the Thriller and you'll know why.

TVB Craze

2006-11-02T10:31:00.000+08:00

My dad rented 2 TVB serial last week, War and Destiny & La Femme Desperado. I didn't really catch most of the show for War and Destiny coz my parents started watching when i was having my exams....but caught the last espisode, I should say i really missed TVB drama serials a lot especially when it's spoken in cantonese. All shows taken into Singapore channels are dubbed in mandrine, not nice a lot.

Last nite just started on La Femme Desperado, don't know the meaning of the title but basically the whole story is about women in this era in the working society, we gotta stand up for ourselves in the workplace or we'll get bullied. It's a total helpful show for me now. I admire the female lead in the show on how she deals with backstabbing colleagues.

Click here ---> LA FEMME DESPERADO

Next up on my list, MADIEN'S VOW .....Joe Ma, one of my favourite actors after watching him in Revolving Doors of Vengence....i even wrote a whole entry of the show HERE.

Kay, im going TVB crazy again. Zhongwen, where are you?....i miss our TVB talk. Recommend me more good shows k.

Back to work now.

Ciao.

Bits N Pieces

2006-10-29T22:44:00.000+08:00

Finally on thursday was the last day of my exams.....a load off my shoulder....but the exams was really tough.....i hope to make it through this time round.......

26 Oct Thurs - my paper was an afternoon paper so only get to have dinner with gabbie....went off to Wasabi Tei....was so happy that there wasn't any queue....was having a toothache so gabbie and me shared a Tempura Udon set and we order chawamushi and salom sashimi.....guess the auntie recognises us.....and after the meal she gave me a serving of the water melon though we only had 1 set order.....

27 Oct Fri - went to the dentist to check on my wisdom toothache which begin on tues...had a x-ray done and couldn't do an extraction coz the root of the tooth is too near a nerve and there's a rish involved...so gotta wait till the tooth grow out more.....went home rested and went with my mum to visit my grandaunt and went to chinatown to have a short shopping spree...

28 Oct Sat - Dad suggested dropping by the newly open Vivocity and off we went there for brunch.....we were there early so there wasn't much crowd....and by the time the crowd came in we were leaving the place.....it was really huge and it took us like 15 mins to find Toast Box to take a rest......the place was really spacious...will go back there to take a good look again.....one thing that is nice is there are playgrounds and water area for the kids.....scenery nice too....

29 Oct Sun - Marks the end of the leave and tomorrow back to work and war.....im prepared for it already......Im getting ready to put on the "mask" and fight my own battle...

No pics lately. I'm getting back my composure.

This pic was taken while i was taking a break from mugging one night last week. Suddenly feel that if you take time to quieten down and listen to the surrounding, you will find that the world you are living in is really good.

Take 5

2006-10-25T02:50:00.000+08:00

Just dropping by as i take a break from my notes. Still have 4 more chapters to go before Thursday comes!......

My wisdom tooth on my right side is giving me problems again and at this exam timing....super bad timing. I went to the fridge to search for pain killers as i remembered getting pain killers from the dentist some time ago. When i found it, the sticker on the plastic wrote:" Date: 23/06/2005.".....I pondered a while thinking whether should i take it? Coz i scared to die. I gave it a miss yesterday but just now i couldn't bear it and took it. Now an hour later, the pain is not that bad already.

~~Note to Friends/Everyone:~~

I know you guys may think somehow or rather that i haven been looking for you or haven been asking about what's going on. Just wanna clarify that I'm also going through quite a rough patch now with serious work problems. Not that i wanna whine here or take it as an excuse. But it's the truth. Please try to be understandable. And most importantly, any hard feelings please tell me straight coz i don't like hearing through word of mouth, i have enough of back stabbing in the office. Therefore i won't want to experience the same scenario from people i care and love.

~~This may sound like a harsh message but i mean no harm. Just my true thoughts. My mood is experiencing extremes highs and lows recently and im trying to curb it.~~

3.00am sharp now! I need to rest now.

Down but Definitely not Out

2006-10-21T09:07:00.000+08:00

Bonjour, Good Morning~! folks.....

Been studying till late this week therefore nothing much interesting to update here. My 1st paper is on 23 and last paper 26....im so waiting for that day man!....

Reflecting on my today's entry title.....i've just open yet another parcel of difficulties this week....as usual office stuff but im not gonna whine about it.....the more they gonna bother me, the more i won't let it affects me......im juz gonna be prepared for "war" when i get back.....who knows i get to have my long await rest before another job hunt begins. Im really glad that my parents are very supportive of me taking a break since working full time and studying part-time for quite a while.

Alrighty, i got a cute stuff to share....just the other evening while MSN-ing with Gabbie....we decided to use the drawing tab...and this is what i did....

I know my drawing sucks....but that was just the fun of it....Gabbie was like rushing me:"What are you drawing so long?!?!?".....eh but i did it my right hand ok when i'm a left hander...!...

Last night took a break and watched Maid in Manhattan starring J Lo on channel 5.....it was just classic....nice and heart warming show.....The story behind it also teaches that Do not let other people put you down unless you yourself want to put you down....simple logic and very true!....

After that got my butt back to my books and knock out at around 2am++.....

Yeap~!...till the next entry!

Ciao~~

Breathe In - Breathe Out

2006-10-16T16:35:00.000+08:00

Had some solid pumping on my 2nd chapter of audit.......taking 5 now....and decide to make a quick blog entry.....

So here it goes.....

I promised some pics to be shown, taken on wendy's birthday dinner (in my sept entry, click link to view entry), where i ate like a glutton...

Raymond helping me and kim to 'crack' the crab so we can eat easier.....and mao trying to show that he can eat crab without using hands. And that dude actually did it. I don't know how he did it, oh man!.

And finally our group pics. (dun be mistooken, mao and kim is not an item. we just wanted even-ness. =D)

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Today, went back to office for lunch with my colleagues coz it's chris's birthday and she cooked her special devil curry and ice-cream cake, Oreo flavour.......though the curry was so so spicy for me but i still managed two serving....and the cake was so nice...i ta bao-ed home too....greedy me!

Yup, and that's it.

I'm still pondering if i should go to school to study tomorrow. Coz i get distracted easily. See what im doing now?

post Bank Rec Week

2006-10-14T19:31:00.000+08:00

Today is the last day of work!(for now only) before i go on leave for my exams. Still left work late coz of the stupid bank rec again.....left with USD Nov and Dec but my manager said she'll do it for me.

Work's over for now but i can't take a breather just yet....need to keep up with revision.....i hope i won't fall asleep while studying....that is all i ask for.

Anyway for a recent update, I had a wonderful hawker food on friday evening and this afternoon.....but i forgot to take pictures of it......friday i was at the old kallang airport temp hawker centre....shared hokkien mee with gabbie and ordered the toa payoh rojak.....was heavenly man....
this afternoon gabbie brought me to marine parade hawker centre and we ate the beef noodles.....Wow!....superb man!....even till now i can't forget the taste.....i will be back for more so till then i'll remember to take a pic of it.

Recently did some retail therapy online:

1. Customised necklace with an oriental feel to it

2. Recevied an advance birthday gift from wendy, customised friendship bracelet, here's mine

3. My Style: Punk Berry Tee

4. Chocolate brown bikini

Can't get out to the shops that's why turn to online shopping, kinda fun though.

Caught a picture from a magazine lately.

The first thing that caught my attention was the ballerina on pointe shoes and i realised that she was actually balancing herself in that position with the stick using her forehead and another 2 sticks which hold her weight back.....suddenly i felt that no matter how hard life's journey we just got it balance it all up to the best we can......as there's many parcels throughout life's journey, open each parcel with passion and zest, overcome the hardship and move on to the next parcel that is awaiting you. (P.S: To ericia,if you're reading this, hope you are feeling better after reading this, don't let trials put you down.)

Weird that I'm saying all these?.....indirectly i should thank my manager for opening such a difficult parcel the past month......i've learnt lessons from there and i'm ready to open the next one!

Wish me luck for the coming exams, yea!

Wednesday again

2006-10-11T23:55:00.000+08:00

It's another wednesday again......but im typing tirelessly now......I declare this week as BANK REC WEEK!!!.....been doing bank rec since monday and whole day at "kan cheong spider's" table.....how i dread it man!....so far only completed SGD for the whole of 2005 yesterday and today halfway through USD 2005......oh gosh how long more must i bear with this man!.....

Anyways, next week im on leave.....but.....not resting or going on a holiday....i gotta stay home to study.......coz exams round the corner and i mean really ROUND the CORNER.

As usual, updates will die down for some time.....after my papers perhaps.

Gotta run to bed now.

*awaits for another harsh day tml!*

Quick Bites

2006-10-08T13:55:00.000+08:00

Running through a quick update here.....gotta get my butt on some s-e-r-i-o-u-s studying already...no more loafing around.

On friday was Mid-Autum Festival and i brought my parents to Asia Grand Hotel for dinner....it is near Newton....food was alrite but you gotta try their Tim Sum....it's really nice esp the tiny egg tarts.

1st row, 3rd pic: The captain slicing our Beijing duck.
2nd row, L to R: Beijing duck, Fresh prawns with egg yolk (delicious), Nanjing veggies with bacon & cheese (so-so only).
3rd row, L to R: balance of the duck fried with crispy noodles (ate one mouth only - now you know why i said the tim sum is better), Fresh fruits (on the house), Mooncake (on the house).

Overall dining experience: 3/5

Nonetheless, went home super full.

Yesterday, the haze was really bad.....took some pictures from my office.

Why don't declare holiday man?

Oh and caught You, Me & Dupree. Quite lame though but was alrite. I felt only worth the weekday price. But Owen Wilson is as funny as ever.

I give 3 out of 5 popcorns.

One Last Cry

2006-10-03T23:03:00.000+08:00

I know i've been a weak-co these days.....and i'm trying to find back my strong and independent self.....no more self pity blah blah blah....

So let me just whine for the last time....for i have decided to stand up and be a strong gal i used to be again.....

I broke down at my desk after lunch today.....no one saw....but at that moment i just need to let it out.....as all the pressure is coming to me.....but now i shall shed no more tears.....i shall hold me voice box and stop complaining.....

Each time i'm stressed out i'll do some retail theraphy....

Bought 2 of the same top in different colours, you may think im crazy but i just can't decide which to choose....so grab both

Look so good on the model......hope it fits well on me....

For all my dear friends:

Thanks for all the encouragement that you all give me...and thanks for being there for me....I'll regain myself soon!

I'll leave my concentration on my studies now.....Exams end of this month....

I'll keep fighting!

PS: For Anonymous, this is the link.

I am a Very Happy Girl Today

2006-09-30T22:39:00.000+08:00

Yes, because it's the weekend and i can tear my silly mask off and be all ME!!!!.....Didn't have class today so decided to spend the day with Gabbie before the pause as i get on with my mugging.....We had a line of activities for the day. It may sound boring to you but it was a really fulfilling and exciting day for me already (Tks Gabbie, this is all i ask for).

We began our day at 8am with Gabbie picking me up from my home.....had breakfast with me at Suntec (coz i got work, half day)...and we had

Ya Kun Kaya Toast

which i have a craving for so long.....

Gabbie had the french toast set and I had the kaya toast set..

(Gosh, i look so pale....sorrie.....)

After which, we parted. Gabbie went to run his errands and me off to office. Meet back at 12pm and off to catch 'Imagine Me & You'.

Rated R21, Matured Theme. Coz it's about lesbian. This gal who married a guy and later fell in love with another gal. Gabbie felt so bored the whole and i felt so bad asking him to watch this show. Hmmm, it's not recommended to watch coz i also felt it was quite boring and most importantly i don't British accent. So it's a no no for me. 2 out of 5 popcorns.

After the movie, we went to have late lunch. Nothing would miss our mind with Wasabi Tei....as we were at Lido for our movie so why not.....without hesitation off we go.

What we had today

Salmon sashimi is the usual....we added Swordfish this time....it was nice too....the feeling was crunchy though.....felt like as if you were eating water chestnut and pork...haha....main course i had Saba set and Gabbie had Tempura Udon.....the soup was maverl-deli-cious....

After dinner, we kinda went on a hunting mission.....Mission to locate the Project Shop cafe (PS cafe) at Harding Road which i get to know of from Nick's blog.....As i was so in love with the PS cafe in Paragon.....this one is a die die must find mission.

This pic taken off Nick's blog....(Nick sorry i kapo-ed your pic, hope you don't mind...hey it's the first time im trying something that you put up in your blog!!)

First off.....we went into the road which says 'Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (as directed in Nick's)

went all the way in and we finally found the place...

but Gabbie was too quick to make a turn and i couldn't a clear shot of the cafe.

Gabbie and I decided to have dinner here for my birthday since i like PS cafe so much.....yay!...till then i'll take more pics of the place when the time comes.

On our way in and out...

Top 2 pics are warehouses....now unused....bottom 2 pics....looks like a church so i took a pic of it....

And finally we are out of that bumpy and winding road....the cafe is quite deep in....so i guess driving is the only transport in...

All good things have to come to an end......and it's time to go home....

As Little India was having a slight jam.....and i spotted something....

Nah!...it's not some UFO or what....it's that DHL hot air balloon at Bugis there....so i was trying to take a snap of it.....

and there are more decorations at the other side of Little India....

Finally, Home Sweet Home.

Thanks baby for a wonderful day today....and sorry for scare-ring you 3 times while you were driving today.....I promise to be a quiet-ter passenger next time okay?....... :p

I am a Happy Girl Today!

Yet another Wednesday

2006-09-27T22:34:00.000+08:00

Another Wednesday has come and gone......third day of the week....i'm coping along and getting the hang of my observant behaviour......Observing is a good habit to develop....it enables one to know thy enemy.....Sometimes i feel bad wearing this mask but i have no choice.....the reality is harsh to me and so i have only this way to protect myself.

Some points i gotta take note:-

no matter how unhappy i am, i still gotta smile as if nothing has happened. (Though im a straight forward person, if im unhappy i simply juz can't smile, can you?)

blend into the topic juz to earn points for PR-ing. (I can chat up with anyone, but if that person have some attitude problem, that's it.....don't expect me to joke with you.)

blind leading the blind. Just do as told coz one thing is for sure, do the right is wrong, do wrong thing is also wrong. Whichever way, just do it lah. (I just want to do things right, but whatever i do is wrong, even if it's instruction taken by you.)

That's so much for my observation for the past three days.

Arrr.......

Walked over to New Park Hotel for dinner this evening with my parents, i was standing at the traffice light so tried to take a pic of the deepavali light up.

There was a jam on mon while gabbie was sending me home after work...

Eyes closing. Swimming tml. Gotta head to bed soon.

Ciao.

Mask-es

2006-09-25T23:23:00.000+08:00

Sometimes i really wonder how many mask we wear in our daily lives?....It really amuses me by the number of mask one can wear to wriggle through life.

Last whole week been a really really tough week at work.....some may know the exact 'story', some part of the 'story', some don't know anything.......now i really understand the true meaning of being backstabbed, not in a cruel way but in a hurtful way.....it's always hurtful to know the truth not from the origin but from other source....there's nothing i can do at the moment...just wait and see....

Today i came in to office with a weary heart.....i try not to be so believing but be on guard.....i do more observation on each and every persons just to protect myself.....i tone down my talks, laughters, jokes and lameness.....they asked me upteen times if i'm alrite.....i juz answered "yes" quietly.

Friends around me. Please tell me if my interpersonal skills is bad. I want nothing but the truth.

How do i survive to put on different mask from now on?

HuH

2006-09-21T14:44:00.000+08:00

My mood haven't been up to my optimum lately....been bloody(excuse for the use of words, i felt this best describe me now) moody this week......yesterday was absolutely not my day.........i was super pissed with wat my mgr said to me......but i still gotta put up a brave front in hjer presence.......it's so diffcult for me to even smile when i see her.....

coming up with some strategies to deal with it.

Some retail therapy shall help a little....goin to check out some swim suits later for my constant swimming lately.

When the path for me will be cleared?

Rules for Being Human

2006-09-19T00:30:00.000+08:00

This caught my attention in a bulletin so decided to share.

Here it goes:

1. You will receive a body - You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

2. You will learn lessons - You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to have experiences and learn lessons. You may or may not like the experiences and you might even think they are irrelevant or stupid.

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons - Growth is a process of trial, error and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the experience as the experiment that ultimately "works".

4. A lesson is repeated until learned - A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learnt it. When you have done this, you can then have another lesson that challenges you.

5. Learning does not end - There is no part of life that does not contain lessons, even if you have forgotten this is human. When you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. "There" is no better place than "here" - When your "there"has become a "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here".

7. Others are merely mirrors of you - You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. That is illusion.

8. What you make of your life is up to you - You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie inside you - The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.

10. You will forget all these.

Does it means sense to you?......some doesn't to me.....

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On saturday conincidentally Mingli is in sch with Ash.....so we decided to head on to have dinner together.....and guess wat!?!?!?.....Ash agreed to have Wahsabi Tei.....hahaah......

Mingli and me is like 2 bangala sitting at the back of Gabbie's van and ash took the front seat with gabbie as the driver.....

We waited quite long coz the pple inside juz took ages to eat......but it was worth the wait...as always.....ash and mingli share a salmon sashimi and me and gabbie too......after which mingli and i decided to have another plate of salmon sashimi......that was heavenly......

after dinner we went separate ways as we have other errands to run....

That's about it......there goes my weekend.......

Sometimes.. ..

2006-09-16T00:02:00.000+08:00

Spending some time alone isn't a bad thing afterall.....

For the past two days been swimming alone, yesterday and today.....did 20 laps yesterday (which is a great achievement for me) and 14 only today coz i wasn't in a good mood.

Strangely, while i was swimming....many thoughts went through my mind....weird~!

Anyways, my exam timetable come out. Will have to start mugging early this sem. I got no time to waste.

Leave you with me, after today's swim.

I'm not trying to act pro....i wear a swimming cap becoz i want to protect my hair.....hehe

I think i gotta get back with my yoga too.....been wasting my fees for the past few months.

Random

2006-09-13T23:05:00.000+08:00

Once again it's wednesday again.....nothing much to talk abt except that going to work is so troublesome this week.....coz if the IMF thingy....causing road blocks and stuff....im slightly affect only on the days where i don't swim coz if i swim i'll reach suntec around 6.50am, traffic is still slow then.

Heard from the radio on cartunes with Jean and Rod:

R: Ask me how am i?

J: How are you?

R: IMF

J: What's IMF?

R: I M Fine

J: -_-", i thought I M Farting.

Hahahahahahaa!!!!

Anyways a quick update on food.

On sunday went to Crystal Jade at Takashimaya for dinner.

T: Soup of the day, Old Cucumber soup, Fried pork ribs with garlic
B: Steam Soon Hock, Asparagus with mushroom

Quite nice decor....seems classy....

Sorry is a little bur coz my hands shoke quite a bit.

The 'seafood' displays

After lunch's joke:

I was at the pantry, felt like eating bananas. So i plucked 1. My colleague, Christina, called out to get 1 for her too.

At my desk, i peeled off the skin of the banana right to the bottom, and my banana fell apart. 3/4 of the banana fell on the table.

i went... ...

M: My banana broke!!!!

C: WHAT?!?!?!?!

(Turns and look at me, started laughing out loud.)

C: I thought what happened la.. ..

M: It's too soft.

C: -_-"

Sammie's 23rd

2006-09-11T22:15:00.000+08:00

I couldn't make it for Sam's bd dinner on monday.

So gal, here's to wish you had an enjoyable time.

Happy 23rd.

This picture was taken in 2004, Sam's 21st bd celebration. Look how young we look. My hair was still short then. Oh ya, that was the year when we just graduated from poly.

Wendy's belated BD dinner

2006-09-10T15:01:00.000+08:00

This entry is for wendy....yay!.....she gave us a treat for her bd which i couldn't make it a week ago....so we have it on friday.

We have a hearty meal at Kim's at Joo Chiat Place....

We ate like from 8-10pm....haha....and the last persons standing clearing the crabs was Kim and me....hahaah

We cam-whore before and after the meal....our group photo is with wendy....

There are more of my fugly eating sights which are with wendy.....cannot show here.....

After dinner we went on to The Cheesecake Cafe at East Coast Road....

we made our way there with the help of Mao's GPRS in his car......and can you believe it....it hanged halfway through the journey....so we paused for like 5 mins waiting for it to start up again with our hazard lights blinking at the side of the road.....

While waiting for our desserts....

Mao's not the main character here k...it's the background that im trying to show....heh...

The 3 ladies

Raymond amusing us again

The desserts came...

and our finger food....hmmm...don't order this next time....it's too soft....

we had a super laugh ache with this plate of sauceages man!....(hmmm....our secret...)

Raymond extra la....must order mocha.....

My clique's usual bad habit.....alwiz will leave the same amount of left over....and nobody will touch it....

After all the laughing and talking and catching up....we all soon went our separate ways around 12 plus....

Till the next one guys!

It's Mid-Week

2006-09-07T22:55:00.000+08:00

I insist on using the title i allocated for yesterday coz blogger died on me.....juz wouldn't let me post my entry......i'll have my go today again....

was trying to say that i like wednesdays too coz soon i'll will be the weekend once again....tomorrow will be meeting wendy and clique to have a belated birthday celebration for her.....at least one thing to look forward to and i can still squeeze my time out.....

Yesterday was in a dressy mood so i was juz brainstorming of what to wear on friday and wat shoes to match....therefore search through my shoe rack for matching shoes.....and i come across a old shoe box.....opened up and saw my beloved ballet shoes still kept nicely over the years.....and i start taking it out one by one.....

Here's a snap shot of it...

Now here's prove....hiak......when i tell people....they seem to give me a stunned look.......im not kidding okay!...it was my dream actually but my dad stopped me when i was to reach the stage to put on pointed shoes.....took some time to recover at that time....but i got over it.....

Anyways, what's past is past.....today i resumed my swimming and only did 14 laps today.....slack.....

Im gonna turn in early tonite.....to await war in the office and battle at assignments....

Coming back Slow

2006-09-03T22:44:00.000+08:00

I'm recovering from some mental retardation-ness.....gosh!!!....i don't know what am i crapping too....but im glad i've handed in my audit project which i worked on for 1 WHOLE week....rush home like mad every evening to work on it....and took mc on friday to have the whole day to complete it.....Thanks to my parents and gabbie....and other pals who supported me and tolerating my moody-ness the past few weeks....

finally have a sigh of relieve yesterday as i throw my completed assignment into the piegon hold at the ground floor of the school.....

after my lesson i went down town to catch Monster House.....initially i thought it was a comedy.....but end up i find the storyline quite lame......Overall experience: 2 out of 5 popcorns

After the movie, gabbie and i spent some quiet time Secret Garden.......we had apple crumble and ice tea......i still like the ambience of the place since the last time i was there.....but i kinda hate the music they play and the price went up a little....hmmm.....so i may not go back there anytime soon.....

Was scanning thru a site and saw Linsay Lohan's new hair colour.....was like tempted to have that too......

Brunette? Hmmm.

I'll be back for more....

Stay tuned.

Letter of Absence

2006-08-30T10:47:00.000+08:00

Dear Peeps,

Sorry for the lost in updates lately. My life have went down in slumber with tight deadlines at work and in school.

Currently rushing my audit project which would be due this Saturday. I'm not even halfway through it. Lots of notes on my table, mixed up on facts. It's the first time i get so confused doing a project....Wazz more it's an individual thing. First time doing an arguement essay regarding audit....Oh gosh!...There's so much catching up with pals after this first deadline.

Peeps to meet:

Gabbie - this saturday.....sorry for neglecting you the past 3 weeks coz of my busy schedule

Sam & Mingli - i'll meet u babes real soon, and not forgeting sam's BD, i'll see wat i can do on Sep 11, okiee!

Wendy - will give you a belated bd meal and gift

Christina - before you leave for UK

Ericia - if you are free for a 2nd meet up and ur pals :p

Lately, i was unable to do my own stuff....i need retail therapy soon!!

Love,
Anastasiazen

Short Break

2006-08-28T23:33:00.000+08:00

Monnotonous life lately....been rushing and cracking my head over my audit project....

Took a short break from work on saturday night and walked to Mustafa for some shopping at around nearly 11pm....

the new (extended) area

Squeezing in the old area

OT for a while, was keeping myself awake one Monday evening and took a pic....

yar....that's my tax lecturer......i call her 'miss bullet train' coz she just speaks too fast....

Gotta run now.

Little Notes

2006-08-25T23:59:00.000+08:00

Have a short drop by as I was busy for the whole week and im getting really tired by the day.....

Oh!....I've been swimming regularly lately and I've accomplished 17 laps today.....how abt that?.....

Am rushing for a project so it's juz work and no play.......

My eyes are half closed while typing this....i need more backing again...

Ta

Nothing

2006-08-20T16:55:00.000+08:00

It's just a boring week for me....been broading over my audit deadline coming up very soon but im still checking out facts and researching not knowing what im doing is right.

Anyways, met up with my ex manager, Bruce, for dinner on thursday evening....greatly thought it would be relaxing catch up session....not knowing him talking the whole evening telling me about his work though....MLM (multi-level marketing)....i've seen enough of this kinda business and im not up for me.....he goes on to tell me about living healthy and what i should do about it....saying he's helping me and he don't go around telling everyone (meaning he help me by chosing me)....Oh whatever!...im not interested.....spent 2 full hours listening to him....was a total waste of my time.....after the meeting i hope i'll never get to bump into him as his office is just 5 floors above me....lucky i din tell him what's my coy's name....

Friday went for my morning swim again...this time i did 4 1/2 laps....another improvement for me....felt so fresh and great (humming *I feel good ne na ne na ne!!!*)....Oh yes, gabbie joined me and chris also.....and they did 30 laps....gosh~!..when will i ever reach that stage...hah...but im glad i remembered how to "breathe"...haha...

And it's a stay home weekend for me......im in the midst of brainstorming for stuff for my audit...just taking a break now.....

When im not in the state of mind, i can come up anything cranky....

Ermmm, i kinda like this one.

Juz too bored to work Now

2006-08-17T11:53:00.000+08:00

My head keep knodding away till i can't take it already....and im so hungry now....waiting for lunch time is a killer!!....

The week didn't start of well for me....my manager is back from her holidays and her mood is down to the worst....my colleague and me are suffering.....im just ain't any mood for anything....

Something to look forward to this evening is that my ex-manager, Bruce, from Mothercare is giving me a treat at his cafe....which is only below my building....lots to catch up with him....

For now, something to share....i got this from Juliet's blog and thought it was interesting...

20 rules for the dating game,

10 rules for Him:

1) its not acceptable to go dutch on the first date, be a man and pay for the meal!

2) not enuff men todae stand up when their date approaches the table.

3) if you drive, always take her home, even if she lives on the other side of the island.

4) accept the fact that she will wanna know what you are thinking by the fourth date.

5) also, accept the fact that her parents will probably be asking you about marriage by the fifth date.

6) never make enemies with any of her galfriends. you are asking for trouble.

7) juz because she's talking to another guy at a party is no reason for your inner hulk to emerge. get over it. you are her boyfriend, not her cell-keeper.

8) as a man, you are not equipped to have any negative opinion about her dress, makeup, or hair. you love love love everything about her. especially even if you think its dog-ugly!

9) girls love flowers.

10) and a guy who says "you're so beautiful" in front of their other girlfriends.

10 rules for Her:

1) yes, you are dating, but he won't necessarily want to spend 24 hours a day with you. guys like to go out with other friends that won't always include you. let it be.

2) men don't like to talk. especially about their emotions. that's what your girlfriends are for. get over it.

3) just because he's speaking to another girl at a party is no reason to let your inner she-demon emerge. juz take a picture on your camera phone and use it as ammunition for your next fight.

4) if he dresses really well, knows about skin care, goes to the gym everyday, worries about jennifer aniston's emotional well-being, you are entitled to be a little suspicious.

5) if every other sentence he utters starts with "my mother" then consider some other boyfriends.

6) juz becoz he doesn't call u every 2 hours to say "i love you" is not a sign that he doesn't.

7) don't make him carry your handbag in public. handbags are for ladies.

8) its not acceptable to expect him to pay for everything. even if he wants to.

9) guys love to watch soccer

10) and a girlfriend who coos "you're my hero!" in front of their male friends.

Alrite for now, counting down to 3 more mins to lunch.

These Days

2006-08-13T19:49:00.000+08:00

Been too tired to update lately but now im finding some time off to update i've been up to lately....dun expect happening stuff though...hehe....i'll be updating from the latest to the earliest....

Today....after church celebrate my grand-aunt's birthday.....i ate till my hearts' content....

we reached the restaurant before it started for business.....anyway to intro the restaurant...it's a Sze Chuan restaurant at The Plaza @ Swisshotel....they open for business at 12.00pm on weekends....

The surroundings...

While waiting for our food.....we took the opportunity to take pictures with grand-aunt....

There's aunt, mum, me and maid mini

The food....we ordered a set menu except for the sharks fin....the one in the claypot is sharks fins with brandy.....nice!

went home full to the top of my neck.....not having dinner.....

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Friday, 11 Aug 2006

Was supposed to have dinner with my colleagues, Christina and Ashwaq, at Sizzler but Ash last minute gotta go school so we pused forward to have it at lunch.....the food was horrible.....heard so much good comments abt them but this visit made me never to go back there again....

Then evening finally got to meet up with a new friend made online....Ericia babe....nice gal to talk to....we had dinner at Wasabi Tei as we are their sashimi fanatic.....

Look at our food....

Ericia had....she changed all other stuff to sashimi.....told cha....we are all sashimi freaks!!...haha

I had.....cod fish and sashimi

After dinner Ericia went on to meet her frenz....i cant join them coz gotta work the next day....boring!!

But it was a nice meet up....hope to meet you again and the other gals....

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Wednesday, 9 Aug 2006

Long await public holiday.....i got to laze in bed till like 10 plus in the morning....it's the time where i wake up when i haven start working....after waking up, got washed up and off to go for brunch with my parents....

We have dim sum at International Building @ orchard....Restuarant is WongTing....

Been so busy lately till my toiletries are running low.....no time to get them.....

Going to rush for projects.....the marathon has just begun.

Swimming attempt

2006-08-08T23:34:00.000+08:00

Today i attempted swimming after not touching it for 5 years......can you believe it?....and guess what....i was breath-less after a few breaths.....i can't even finish 1 lap....that goes to show how unhealthy i am!!!!

The pool at my office there....Suntec.....

A lot of people didn't know there's a pool at suntec....i gotta make full use of it since i got the access card already....

Anyone care for a swim?

A Whole New World

2006-08-06T16:43:00.000+08:00

Realised been a week since i last blogged....been another hectic week for me......same at work and school....been trying to get started on my audit project but still didn't get any serious work done.....went for audit lesson yesterday and realised that the deadline is about less than a month away so i better get on my butt for some really serious business.....no more fooling around anymore....

But for yesterday went for dinner and movie with Gabbie after our classes....

Our Pepper Lunch at Takashimaya....
both are beef

Quite tasty i should say but i won't have this often.....heaty food....nah!!!

And after our movie, went to the HK cafe at cineleisure....

Jam and peanut butter toast

Caught CLICK yesterday...

though it's a comedy, it's a very heartwarming and meaningful show....and i've learnt something from it....that's is never to be so hectic with life that you forget people around you....especially family and friends.....it struck me suddenly....like it's telling me to wake up from my dreamland.....no more fooling around anymore!!.....get on my butt and do more useful and meaningful things.....and i remembered what i was working for......my goals and stuff....

i felt that i have long forgotten my goals and passion that i'm just living everyday without purpose, aimlessly......and i seriously have to get back on my feet and persue what im living for....I'm gonna change my lifestyle now for sure......

Cheer me on guys!

Rainy days and Mondays

2006-07-31T23:58:00.000+08:00

It's a rainy monday again......i've been analysing all my mondays.....and it's all BLACK mondays.....today is no exception....my colleague and i got shit again at work....my boss is driving us crazy....he doesn't give proper instructions and go to the wrong people for information.....that make my blood boil....okay i shall not continue sup over my work.....

One consolation is my manager is quite....for now....so far so good....it's been only for a month that i work with her so i've yet to see more of her working style.....but so far she's given a very positive attitude with work and life.....she's fast and accurate in a her work and i mean really fast.....that's why i nicknamed her "the road runner"......

Last week she made a self created cheese balls for some of the colleagues....

the inside.....very yummy....but the only thing i don't like inside is the spring onions....the insides there's lots of melted cheese, flaky cheese, chopped green chillies, chopped spring onions....

I suddenly miss Lee Ser so much.....my ex-colleague....

Look at my arms 1 year ago and now....im so ashamed of myself....sorry OT folks.....anyways going to sleep now....shacked!!!

A Tribute to Friendship

2006-07-25T23:17:00.000+08:00

Had a wonderful dinner with Sam and Mingli just now......though was a short one....but conversations and catch ups was well exchanged....

We've been missing out on doing things together for so long since after we left poly...but one thing is good is that whenever we meet up there won't be awkwardness between us....we just talk as if we are into our everyday life......

This year we will be going into our 9th year of friendship.....it's a wonder how many years have past and we still going strong together.....

I love you, babes!!!

Christmas Eve spent every year together, as always.

Hugs Babes~!!

Sleepyhead

2006-07-25T10:38:00.000+08:00

Been falling asleep at the office table yesterday......my body been so weak lately.....i get tired easily and feeling sleepy all the time....i really have a problem.....i gotta get my butt and exercise man!!....
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Yesterday @ around 4p.m:

Me: *eyes closed*.....*head bowed down a little*

Manager: Hey Gen, are you ok?

Me: "huh huh"

Manager: So tired ah, last night go where party?....every monday so sleepy huh....

Me: No lahhhhh, just sleepy....

Manager: Can understand....

Me: -_-"....?!?!?!?!
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See....i got problem iszit?

Anyway, nevermind.....just wanna share something nice.....few weeks ago i got my customed-made charm necklace which is done with wendy......thought of having something different since wendy does lots of online shopping so she's the best person to search for a good maker.....

A very sweet write up from the seller: The Wizard of 'OZ'.

Am blogging from work now....gotta get back to work....

Gonna meet up with my besties Sam and Mingli this evening for dinner....i'll be bringing them to Wasabi Tei to try out.....gotta bring them to try something different coz we don't get to meet up often.....and im the organiser this time....

Adieos for now!

The Amazing Race: Season [?]

2006-07-23T15:59:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was indeed an exciting day for gabbie and me....it was the first time ever that we had no sense of direction.......

2 lessons learnt, which is a good thing......Gabbie have learnt to use gear 5 on the manual box and i have learnt how to read the map on the street directory.......so we are equal.....the whole journey, i practically have to flip through pages in the directory to tell him where are we now....and i mean not flipping thru the next page kinda thing....is jumping from one page to another page which is like a few pages away....

when we were about to reach Parkway Parade....

we only put like an hour and a half worth of parking coupons......so we gotta leave and think of where to head next.....

took a pic before i leave coz i don't go there often.....

Then we left for Sentosa....

at the highway....ECP......finally we don't need to look a the stree directory....

After reaching Sentosa, we hit the Southern most point.....

and there's a bridge to cross over to the other side....

Though the whole outing was hot and sweaty...but was an enjoyable one.....never had so much excitment before.....

Truely it's an amazing race for us.

Shag out!

2006-07-21T00:26:00.000+08:00

This is not a post anyone wants to read........nothing interesting......but you can read on if you want......

It's 12.22AM now......Im trying to get into the mood to sleep.....i need to rest but my eyes are wide open.......

I've been falling asleep in the office since monday......and i fell asleep in front of my manager while she was explaining something to me.....Can you guys believe me??!?!?......so my remedy before i went to class this evening was to drink a cup of coffee......and guess wat!!!.....it worked!....i didn't fall asleep in class today.....surprisingly.....!>......

now i've more things to worry.....projects are coming up and followed by researches......and oh gosh~!!!.....i gotta start early......no last minute rushes and late nights to complete projects....

Another boring friday.....will be having classes again.....so i gotta sleep now!!.....

Till more updates.....

Made in China - Part 2

2006-07-17T21:16:00.000+08:00

Hi peeps!....shall continue where i left of last nite....

After the Floating Hell section....

Next Segment...

Another segment...

My all time favourite- Bruce Lee.....ah tah~!!!!

Next up....

I didn't really take all the 'models' coz some were just to scary to look at.....'they' look as if 'they' were to come alive.....

And next.....be paitent.....just a bit more...you're getting a free entry k.....I'm giving the full account here....

setings of olden days kitchen....sorry i need to collate most of the pictures coz there's just too much if i were to post them one by one....

Don't know what is this machine call but looks like to grain rice out....

I spotted a model of the village of my ancestors....Hakka village in Yong Ding...

Which dialect is urs?....(sorry that the pic is slanted...i cant manage to make it straight)

And finally......the last hall....

The End....we were the last to leave.....

Okie...im goin to end here now....freaking tired.....took me 1 hour plus to finish this....

Made in China - Part 1

2006-07-16T11:57:00.000+08:00

Seems like I went 2 countries in 2 days?.....nooooooo.....

Had a quiet weekend....today spent the day quite fruitfully....I did washing, cleaning, packing......and also a long talk with my mum.....she's unhappy with some stuff....I don't know how to help her.....I hope everything will be fine with her soon....

Anyways this evening dinner, dad brought us to a restaurant at Har Par Villa called Made In China......food was really nice.....service also good.....Rating: 8/10

Entrance

The surroundings

Our food
Top left to right: Chicken with shark fins soup, Fried Butter prawns (superb!!)
Bottom left to right: Beancurd with veggies, Crispy Chicken (very nice!!)

Desserts (only mum and dad had.....i was too full!!)

After dinner, we went to view the museum...there's a museum set up for customers...can go in before your food comes or after your meal.....

You can also go in without eating there but you gotta get a ticket to get in and viewing ends at 7.oopm....but for customers eating there, it's open till they closes....

Beginning of The Long Road.....

From the readings, Lee Kuan Yew is the nineth decendent of the Lee family...

Im gonna stop now.....too tired already....sorry to be a spoil spot just in case if you are reading eagerly....will continue tomorrow!!

One Night in Hong Kong

2006-07-14T23:46:00.000+08:00

Had a simple meeting with wendy and ray this evening....though a short one....we still had lots of fun....

after work went to meet wendy to go for our eye brow trimming session at Madeline's place....both of us spent like an hour over....haha....coz she was teaching us the technique of drawing brows....gab and ray was like..."what's taking them so long?!?!?"....

after that we went down to Kovan to the HK cafe.....but i think this is not the real one....but anyways....we still went in.....

photos i took!

our food

our drinks

Full already but still wanna have more food....!!!

Me and Wendy

the horrible state of my milo dinosaur

Yup!...that's it....so tired....goin to rest already...

Boring week

2006-07-13T22:30:00.000+08:00

Four days passed and the passed four days was a lifeless and listless week.....no activities after work, no meet ups, no interesting happenings......

But im looking forward to tomorrow coz i'll be meeting Gabbie, Wendy and Raymond.....wendy and i gonna wear our custom-made charm necklace tomorrow....yay~!!!.....the line up for the evening was to trim our eye brow and dinner at HK cafe.....i think it'll be a short evening but i guess the meeting up will be a fulfilling one.....

Im gonna sleep early and be fresh for tomorrow.....

more updates coming up!

Late Updates

2006-07-10T22:37:00.000+08:00

Just when i was about to start my late entry.....my dad shouted:"Lights out!!.....everyone go to bed....later i'll you all up at 1.50am to catch the Finals of the World Cup".....

I was like "huh".....wat durrrr!!....so i no choice had to off the com and jump to bed....

Thursday......had a short gathering with my poly clique......though it was a short meeting but we chatted like there was no tomorrow.....the feeling was just like when we were in poly....

We had steamboat at Joaquim at suntec....

We talked till we forgot to take more pictures...

so here's one nice one....just like the good old days....

And then comes Saturday.....and a quiet one for me...

gabbie and i have dinner at pasta cafe....wanted to head down to Wasabi Tei again.....but nah....we dropped the idea....

he had cabonara

my hamburg steak

after dinner we squeeze our way through the food fair at the Taka square....i actually had fun squeezing in the crowd......i usually dislike crowds.....

we checked out cineleisure if there was any movies but nah....nothing nice so we went down to TCC to chill out....

Dark Devotion

our drinks

it was a nice and short evening.....

Anyway to end off....i had a nice gift from wendy after she came back from the cruise which we were suppose to go together....

20 Thing U Might Not Know Abt Me

2006-07-04T16:57:00.000+08:00

Nothing to do....so decided to list these out.....

In relation to my title of today's entry,

1) I burp very loudly after my meals.

2) I usually fart without sound. (*winks*)

3) Im a left hander but i can also write with my right hand neatly.

4) No one believes that i did ballet before and was awarded a distinction in the royal academy of dancing examinations.

5) I sleep talks sometimes.

6) I pee on my bed all the time when i was small.

7) I was a real pain in the a** when i was a little girl. (did lots of naughty stuff and i mean real bad stuff)

8) Im a real lazy bum.

9) I don't know how to cook or bake.

10) Im bad at arranging stuff.

11) I tried to whistle a lot of times but still can't do it.

12) I don't know how to cycle.

13) I can walk just before i turned 1 years old.

14) Act out my favourite actress's role in any show i like (when i was a small girl).

15) Like to stare at people.

16) Like to take pictures.

17) I can entertain myself when i'm alone.

18) Buried myself in my pillow to cry when im really very sad.

19) Tend to think a lot....beyond imagination

20) Always wanted to do something wild but no guts to do it.

That's Me!

cant think of any title

2006-07-02T19:45:00.000+08:00

It is yet another weekend.....though had quite a rough week at work....Im always looking forward for weekends....coz i'll be with my family and friends.....

And oh....to side track for awhile....Im starting class tomorrow....sharks!!...I don't seem to be prepared for school....Sheesh!...

Yesterday as usual, went to work and go home to rest.....i've been like having hang over since the world cup started....since i subscribed cable tv juz to watch world cup, cannot miss any match man!!...and Then in the evening meet Gabbie.....i wasn't late this time.....so there's time to do cam-whoring for a while....

we went to bugis to collect the refund of the cruise tix money and head down town for dinner.....Guess where we headed for.....yeah~!!....Far East Plaza.....i miss Wasabi Tei so much that i gotta get down there again for the sashimi....cant stop the cravings....

the food is as usual superb!!!......esumi_q: wish i could go down with you to have a sashimi fiesta!!...hahah....

after that we walked for a while and went to The Project Cafe to chill out....and i saw this!!!

a Lambourgini at the 1st level of Paragon...one of my fave car......wish i can have a chance to drive that man...

i couldn't take a properly pic coz of my height difference with Gabbie.....*winks*...

whatever~~

Dessert we had.... Banana with caramel with a whole load of whip cream on top....

and we continue to camwhore.....

(sorry gabbie for posting this pic but it's cute....hee hee)

Enough of it...haha....

And today.....spend time with my parents.....

while in the car, on the way to brunch......

It was a nice weekend to sum it all up.....but one thing im sad about is that BRAZIL is out of the World Cup now....

What's your guess for the finals?

E Thing abt Mondays

2006-06-26T23:52:00.000+08:00

* the first thing you get in the morning is monday blues

* trying to get out of bed is a chore

* when getting prepared for work, never seem to get prepared

* you meet with nasty people and sucky job duties at work

* the internet hangs on you

* the bank website is under maintenance and your work all pile up as high as the mountain

* no matter how fast you try to finish your job, but your job doesn't seem to get done

* and before you can leave for the day, you boss calls you to his room to give you more work

Despite all, lucky I had something to look forward to....

To have dinner with my besties, Sammi and Mingli.....we had a short get together at Olio Dome for dinner....the gals went for a movie later on but i can't join them coz i gotta work tml....and i realised it's only monday!!!.....

* the last thing you wan to hear at the end of the day is a phone call from the office at 10.30pm asking about things which you can't visualise in your mind

And this is my MONDAY!!...

I need to take a chill pill....

Fulfilling Weekend

2006-06-25T22:46:00.000+08:00

What can I say?....

I had a fulfiling weekend with my dearest.....we have a short hotel stay in Oriental Hotel ( yes, again!) in replacement of the cruise that we were unable to go....

On friday we went for waxing at Strip in The Cathay....Awwwww!!.....wasn't a painful experience but it was nice that we could do something together....hee hee....

And on Sat we stayed in the hotel the whole day coz it was raining and we were too lazy to get on our butt to move....anyway quality time was spent.....

So enough said.....some photos to share...

The night scene from our room....we chose the Harbour View room this time....

The morning view....

we were early this time for breakfast, unlike the last time we only had half an hour before they close for breakfast...

After breakfast, we went to Giant to get food for lunch...guess what?.....we decided on cup noodles and a packet of apple juice....

And then when we were about to decide to go out...it started raining heavily....

And i was getting bored..

see thru blinds from toilet to room and vice versa..

Let's get straight to the point k, i was really bored...

When it was abt time to check out, we decided to have dinner at Far East Plaza....

off to Wasabi Tei (which one of my bloggies recommended on her blog).....

The appitizer and the sashimi(my love).....

I had salmon teriyaki set

Gabbie had cod fish in claypot....very nice...

The food was great...just that we gotta wait to get in coz the shop only can hold 16 customers at a time....but it was worth the wait.....thanks to esumi_q....

To end of.......i had a nice weekend....no doubt....

Rough Week

2006-06-17T23:40:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the "missing-in-actions" entries....i've been going through a rough week since a week ago...my rough patch have been healed just a little bit....I'm not gonna harp and be a whinny gal...

Anyways, went to work today as usual and went home...been catching on matches of the World Cup therefore eyes are red in the process....

Bought a cake for my dad for Father's Day...

words courtesy by my mum...haha

Then i ZzzzZ slept the whole afternoon.....or the whole day for that matter....

And dinner to Chinatown for an advance Father's Day dinner....

Simple ME...

The restaurant's name is TASTE PARADISE (Wei Zhi Lou)...

The surroundings...

Appetitiser....

Soup
Left: Sour and Spicy soup....Right:Apple and Fish soup

Pork ribs with honey....very nice!!!

Spinach with century and salted egg

Steam Soon Hock

Desserts Time
Left:Advocado with walnut ice-cream... Right:Aloe vera, grass jelly with calamansi serbert in dragon fruit

That's it for the evening event.....

Overall dining experience: 3/5

I was so bored in office today and took this....

That's all for now....

Gd nite!

ONE WORD

2006-06-09T23:51:00.000+08:00

TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Short and Simple

2006-06-05T23:02:00.000+08:00

Had a simple and short weekend....this was offically the first saturday that i work....and for the following saturdays i gotta work too....(sian is the word).....

Saturday after work....spent the whole day with Gabbie and we caught She's the Man.....was relaxing and nice....3.5/5 popcorns i rate it....

Sunday went to visit my cousin who just gave birth last saturday....it's a girl.....and her name is Geraldine....she's only 8 days old (and she's pre-mature)!!!...she's so tiny....it was so amazing...she don't cry loud and she smiles....love her lots...

And today was a tremendously BUSY day for me.....utterly and extremely busy....practically i can't even breathe through my neck......im so tired now....

I'll leave you with Baby Geraldine...

She's just so lovely.!

B.L.U.R.R.R.E.D

2006-06-02T23:43:00.000+08:00

I paused and look at the computer screen for awhile before i starting typing today's entry....the past two days seem like i've been on a roller coaster ride....a very long roller coast with "exciting" twist and turns.....i've decided to join my client's company but i wasn't happy with the minimal pay increase that he give me and i still gotta have a 3 month probationary period.....all these have been harping in my mind and i keep asking myself if i've made the wrong choice.....He said that he'll revise my remuneration after 3 months.....Oh man!!!.....3 mths is a long time....i decided to stay on because he says he'll be flexible when my school starts.....but i'll be anticipating a more stressful job scope......but i think i shall leave it in the hands of God and see what's install for me....

Today i received my copy of the Introductory Edition of 'Our Daily Bread'....gonna start reading after i finish this entry.....

Had a quick dinner with wendy and raymond just now....they were so nice to come over to suntec as i couldn't leave the office on the dot....We had our fill at Siam Kitchen....not too bad the food.....no pictures coz im too tired....

Tomorrow gotta go to work....so im gonna rest early....

Peeps!!!....im gonna need moral support from you guys again.....and too all those who i said i gonna meet you guys after my exams, im so sorry that i couldn't find time again coz after my exams went back to work and still rushing for deadlines.....Oh gosh when will i ever have a break???

2 Years of Happiness

2006-05-29T23:12:00.000+08:00

Today marks the 2 years of friendship and companionship of Gabbie and me.....I just can't enough words to thank him for all that he has done for me.....
for bearing my weaknesses
for bearing my tantrums
for bearing my unreasonableness
for bearing my monthly mood swings (can be real bad at times)
for giving in to me
for making me feel so loved and cared for
for never failing to send me home no matter how late
for giving me surprises and making me smile

Baby, i really treasure all these....and i don't wish to change myself not for the worst but to grow to be even more mature and be more understandable to you......i know we've been through a lot these 2 years.....and i know we can continue to walk through this journey together as long as we have faith....

God will lead us the way!...

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Dearie!

2 celebrations

2006-05-25T23:10:00.000+08:00

Took a day off today and spend it with Gabbie....it's his 23rd birthday today.....Todae we are goin to celebrate his birthday and our 2nd Anniversary(actual date is 29 but we cant meet on that day)....yeah~!!....this morning i had a great SHOCK!!!....woke up and heard a loud bang on the door...got a real surprise from Gabbie.....he sent me roses!!!!24 stalks.....1 for each month that we are together....was so touched.....

i started the day at Mac to have my breakfast while waiting for Gabbie to finish his lesson....then meet him at Cine to get the movie tix for XMen 3.....the show was alrite but was really funny at some parts...den at Cineleisure i got another shock.....Gabbie bought my Ipod Nano for me with all the accessories...I went..."Ohhhhhh Myyyyyy Gooooooddddd!!!".....and i stunned there....

We have lunch at Sun & Moon at Wheelock place....the food there not bad....

while waiting for the food....

force Gabbie to take pictures....hahah....

Gabbie had beef set....

I had chicken teriyaki set....

Then dinner we had it at Pasta Cafe at Taka

Gabbie had crayfish pasta and me salmon pasta with salom roe

Dessert: our usual Blueberry Desire

After that we juz chatted.....and left for home......was a nice day spent together.....quality time which we so long seldom have....

Juz To end off.....

our couple rings....

our reflections...

and finally me....

wore my new wedges todae and my feet and aching like sh*t!!!....never wear so high before.....i gonna rest now....so tired....

~~Happy Birthday Gabbie!!!!~~

Sad

2006-05-21T19:56:00.000+08:00

Yesterday Gabbie went to cancel our cruise tickets and im the cause of it....i couldn't persuade my parents....and i even quarrelled with them to allow me to go....telling them that i'll take care and stuff.....but it's of no use....left Wendy and Raymond to go on the cruise themselves.....sobz!!!...

Anyways, yesterday acompanied my mum to change her flats at orchard....and i got myself a pair of wedges from Itti & Otto

And i had nothing better to do, went to try out how to post video....decided to post a video of my aunt's dog, Spy.....

Till more post....byeeeeee!!!!

Compensation Time

2006-05-16T22:57:00.000+08:00

Since i was sick on Mother's Day so i compensate dinner and gave my mum a surprise yesterday afternoon by sending her a bouquet of flowers.....she was shocked thinking the flowers was for me....muah hahaha!!!....

went to Noble House at UIC building (my attachment building) for dinner...

took the surroundings while waiting for the food....

can make out any word here?

table setting

Now the food...

fried red garoupa with beancurd

brinjal with fried cuttlefish

Tian Ji (frog leg)

hand made beancurd with veggies and murshroom

Dessert time!

dad and i had
(left: mint aloe vera with pamelo pudding, right: red bean paste)

mum had mango with ice-cream

Done!....was so fulled after the meal....

overall remarks......the food is alrite...passable....can try....

Twist of Events

2006-05-14T22:43:00.000+08:00

I was expecting a fun-filled friday.....moreover it's a public holiday where i got to rest and go out with Gabbie the whole day....everything was planned out when i got this freaking tempertaure....actually before i head out i already felt a little unwell but i took panadol and was alrite.....so i went forth with my plans.....who knows after the movie my temperature went up and Gabbie gotta run over to Taka to get medicine for me as it was raining outside and we are stuck in cine....Oh my!!!...i felt so terrible....i was cold and stuff....not to talk about the movie that we watched.....super super stupid....we watched Bewitching Attraction thinking was a sex comedy but ended up it was a freaking NO STORYLINE movie.....i never want to watch korean movies ever!!....

so after taking the medicine i felt better so we went shopping....and towards the later part of the evening my temperature went up again.....so Gabbie sent me home and watched me take my medicine first as my parents wasn't home (and i was proned to fainting, i hate it...)....and i slept.....thinking i would get better....but NO....saturday morning woke up with a temperature again and a painful throat!....so i get my act together and see a doctor....Doc said:"went out the whole day, huh?....open your mouth let me check.....hmmm very bad throat infection ah!....rem don't eat curry and drink lotz of water!!..."....i nodded my head....was actually goin to bring my mum out for mother's day dinner.....and i spoiled everything....slept the whole day and also today.....what a great surprise to my mum....gonna compensate her!!......

look at the silly, awful me..... :-(

we went to Spaggedies at paragon for dinner on friday evening where i ate my deadly soft shell crab pasta!...hmph~!

A good WorkOut!

2006-05-10T23:32:00.000+08:00

Finally done with all my washings....last night actually wanted to blog but blogger went down on me.....so.....yeah.....couldn't blog....

Yesterday evening i remembered that i gotta pay my HP bill so at knock off time when down to the AXN machine.....when i was goin up back to office i passed by Fond Hugs and saw a top.....couldn't resist it and went in to try....and it was the first time i bought what i first tried on....normally i'll go:"Hmmmm, should i or should i not?.....worth anot....ex anot.....???"....but no...yesterday i juz went:"okay, can you get a new piece for me...!".....

my loot yesterday....

cost: $29.90

Hmmm.....quite happy though....

And todae i finally went for my yoga lesson....unlike previous times i always just book and cancel in the end....today i booked and went for lesson....almost reached there late coz of waiting of the bus at my work place....reached 15 mins before class start.....wanting to take some pictures but i was panting for dear life and after lesson i was so tired...nevermind pictures from here.....Gabbie came to meet me after my lesson for dinner....which is so nice....

Anyway i collected my card today.....happy...

I predict that my body will ache like mad tml.....my legs are so tired now....gonna head to my beddie now...

Unexplainable weekend

2006-05-07T23:20:00.000+08:00

My this weekend seem to pass by so quickly that i can't believe that tomorrow is Monday yet again....

Friday after work meet up with Wendy and Raymond for dinner....after that we have a game of pool and arcade games....it seems we are in secondary school again...i forgot to bring my cam so missed lots of pics here

Saturday morning woke up early for my cousin's wedding held at city harvest church....i din bother to take any pics as i think i needn't do that...but the area was big for a place or worship....it was like 1/4 of a indoor stadium.....lots of money put into it with high tech things....

this is wat i wore....

didn't take any pics in the evening coz i was too tired and lazy....hahah....

And today, meet Gabbie for a movie....i wanted to catch Take the Lead and so he accompany me...

quite a nice movie......any dancing movie will attracts me.....nothing compares to my love for dancing....

den we had chocolate cake with ice-cream from the projectshop cafe....

not as good as the first time we ate it.....but we enjoyed the time spent together.....

That's all for my weekend....hope more interesting things will come my way.....

Finally Im BACK!!!

2006-05-03T23:34:00.000+08:00

Today marks the last day of my exams and late night studies.....Am i getting old or what....???....i really can't seem to study really late these days as i used to....anyway today's paper was alrite i really hope that i'll clear all papers...

The past few months have been a really long and tired journey for me....with lots of sweat, scoldings, sleepless nites, rushing projects, rushing deadlines at work ( which im still facing now!) etc etc.....i've actually bought tickets for a cruise in June but i've yet to tell my parents.....i guess i'll need more effort to persuade them to let me go....and i gotta take unpaid leave....hmph~!!....

After my paper todae, waited for Gabbie and we headed down town.....it's been like months since he head to town for a MOVIE!!!!....yes!...i mean a movie.....we haven't been catching any movies since i starting rushing for projects and coping with the work load....and nope....not even on weekends.....do i sound really pathetic?...you may not think so but i think i am.....

And so since MI-iii is opening today....we decided to catch it....and boy.....i was expecting something.....but in the end i didn't go like :"Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!"....so you got it?.....i needn't go into the storyline but you can watch it if you're free....

After that we went to have Ding Tai Fung for dinner....but no pictures of what we ate coz i was too lazy to do so....anyway we juz have a plate of fried rice and Xiao Long Baos....we didn't stay out late coz it's only WEDNESDAY todae and tomorrow i gotta work and Gabbie's got a presentation.....

So now that im back, i'll try bring more food hunts for you all.......at the same time im gonna head down to my yoga class starting from next week.....i gained 2kg in 1 month.....now im aiming to go down 5kg.....please back me up!!....i need lots of moral support....

Im gonna turn in now.....Gd nite!....ZzzzZZZ....

A pig out from my short break

2006-04-30T07:41:00.000+08:00

Im still preparing for my last paper this coming wed.....but i took a break from studies ( i give myself permission) and accepted the invitation from my aunt to have a lunch buffet at Equinox...In my serious opinion, the food isn't that great and the setting alrite only....

juz some pics to fill this entry....

some food i took...

laksa was so-so...but the cheese hotdog was not bad...

my most favourite part....

look at this!

but in the end this is what i got only....im FAT these days....i gotta take serious control

the complimentary cake which was given to my aunt for her birthday this month....

Now for the view from my table....

after that i went up to New Asia Bar to took a sneak view....

bar area

Lastly i took a quick pic in the toilet....i cant stand myself...my ugly self.....argh~!!!!

okie for now....im preparing for church.....

A quick drop-by

2006-04-17T18:20:00.000+08:00

yesterday was Easter Sunday....but spent it quiet....since my dad had his ching ming...me and my mum celebrate easter....so after church we went over to my aunt's place to have lunch....which another motive was to bake my long-awaited brownie coz i dun have an oven at home....

after lunch, we savour on Secret Receip's apple cheese cake....have to eat it warm....

after finishing the cake...so happy....wanted to start baking...

preparations....

helping my aunt with the tracing paper and took out the baking container....

then was goin to open the box to mix the power.....my aunt realised that she doesn't have the beater/mixer...whatever you call....and therefore we can't bake...haiz~!!!...super sad...

so i got to wait till my aunt get that 'machine' then can do....

and i went home sad!...

There will be a Stand Still

2006-04-14T18:21:00.000+08:00

Please pardon me for my abrupt break of posts and food entries.....it has been a really rough month since end of March and starting of April to this date.....im in between the transitional period of handling numerous jobs like studies, work, dad's work, projects......i have deadlines to meet at work ( where i got hell of a time with my boss), projects (3 deadlines being 1 week of each other & considering a sleeping partner for 1 of the subject!!), dad's work (slog thru the nite after classes and work after i get home), and now struggling to keep awake to prepare for my exams in another 1 weeks' time.....

Therefore i declare to take a break from blogging till after my exams.....slog now and play later.!...that's my goal for now....yeah~!!....so REMEMBER to come back here after May 3, okay!!!

some back dated pics from my buddy's birthday dinner....

im holding a ~~cup~~ cup made out of chocolate....taken from junfong's bd cake...haha

and someone gotta distroy it...

and someone gotta disturb me when im tryin to take a nice pic....

and finally myself....

and myself again....i love myself....hahah....

Last but not least.....my buddy is one lucky guy....*grins*....

Though i say i may not post....but do come back to check in once in a while....i may have little updates k!...

Wish me luck for my exams....!

My Buddy's birthday

2006-04-03T00:08:00.000+08:00

On sat i took a few hours off from my project to have a quiet dinner with my buddy junfong, his galfren and my besties....but photos of the dinner are all with him so can't post yet....

I'll just post us...

Junfong, Sammie, Mingli and me...

Three of us....me, Sammie and Mingli....so long din take picture but the mo qi is still there....

Do we look like we are in another country...haha....

Todae is sunday, and was rushing for my dear life for my project again....this is going to go on for one more week and im done....i've got to bear with it...

Just watched the Campus Superstar juz now....Oh my god!....it was the first time that i watch this singing competition and i went all out for Zhi Yang....he really did his thing man.....satisfied with the results....

I can't help but put his pic into my blog....hahah

Okie for now...im continuing my project now!....byez~

Painful friday and Sat

2006-03-25T23:50:00.000+08:00

Because I got 2 very painful cut from my new pair of heels....Oh my....i cant wear closed up shoes and even heel with strap across....

show you can....not very gory la...

this one is with plaster

this one after i took out the plaster to air it....painful man while taking out

See the SKIN on the right!!!

Erm sorry peeps....now for the food pictures....

Gabbie and I went to Changing Appetites yesterday at Marina Square....food not bad but a little too oily....

Gabbie had strimp burger

I had Parmasen Fish and Chips.....very oily at the base...the cheese is inside the fish...

Choco Brownie with villania ice-cream in the centre.....not bad....the whip cream got eaten by Gabbie before i can take the pic...

That's all for now!

Signing off with my Harmony Bear!...special edition one....

More food!!!

2006-03-21T00:19:00.000+08:00

I really don't know what's up with blogger....disconnecting me over and over again....

And now i forgot what i had typed at first...

After the long week last week, my dad rewarded me with a treat at yet another restaurant...at Fort Canning Park

pass my hurdle first....

im not tryin to do anything k....~~the bottom pic~~....

Name of the restaurant....

Scallop with asparagus...not too bad....the scallop is big...yum yum

Diced chicken in black sauce....(the chicken part is from the thigh so it's not rough)

Steam soon hock (watever it's called), in hong kong style....fish was fresh

We only had these 3 dishes.....the food rating is so-so only....nothing really special but the price is like on the high side.....the decor of the restaurant also very normal.....guess we won't be back for more.....therefore we left out desert too....

Now for the rest!!....

one friday when Gabbie came down for dinner with me after he came back from M'sia....we went to billy bombers...we had a set dinner but i only took what we ate

Gabbie had seafood combo...and he din finish it.....bleh...

I had fish....i think it was fried with wheat and oat or something....not bad...

And now for the week where there was the IT show at suntec.....im the super last minute person...and Gabbie went down to check out the printers for me and came to school to fetch me back to suntec again to accompany me to get my printer.....(was so sweet)....

So after the squeeze at the IT show....i treated him to Vien Thai (if i remember correctly).....

Here is what we had...

Our side dish....Fried Tou Fu.....

Gabbie had Zha Jiang Mian....spicy and nice....

I had Soft Shell Crab with curry and rice.....yummy too!!

Gabbie had this desert which is banana with coconut and sago thingy....which looks like saliva to me....hee hee....he says it's nice....and finish it in like 3 gulps

I had fried ice-cream....hmmmmi don't like it coz got coconut inside....and the skin is hard....

That's all for my foodie ending!!....

Till then, I'll bring more food!!!

Wat's wrong with Blogger?

2006-03-19T20:42:00.001+08:00

Wats up with blogger man!!!....

I wan to update my food glarlore, and i can't do it now!!!..

Argh!....blogger please come back up quick!...

Nothing more to say

2006-03-16T02:10:00.000+08:00

Wondering why am i still not sleeping at this hour?.....can you guess it that im doing my project?...and can you also believe that i started to see my project juz 5 hours ago and tomorrow is the deadline?...and im working in like 7 hours time....

Stories are long and tiring to say and repeat.......you don't have to know the contents but just have to hear me out.....I do not want to grumble about deep shit I'm in or how sorrowful i am....I just want to get this over and done with.....

I feel so drained out....be it with work or studies.....really drained to the last drop of my sweat......exam timetable is out.....what can i say.....another planning need to be done.....

I realised that i have not gotten any rest since the new year started....and i guess im gonna continue the same routined lifestyle for the year.....

I promise myself that i'll take a break,,,,,,and i will!...

Give me some moral support.....though silently....i'll appreciate it!....

I gotta keep moving~~!

Wazz Happening??

2006-03-09T23:59:00.000+08:00

This is prolly the first time i do not know how to start on what to say and what to write....This week has really been rough for me....everyday to me seems like im going for war.....I do not wish to repeat what happened during the week.....yes!....it's about work.....but i'll get over it....i'll find the strength...as i still have 2 projects to meet the deadline....

enough for my sad and lifeless week.....let me post up some post dated pictures

From last friday...

Gabbie waited for me at my work place for like 2 hours and surprised me with card and flowers....was so touched....

Last sat's short but nice outing with gab...

Watched the movie Transamerica....rated R21 but was quite alrite....actually not much nudity also....but the ending was quite touching...

Then we had dinner at paragon....i forgot what's the name of the restaurant but they serve nice food....

Gabbie had vongole (i forgot the name)

I had pasta with crayfish and tenderlion (midium rare)

very nice!!...

After that we head down to the Project Shop cafe for our desert..

Walnut choco chip cake....not very nice.....but still the atmosphere is good....quite and nice...with lots of magazines too...

SOME RANDOM PICS

The mug cover given to me by my colleague...she's so nice....the cover can be used as air tight too....and can put the spoon on top....user friendly...2 thumbs up...

I miss the mi goreng breakfast i can have at Tanjong Pagar....bought from a malay store at the hawker centre......

A random evening...i find that the sky is nice so decided to snap it down...

I juz hope i'll be lost and found again....!