with the number of tests coming up, my brain is probably defunct and fried by now. business statistics test tomorrow, wish me luck! for someone who sucks at dealing with digits (except when it comes to counting angbao money), i think i need a lot of that.

i can't remember the last time i actually had a really really good time. it was probably eons ago, like during last semester's holidays. i am feeling utterly deprived!! it's even harder to have a good conversation with anyone nowadays. yup, in short, life is routine to the maximus..

it's still 2.5 months before this semester officially ends. however, i have already mapped out the gazillion things that i wanna do. I CAN'T WAIT FOR SCHOOL TO BE OUT! lavonne if you're reading this, pls register for sch quick so we can be lunch n shoppin buddies!

finally, i'm guessing on the probabilty of 0.7 (yes too much of statistics) that this shall be my last post on this blog. i'm moving on to greener pastures - probably livejournal. well, might leave the url here, till then, adios!

before my blog gets smothered by the layers and layers of mould accumulated over the past 1-2 months, i'm back for an update. seriously, my interest towards blogging is heading towards the exit sign.

so many things (both good and bad) had happened lately that i dont know where to begin. well. i guess shit just happens so lets not get there..

this is my first entry of the year, which means, wow 2007 is what, over again?!?! that's pretty fast.. i had little drama during year 2007. everything was pretty smooth sailing, and for that i am definitely not complaining. and jan marks the 5th month of my r/s, and that means almost 1/2 a year.

i told joel i was bored of our usual meet and bum in town routine. so, i suggested for a stay-in saturday and did baking for a change! and just like any other boys, he wasn't very into the idea intially but i managed to convince him. and true enough, we had sooooo much fun in the kitchen that day!!

fussy me took forever to decide on a recipe!! and we decided on oreo cupcakes :D made our way to the neighbourhood to get our ingredients right after lunch. and it was time to get the hands dirtied...


the batter joel is preparing..




and i completed the whisking and it's almost ready for baking


but what is oreo cupcakes when theres no oreo added into it? joel did the pounding and crushing of oreo cookies...


little "cuplets" before maturing in the oven


so while the cuplets headed to meet the heat, i made the frosting by combining icing sugar and butter together. i know it looks a lil gross but photo just doesn't do my frosting justice la! lol


the happy cupcakes without looking so raw and crude


ta da! this photo doesnt do my cupcakes justice la! i swear it looks so much better in real life! so yup, we spreaded the frosting and dusted it with oreo cookies crumbs!




MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

joel's sister & her bf said it's good. joel's dad said it's tastes good. joel's mom gave thumbs up. my dad said it tastes great except the frosting is a lil too sweet. we didn't do many so it was snapped up pretty fast...

THEN the most dreadful part came. cleaning up ): ok but i think joel washed like 3/5 of the mess we created :

after a long long day in the kitchen  
 
 
and then doing what he does best, ji siao me while i snapped!

we ended the night by me taking a shower, and him sinking into bed for his daily reading.. then it was a car ride home! yup, thats my 5th month celebration. pretty simple but damn fulfilling (:

ok it's getting late i'm off to bed before the eyebags set in! in the meantime, i hope everyone is having a great new year so far (: everyone shld be busy spring cleaning for CNY, looking forward to the yummies and red packets. urm and i'm one of them.. have a happening CNY everybody!

with warmest wishes :D

i can't start to write about how weird i have been feeling lately. things just haven't been easy and my incapability to pretend or rather, let go, just make everyone pissed off and frustrated. there are some petty things i wish i can overlook, but there are just some things which i can't stand... of cos, i have come to a realization that if i can't change certain things, i really gotta channel my energy into other places.

red star dimsum restaurant with the classmates on the 17th nov



my long awaited dimsum craving was finally satiated


pretty sleepy due to the lack of sleep the previous night ):

dimsum there is not too bad. my parents recommended me to go there. we didnt arrive very early so the variety was pretty limited and everything was snapped up. nevertheless, it was a good catching up session for the girls.. i believe the outing called to celebrate my birthday was just an excuse to meet up lol!




caught the movie 'enchanted' with joel over the weekend and i love love love it. disney is creative enough to come up with such an idea of fairytale meeting realism. quite a predictable storyline but found the whole message of the story pretty thought provoking.

soo thursday came and i finally met GOH for our starbucks lepak session. she had been craving for donuts so we followed the crowd and squeezed into the donut factory queue at suntec, which didnt take us long. finally settled down for iced earl grey at millenia walk and we received a phonecall for a last minute events job! ka ching ka ching!



met the boys - alwin, dick, sammo later for dinner. they are such an indecisive bunch. walked round the whole of raffles city before we decided to go thai express. havent seen dick in forever ever since he returned from australia. the boys were drooling over the box of donuts i clutched in between my fingers and then sammo suggested getting some... insisting that donut factory is overrated and we have to get our hands laid on munchy donuts instead. so the final verdict was. yeah, donuts factory is way overrated. munchy donuts produces softer donuts and a wider array of flavors which are more likely to entice your tastebuds!

the donut war





couldnt join the boys for sheesha due to work the following day..
work was fun, we spent a lot of time goofing with the malaysian contractor and it was just hilarious. we pulled numerous pranks lol and the germans love us i swear!

 
 

JB KIA. he is an asshole.

so anyways, ms Goh and i had truckloads of freetime so we usually opened the fridge and looked through what we could play with. we found too many cans of beer so we used it for guessing game. ms. Goh sucked at this game, totally. out of 4 rounds she could lose like all 3 rounds. but i was quite a sore loser when the forfeit changed to pickles. i refused to swallow it..



weekend was the best. went for dinner with joel's family and his in laws (to be) at this fine dining australian restaurant called Whitebait and Kale located at one orchard boulevard, camden medical centre. i didnt bring my camera, hence i just took the pics straight from the restaurant website. seems like a place is catered to expats. prices for each dishes are pretty steep.







interior was impressive, with a mirror plastered on the ceiling to show how the chef prepare all the food. they even had a free wine appreciation session so it made joel's dad go ga-ga all over it. i think their baked snapper pie and lemongrass creme brulee are OWNAGE. baked snapper pie comes with generous amount of snapper chunks, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes stuffed in the crispy pastry! *drools*

sunday was our usual day to bum in town or just catch a movie. we made our way to ikea @ Queensway cos we wanted to look at some furniture.. so here are some pics

 
 
 
 

made our way to marina to catch The Tattooist. swear we're becoming movie buffs. anyway, i loved the weekend.

highlight of this week. jenn is finally returning from Shanghai, reunion baby!

 
 
 

with the classmates at coffeeclub @ marinasquare after exams
 
mudpie, sandwiches, pasta, baked rice. well, the end of examination calls for a celebration (plus my birthday was nearing lol) wooo i love the mudpie and the great service there. coffeeclub is always my favorite (:

swa gardens restaurant with the family & joel. let's just say we didnt take pictures but found a few on my folks together with their darling jeiel.
 

and here's me, all happy and satisfied after dinner.. cos i was on my way to warm the seats in a movie theatre. FINALLY. caught The Game Plan and it was a pretty heartwarming show. but joel thought he wasted money. lol.

yayy. pasta waraku with my close friends from poly, belinda and danniee (: sorry quite a bad picture. i must say that the staff there are extremely friendly and they make sure that the customers are well taken care of. even received a complimentary ice cream and coin bank from them.



coffeeclub with bf @ paragon later! yayyness to my morning dew tea. never fails to make me smile. jennifer and tim were nearby so they dropped by before the cafe closed. these two lovecats were doing some last minute shoppin before they left for shanghai.

 

fruitful meetup with long lost friend yvonne. i brought her to ms clarity cafe which i was pretty sure she would love due to the great atmosphere, delicious yet affordable food. what followed next was a shopping trip at Bugis and there, this man was defeated by our super aunty & maniuplative bargaining skills. self absorbed bitches were we, as we started snapping once the feet and mouth got a little tired from all that walking and talking!

 
 
 





k la still got a lot more but i shall spare you guys. yvonne, sorry as you know, i'm still the procrastinator you knew years ago.. and that hasnt changed. so i shall send you the pictures pretty soon! i swear i swear. lol.

12 o clock struck and i was instructed to go down. there, i saw a somewhat familiar car, where someone beckoned me and ta-da! found the bf at the backseat of the vehicle, with a lil bed&breakfast table erected at the centre of it and greeted by a peck on the cheek "happy 20th birthday darling!"

 
no birthday song cos he said he cldnt sing. so we had dashboard confessional for birthday song. cheebs!! proceeded home after the candle blowing as we planned to devour the cake. but ended up with him eating most of it!!! nevertheless, i've got the sweetest and prettiest stalk of flower in history..

my actual birthday. knowing that bf lacks culinary skills, he prepared both of us instant-pasta as he topped it off with sausages and bacon ham.. and after lunch was... off to town. there i got pissed with some sales assistant (an aunty btw) who was obviously giving me bad services..  @#$@#$@#@#$@# Singapore oh Singapore, when will all your sales assistants learn!??!


bf, thanks for the surprises! i love love love love love each and every one of them. everything is good as long as i have your company, and you know it (: 20th birthday was perfect cos i have you! all that efforts are not wasted at all ok? cos i love you much :D

14th at Zouk with key, mel and jenn, and mac in town for cake cutting!
everyone enjoyed themselves tremendously!
met a few new people - jem, winfield, xiaowei, ben, junior, stella and found an old friend kianheng. all in all, it was clean fun and phuture was packed to the maximus! mambo was a lil boring that night but we adored the company!


BLISSSSS.

 




 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

and everyone's fave pic of the night!


last but not least, jon and my lil jap experience at this nearby restaurant beside Gallery Hotel. RAMEN, liang court and 3 tubs of HAATO ice cream. those lychee sorbet (which tastes like margarita) and gawd, green tea. HEAVENLY. needless to say, i am completely guilt stricken due to the amount of carbo, sugars that i had been consuming these few days.

 

love love e(me).

ok there goes my birthday post. still have a few pictures from the dimsum outing with my classmates and ma celebration with mayann. some pictures never came lol and i'm a lil lazy. ok, i better get bathed ASAP.

have a nice weekend everyone! (: guess i won't be updating anytime soon!!

the only constant is change.

i hate how we, as human beings, are vulnerable to changes, yet we are all helpless.. i hate the fact that feelings, be it both good and bad, are just fleeting and temporal. life is quite a game.

i'm in a pretty pensive note as of late. i guess cooping myself at home just isn't helpful. sooo monday comes, joel's gonna accompany me to go to some job agency and get a job. hopefully, meeting some new colleagues, doing some productive work will take my mind off ridiculous thoughts. been a lil messed up, i guess i need to readjust my lifestyle to "find" myself again.. havent been so quiet for this long.

i took some time out to clean my room yesterday. i'm just half way done. my room is in an utter mess. i threw out quite a lot of stuff as i'm moving soon. so might as well? and my mom just refused to let me paint my room red.

and i'm a little lazy to upload the pics from my birthday. lol. yes yes, bummer am i, even tho i have all the time in the world now. im gonna sit down and do some planning on my holidays later.

pooooof.

happy 20th birthday to me.
the end of being a teenager.
welcome to the big 2 club, they say

to the friends: i appreciate every cake, every dinner / lunch bought for me, every sms, every call (especially those who sent their wishes from overseas), every friendster comment (lol), every gift, every celebration! each and everyone of you guys are a blessing to me! even though our schedule doesnt permit us to meet very often, i am still glad you guys remembered my birthday and sent over yr well wishes (: love.

the girlfriends: awesome awesome night yesterday. wouldnt have enjoyed it without all of you. mel i know you really hate the sardine packed place but i'm still glad you came lol. and oh girls, thanks for the orgasmic chocolate cake!

to the family: no one is gonna read this except my sister i suppose. JI, thanks for the gift even though you handed it to me way earlier. i will make full use of it and make sure it is worth every single cent! thanks for coming for the dinner too (:

pictures filled entry very soon :D
i'm happy.

motion city soundtrack is back with a new album. i find this video awfully cute
"broken heart" by motion city soundtrack.
damn stupid video but i thot theyre kinda creative to film it from the perspective of the heart.
gonna take care of the poor fragile heart... lol



I'll start this broken heart.
I'll fix it up so it will work again,
Better than before.
Then I'll star in a mystery,
A tragic tale of all that's yet to come.
Finger's crossed, there will be love.

But I get carried away,
With every day and every fantasy.
The deeper the wound,
The harder I swoon,
And wish that that was me.

So much to say,
But no words to convey,
The loneliness building with each passing day.
But I'm getting used to it.
You have to get used to it.

I'll devise the best disguise.
A brand new look and take them by surprise.
They'll never guess what's not inside.
I'll express myself with ease,
With confidence and character complete.
With fingers crossed they'll talk to me.

But I get carried away with every page in every magazine.
The cheaper the thrill,
The deeper I fill my head with blasphemy.

So much to say,
But no words to convey,
The loneliness building with each passing day.
But I'm getting used to it.
You have to get used to it.

I'll destroy this useless heart.
I'll fuck it up so it'll never beat again.
Not just for me but for anyone.

But I get carried away,
With every phrase and made up malady.
The longer I hide behind these lies,
The more I disintegrate.

There's so much to say,
But no words to convey,
The loneliness building with each passing day.
I'll never get used to it.
You just have to live with it.