Worth a Million Words

For Greener Grass

2010-05-09T19:07:00.005+08:00

I've been thinking of doing this for a long time. All new entries will now be updated at blog.fifthstorey.com.

Hop over! And relink (if you haven't already).

Evil

2010-05-03T00:09:00.000+08:00

I could almost feel the whole situation reenacting all over again. It came so close, even after all these years.

Prolly the reason that I'm still feeling this hiccup is not because I wasn't given a chance to explain; but rather, I never felt like I was fully understood. There is a difference.

It's the King's B'day!

2010-04-27T22:28:00.008+08:00

Fab dinner at Saraceno Ristorante.

And homemade Tiramisu for the birthday ~~boy~~ king!

Haha I didn't know that Lion was still happily wearing that post-it note when we took this photo together. It looks so amusing now.

For his beloved birthday present, Lion was picky to the max please! Want a watch with roman numerals and rose gold finishing, must be heavy and preferably a different brand from all his current watches (like 15 of them)! I combed so many places and..

this was the best I could find :)
Muahaha of 'cos I'm kidding. I gave up hunting and brought that picky boy along to pick a watch together.

Yay mad glad that he likes my gift! *Skips around. (He choose one of course he like lah -_-)

You Made My Saturday

2010-04-24T23:08:00.004+08:00

Satisfied gastronomical tantrums at Kichn :)

Slacked for a long time before getting on to the real thing - photo shoot for Sil's project, and after that, we were on our way to slack again.

Speed walked / ran / hopped from Lasalle to Marina Square to catch a movie - Shutter Island. People who have watched and concluded it's lame 'cos you think that the whole show is all about a nutcase who hallucinates, then check out this article. Kinda wordy but it's worth the read because SHUTTER ISLAND ROX. I've re-watched the film to further convince myself and now I can't stop marvelling the epic work of this director. Intelligent, really.

15 Minutes

2010-04-22T23:45:00.003+08:00

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."

15 Minutes is just love! :D

Look at the expressions of those kaypos when they listen to gossips. Priceless.

Wahahaha and like Yun said, I think I've found my true soulmate - Cass.

*Slurp :)

It's Wednesday!

2010-04-22T20:36:00.001+08:00

First time clubbing with poly mates!

Haha it was meant to be a post celebration of Stanley's birthday - topped with butter, xiao long baos, starbucks, chicken cheese murtabak..

and beef burger and fries. OMG sinful max. Plus, doing late nights on a weekday is not wise at all :(

Validation

2010-04-19T03:02:00.001+08:00

This film is beautiful.

Miss $100's Birthday

2010-04-18T05:24:00.000+08:00

Tammi held a 22nd birthday celebration at Club Dolls @ Windsor Hotel 'cos she didn't celebrate her 21st -_- Hahah anyways, it's been years since I last met up with the "cheermates."

Couple got sabo-ed up on stage and boyfriend downed 10seconds of Martell neat in front of everyone haha. Stay pretty or prettier Tam!

SJAB Gathering

2010-04-17T23:58:00.004+08:00

It was supposed to be a larger gathering for more long lost SJAB members but most couldn't make it. I guess it was kinda last minute and everyone's having exams so Jan, please organise another one!

The familiar faces.

At my fav place - Bliss Cafe!

It always feels good to catch up with old friends.

Jan even planned a memorabilia exchange for keepsake purposes lol.

Kevin's 21st

2010-04-10T23:53:00.000+08:00

4D3N Zhu Ma Zhen 2010

2010-04-05T15:18:00.002+08:00

Day 1: Singapore to ZhuhaiA holiday, like finally. And it's NOT Malaysia.

Everything at the airport fascinates us 'cos it had been six long years since my family last traveled by air together, and this time round, Lionel came along too! :D

When I saw how squeezy the plane was, my hopes of having plane food were dashed. I thought we only had bottled water to survive through the night (our flight was at 3am btw) so we all went to sleep.

Later at 5am, food came! OMG THERE'S FOOD! Most people find plane food disgusting, but everyone in my family is just so obsessed with it. Maybe because we don't get to eat it anytime.

Day break.

Funny signs at Shenzhen airport. I couldn't stop chuckling at the "For weak only" (outside a toilet cubicle).

The moment we hopped on the tour bus, we were being fed a second round of breakfast.

Some statue sightseeing at Zhuhai.

Looks candid, but actually we posed for it lol.

Lunch was scary. The way the restaurant spammed us with dishes within minutes gave all of us a shock. Food was pretty nice, but they serve this weird China beer.

First stop where the tour attempted to con us into buying some Chinese medicines / tonics / DEE's antlers. (In the end everyone received a free sample of their skin product, lucky never buy ar.)

Second stop where they attempted to con us into buying silk. (In the end everyone received a free silk handkerchief -_-)

Next up, shopping at Gongbei!

Baby and I wanted to reserve our appetite for egg tarts till we reach Macau, but these look way tempting to not try. It was heavenly..

Then, for the first time in my life, I kena pick-pocketed. I was too careless but I swear that the thief was a fcuking ghost or something. Didn't even feel a single shit. Fortunately, I wasn't left with much cash after much spendings but I lost my debit card, driving license, and EZ-link card.

Lesson learnt: Always keep your valuables in ZIPPED compartments.

Dinner - another spam of 10 dishes :\

The hotel was very thoughtful. Kept reminding us to drink water and to beware of landslips LOL.

Day 2: Zhuhai to Macau to ShenzhenWoke up feeling much more replenished. I guessed everyone crashed real hard the previous night due to the tiring flight.

Setting off on a 3-hour journey.

Finally arrived at Macau and our first stop was the Ruins of St. Paul's.

Oh yeah, sightseeing.

I look like me on the left of this blog.

We cam whored till we forgot all about the time and became the last ones to board the coach. Mad paisey :\

Waahaha! Golden Bulbasaur.

If they were to have an English translation for this signage, it'd probably be, "Lush grass green green, leg down leave sentiments."

We were expecting lunch to be something different 'cos we saw people having 'Dim Sum' but we still ended up with 八菜一汤 -_-

After our boring lunch we headed to Venetian - the place I've been so looking forward to but we were only given a total of one hour! *Wails.

It was rushy shit. Allocated ourselves 30min in the casino, and 30min for photo taking. But anyhows, my first casino experience was damn thrilling please! I can now understand why people get addicted and to be honest, I didn't felt like budging either. Haha but time was such a limiting factor so we left after doubling our initial bets.

Pretty place~

Savouring the famous Macau egg tarts on our way back to Shenzhen.

There's this thing about being in tour groups: people always try to sell us stuffs, even while we're eating. Last night's dinner, my parents bought three grilled oysters as extra items from the restaurant, then today, we got served a full plate of the exact same thing that was already in our included meal.

-_- This time round, they sold us fruit juice.

The art restaurant was a nice place though, and they had this uber cute Siberian Husky as a house pet!

*Melts.

Attractive decors gave us yet another reason to cam whore.

Checking in Bonanza Hotel.

We went for KFC sinful supper opposite our hotel. Wanted to try their original chicken but it was sold out :(

Day 3: ShenzhenA park visit early in the morning didn't sound very enticing, but.. it wasn't as bad as I thought lah.

The park was so huge and pleasant and everything unlike Singapore's! The biggest turn on was the weather though! Chilly to the max~ Now I know why the people in Taiwan dramas can jog and play basketball with jackets and trackpants on.

Acting cute ^^ HAHAHA *pukes.

I can jump and kick a ball and still shiver underneath thick layers!

Retards.

No walking around headless and no handicapped dogs.

Visited another park after lunch, but a much bigger one this time.

There were lots of different themed sections and Lionel commented that everything were imitations of all other countries.

Check out the slacking starfish mascot. Damn funny please!

Pretty mummy :)

Cable car!

Check out the peak of the mountain.

Then check out this ride on the peak of the mountain. My ~~balls~~ guts shrank immediately when I saw this, but I'm still game for a try if time permitted.

Imitation of Henderson Waves.

Top right pic: Filipino maid and China man hairstyles LOL.

We spotted a classic moment while walking in the mini town - a whole tray of carrots and vegetables came rolling down a woman's trolley. It felt almost unreal for an instant. I don't know I think it's just me 'cos this usually happens only on TV.

Mutated carrot.

A performance after dinner and I fell asleep during the first 30 minutes hahaha.

To fulfil the unsatisfied craving of the original KFC last night, Lionel packed back four pieces to the hotel for supper :\

Day 4: Shenzhen to SingaporeOn the last day, we were brought to look at the real expertise of the Ching Chong lands.

One big shopping mall selling imitation goods! And all the shops have the same stuffs -_-

Lunch. What's new.

We opted out of the optional tour so we had four full hours of free and easy. Tour guide told us about a shopping mall across the road but it was nowhere to be found so we nua-ed at Starbucks.

After settling down, Lionel went to ask around and was directed to one mall like a few kilometres away. We went there nevertheless, but nothing to shop one leh. I felt like Paragon, too high class already.

Got pirated Eiffel Tower though.

Third round of KFC. Six pieces this time! Lionel is crazy~

This was supposed to be part of a series but it was a fail.

This was slightly better but still not good. We need a tripod and more time the next time!

Now tell me what's the difference between lunch and dinner. We got really really sick of all their 八菜一汤.

Spotted this at the airport - a petrol kiosk for mobile phones hahaha.

Another night flight.

I seriously wonder if a Singh would be offended if he sees this!

A Night of Rebel

2010-03-28T14:07:00.005+08:00

With Silsil and her secondary school friends. All very friendly :)

There's something about clubbing that makes ice breaking and networking easy like ABC. Everyone just drink drink play 5-10 go dance floor anyhow bobble get high (some get drunk) and then know each other already LOL.

I'm really glad we have each other <3

Uh Huh

2010-03-27T19:52:00.000+08:00

Kai Can Cook, So Can Youuu!

2010-03-27T19:38:00.005+08:00

I was forced to wake up early on a Saturday morning to attend a cooking class and it's all because of whoooo? None other than my evil boyfriend.

He received a So EZ Cooking voucher due to our food blog and since it was FREE, the gian peng him die die also cannot miss out. Initially we thought that we could do it together, but when Lionel found out that it was only entitled to one, he very cleverly registered the lesson under my name -_-

Okay lar, but at least my boy is nice enough to wait and watch me cook from outside. I guess he's the one who is truly bored.

Was taught Western cuisine consisting of 'Caesar Salad', 'French Onion Soup', and 'Chicken Cordon Bleu'. All were pretty successful except for the soup which turned a lil chao ta.

The tai tais and housewives (regulars of the cooking classes) were all very amicable and helpful, but they must be wondering why am I learning cooking at such an age. Haha 'cos FREE what. That Lionel hor, acts like he's so interested in me attending the class, but I bet if I ask him to pay for it he confirm suddenly lose interest already. Original price is S$85 eh mai siao siao.

We later smuggled the food into the cinemas to catch When in Rome and Lionel gobbled up 80% of everything!! Wow I must have been a really wonderful cook LOLOL.

DA MEI NU's Birdday

2010-03-25T20:41:00.003+08:00

It's Meiting's birthday, so she gets to choose her location for lunch.

Frankly speaking, I don't really fancy Fish & Co, but the food at The Glass House was quite okay, so I'm not complaining :)

Gonna sound cliché, but may ~~dreams~~ ambitions come true babe, and continue to stay crazy please so that I won't feel like I'm the only one. Ha!

Crubbing at Zhouk

2010-03-21T14:09:00.005+08:00

I brought my brother to club! LOL.

He had turned 18, but he's a January baby and his friends are all not legal to drink yet, so he came tagging along with the adults.

Bailin's 第一次 given to me, Lionel, cousin Peimin, and her classmates.

I wanted to try the 'Flaming Lamborghini', and Lionel wanted to recommend this cocktail named 'Dreamer' at the Wine Bar, so we went there and ordered two of each 'cos they had a 1-for-1 promotion.

I was quite hum ji so I shared the Flaming Lamborg with Peimin, but I didn't really like it. Maybe I was fearing the flame so much that I didn't even bother tasting the drink and just gulped everything down. Dreamer, on the other hand, was mad nice! I'm so gonna order that in phuture trips (pun intended).

Returned to our table at Phuture for more drinking games and drinks. I thought that the alcohol was a little too much for a first timer to take, and before we knew it, Bailin started shuffling on his own like nobody's business. He instantly became the centre of attraction, but damn, he was good. We were in awe, onlookers were in awe, even I was in awe. I never knew he could dance like that. How come we both got similar genes but I don't have such talent. Not fair :(

Anyway, we were all very entertained and I'm glad bro enjoyed his night. Been long since I had such fun :D

Oh, TGIF!

2010-03-20T01:32:00.007+08:00

Chairs are uncomfy; toilets are crappy; but fab company overrides all unpleasant factors and Fridays are beautiful once more.

Don't ya just love the weekends? :D

THE Real Holga

2010-03-17T19:25:00.006+08:00

Film photography is so different from digital 'cos every snap is a surprise.

My virgin attempt on a film Holga indeed ~~surprised~~ shocked me much when I saw how "Sadako-ish" the human shots turned out, which I don't understand why when the photos are taken under broad daylight. Haha *shrugs. Prolly a mistake in the settings or something but I'll keep on trying. But then again, maybe not often 'cos film is so damn expensive :(

2D1N Malacca

2010-03-15T23:48:00.008+08:00

Weekend spent in Malacca was non-stop food binging action. We hunted for new makan places, and also returned to some familiar ones from our previous trip 'cos they were too good.

Double dates are fun but I think our boyfriends totally hate us when girl power unites. Hahaha nevertheless, it was a very (stomach) fulfilling trip!

Multiplier

2010-03-10T22:54:00.004+08:00

"Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So - if you give her any crap, you will receive a ton of shit."

- I Can Read

Pretty crude but funny. So LIONEL LIM, if you continue to bully me, I'll..
*Ahem. Rephrase.

If you treat me better, I'll treat you like the best in the world :)

The Much Heard Walk

2010-03-08T21:16:00.009+08:00

We often have this 'my-area-is-better-than-your-area' debate in the office, and though Meiting raves about the East and says Hougang sucks (!!!), she contradicts herself with constant complaints of the loooooonnng distance she has to walk every morning before she reaches the bus stop (which only has two buses FYI and once you miss it you gotta wait like damn long).

So on Sunday, Yuling, Julyn and I went over to Meiting's place for a Mahjong stayover. The fast game ended at 2am; girly gossips till we fell asleep at 4am (?); then headed to work together the very next Monday morning. How happening lor!

This was us experiencing Meiting's super loooonnnnngggggg walk to the bus stop.

Haha apparently Yuling and Julyn became more of my background rather than the subject.

Mum Made Me Drink This

2010-03-07T16:10:00.007+08:00

If you think this looks like your usual Chinese medicine dressed in pink paper, take a closer look then.
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Er, it's quite obvious what is it now right? Haha and I just gulped down three bowls of black stuff that this thing churned out :\

Barrage Picnic

2010-03-06T23:26:00.003+08:00

Digging these Candies

2010-03-05T23:53:00.009+08:00

Wow I can do the typical "love quotes blog" style kinda photo too. I dunno what do you call it but they all look like that.

Pack of sweets are from Sticky @ The Central. Yum~

Food for Thought

2010-03-05T01:40:00.001+08:00

Yun shot me this question which she came across during a job application.

"Sometimes people misinterpret what we do. How do others see you that is different from how you really are?"

My answer: Most people think that I'm a siao zha bor with a couldn't-care-less attitude but actually, I give my best to matters that I really care about. Few people get to see this side of me, 'cos I don't bother showing them anyway. As long as the recipient appreciates, it's more than enough.

There are many friends whom you can laugh and have fun with, but how many can actually get close to your heart?

We often judge, analyse what's wrong or right, then start labeling others or preach to those we care about. But who are we to judge? What gives us the right to?

How often do people around you advise you against something, but you still went ahead nevertheless because your heart tells you so but you end up getting hurt. Now then, as guilty ones, do we still go around penalising the (so-called wrong) decisions of other people just because they have also chosen to "follow their heart"?

No one is me. What do they know? How do they know how I feel?

There is no right or wrong company. There is just whether a person makes you feel right; and whether a friend makes you know that he or she is true.

No one's a saint anyway. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone has flaws, and all these have got nothing to do with whether a person is worth befriending or not. It's like saying I should hang out with a righteous lawyer because he is righteous, instead of a hooligan who comes to my rescue every time I need help. Haha two extreme cases just to illustrate.

Like I said, how many people can you really connect with and pour your heart out to? Extremely exiguous, and once I spot them, I cling on tight. Life's too short to miss people out like that.

If a hurdle made a friendship stronger I believe it's totally worth it. And it's through the process of overcoming the hurdle which reveals the amount of effort and sincerity that both parties put in.

But of course, if you blew up too many chances then you're a bitch and I should obviously ditch the friendship lah. Hur hur tell me about my tolerance level and number of chances I've given before giving two friendships up.

At the end of the day, I am absolutely sober of my own emotions and I can handle my own relationships. If I fail, then I ORBIQUACK lor but no one should ever walk over and say, "See, I told you so."

There isn't a thing called regret. We learn and then move on.

When I Grow Up

2010-03-02T21:27:00.001+08:00

"Lollipops turn into cigarettes. The innocent ones turn into sluts.

Homework goes in the trash. Mobile phones are being used in class.

Detention becomes suspension. Soda becomes vodka.

Bikes become cars. Kisses turn into sex.

Remember when getting high meant swinging on the playground?

When protection meant wearing a helmet?

When the worst things you could get from boys were cooties?

Dad’s shoulders were the highest place on earth and Mom was your hero?

Your worst enemies were your siblings. Race issues were about who ran the fastest.

War was only a board game. And the only drug you knew was cough medicine.

The most pain you felt was when you skinned your knees, and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow?

And we couldn’t wait to grow up?"

- Author Unknown

Taken from Rozz's entry.

OOOOOOOOMMMPHatico's

2010-02-22T23:13:00.007+08:00

Our last good meal of the month shall be marked with our virgin piece of wagyu beef at Oomphatico's @ Tanglin Mall.

Oooooooommph.. Lionel and I fell head over heels for the charming English cafe AND the wagyu. This place, is almost too good to be true.

Anyhow, a few days ago I was tabulating the total amount of money we had splurged on food. Since three years ago, I've been collecting receipts each time Lionel and I dine in a restaurant and initially it was purely for keepsake purposes, but now, I think it's high time I do the maths much as I do not wish to. The sum came up to an average of S$1300 per year! That was excluding times when I forget to retain the receipts, excluding our usual (non-restaurant) meals, excluding the lot of snacks and desserts, and all in all, that was the expenditure between the two of us only. I often dine in restaurants with my friends too and I don't wanna know the amount :\

The dating game is so expensive especially when we're both such crazy food junkies. Thus, we've started a $200-only-per-month scheme where each of us fork out $100 for food, movies, entertainment, or whichever nonsense (special occasions like birthdays not counted). This month, we burst the budget by a quarter++, but I hope we can abide to it closely in months to come. *Crosses fingers*

City (Not Very) Alive

2010-02-21T16:08:00.007+08:00

Been to the much anticipated street (supposedly dance) party - City Alive, only to find ourselves pacing all over the place, playing with random stuffs, and simply cam whoring. Strictly speaking, the party was rather b o r i n g.

We left a while later and headed to Minghan's house for Mahjong! And THAT, was more happening times ten lor! (I said that because I was the biggest winner of all muahahahahaa.)

Happy Birthday Mummy :)

2010-02-20T21:21:00.000+08:00

Brought mummy to the TCC @ Marina at Keppel Bay, and my, the view was indeed awesome! I know she love pretty places 'cos she's a sucker for ambience just like me. It's all in the genes man haha.

Celebration at home. What's with the posing with four spoons?

I hate to admit but my parents are catching up with age real fast. I want to earn more moolahs to give them a good life. Wait for me~

Sweet

2010-02-19T23:49:00.008+08:00

Sigh I shan't be evil so I decided to remove those not-very-nice words previously. I'm sucha bitch who contradicts myself all the time.

Happy CNY and Valentine's Day

2010-02-14T23:56:00.010+08:00

Not a big fan of both festivals but it's indeed a time for a good rest. The past mind-grating week was packed up with work, deadlines, and lack of sleep that my health finally bit me yesterday.

Slept through 3/4 of CNY eve and 1/2 of today. As I type these few sentences, I'm feeling the fatigue all over again (prolly also due to the drug effect) so I'm crawling back to my bed once again.

P.S. Thanks baby for popping by just to pass me a bottle of self-made honey and some medication. I feel the love yo XOXO :)

Virtual Image

2010-02-12T22:52:00.007+08:00

Much busy as I am, blogging is still one of the activities I enjoy doing most despite the time it robs from me.

But sometimes, I get really out of breath when I only have so much time to catch up with the happy image I've painted in this space. I do know of people who read my blog 'cos they find it entertaining (?) and also a handful who used to envy my love life and have since been loyal readers till now.

The reason why I usually blog about happy stuffs is because those are the memories I want to be reminded of when I run through my archives in years to come. However, it doesn't imply that I'm always this chirpy and optimistic about life (it's a bit weird if I am right). I'm only human and there are times where I feel down too.

Recently, my relationship had fallen into a whirlpool of emotions and drama which made both of us almost want to give up. The quarrels, the cold wars, the words of anger, the attitudes, the assumptions, the disappointments, the egos, etc etc. It was like a huge train crash but I'm glad that things are slowly getting back on track again, at least for now.

It takes years to build up a relationship, and just minutes to end everything. No matter what, I always believe effort is the main key to all relationships in general (not just BGRs). "People come and go." I can't decide who will come, but I can decide who will (not) go.

Sunday Morning

2010-02-07T17:21:00.004+08:00

Kaya and Jamjam at Wild Honey @ Mandarin Gallery - the restaurant that serves all day breakfast. Isn't it AWESOME! :)

Level 4 Buffalo Wings

2010-02-05T23:50:00.000+08:00

I died.

TCC Never Fails

2010-02-02T23:45:00.006+08:00

Good food makes me hungry; good food makes Yun happy; good food makes Han sleepy. Hahaha.

Caught Up in a Koi Frenzy

2010-01-29T20:33:00.003+08:00

Ever since I brought my colleagues to the Koi Cafe outlet at Chinatown, they all got hooked and started going there at least once a week despite the distance, the weather, the hassle..

and the queue.

Waiting is never a problem because we can always cam whore.

Koi bubble tea FTW!
On a side note, work has been mad busy with never ending deadlines, but it's these kickass colleagues that keep me going.

Papa's Birthday

2010-01-24T22:18:00.006+08:00

Popo joined us for our dinner celebration this year, and so we brought her to Nihon Mura @ Yio Chu Kang Stadium. Yes Jap cuisine, and speaking of which, I'm proud that my grandma is very receptive towards trying different types of food. Just tell me now, how many "Ah Mas" out there are game enough for Sashimis? ;)

Popo was damn fascinated by the amount of sushis on the conveyor belt. She exclaimed (in Cantonese), "Whoa why so many! My head is spinning." Haha so cute.

Papa and mummy.

Back at home :)

Rockery Rockz

2010-01-23T23:56:00.007+08:00

Jan and Kai nua-ing after a day of City Plaza shopping. Gonna be clad in long sleeves and tees this coming CNY!

Lo

2010-01-20T21:12:00.005+08:00

I've been eating and snacking non-stop recently, and I'm feeling FUCKING F A TTTTTTTTTTT with low self-esteem. And every time that combo happens, I'll enter the state of denial and refuse to check my weight. (Haven't done that for more than a month.)

One fine day, I finally plucked up enough courage, so I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and stepped on my weighing scale.. When I slowly opened my eyes, I saw nothing but this.

"Largely overweight." FML.

Bro's 18th Birthday

2010-01-17T21:25:00.002+08:00

Dinner at Beaulieu House @ Sembawang Park.

Followed by cake cutting at home :)

High on Tea!

2010-01-09T22:44:00.007+08:00

Omg omg high teas are all about desserts pastries and desserts and I've been yearning to try one for a long time, so one fine weekend, I dragged baby along although I know he doesn't really go crazy over such stuffs like I do. But I can't help having a sweet tooth right.. so I offered to treat him 'cos for that price, he'd find it wiser to spend on lobsters and oysters.

Halfway through the bus ride, we alighted and rushed a cab down 'cos the high tea buffet was starting. Lol we are super gian peng but buffet time is very the precious one okay!

Here we are, at Chihuly Lounge @ Ritz-Carlton Millenia, stuffing ourselves silly with all that sin. More sin exposed at our food blog.

The hotel and everything else is so aesthetically pleasing, and I think it's one of the leading factors that contributed to my voracious appetite.

Pwetty place + pwetty food + boyfriend = happy.
Happy = eat a lot!

Farewell, for Now

2010-01-03T22:52:00.008+08:00

This is our last outing with the Nixons before they return to Houston. Wanted to make it a happening one by going for a paintball shootout initially, but when we reached there, we were told that a booking of at least one week in advance is required. Zzz got so popular meh.. (Sour grapes alert.)

But since we've already traveled the distance, we settled for the only walk-in option available which is the lame kind where you stand and shoot at stationary targets.

It LOOKS exciting though -_-

The whole lot of us then headed out for a movie later in the afternoon. Man! Avatar has to be the movie of the year!

Afterwhich, dad brought us to a fantastic place for dinner - Seletar Terrace @ Seletar Country Club.

Nice view, nice food, cheap cheap good good. What a hidden find!

It will be another 2 or 3 years till we meet again. See y'all on Facebook, you FB junkies ;)

True Colours

2010-01-03T11:39:00.000+08:00

This game totally brings out the bitches in us and we love it! :D

Chopped!

2010-01-02T20:03:00.000+08:00

I told my stylist, "Feel free to do whatever, I just want it short."

Funny how much faith I had in him when it was only my first time stepping into his salon. But I do understand the how all designers love creative freedom. (Hair designer web designer sama sama lah.)

Hesitated long enough for this and I think I'm not regretting it.

A Buttery New Year

2010-01-02T13:27:00.005+08:00

Our first time to Butter Factory and it was AWESOME PAWSOME! :D

P.S. This is the last time you'll be seeing me in long hair hiak hiak.

We All Love to Draw, Don't We?

2010-01-01T16:20:00.013+08:00

And my IM clique especially love to draw on faces!

So to revive some Faber Castel moments 2 years ago, I invited Marcus, Bernard, and partners over to my place on New Year's eve for some house games.

Monopoly - go to jail, draw on face; free parking, draw on face; pay super tax / income tax, draw draw draw!

We even fasten the forfeit pace by playing the "poking game" afterwards. IDK what it is called lah, but as long you poke the right hole, you get drawn again. Haha sounds damn wrong.

All of us ended up looking crappy like that LOL.

We have a trans, a hairy man, a 二郎神, an animal, a ??? and a pirate(?) in da house.

Later in the night, Jan came over and joined us at the basketball court downstairs to doodle some random gibberish with sparklers.

The coordination was difficult, shingz, and comical all at the same time.

Taking things back indoors, Yun, Cass, Han and Aaron came as well, and that made a total of ELEVEN people in my tiny room. Broke record siol!

And we played drinking games all the way till 4am plus in the morning. What a fun fun funny night! :D

Lynn's FOREVER21

2009-12-31T20:11:00.007+08:00

Spent an afternoon with a girl whose birthday falls on the last day of every year. Yep, and she's none other than Miss Lynn Ee Hui Min (haha like how she likes to call me by my full name too :p)

Had lunch at The Soup Spoon @ VivoCity as requested by the birthday girl.

My first time trying out The Soup Spoon and I love it!

Next up, as requested by the birthday girl again, we went to Underwater World. It has always been her wish to go there since 2 years ago (IDK why), but since I'm DAMN NICE, I accompany her lor.. Hahaha.

I forgot what these worm-like thingies are called, but they were pretty interesting.

Was wondering how come this fish looks so familiar, then I suddenly recalled. You know.. our postage stamp?

Underwater World is now merged with the Pink Dolphin Lagoon, thus we tan tio a chance to catch the (non-pink) dolphins and sealions show.

Octopooos. Kinda yucky.

And guess what? This is actually a cuttlefish! I never knew it looks so OMFG hideous!

Like totally ewww! I can never eat cuttlefish the same way again.

Okay, moving on.. to something much prettier.

Got flower siol. Chio~

Black Nemos.

Favourite shot :)

Unicorn fish.

Touristy touristy.

The weather was so hot that the moment we got back to VivoCity, we chionged to Ben & Jerry's for a pint of ice cream.

Three flavours inside!

Call us gluttons or gourmets. We wiped the pint clean and spank! Hur hur.

And So We Gathered

2009-12-30T23:53:00.011+08:00

Three families - the Gohs, the Lees, and the Nixons.

Siblings' reunion for my dad, and cousins' reunions for the "kids" (or so they called). It's been a good old century since everyone last got together, and two of my cousins don't even remember the existence of another.

So.. to break the ice, dad suggested that we go play some balls after dinner.

8 players, 2 teams.

Oh yeah, and my score instantly became the joke of the night. Haha IKR.

3rd Day of Christmas

2009-12-27T23:48:00.004+08:00

The evening was spent enjoying a quiet dinner at Soprano @ Portsdown Road. Hmmm Italian, one of baby's favourite cuisine.

I know it's love when we look at UGLY candid photos of each other and say, "Hahaha this is cute."

Hortie with Bestie

2009-12-27T23:30:00.011+08:00

Much wanted a photo shoot for myself at the (supposedly prime) age of 21, but studio makeovers are so darn expensive, hence DIY is the way to go! Nothing beats doing it with your best girlfriend where the company is comfortable, plus quality time is spent together. Come to think of it, this is like my first outdoor DAY trip with Jan ever (double dates not counted) because our schedules usually only allow us to meet at night.

Took us quite some time and hassle getting to HortPark, but never did we regretted our choice of venue 'cos the place is so pretty!

Anyway, both of us look damn posers please HAHA.

More photos in my Facebook album (if you still haven't got sick of our faces -.-)

Boxing Day

2009-12-27T02:17:00.004+08:00

Xmas xchange with the jiao langs planned in 2008 was postponed to this 2009, and apparently, the gift that I've prepared rotted in my cupboard for one full year!

Open numbers! Haha damn old school please.

I've gotten a Windows 7 manual with no CD -_- (only Jarryd would come out with something lame like that) and a book which looks like a rather good read.

Jean got herself a kinky dice game, and we started playing with it immediately.

How come the only couple never get forfeits with more kick!?

~~Class photo~~ Malay wedding.

Jarryd suddenly shrieked into Stanley's ear.

And we all turned berserk LOL.

SJAB Xmas Party

2009-12-25T14:41:00.007+08:00

Dinner, gift exchange, card games..

..and a log cake, are what that make up the usual SJAB's xmas party.

Skipped a turn last year, so this year, we gathered again, at the same place with the same photo pose.

And the four of us nua-ed through the night till Christmas! Love homely cosy gatherings like that :)

Last Seen: 2006

2009-12-24T22:25:00.004+08:00

Three years has passed and my aunt is back in Singapore again! She lives in the States with her ang mor husband, and once every two / three years, aunt would return to her hometown (which is here) for a vacation with her family.

This Christmas, the Nixon family spent the eve with us.

Just a simple dinner, uncrowded and undisturbed :)

Vibrant Night Out!

2009-12-24T13:03:00.008+08:00

Cheers to a full day off on Christmas eve and a dinner treat to Timbre @ The Substation by our boss!

Roasted duck pizza <3

After dinner, few of us headed down to dbl O for some drinks and dance.

All coincidentally clad in black.

Music was boring so we left and uhmm, walked around Robertson Walk to cam whore.

Posing with boss the statue.

Individual shots.

Rubbish shots.

VERY NICE shot (as according to Meiting)!

Kicking shots.

Hopped over to St James afterwards. The queue for Powerhouse was insane, so we went to Dragonfly, which was like ewww when the getai singers showed up. Changed over to Mono then we stayed all the way till dawn.

Two Retards and a Cup of Coffee

2009-12-12T19:37:00.007+08:00

Chilly caffeine is like heaven to the soul on a darn hot day, but that idiot snatched away most of it! *Stares*

We spotted ourselves on the front cover of a magazine haw haw haw.

Tiny like ants but still quite song.

I suddenly recall the finger puppets made like half a year ago.

Taken before we went to slack at Coffee Bean.

Er, failed.

Another Polaroid of us!

Totally random photos here and there.

Here Comes THE BLAST!

2009-12-06T20:15:00.036+08:00

Using the word 'awesome' to describe my 21^st birthday parteh is simply an understatement. Awesome not being the party itself, but it was the people who made it more than awesome.

I was as smiley as the balloon that day :)

After going through a round of venue hunting, White Tangerine Cafe @ Paya Lebar Kovan CC seemed to be the best pick and it was hence settled there.

Went down early to do the decor, and I wanna thank Jan, Silvia, Cheryl, Flor, Ronald, Vivian, Lionel, and my family BIG time for the helping hand!

Buffet food was whipped up by the cafe and I heard it was pretty decent. (Spot the leopard prince.)

These table to table shots looked great 'cos everyone was posing for the same camera. It may seem like a simple thing but I tell you, when everyone starts to look in different directions, the photos will turn out really chaotic which happened during the cake cutting later.

Nevertheless, kudos to Adam for being the man behind the lens!

My chio birthday cake! But it's not a bimbo 'cos it tasted superb as well. Got substance one okay!

The limelight is me!

All the group photos are over at my Facebook album, so here's just something to sum up the entire "press conference" HAHAHA.
[Video credit: Alan Leong]

Conclusion: When I'm at a lost, I adjust my cap. A LOT.

Everything ended at about 11pm sharp, and after packing up, I got home and headed down to St James for a girls' night out! Thanks baby for fetching us here and there :D

It was just me, Shuxian, Silvia, and Jan. Small company but a whale of fun!

Once again, thanks to all who made time to attend my birthday bash. Wouldn't had be a blast without you guys. I feel the love yo ❤~

Three cheers to being FOREVER 21! Muahahaha!

The Calm Before the Blast

2009-12-05T02:46:00.007+08:00

'Green Tea Bavarian' from The Patissier :)

Baby did the cake cutting with me outside my office at his car boot because the cake could only last for 45 minutes unrefrigerated after collection.

What's with Patissier's cakes man, seriously. I remember the 'Passion Fruit Meringue' that I bought for baby's birthday could only last for half an hour.. but no doubt that it's like the best cake ever. PFM FTW! LOL.

Dinner was at "this place" which baby told me not to share, else the tranquility there would be spoilt. LOL as if everyone after reading my blog will chiong down to the restaurant -_-

In any case, the food was pretty mediocre, but it was more of the atmosphere that we both enjoyed.

Kopi-soh and beer uncle.

This I like :)

Sushi Spreeee!

2009-12-01T22:50:00.002+08:00

Shared between Lynn and I. And we both agree that Ichiban Sushi's sushis totally pwn Sakae's.

Survivng on Vouchers for Dinner

2009-11-30T23:04:00.002+08:00

$6 unwithdrawable cash + three $5 Bakerzin vouchers (only two usable) to steal a meal.

Featuring the two poor blokes on the last day of the month. Payday tomorrow (hopefully)!

Friday Night Just Got Better

2009-11-28T01:28:00.007+08:00

Public holidays are such a relief, especially when it contributes to a long weekend! :D

Met up with Jan on Hari Raya Haji (sounds kinda off) and both of us were in the mood to travel, so we headed down to Holland Village.

Dinner place was settled down on Essential Brew.

After our main courses, I was served a lighted apple crumble. Awww! It lit me up instantly when I least expected an early birthday celebration. Janjan's so sweet :)

The two "bird's-eye view" photos look so funny yet special.

Hopped over to Wala-Wala afterwards to chillout.

We were waiting for the live band but it never came, and same goes to the whole stretch of the bars / pubs there. I then realised later that it was because of Hari Raya that most of these "music makers" were celebrating haha.

Thanks Jan for the treat. You know I appreciated everything :')

On a random note, this is my 1000^th post!

Charity Organisations

2009-11-24T21:55:00.010+08:00

Yay I've got a birthday card!

From an charity organisation -_-

Hur hur. My first reaction when I saw this was to roll eyes.

I did a quick observation of the card - good quality material, factory printed, and it didn't seem cheap to produce one of such. And the charity organisation mailed this to me because I was "encouraged" (by my previous company) to donate a small portion of my working salary to them on a monthly basis.

If one of these cards cost say, 50cents, from manufacturing to mailing them out; imagine an average of 100 donors' birthdays per day. Do some maths and you can guess how much money is spent, and IN MY OPINION, I'd rather they save the cost and put it to better use! Like REALLY helping the needy!

I mean seriously! I donated money not to receive generic printed cards saying that someone I had helped wanted to thank me yadah yadah. It's lame. And I don't give a fcuking damn. If that someone REALLY wanted to thank me, I would believe in handmade cards, letters, or even a phone call.

But that is not the point. The point is, I don't see the point in charity organisations painting pretty pictures sending well wishes or whatsoever. They should scrimp every single cent to help the poor what! Walau, one card could buy a char siew pau to feed a hungry man lah!

That is why I've never believed charity. If I were to donate, I'd give them directly to the ones who need it, not through some stupid companies who use my money to send birthday cards to their donors.

My Art Friend

2009-11-22T22:42:00.005+08:00

Went to Art Friend with my friend from an Art School to shop for art materials. Thanks Sil for doing all the walking with me, and I admit that I can be quite indecisive and lost at times. In fact, both of us are lost most of the times hahaha.

Saw this free costume photo shoot thingy at Iluma and Sil immediately dragged me in and signed us up.

She's Kill Bill and I'm Wolverine (in shorts). FAILLL. But it was so fun and funny.

Got up to Iluma's rooftop!

Love this angle. Make us look ~~deceivingly~~ tiny.

Had tea break cum dinner at Mint Cafe @ Mint Museum of Toys.

Great food, great company, great Sunday!

Diana's 18th

2009-11-20T23:23:00.007+08:00

Because she DIEEEEE also refuse to reveal her age, so she shall be granted forever 18 hahaha!

Diana was so happy with that strawberry shortcake Yun and I bought her, and she kept on posing and posing with it.

Ended up at Han's Cafe @ Harbourfront Centre because every other restaurant at Vivo City were filled to the brim and overflowing! And we kept teasing about how sad and canteen-like the place was.

It was sucha short Friday. Nevertheless, Fridays are still my favouritest day of the week. Weekends yum yum! :D

'Primo Combo' is Now 'Triple Play'

2009-11-19T22:40:00.007+08:00

Took a trip back to where Lionel and I first met - just that Spageddies is now replaced by Chili's.

I think Chili's spent quite a sum on renovation and advertising (bus ads, advertorials), and the weekday crowd was surprising - a total 360° transformation from Spageddies.

However, food wise, both of us weren't very impressed by it. Plus, prices were steep too. That just made me miss old Spag more :(

X'mas decors are up! Hur hur, in fact, the whole of Orchard Road is already fully geared for Christmas. Same thing as last year, most of Tanglin Mall's decor are made from clever use of recycled materials. Haha see if you can spot them.

Speaking about Christmas, help me click the big red ball on the right side of my blog pretty please! Thanks in advance muack muack!

We missed the foam snow last year.. Hmmm, I wonder if we'd be able to catch it this year. *Hint hint* LOL.

Policy Review was Just an Excuse

2009-11-14T03:08:00.004+08:00

An appointment with my financial planner over some nice coffee.

A great dinner before.

Followed by a walk in the rain to IndoChine @ Clarke Quay thereafter.

One and a half years into working life, and as we grow, future and plans are becoming common topics now. Who else none other than my own best friend can I entrust my finances and ~~25 years~~ life to?

It was Friday the 13^th, but screw that so-called omen. Mine was lucky a one, and I'm just so damn lucky to have you :)

Going to the Park with the Same Sex

2009-11-12T23:16:00.010+08:00

Some time ago, cousin Peimin told her boyfriend, Jayen, that she went to Punggol Park with a girlfriend. Jayen's reaction was like, "Huh? You go park with her for what? You les(bian) ah?"

LOL that was Peimin's joke to me while we were on our way to Punggol Park today. Yes, not to les, but to have dinner at Bliss Waterfront Dining & Bar. Haha and that was the exact same reason why Peimin was at park with her girlfriend the other time.

I really love the tranquility of this restaurant (or 'Bliss cafe' like what me and my friends usually refer it to). It's like so nice to chill, and so near my place; with my must-order spicy fiery wings.

Photos look very cui so I post small small. The random little girl was just to complete the collage but I think she's like the prettiest here lor -_- Hahaha!

52 Years for JJ

2009-11-12T16:53:00.013+08:00

Birthday cake from Awfully Chocolate (real awful 'cos we're doing their awful website) and birthday muffins. HAHA birthday muffins! Seriously, how "creative" can we get. And if you can tell, the muffins were supposed to look like the letter 'J'.

It was a surprise celebration for Jasmine and Jek over lunch, at Brotzeit @ Vivo City.

Anyway, if you are wondering who these new faces are in my blog, let me digress a little. I'm currently three weeks into my full-time job at VibrantStyle and they are my colleagues! Work is xiong, but the people keep me going. Everyone is pretty nice so far :)

German sausages!

The full VibrantStyle team. (Higher management people can't smile properly.)

Another group shot. (Meiting, what's with the seductive pose lol.)

Flor's 20th

2009-11-05T23:21:00.010+08:00

Flor's birthday with me was simple affair - dinner and chilling at TCC @ Circular Road. My treat!

Needless to say, food was great! (Click here for bigass photos of them.)

And omg beanbags are the stuffs man. They're so nice to nua on that I almost thought I lost my backbone hahaha.

Anyway, we took quite a number of photos using my compact cam, but I don't know why, the memory card bo dai bo ji got some error, and everything was erased (T_T) Damn it.

Luckily, we had some self-timered shots in my DSLR, but most of them turned out really funny and hideous.

FLOR THE SIAO ZHA BOR ROCKS. Happy birthday! :D

Fighting the Waves

2009-11-01T23:13:00.005+08:00

It was an intended 6km walk along the Southern Ridges with Sil and Flor, but blur cock us didn't do a proper research on directions, thus we ended up waiting half an hour for the bus before realising that it doesn't operate on Sundays -_-

We hopped on a cab wanting to go Kent Ridge Park, but the taxi uncle only knew the way to HortPark, so that shortened our journey like 2km? Haha.

Starting point!

There was nothing particularly interesting to see except for bridges, walkways, nature and more nature. I wanted to go to this garden at HortPark but we had already missed it right from the start and it was impossible to walk back. So we moved on for a good 2km before arriving at Henderson Waves.

This part was more interesting (not really actually, but rather, more aesthetically appealing) so we stayed and took loads of photos.

Jump shots which led to the idea of our Wave Fighters!

Nua-ing under the hot sun.

Just as we thought Henderson Waves was quite near to our targeted end destination - Vivo City, we were so wrong! (Three of us are extremely bad with directions btw.)

Judging from the map, it was least another 2km along Mount Faber before we could reach Vivo.

Luckily, no trees nor branches fell on us along the way LOL.

It was mega shiok-ness when we hwainally reached at the mall I tell you!

Settled ourselves down at HK Kim Gary and had a great (cheesy) lunch :D

Sil returned to school (on a SUNDAY omg) while Flor and I just hung around and took silly photos with props and mascots -_-

Wahaha I had a pretty good weekend!

Wave Fighters

2009-11-01T22:47:00.001+08:00

I can't help but to love these photos! Tell me you love them too!

Wahaha it was a trio outing to Henderson Waves with Silvia and Flor, and random impromptu ideas just sparked off while doing some jump shots. Kudos to Flor for capturing the perfect timing on shutter :D

Hell-oween

2009-10-31T23:15:00.009+08:00

Experience a different kind of Halloween via the Ching Chong way!

[Photo credit: Lionel]

New Food Blog!

2009-10-30T23:52:00.001+08:00

Me and Lionel's old food blog is so stagnant that I almost don't remember having one. One fine day, I had this random sudden urge to start a whole new food blog, so here you go!

http://lazyfoodies.blogspot.com

Check it out yo!

Sizzling Saladsssss

2009-10-27T23:08:00.010+08:00

Having a buffet at 8pm (when our body metabolism is at its lowest) is like crazy and madly sinful lah! The four of us - Lynn, Flor, Vincent and myself met to gorge ourselves silly at Sizzler's salad bar, but errr, at least it's a salad buffet righttt?

There's lots of greens ~~with fattening dressings pasta meatballs deep-fried potatoes french toasts~~ and lots of green, and greens are healthy, so so, it's something good right? Haha *self-delusion*

I think I ate the most among them lor, five full plates excluding soup and desserts. I'm one who totally can't resist food that's placed in front of me, especially yummy, and UNLIMITED amounts of food.

Big big thanks to Ah Lynn for footing my bill and driving me home! :D

Why is Pubic Hair Curly?

2009-10-26T17:52:00.012+08:00

As you might know, all hair grows in hair follicles. Follicles are like tiny holes beneath surface of the skin. They have an opening at the surface of the skin. Hair follicles exist all over our bodies. The shape of the hair follicle and the "bulb" at the bottom of the follicle determine the shape of the hair growing out of the follicle.

Hair follicles are generally round and straight, so that the hair that grows out of them is straight. Even before puberty there are short, straight, thin hairs in the pubic area. Sex hormones (called androgens) that are made during and after puberty circulate throughout the body. The hair follicles in the pubic region, underarms and beard are especially sensitive to androgens. Androgens apparently make hair follicles in these areas twist and also make their bulbs kink. The result is curly, kinky pubic hair.

As you know, these hairs are also thicker and coarser than other body hair. You might wonder why girls don’t grow beards, if both boys and girls have these sex hormones. The answer is that boys’ bodies make more of the male sex hormones, and it takes more of these hormones to stimulate the change from straight to kinky in the facial area.

Taken from Peggy's entry.

So, more sex hormones = more curly hair right? No wonder my mum and a few friends told me before that very hairy men are GENERALLY (I'm not saying all) more horny. Though I believed them but I thought it was just another "you know, people say.." kind of thing, but now there's a scientific explanation behind it. Hahahaha. Spot-on!

Shutterbug in the Making

2009-10-24T23:47:00.007+08:00

I'm like pretty eggcited because I've finally got a girlfriend who is interested in photography as well! Which spells - shooooting trips :D

Spent a good afternoon shop hunting for second hand DSLRs but to no avail, so we decided to just camp online for good deals instead, which is a better bet from what I told Sil from the start.

Anyways, we were looking for a coffee place in vicinity later and settled down at Max Brenner Chocolate Bar @ Esplanade Mall.

Not coffee, but chocolate was as good, if not, better!

Their crepe was a piece of heaven! :D

Evening ended with some random shots by the Singapore River.

I can't wait for us to do some crazy shooting together! Countdown three weeks from now. We shall go outdoors, perspire, and kiam bui! (Then get hungry, go for good food, and gain everything back -_-) Hur hur.

I Like a Bit of Everything

2009-10-20T10:44:00.006+08:00

This is what I did so that I could savour every single flavour.

I realised that this weird eating habit somehow reflects on my character. Indecisive; fickle-minded; prefers variety over quantity; loves sharing; but one thing which I really can't stand about myself - I'm a "Jack of all trades, master of none."

Until now, I still dunno what I am good at. What am I good at? I'm becoming an adult soon but I haven't even found my direction in life.

P.S. Thank you love for the box of yummy cheese tarts!

Yunyun's 21st

2009-10-18T18:35:00.014+08:00

I had a whopping time at Yun's birthday slumber party! :D She held it at Naumi Hotel - exquisite and expensive, but service was screwed up and retarded.

Checked in early with Yun to ~~have some private time to ourselves LOL~~ help her out, but before I knew, we were already going gaga over the chio room and started popping in complimentary cookies and making espresso out of their machine.

It took us almost an hour to settle down and get cracking on the deco.

Shortly after, Han came to help with the deco; Jan came to do up the birthday girl's make up; and Cass came and became a hindrance.

LOL see what I mean!? She only knows how to fool around and only I entertained her! It was frigging hilarious though.

Cake cutting!

THE NIGHTMARE CHILDREN LOL.

Kaikai Yunyun Janjan :D

Played some forfeit thingy later at night and all of us had sucha great laugh! Uber funny please.

Then we drank, chatted, played some confession games till like 5am. Ate Mac breakfast and concussed in the king-size bed straight after. It was simply wayyy too comfortable!

We checked out the next morning leaving the room in a complete disastrous mess. I think the hotel staff will hate us to the core. Revenge for sucky service muahahaha.

Wuu Know Stacko

2009-10-16T23:18:00.003+08:00

Friday chillax with Lynn and boyfriends at White Tangerine Cafe @ Paya Lebar Kovan CC. It was a creamy pastaey clink clongie clashy chocolatey chatty night hohoho.

2uality

2009-10-16T18:51:00.004+08:00

My first time seeing dry 'Yong Tau Foo' served this way; it was pretty unique I must say.

Sil told me that she slept only 2 hours while rushing for her '2uality' project, and I just realised that I had the same amount of sleep as well. Went to bed at 5am ~~last night~~ this morning, and woke up at 7am. Body clock cuiiiiii BAOOOO :(

I went to check out her school - LASALLE College of the Arts and their projects, and Sil actually suspected that I was there to steal ideas. What the heow lor -_-

There's Always Room for Dessert

2009-10-15T21:23:00.014+08:00

My first Tiramisu "experiment" turned out to be a ~~huge~~ success! All who tried it loved it! :D But of course, there's always room for improvement and I shall take note of certain points till I the next time I do this again.

The supposedly failed Tiramisu (with a missing ingredient) came as a pleasant surprise. Not only did it not FAIL, the cheese sibeh gao ah!

It was also less "watery" as compared to the second correct one (below).

And I realised that if you coat cocoa powder on and leave it overnight together with the Tiramisu, it actually tastes better than the instantly coated ones (like how restaurants usually do) but the latter certainly does look more visually appealing.

In Need for Desserts

2009-10-14T23:47:00.016+08:00

I had this strong sudden urge to make a Tiramisu two days ago (I don't know why), and today, I decided to go ahead and do it!

It being my very first attempt in making one and having heard many rumours on how tricky this Italian dessert is, I was secretly feeling proud when I found it quite a breeze to prepare actually.

Once done (or so I thought), I happily opened the refrigerator door and..

To my horror, I saw the whipping cream staring at me!

You know what that means!? I've forgotten to add in that damn ingredient! Walau eh how careless can I get, seriously!

I immediately rushed out of the house to buy another tub of mascarpone cheese, then I repeated EVERYTHING from step one again. Zzz.

The whipping cream did make a significant difference to the cheese mixture though - it was smoother, creamier, and much easier to spread.

Now I have two big bowls of Tiramisus-to-be sitting in my fridge chilling overnight, (yes I'm still gonna try eating the first one) and I also made two mini ones with the leftover mixture in mooncake containers hehe.

I can't wait! *Crosses fingers*

Imma Happy Kid :D

2009-10-13T16:35:00.011+08:00

Because I just purchased my dream lens! Not THE ultimate dream lens, but at least it has been what I was lusting over for the past few months.

Photo taken by lens seller and I look extremely awkward posing for a stranger. But that is not the point. The point is! Check out the depth of field!

Bokehhhhh <3 <3 <3

More random test shots.

My room in a mess.

Did I mention how much I love my Casio gold watch? Girls call it vintage; guys who don't appreciate it ask "why so Ah Pek?"

Did I also mention how much I love my rather new fan 'cos it blends in so perfectly into my room? Hehe.

And and, I know you already know, but I'm gonna be bloody irritating and say it once more. I LOVE LOVE LOVEEE MY NEW LENS!!! ❤

The Remains of My SD Card

2009-10-10T01:16:00.006+08:00

:'( To add on, I've lost my lens cover too, and these are totally unnecessary but necessary money I need to spend on (if you get what I mean).

Oreo Cheese(rice/pan)cake

2009-10-09T23:08:00.015+08:00

Arghhh the Potato Pancake with Cheese had been haunting me ever since I savoured it two weeks ago, and I couldn't help but to return for more!

Tried their Rice Cakes with Cheese and it was darn good too! Oh, how I love all the cheesy cheeeeeesy stuffs :D

After a satisfying dinner at Seoul Yummy @ Square 2, Cass drove Yun and I to Island Creamery @ Serene Centre for some unique homemade ice cream and desserts. And as if we weren't full enough, we went to Ang Mo Kio to look for Oreo!

Hur hur, actually Oreo is the name of Cass' rabbit luh -_- And she has another rabbit named 'Muffin'. All the yummy sounding fluffies..

So yummy that I fear for Oreo at times. *Stares at hungry Cass*

Vivo Shippy

2009-10-08T22:42:00.002+08:00

Cheryl and I hopped on to this random ship outside Vivo City and started snapping photos to act as if we were out at sea.

Come to think of it, we never act what. We were really out at sea. Just that the ship was stationary -_-

"We're reaching, we're reaching!"

Haha Cheryl said I looked so small and lost in this picture.

And the stairs were pretty scary~

Hello to 4am

2009-10-08T04:03:00.030+08:00

It's dawn. I just woke up and I'm shoving down a big tub of yoghurt and looking very fugly.

When I try to sleep at 11pm, I wake up at 4am. When I go bed at 2am, I end up only sleeping at 6am. Then there are times where I knock out all the way till 3pm the next day. Yep, my body clock's screwed up like that.

Many a time, I wonder to myself.. Why am I burning my life and health away in front of the computer screen? Friends who know me know that I spend 60% of my "computer time" editing my photos - crop resize contrast levels curves saturation etc for EVERY SINGLE PHOTO and I dunno FOR WHAT! Then I'll edit a separate set for my Facebook album, and another set for my blog -_-

I'm obsessed. But I think it's not just me. All the possibilities you could do with the Internet are making everyone else glued to THE screen.

Simply think about communication. There's so many ways to do it now. SMS MSN skype facebook twitter email, I dunno, blog comments / tagboard? I've seen people literally chatting through blog tagboards and I think it's kinda retarded, no offence.

Social media has made everything all so convenient and easy that it has come to a point where people are saying things like, "I've known XXX online for XX years."

Twitter is a good example. People follow people-they-don't-know and @people-they-don't-know, and everyone just @s back to all the people-they-don't-know!

In my humble opinion, I feel that we're taking all these convenience for granted so much so the touch of humanity got lost somewhere along the way. I mean, no doubt it adds fun and there's no harm to it, but I don't believe in building a strong relationship through such ways. Don't tell me about your virtual BFF (whom you've never met before) or your simi 'laogongxz / laopozx' you've married to online. Fcuk that.

I'm still the old-fashioned kind who really enjoy phone calls and face-to-face meetups! And I'm those who will wait till midnight to text a friend "Happy Birthday" instead of writing on his / her Facebook wall. In short, I prefer to go through long troublesome ways to maintain a relationship (especially if it means something to me) because I find it more sincere eh?

Lol I have no idea how insomnia led to this whole chunk of essay, but I'm getting a bit sleepy now. Shall TRY to fall back to sleep hahaha!

Life's Pleasures

2009-10-07T23:20:00.005+08:00

Before you puke, I was kidding about the 'chicks' part! I swear!

Life's pleasures to me are spending time with the right person, at a nice place with nice food. But even if the latter two do not exist - sitting down and doing nothing can still be very happy :)

Thanks love, for giving me pleasure. LOLOL! Sounds damn wrong.

Frolicked!

2009-10-05T23:51:00.003+08:00

Wake Me Up When September Ends

2009-10-03T22:39:00.014+08:00

Oh yea, September ended. And it ended exceptionally fast which is bad news because it means I'm starting work soon :( I've been enjoying my bumming cum freelancing life so much that I seriously dread the idea of having to report at the same place everyday. But of course, it's only a matter of time that I need a full-time job.

Anyway, here's my entire week summed up in a collage.

Madly filled with food. *Gulps*

Monday - Seoul Yummy @ Square 2 with baby. It was indeed sooo yummy and I wanna go again!

Wednesday - dlunch at Bliss Waterfront Dining & Bar @ Punggol Park with Silvia.

Friday - late night chilling at Coffee Club @ Tampines One with Jan, Yun, and Han.

Saturday - mooncake feasting with family and baby. I really love this year's mooncakes 'cos of all the different unique flavours and I really really really love Crystal Jade's and oh my, TWG'S WHITE TEA ONES! *Floats to heaven*

Coolest Views Hottest Race

2009-09-27T15:44:00.020+08:00

Thanks to 24seven, I've gotten three tickets to Singapore Flyer to catch a glimpse of the F1 race on Saturday. So I brought Lionel and mummy along!

It came with a complimentary river taxi ride.

Off we go!

The F1 track from high above.

Typical touristy-like photos.

Initially we thought that all we could do was ride on the flyer and go home, but in fact, the fenced out area near the F1 track was also available to us. Of course we stayed and watched lah! Better than nothing hehe.

The F1 cars were wayyyy too fast for my camera, and defintely deafening too! You know, like BOOMZ!

The only not-so-blur photo I managed to take.

[Photo credit: Lionel]

Another touristy photo while waiting for the river taxi back. The wait was a horrible half an hour.

Blurry light streaks~

It was already 1am when we started making our way home, then suddenly on the train, my mum said she felt like going for a drink! I had no idea why she was so high (probably because of all the loud and fast BOOMZ), but I agreed almost immediately!

We took the train back to Clarke Quay while I called baby to meet us back there and I think it kinda shocked him too hahaha.

Walked past dozens of overcrowded pubs / cafes, and IndoChine seemed to be the only one that was able to house us without having to queue.

Settled down a glass of Pina Colada and Chocolate Martini.

And their Chocolate Martini turned out soooo good we HAD to place a second order!

And there goes my first night out with my mum. She haven't pubbed for at least a century, and it felt like a weird and funny experience altogether.

Best part is, with mum, I don't have to spend a single cent ;)

New URL + Design + 'Like' My Entries!

2009-09-26T02:58:00.034+08:00

1) The long and wrongly spelled kaya-the-terappin.blogspot.com is now
blog.fifthstorey.com! Yay relink please!

One plus point about Blogger is that it automatically redirects the old kaya-the-shit URL thingy to my new custom domain so that people won't be greeted by a 'blog not found' page heh.

2) Remember this old look? I had obviously revamped my entire blog design. I mean it's quite obvious. You all are not blind -_-

The problem is, I designed my new layout based on a 1280 screen, so no issues.

But 1024 screens will be seeing something like that. "Me" overlapping all the blog entries.

Initially I only cared about centralising the main content and I ignored all 1024 screen readers, but now I changed my mind and decided to be more "friendly", so I fixed the main content to align left which solves the problem but it'll look awkwardly left on bigger screens. Ok, forget it. I think no one knows what I'm saying. Bottomline is, issue's fixed, and all small medium big screens will still be seeing me haunting you up and down on your left.

And ya! Not much people will notice but do scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and take a look at my painstakingly created footer. It moves along with your mouse cursor like shown just that it's less spastic.

3) I've added a 'like' function at the end of every entry. Yea, it's exactly like how you like something in Facebook by clicking on it.

Sooooo, Like this entry if you like my new blog design! Unfortunately, you can't dislike it :)

IKR, TGIF!

2009-09-26T01:42:00.007+08:00

Friday nights are not meant to be spent at home! Definitely not at MY home (close friends will know why), thus I asked cousin Peimin out and fled to the vicinity with her.

We settled down at Liquid Kitchen @ Serangoon Gardens when we saw their chocolate fondue going for S$15 on Friday nights.

Shared another plate of 'Bacon Wrapped Sausages' and a pot of earl grey tea.

We finished everything in no time but they didn't allow refills of the tea which doesn't make sense to me. It's just water whattt.

So Peimin came up with this ingenious idea. We secretly emptied the water from her water bottle into the teapot and then placed it over the fondue fire. After a while, the water really got warmed up and before we knew it, we were already happily sipping our second round of "tea" away. Muahahaha are we creative or what!

The night lasted with cam whoring, girly talks and simply updates about life until 1am plus. I've enjoyed myself and yes, we should have more of such soon! :)

People Like Us

2009-09-24T23:43:00.015+08:00

I'm totally digging this newly discovered chillout place in the heartland area - PLU Hangout Cafe @ Yio Chu Kang Road.

The super red lighting. Call it dodgy / romantic / gay.

It's like so damn cosy; there's TV; there's board games; there's plenty of cushions (for me nua on); pretty ok food with reasonable prices (didn't tried much though); milk shakes nice drinks and alcohol; opens till quite late at night; near to where I stay. Totally my kind of place lor! :D

The only issue is that we suspect that the cafe is run by gay boys, like under one big PLU community. ~~Now I wonder if there's any hidden meaning behind the word PLU..~~ ZOMG I just Googled, and PLU really has something to do with gays and lesbians. But I think this wouldn't stop me from going there, not.

Licence to Drive

2009-09-22T12:16:00.012+08:00

Alas, THE card that I've had so many ~~wet~~ dreams about.

No one will ever understand how much dejection I've gone through to land my hands on this piece of blue evil thing, and it was more of a relief than sheer joy when I finally passed. H W A I N A L L Y !

Haha I just re-checked my driving instructor's stats, and his passing rate (for first timers) is the lowest in SSDC. 14.5%, which is in fact a major improvement from the last time I checked, 5% if I remember correctly. So it's not just me not just me.

It's a hard-earned licence. I'll treasure it :')

My Night Just Got Fatter

2009-09-21T04:01:00.001+08:00

Lynn, I hate you I hate you! Called me in the middle of the night when I was about to go to bed (like real) and asked me out for supper. And you said you would restrict my appetite, you lied! That was just a bait to lure me out :(

Chilled at Ice³ (read: ice cube) @ Serangoon Gardens and it wasn't long before we started flipping through their menu to look at more food, because two puny shares of ice cream just weren't satisfying enough.

Our finger food cravings were priced at something like S$8++ and we decided that it was bo hua so we settled the bill and went forth to hunt for our next supper destination.

Landed at KPT and the food and prices were so welcoming we had more than just FINGER food.

Cheese fries, fried carrot cake, fried chicken wings, and fried kway teow (not in the picture). And mind you, all of these are consumed till a late 3am. Kill me pleeeeease!

Falling Monkeys and Sinking Ships

2009-09-20T01:35:00.014+08:00

It was a Saturday well spent with the jiao langs doing nothing but laughing our asses off, and I think I laughed so hard that I almost had stomach cramps. Can you imagine me having these guys as my classmates for the first two years in Poly, and it's really a wonder why didn't we grow abs out of laughing.

I kinda miss those days and now, even though we don't get to hang out as often anymore, our every (half a year?) clique outing is still a goddamn hilarious one.

Gamed at The Minds Cafe @ Boat Quay.

The gamers: Dixiang, myself, Ivan, Jarryd, Jean, and Stanley.

After gaming, we had a relapse of 'Can't-Decide-Where-to-Go-Next Syndrome' (CDWGNS) (exactly like many of those we had during our Poly days), so we ended up walking from Boat Quay to Marina Square before settling down at Waraku for dinner.

After dinner, it was the CDWGNS again, but somehow, it became an impromptu mahjong session with Jarryd, Ivan, and Dixiang at my place, while Stanley and girlfriend headed home. I wasn't really concentrating - playing music and chatting online, but I still won S$1.50! Hoho better than nothing!

Sleepy Hungry Rainy Thirsty

2009-09-18T23:12:00.002+08:00

One reason why I love going to a friend's house (or having them at mine) is because it allows bimbotic activities like bitching and video watching together. Staying over doubles the fun and last night, I gate crashed Silvia's place and spent the night there. Teehee.

Silvia's the only one among my friends who owns a cat and that fat furball was sucha elegant and adorable thing!

Next morning, feeling really reluctant and lazy, we tossed a coin to decide if we should go ahead with a swim as planned, and fate decided that we were too fat so it made us went.

20 laps, bathed, packed up and left Sil's place.

Both of us were so hungry afterwards that we went to Victor's Kitchen @ Sunshine Plaza and gorged ourselves with S$33++ worth of dim sum.

It was madness. (Sil, I think we should go for a dim sum buffet next time, or go KL ;p)

Just when we were done, the sudden downpour stopped us in our tracks.

We stayed around and waited for the rain to stop which it never did, so eventually, we still had to resort to running in the rain.

Sil bought her project materials, I bought my jacket (YAYYY MY PUMA JACKET MY PUMA JACKET!), and it wasn't before long that both of us began hunting for a place to slack.

Shared a pot of tea and a slice of walnut cheesecake at Borders Bistro @ Wheelocks Place.

We had endless laughters taking photos of each other and it just felt great spending a day with a girlfriend who shares similar interests as me (well, sorta) and we both can do / talk about them together :)

3000mg of Collagen!

2009-09-14T23:40:00.005+08:00

1000mg of collagen in each R Burger burger; we had 3 burgers in total, so 3000mg worth of good stuff for our faces!

Seems a lot hur, but after working out, it's only 3 grams lor -_- Chey!

Anyhow, both Flor and I have been talking and talking and talking about meeting up and meeting up, and we finally met each other up, FINALLY :D

090909

2009-09-09T23:27:00.001+08:00

Our Escape to Old Town and Udders!

If not for the free tickets, we wouldn't even have been where we had been. Hur hur, Escape seriously CMI and we left after three rides and hopped over to Wild Wild Wet, which was also free. Haha we both damn gian peng but why not? We've run out of places to go already..

Nothing beats having nice food at the end of the day, and I'm in love with Old Town's white coffee and their 'Rendang Chicken Rice', and and the alcoholic ice creamsss at Udders! :D

My First Breakfast with Besties!

2009-09-08T14:38:00.008+08:00

There's something about mornings and breakfasts I love, and for the first time I was able to enjoy them with Jan and Yun because it's just so difficult to get them to wake up for it!

Subway is yay-ness! :D

Our super hasty multishots. 3 poses in 3 seconds lol.

Yun made us a goodie bag loaded with biscuits and chocolate each. Thanks sweet! That was really, literally sweet.

And my gadget savvy girlfriends were so busy logging on to the internet via their iPhone, E71, laptop, to surf Facebook and G O S S I P, while all I could do was watch and cam whore.

I used to be the IT guru / IT consultant / IT helpdesk among them. What happened man... I outdated liao lah.

Oh well, whatever!

*Rolls eyes* Teehee! (With reference to my facial expressions in the two big pictures.) Hahaha.