my saint

i really thank god for jon, and his car hahah oops. he’s made my life SO MUCH easier because NTU is so far. and leaving school at 8 at night would mean reaching home at 10 and dinner at 10+.

been having a lot of late nights BECAUSE i’m mostly staring into Word Doc and having this urge to burst into tears BECAUSE i feel so stupid. sigh.

destitute aside…. life rocks now because i have a bar of ”silky smooth dark chocolate”. shall have it now!

backlog

i love you, i swear.

please don’t break my heart.

please don’t die.

friday

i took a detour on the mrt after school today. i couldn’t take the peak hour commute, especially when i’m changing train lines at jurong east. it is bloody crowded, and i can’t breathe.

it took me 1 hr 40 minutes to get from ntu to yio chu kang. which is almost 30 minutes more then usual. by the time i’m at yio chu kang, it’s already dark and it was poourring. thank god my mom picked me up from the station. there was a huge jam because of the rain, and i was standing at the taxi stand waiting for her.

it was nice to just stand there. just wait. block out all the sight of people rushing past behind me, the footsteps, the traffic noises… and just stand there looking at the rain falling. the assignments the wordcounts the novels the critics which were at the back of my head slowly fizzle to nothingness. because at that very moment, you have nothing but time and the rain.

dan:s

i saw old people dancing today, without a care about the stares. or the old bones.

they just danced. because it made them happy.

they were among a crowd of people my age, and i’m really glad that they weren’t afraid of being laughed at. because we all could learn from such spontaneous behaviour.

i need such spirit and enthusiasm!!!

 

p.s.: 2 more weeks of school left. then i’m off to being a student for 1 last semester, 1 last time.

we are 6!

 

we’re good together. we’ll be good.

almost x’mas! YAHOO!

it seems like it’s only been a few weeks since we visited the tall x’mas tree at Vivo.

 

 

in actual fact, it’s been almost a year. we went there on the last day of our exam paper.
we had dinner at this restaurant which faces the sea. and it was fabulous just talking and watching the sun set.

btw, we were all looking cui because we were JUST done with exams. can’t blame us.

 

we don’t hang out like that anymore :(

 

and i can’t wait for christmas 2009!!!! mark, i know you’re very busy and has many new friends, but i still hope that x’mas this yr is still together with you! CHOOSE US OK!!!!!!!

when it’s late and you can’t sleep

i am now listening to songs from The Phantom Of The Opera and seriously streching my vocal chords! i can’t stop singing to them!!!!! which is unfortunate, because, if you’ve heard the songs, you’d know that no normal person will sound melodious singing them.

you need to be a sarah brightman or better.

and for the past few nights, i’ve been singing to Wang Lee Hom and Jay Chou and Coco Lee and A-mei on youtube. so lame but once you start, it’s really hard to stop.

i hope no one will judge me by my singing confessions.

 

when all colours come together and play

O H M Y G O D

it’s so beautiful.
i want to cry.

The Amazing Race (spoiler alert for episode 4!!!)

-don’t read this entire section in grey if you don’t want to read this spoiler-

it’s such a sad episode and it made me cry :(

i really like zev and justin because they’re just so awesomely weird. i can’t believe they lost their passport and got eliminated!!! those poor boys!!

they are such nice people and i can see that they are really good friends. not just to each other, but a good friend and person to anyone. plus they fought SO HARD to come in 1st from last place. they couldn’t pronounce phnom phen (or however u spell it), so they were like “Sean Penn, Cambodia” the whole way through. 

sigh.

if it wasn’t them, it would be those cunning and undeserving-to-be-in-the-race poker chicks who are eliminated. they don’t even look like they are having fun at all, especially Maria who always looks hot tempered and impatient.

sigh, again.

 

anyway, went to orchard today and it’s like crowded for a monday. especially at Ion, but that’s expected. we’ve been to the basement of ion, but never to what’s above.

today we finally went up. up and up and up the many many escalators. and i was thinking to myself how nice it’d be to be SO filthy rich and just walk in to ANY shops (CHANEL MIUMIU PRADAA!!! right now i’ll be thrilled to own just a Kate Spade lor.) and have a shopping spree with no concerns about money. ok maybe i didn’t exactly think to myself, i probably said it aloud to jon.

ok this is what i hate about myself, i shouldn’t let my own happiness be defined by materialistic goods. I KNOW!! i am trying to curb that inner brand-whore in me and it’s hard! i see a DEFINITE level up in branded goods’ design and the material used in their products and i like that! can’t say the same for tiffany & co though…

 

alright, got to get on with the task of life. will write in here again soon!

5:41pm

I have some time to spare before i embark on a jog journey, something which i haven’t done since school started.

the optimum time for a jog or a walk is 6pm. because the sky starts to get pretty, and the natural lighting is flattering- in case of jiggling, the soft amber light doesn’t show it that much.

my creative writing class was cancelled today, so effectively i had my day free after 1130. But still… it wasn’t very well spent considering i just got home.

hwei and i bum-ed around at Jurong Point for many many hours. And we went in to practically E V E R Y S I N G L E shop selling hair accessories. siao right!! even those auntie auntie pok kind. hahah and we even managed to find chio things in unattractive-looking shops.

 

 

SO, last friday i had dinner with my deariest girls and had a nice surprise! thanks G Ng once again, i’m really touched!

 

 

And thanks shushu for the chocolate!! i heard from jon it’s strawberry flavour, and i ♥ strawberry!! and it’s “i heard from jon” because he hasn’t pass it to me yet….. i think he might have finished it all. hahah.

 

 

ok it’s almost 6pm! tata love ones!

by the way, i just hit my elbow against an open drawer. might internal bleed to death.

not old, not old

Like all of my blog entries, this is much delayed.

i know it’s a little too self-loving to rant about one’s birthday. but i’m just gonna do it because we all turn 23 only once.

like i said, jon bought me a bouquet of flowers, which is still lying on my floor and alive!

and he very proudly told me he managed to bargain $8 off the original price for the flowers. hahah ok too much info..

and then we left for Sentosa. bad idea because it was probably the hottest day of the century. but before we melted, we took a look see around Sentosa Cove. it’s very beverly hills wannabe but cannot be. the security guards are kinda useless i must say. there was a sign saying “Security check”. but whatever, we zoomed passed the sign and the guards didn’t care. they were sitting with their legs up and chatting to each other.
not a bad place to stay actually. i mean it’s like one of the most classy residential area in Singapore, so OF COURSE it’s not a bad place to live. it’s so quiet there, and lots of privacy. yes i appreciate the peace especially since i’m living beside a fucking crazy couple next door who SCREAMS offences at us and accuses us of very very very true crimes which we have definitely committed like adultery and arson. will post up the sound clip another time. but back to business..

 

our main purpose of visiting Sentosa was actually to have lunch at this pizza place. i went there once with my family and i love the food. but when i last went there, the weather was nice and cooling unlike my 2nd visit. OH the calamari is damn good!!! firm but not tough and not oily even though it’s deep fried. the portion is small for $8, but it’s really damn yummy.

do you see my birth date printed on the ketchup bottle?? what are the odds?
actually i think the label is there to tell the waiters that the bottle is used on 26 Sept, which is the day we were at the pizza place.

 

we left for the F1 race after lunch. yes, early, but by the time we’re done with lunch it’s almost 4. surprisingly, there were like 1000+ vacancies in suntec’s carpark. i thought it’d be FULL or something. i was even suggesting that maybe we should park at clark quay and then walk down.

 

we had dinner at tony romas after that. i love this place ever since i was young kid. and up till now, i still love it!!! the standard hasn’t dropped and the portion is still as awesomely huge as before. look at how much food we have left in the 3rd picture. we couldn’t finish like half the rack of ribs and onion rings. sammie was raving about the baked potato soup and i tried it AND IT’S LIKE BOOOMZ MAN!!! so delish!!!!!!!!! and i love the onion rings!!! and the baked potato with a lot of liao very gao gao and fulfilling. and the ribs, yummy of course.

then ECP after that. a place which i genuinely love, but not really, on that night. hate the fleeting moment where we bid adieu to my birthday and hello to our anniversary.

 

yesterday, we went to sunset grill for dinner followed by The Ugly Truth. didn’t visit my old house this time, because we just didn’t.

do you see a little sparrow standing on the “Seletar Aerospace View” roadsign?

 
by the way, i really love the buffalo wings. many say that it’s soggy. but it’s buffalo wings, not fried chicken. i love the spice used to marinate the wings, it’s sour and spicy and herby and i love it! the pasta we ordered was quite awesome too but we didn’t get a picture of it. because by the time it came, our fingers were already covered with grease.

it’s thursday, no wait, friday. my pseudo 1 week break is gonna be over soon.

could 9 DEC be tomorrow?

we booked our hotel in bangkok moments ago!

Baiyoke Sky Hotel

(picture credit to Google Image and Paul)

i’ve walked past this building countless of times, and can see it from wherever i am in bangkok. and now i’m finally able to go in and go real high. ok la not that high. our room would be somewhere between the 22nd-45th storey. the higher you go, the more you pay. and i guess paying $50 more doesn’t do any justice to our precious money just for a slightly better view. i mean, we’ll be having our breakfast 70+ stories high. we can enjoy the view from there and FREE too.

we’ve got quite a good deal on it, approximately $230 each for 5 nights stay. and duh, with breakfast buffet of course. i love breakfast buffets!! the luxury of choosing whatever i want to eat for breakfast and having endless flow of coffee and juices and croissants and waffles and bacon and butter and yoghurt and etc etc etc . such niceties only happen on holidays.

i can’t wait for the trip! we’ve already started making vague plans, mainly just talking about food and places. no concrete schedule or plan yet, but STILL, talking about all these is making me damn excited already!!

and for heaven’s sakes I PRAY AND HOPE that i’ll find my greatly-missed coconut ice cream at chatuchak. i walked around the whole area looking for it the last time i was there and couldn’t find it. and i had to settle for boring-singapore-also-have coconut juice. i know there’s coconut ice cream in singapore too. but bangkok’s is different!!!! they add all sorts of condiments and special milk and good shit into it and it makes me VERY VERY much wanna orgas.

ok ok i better calm myself down otherwise i can’t sleep.

speaking of travelling, i’m deciding if i should go for Work & Travel USA with my cedar babes. what’s left of us in NTU anyway. and maybe Shing, i heard? it’s daunting, but on the other hand, it’s something i can NEVER EVER DO for the rest of my life. and there’s a chance i might run into Roddick there or something.

gotta think hard think fast. must register by 12 OCT!!

8395 days 154cm 40kg(HAHA)

the day i turned 23 is a birthday i’ll never forget, but maybe not for the right reasons.

BUT- i’ve told myself to let it go so i’m not gonna talk about it anymore.

jon gave me a bouquet of flowers of a different style this year. it’s usually the same old same old kinda flowers and arrangements. but this year, i’ve got lilies, lavendar and carnation. now that i spell the flowers out, it sounds a little mother’s day-ish..

and he made me breakfast which tasted surprisingly good! you all should know he’s not much of a chef. so cooking scramble eggs and sausage and cutting up tomatoes is a big thing! and it’s delicious too!

i’ll post up pictures another time. i’m still feeling a little depressed turning 23. because all i can think of are my secondary school days, and how much i genuinely love those moments and miss the people who made those moments the best days of my life (so far- i hope!). all i want to do now is wake up tomorrow 16 again, put the familiar blue, grey and the tie, stand beside natasha for flag raising, talk and talk and talk on the way back to class after assembly and look forward to recess time…

and jc times are fun too. but it’s such a short 2 years, it’s like it almost never happened.. and then A Levels was a nightmare and i never ever want to go through such an ordeal like that again. the econs and the maths. thinking about it gives me butterflies. yes i am loserish in those 2 subjects, i’m not gonna lie.

 

 

jon and i have booked out tickets to BKK. we’re deciding on the hotels and will book them soon to enjoy the early bird discounts. i miss BKK very very much!!! the last time i went there was last cny. i miss the food and the shopping and just the whole place in general. and i cannot wait to meet cheryl there so we can go for our bloody cheap mani pedi!

and before i end off this short entry, did i mention the amount of workload piling on top of my already quivering shoulders? and how i have a total of 14 essays to write this semester, averaging 1800 words each? and that i have to start on my graduation essay soon? such good times…

early thursday’s

i can’t wait for saturday to come!

not to sound shameless, but i love it when it’s my birthday.

 

anyway, my cousin got married over the weekend! 20.09.2009

doesn’t this 1st picture of them look cute! so shy and sweet, acting like they’re on a first date and totally not like they’re about to sign a binding contract.

 

and my first blue box from my hernie lim! i’ve been eyeing this design for years, ever since it came out like in 2006 or something.

 

anyway, i’m so thankful that it’s the recess week next week. i TOTALLY need it to catch up. why do i keep lagging behind??? it’s like an endless chase i need to stop because i’m getting a stitch.

i love food

i am craving for all food. and i feel hungry all the time! it’s really bad.

i hate feeling so greedy, but i can’t help it when i’m stressed and busy with work. the only way i can feel better is when i put delicious food in my mouth, it’s like a reward. i need to find a healthier substitute. would be great if i wanna run when i’m feeling stressed. i’d be in so much better shape.

gluttony aside, jon just told me that he was wanted to get me a 2.55 this year for my birthday and pay by installments. SIAO RIGHT but so sweet! made me melt and wanna cry for a bit. how can i make somone fall in debt because of my selfish materialistic desires?!?? someone who doesn’t even need to. sometimes the things he do for me makes me hate myself. 

we’ve both been really busy this week and tomorrow we can finally have a day to each other- we’re going to buy 1kg of salmon sashimi from the wholesaler, then buy delicious lunch from AMK S11 (i’m going to buy A WHOLE DAMN LOT OF FRIES) and bring home to eat with the salmon sashimi.  and then head to town for some slackness. after the day out, we both have to return home and be sad muggers again. sigh sigh.

i miss the holidays so much.

 

 

it’s just another rainy sunday afternoon

it is raining coldandcozy. i wish i had someone to hug.

the past few weeks had been fulfilling, because i managed to meet up with people whom i should be meeting with MORE frequently.

had dinner and dessert with my cedar babes last sunday. lunch with what’s left of us in NTU. and another one coming up on September 11 to do something important.

and yesterday, had drinks with my cousins after cousin jy’s 21st birthday dinner.

i will post up pictures of these another time, and i’m really sorry shikky i haven’t uploaded the picture of the iceberg yet! i will soon i promise!

in the mean time, let me share with you some droolies which are more affordable then my 2.55. yes i’ve learnt to call it “my 2.55″ because i’m gonna get it some day. berton suggested getting it for myself on my 25th birthday, because it’s a mark of my quarterlife and thus symbolic. i am taking that suggestion very seriously. but anyway, here are katespade bags which i ♥ too. they have very nice colours with solid lines and shapes and have many nautical inspired styles which i am a fan of. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh wow ok enough. i’m already pairing them with outfits in my head.

till another time! XOXO!

the world’s so little

i cannot believe that school is starting! it is sad sad.

what’s even harder to believe? it’s that shikky’s status says that she can’t wait for school to start!!!! she likes to be busy! hahah. such a busy bee. i would so rather slack around and do the things i like.

i know, i sound so useless as compared to dear shikkles. but hey, i willingly admit to that. just hope that my future boss will NEVER EVER see this. but who knows, i may just be my own boss. good luck G★!

 

 

and so my room’s been painted but not yet bragged about. hahah. it was hard hard work! jon and i spent the whole day on it. it lasted till past midnight and i was aching and sweaty and a little delirious. everywhere was so messy and dirty and i couldn’t stop cleaning and mopping. it was intense..

some pictures of objects around my room:

i have been looking for the elephant carebear since FOREVER. and i actually found it in Manila for only $6! how happy i was man!!! it even has heart shape toe nails how not to ♥??? then jon added to my collection by giving me a mini carebear keychain. a tag says that it’s name is “Harmony”. not the best of names.. i named my elephant Gellie, and no prizes for figuring out why.

 

we all love the pretty seashell clock which i bagged in Philippines, right?! i forgot to take a picture of my matching seashell tissue box, but i imagine it’d be pretty easy to picture it.

 

i know this post has been frivolous up to here. but let me be. it’s probably going to be the last time for a long time. i no longer have the luxury of time when school starts, which is what i hate most. :(

 

Jon managed to get last minute tickets to the NDP parade from his uncle. so off we go, very excitedly!!

 

pictures of the parade will be up on fb soon. or, for better resolution and higher quality ones, you could always see the newspaper or google them or something. and note the woman in sunnies beside jon in the 2nd picture. have a story about her to say later on.

 

okay, remember the woman beside jon in the photo? well she is from china, who opens up her umbrella and doesn’t care if the sharp parts of it are jabbing into jon’s head. i would think she would realize it since china is so densely populated and you’d probably be more aware of space constraints. but whatever, their pristine manners are always a delight and are forever welcomed. so she came to the parade with her singaporean man friend and she was helping her singaporean man friend to paste the singapore flag tattoo on his cheek about 20 minutes into the parade, and look at what’s on his face?

 

 

i am not being critical here but how can u get i wrong? we have flags flags flags flags surrounding us EVERYWHERE! so disgusting.

i close my eyes and i count to 10

 

our mouths made this the fantastic thing which it is- it contained the food we love, drank the potion we adore, talk the talk and laugh the laugh.

oh, how lucky are we!

i am not amused

our English division is moving over to the new building, and very very ironically, the building has smaller seminar rooms which results in smaller class size. BUT what’s bizzare is that the cohort now is exponentially bigger then the number of people in my year. so why are the class sizes shrinking?????

FUGMAN i only have 1 module registered.  fucking O fucking N fucking E!!! i cannot be polite about this anymore BECAUSE i find it so hard to understand!!! why are we moving to the new building then???? this is my final year, I NEED MORE MODULES!!!!! i rather have an old building (which is ALREADY quite spiffy, by the way) and have more vacancies per class.

add/drop period this semester is gonna be a do or die for me. FUGMAN :(