My Yesterday

Chickening Out

2012-01-21T23:04:00.001+08:00

I just want to dig a hole and hide inside right now...

Why am I feeling this way?

2011-12-24T12:19:00.002+08:00

我可能不会爱你
I was hooked onto watching this show so much that I would watch it until 2am, on a working day, and I have managed to finish watching it within one week! I have seen the synopsis of this show on cable TV plenty of times, and always thought that it may be a good show. However, what ultimately made me to start watching this show was a scene taken at our very own Singapore Changi Airport!

I have not regretted watching this show, because it's not the type of 我已看腻了的可爱偶像剧, but a drama with some level of mature content. Anyway, just to provide a summary of this show, it's about how a pair of best friends, whom have loved each other for the longest time. The girl doesn't want to acknowledge her feelings, but the guy is very much aware of his love for his best friend. I am really touched by the guy's love for his friend and this show 让我有了很多感想.

1。这世界上真的有人可以那么那么的爱着一个人吗？
2。我的生命有一个“李大仁”吗？
3。会有一个人，可以像“李大仁爱程又青”一样爱着我吗？

我想了不是很久，就想到我的第二和第三题的答案是“有”和“会”。我的男朋友就是我的生命中的“李大仁”。

Whenever I have a problem, the 1st person I want to call is him. He has seen all the ugly side of me (my bad temper, my laziness, my do-something-now-and-regret-later), but has chose to see the beautiful side of me. He knows that I am actually 很心底善良，爱我的家人，and have a weak spot for old people (Haha.. 自己夸自己), even though I may not show it on the surface. After seeing my ugly side, he still chose to love me unconditionally, at least for now. Haha.

However, I don't know the answer for question 1, because 李大仁爱程又青 for 15 years. I dare not say that he will love me for so long. Maybe, as time goes by, love will turn into a 习惯. Instead of being together because we love each other, we are together only because we are used to having each other's company. Whatever it is, I hope that 15 years down the road, or even for longer, he could still see the good side of me, which I seldom show on the surface, and still love me for that.

If not, 至少我现在是幸福的.

(PS. 可能太久没有看偶像剧了，所以写了一个无聊的 post。对不起啦。)

2011-12-11T13:26:00.002+08:00

Me: I hope to watch an eclipse with you someday.
Baby: Can lah. Still have many many years...

♥

You Are My Sunshine

2011-11-27T11:57:00.002+08:00

You Are My Sunshine

A song which we all have sung when we were in kindergarten, and all along I have thought that it was a happy song, with a cheerful tune. Recently, while I was stoning, the lyrics of this song struck me, and I realised it is actually a very sad song.

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy, when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

The last 2 lines of the lyrics actually means that the person, who was your sunshine, is gone, and you have missed the chance to tell the person how much you have loved him/her.

How sad. I'll never sing this song like a happy song again.

Celebrating 5 Years on 18 November 2011

2011-11-20T20:49:00.009+08:00

Celebrating 5 Years on 18 November 2011

For our 5th anniversary, I told baby that I do not wish to receive presents from him, because I am not a gifts person, instead, I would like to spend ALOT of time with him. So, he surprised me with a trip to Batam! It's a surprise because he didn't tell me his plans for the special day, until 830am on 17/11/2011. He called me to tell me to pack clothes for 3 days, as he's bringing me on a trip. It was very rush (I dislike last min plans), but since he had made the effort to plan a surprise for me, I tried not to be so frantic, as it affects my mood. He said he was very impressed with my reaction for the last min trip, because he knows I hate last min plans.

Day 1 (17/11/2011)
We took the 11.30am ferry to Batam, and was picked by the resort staff, at the ferry terminal. Baby made a reservation at Harris Resort, where he had stayed with his family before.
When we reached the resort, we were served cold towel, and a welcome drink. After we checked in, the staff provided us with a map of the resort, and some surrounding places of interests, like go-kart, paintball, and fishing, which we have tried none. We checked in to the Cabanas Room, which baby later revealed that he had paid extra for this room. This is because the room is actually a small house by itself, separated from the main building, and I suppose the rooms are bigger as well.
There is a small walk-in-closet-wannabe, because it's too small to be a real walk-in closet, which is also the pantry.
The toilet, with no doors.
A bathtub! Usually I will be very excited about a bathtub, because I like to take baths, but we forgot to bring the bubble bath, and the bathtub was rather dirty. So, we didn't take any baths in our room.
Our balcony, which has direct access to the beach. I guess this is actually a private beach, because there is a short wall, which prevents outsiders to access this part of the beach. However, I was still rather concern about the security of the place, and I kept imagining that we will get robbed, and killed, in our room! Haha. Watched too much CSI.
For lunch, we had a complimentary pizza at the restaurant, and afterwards, we explored the place, or rather, he brought me around to show me the different parts of the resort. Then we went back to the room to watch Avatar, on my laptop. As the movie was too damn long, and the laptop battery was flat, we took a break from the movie, and went for dinner at a Korean Restaurant, in the resort.

The Korean restaurant must have been rather authentic, as I noticed many Koreans having their dinner in the restaurant. But, it could have been that they have no choice but to eat there, since they are staying in the resort. Anyway, the food was satisfactory and cheap.
We were served many free small dishes before the meal, and I must admit that if I have finished all the side dishes by myself, I would have been too full for the main course.

Top left: Steamed Corn, Ikan Bilis look-alike, Preserved Cucumber, and Kimchi
Bottom left: Stir-fried Fishcake, Beancurd, and Stir-fried Spring Onion (the most delicious side dish)
We ordered a spicy seafood steamboat, and it was huge!! It says it's for 2-4 people, so I guess this explains the size. There were crabs, sotong, prawns, enoki mushroom, vegetables, tofu, and my favourite radish in the steamboat.
We managed to finish most of it.
Later, we found a cat loitering near the swimming pool, and like what baby ALWAYS does on almost all our trips, we went to buy some milk to feed the cat. He kept wanting to visit the cat during out trip until I was jealous of the cat! He even used a different tone when he's talking to the cat! Pissed off.
After feeding the cat, we went back to our room to finish the remaining of Avatar, and went to sleep.

Day 2 (18/11/2011): The BIG Day
We had complimentary breakfast at the resort, and took the 10am bus to Nagoya Hill Shopping Centre. The resort provides the most inconvenient timings for the pick-up time, if you leave at 10am, you have to take the 1pm bus back to the resort, if you leave at 1.30pm, you have to take the 4.30pm bus back to the resort. So, baby decided to disregard the timings of the return bus trip, and said we could cab back instead.
We spent sometime walking at the shopping centre, and we decided to go for a Spa, which is the reason why many people come to Batam. We booked a Spa package at Isabella Spa, at 4pm, so that we can go for lunch, and walk around until we have digested our lunch. Haha.

We had lunch at one of the local eating places, which serves Indonesian food. We ordered 3 dishes, and it only cost us S$10+!
Dish 1: Crispy Chicken (tastes like 盐酥鸡)
Dish 2: Soup with vegetable and duck
Dish 3: Sambal Kangkong
After lunch we bought kueh lapis from the shopping mall, which provides free delivery to our hotel. She hesitated and called to check with her boss, when we told her we stayed at Harris, as it was very far from the shopping mall.

Then we went to buy dinner from the Hypermart, as we had no money left after buying the spa package, and kueh lapis. Haha. We bought instant noodles, and a packet of instant corn soup.

We went for the 3 hour spa, which included massage, body scrub, body mask, ear candling, and a milk bath in jacuzzi. For 2 persons, we paid about S$140. The massage and all were great, with the exception of the body mask. The body mask was cold, and it was applied in an air-con room. What's worse is, they left us lying there, waiting for the mask to dry, in the cold!!! I was literally shaking from the cold. Haha. After the spa, free transportation was provided for us, back to our hotel, hence, saving us the cab $$.

Our anniversary dinner, which I enjoyed alot, except for the cooking process because baby kept watching the tv, and I had to do everything! And in the midst of him watching tv, while I was boiling water and all, he remembered to take the milk out from the fridge, so that he can feed the cats later.... JEALOUS.
That basically marks the end of our big day.

Day 3 (19/11/2011)
We had complimentary breakfast in the resort again, which baby almost couldn't wake up for, and took the 1.30pm ferry back to Singapore. When we reached Singapore, at about 3+pm, we went for lunch at White Dog Cafe. It was supposed to be MY treat because he had paid for all the expenses during out trip, but he paid instead. So nice of him.. add 50 points.

Pictures of our lunch... Mango freeze, which tastes like the mango pudding I used to have when I was young. Black Pepper Dory
Double Cheese Burger
A Happy Man.
After lunch, we slacked at Starbucks until 7.45pm, so that we can take a cab home, without surcharge. Haha.

To Baby: Thanks for the wonderful trip. Although nothing much was planned, I got to rest and relax, and spend many hours of quality time with you. Exactly what I have wished for. Thanks for all the laughter, tears, and TLC for the past 5 years. I am really thankful to have you by my side, during the good and bad times, in these 5 years. I hope we'll have many more of the same 5 years together in the future. I LOVE YOU!

I've Graduated!

2011-11-20T17:59:00.006+08:00

I've Graduated!

I have officially graduated from my Entry Level Buddhism Class, and we attended the 结业典礼 today. I guess it's called 结业典礼, instead of 毕业典礼, because in you'll forever be learning Buddhism, unless you're Buddha himself. So you'll never be able to graduate from learning Buddhism.

My certificate.
This is how the 大殿, where we gather every Sunday morning, before our lesson starts, looks like. If you can see, our 大师父 is the very skinny person sitting near the screen. I heard from my mum that she's already very old, and weak. And I remember when we had the 义工分享会 sometime back, she thanked those volunteers for the Mid-Autumn Festival, until she 哽咽, because the volunteers had to stand in the mud, while giving out the food, and she was very touched by our efforts.
There were a few performances, and my mum, and aunties, took part in the dancing performance. Here's mummy helping her friend with their fake long fingernails.
The one smiling at the camera is one of my aunties (四姑姑).
There are no pictures of my mum dancing on the stage, because I took a video of the entire performance. Here's the group with their teacher. My mum studies in the class which learns the 经典. No idea what is that, but they do not have to take exams at the end of the year, and they don't get a certificate.
My aunties, and my mum.
The dancing group with 浩翊师父, who is my teacher.
结业典礼开始时，大师父和我们分享了几个故事。首先，她问我们有没有修行，因为，修要配合行。如果我们只有修，却没有行，那我们上课也白上了。而且，我们每个人都要有一颗感恩的心。感恩 is the root to happiness.

大师父分享的第一个故事是：
有一个单身的女人，她刚搬到她的新家时，发现她的邻居是一个非常穷苦的寡妇和她的两个孩子。有一天她住的大楼停电了。当她正准备要把蜡烛拿出来时，邻居的小女孩就来敲她的门。她一开门，小女孩马上问道：“大楼停电了，请问你家里有蜡烛吗？” 女生心里想：“果然！他们穷得连蜡烛都买不起。” 但是，她认为不能让穷苦的邻居太依赖她，她便匆忙的回答：“没有，没有！”这时，小女孩从口袋拿了两支蜡烛，开心的笑着说：“我就知道你一定没有准备蜡烛！妈妈说你一个人住，担心你没有蜡烛，所以叫我拿两支蜡烛来给你。”

This is a simple story, which is probably taken from the internet, or somewhere, but it really touched my heart. I almost teared when she shared this story with us. The moral of the story is, there is someone in everyone's life, whom we need to be grateful for. No matter the favor is a big one, or a small and simple one, like the candle story, we need to show gratitude to them.

大师父 shared a total of 4 stories, but this one left the deepest impression in me. I must learn to have 感恩的心, no matter the event is a good or bad one, or the person has treated me well or bad, they have helped to make who we are today. The good events, and nice people, we need to be grateful to them. The bad events, nasty people, has helped to make us stronger, or learn a new lesson. Hence, for this reason, we need to be grateful to them as well. If we have became angry, upset, beaten, then we will be miserable people. If we can learn to have a 感恩的心, then we will be happy people!

It's hard to learn to have a 感恩的心 for the nasty people, like my boss, but I shall try and see if I can attain it, because I hope to be a happier person! But it will be VERY hard, because I am a very rash and short-tempered person.

5th Anniversary Presents

2011-11-15T18:18:00.001+08:00

5th Anniversary Presents

These are the presents I got for him, for our 5th anniversary! All wrapped up and ready to be gifted.
To be revealed...

Bangkok Family Trip (19 Oct - 22 Oct)

2011-10-26T12:00:00.018+08:00

Bangkok 19 Oct to 22 Oct

It all started when Reebonz had a promotion for the Club Room in Banyan Tree Bangkok. I planned to go there with baby, and asked my family if they wanted to join us. We made a reservation for 3 rooms, bought air tickets, and flew there for a short trip.

Day 1, 19 Oct, Wednesday
We checked in our luggage and went shopping at the transit area. Then, my dad decided to buy a Gucci bag for my mum! The exact cost of this small bag is S$1,448, and my airport pass did get us any discount. Good to have a rich husband huh?
After slacking for 1+ hours at the airport, we finally get to board the plane. By the way, we flew on Thai Air, instead of SQ, because the difference in the cost of the air tickets, was S$200+. We took the 1st plane and I had to wake up at 4am to bathe and prepare to leave for the airport. So we were all very tired on the plane. Nonetheless, I managed to take some photos before we went to sleep, and also to wake up for the meals.
Our meals. Baby chose chicken rice and I ordered seafood noodles, so that we get to try both.
My delicious seafood noodles, which had plenty of prawns, and fish. The bee hoon is the wet type, which I really like!
His chicken rice, which was too salty and dry. He totally regretted ordering the chicken rice.
When we reached the airport, my dad hired a mini bus to bring us to the hotel, which was located at the city area of Bangkok. After we all knew of the flood in Northern Thailand, and that the flood may reach Bangkok, I was really glad to know that our hotel was located in the very city area, where most of the foreign embassies are located. I thought that they would put in the most effort to keep this area dry, and true enough, we were not affected by the flood at all.☺

When we reached the hotel, we were given bracelet looking thing, which was made of flowers. I was playing with it for the longest time, until I found a giant red ant on one of the flowers. Luckily I wasn't bitten by it.
As we were staying at the club room, we were brought to the club lounge, on the 19th floor, where we were served welcome drinks, for check-in.
As we were allowed early check-in, at 10am, we managed to get to our room immediately after checking in. Here are some pictures of the our wonderful room.

The view of the room once we got entered.
The king size bed.
We get to enjoy a wonderful view while soaking in the tub. On the small table on the right, there were bath salt, bath oil, and bath foam, which I used generously during our stay. They even replenish the bath salt when we finish using it! There was also a body lotion, which I didn't use.
The wardrobe, with a safe, bathrobes, iron, ironing board, and bedroom slippers, was in the bathroom. It was strange because usually, you wouldn't want your clothes to be damp, so you wouldn't put your wardrobe in the bathroom.
The welcome fruit basket, which they replenish everyday.
A welcome gift! It's a Banyan Tree body lotion, which is sold in their spa shop. I think they want us to use it, and buy from the shop, if we think that it's good.
Coffee maker, kettle, and an ice bucket full of ice.
We went to the Platinum Mall to shop after checking in. This is our loot after approximately half a day of shopping. After shopping, we had dinner at a roadside stall, which served a very special fish. The fish as plenty of salt rubbed on the skin, but the flesh wasn't salty at all! We also ate many other Thai food, which my dad ordered.
After dinner, we took cabs back to the hotel. We needed 2 cabs because there were 6 of us. When we reached the hotel lobby, there was a burning torch at the roundabout, where the cab driver dropped us off. Pretty to see, but bad for the environment.
Surprise surprise! When we went back to our room, someone had helped us laid out the bathrobes on our bed...
... bedroom slippers at the side of the bed...
... a small turtle paperweight gift, and an orchid on our bed. There was also a pamphlet which told us that we will be donating US$2 per night of our stay, to some conservation fund.
My clothes-only purchase from spending half a day at the Platinum Mall. 3 dresses, 3 tops, 2 skirts and 1 pair of shorts. Every thing here costs less than THB250 (approx. S$10), all the tops and skirts were THB200 (approx. S$8). The quality of the clothes I have bought, were good, not those cheap and sheer type of materials.
Including baby's purchase, and some gifts we bought for friends. Baby's purchase, for himself, was only one pair of jeans!
Gifts from Naraya. The bag is for baby's mum, plenty of tissue packet holder as gifts. The red checkered one was for myself.☺

Day 2, 20 Oct, Thursday
Next morning after breakfast, we went to take a walk at the swimming pool, which we could see from our room. The pool is really pretty, with nicely trimmed plants, and a nice view.
After that, daddy brought us to the Chinatown in Bangkok. There weren't many things we could buy there, but there were many interesting sights, like this freshly squeezed pomegranate juice.
After a whole day of shopping at Chinatown, I only got 1 bag, 12 pairs of socks to share with my sister, and 5 belts, one of which was for my mum. Baby got 12 pairs of socks for himself, because they only sell in the dozens.

After that, daddy brought us to Baiyoke Hotel, which is the tallest building in the city, for buffet dinner. The restaurant was located at the highest level of the hotel, where my daddy said we'll see a nice night view. The spread and the food was only okay, but my dad was very excited about bringing us there, so I really appreciated it.

The view from the restaurant, when they day is still bright, and...
... the night view. It started to rain while we were eating, but it stopped when we were done with dinner.
Just to introduce my family, from left to right. My daddy, my sisters, Peck Leng and Wei Shan, me, Baby, and my mummy.After dinner, we went for foot massage at a place nearby, where my dad fell asleep and snored LOUDLY. The massage staff were laughing about it.

Day 3, 21 Oct, Friday
Early in the morning, after breakfast, we headed to the 四面佛 temple to pray. In the cab, I noticed a few interesting signs. No bull (wondering who will bring a bull into a cab), no knives (like the cab driver will know if I hide it in my bag), and the most interesting one.
No sex.
Surprisingly, the 四面佛 temple is located outdoors, right beside a construction site. However, the floor was not dusty, despite being right next to the site.
After that, we went to a new wing of Platinum Mall for more shopping. I think Platinum Mall, both old and new wings, are the best places to shop at, because it's air-conditioned, and there were many many good bargains there. The clothes I got from there were in the range of THB200 (S$8) - THB300 (S$13). After that, we went to a new mall nearby, the Palladium Mall, but most of the shops were not opened yet, and the place was very much still under construction.

So, we proceeded to the Indra Mall, which my cousin had told me is a very good place to shop at. We got lost, walking around to find our way for more than 1 hour, before deciding to have lunch. My dad wanted to eat at A&W, because we can't find it in Singapore anymore. After lunch, we walked for another 1 hour, before arriving at Indra Mall. My conclusion, not worth it. For my next trip to BKK, I will only shop at the Platinum Mall.

We spent close to 2 hours at Indra Mall, which my sister thought was a good place to shop, because she found clothes that she likes. Despite it being a boring place to shop at, I managed to get 2 pairs of shoes. Baby, on the other hand, managed to get more things than me. 1 belt, and 3 ties.

I think my dad was sick of walking, after being lost for approximately 3 hours, so he hired 2 tuktuks to bring us to a Thai restaurant. It's my 1st time taking a tuktuk in Bangkok, which is different from the one I took in Phuket, during my KPMG departmental trip last year. The tuktuk in Phuket can sit 6 to 8 people comfortably, but the tuktuk in Bangkok can barely sit 3 persons. One tuktuk costs THB40 to the restaurant.
After dinner, we wanted to take a tuktuk out from the restaurant, which was located at quite an ulu place, and it quoted us THB100! My dad was so pissed that he decided to just leave the restaurant and flag a cab along the road. While waiting for the cab, we saw a train right in the middle of a busy road! The traffic police had to stop the traffic for the train to go pass. Not a sight I have seen in Singapore.
After we reached back at hotel, we went to a bar, located at the 51 floor of the hotel, for our complimentary drinks. My parents and my youngest sister, Wei Shan, decided not to go, because there was a dress code for the bar. Baby, my other sister, Peck Leng, and I went back to our room, where I changed into my new dress, and went to the bar.

Nice night view from 51st floor.
Baby ordered 2 awful drinks. One Sex on the Beach (alcoholic), and one Tropical Spritzer (non-alcoholic). Also, both drinks were feminine drinks. Haha. I ordered a mocktail with strawberries and lime, which was awesome!
A small garden-like area in the middle of the pub. It's really a nice place to chill~My purchase from the 2nd day of mass shopping. 2 dresses, 4 tops, 1 skirt, 1 cardigan, and one angry birds t-shirt. The 2 dresses, which were of good quality, costs THB200 each! It's a real steal. The 3 extremely cute casual tops at the bottom of were THB75 (S$150 for 2, after bargaining) and THB80, about S$3 each. The other angry birds t-shirt is baby's.
With his purchases. 1 polo tee, 3 ties, and a belt.

Day 4, 22 Oct, Saturday
Last day in Bangkok, we went to Chatuchak. It was hot, crowded, and the shopkeepers there were mostly rude, perhaps due to the weather. After 3 days of bargaining, I also too tired to bargain with the shopkeepers, and as they were rude and fierce, I didn't want to buy too many things from there.

Interesting thing about Chatuchak, there was a lane full of animals on sale. There were puppies, kittens, squirrels, and chipmunks. It seems like the animals were well-treated, as I saw a lady gently trimming the nails of a puppy. I noticed that all the animals sold there are babies, which makes me wonder what will they do with those puppies and kittens, after they grow up, but they are not sold.

At Chatuchak, I bought 1 skirt, and 2 pairs of shorts. Baby bought 4 shirts. After which, we proceeded back to the hotel, to finish up the last bit of packing, have our complimentary high-tea and to check out.

Must do: Take photo with hotel logo before we leave.
Finally, we were on our flight back. This time they gave us a choice of rice with fish, or chicken. I ordered fish, and baby ordered chicken. I thought the chicken rice would be as bad as the one he had on our flight to BKK, but unexpectedly, it was even better than my fish.
That marks the end of our wonderful shopping trip in BKK.

Banyan Tree Hotel Review
It lives up to the Banyan Tree brand name. The staff were polite, always helpful, attentive, and smiling. Also, they gave us a small gift every night of our stay in the hotel. 1st night was the body lotion, then bamboo coasters, and Jasmine scented incense for our last night.

The room was huge. They provide tealight candles, incense oil, and scented incense, and it's a new scent everyday. Fruits are replenished daily, so that we can enjoy the freshest fruits. Also, they make the beds every day and night, and put small gifts on our beds. And you get to choose which type of pillow your prefer to have, if you would like to!

The bathroom was splendid, with a good view from the bath tub, free stuff we can use for in-room spa experience, and a walk-in rain shower. They also provided toiletries for him and her, in 2 separate bags on the sink counter. It was also very spacious, and clean.

The pool was well maintained. There was a well-equipped gym, which we didn't utilise. There was also spa in the hotel, and if you'd prefer to have a spa in the comfort of your own room, they would also provide the service.

Conclusion for BKK
Platinum Mall is the best place to shop at. ♥

Online Purchase

2011-10-26T11:50:00.003+08:00

Online Purchase

My purchase from Love, Bonito has finally arrived! As this is a back order item, I have waited for more then a month, before receiving it. Hence, this is a post just to record the receipt of a long-waited dress.
I am slightly disappointed with the dress, because I swear I saw a different colour on the website. I saw a brighter colour, a colour I liked more than the colour of the dress I received. Sigh.. One of the cons of shopping online.

Sweet Little Things

2011-10-01T19:31:00.002+08:00

Sweet Little Things

Recently, baby has been doing many sweet little things for me, such as the meaningful cookie, which came in a time of need. On our usual Friday date, he brought me to his office, and I found a gift, wrapped with Takashimaya wrapping paper, on his table. It was signed by him, with "TLC" written on it.
It's actually a hot flask, which he had gotten for me. I have been drinking 龙井茶, which my mum bought back from China, in office, and I complained to him that I kept accidentally drinking the tea leafs. Hence, this hot flask he chose, came with a filter, which will prevent me from drinking the tea leafs. Also, it is in a nice shade of green, which is one of the many colours I like.
Not only this. He had actually wanted to surprise me with a buffet dinner at Fairmont Hotel. But he did not make a reservation, and the restaurant was full that evening. As I was famished, we went to the foodcourt to have our dinner, in the end.

I am really getting spoilt with so many surprises recently. ♥

Good Skin Praises

2011-09-25T21:00:00.002+08:00

Good Skin and Looking Young

*This post is not about how to get good skin, or how to look young.*

I have received many praises for my good skin, but I am actually not very happy when I receive them, because I don't deserve the praises.

Seriously, is there something wrong with your eyes? My skin is super dry, which has resulted in my skin aging at an alarming rate. My pores are humongous, and I bet I have the biggest eye bags, darkest dark eye circles, and most serious case of fine lines, for my age. So bad that I don't dare to wear contacts, even though I have 2 boxes of daily disposable contacts, that are about to expire soon.

So whenever people praise that my skin is good, and say that I look like I have powder on my face, I don't know how to reply them.

Another comment I usually get, is that, I look much younger than how old I really am. Recently, my mum's friend even guessed that I am 13!! That, to me, is not a compliment as well. In fact, I am very troubled by it. Imagine when I have my own children in the future, people will think that a 13 year old girl, has kids! It's going to be really awkward. I don't want to look old, but I hope to look like my age.

That's all for complaining.

A Meaningful Gift

2011-09-25T12:22:00.001+08:00

I'm now reading "The 5 Love Languages", while waiting for my mum, at the Buddhist Temple.

Just finished the chapter on "Receiving Gifts", which is one of the love languages. I thought that I should blog about a recent gift he got for me, which was a very meaningful one.

A recent event made me feel like my family was bound to fall apart, and lose faith in the possibility of having a good husband, or building my own happy family.

On that day, after a devastating and exasperating call with someone, I met up with him. The first thing he did, was to give me a hug and listened to whatever I had to say. I knew he would be at a loss for words, as there was nothing he could have said, to make me feel better. I was also determined not to let that incident spoil our dating day, which we only have twice a week. So, despite being ultra-upset, I suggested we proceed with our plan to go to orchard.

We spent the remaining time walking around and not mentioning about the upsetting topic again. Nonetheless, whenever there is a quiet moment, I can't help but let the topic surface in my mind. Tired of walking, we sat down at one of the cafes, to rest our tired feet, and have a drink.

After a while, he went to the toilet and came back with this cookie, which said "You're my everything". I was really touched by this small little move, as it came when I really needed some cheering up, and assurance from him.

I'm writing it here because I don't ever want to forget this incident, and how much I'm loved by him. 

I am truly a lucky girl.

2011-09-11T12:00:00.037+08:00

Birthday Trip to Phuket (3 Sep to 7 Sep)

To celebrate my 24th birthday, baby and I decided to return to Phuket again. Initially, we planned to go to Bali, but our search for a hotel, which has a bathtub, at a good location, and within our budget, failed. Actually, I was searching for a villa, instead of a hotel, because villas seem to be a more popular choice, in Bali.

Since we were unable to find a suitable place to stay in, which is under S$100 per night, we concluded that Phuket is a much cheaper place to go to. Here's a breakdown of our flight and accommodation costs:

Flight by Silkair: S$489.20 (for 2 tickets)
Hotel Stay for 4 nights: S$291.34
Total: S$789.54
Per person: S$394.77

We were very lucky to have bought the tickets during SilkAir internet sale promotion, because, unfortunately, my birthday falls on a school holiday week, so tickets out of Singapore are never cheap during that period. I have checked the prices for the low cost carriers (LCC), and only Jetstar was cheaper by about S$20 (or was it S$40?), but if you want to order the in-flight meals, and check-in your luggage, you have to pay extra, so when you add all the additional costs up, SilkAir maybe cheaper after all. Some more we got free poker cards! Haha!! Kiasu Singaporeans. Also, the hotel we stayed in, Baumanburi, is a very cheap hotel, we paid S$70 odd per night, for the best room! As usual, we booked our hotel stay from Agoda.

I did the check-in online, one day prior to our departure, and we went to collect our boarding pass very early, because we wanted to shop around in the transit area. Our flight was at 4+pm, but we reached the airport at 12pm.

Day 1
Some pictures taken at the airport.
Finally, it was boarding time.
Maybe you'll think I am very suaku, but I was shocked that SilkAir doesn't have a personal in-flight entertainment system for the passengers!! I thought only LCC doesn't have. I was so sad, because we could only watch Mr. Bean from a very small screen that drops from ceiling, and there was no sound. Sigh.
Can you see the airplane's reflection?
We departed on time, from the Singapore Airport, but we had to queue for our turn to take off. Check out the other planes queuing behind us.
Finally, we took off, into a rather hazy sky.
Beautiful~
Our in-flight meal. I love travelling, because I get to fly on the airplanes, eat in-flight meals, and stay in hotels. ☺
The chicken was as dry as my chapped lips, and the fries tastes obviously fried hours ago, and were very soggy. Only the beans were nice, and the orange juice had pulp in it!
We landed in Phuket airport at about 5.30pm, Thailand time, which is one hour behind us. It was raining very heavily when we were in the air, and about to land. When we landed, the rain was relatively small, and surprisingly, after we passed the customs (we queued for at least 30 mins to get our passport stamped) and collected our luggage, there was almost no rain!

We got onto a cab, and the driver charged us 600bhat (S$25) for the journey to our hotel, which was at Patong beach. It's rather expensive, but the trip to Patong is actually about 1hr, because the road network is not very established in Phuket. So we reached out hotel at about 7.30pm. after we checked in, we went to a nearby place for dinner, but I forgot to bring my camera along, so here are the photos of my hotel room.
Cheeky hotel. Can see the bathtub and toilet from the room.
Separate shower area.
After dinner, we went back to the hotel to have an early night's rest.

Day 2
The next morning, we went for the free breakfast at the hotel restaurant, and headed straight to Jungceylon, a shopping mall, which is about 15 mins walk away from our hotel, to stock up some snacks and water. Of cos, we did some shopping in the mall, since we were already there.

Got some Hello Kitty gummies from one of the bookshops.
After stocking up, we bought food back from some roadside stalls, which are actually stalls that are on motorcycle. The stall owner can cook and serve on the motorbike.
Some spicy chicken with glutinous rice. We didn't finish the glutinous rice, but the chicken was DELICIOUS! It's so damn spicy and I LURVE it.
Up close. Can you see the red chilli padi? Hehe. Slurps.
Also bought a chicken leg. The whole meal cost 100bhat (S$4), and we were damn full after that. I think if you wanna by a chicken leg (drumstick plus the thigh), in Singapore, will be S$3+ already.
After lunch, we went for foot massage, at the same massage place we went to, the previous time we went to Phuket. It's a short walk from our hotel, and the cheapest along that stretch of road. It's clean also, not those sleazy ones.
After massage, we went for walk along patong beach, to shop in the shops along the beach. Haha. on our way there, we passed by Marriot Hotel, and got approached by one of the hotel staff. He offered us either a free island hopping tour, or free tickets to the Fantasea show. In return, we need to go for a 90 mins talk at the hotel the next day. We signed up immediately for the talk, and chose the tickets to the show, since we have never watched it before, and the last time we went for the island hopping tour, I got severe motion sickness.

We had dinner, from one of the roadside stalls again, and this time, we actually ate at the road side.
Dorky face. Haha. Happy with our spicy glass noodle soup.
We ended up at Bangla Road, which is the place where nightlight is most vibrant. They have Tiger Show, Ping Pong Show, etc. In our previous trip, I asked baby if he wanted to visit one of those shops, and I can go in with him, but he didn't want to. Haha. So this time, I didn't ask him.
Then, we walked back to our hotel, and along the way, baby bought a corn for supper.
Bought this from one of the shops along Patong beach! It's Hello Kitty magnets. You may think that it's a useless thing, but my office has whiteboard okay? I will use it! Haha.

Day 3
We went for the talk at Marriot in the morning, and since we had to go for the show at night, we didn't go to other beaches, which we had intended to go initially.

Since the weather was so hot, baby decided to have some Grass Jelly.
We also bought a bowl of spicy instant noodles from a road side stall. This one is the worst we had during out trip.

Since the previous bowl was disappointing and not filling, we bought another bowl of glass noodle soup, back to our hotel. This one has the best soup, and had the most ingredients. There were meat balls, beansprouts, kang kong and radish. Slurps.
In the evening, the Fantasea minibus came to our hotel to fetch us to the show venue. Marriot was kind enough to provide us the tickets for the buffet dinner and the show.
There was a koi pond, and of course, there were staff standing near the ponds, holding baskets containing fish food, to sell to the tourists. We didn't buy any. Haha.
The whole place was like a mini park, with many shops selling souvenirs, mainly related to elephants.
Cute elephant decoration, on top of one of the shops.
Ang mohs really know how to pose for photos.
Live elephants!! I know it's cruel and all, for people to use them for commercial purposes, but with deforestation and human intruding their habitat, I guess it'll be hard for them to survive out in the wild too. Just hope that they are well treated and not abused by the trainers/owners. And of cos, I hope they actually like giving rides to the tourists.
A lifelike statue of an elephant, outside the hall where we will watch the show later.
Giving rides to tourists.
Before the show, it's buffet time. Since we are tourists, we must take photos everywhere.
There's a lady standing outside the restaurant for the seafood buffet. I think you can top up some money to enjoy the seafood buffet. Since we dun eat much, no point paying the additional, for seafood buffet.
The theater at night. Isn't it beautiful? The lights will change colours constantly.
More photos taken within the premise of the park. As no photography was allowed in the theater, we had to surrender our cameras at the counters, for safekeeping. So sad we were not allowed to take photos of the show.
Baby kept asking me to choose a gift for myself, because he did not buy a present for me. As there were many useless things in the souvenir shops, I got the most useful thing... a hand fan.
Some information about the show, there was no plot. Even if there was, I don't know what it was, so in that aspect, it has failed. However, there were many elephants performing, and other animals as well, such as chicken, goats, doves and a tiger. The elephants was most involved in the show, performing simple tricks, such as, sitting, kneeling, and standing. The rest of the animals sort of just ran, or flew, across the stage.

I have to say that the actors were very professional, because even though the main focus was at the centre of the stage, there were some actors at the side, performing some small roles as well, and not for one second, did they look bored. I remember these 2 actors were at the side, supposedly acting as guards, and they looked serious, tensed and fierce, at all times, like they are really in a war.

Another highlight of the show was there were 10 acrobats hanging from the ceiling, right above us. Very interesting and entertaining.

Day 4 - My 24th Birthday
After the show, we took the bus back to our hotel. By the time we reached the hotel, it was already past 12am, so it was my birthday! We watched some pirated dvds we bought in one of the stalls along the beach. and while lying on the bed, I stuck my hand under the pillow, and found this...
Can't see it very clearly, because my camera sucks, but it's a silver pendant, with sapphire, and a small small diamond. I was really touched by this move, because it's the 1st piece of authentic jewelery he bought for me. I know that diamond would probably be a little out of his budget, so he bought sapphire, which is my birthstone. And he had brought this necklace in his waist pouch, all the time, so that I wouldn't find out. Also, I honestly and seriously did not want him to get me a gift, because he had already spent quite some money on this trip, which we wouldn't have gone on, if not for my birthday. So, I was really touched.
Next morning, we went to my favourite beach. Kata beach. We rented a motorbike, which baby rode, to get there. Nice eh?
Lunch at one of the restaurants on the beach.
We went back to the room to bathe, after spending the day at the beach, before dinner. Baby told me we'll be eating at a nearby restaurant, or the roadside stall, whichever I prefer, and we slacked in the room for quite sometime.

We were so tired after a day at the beach we didn't want to leave the hotel for dinner. But he suddenly said we better get going, before we decide to skip dinner. And, when we reached the hotel lobby, he suddenly walked towards a guy, waiting beside a minibus, and tadah!!! A 3rd surprise for my birthday (the first one is the bouquet of flowers and the cake)!
The minivan brought us to this place, with a melting ice sculpture.
It's so called the most romantic restaurant in Phuket, and baby had made a reservation for my birthday. I am really surprised he did so much for my birthday, even though I admit I hinted him on several occasions. Our sunset view was blocked by the tree.
The beach on my left.
Candlelight dinner. The place is really very atas, because they had reading lights for you to read your menu, as the place is quite dark. Also, the staff were very attentive and helpful.
His very not delicious Irish Coffee.
My equally not delicious Cafe Mocha.
Coconut?
Nope! It's soup in a coconut shell! Very delicious if you like coconut. I hate it.
Some fried fish paste. Not too bad.
No more pictures of the rest of the dishes, of our dinner.

We asked for the bill and waited a good 10 mins. Baby and I stood up to explore the restaurant, and the staff were very anxious, because they thought we were getting impatient. Haha. Soon, they emerged with this desert, and sparklers, singing the birthday song for ME!!! OMG! So pai seh. Haha.
This is where we dined at. Baan Rim Pa. They provide free transportation, from and back to your hotel, and the service is great! The food is not fantastic though.
After dinner, it was back to our hotel, and packing for our departure the next day. Marriot also offered us a free taxi to the airport, for attending the 90 mins talk.

That marks the end of our Phuket trip, and the start of my final year, before I turn 25. Gosh, I am getting old.

To baby: Thank you for everything! Thanks for all the surprises, all the laughter and fun, not only for this trip, but for the past soon-to-be 5 years, of our relationship. Thanks for tolerating my flaws, especially my extremely short temper. You had many chances to strangle me to death over this soon-to-be 5 years, and I am shocked you haven't done that yet. Haha. Thanks for keeping me alive, and loving me unconditionally. I love you too!

Surprise!

2011-09-02T20:29:00.002+08:00

Surprise!

One day prior to our getaway to Phuket (yes.. again), I got a surprise from Baby! Saw this on my table when I got home today, and switched on the lights in my room.
♥
This may not be the most beautiful bouquet of roses, or the nicest cake in the world, but I know this is the best he can do, and so, he has done the best for me.

Thank you very much baby! I love you too! 我真是个幸福的女人!

PS: I cleared the table before taking the photo. My table was actually in a mess when I reached home. Haha.

Early Mid-Autumn Festival

2011-08-21T19:50:00.002+08:00

Early Mid-Autumn Festival

What is this strange glowing object????
It's a mushroom lantern, made by my mum!!!! Haha. It's so cute.
It's made with balloons, by the way. She said the light she has inserted into the balloon can remain lit for 3 days. Impressive!
Apologies for the messy table in the background.

Sick

2011-08-16T14:26:00.002+08:00

Sick

In case you're wondering, how could I have posted the long National Day post on a Tuesday afternoon. It's because I am sick, and so, I am on MC! I haven been so sick, and for so long (my cough has been around for about a month), for a very long time! I guess working in SIA is more stressful for me, then working in KPMG.

Anyway, I am impressed by myself, for being able to put up such a long post, since the photo takes a long time to be uploaded, after I have taken the drowsy cough syrup!

National Day Parade 2011

2011-08-16T11:02:00.025+08:00

National Day Parade 2011

Baby and I went to watch the National Day Parade, thanks to Mummy, who gave us the tickets. The reason why she got the tickets is because she is a RC member, and every year, each RC will be given 2 pairs of tickets for them to ballot. However, it's still a fair game, because if you got the tickets this year, then you don't get to ballot in the next year, in order to give others a chance to get the tickets.

The weather was very hot, but for a while, like maybe 5mins, there were some rain clouds hanging above our heads. I was worried that it may rain, but it didn't! Lucky us.

The stage is set up at a very strategic position, as we can see the MBS and the CBD area in front if us, and the Helix and Singapore Flyer are on our left side. We reached at 4 plus, because the gates opens at 4pm, and as kiasu Singaporeans, we wanted to get good seats. National Day, so, all the more must practise Singaporean spirit.
At the very very very far right, we can see the Merlion, and many people gathering there. I doubt they can watch the parade from there, unless they brought binoculars.
Inside our National Day Fun Pack, we got our own Merlion butter cookies.
Random photo of the crowd, while waiting for the parade to start.
Soon the parade started, with some band playing.
Followed by the hosts, Gurmit Singh, Belinda Lee, Denise Keller and Suhaimi Yusof. We were very lucky to be in Gurmit Singh's team, because I thought that he was the most HIGH host, that evening.
The picture below is actually meant to capture the volunteers that were helping that day. I feel that they have really put in alot of effort, because they had to dance to the music, choreographed dance of course. The weather was really hot, and it was awkward to be dancing with many people watching you up close! But they maintained their smiles and performed their duties to their best.
Practising the flag waving, so that it will be perfect when the President and the Members of Parliament arrives.
A sea of red and white to represent the colours of the Singapore flag. Feeling the patriotic atmosphere in the air.
1st up, is the traditional parachute performance.
You can see "The Red Lions" on their parachutes, because they are called The Red Lions.
(Hint: Click on photo to enlarge, if you can't see the words clearly.)
Trying to get a good photo of them landing...
Next, it's the performance from our Civil Defense team, pretending that Singapore is under attack, and they are trying to save our lives.
A helicopter is removing some potential threat from the water.
A Chinook flying really close to the water! So cool.
Some more photos of the performance by Civil Defense.
Baby said that this is an Apache helicopter.
I saw a connected platform floating in from our left, under the Helix bridge, to the right side of the stage.
Taking a closer look, there are cannons on the platform.
My favourite part of the parade! The marching parade.. ceremony.. contingent.. whatever it's called. They marched in from all sides of the stage.
Tadah!! Everyone gathering on the stage. My favourite is the 阿兵哥 in Number 4, because I think a man wearing the Number 4 uniform looks very smart, brave, and 可以依赖 (sense of security).
See! The "Cannon Team" setting up on the right side of the stage, preparing to fire when Mr. President arrives.
And he's here!! It's going to be his last time at the National Day Parade, as the President of Singapore.
Chinook and 2 Apaches flying past, with the Singapore Flag, as we sing the National Anthem.
Fighter planes. They were flying too fast, and since my camera takes a long time to reload, I only took 2 blurry photos of them.
非常整齐.
Mr President inspecting the parade for the last time. I guess he must be too old to walk, which is why he rode in the car instead. He's 87 this year!! My colleague was saying the other day, during lunch, that if her Grandma is 87, she would be senile already, which is why she is very impressed by our President. My colleague is a Non-Singaporean, but she is always singing praises of Singapore.
The logo of the NTUC building showing the Singapore flag!! In case you don't know, on a normal day, the logo changes colour constantly.
(Hint: Click to enlarge, so that you can see the moon and stars.)
I like this part too! There is a pattern to how the guns are fired. From left to right, back to the left, then right again.
After this segment was over, the people in the parade actually marched towards us, all singing to the song "We are Singapore" while marching. How cool is that!? "We are Singapore, Singaporeans..."
The next segment shows the different ethnic races in Singapore. The 包子 in the 蒸笼 represents Chinese. Before this, there was a part which represented the Malays, but I didn't take any photos of that because I initially thought they were just doing some sort of a dance. ☹
This represents the Ang Mohs..
This represents the Indian. Baby keeps saying that the elephant is very nice, because it looks real.
Some cute "Super Indian Ink" dancing. I don't know why they relate Indians to ink. Did they invent them? *shrugs*
I like this part too! When they are trying to portray the fishing village, which Singapore used to be, they actually had the volunteers blew bubbles! We had bottles of bubbles in our bags too, but we didn't join in, because finding a small bottle of bubble from the big Fun Pack bag, in the dark, is quite a tough job.
Some pretty lighted clams on the side of the stage, in the river.
Once again, I want to give credits to the volunteers. This time, they are diligently blowing bubbles. Without them, I believe the National Day Parade would have been a very different experience. Less fun.
Another part which I liked as well. I liked it not because it has a replica of the MRT, but....
Because there were many cute children dancing!! They were really adorable!
Since it was dark, and I couldn't really get good photos, I gave up trying to take photos of the performance. I realise my camera's nightshots are not fantastic! All the photos I took, after the sky turned dark, were horribly unclear.

Fast forward to the last part... Fireworks!
Times like this, I wish I have a professional camera, so that I can take brilliant photos of the fireworks, and the performance. But of course, I wouldn't get it, because I only use my camera once in a blue moon.

However sucky the photos turned out, at least I know that I enjoyed myself very much, and loved the 4mins of fireworks.

Ended our day at Cafe Cartel, because they have 50% off snacks and ice cream after 9pm. Haha. Singaporean spirit till the very end.
♥

Sentosa Staycation @ 18 July 2011

2011-07-24T14:37:00.017+08:00

Sentosa Staycation @ 18 July 2011

Last week, we went for a one night stay at Sentosa Resort and Spa. We decided to stay there because there was a promotion offered for SIA staff, which I guess was a good offer because, at the Hotel, I saw their cheapest rates are like S$500 per night.

I found out that there was a shuttle bus to the hotel from Vivocity, so Baby and I met up at Vivocity, and took the free transport down.

The staff at the hotel were clearly non-Singaporeans, think they are from China, and one other thing i would like to comment about is that the bus first stops at the employees hostel, picks up the employees who are going to the hotel, before going to the hotel. Baby and I almost alighted at the employee's hostel, because no one told us that we were supposed to alight at the 2nd stop. Also, if I am a customer who is paying S$500 for the room, I wouldn't want to share a bus with the employees, would I?

Anyway, checking in was a fairly fast process, and soon, we got to our room. When you 1st go in, there is a small foyer.
Then, there's another door, which you have to open to get to your room. I thought that this was a very good design, because at night, we left the lights in the foyer on, and the door slightly open, so that a little, but not too much light, comes into the room.
Taking a peek into the room.
The room was spacious, with a king size bed, LCD tv, and plenty of wardrobe space. I guess people will need big wardrobes, if they plan to go to Sentosa for their pre-wedding shots, and decides to stay in the hotel.

Then, we realise, there's a second set of doors in the room, which leads to the......
...toilet!!
Atas shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, and body lotion, from their own spa.
As always, my top priority when looking for a hotel, a bathtub! Spacious enough for 2! Don't ask me how I know.
There's a separate shower and toilet area, which was very inconvenient, because after relaxing in the bathtub, we had to walk to the tiny shower room for shower, and along the way, dripping soapy water.
Just to show where the door (entrance) and the toilet is located.
The view from our room. It's a peculiar hotel, because it's built on a hill. So even though our room is located on level 2, we had to take a lift down to level 2 because the lobby was built on higher ground. Anyway, the water was green with algae, but the overall view was pleasant.
Some in-room amenities, and freebies. They have this suitcase looking thing that is full of brochures, and also maps of Sentosa and Singapore for your convenience.
Below the TV, they had a small cupboard full of stuff, which are atas looking, except for the kettle.
They provided free TWG teabags! We didn't use any of them during our stay, but I took it all home because my sister loves TWG.
One of the drawers was full of snacks, and 2 small bottles of wine. The fridge was full of chilled drinks as well, but are all chargeable, so we did not drink any.
A drawer full of wine glasses, shows that it really is an atas hotel.
Tadah!!! The food we brought from Giant @ Vivocity, so that we do not have to spend money on food on Sentosa. Haha. Very cheapskate, but I like!
After we finished taking photos of the room, we decided to take a walk at the beach. Behind the hotel, next to the pool, there's a staircase that leads you down the hill and to the beach.

Guess what we saw?
A peacock!
Another one...
...with it's baby peacock.
Although the staff in the hotel told us that the staircase leads to the beach, it was actually quite along walk to palawan beach. Took us ages to reach there, and the weather was HOT! Nonetheless, we had a short stroll along the beach and tried to have fun, which is really hard with the horrible weather.
Some failed attempts to take artistic shots. Haha. I really have no talent in art.
A coconut tree trying to stretch out for some sunlight.
We were very lucky to bump into an animal show on the island. It's like an animal show in the zoo, except it's not in the zoo. Here, you can see a monkey trying to pluck a fake coconut.
The next star is this parrot, which is smart because...
...it can do math! The numbers were random numbers given by the audience, for the parrot to add up, and...
...it's thinking...
...and it got it right!! It's amazing how animals can be trained like that. I guess you need a lot of patience to train animals because we don't speak the same language.
Then, we had some eagles, which I was damn scared of because they were flying really low, and close to our heads. I have watched this CSI episode about a parrot killing its owners with its claws, and from then on, I am wary of all birds with sharp claws.
Can you spot the eagle flying? Look how low it's flying!
Then, we had a pretty volunteer, from Brazil, to hold the python. Btw, it is an albino python, that's why it is white and yellow. A normal python is greenish-brown I think.
They had a plot where the python was missing, and was found by this husky in one of the boxes. It is a really big husky and I am glad it didn't run my way when he was looking for the snake.
All the stars of the show.
After the show, they put the python out for the audience to see, and feel the skin of the python. As you can see, everyone in the audience are tourists, except for us. Haha.
After the animal show, we walked back to our hotel. And we saw peacocks at the pool! I guess the weather was too hot for them as well, as they kept drinking water from the pool.
And some strange uncle wanted a picture with them. Hah!
When we reached the hotel, it was time for a relaxing bath! Incidentally, there was a heart in the tub! Haha. So romantic ♥
After bath, it was time for dinner! Look at our sumptuous spread! Curious what is the kettle doing there, when we already have 100plus?
It's for our canned soup! It took us a long time to wash the kettle after that, so do not learn from us please, even though it was fun cooking. ☺
We ordered fries from the room service menu, which costed us $9. The bucket was very big, and we couldn't really finish the fries. So I guess even though it's $9, for the quantity they give you, it's worth the price.
We had to order fries only because we needed utensils for our noodles. Haha.The fries came with 2 small cute bottles of ketchup, which we also took home with us. Haha. So it's REALLY worth it.
And that brings me to the end of our one day staycation @ Sentosa. Really hope we can do it more often, because I love staying in hotels, and I could use a break every now and then.

2011-07-10T15:08:00.005+08:00

Lion Heart

Recently heard this song playing on 933, while I was in the car.

Live Version

Takuya Kimura and the guy standing on the right, in the front row, sang the best! The guy in the middle sang quite badly, and he is damn AA (Attract Attention). Cannot stand him! Yuck!

The live video is very, very, very soft, so I have here the original MTV, which is louder. Takuya Kimura is very handsome and man. ♥

Original MTV

Cheap Online Shopping

2011-07-06T21:24:00.004+08:00

Cheap Online Shopping

After watching Budget Barbie on Clicknetwork, I went to one of the online shops she had recommended SgLady, to see how cheap the things are. Guess what? Yes, I ended up shopping online again. Hehe.

My package arrived in an ugly envelope. Not that I mind, since I spent S$2.90 at the website and it was free shipping!
Tadah!! My purchases!
I went to check the price of the hair velcro thing at Sasa, and they were selling it for S$6.90! I got it from the website at S$1.90, with free shipping! There are 2 pieces inside, just like the ones sold in stores! Haha. 捡到宝. The other 2 things I got are 24k gold plated anti-radiation stickers. The hello kitty one is already on my phone, with my almost matching hello kitty g-mask. The bear one is for baby, since he always has to speak on the phone, it'll be good if he has one. ☺

One Dollar Savings

2011-07-06T21:06:00.005+08:00

One Dollar Savings

Some time ago, when I was feeling very bored because baby wasn't able to accompany me on a weekend, I emptied my piggy bank to count my one dollar coins savings.
S$492!
Barely reaching the neck of Hello Kitty!
That's all!

Nantsuttei Ramen

2011-07-06T20:51:00.005+08:00

Nantsuttei Ramen

Baby and I went to Nantsettei some time ago. This is the 2nd time we're there, but the 1st time, we didn't get to eat because the queue was too long, and I was too hungry to wait. Since the 1st time round, while we were in the queue, there were many Japanese queuing, we decided that we had to go back.

Baby ordered spicy ramen. They have many different levels of spiciness, and he chose level 4, which is the 2nd most spicy level. He said that it didn't feel very spicy at first, but he had to go to the toilet after that.
I ordered the ramen recommended by the waiter who served us. The soup base was very good, and the meat was very very very very tender. I loved it alot!
A picture of the delicious pork. ♥

佛学

2011-07-03T20:33:00.008+08:00

观世音菩萨 (As the name goes, this Bodhisattva looks after the world. Our world.)
今天，师父告诉我们，观世音菩萨原本已经成佛了。但是他决定回到世间，帮助众生，所以他放弃了佛的身份。要成佛必须又经过几个阶段，师父说，佛跟菩萨只差一个阶级，所以观世音菩萨 gave up promotion (my teacher's exact words)，牺牲自己回来帮助我们。

地藏菩萨
师父说，很多人都认为不能在家里年地藏经，因为地藏菩萨是管地狱的，所以他不是一个“正派”的菩萨。但是，地藏菩萨曾经说过“地狱不空，不成佛”，也就是说，他要帮助所有下了地狱的“人”可以得到轮回的机会, or something like that. 所以他也是一个已经能成佛，但选择放弃，为了帮助众生，的菩萨。最可怜的是，他还被我们都误会，以为他不是一个“正派”的菩萨，有些人甚至不喜欢他。我认为他真的很伟大。

2011-06-17T23:10:00.003+08:00

Another one of my guilty purchases....
A classic design coach bag! It was pink in the Reebonz website, but I don't know how it turned out to be red instead. Anyways, I still love it!
Everything was perfect until I saw a stain inside the bag!! I dropped Reebonz an email to ask for an exchange/refund or some credits for my next purchase. I hope they will be giving me and exchange or credits, because I really like the bag! Stupid stain!
A surprise from Baby!! I went into Fie Japan at Raffles City Shopping Centre and I randomly told him that I find this pair of earrings nice. And when I walked away to look at the bags, he took the pair of earrings and went to pay for it! How come he recently became so sweet and nice? Haha.. I'm not complaining though.

Even though I saw other pairs that are nicer, but this is a surprise gift from my love! This made my day! :)

Thank you baby!!!

It's Here!!

2011-06-09T20:34:00.008+08:00

It's Here!!

Well, it was actually here yesterday. Choosing for your purchase to be delivered from 7pm to 10pm, from Reebonz, usually means that it will be delivered after 10pm for me. Seriously, all my 3 purchases were delivered after 10pm. Not that I want to complain, but I usually sleep rather early.

Besides that, I love receiving my online purchases! Because I get to look forward to it for days.

Tadah!! The paper bag! UNVEIL THE SURPRISE! Only for small products, they will put it in a paper bag, if it's a big purchase, like a bag, instead of a wallet or other small leather products, they will just deliver a big black box.
Take a peek inside....
A small box with a BIG ribbon! I love the ribbons they tie on their boxes. So pretty.
A bare box... what's that at the bottom?
Reebonz website. You need to be a member in order to purchase their products.
And inside the box...
After taking the photo above, my camera went flat! I am sure you can tell it's something from Kate Spade though. It's actually a wristlet. I'll take a photo of it when I bring it out next time, or if I remember to take a photo of it after my camera's battery is fully charged.

Anyways, the below is my 1st purchase from Reebonz. As you can see, it's a bigger box, that's why the ribbon appears smaller. They always pack their deliveries in their own boxes.
That's boyfriend squatting on the floor, playing Utopia on this iPhone, and holding my bag up for me to take a photo of it.

I hope I can stop myself from visiting their website so often, and drooling over the bags. But once I start, I can't stop. If I see a bag I really really like, and if it in the affordable range, meaning it's not something in the thousands, I would even go back everyday to look at the bag! Sigh. Most of the time I can stop myself from buying but sometimes, especially if the discount is substantial, I will give myself a small treat. The Coach bag is an involuntary gift from boyfriend though. Heh heh.

无聊的Updates

2011-06-04T23:33:00.002+08:00

无聊的 Random Updates

Bought something small from Reebonz and I am looking forward for it to be delivered to me soon!

决定让我的人生更充实，而且既然决定明年要去日本探望宝霞，我今天报名了日文班。这个月三十号，会开始在联络所上课。一个人上课难免会寂寞，但是我决定要学习不要那么依赖有人陪。

I realised typing in Chinese takes twice the amount of time I need to type the same sentence in English. Although the alphabets on the keyboard hasn't moved, it's still harder to type in Chinese.

I have decided to visit Vanessa, aka 宝霞, in Japan, next February. So I really hope that I will be able to apply for leave then! 天公保佑!

Decided to pamper myself and my skin, so I did a home made mask, and a DIY pedicure today! Haha. Everything also very DIY, because I am very thrifty and I would rather save the money from manicure and pedicure, and buy a bag I like! I have been drooling over the Reebonz Kate Spade sales all afternoon, and also the pretty bags from Cath Kidston. When will I be able to fly to US and UK? 省省省!!

That's all for my updates! Hopefully can go somewhere fun and take plenty of photos to post on my blog soon. Although it's more work, I like to see all the photos posted on my blog and that I have recorded another happy memory here. Some day, when I read these posts and view all the pictures again, I can reminisce about the good times I had.

2011-05-17T16:41:00.002+08:00

Cleaning Day

Since it is a public holiday, and I am not going out until in the evening, I decided to clean my table! Here's a before and after comparison.

Before
After
If you still see a mess on the right side of the picture, and you're wondering if I have done a proper job of tidying up my table, please note that the mess you're seeing belongs to my sister. That's her part of the table. ☺To eliminate the illusion that my table is still in a mess, I have taken another photo from the side. See! It's so clean and tidy.
I did not use flash for all of the pictures taken, but it seems like the After photo is much brighter than the Before photo. Probably because more light can fall onto my table, now that all the rubbish is gone. I am now able to use my laptop on my table once again! Of course with the risk of an avalanche from my sister's table. LOL.

Here's a photo taken at the Mother's Day dinner we had last week, at Ah Yah Seafood Restaurant, at Turf Club. The present we bought for my mum, which my sisters still owes me money for, is a wallet! I have chosen a more classy one for her, since we all thought that her current wallet is a bit too auntie-ish. She said she likes it but she isn't willing to change! She said she should use it only when she goes overseas, and needs to look more classy? Haha.
Btw, the dinner was paid by my father. Haha. It's always expensive to eat there, and he's the richest one in the family. Hohoho.

Happy Vesak Day!

三步一拜

2011-05-17T13:24:00.007+08:00

三步一拜

I went to volunteer at the 三步一拜, last Sunday, organised by the Singapore Buddhist Welfare Service, which is the place I attend my Buddhism classes every Sunday, at the Hougang Stadium. My duty was very simple. I just had to stand at the exit, which is the usual entrance to the stadium, and direct those who came to the correct entrance for the event.

Although I did not take part in the 三步一拜, I managed to sneak into the stadium and watch the event take place. It was a very 壮观的仪式. 带领的师父穿着一件褐色的袈裟，跟的佛经的 rhythm，每走三步就跪下来拜一次。后面跟着很多穿着黑色袈裟的（归依了的人），跟着师父三步一拜。真的很壮观！Maybe I will take part next year!

Fun facts:

释迦牟尼佛是佛教的教主，也是我们“最大”的佛。所以我们很多的佛经／歌里，都听得到“南无本师释迦牟尼佛”.
弥勒佛是佛教的下一个教主。但师父说，我们活不到他成为教主的时候。
如果你没归依，你只是佛教的同情者。归依了就是真正的佛教徒, or something like that. But I don't think that I need to go through some ceremony to become a real Buddhist, and I do not think that once someone have 归依, he/she will immediately become a "real" Buddhist.

If I continue to be a good citizen, a good person, and act in accordance to the Buddhism teachings, I believe that I am a even better Buddhist than those who have already 归依, but are not acting in accordance with Buddhism teachings. Of course I am not saying that I am a very good Buddhist, or I am acting in accordance to all the Buddhism teachings, and all, because it is not easy to just become a totally new person, to do only good deeds, and to stop believing that all cockroaches should be killed! Haha.

Maybe I am just not ready, because I really do not think that going through a ceremony, will make me a real Buddhist, or a better Buddhist. Probably people who are ready will think so, since there are so many people ho have done that.

GE is Over

2011-05-08T13:55:00.002+08:00

GE Is Over

It's confirmed that we have lost our fantastic Foreign Minister, Mr George Yeo. I became a big fan of him in the later part of the rally period, after reading XX and many other people's tweets, watching this interview and videos on youtube.

He had successfully portrayed himself as a very sincere man, and I am very sad that he had lost in the Aljunied battle (only because it means we lose him as a minister).

I strongly believe that he had lost this election because of people who BLINDLY supports the opposition party. We have heard of many people saying "I am going to vote for the Opposition Party" or, "I am so happy that Opposition had won." And these people supports "Opposition Party" as a whole, regardless of whether parties like the Reform Party, has concrete plans for the country or not, they just don't want PAP to win.

I am not trying to flame everyone who does not support PAP. I wouldn't mind if someone says, "I support WP because they have promised to change xxx", or "I am going to vote for SPP because their proposal for my GRC is better than PAP's". If you can give me a valid reason why you want to vote for one of the opposition parties, or why you prefer the opposition party over PAP in your GRC, then fair enough, go ahead and vote for your preferred party.

I can tell you that I am not going to vote for NSP in Tampines because I don't agree with their policy to help divorced men look for rental houses, and I am 不爽 that they had a team of 5 males, no females. Yes, so as compared to NSP, I prefer PAP in Tampines. I would prefer a fresh coat of paint at my void deck, as compared to nothing, because that was what NSP Tampines have to offer.

So, those who voted for NSP in Tampines, may I ask what did you like about NSP that made you vote for them? Which policy they proposed made you think that was better then what PAP has for us? Why was Tampines such a close fight?

As for residents in Aljunied, thanks to you, we have lost a good foreign minister, which so many people had supported. Seriously, would you prefer to have LTK as our foreign minister? Did you really prefer a businessman as your MP but not a fatherly George Yeo? By the way, I am just sad that we have lost George Yeo as a Foreign Minister, so if you guys really prefers to have LTK serve you, then so be it. None of my business actually.

Lastly, for those who are sour that SPP lost Potong Pasir to PAP, and are consoling each other that SPP will win the next round of elections, after Potong Pasir had finished their upgrading in 5 years time. This just makes you people the same as those, who chose not to give the opposition parties a chance, because you guys have closed minds and doesn't want to believe that PAP can actually do something for Potong Pasir. Seriously, if you don't live in Potong Pasir, don't make comments like "It's bad that SPP lost", because the residents may actually think that Mr Sitoh had proven himself, in the past 10 years, that he was actually not bad. Maybe they still think that Mr Chiam is better than Sitoh, but too bad he gave up Potong Pasir and went to compete in the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.

Be happy/sad/angry for your own GRC, don't pretend like you know, or are very clever, and speak for other GRCs, unless like me, you're just sad that Singapore had lost a certain outstanding Minister. There is no "Opposition Party", choose one of the parties to support, and choose with a reason. Don't support PAP or the opposition blindly.

Wrapping up:
- Too late for anything to be done, with regards to Mr George Yeo.
- I am very happy that Tampines didn't fall into the hands of an incapable NSP team.

Rally Crowd - NSP vs PAP

2011-05-05T21:01:00.003+08:00

Rally Crowd - NSP vs PAP

Last night, NSP (National Solidarity Party - for the benefit of my Number 1 loyal reader, BX) held their rally in Tampines Stadium, and this was the crowd they had.
Tonight, PAP held (or is holding, as they are still speaking while I am blogging this post) their rally at the same location and this is the crowd they have.
Let's zoom in a little more to see if anyone is there... oh yes there is!
Despite the smaller crowd, I can still hear people blowing their whistles to PAP's rally, which is getting louder now, as the rally is moving into the last 45mins. Last night, all I heard was cheering for NSP, very loud cheering.

Crowd or no crowd, I believe people should now already know by now, who they want to vote for. At least I do. ☺

2011-05-01T11:19:00.007+08:00

I realised a Secondary Classmate of mine is running for the upcoming elections, contesting in the Ang Mo Kio GRC, as part of the opposition party.

However, it is stated, in his Facebook page, that he is 23 years old! How is it so, when I am 24 this year and we were in the same class in Secondary 3 & 4?
Confirm is him, because I can recognise his face, and his Chinese name.
Also, it cannot be that he is 23 because he hasn't celebrated his birthday this year. It is stated in the GE website that his date of birth is 1988.
The only reason I can think of is because all the parties are fighting to own the youngest candidate to run for the GE this year. See how Tin Pei Ling (27) and Nicole Seah (24) got famous because of their age. But to go to the extend of lying about his age so that he can be the youngest? Err...

Like I have mentioned earlier, I am totally neutral, because I have doubts in both PAP and the opposition parties. I agree that PAP had done a not-too-bad job in governing the country for the past many years, but of course, competition is required to remind them not to be complacent and to improve themselves. And yes, they may have made several mistakes, but who doesn't? Can the opposition guarantee that they will not make a single mistake if they were to be the ruling party?

The biggest wrong move they did, for the elections this year, was bringing in TPL, who says that the costs of education and medical is low in Singapore. WTH, seriously? Then why are people taking study loans? I mean we can all understand why Singaporeans are so pissed with her, and whatever she says in interviews goes onto youtube. She's probably just rich and doesn't bother to find out what are the majority of the Singaporeans facing in Singapore. But, she's only one person.

As for the opposition parties, I only have a deeper impression on Nicole Seah. Younger than TPL, I feel that she is more mature and probably smarter then her. I mean, her rally speeches are rather convincing. However, she's also only one person. In MY OPINION, which I hope i am entitled to, the rest of the opposition parties are not as prominent, or as famous, as her.

Lastly, for my classmate in Secondary School. He's too low profile. Even though, he is the YOUNGEST candidate, whether true or not, I don't think anyone is very aware of his presence.

Old Man's 29th

2011-04-30T15:42:00.010+08:00

Old Man's 29th Birthday!

Last Friday was Good Friday, Earth Day, and Baby's Birthday! So many good things happening on the same day. Since it was a public holiday, I booked a hotel room in Mandarin Orchard Hotel (please stop telling me it's Meritus Mandarin because the actual name of the hotel is Mandarin Orchard, which is in the Meritus group of hotels), from Agoda.

The room was supposed to be at a weekend special rate, S$199 per night, but after adding taxes and stuff, the total amount I paid was around S$240, which is way cheaper than if you have booked from the hotel directly.

We met at Orchard MRT Station at 11am and walked to the hotel, but there was an extremely long queue at the hotel, and only ONE check in counter. So we waited for quite some time in the queue.

He was busying replying the birthday wishes on FB while queuing.
Finally! We checked in and went up to our room.
As usual, some photos of our room. Having stayed in Carlton Hotel and this hotel, I personally feel that the rooms at Carlton hotel is way better! I paid around the same amount of money for both rooms but the room I got at Carlton was bigger and feels more cozy than this!

Slanted photo, due to my lousy photography skills. Hehe.
No splendid view from the hotel room. ☹
Another 歪掉的照片。

Surprised him with the presents moments after we finished taking photos of the room. He claimed that he was surprised, but there was NO trace of shock on his face. Haha.

Tadah!! I got his totally practical and useful stuff! An additional iPhone charger, so that he can charge his phone at home and in his office, and a 1TB external hard disk. I got him the hard disk because I have been using his eversince he got it, which is in turn due to my old hard disk not being compatible with Mac OS. Now everyone is happy, with one hard disk each.

After checking in, we went to have lunch. I wanted to bring him to Wild Honey, which is at Mandarin Gallery, but it was too crowded and there were alot of people queuing outside. Being hungry, we decided to go elsewhere, and ended up at Waraku.. boring, but because he's not particular with food, he was fine with anywhere.

After lunch, we went to the Singapore Flyer, because there was a promotion for SIA staff. But too bad it wasn't applicable on public holidays, so we decided to go back another time, and went strolling nearby.

While walking back to Cityhall, we saw a stretched limo! 1st time seeing it in real life, and in Singapore, so as a suaku, I MUST take a photo of it! Haha.
After that, we went back to the hotel room and told him I have planned for dinner at the Forum Galleria. I had planned a surprise, with kind help from JJ, and invited his friend to have dinner together. He was totally in the dark until we wanted to leave the hotel to walk to Forum, and when he removed my handphone from the charger, the screen lit up and he saw JJ's message to me saying "Meet there at 615".

Well, the surprise was only partly spoilt, as I lied to him and said that there's only JJ. Then, while walking there, and he was standing behind me on the escalator, JJ messaged again to tell me "We waiting at the basement", and he saw. So, in the end, he knew that there were more than JJ. Sigh. He said he was still shocked by the crowd though, because there were about 10 people, including us, and he was expecting 4-5. Hehe.

We forgot to take a group photo, but one of his couple friends bought him a water bottle for his birthday present. This couple also brought their 1+ year old son, and their son tried to kiss this Caucasian little girl! So adorable! Haha.
That's basically the end of the day. We went back to the hotel to sleep and checked out the next day.

While walking around in Orchard, we saw this interesting vending machine in ION. If you're hoping, like me, that the machine is selling hunks with great bodies, it's not. The machine sells briefs. Haha. How innovative! I wonder how many they sell per day.

Lastly, Singapore's General Elections is coming, and this year, it is so exciting!! Maybe it's also because I get to vote for the 1st time in my life this year.

I am quite neutral about the election, but I feel that PAP should provide better response for certain questions and issues, and stop threatening the voters, us, with the development in our area. Opposition parties are rather hardworking and gaining more support this year. I wonder who will win?

2011-04-30T15:35:00.002+08:00

Hello Kitty G[Mask]

Got a gmask for my iphone today! Double layer + Sanrio =$49. Expensive!! But since i keep dropping my phone and had gotten my last 2 phone cover cracked, a gmask may be more durable and economical for me.
☺

2011-04-25T22:09:00.003+08:00

Already Gone - Kelly Clarkson

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

Even with our fists held high
It never would've worked out right
We were never meant for do or die

I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to hold you, now I can't stop

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you want to cry

Started with a perfect kiss then we could feel the poison set in
Perfect couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so, I love you enough to let you go

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

Already gone, already gone, already gone
Already gone, already gone, already gone, yeah

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

CitiBank's F-ing Lousy Service

2011-04-24T14:40:00.004+08:00

CitiBank's F-ing Lousy Service

I am so damn pissed with the CitiBank staff I met at the Tampines MRT Station today.

The whole event happened like this. I withdrew some cash to deposit into my step up account from the DBS ATM machine opposite the bus interchange and walked to the CitiBank @ Tampines Plaza. However, the machine there indicated that it was unable to process withdrawals and cash deposits, and this is not the 1st time this happened at that branch. Anyway, baby and I walked to the cash deposit machine at Tampines MRT station, in the Singapore's crazy weather, intending to use the machine there to deposit our money. But we got the same freaking message from the ATM machine.

Slightly pissed, mainly due to having to walk in the crazy weather, we proceeded to a small Citibank outlet at the front entrance of the MRT station. We wanted to go inside to ask if they provided cash deposit services, when this CitiBank staff approached us and asked if we needed any help. Since he asked, I asked if they provided the service I am seeking. Immediately, his attitude changed and without looking once into my eyes, he said no, and asked us to proceed to the ATM machine. I told him we have gone there and all the machines had the error messa...

Yes, he didn't let me finish my sentence and said blatantly, "Then you have to go elsewhere. We have already contacted the technician". WTF!! I should have taken a photo of his 嘴脸 when he was saying that! I bet his attitude would have been much better if i wanted to apply for credit card. Can't he at least apologise? Even though it's not something within his control, but a better thing to say would be, "I am sorry for the inconvenience, but our machines are down due to a technical glitch, and we are already getting our technicians to look into the matter. May i help you check when the matter will be resolved?" It would have made a hell lot of difference if he had apologised! Come on, not your fault, but it's CitiBank's bloody fault, and you're wearing the CitiBank Polo tee okay? And I am the customer, please show better service attitude.

I am going to take my savings away to other banks or purchase an endowment plan once I hit S$15K, which is soon! Maybe not alot for you (or for anyone, but i am very proud of my small sum of savings) but continue this kind of lousy service and you will lose more S$15Ks on a monthly basis. *BLEAH!!!*

And this is not my 1st unpleasant encounter with Citibank. Prior to this, I had failed to use my credit card for a S$2k purchase at the IT fair last year, when I am very sure it is within my credit limit and I don't really use my credit often. I wrote to Citibank after that to ask why this happened and requested them to revert regarding the actions taken to prevent this from happening again, but to-date, I have yet to get a reply from them.

Seriously, no wonder the bank has lousy credit ratings (from Stable to Negative in 2010). Bad service = Bad business.

What's Inside?

2011-04-12T20:29:00.003+08:00

What's Inside?

To be revealed on 22 April 2011...

Yes, I ran out of "y" which is why I spelled "Babie". Hehe.

By the way, this is the real colour of the wrapping paper.. Bright red, for prosperity, luck and wealth :)

2011-04-03T21:04:00.002+08:00

我上佛学班时，师父常常会拨出一些时间让我们问问题。今天师父回答了两道很多佛教徒都会想问的问题。

1。拜观音时，不可以拜杨桃。因为，杨桃是观音菩萨的心。
拜佛的时候，你想吃什么，就拜什么。因为拜了最后也是你吃，佛菩萨不会真的下来吃你拜的食物。而且，观音菩萨的心，有可能是一颗杨桃吗？只要虔诚的拜，要拜什么都可以。

2。拜观音不可以吃牛肉。
难道吃鸡肉，羊肉，猪肉，就不是杀生吗？不能吃牛肉是因为佛教来自印度，而印度人视牛为一种很珍贵的动物。因此，不吃牛肉是印度人的习惯，而不是佛教的规定。

我的老师真的很风趣，不是吗？:)

Finally @ T.G.I.Fridays

2011-04-03T19:38:00.008+08:00

T.G.I.Friday's @ Somerset

Yesterday, Baby and I finally went to eat at T.G.I.Fridays. It was much anticipated by me because i have heard of so many people going there, and so many going back. However, it was seriously disappointing, from the food, to the service. The only good thing was that there was a street dance competition outside Hereen, which we could see from our seat.

We ordered 3 courses:-
Appetizer: Buffalo Chicken sonething
Soup: French Onion Soup
Main course: BBQ ribs

The Appetizer
The word "Buffalo" reminded me of the level 30 buffalo chicken wings my sister had bought from Sunset Grill sometime ago. Naturally, I was expecting ULTRA SPICY, but what we were served was not even the slightest spicy.

Also, the chicken pieces were chicken breast meat, which was ultra dry. What's worse is the the food was not even warm when served and although the skin looks crispy like fried chicken nuggets in the picture, the skin was soggy. I have the feeling that the food was cooked 12 hours ago, heated up in the microwave oven, and served to us. Yuk!
Maybe someone had taken a bite from the chicken, causing the missing piece of skin.
The Soup
If you know me, you would know that the following dish would turn me off, because I simply hate the smell of cheese. Perhaps it's my bad for expecting the french onion soup to be like the one I had from The French Stall, which had much less cheese.

Baby likes cheese, so he finished all of it, but he was too full for the other dishes after that. The soup was also too salty! It feels like you're drinking a bowl of salt water with onions. If you ever go to T.G.I.F., my advice is to NEVER order this soup.

Main Course
The fries were special, maybe due to the seasoning they had sprinkled on top. The ribs were better than Cafe Cartel's, but not as good as Applebees' (Baby and I had Applebees the week before). Nothing special though. 吃了就忘了，没有记忆点。We ordered an additional side, because I love broccoli. However, like the soup, it was freaking salty. I think it's due to the sauce the broccoli was dipped in.
Overall verdict: I am rather sure I will not patron it again, unless absolutely necessary. And i constantly feel that the food was too salty, even for someone, like me, who prefers salty food. Also, the staff constantly had black face when serving us. As the table was rather small, there was a need to rearrange the plates when all the food were served (they were served very quickly, which makes me wonder if they food were cooked way beforehand), but instead of rearranging the plates, the waitress just used the plate on her hand, which was the food she was serving us, to push the other plates inwards to make space! Baby and I had to rearrange the plates while she was doing that so that out plates will not fall on the floor. I HATE LOUSY SERVICE.

2011-03-19T11:49:00.002+08:00

Monopoly vs. Pringles

Are they brothers? Or perhaps they came from the same logo designer. ;)

1st day of work

2011-03-15T20:28:00.002+08:00

Can't believe i survived my 1st day of work. I seriously have no idea what i am supposed to do at all. So so so so lost.

I feel cheated somehow though. This job seems more like an aspect of internal audit instead of accounting.

One more day to start of work..

2011-03-14T19:49:00.002+08:00

Starting a new job tomorrow. A new phase of life.

NERVOUS!

2 Days 1 Night @ Batam

2011-03-08T22:10:00.019+08:00

Batam Island (7/3/2011 - 8/3/2011)

Baby and I went for a 2 days and 1 night Batam Trip for a short getaway before i start working next week. We went to Batam because my sister went last year and she told me that the massage is very cheap there.

Some information about Batam Island.

It is an Indonesian island
The local currency is Indonesian Rupiah. While SGD is accepted in spas, hotels, and malls located near the ferry terminals, the rates might not be very good, so be sure to bring sufficient IDR
The time difference is 1 hour, with Indonesia 1 hour behind Singapore. Meaning if it's 8am in Singapore, it's 7am in Batam

We decided to take the 840am ferry from Singapore Cruise Centre so i reached Harbourfront at 8am to get the tickets, but the tickets were sold out, so we had to wait for the next ferry at 930am. Hence, we went a place called "Prata" for prata. The prata is not cheap (S$1 per pc) but it is so much bigger than the prata from Jalan Kayu, which costs the same. The curry is not as good as Jalan Kayu though.

Here's the prata, which is really comparable to Jalan Kayu's. Please pardon the half eaten piece under the complete prata, which can be seen in the picture, as i was too hungry and started eating once it arrived. :)

Soon, we boarded the ferry to Batam. We took the ferry from a company called BatamFast, as it was recommended to us by an uncle we met at the Singapore Cruise Centre last friday, when we went to check out the price of the tickets.

Scenery on our way to Batam.

When we reached the island at Batam Centre Ferry Terminal, which is one of the many ferry terminals on the island, we approached a taxi counter and they quoted us IDR50,000 (S$7) to our hotel at Nagoya.

We stayed in I hotel, located in Nagoya (Van!! I was at Nagoya too!! Haha), which is the town area of Batam, and we got the room from Agoda at S$108 per night. I know it may seem a little too expensive for a room on Batam but i am rather particular about the room i stay in when i go for holidays, and i will make the effort to read reviews from several websites, as well as check if there are bathtubs available in the hotel rooms. I can even go to the extent of sending emails to the hotels to check if there are bathtubs. Haha.

The hotel was indeed as good as the reviews i have read said it it is! The security was very good, as there was a security check at the entrances for all vehicles that enters the hotel compounds, including taxis, and also, you need access keys to go to your room level.

The check in procedure was fast, and we were granted early check in as we went on a Monday, which i think is super off-peak. The staff at the reception also very polite, and we were served pink guava juice for our welcome drink.

Eventhough the hotel was rather expensive, both of us agreed that we will go back again is we ever go to Batam in the future.

Pictures of our room...

Bathtub!!! The hotel also provided a comb, which most hotels doesn't provide nowadays. I remember forgetting to bring my comb for one of the holidays and i had to go a few days without combing my hair! I did bring my hair brush this time though, so the comb was brought home by baby as a "souvenir". Haha.

I opened the curtains and i immediately saw the pool from our room! There wasn't anyone swimming in the pool, and the pool looks splendid!! And the water looks clean as well. I hate dirty pool water, like those in the public pools.

A hill right in front of the hotel. I think it is the Nagoya hill, but i am not too sure.

We went to explore the pool area, before we head out for lunch. There is a jacuzzi in the pool area.

The pool!! There were 2 ang mohs swimming when we went down and they are actually looking the at view, which can be seen from my room as well and is not a very nice view. The weather was freaking hot hence, i deeply regret not bringing my swimwear for this trip.

There is a spa and a gym on the same level as the pool. The gym looks very well equipped. I have read from the reviews and noted that many of the tourists who stayed in I Hotel were actually at Batam for business trips. Hence, they may need to stay for periods longer than 1 week, and maybe they will want a work out when they are here. These people will be damn happy with this gym, that has everything! It's not very good to jog along the roads in Batam as the air pollution is rather bad, and there are no proper pavements for people to walk on.

The Nagoya Hill Shopping Centre, which is located almost right next to our hotel. In between the hotel and the mall is a construction site. The mall is huge and is the place where we spent most of our time at.

We had lunch in one of the restaurants in the shopping mall. There are no food courts in the mall, but a street with many many restaurants, which many locals patron as well. Other then this street, the rest are fast food restaurants located inside the mall. We wanted to try to local Indonesian food instead of settling our meals in fast food restaurants.

They have a special sitting area, where diners have to sit on the cushions on the floor. No footwear is allowed in that area.

Freshly squeezed apple juice!

Some hot and spicy seafood soup, which was too salty, but there were plenty of seafood in the small bowl of soup! Many squids (my favourite) and prawns.

Stir fried kang kong with garlic.

Ayam Penyet, their very local food.

We also ordered a fried rice later, because baby says it was too little for him. But then, it became too much for the 2 of us and we ended up being too full for the massage we had planned for after a supposedly light lunch.

Anyway, the food is very cheap in Batam. We bought the Rupiahs at S$1 = IDR6,750, which makes anyone a millionaire in Batam, and the total cost of our lunch is at follows:

Seafood Soup: IDR28,000
Ayam Penyet: IDR12,000
Kangkong: IDR13,000
Apple Juice: IDR9,000
Seafood Fried Rice: IDR16,000
Total: IDR85,800 (S$ 12.71, including 10% GST)

So cheap and value for money, because we were both damn full after lunch!

This is the food street i haven mentioned earlier. Very quiet because we had lunch rather early, since our usual lunch time is 1 hour earlier than the Indonesian's.

As we were too full for massage after lunch, we decided to take a walk around the area. We spotted a very special restaurant that looked like a cruise. We didn't have a chance to dine in there.

We went to Hypermart, which is a hypermart, in the mall and bought drinks. The Yakult (5 bottles) costs IDR7,000, which is only slight over S$1, and we soon find out why is it so. The bottle is so small and cute! It's even smaller than my hand.

Us and our small and cute bottle of Yakult.

Soon, we went for our spa. We chose the most value for money package, by comparing several packages from different shops located near the mall. The one we went to was Everyday Spa, which had rather nice ambience, but the couple room was located at the top floor and we had to walk up several flights of stairs to the couple room.

The package included foot bath, aromatherapy massage, body scrub, body mask and milk bath, and the package costs less than S$50 per person. It's rather cheap as compared to Singapore's but it was quite disappointing. Perhaps we shouldn't have chosen the cheapest shop.

After spa, my father called and asked us for dinner together. He was there for a business trip, but he did not stay with his workers on the island. He had planned to return via the last ferry for the day.

He told us to take the taxi to this restuarant called "555" and said the taxi driver will definitely know where. Turns out, the hotel staff told us that the restaurant (Golden Prawn 555) is in fact the best seafood restaurant on the island. We took the hotel limousine to the restaurant and we were charged IDR80,000 (S$11.85).

I guess the seafood is the best there because it's all live seafood! The staff at the restaurant will catch the one you selected and cook it for you. But my dad said that he had been cheated several times, where the kitchen swaped their chosen seafood for a smaller one.

The clams are huge! This is baby's hand holding the clam.

Live crabs. Unlike Singapore's they have a much larger area to play.

My dad chose 3 huge crabs for us, his friends and his workers. There are only 2 in this picture.

One fish. I kind of think this fish is rather pitiful because it struggled alot when it was caught! o poor thing!

There were sharks and they were all more than 1m long! I wonder how many people are required to finish one shark.

And turtles. Who on earth will eat them?? They are endangered for god sake!! I totally disapprove anyone eating them.

Some shell bigger than my hand! I have never seen them in Singapore restaurants.

Finally at night, it was time for my bath! I have brought the Hello Kitty bath powder Van bought for me from Japan.
The contents of the bag.

This looks like a crime scene, but it's actually how it looks like when i poured the powder into the bath tub. The smell was very strong when i smelled the bag but it wasn't after i have filled the tub. Perhaps i have filled the tub with too much water.

After bathing, we watched the last few episodes of bleach on the bed. There were alot of twists in the last few episodes, like how Ichimaru Gin turned against Aizen and how Aizen can't be killed by Ichimaru. And i still don't understand how did Ichigo get so strong such that he was able to almost-kill Aizen and how Aizen was trapped by the man in the hat, whom i don't remember his name eventhough he is an important figure in Bleach.

I think it's because the Japanese was not translated properly into English subtitles. Like when you watch English movies and you know that the Chinese subtitles doesn't really reflect what the characters are saying.

A special drink we bought from Hypermart.

This is the stretch of road we have to walk when we go to mall and back to our hotel. It's more scary when there are motorbikes travelling beside the cars, and very very close to us. I kept imagining that they will snatch my bags. Haha.

At the hotel lobby, waiting for the hotel staff to retrieve his phone charger, which he had left in the hotel room after we had checked out. Extra thumbs-up for the hotel staff regarding this matter! They were very polite and efficient in helping to find his charger. We were very grateful to them and very very pleased with their service. Definitely going to recommend this hotel to anyone who goes there.

On the ferry back to Singapore. He's playing Plants vs Zombies, and ignoring me.

Last photo. I look DAMN FAT in this photo so i must really start to diet!!

That's all for our short and relaxing trip to Batam.

Random Updates

2011-03-03T15:36:00.003+08:00

Random Updates

I have gotten a new job as an Accountant with SIA

I will be starting work on 15 March 2011. It's not a very good time to start work as the company's financial year end is on 31 March, which means i will be going in for the year end close. Hopefully there are very nice people who will guide me in my new position. :)

I am also looking forward to all the great staff benefits!! Heh heh.

I have gotten a new flat, which most people should know, and we have paid for the house 5% down payment yesterday!

The total down payment should be 10%, but the other 5% of the cost price of the house will be deducted only when we have gotten the keys to out flat, and by then, we will need to produce our Marriage Certificate!

However, we will not be getting married any time soon, as the estimated date when we will get the keys is 2015. But the very nice uncle who served us told us that for some projects, if the building process is very smooth, we may get the keys in 2013, which will be a big shocker for us as we are not planning to get married so soon. No $$.

----------End of updates----------

I have dug up all the polaroid photos i have taken over the years, which are not many, scanned them, and saved them into my thumb drive. This is so that, if i lose the hard copies, which i hope i won't as i have kept them in a very safe place, i will still have the soft copies as mementos.

These are taken during Meixin's 21st birthday, many years ago, because we're all so old now. Haha.

This is taken during KPMG Unit 016 (when we were still called 016) Christmas Dinner 2009. During the Christmas Dinner 2010, i was in Australia, and i had already paid the Rec club fund! If i had known that i was going to quit, i wouldn't have paid my share, since i did not go for any of the department events after i paid the fund.

This is the most recent photo taken with my Secondary School babes. Please pardon my 小小彬 hair in this photo. I told the hair dresser i do NOT want to have bangs, but he somehow thought that his opinion is more important than mine.

Taken years ago, before Van went to Japan, and they are my 1st polaroid photos taken!! I still remember the camera was given to her by Frederick's father. We had dinner with her and Frederick when these photos were taken and throughout the meal, Frederick did not talk to us. Haha. Awkward.

That's all!

S$410

2011-02-24T21:30:00.004+08:00

As i have been slacking at home today, and obviously was rather bored, i emptied my Hello Kitty piggy bank and counted how much i had.

Tadah! my pile of golden S$1 coins...

After arranging them in stacks of 10 coins and 10 stack per row, i have exactly S$410!!

And S$410 only fills half of my Hello Kitty piggy bank! If it is filled, i think i will have more than S$1k, because its head is humongous! Haha.

Hopefully i will be able to fill the Hello Kitty within the next year. This, together with Baby's milk bottle piggy bank, i think we will have more than S$3k once they are both filled. But he have been saving for a damn long time, even before i knew him, so i have no idea how much longer he needs to fill up that piggy bank.

I wonder what i should do tomorrow. It's going to be another day of having nothing to do.

2011-02-19T23:00:00.005+08:00

我的依赖

在KTV唱到这首歌时，会因为一阵莫名的感动而哽咽。觉得这首个的歌词唱到了我对他的感觉，尤其是副歌。

地震的夜晚 赶来作伴
重感冒的凌晨 煮着稀饭
这个让我哭过的人多么温暖
我感谢我们不完美 却坦白自然
我们从牵手放手 又牵手 走过来
愿意为更懂你的心 Spending all my life
每当情绪像海 你只抱我 从不催我讲出来
我就明白 你是我的依赖
我们从期待失落 又期待 走过来
愿意为一起看未来 Spending all my life
每当变成习惯 生活太淡 总有感动的意外
就算是幸福都由老天在管
只借不送 我还是不肯还 用真爱耍赖
我们从日出日落 又日出 走过来
愿意为爱你去忙碌 Spending all my life
每当命运变幻 需要狂欢 需要流泪 你都在
我们明白 爱是互相依赖

谢谢你你这个让我哭过得人，在当命运变幻，当我需要狂欢、流泪时，你都在。在我情绪像海时，你总是抱着我，从没放弃任性的我。你的确是我唯一的依赖。

Happy 51st Month

2011-02-18T15:06:00.001+08:00

To my dearest boyfriend, who is currently doing his reservist:

HAPPY 51ST MONTH!!

I ♥ you!

GoThere.sg

2011-02-18T14:18:00.004+08:00

Ever heard of gothere.sg? It's probably the best website i have ever used for finding my way around this small red dot and i personally think that it is way better than streetdirectory.

(Note: The pictures included are damn small so you may want to just go to the website and try it yourself, or you can continue to read and click on the pictures to enlarge)

For those who have already heard of this website, good for you, but for those who haven't, especially if you need to travel around Singapore for work, this is probably something you can't miss out!

The website looks like this and in the top left hand corner, type in where are you traveling from, and to where. The best thing about this website is that you can use both road names and landmarks in the same search.

Like in the example below, I searched "From Tampines Ave 5 (road name) to Vivocity (landmark)", and it will generate multiple ways of getting to your destination, which you can select, thanks to Singapore's very convenient public transport system.

I have selected the 2nd icon, which means I want to take any form of public transport, excluding taxis, and the result shows i should walk to the Tampines MRT station, take the train along the east-west line to Outram Park to switch to NEL, alight at Habourfront Station, and finally walk to Vivocity. It even shows the cost of the trip!

If you would want to take only buses to Vivocity, select the 1st icon and similarly, it shows what buses you should take and the estimated cost, because the fare now goes by the distance you travel, which can be inaccurate on some buses. There are various options for you to choose, which is arranged in accordance to the duration of the trip.

If you have some money to spare, or when you're in a hurry, and decide to take a cab, select the 3rd icon. It shows you the estimated cost of the trip, and if you're worried that your taxi driver does not know how to go to the place you want to go, especially if you're going to places like Tanjong Penjuru, which i am sure most people will not have a clue where it is, perhaps you can copy down the route shown in the website, and read it to the taxi uncle. Of course you only need to know which expressway to take, which exit and perhaps how to get to the place after you exit the expressway.

You can also choose to avoid expressways, if you're leaving at like 830am and is expecting a jam on PIE, and also to minimise ERP. And if you're planning to leave at 830am, and you know that there will be the peak hour surcharge, but you're doing the search at like 10pm at night, you can set the time and date at the top left hand corner, which is not shown here because it's not scrolled all the way up, and this smart website will include the peak hour surcharge into your total fare!

As mentioned, you can memorise the route and read it to the taxi uncle.

Lastly, for all car owners, who doesn't own a GPS, you can also do a search, by selecting the 4th icon, which is an image of a car. Note that the taxi icon have the taxi sign on top. The search result will be somewhat similar to the search using the taxi icon, except it doesn't include the fare. Now you can plan your trip the day before, and as you will know roughly how much time you need to get to your destination, you do not have to leave home 1hr in advance, when you can reach the place in less than 30mins. Of course it doesn't include time delay caused by unexpected traffic conditions, like fallen tree on expressway or car accidents, but i think it's good enough. Just be smart enough to leave like 10-15mins earlier to factor in the unexpected.

Oh! And what's better? It shows the nearby carparks, as well as the carpark rates! Isn't this just the best?

GoThere.SG is also available as an iPhone application, but it costs US$2.99. So, why not spend a little time doing an online search the day before, or before you leave house, so that you do not have to buy the application? Also, the screen on your desktop/laptop is definitely bigger than the tiny iPhone screen, and you can zoom until the roads are bigass wide.

To all friends who are wondering why am i doing this, it's because... I AM THIS BORED!

2011-02-11T10:45:00.002+08:00

2nd Day of Unemployment

My 1st day of unemployment consisted of going for 2 interviews and K-ing in the evening.

Today, i will be going for another interview for Fund Accountant Position and thus, i am mugging FRS 39. Sigh. Seriously, i think my mind had emptied out all its contents since after i graduated. FRS 39 looks so foreign to me, eventhough i am very sure i must have studied it at some point in time, because my Ng Eng Juan book is so heavily highlighted. Don't think i will be able to finish studying it today, but hope that everything goes well later.

A few more interviews coming up next week. I seriously hate going for interviews, because i am constantly nervous when talking to the interviewers. To be honest, there are 2 positions i am more inclined towards, so i hope i will do well for those interviews. Sigh.. Back to mugging.

Chinese New Year

2011-02-04T23:35:00.000+08:00

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone!

This should be the time when I get my extra income from all the red packet collecting. Every year, I usually get close to S$1K worth of 压岁钱 from relatives and parents. However, this year, due to the death of my 干婆婆, we are not allowed to go visiting and hence, my extra income will be much less than previous years. My father did make up by giving us S$100 more this year though, meaning i get S$400 from his this year. THANK YOU DADDY!!

Anyway, being extremely bored at home, i took some random photos, while sitting in my room watching 康熙来了. As i haven't found a photo editing software for Mac that is as good as photoscape, my photos will be rather dull (without the fanciful borders) this time.

Update hours later..
The file size of the photos taken using my camera are too big, and the only way i could do a collage and resize the photos is to upload them into photobucket, which is quite tedious actually. Anyway, I just came back from the wake and is too tired to do anymore editing. Hence, only one collage uploaded.

Have to attend the wake tomorrow again. It's the 出殡 day. Although i am not very close to my 干婆婆, but attending the wake just now had somehow affected me emotionally. When we were burning the paper money and the paper house, we had to call out to her to ask her to come get those from the place we burned them. At that moment, i really felt that this person had left us, and i was sad from the bottom of my heart.

明天要去送她最后一程。希望她真的可以收到我们所烧给她的钱，房子，佣人，等等。希望她在天堂不用再受苦了。

Australia Family Trip

2010-12-12T11:25:00.009+08:00

Australia (4.12.2010 - 10.12.2010)

Just came back from a trip to Australia with my family 2 days ago. As my parents are members of this resort thingie, we have 1 week free, every 2 years, to stay in this resort in Gold Coast. They have been paying for the membership for at least a decade but this is our 1st time there.

We took Emirates there and the tickets costs like S$1,200 per pax, which is like VERY expensive, because we had booked the tickets too late and there were no other cheaper air tickets left. My father had to pay for all 5 of us, so he paid S$6,000. I am starting to think that my dad is very rich. Haha.

Day 1 (5.12.2010, Sunday, since we reached at 4 am)
The plane to Australia left Singapore at around 4 in the afternoon, and I was unable to sleep through out the 7hrs flight, even though i took the motion sickness medication. Luckily the in-flight entertainment and the food were not bad. Haha.

We reached Brisbane International Airport at 3am (1am in Singapore).

As we had rented a car before we went there, we went to this counter at the airport to get our car, plus GPS, insurance and petrol. The whole rental amounted to AUD800+, which was more than S$1,000. Maybe it was because we got a bigger car so that our luggage can fit into the boot.

After we got the car, my father drove to our resort, but along the way, we got lost because the freaking GPS was not updated and had instructed us to go straight on road where we couldn't. We were all so pissed at 3am in the morning. The sun rises very early in Australia, and when we reached the resort at 5am (please note that all the time stated are Brisbane time, unless otherwise stated), the sky was already as bright as 8am in Singapore.

Our resort! We stayed on the 13th floor.

This is our ride in Australia. It was quite spacious for the 5 of us.

Our resort interior. There were 2 rooms, which i did not take pictures of, and a jacuzzi in th master bed room. There was also a kitchen, which we did use quite often, and a huge balcony, with splendid view. As you can see, the beach is very near to our resort.

As we were very tired on the 1st day, we slept in the hotel until 11am and headed out to do some light shopping. The supermarkets in Australia were selling tons of Christmas decorations and food. So festive.

My mum and sister god hungry so they bought sushi and look at the soy sauce they had given us! So cute, unlike Singapore's. We realise there are quite a few Japanese restaurants in Australia.

We went back to this restaurant near our resort for dinner. I wouldn't say the food was fantastic but the service was great!

Day 2 (6.12.2010, Monday)

We went to the beach after breakfast. It was summer in Gold Coast but the weather was so cold and it was raining all day! The weather every day was like around 23 degrees, except for the last 2 days of our stay, when it did not rain at all.

As you can see, the sky is dark and in fact, it was drizzling! The water was damn cold too!

After spending some time on the beach, we went shopping again. We had planned to go to Sea World on this day, but the weather was not in our favour. So, we spent the rest of our day there, walking around. Well, at least my day was not totally wasted because i had Krispy Kreme for the very 1st time! Haha. I know I may be sua ku but the original glazed was just too damn delicious! Yums.

We saw interesting mixers in one of the departmental stores. It's something like Robinson or John Little. Also, there was a Santa Claus taking photos with children in the shopping mall, something you don't get to see in Singapore, but after taking the photo, you will have to purchase it from the photographer.

Day 3 (7.12.2010, Tuesday)

We went to Lamington National Park, even though it was drizzling, because we thought it would be something like Bukit Timah, so since we had bought ponchos, which was AUD4.50 each, we decided it will be okay to go ahead with our plans for the day.

However, it was NOTHING like Bukit Timah. The drive to the National Park was around 2 hours because we had to go up a mountain! On some parts of the road, there was only ONE lane, when it is actually a 2 way lane, and the left side of the road was a steep slope down the mountain, while the right hand side of the road was a slope upwards, meaning we will have nowhere to go if another car come in the other direction. My father was damn nervous when driving along the road.

The view along the way, on our way up was beautiful. When we have finally reached the park, we realised the tracks were muddy tracks and about 15 mins after we started walking, it started to rain heavily. I was also very scared that we may see some dangerous animals, like snakes, or wolves. Haha. My sister almost got bitten by a leech. Luckily my mother got it off in time, before it had sunk its fangs onto my sister's toe.

The vegetation there is nothing like Singapore's. It was really beautiful. If only we could have stayed longer.

Day 4 (8.12.2010, Wednesday)

We had breakfast opposite our resort. Their breakfast was DELICIOUS! but my father did not want to go back the next day. So sad.

After breakfast, we went to Movie World. The entry tickets costs AUD75 each, and my father paid for them again. Haha. So pai seh to let him pay all the time, but i don't really have enough money also.

Although we are all not fans of roller coasters, we had to force ourselves to go on some less exciting rides, so that the ticket price will be worthwhile. So we went for this Scooby Doo ride, which was for kids, but was already considered rather exciting for us, and some 4D shows and simulator rides.

There was also performances along the Main Street, at specific time slots. We watched the Batman one, which started once we reached there. The weather was hot, in fact it was like 32 degrees! It was the 1st time I perspired in Gold Coast.

This ride was very interesting. I think it is some Superman Ride, because, look at who is pushing the roller coaster? IT'S SUPERMAN!

We went back to the main street to wait for the last parade to start. Then my father suddenly said to me, "What is that on your hair?". It was snow! Haha. It was actually foam falling from somewhere. Don't think the pictures shows the "snow"very clearly.

Then the parade started. All the looney tunes characters started dancing to the music and some other movie characters, like batman, joker and some characters, which were later identified by Baby as the Justice League, were also featured in the parade.

By the end of the parade, which was barely 5pm, most of the rides were closed, so we left. The shops and attractions in Australia closes very early. Most of them closes at 530pm, some even earlier. So most nights, there was nothing for us to do.

Anyways, I saw this really cute sign at the carpark. Haha. Bugs Bunny crossing, This sign usually shows a pair of legs, to indicate to drivers that there will be pedestrians crossing along the road.

Day 5 (9.10.2010, Thursday)

No pictures from the last day, because I was too busy shopping! We went to Harbour Town Outlet shopping, where most of the shops are outlet stores or all the clearance stock are being sold there. I bought tons of things for Baby and his family, some clothes for myself, and some souvenirs for friends. We left the shopping place at about 4pm and went back to the resort to have dinner and pack our luggage for our flight back to Singapore.

The flight was scheduled at 2.45am, which is why the trip is until 10.12.2010, when in fact we did nothing on the last day. Haha. I slept throughout the flight this time and reached Singapore at 8am Singapore time.

Side note: Realise I miss baby SOOOOO much! Too bad he wasn't able to stay over at all. And also, I am so disgusted that I have to start work tomorrow morning. DAMN SAD.

Pre-Christmas Present

2010-12-12T11:19:00.003+08:00

A handmade calendar for Year 2011. =)

Making this calendar was time-consuimg and costly, but will be totally worth it if he is ever going to hang it up on his desk.

Genting KL Trip + 4th Anniversary

2010-12-10T12:24:00.005+08:00

4th Anniversary Trip
Genting + KL (17.12.2010 - 21.12.2010)

For our 4th anniversary, we decided to take a small trip to our neighbouring country. Since my mum and sisters were going there as well, we met them for 2 days during our holiday, one in Genting and one in KL.

Since we were there with my mum, and my sisters wanted to have dinner at 阿一鲍鱼, we decided to tag along and have a free meal. Hehe. The abalone was too small but the 佛跳墙 was damn good!

Gift exchange at 12am, 18.12.2010. Since the gift he got me was too big to bring it for our trip, he gave me the gift before we left. =)

On our anniversary, we went to the temple at Genting to pray, and we saw a heart-shaped cloud! But apparently, out of all the people whom i showed the photo to, I am the only one who can see the heart shape.

We spent the rest of the day idling and went for buffet dinner at "Coffee Terrace". I was most excited over the free flow of salmon sashimi and baby was most excited over the char kuay teow. Overall, the food there was not bad.

The next afternoon, we took the bus to KL, which was supposed to take 1+ hours but the bus took about 4hrs due to a heavy jam on the highway. We reached Kl at 4+pm and went to meet my mum and sisters for dinner at "The Ship"

Shopping started the next day. We spent most of our money on food thou. =)

Our, but mostly mine, trophies. The dresses were all very cheap, like RM25 each, but i think they were all bad buys because they don't fit well and I was not allowed to try any of them at all! Sigh... all the dresses, don't know what to do with them.

That's all for our 4th anniversary trip. Nothing much, just a short and relaxing trip to get away from work. =)

So glad we had made it to 4 years. It wasn't an easy task for the both of us but we have managed to pull through. Hope that there will be many more years together in the future.

2010-11-27T15:43:00.002+08:00

是习惯，还是爱？
你只是想定下来，和随便一个人都可以，还是真的爱我？

超没安全感。。是因为我，还是你，还是我们之间早就已经有问题了？

2010-11-27T15:25:00.002+08:00

我为什么对人生如此的厌倦？
为什么总觉得人生没意义？
为什么每天都不开心？

It seems like I need to find a purpose in life. Where can I find it? I am not particularly interested in anything, hence I ended up taking the route that people told me will be the best for me.

I always thought that I would eventually find something that will interest me in life, it's just that I have yet to find it. So, I went to JC after my O's so that I have another 2 years to decide what I wanted to do in the future, hopefully something I like.

At the end of 2 years, I still had no clue to where my interests lies. So, I just applied for the best course my grades could me into. All along, I hated what I was studying, so hard to understand, so many standards to follow, but if not accounting, what else do I want to do? I didn't know. I followed through the course for 3 yrs, and ended up in a job, which i hated equally.

Now it comes to a point whereby I want to move on.. to find happiness and fulfillment in life. I want to move on but i am afraid to take the 1st step because I still have no special interest in anything.

What if it's going to be the same?
What if I will still hate the next job?
What if there are no prospects?

Am I destined to wander around in life aimlessly? Please tell me where do you go to to find a purpose in life.

2010-11-27T15:20:00.002+08:00

爱的定义，到底是什么？

家人的爱。。。
朋友的爱。。。
情人的爱。。。

为什么我对它越来越陌生？

2010-11-07T10:54:00.014+08:00

Deepavali Holiday (5/11/2010. Friday)

Managed to do any work at all on Deepavali, which i think is the right choice as my client still had not sent me anything to work on when I checked by email on Saturday, so i don't feel guilty at all.

We went to the National Museum of Singapore (for the 1st time in my entire life), as in celebration of Deepavali, they are opening all the galleries free to the public. So cheapskate us decided to visit the Pompeii exhibition, which was recommended by my sister.

The exhibition is about this town which was buried under volcano ash and debris, after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which no one discovered until the mid-18th century. As the volcano ash and debris had covered the entire town, including the people in the town, the excavation team was able to make casts from the hardened volcano remains, which is displayed in the exhibition. I thought they were rather scary and depressing, so i did not take any photos of the casts.

The exhibition included the volcano pumice and ash, the paintings on the walls of the houses, and many other things found during the excavation, like statues of god, urns, etc.

When i 1st saw this painting, I thought why is there a head in the picture, which was rather eerie, and i read from the pamphlet that the painting is supposed to be "Fresco of a garden", which makes me confused, as while the background looks like a garden, it seems like someone had been beheaded there. Then i saw the description, which said that it is supposed to be a mask. Nonetheless, the painting is still eerie.This place (i don't know what is it supposed to be) has small coloured stones and seashells on the wall. I think whoever did it must have added them one-by-one by hand. Effort x 100

We left the museum after watching a 3D clip regarding the volcano eruption and headed for Farrer Park for dinner at The French Stall. I got to know of this place from hungrygowhere.com and it says that the french onion soup is rather special so we both tried it.

French Onion Soup. Nothing special but maybe it's because i do not eat cheese so i gave the bread with cheese in my soup to baby. The soup still tastes of cheese after that though but since i love onion, especially those that are cooked until very soft kind, so i finished every single drop of the soup.

My dory fish. I am a big fan of fish, so naturally, i loved this dish. The mash potato is very light and there is NO BUTTER TASTE! Yums!

Baby's steak. I don't really like beef because i think there is a milky smell, but there is none in this dish. i only ate a teeny weeny piece though. Baby thought that it was great. Cooked to perfection.

My chocolate souffle. Damn GOOD!

Dark Chocolate Cake. I don't really like this but again, baby thought it was better than the chocolate souffle. We really have very different taste.

That marks the end of of our Deepavali holiday outing. So many first times. =)

Superzoom Camera

2010-11-07T10:36:00.005+08:00

My SUPERzoom Camera

It's been two weeks since i started using my new camera. Well, i have nothing much to take until my holiday in 2 weeks time, but i have tested the super zoom function, which is really damn super!!

It's zoomed all the way to the black builing in Raffles Place, and i was in Shaw Tower (Bugis). Haha. I am very amazed by the zoom. Too bad i have not really gotten used to the camera, hence, the photos are not focused.

Still in the process of exploring my 2 weeks old camera. =)

2010-10-26T07:37:00.006+08:00

Got my new camera yesterday!! Thanks to baby, my cousin and her bf for helping me choose the model.

Tadah!!! Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10
Other than the fact that it is a little too big and bulky for my liking, it is very lightweight and has some manual settings which i can choose from. It has super zoom, which i like because i haven been able to take some nice pictures of faraway objects using baby's camera the last time we went overseas. It's also available in brown, which is one of my favourite colours, along with green and pink.

According to reliable sources, my cousin and Jenny, the leica lens used in this camera is supposed to be a very good lens, which makes your photos clearer. And finally, the fat grip on the left of the camera makes it good for taking self shots. Hehe.

Haven't really tried the new camera yet, and since ST does not allow us to bring recording devices into the premises, so i think the next time i try the camera will be during the weekend.

BX: If you're helping me find my camera casing, please help me find a big one because this camera is quite bulky. Dimensions: 103.3 x 59.6 x 32.6mm. Thanks so much!!

Sigh.. off to work..

2010-10-04T23:30:00.000+08:00

Useless piece of crap.

2010-10-04T21:20:00.002+08:00

Look what i've bought!!!

A small surprise inside...

Guess what's inside???

TADAHHHHH!!! So kawaii!!

The pack of biscuits only costs 2.80 and can be bought from Candy Empire. Cheaper than my 咚咚.

2010-09-10T19:10:00.003+08:00

Heard of conflict diamonds and conflict minerals?

Definitions from Wikipedia:

In relation to diamond trading, blood diamond (also called a converted diamond, CONFLICT DIAMOND, hot diamond, or a war diamond) refers to a diamond mined in war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity, usually in Africa from where around two-thirds of the world's diamonds are produced.

CONFLICT MINERALS refers to minerals mined in conditions of armed conflict and human rights abused notably in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by the Congolese National Army and various armed rebel groups, including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. The profits from the sale of these minerals finance continued fighting in the Second Congo War, and control of lucrative mines becomes a focus of the Fighting as well. The most commonly mined minerals are cassiterite, wolframite, coltan, and gold, which are extracted from the Eastern Congo, and passed through a variety of intermediaries before being purchased by multinational electronics companies. These minerals are essential in the manufacture of a variety of device, like cell phones, laptops and MP3 players.

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In short, it is the sufferings of the third world countries due to our selfish wants. Women are raped, people are killed and children are traumatised.

Although it's hard to trace roots of the diamonds and components used in the electronic products we buy, there are still ways to help stop this cruelty.

For conflict minerals, we can make known to the electronic industry that we Commit to Purchase Conflict-Free Electronics. Simply enter some of your details and they will help you to send emails to 21 of the biggest electronics companies (Nokia, Apple, HP, etc) to inform them that you are committed to purchase electronics products with no conflict minerals. This may urge them to trace the source of their raw materials and put an end to the sufferings of the people in Congo. the power of one voice is small but 团结力量大! I am sure when they received enough emails, things may change.

For conflict diamonds, there is an alternative called Moissanite. If you have no idea what they are, I am sure you have heard of "man made" diamonds. They are in fact made under the same conditions as a natural diamonds and with less flaws! Also, they are way cheaper than conflict diamonds. Need other reasons to skip diamonds? Find them here.

I am still trying hard to convince myself that i don't need a natural diamond ring! Lets try together!! Haha.

So, do your part to help stop the cruelty in Africa!

2010-08-01T11:01:00.010+08:00

Phuket (14/7/2010 - 20/7/2010)

Phuket is a paradise for relaxing and enjoying yourself under the scorching sun. I really did enjoy myself there, so much that when it was time to come back, i was very reluctant. It was nothing like the previous places i have went to, where we either did alot of snorkeling or alot of shopping. Phuket was just relaxing and playing on the beach.

Day 1
Our flight was delayed, from 8pm to 11pm. I was glad that it got delayed because I had no idea we had to check in 2 hours before the flight and I went to work until 6pm that day. Haha.

When we reached the Phuket International Airport, it was already past midnight and since i was still under the extremely drowsy effects of the motion sickness medication, i was feeling very tired and just wanted to get back to the hotel ASAP. Hence, we just took the cab of the 1st taxi driver who approached us and found out that we had actually taken an extremely expensive ride to the hotel.

Not only that, but the cab driver drove us to his company and we were introduced to the various trips provided by the company, which we were smart enough not to buy any, because my senior told me that there are stalls along the roads selling those trips at a cheap price.

When we reached the hotel, both of us were dead beat and we went to sleep almost immediately.

Day 2
Well rested. We decided to walk to the shopping centre, which we found out on our way to the airport from the cheater bug cab driver, to get some drinking water and lots of snacks. Along the way, we saw a lot of motorbike rental stalls and checked out the prices. the most expensive one is THB250, but normal stalls rates are THB200 (S$9).

As i need my daily dose of caffeine, we went to Starbucks once we reached the shopping centre (about 30mins walk from hotel) and realised that a cup of Java chip frappe is more expensive than one day motorbike rental.

After coffee, we went shopping around the mall, as we had no plans for that day. In fact, we had no plans for the whole trip at all. It's just a do-what-we-feel-like-doing trip, which turned out rather well. Haha.

There were a few facial shops in the malls, which costs around THB300 (S$13) for 1 hr of facial massage and free shoulder massage. We decided we should come on our last day, as our flight is at night. As we had nothing to do, we decided to try out this shooting game in one of the stall, which is damn expensive, but i forgot how much, and the guns were supposed to be like real ones so they were damn heavy. I realised that i am a better shooter than baby as i can aim better. Haha. He thinks i'm rather good at this game.

At this shopping centre, i met my senior, who is 1.88m tall so he didn't see me but his wife saw me. Haha. We found out that we will be going to Phuket during the same period before we went to Phuket and his response was "我不会看到你的,因为我看不到." and he proceeded to swing his hands above my head. Apparently, what he said was true. He could see me because i am not within his range of sight.

After shopping, we went back to the hotel, and this time, we had the energy to take photos of the room. On our way back, we bought a BBQ chicken thigh and a bowl of spicy maggie mee from a roadside stall, as our lunch for the day. We spent like THB100 (S$4) for those, but we thought that the person must have charged us more since we're tourists.

We also walked the whole stretch of road between our hotel and the shopping centre to find out the prices for a trip to Phi Phi Island, which was highly recommended by my senior.

Tadah!! Our room!! The lights flickers, the water flow is inconsistent, the lights were so dim that we cannot really see clearly at night and the windows were dirty. But we still had a nice stay there because most importantly, there was no 阿漂 and the room was clean.

After slacking in the room for a while, we went for dinner. After which, we walk around and intended to go for a massage. Baby saw this pancake stall and insisted he wanted to try. We bought the nutella banana and he had a terrible stomachache soon after eating the pancake, i was very full from dinner so i only had 1 pc and my stomachache was very mild. We went back to the hotel, so that he can lao sai, and went to a nearby pharmacy to get charcoal pills. We missed the massage.

There's this plactic surgery clinic within 5 mins walk from my hotel. Haha. I wonder if people will go there for plastic surgery as the weather is damn hot and i don't think they can recover under the hot weather. Or maybe its for those who wants to transform to ahgua.

Day 3
Finally, we went to Patong beach, which is a less than 10 mins walk away from my hotel. At the beach, you have to rent the chairs if you want to sit down and each chair costs THB100 for the whole day. However, the shop closes at around 6pm and after that, you can sit for free.

We paid for 2 chairs and sat down. Baby got hungry so he went to find food. He bought a coconut, which i hate, and a bowl of ultra spicy glass noodles. All the roadside stalls sells ultra spicy food. Haha. Actually you can add the amount of chili yourself, and as a chili fan, i always add alot, which resulted in the ultra spiciness.

After slacking on the beach, we went back to the hotel and slack some more and we went to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. I have never been to hardrock before, hence, even though he kept complaining that it is expensive, he still brought me there for dinner.

The very friendly valet staff helped us take a lot of photos and kept directing us where to stand so that he can capture a good photo. If you notice, the photo on the bottom right actually has 2 hardrock guitars, one is actaully the reflection from the window.

After that we went to walk around to digest our food and we saw this restaurant selling a small shark. Haha. But i think the fin is too small to make shark's fin soup. Then we went back to one of the stalls to buy a trip to Phi Phi Island and Baby was able to bargain the price to THB950 per person, so we saved about S$4. Haha.

Day 4
We went for Phi Phi Island hopping trip for a day. The speedboat ride was extremely bumpy, which resulted in a lot of the passengers vomiting, i was one of them. Baby had to take care of me because i was constantly feeling unwell on the boat. But once we reached a destination we got off the boat and try to have as much fun as possible to make up for the uncomfortable ride.

However, due to the weather, we were not allowed to snorkel at certain places and they only rode past the place and let us take some photos. As my motion sickness gets worse if i stand up, i did not even get to see the place. Haha. In fact, i had to shut my eyes during the ride so that i feel better. So, anything that happened during the ride was described to me by Baby afterwards. Haha.

1st stop was this place, i think it's called Monkey Bay, as there were a lot of monkeys on that island. Before we alighted the boat, the tour guides told us not to feed the monkeys as they may attack but then they gave us peanuts for us to feed to monkeys. As i was afraid to get close to the monkeys, due to the potential of an attack, i did not take any of the peanuts. One of the tourists in my group was scratched by a monkey.

The scenery on the island was quite pretty.

After Monkey Bay, we were brought to Phi Phi Don, the main island, for buffet lunch. As i have vomited all my breakfast on the boat, i was hungry and ate quite a lot. But all went to waste when i vomited my lunch out during the ride to our next destination. As we were going to snorkel, Baby bought bread so that he can attract fishes. Again, due to the potential of accidentally being bitten by the fishes, i did not feed them and hide behind him all the time, while he was feeding them.

After snorkeling, we were brought to Kai Island for us to relax on the beach. Baby bought a second loaf of bread to feed the fishes by the beach. There were a lot of fishes and he gave some bread to 2 kids who were trying to catch the fishes. Later, a lot more people came to get bread from him. People are just greedy.

We also net my senior on Kai Island, when he was about to board his speedboat.

When we were about to board the boat, we saw a crab near the anchor. The man trying to remove the anchor caught it, while it was trying to dig a hole in the sand, and baby took a photo with it before letting it go back into the sand.

Dinner was cup noodles in the room, as we bought cup noodles from the shopping centre and were worried we won't be able to finish them. After dinner, we went for a back and shoulder massage, which was damn worth it because they helped us massage from head to the feet. Haha. The massage ranges from THB250(S$11) to THB350(S$15) per hr per person, and varies from shop to shop.

Day 5
Baby rented a bike, which he again managed to bargain from THB200(S$9) to THB150(S$7) for the day. As i was rather worried about his ability to ride a bike after so long of not practising, i told him to rent for one day 1st to let me gauge his ability. I was very worried initially and only allowed him to ride me to the shopping centre. But seeing that he really wants to ride to a further place, i decided we could ride to Karon Beach, which is not too far from Patong. Turns out that he can ride rather well if i keep nagging at him to throttle and to not ride so fast. Haha.

There was nothing much on the beach except for the huge waves. Due to the waves, no water sports are allowed, making it a very quiet and boring beach. We slacked there for a while, rented 2 chairs for THB200 again, and we went to a shopping place near the beach.

After that, we rode back to Patong and had seafood dinner. We had lobster, vegetable, stingray and pineapple rice. We could finish the food and had to pack back the stingray. After that, we walked around and baby bought a tie from one of the stalls. The person gave a price of THB1,250(S$54) and we managed to buy it at THB200(S$9) instead. Haha. We wanted to walk away when the person did not want to give in to our offer and he called us back and said "You win". Haha.

We also went to Bangla Street, where the nightlife concentrates. There were a lot of people on the street trying to get us to watch their shows, which are like Tiger Show, Smoking Show, Ping Pong Show, etc. I told Baby if he wants to watch, i can watch with him, but my intention was to let him watch and he cannot say that he want to watch in the future with the excuse that he had nv watched before. But he didn't want to. Afterwards, i found out from a colleague that the shows are actually females using their private parts to do all sorts of stunts. Luckily we didn't watch!!

After Bangla Street, we went for foot massage. Again, after the foot massage, the person helped us massage the shoulders and head, which Baby thought was very dirty but i thought it was ok since they are my body parts.

During the massage, we asked the girls where to go to on Phuket island and they recommended the Sunset Cape and Kata Beach, which they say is better and more beautiful than Karon beach.

Day 6
Since recommended by the locals, we extended the bike rental for another day and rode to Kata Beach, was is slightly further down from Karon beach. There was definitely more things to do at Kata and more tourists. We had lunch at one of the restaurants along the beach and went to splash in the waves for an hour or two. Here, we got tan as the sun was extremely strong that day. While walking along the beach, we saw a topless ang moh lady, carrying her daughter and playing in the sea. We walked past her a few times on purpose to look at her. Haha. Her figure was so good that i want to 多看几眼 also.

As we are not confident of finding our way to Sunset Cape, we went back to Patong for dinner at No.6 Restaurant, which was recommended by the lady, who sold us tickets to Phi Phi Island, for cheap and good thai food. The food was indeed delicious, especially the phad thai. We also tried the green curry, which was too salty and we had to order pineapple rice in order to finish the green curry.

Day 7 (Last Day)
Really sad that it was our last day at Phuket and amazed that time passes so quickly. So many people told me that 7 days was too long for a holiday at Phuket, but i felt that there are more things i want to do there. Sigh.

We just walked around the Island after checking out our hotel, as our flight was about 10pm (Singapore Time). Again, we totally forgot that we had to check in 2 hrs before until we went to book a cab and the person, the bottom left photo, reminded us. We had our last meal on Phuket at No.6 again, although he actually wanted to eat the roadside stalls. After that, Baby checked this phone and apparently, our flight was delayed to 11pm (Thailand Time), which is 12am (Singapore Time). We reached the airport too early for our flight and watch the shows we have downloaded at the airport.

This time, although i did not take the medication for motion sickness, i slept the whole trip back to Singapore. That the end of my holiday and i am looking forward to my next trip with him next year. =)

2010-06-20T10:48:00.003+08:00

Tadah!! My new laptop!! Haha. Now i can no longer use the convenient shortcuts for cut, paste and copy. I wonder if there are such shortcuts for mac because i am sooooo used to those shortcuts already.

That's all from my relatively new macbook =)

2010-06-06T13:23:00.003+08:00

Baby brought me to Equinox for high tea buffet yesterday because he had a voucher for free high tea for 2. Hee.

We had to wait until 3.30pm sharp, according to the receptionist, before we can proceed to the 70th storey for our buffet. Very niao loh. Cannot even go up and enjoy the scenery 1st. I can't say that the food , or the scenery, was fantastic. Hmm.. really cannot think of anything that left an excetionally good impression.

Anyways, here are some photos.

This is the view from 70 storeys high. Nothing much really. The waiter told us we should go back at night when the scenery will be alot nicer!

Ice cream creation no.1

Ice cream creation no.2

DIY fondue. There were alot of strange things at the fondue station, like dried prunes and some other things i couldn't recognise. I only eat stuff thhat i'm familiar with.

Saw a monk at the buffet. Even if he was only eating fruits, i mean, to be fair, i didn't see what he ate so i shouldn't jump into conclusion and accuse him of eating meat, but my grandma, who is a devotee, doesn't even eat vegetarian food, meaning vegatables/fruits that doesn't contain garlic and onion, that isn't cooked using her own dedicated pot, that we can't use to cook meat. How can a monk eat anything there? I bet the chef who cooked meat helped prepared the friuits as well, and they don't use dedicated pots, pans, bowls or plates loh.

There are no photos of me because 老娘最近胖了两公斤 and 太久没运动了。所以，不想吓坏大家。Haha. I must lose those 2 kgs and regain my 40kg slim body!! 大家为我加油吧!

2010-05-18T23:07:00.001+08:00

Trying to post using iPhone because my sister says she can't post using her iPhone.

Apparently I can!! Hee. Happy 42nd months baby!!