sick

being sick kills all your appetite and coughing so badly helps to train your stomach abs and perhaps all that sneezing into tissue papers can help to remove blackheads frm your nose?

n i still hv no mood to study. sighss.

no maid

the maid hv left for 2 wks of hm visit... today, i washed dishes. alisa ironed the uniforms. brian watched tv (kids will always be kids. tsssk!) n trix is off picking cans. i think her course is so so so cool lah! with projects such as "a day as a less fortunate" where she hv to photograph herself picking used cans frm kopitiams or even frm dustbins!!

though, the bf of this ultra shy sister of mine, ended up buying the "cans" for her to pick up. she did dig some dustbins along flora rd - less ppl n she wanted the experience of actually being a less fortunate ma. nevertheless, i admire her spirit to go poking around in garbage. =P

housewrk is horrid but it was nice to hv mama cook abalone noodles n stock the kitchen with all my fav food! namely, ben n jerry's, yakult, famous amos, jelly, lays potato chips, pkt milo, cubed cheese, etc!! coz no maid means no one to 偷吃 ma. heeeee~

tot the mother spoiled the maid though... she doubled her leave period n bought her famous amos n ferraro rocher to take hm to the children. I DIDN'T EVEN GET FERRERO ROCHER! *kicks up a fuss* hahaha...

aiyah, i sidetracked long enough le... gotta get back to the books. 2 more papers n its the holidays! ^^ if mama's bank wun pay me the pay i requested (if they do give me the pay i asked for, darlings, its intensive shopping time!!!!), then i shall not wrk n dedicate this hol to losing weight instead. jessica, do u hear me???? lalala~

i'm bored. i really am.

arab street and singapore flyer

granted, the exams hv not ended.. but today marks the end of corporate finance FOREVER! woots~! anyway, decided i needed a little breather since the nxt paper is 6pm on thurs. *excuses excuses* =P

finally, i'm going to blog abt our outing to arab street!!! s'pore is getting boring n all shopping centres r seriously starting to look the same!



being the direction idiot tt i am, i had to just follow the girls.



feels arab already?



first shop tt caught our eye... PRINCESS JESSICA! =)



we were walking down the small alleys of was it hajib lane?



cheeleng n jessica posing with grafitti walls!!!



"this way pasir ris"???? near my house leh!!!



VINTAGE!



vintage also!!!! this shop machiam museum lor!



found the vintage clothing shop always featured in seventeen mags. hmmm, can i just say the clothes smelt vintage too? =X



alot alot of olden day toys!!!

before reaching the shop:
cheeleng: remind me to buy those styrofoam airplanes.
jessica: wahh! didn't know u so sentimental?
me: dun be stupid lah! she wanna buy for her airforce pilot.
cheeleng: wahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! dun 拆穿 me ma.

at the shop:
cheeleng: yay!! *take take take*
me: u buy so many for what?
cheeleng: i give one per mth.. buy more mayb got discount!

haha.. jessica n i couldn't stop laughing. this sorta 50 cent thing our dear aunty leng also wanna buy in bulk. lolx. managed to convince her to get only 2 in the end coz special things when multiplied lose its value yeah? in fact, it becomes too normal...



soon, jessica was hungry. so we settled for kway tiao goreng at a shop where chefs wore formal attire.



cheeleng n i diet. haha.



we finally reach the glass bead shop!



i bought my candy-looking beads. *happy*



aunty again! buy so many, wear so many!! hahahaha...

soon aft, arab street started closing much to our despair.. so we headed towards bugis just in case it started raining again..



saw this cream at some shop.. poor china translation lah! like anything can remove "horniness" like tt! zzz... its actually to remove dried skin. =P



miniature collector perfume bottles.. cheeleng bought some perfume too. expensive perfume! so nxt time go out with her muz smell more. haha.

as dinner-time approached, we went to QQ 拉面店 for dinner..



my QQ 拉面... v nice! but kinda oily.



cheeleng's black pepper pork chop rice.



jessica's turn to go on diet.



haha.. kidding only. she had some XO chicken soup or something. the soup super nice lah! can taste the alcohol. darren shld like. heeee.



aft dinner, we spilt the crystals we shared at the shop attracting much stares.



pretty swarovskis - clear, light rose n peach!!! =)



on the 14th of august, i finally got to ride the singapore flyer!



before the flight, dinner was at popeyes! i heard so much abt it but it sorta didn't live up to my expectations...



the greasy chicken but v nice cajun fries. ^^



this is the "biscuit" in 'popeyes chicken & biscuits'... tasted like cake though.



they even screen popeye the sailor man; POO POO!



outside the restaurant is this rainforest park thingy...



its kinda dark so photos didn't turn out v good.. but it was niceeeeeeeeeee still.



there was a koi pond in the middle too n food r dispensed in tikam tikam machines! *cute*



before going on the flyer, there r security checks.



ANOTHER SINGAPORE ATTRACTION CONQUERED!

i'm a very happy girl. thank you.

beijing olympics 2008

i do realise the exams r nxt wk n i'm far frm finishing any subject which is a severe cause of worry in my opinion. =( so i'll just keep this short....

I'M DAMN BLOODY PROUD OF MY COUNTRY!!!!

there, i summarized it in 1 sentence.

singapore's table tennis team (ping pong in sengwang's terms) hv made it to the finals of the beijing olympics securing at least a silver medal for s'pore aft like 48 yrs of returning empty handed?? i hope they win gold! but tts kinda pushing it, i know.

as i watched the match yesterday (ya, i shld hv been studying), it didn't occur to me tt all our players actually hv chinese origins. coz having played in the republic's colours for so long, they hv become household names n i sorta just related to them as singaporeans. so when others say tt it isn't really our glamour since these players were not born here, i beg to differ.

they chose to come here at a young age, train hard n bring glory to our nation. so in every sense, they r breed in s'pore n they deserve all the support, financial or otherwise. just as i sat at the edge of my seat, watching 3hrs n 40min of breath-taking ping pong yesterday, i sure am gonna catch the final showdown tmr.

JIA YOU!!! =)

another olympic tidbit tt left me rather scandalized...



both of them r just little girls... pawns on the checkerboard played around by grown-ups tt shld hv known better!

n to be honest, i think both girls r cute in their own way...



just for laughs!! totally no link of the beijing olympics lah. ^^

coincidences 1,2,3

how things always seem to fall into place scares me...
are coincidences, signs?

alisa found back my all-time fav song!!!!
i deleted it accidently just the other day..
i provided no lyrics, no title, no artiste name.
i just moped around n she just knew.

now, the song is safe in my ipod once more!
n today, i hv stopped sneezing aft nearly a wk.

someone up above muz be trying to tell me something.
oh gosh, i'm a stubborn person.

爱上你的全部放弃我的全部

爱上了你之后我开始领悟

陪你走了一段最唯美的国度

谁是谁的幸福

我从来不在乎

谁是谁的旅途

我只要你记住


i didn't call not bcoz i hv stopped caring but bcoz i thought u didn't want me to.

rambles

more fun stuff on a beautiful date, 08.08.08......

the most auspicious date on the chinese calendar (presumably bcoz of all the 8s), it marked the start of the beijing olympics n the beginning of a lovely relationship for 2 couples. *envious* but my day didn't go all too shabby either lah.



we went to spgg's ktv room to sing again... its quite addictive once u get beyond the initial shyness.

[frm left: darren, jessica, me, junhong]



sengwang n junhong attempts to be jay chou n fei yu qing in the duet qian li zhi wai. it was hilarious i tell u!! *rolls on the floor with a tummy ache* =P



darren singing emo/cheesy/OLD love songs... n surprisingly, all the guys cld sing-a-long too!



a drunken face of agony.. hehehe.



the "dun worry be happy" theme song sengwang chose.. LETS ALL BE PATRIOTIC N SING FUNNY SINGAPORE-ONLY SONGS!!! =D



as there wasn't enough mics for all, the camera occupied us!



wahahaha!!! to be fair, i drew on everyone =P

1st shot: everyone seated according to height... by right, jess supposed to be taller de but i suppose she was slouching so i got to be taller for once! whee~
2nd shot: darren stretches himself, junhong cried n sengwang grew whiskers! jess n i got pretty pink ribbons coz we r girls n i'm biased. lolx!



last but not least, donut factory is loveeeee~ n wasabi chips too (coz they make the guys tear n go 'wtf?!' when i mix them with ordinary keropok) muahahaha... i'm tt evil.

on the 10th of august, the girls accompanied mama on her errands...



trix treated us to bubble tea at this new cafe at marine parade... instead of saying "add pearls", the menu read "bubbles, add 50 cents".

me: wahh... new type ar? got bubbles!
trix: we try lah...
alisa: over there!! those must be the bubbles.. so biggggg n they r BLUE!!!!

on closer look, those were just glass stones. the type found at the bottom of the fish tank n was for decorative purpose only. my silly mei mei.... just bcoz the cafe is called koi cafe, doesn't mean we gotta eat fish stuff. 0_o"

but the mini pearls here was soooo gd! not clumped tgt or frozen like the sweettalk ones. tt justified its price of nearly $3 per cup i guess.

lunch was at the newly renovated katrini's indonesian food at parkway parade.. damn pricey n totally not worthwhile! we even had to pay for water n i hate restaurants who do tt esp when they sell spicy food! its like cheating!!!! bahx! =(



the crackers n coconut kueh were the nicest of all! n they r compulsory side dishes.. like peanuts at chinese restaurants so it doesn't really count.



curry chicken with ALOT of ghee... spell FAT!



v expensive sambal kangkong...



spicy sotong which was actually not too bad. such a pity the serving size was so super small!



fried i-dunno-what fish. i like the salted beans alot..

afterwards, they all got new specs except me coz the mother said i just bought mine not long ago. *wails* even trix's bf was encouraged to buy new specs n it was damn funny tt mama kept forcing him to replace his old cracked ones. the shop shld give her commission lor!!!

the funnier bit was she kept wanting him to test his eyesight when he was already an existing customer at tt same shop since a long long time ago n his records hv always been there. gosh!

since i wasted the whole day hanging around with them, getting nothing of my own n not even getting permission to drive, i was pretty pissed off n sulking the whole way. as in not the play play sulk sulk but the full-blown temper where i evil-eye everyone. haiz, tts a bad habit i really gotta change. sorry guys...

i guess i made the mother feel bad coz she baby-talked me n hustled all of us for tea - dragging me with my hand clamped tightly in hers since i refused to talk. awwww shucks, i feel guilty now. :(



pondering over the extensive dessert menu.. yummy!



my chocolate mousse with cherry brandy... $7 leh! n its really tiny. but alcohol n chocolate is perfect tgt! =)



the inside...



mama's choice.. she getting more n more unhealthy as she age lah! walao!



trix's apple tart with pistachio ice-cream!



alisa's big brownie... to her, size matters. wahahaha!!



heart heart on the hot mocha..



the iced version...

i drank my hot chocolate deco before i cld photograph it. oops!

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hmmm, on a side note, i was buying bubble tea at sweettalk today n i saw a new flavour.... premium green tea. premium leh!! its costs 30 cents more than the normal green tea n everyone in front of me pointed at the sign n ordered it!

tt got me thinking on how stereotypical we hv become. just bcoz a piece of paper says its better doesn't actually mean it is! n just bcoz the person in front of u ordered it, doesn't mean u hv to buy it too! singaporeans hv become so obedient n result-oriented tt even things they consume hv to be superior to the ordinary or even supposedly inferior stuff just bcoz of a wrd or advertising gimmick.

haiz... give me my gd, old strawberry milk tea anyday. i resist change. =X

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