Gallery Of Reality

2010-05-19T22:36:00.002+08:00

hey friends,

i've created a new blog in wordpress and will be blogging there from today onwards. i promise it'll be more interesting than this blog..haha. so find me at http://www.lifeamazesme.wordpress.com/!

XOXO,
Clarice =)

2010-05-16T20:49:00.000+08:00

after changing my job and being less tied down with work, i've resolved to make greater efforts to make my days (be it weekdays or weekends) more wholesome and fulfilling..and i'm glad i'm keeping to my word! whenever my schedule allows me to, i'll try to meet up with friends each week and of course, keep some days free to myself by going home for a nice homecooked meal. on weekends, i make sure i have them well-planned and spent.

this weekend is no exception =)

had a photoshoot at the event venue i'm managing on friday..was really tiring coz i was moving around in heels, shifting stuffs in the hot humid weather from 3pm all e way till 9 plus. was so glad to end off the day with a simple meal of hokkien mee and fried carrot cake with dear at the hawker place near Concorde hotel..our usual haunt when we have craving for hokkien mee =p and of course, not forgetting to satisfy our sweet tooth with a chilled refreshing drink and a rich chocolate cake at Coffee Club.

on saturday, instead of a jog, dear and i decided to cycle since he has 2 bicycles at his place..so we cycled frm his house to henderson wave for a small picnic of sandwhiches (which we made) and sushi..yummy! and then we returned to his place to wash up and rest a while before heading out to chinatown to visit some tour agencies to get some inspiration on holiday trips we can go on. been having a few places in mind but all not too suitable due to some factors =( so we gotta start from scratch again to decide on a holiday destination. i really want to travel this year, and of course every year too! haha.

anyway after dinner at a food centre in chinatown, we went to vivo to catch Robin Hood. this time we had the chance to experience how GV Gold Class is like, coz i had 2 free tics from my ex-boss previously. of course, e seats r really comfy but to pay $36 per ticket for it..with no food or beverage included is really not worth it! but anyhow, at least dear and i have experienced it for free! haha.

and as for today, i had to bring a couple to view my venue in e afternoon so decided to bring my parents to watch Ip Man 2 at tiong bahru after dat. it's been a looonngg time since i went to watch a movie with my mummy and daddy..like bout 10 years? omg..haha.

alrighty, just one collage to end off this post!

PS: next week is my birthday week =) i believe it'll be greatttt! except for e fact that i'm turning a quarter century old! =(

2010-05-09T20:38:00.008+08:00

a lovely weekend spent as usual!

fri evening, dear and i decided to avoid town area and restaurants..so we made a trip to east coast park for dinner at the hawker centre..had duck rice, bbq chicken wings, satay, mini gultinous rice balls and mango sago..yum yum! we then went to McCafe for drinks..i like their frappes actually..pretty good stuff and for a reasonable price as compared to Coffee Bean/Starbucks! anyway, we headed home for an early rest after dat.

sat, i woke up in e morning to do some housework. then dear came over to my place ard 1pm and we had our jog to jalan kayu for lunch. after which, we got home to shower and did some research on e taiwan trip dat we r planning to make this year..really want to treat myself to a good holiday! by evening time, we headed out with my family for our mother's day dinner with my aunts, uncle and cousins. we had zi char at some coffee shop in bishan and then went over to my cousin's place to R&R and enjoy the spread of fruits and cupcakes which they prepared. it was a nice, cosy gathering with a turnout of 13 adults & 3 kids. and as usual, e cute little kids r always e best form of 'entertainment' for us..haha.

sun, it was my first sunday that i had to work..it was for a wedding show at St. Regis..but no complains working on a sun coz my weekdays aren't dat hectic..and i'm glad for e aesthetic and gastronomic experience i had there! i got to witness the beautiful and grand decor of e ballroom, enjoy live romantic music, watch e fashion show for Vera Wang's gown collection and whet my taste buds with good food =) the show ended by late afternoon and i got home to take a nap.

alright, now it's time for dinner and some leisure time in front of e tv. i'm so glad dat i'm not dreading my work days now..but of course i'll still be excitedly waiting for another lovely weekend to come!

2010-05-02T21:49:00.012+08:00

it's e weekend updates again!

i realised i was in orchard for 4 days in a row..first of which was thursday where i met maxine for dinner. feels great to be able to meet friends after work for a nice dinner!

friday, i went to town for an appointment and stayed outside to work since i was meeting my ex-colleagues for dinner at Orchard Central. we went to Heaven's Loft..food is overpriced and not very nice..so not recommended! i left earlier as i had a movie to catch at Tiong Bahru wif dear and his friends..watched Iron Man 2 which ended ard midnight..then went to chill out at Mcdonald's before calling it a day.

saturday, i had labor day brunch wif RP girls at Saizeriya at City Square Mall..contrary to Heaven's Loft, e food is nice and pretty cheap..so we ordered quite a variery of stuffs - pasta, pizza, soup, garlic bread and chicken drumlets..and e drinks r free flow..so we sat there to enjoy e drinks till bout 2pm. then i went to meet dear at town again to do some shopping and we both managed to get some stuffs for ourselves! after shopping, we decided to try out e high-tea set at TCC which was quite nice..e canapes items and sweet pastries =) we then went to visit The Helix Bridge and Marina Bay Sands..and finally settled for a late dinner at Makansutra. also sat by e river at Esplanade to chit chat for a while before heading home.

as for today, i stayed home half of e day..had my morning jog and my dosage of tv shows before going out with my parents to orchard..did more shopping..and had dinner outside before going home. glad dat i'm able to spend more time with my parents, be it at home or outside since i started my new job. i am trying to make up for e times i neglected them coz i was so occupied wif my previous job and own social life.

anyway glad to say: so far so good at my new job! and working here make me realised how much i disliked my previous job and i can also feel my liveliness returning ever since i left dat job..so dat's something to be happy about it, isn't it? =)

2010-04-25T22:48:00.001+08:00

my first week at my new job was pretty good! i'm enjoying what i do..and the pace at work is considerably comfortable. i even got to go for a massage and facial during e weekdays =) well, i expect work to pick up and i'll get busier but just hoping that it'll never be as hectic as my previous job!

ok now back to how i spent the weekend!

after work on fri, i met dear and we went to robertson quay for dinner..tried a new cafe called "Epicurious"..food was not too bad. after dinner, we went in search for a place for dessert but ended up walking all e way to town..and settled for cake & coffee at Blue Mountain Cafe at Somerset 313. after dat, we didnt feel like ending e night so soon, so checked out e movie timings at cine and bought tics for "Love in a Puff", a hongkong romantic comedy. and then it was home sweet home after e show.

on sat, i stayed home for lunch, then went over to ling's place to play mahjong wif e girls till evening. after which, we went to have a satisfying dinner at Pow Sing resturant at Serangoon Garden. anyway ling specially baked a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for me to congratulate me for my new job..sweet of her! =)

as for today, i woke up for a morning jog then slacked in front of e tv for a couple of hours before heading out to look for dear at his new house. he just moved in this weekend but most of e furniture are not in yet. we went with to vivo with his family to have dinner at Thai Express, as sort of a celebration for his dad's bday. e last stop at this new chinese dessert shop in vivo which i think is overpriced for e kind of dessert they serve.

alright, it's time to hit e pillows soon! now dat my life is not so busy and hectic, i hope to try to sleep by 12am whenever i can..really need to get more beauty sleep - can help to improve my complexion and lighten those dark circles! when one looks good, one'll feel good too! =)

2010-04-18T22:48:00.000+08:00

it's one of e best weekends i've had, not because of e programmes i had, but coz it's e 1st time in 3 years dat i did not have to think about work..ok not entirely true also, i did think about work though i can actually choose not to already since friday was my last day. but i actually woke up on sat morning thinking about work and did my final version of handover doc for my new colleague. i just wanted to fulfill my responsibility till e very end..e heavy responsibility which was mine for 3 years is finally off my hands! it's indeed a wonderful feeling to be freed from tis job which had really drained me and made me unhappy.

alright so i shall leave e past behind..and update about my weekend!

sat - i went over to dear's place in e afternoon..had a craving for instant noodles, so cooked maggie curry noodles for lunch..my fav flavor from maggie! after dat, i slacked at his place surfing e net before heading out with his parents to their new house to check out the renovations. dear's finally moving out next week and we'll be of closer proximity to each other =) anyway we went to vivocity for dinner..settled for Shin Kushiya and famished us had a satisfying meal of a variety of items...and best of all, salmon sashimi! after which, it was home sweet home.

sun - i woke up very early to go tomb-sweeping with my family, including my aunts, uncles and cousins. travelled to 3 places, but luckily we were driven around..and our final destination was alexandra rd where we had a early dim sum + zi char lunch. after dat, i went back home to take a short nap before heading out to bugis to meet dear. we decided to go budget..so had dinner at e hawker centre..shared a plate of fried rice, zui kuay (which was good) and popiah. then walked over to e national library where i grabbed a book on wedding planning..feeling motivated to start enriching myself for my new job =) lastly, we went to iluma's cheeky chocolate to have dessert..drank a cup of hot chocolate and shared a plate of pancakes.

anyway, i didnt manage to give myself a break after a tedious and exhausting 3 year-long job coz i have to start work tomorrow at my new job. well, but no complains..coz i'm excited about it! shall be going to prepare e stuffs to bring to my new office tomorrow =) i really hope i'll be much happier at my new job..praying for e best!

2010-04-11T18:56:00.004+08:00

i had a superb weekend! some time back, dear and i were making plans for our 2nd year anniversary celebration..and we thought it would be interesting to experience staying in a boutique hotel in singapore. so we decided upon this hotel by e name of 'Quincy' which had a pretty attractive promotion package. so this weekend was the celebration at Quincy!

on sat, we met in the morning at orchard and dear had his nasi lemak breakfast at OldTown White Coffee before we spent our following one and a half day at Quincy. we really enjoyed e stay at Quincy, which was a good place for us to just rest & relax and pamper ourselves =)

anyway what i like about the hotel is:
- the big tv monitor mounted on e wall which allowed us to connect to a laptop, so we could just slack on bed and watch our downloaded movies
- the bathtub and rain shower system coz e standard rooms in most boutique hotels dont provide that
- the all day internet access so i could surf net and facebook on my new laptop which i brought along
- the complimentary mini bar (containing canned & packet drinks, lays chips, cup noodle and tea bags) which we could help ourselves to
- the set lunch & dinner on top of the usual buffet breakfast which is included in e package. e food they served were quite good, i must say.
- the complimentary house pours, wine, beer & soft drinks served during cocktail hour from 6pm to 8pm..which i had my share of cranberry vodka and beer.
- the infinity pool with sauna and steam room which dear & i could have them all to ourselves in e late afternoon coz no one was using them

well we had a really cosy and relaxing time to oursleves this weekend..a simple celebration of our 2 years of love and also a timely period to celebrate the coming of our new jobs as well =)

after a such a wonderful weekend, it's time to get myself geared up for e final lap at work..it's my last week and i'll be rid of tis job! still very stressed though, coz i only have one more week to handover all my stuffs..well but i just have to get through it somehow...even if i have to leave it to miracles! haha.

2010-04-04T19:37:00.001+08:00

it's a long weekend! and surprisingly, tis weekend did feel quite long to me..maybe coz it was not dat packed with programmes..but doesnt mean i was bored staying at home..coz i was still pretty occupied with stuffs.

well so here r e updates of my long weekend...

on thursday, i decided to push my remaining work aside at 7 plus, and went to meet dear for dinner. we had a last min change of plans coz 2 of my colleagues jio-ed us to go to a ktv pub. so dear & i settled for a simple dinner of frog leg porridge and bbq chicken wings at chinatown where we usually patronized when we were working at close proximity. after dat, we headed to e ktv pub to join my colleagues for a session of booze-drinking and chilling. we stayed till past midnight before heading home.

i spent half of my friday at home..a mix of doing work, watching tv & resting..before i headed down to sim lim to buy a brand new laptop..i've already decided on an acer laptop beforehand so was just going there to make payment and collect it. yeah..now i have a brand new, light-weight laptop for my new job! cant wait to ditch my old, heavy & problematic office laptop! haha. anyway after collecting my laptop, i travelled to katong to meet dear and his friends for a korean bbq dinner..filling! and after dat, we went to dear's friend's place for one & a half round's of mahjong before it was home sweet home.

spent another half of my saturday at home..continued with some work, had lunch, watched tv, went for a jog with my sis then headed out to meet joa. we went to tampopo at liang court for dinner and after dat i suggested checking out robertson quay for a dessert place. found our way there and settled at a cosy corner at Canele's where we had our drinks and a rich chocolate mousse cake. glad dat joa is like me..always more than delighted to have desserts after dinner! =)

today i went back to office in e late morning..wanted to pack and clear e rest of my stuffs in e office (coz i did start clearing for e past 2 weeks already). and i also stayed back to finish up my remaining work. after i was done, i went over to vivocity to meet dear..we had a craving for superdog so dat was what we had for a late lunch. and then i went around to look for farewell gifts for my colleagues..finally got the stuffs and some cards as well! now i'm back home..waiting for dinner. after which, i shall start preparing my farewell gifts & cards..coz i'm afraid i wont have e time to do so during weekdays.

anyway i'm counting down - one more week to my 2nd year anniversary celebration with dear at a boutique hotel, two more weeks to e finale of my job! well but it also means two more weeks of stress-fighting! but i believe i can do it =)

2010-03-28T23:16:00.000+08:00

another weekend has flew by! but in actual fact, i'm not dreading e end of e weekend as much as i did previously..coz it just means i'm getting closer to my last day at my current job =)

alright, here's wat i did over e weekend...

fri - dear & i decided to go on a lower budget for our dinner..so we went to Bedok 85 after work..our first time there together. we had bbq chicken wings, sambal kangkong & sotong, and bak chor mee..yummy! and we needed to satisfy our sweet tooth after dat, so we cabbed down to cathay..ended up buying tics for e movie 'When in Rome' before having our desserts and drinks at 1 Caramel beside cathay. anyway i kinda enjoyed e movie..simply love romantic comedies..a good stress-reliever after a week of hard work!

sat - had my lunch at home, before heading out to meet e RP girls for a ktv session at katong..and dear and jer's ym came along for e session. after ktv, we headed down to boat quay to have zi-char for dinner. tis time, we had full attendance from e RP family =) after e dinner, we went to the mind cafe for games..had an enjoyable time..esp when e girls pitted against e guys when playing Guesstures..haha. we headed back home ard 1am..and tired me knocked out on bed right after.

sun - i did some work in e morning before meeting min to straighten our hair at e home salon at jurong. and after dat, i had a hair trim at chapter 2 at JP. feel so much better wif more kempt hair! haha. part of my motivation to look and feel good for my new job =p anyway after my hair trim, dear came to look for us and we had dinner at Ding Tai Fung together before heading home.

okie end of my weekend post! time for another busy week at work..still feeling stressed even though i'm left with 3 weeks at tis job..but coz we have not yet managed to find a replacement for me! well, trying to remind myself not to worry so much as this is not within my control as long as i've done my best. but i'm really really hoping dat we can find a replacement soon! *cross fingers*

2010-03-21T20:44:00.021+08:00

i'm enjoying my weekends even more after i know i'll be freed from my job soon =)

anyway on fri after work, i finally met up with eileen (after so many months) for dinner. We had aerin's at raffles city..settled dinner and desserts there coz it was bout 9pm when we started eating. after a good meal and catch-up session, it was home sweet home for me.

i woke up early on sat morning so i cld have breakfast with dear. we had long john silver at bugis..a yummy breakfast outside perks up my day! after a satisfying breakfast, we walked over to sim lim square to check out laptops..i've set my eyes on 2 laptops..now just waiting to see if i can get either at a better price. anyway after we left sim lim sq, we went to guan yin miao to pray. we decided to skip lunch coz was still full from breakfast, so went to cold storage to get groceries for dinner. decided on cooking japanese curry udon so got e stuffs and headed back to dear's place. tired us took a nap first before cooking dinner. our first attempt at cooking curry udon was not too bad! and we had our fav cheese sausage as side dish =p after e dinner, we slacked abit and watched tv before going to JP with his family to have desserts at bakerzin. anyway dear and i got a new pair of couple ring at JP as well coz dear lost his some time back. i kinda like e new one..got some "bling" though nt real diamonds..haha.

as for today, i met ling for lunch and we had kenny rogers at marina square..love their macaroni & cheese! after dat, we went shopping ard marina sq and suntec and it was a fruitful shopping trip =D recently, i've been quite motivated to pump up my wardrobe with pretty apparels for my new job..it's quite rare dat i have e urge to shop ever since i started working, coz i cant afford e time and also shopping is a rather energy-zapping activity to me..haha. so it's time i pamper myself a little but i also gotta control and not end up spending too much before i even start my new job!

alright, shall wrap up my entry for now..feeling abit hungry coz my parents r nt back to cook dinner for me yet. anyway i hope my appetite gets better..coz my appetite seems to be getting poorer..probably coz too stressed over work. i must hang on for this one month and it'll be all worth it to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

2010-03-14T23:45:00.020+08:00

i shall make tis a quick update before i head to bed!

fri night was spent with dear and his family..had dinner at Hans near holland v. i was feeling very tired by 10pm..so we called it a day and headed back home seperately.

tis sat was fruitfully maxed out again! i woke up at 8-ish for a colleague's church wedding, which i attended with dear. after e lunch reception, we headed down to buangkok with 3 other friends, wanting to check out e 'last kampung in singapore' at lorong buangkok..but we kinda lost our way there..and ended up not finding any kampungs..but it was indeed an adventure..we actually trudged through some area with alot of tall grass..looking almost jungle-like..and e thing is, i was in a dress..what a wrong attire for such an activity..and e weather was really hot dat i cldnt wait to get out of wherever we were..haha..

finally we managed to find our way to the roadside, where we took a cab to my place which was very near. after cooling down, we headed down to e field to fly kite. we sat on e grass, enjoying e windy breeze while snacking on Lay's potato chips..love e relaxed feeling! after dat, it started to rain, so we hurried back to my place and left ard 5 plus to balestier to have founder's bah ku teh for dinner =) and after a filling meal of hot, peppery bah ku teh, i introduced e rest to go to quality hotel's piano lounge to chill. we sat there being entertained by e singers cum dancers for quite a while before heading home at ard 11 plus.

i spent half of my sunday doing work..was quite frustrated with e work i was doing..took up my entire morning! anyway i tried to grab a short nap in e afternoon, before heading out to town with my mum for some shopping. and i actually managed to get myself a new working bag and 2 new shoes for work..just what i needed..coz alot of my stuffs r getting old and lousy =( anyway we had dinner outside as well..glad to be able to spend some time with my mum..as we hardly go shopping together anymore.

and to end off tis post..i've a good news to announce! i've finally resigned from my job..my very first job after graduating from uni, which i've been stuck in for close to 3 years..omg..sometimes i also cant believe how i managed to get past these years of non-stop working (and i really mean non-stop). well i'm finally leaving tis job and moving on to greener pastures..which i'm really looking forward to! BUT, first i've to concentrate on getting through this very tough period..coz it's a serious challenge to tackle my present crazy workload and still prepare handover documents and stuffs..e thought of it stresses me out so much, i've been having interrupted sleeps! but i'll try my best to fret less and believe that things will work out somehow..just like how i have taken the very first step to get out of the deep, black hole!

2010-03-07T23:52:00.000+08:00

another programmeful weekend..in fact e whole week was considered pretty programmeful..coz i wasnt dat busy at work and cld afford to knock off earlier (really a rare chance for an entire week)..so met up with different groups of people and indulged in good food =)

but i'll just go straight to my weekend or else e post will be super lengthy.

friday night was spent wif dear and his friends at holland v's wala wala..consisting of booze, pizza, chicken wings and live music! great chill out session for a lovely friday night =)

i started my sat ard 9 plus..was clearing some work at home before heading out wif my family for lunch at Verve Bistro & Bar at Gillman Village..it was meant to be a celebration for my mum's bday..e food was not bad..though pretty expensive..BUT e good thing was dat i had vouchers so i only paid an extra dollar for the meal! =p

after e meal, i went off to meet my RP gals at parkway parade for some girly talk at The Caffe Bar..before going off to meet their partners to head down to ECP. dear was not able to join us as he had a last min work trip to KL over e weekend =( anyway, we first had our dinner at ZEN, recommended by hui..they serve fusion food which is quite good and value for money! after dinner, we had an hour of cycling and also stopped by bedok jetty to snap pics. and after e cycling, e girls decided to take e kiddy viking ride..and we screamed like no one's business..used it as a form of destressing! haha. finally it was dessert time! we drove out to a hong kong cafe for dessert as e one in ECP was packed and quite noisy. had yummy XO carrot cake and mango dessert..and after dat, e guys were still hungry..so we went to e bak chor mee stall (right beside e cafe) for supper. and dat was e end of an eventful day! was so tired when i gt back dat i surrended to bed before 1am.

today morning and afternoon was spent at home, clearing work and reading Mitch Albom's book "for one more day"..a really meaningful story dat will give us room for reflections. anyway i went out to meet joa in e evening..had jap food for dinner, did some quick shopping then settled dessert at lush cafe - gelato ice cream wif waffles..yum yum! had a good chat wif joa over the meals too..am so glad to have great friends who r always there to support me and give me encouragement =)

anyway i realised i've been spending my evenings out on 3 consecutive sundays..something i usually do not favor as i always feel i need to be home on sun nights to prep my mental soul for another week of dreaded work..a weird mentality of mine, u may think..haha. but i'm beginning to realise it isnt dat bad to spend my sunday evenings out wif friends (provided i clear my work before i leave)..actually helps distract me from e dreaded thoughts of work.

well as for now, i'm gonna wrap up and get ready to sleep. so good night world! i hope to wake up from my bad dreams soon!

2010-02-28T22:46:00.003+08:00

some thoughts running through my mind this weekend..just wishing dat things could be simpler. anyway i wont blog bout it till i get it settled..so i'll just update bout my weekend programmes!

i'll skip friday night coz it was dedicated to work..had an event dat evening..so headed straight home after e event ended ard 10pm..badly needed to rest my tired legs!

my sat was fruitfully spent - met dear at paya lebar..and i brought him to have lunch at city plaza's arnold's fried chicken restaurant..been ages since i last been there..and it was dear's first time trying their food. after lunch, we travelled down to e paya lebar temple to pray to Tai Sui coz dear 'fan tai sui' tis year. then, we headed down to dhoby ghaut..bought movie tics at cathay and went to plaza sing's carrefour to get sushi and pizza..for our little picnic at macritchie! we spent bout 2 hours plus at macritchie..relaxing and eating..seeing e calm reservoir waters made me feel slightly calmer at heart =)

anyway after dat, we headed back to cathay for our movie..but as it was still early..we chilled out at starbucks till it was time. we watched e hongkong movie "Hot Summer Days' which was quite nice..i like love stories! =p and after e movie, it was home sweet home.

as for today, i was home for e first half of e day..then went to meet dear at Lot 1 for dinner. dinner was at a hong kong cafe coz i had a craving for baked rice =p after dat, dropped by e library for a while and borrowed 2 books written by Mitch Albom, e author of 'Tuesdays with Morrie' who actually came to Singapore last friday. am juz in e mood for reading some meaningful books..maybe coz i feel dat i'm lacking some meaning in my life..not a good feeling..so i really hope i can find back my direction in life soon!

2010-02-21T22:50:00.011+08:00

i had an eventful weekend =)

met my jc buddies for dinner after work on friday, partially for jinx's belated bday celebration. we went to Next Door Cafe..a cosy little cafe at arab street. after our meal, we stayed on to play Cluedo till bout 11pm before cabbing home.

on sat, i woke up to do abit of work stuffs..then went out to meet dear at bukit batok coz we were going to his friend's place for mahjong. so we all had lunch at a coffeeshop before our mahjong + poker session. my luck at mahjong was pretty good so i won some money =) but my luck at texas poker was not as good..fortunately, i broke even..so didnt lose any money. anyway we left e house at ard 7 plus to head down to e river hongbao..but stopped over at bugis and had ramen for dinner first. then took a bus to e floating platform to view e displays at river hongbao. and our last stop was max brenner to enjoy a glass of choctail..i kinda like their choctails, good rich chocolate drink!

sun, i had to drag myself out of bed at 9 plus in e morning to do my work coz i was going out in e afternoon..wasnt in e mood..but had to force myself to do so as quite abit of work to do tis weekend =( anyway i left e hse ard 1pm after lunch and headed down to tampines to meet dear as we were going for his friend's baby shower. stayed there only for an hour or so as we were meeting my colleagues for basketball session. we went over to one of my colleague's condo's bball court and played a few games..my first time playing with them..was pretty fun! after dat, we went to have dinner at Pastamania before dear sent me home. look forward to more of such gatherings coz though we see each other 5 days a week but we hardly have e time to really interact at work, esp me coz i'm so busy!

well..there goes the weekend and here comes the blues again..i guess it's because i enjoy my weekends so much..so when i noe it's coming to an end and e working week is looming..i feel the blues. alright..no matter what, i will cheong the week so as to welcome my next weekend!

2010-02-16T22:47:00.010+08:00

okie i'm back to update from where i had left off on sun.

on sun evening, i went to clark quay with my family to look at e cny cum vday displays before going over to a relative's place. stayed there till about 11 plus and by e time i reached home, i was so tired dat i surrendered to my bed.

on chu er, dear and my sis's bf came over to my place to bai nian and have lunch with my family. we had another round of sushi-making dat day =) anyway after my aunt and cousin's family arrived, we had lunch and then sat around to chat, while dear & i kept ourselves occupied with my cousin's little girl. she's so cute, i can never get bored playing with her..haha. after they left, dear & i headed out to raffles city to exchange e jeans i bought for him coz e cutting didnt really fit. we then chilled out at J.CO for a while before going over to dear's aunt's place at telok blangah. we played some mahjong, then had dinner at e neighbourhood market. lastly, we dropped by e Hans near Holland V for some drinks and dessert before returning to dear's place for e night.

e next morning, we woke up and cooked cheese sausage for brunch. finally found one from e supermarket dat was up to our expecations after having eaten quite a few different brands previously. so means we'll be sticking to this brand for now..haha. anyway after dat, we went to dear's boss's house coz they had some company gathering..and we stayed there till 4 plus before going over to junction 8. settled on chilling out at e Galilee Cafe at e library..realised it's been ages since we stepped into a library..we've been so busy wif work dat we don't have time to borrow and read books recently =( anyway i didnt borrow any books this time, juz sat there to read some magazines and enjoy a glass of milkshake. love that kinda chill-out feeling =) anyway i left e place ard 6 plus to return home.

yup so dat's it for my CNY break. i feel dat i didnt maximise my break..just felt i didnt have enough fun..coz i hardly had visiting to do..and my friends r all occupied with visiting..and no one asked for any gathering or house-visiting..so i actually spent quite abit of my time at home. but it was also good in a way, coz at least i gave some time to myself and got more rest. but coz i still had to do work along e way..so probably felt i didnt rest enough or utilize my time better. yeah so even though i definitely had more sleep these few days..i still feel very tired! anyway i'm feeling e post-holiday depression already..well shall tolerate for another 3 days and it'll be e weekend again!

2010-02-14T14:41:00.000+08:00

it's the first time Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day coincides on the same day..so Happy CNY and V'day!!!

since a couple of years back, CNY really does not feel like CNY to me anymore..all i'm grateful for is the break from work and some free time to spend with my family and friends!

so here's some updates on the past 2 days..

i declared an off day for myself on friday since i was working last weekend because of e bintan event. but as usual, i was working from home practically the whole day until 6 plus when i gt ready to leave e house to meet dear for our early Vday celebration - a nice, romantic dinner @ The Garden Slug, a cosy cafe tucked away in east coast area. we had a 3-course vday menu with wine in a dark room, with lighted candles and a guy singing love songs and strumming away on his guitar. and we presented each other with our presents during the dinner as well. dear got me my fav gerberas in 3 lovely colors and a new wallet to replace the one he gave me previously =)

anyway after e dinner, we headed down to bishan to catch e movie "Valentine's Day"..a pretty romantic movie, just e perfect movie for a romantic night! =p after dat it was home sweet home as it was already 1am in e morning.

sat morning, i woke up up at 11 plus..love e feeling of being able to sleep in late..been lacking of sleep recently because of the bintan event. anyway shuttled between doing some work stuffs and slacking around..before i started my sushi-making session wif my mum and sis..coz we decided to make some sushi for reunion dinner at my aunt's place. luckily, e sushi turned out fine! so in e late afternoon, we headed out to my aunt's place for our reunion dinner, as per every year. only sadly, this year is e first year we didnt have grandma with us at the dinner.

i always remember how e center of attention during previous reunion dinners was on grandma coz we would bring her out of the nursing home so she could join us for e dinner..and it was always nice seeing the smiles on her face when she see her kids and grandkids all gathered together. in fact, we could still vividly remember the last reunion dinner she had with us last year before she left us. alright, sad things aside! anyway we had a spread for dinner, as usual..and reunion dinner is always a time for us cousins to catch up coz we only see each other once a year. after our dinner, we stayed on to watch tv until 11 plus before heading home and going to lala land.

well today is another day i woke up at 11 plus..dat's one of the best things about a long weekend - i get to catch up on my rest =) well there's 2 and a half days more of break to cherish! will be back to update again!

2010-02-07T19:55:00.004+08:00

i'm back from my bintan event. it was a killer! it zapped up my energy totally..was either standing on my feet or running around most of e time. and i only got to sleep a total of 12 hours for 3 nights!

but at least i wld say the event went pretty well..definitely have hiccups here and there..but overall, the guests seem satisfied and happy..and praised us for our hard work and good job =)

i'm so glad to be back! now i need my CNY break and i cant wait to spend some quality time with my dearest boy!!!

2010-01-31T12:27:00.017+08:00

ok this post will be pretty short..coz it's quite a programme-less weekend (except for sat) for me. not because i don't have the company to spend my weekend with (even though my bf is not in sg), but coz i'm bogged down by my crazy workload!

fri was one of e most pathetic fridays i've had..was stuck in e office till 12 midnight coz i had so much work to clear..and then i knocked out right after i got home.

e next morning, i woke up early to send dear off at e airport for his hong kong trip with his friends. we had breakfast at e airport and then it was time for dear to jet off. after dat, i headed down to tampines to meet my jc friend to go over to a home salon, where i gave my hair a fresh coat of color..after ages of leaving it at its natural black. juz felt like adding some colors to my life..haha. anyway i quite like e outcome even though the color may not be dat obvious but dat's wat i wanted. when we were done, we went back to tampines for lunch and some quick shopping before going our seperate ways. it was time for me to meet my uni pals for dinner at holland v - crystal jade's xiao long bao and steamboat buffet! anyway e meetup was for gillian's farewell coz she'll be going to Dubai as an Emirates air stewardess..excited for her =p after e satisfying dinner, we were thinking of going for ktv at clementi, but ended up playing arcade games coz ktv was too ex. and think we made e right choice too, playing arcade games can help destress! and last destination was macdonald's where we had our drinks and some catching up before it was home sweet home.

for today, i wont elaborate more coz it has to be dedicated to work..been working since last night when i gt home and this morning when i woke up at 9 plus. now juz taking a short break to blog and have lunch. later i'll still be heading down to meet my colleague to discuss about our bintan event project next week. lots of logistic stuffs to manage..and i've to start packing my luggage as i noe i wont have e time next week. arghhhh....this is driving me crazy!

ps: my next blog post will be when i return from bintan on next sun..if i can afford e time to. wish me luck for my bintan event.. i seriously need it! it's e first time i wish this weekend and the next will be over asap!

2010-01-24T22:18:00.000+08:00

okie gotta make this quick..coz i wanna sleep early tonight!

i had a long friday..only ended work ard 9pm..thus dear & my intial dinner plans had to be changed..so we decided to meet at clark quay then choose our dinner place. finally settled on having dinner at Pasta De Waraku and had gelato ice-cream for dessert =) then went to sit by our fav place along e river before calling it a day.

next morning, dear came over to my place to carry out our jogging routine..after a pretty tiring jog, we went back to my place, had my mum's lunch, then played a few rounds of Boggle. after which, i had to leave for my cousin's daughter's bday party and dear went back home. e bday party was held at a condo in east coast area..i was e camera woman for e day..helping to take pics of e kids having fun. we left ard evening time and went back to compasspoint for some snacks and dessert before heading back home. really rare for me to be back home at 9 plus on a saturday..but it felt quite nice in fact..coz i actually had time to juz sit down and watch an hour plus of variety show on tv before going to bed =)

as for today, i woke up and did some work as usual..then went out to meet dear in e evening. i had a craving for ikea's meatballs and chicken wings..so we headed to queensway's ikea to satisfy my craving..meatballs, chicken wings, spaghetti and mushroom soup..yummylicious! and after dat, we went over to anchorpoint to walk ard, then settled at Swissbake for a hot chocolate with mashmallows. e place was pretty quiet and cosy..quite a lovely way of spending a sun night! though i dun like going out on sunday evenings coz i rather stay home and start prepping my mood for another crazy week of work. but when i was out today, e dreaded sunday feeling didnt come so strong coz i was occupied wif enjoying nice food and good company.

i'm meeting dear abit more tis weekend coz i wont get to spend 2 weekends with him =( he'll be going to hongkong for holiday e coming weekend, and i'll be going to bintan for work e following weekend. and then after dat, it'll be CNY and Vday..well at least a long weekend for us to enjoy! cant wait..hope to fast forward these 2 weeks (coz it's alot of crazy planning for e bintan project)!!

2010-01-17T22:45:00.002+08:00

time for my weekend updates again!

i met up wif xiaoyun on fri after work..been some time since i last saw her..it was a nice meetup over dinner at bugis's TCC, catching up on life and work stuffs. stayed there till 10 plus and then it was home sweet home.

sat morning, i went for an interview (not the formal kind though)..it was at some cafe at cluny court in bukit timah..wont elaborate on wat e job is until i've been selected (IF i do). anyway i've been receiving alot of encouragement from friends to leave my job since i'm so unhappy..and i am really feeling e strong motivation to do so. so crossing my fingers and hoping i get e job..though i seriously dunno if it'll be the right decision to make..but all i noe is i really want to get out of my current job!

anyway after e interview, i went over to riverview hotel to meet dear and his family..we had lunch buffet at e jap restaurant which dear had his bday celebration at last year. so it's sashimi indulgence again! =) and after a satisfying and filling lunch, we headed over to PS, had drinks at mos burger before catching e movie "Hear Me". quite a touching yet funny movie..coz e male character is very lame in e show haha. after dat, we walked around, settled a simple dinner at Killiney coffeeshop, and went to orchard central's rootop garden to have a view of singapore's skyline. dear & i still didnt want to end e night, so spent time chatting at e istana park and our last destination was e newly opened jalan kayu prata cafe beside PS. their ice blended chocolate is quite good! haha.

as for today, i had a bball session wif my jc gals..been ages since we last played..fun as usual..and also a chance for us to have a quick catch up session. and we r planning for a dinner gathering in geylang sometime after CNY..looking forward!

anyway after i returned home for lunch and did some work stuffs, i went out to meet my family and i finally gt myself a new phone! i'm nt someone who has to keep up wif new phones in e market..but since now it's e smartphone generation..i feel dat i better nt be so outdated, especially wif my rather old Samsung phone (as e one dear gt me for my bday e year before is already faulty). tis time i gt an LG phone (was quite an impromptu decision on e brand and model)..but anyway feel more pro wif a smartphone now! haha.

alright, i think i've exhausted myself tis weekend..and have been lacking of sleep last week coz was rushing a presentation. will meddle wif my new phone for a while before calling it a day!

2010-01-10T20:39:00.008+08:00

simply love my weekends! because e weekends r so precious to me, i'm always making sure my weekends r well-planned and have interesting activities to keep me happy...and tis weekend is no exception!

on fri after work, i met dear at china square (which is where his new office is)..we had Sushi Tei for dinner and our fav chocolate dessert, Soffiato at Ricciotti..and we left home considerably early. a simple but satisfying way to conclude another week of hard work =)

sat was a more packed day for dear & me. i went over to JP in e morning, and we had breakfast at Subway (didn't know they serve breakfast items until dear told me). after breakfast, we headed to UOB where dear opened a new savings account. and then, we did grocery shopping for our lunch which we were going to make sushi =p so with our recipe on hands, we searched for e items, purchased them and left for dear's place. and it was sushi making time! it's our first attempt at it, and e outcome (looks and taste) is not bad! juz need to brush up on our sushi rolling skills..haha.

anyway after enjoying our homemade sushi, we slacked for a while, before going downstairs for a jog. after which, we headed to IMM coz dear wanted to switch his plan frm M1 to Starhub and get his iPhone. we got a queue number and settled dinner at Pepper Lunch while waiting for our turn..but in e end, dear didnt manage to get his phone coz he didnt bring his dad's IC along..so we went back home since it was already 10pm.

today, i went to my ex-tutee's house to visit her and my god daughter. i realised it's been a year since i saw them..feel guilty dat i'm always nt able to find e time to visit them..so since i knew i had no programmes today, i decided to go to look for them. bought some toy for my god daugther..she's quite a smart kid but also very active and naughty..quite an amusement to watch her play..haha. anyway caught up abit wif my ex-tutee and i really admire her for giving up most of her social life for her kid when pple of her age r happily enjoying their youth and spending money on material stuffs. it isnt easy but she still tries to make things sound positive, which makes me feel comforted.

after i left her place, i went to meet dear and 2 other friends coz they wanted to explore tis abandoned house at punggol. but we didnt get to enter e house coz it was fenced up and no trespassing was allowed. so we only got to take pictures of e exterior..quite an interesting building, but wonders wat lurks inside! haha.

anyway after dat, i went home for my dinner while they went to chinatown for dinner. yup so i juz had my dinner, and am blogging. shall go relax abit and catch some tv show. i'm so busy everyday dat i really hardly ever watch tv..feel quite pathetic..seriously hoping for e day dat i can get out of tis pathetically busy & hectic lifestyle!

2010-01-03T20:40:00.002+08:00

it's been another great break for me..more simply spent than the christmas break but as wonderful! coz i have so many lovely people around me to share e joy of e new year with me =) anyway it's gonna be a long post, so bear with me!

eve of new year's eve - after a considerably long day of work (till 8 plus pm), i went to meet maxine for a chill-out session at her fav bar - Bellini Room, which i am growing to like as well..coz they serve a different genre of live music and an interesting kind of crowd. so we sat there, had our beer (pretty cheap coz it was happy hour for e whole night) and hot wings (which i was craving for coz i didn't have dinner), enjoyed e live music and chatted in between sets till bout 1am before heading home. side note: beer and hot wings juz go so well with each other!

new year's eve - office was closed for e day, but i was working frm home e entire morning..which i realised can actually be more draining than working in e office..but anyway i managed to grab a nap before heading out to meet dear in e evening. we met at clark quay, whiled away our time till his friends arrived..and went to Hooters for dinner - which means hot wings again! haha. but tis time without e beer to go with it..juz rootbeer instead..haha. and after e dinner, we took quite some time deciding where we shld spent our countdown at..and finally settled on this place called 'Players'..it's something like e games cafe juz dat it's a bar coz they serve alcoholic drinks..and some of their games r of a different genre..quite an interesting concept i wld say! so we counted down to 2010 over there..having fun playing games and doing forfeits. after dat, some had to leave and e remaining 4 of us hanged out a while more at Nectarie @ The Cannery for tea and ice-cream and then it was home sweet home. i went to dear's place for e night and we knocked out almost immediately coz it was already 4am in e morning.

new year - dear and i had our first visit to Somerset 313..we had lunch at Say Cheezcake cafe, then began our retail therapy! we also headed down to Suntec City after dat and managed to get some new stuffs for ourselves =) dinner was at Mac Donald's..which was an impromptu decision coz we saw people eating curly fries and were tempted to eat it..haha. and to end off e day, we watched Avatar 3D..e effects were really quite good.

sat - spent e morning at home and went to meet e RP gals for a ktv session at serangoon garden. after which we had dinner at chomp chomp and spent e evening chatting over tea and coffee =) i went home considerably early for a saturday and gladly managed to catch some variety show at night before calling it a day.

sun - dear came over to my house for a morning jog..realised we've been lapsing in our exercise regime..so we resolve to keep it going this year..hopefully we can! anyway after a jog around my estate, we went to meet my parents for an early lunch at e newly opened kopitiam cum wet market near compasspoint..there's quite a variety of food there..sth dat e sengkang residents shld be happy bout. after lunch, dear & i headed home to watch a rented dvd of e romantic comedy "I Love You, Betty Cooper", then slacked abit before i accompanied dear to compasspoint to look for some stuffs. and then he left to meet his pals for dinner while i went home to catch a nap.

oh gosh..e last long weekend for 2009 is over in a flash..and frm wat i know, there wont be as many long weekends in 2010 =( well anyway it's work-reopening for all those working pple and i dislike e dreaded feeling dat's overwhelming me now. but in tis new year, i muz learn to prevent these work stress & problems frm dominating my mind and work towards slowing down my pace of life!

2010-01-02T01:30:00.001+08:00

happy 2010, my friends!!!

can't believe a new year has arrived..i can still vividly rem how last year's countdown was spent and now another countdown is over.

anyway i'm not gonna list down my new year resolutions this year...coz i'm too lazy to think about them..and i know i'll forget them amidst my busyness.

but there's one resolution i definitely hope to fulfill - moving on to a new job, one that is way better than my current job! i'm putting it on my wish list too..coz other than me making e effort to look for a new job, i seriously need e luck to get a good one too!

and most importantly, i resolve to be HAPPY..dat's definitely the one thing that has to be on everyone's resolution list! for the year 2009, i've been a happy girl..with a wonderful family, a superb boyfriend and lovely friends around me..the only thing that causes all my unhappiness would have to be my hectic and stressful job. so hopefully 2010 can make me a happier girl!
and of course, i also want to make my loved ones happier! =)

alright it's time for a good night's rest..there's 2 more days to enjoy and relax for the weekend =) i'll sum up bout my weekend programmes on my usual sunday entry!

2009-12-27T22:28:00.003+08:00

i had a fantastic Christmas break! which was dedicated to my dearest boy whose bday falls on Christmas =)

on xmas eve, even though i didnt go to work, i was home settling some work stuffs and left my house ard 5 plus. went to sim lim to check out cameras for office use, before meeting dear and his friends at bugis. we had dinner at Benten Cafe at Iluma then took e train down to Vivo, where we met a few more of his friends and headed down in a car to Prive cafe at Keppel Bay..spent e night chilling out there till 1am before cabbing home.

on e next day which was also xmas, it was my surprise bday celebration for dear. told him dat i wld be bringing him for lunch but didnt give him any clue as to where we were going..and i had made plans wif his good friends to spring a little surprise on him..by appearing at e restaurant i was bringing him to. so in e morning, i went to collect his bday cake..ordered tis tofu cheesecake online coz he loves tofu cheesecake..then arranged to pass it to his friends before meeting him. anyway i brought him to tis jap restaurant at Riverview hotel for jap food buffet and dat's where his friends were waiting in e private room wif his cake =) yup so for e buffet, we indulged in sashimi, teppanyaki, tempura etc..think e food there is considered quite good, and e tofu cheesecake i bought also received quite alot of praises..glad i made e right choices! haha.

after dat, we went to tiong bahru to collect our tickets for e movie, Sherlock Homes and chilled out at Mc Cafe before e show started. after e movie, we were thinking of wat we cld do next..and dear suggested doing steamboat at his place which was a pretty good idea..something cosy and nice to do wif a group of friends on xmas =) so we went to JP's NTUC to shop for groceries, then headed to dear's house to prepare e food..and it was time to dig in! we actually started e steamboat pretty late..9 plus..so e whole session only ended ard 12am..and i quickly took a cab back as dear and i were travelling to msia e next day.

so on sat, excited me woke up ard 7am and went to meet dear at golden mile to board e coach for our 2D1N desaru trip - which is my bday gift to dear =) he was not aware of where we were going until we got onto e coach..haha..exciting isnt it? anyway i wont elaborate on wat we did during e trip or else tis post will be super lengthy. all in all, we had a great time there..visited some tourist places, saw fireflies lighting up e trees like christmas trees, slept quite abit on e coach, ate alot, and most importantly, we thoroughly enjoyed each other's company =)

tis is one of e best christmas i've had..juz wished it didnt have to end so soon..but e comforting thing wld be there's still one more long weekend break tis week - e new year break! i'm so going to make sure it'll be a great break too!

2009-12-24T01:24:00.004+08:00

it's e start of the holiday break! and i juz had a great night wif my jc pals..ktv at chinatown wif our xmas gift exchange =) oh yah i received quite alot of prezzies tis year..feel loved! haha.

it will be a 4-day break for me as my office is closed starting today (meaning 24 dec, coz it's already past midnight)..though i still have to check emails and do some work..but at least it's in the comfort of my own home. am supposed to be going to jer's place for RP girl's gathering in e afternoon but we have postponed the plans due to cand's work. so most prob will juz find something to do out there..and later countdown to christmas!

then it'll be my dearest boy's bday! and next up will be my surprise bday trip for him..excited! =)

2009-12-20T19:38:00.009+08:00

it’s e time of e week to blog again..which also means e weekend is coming to an end =( but at least next week is e Christmas week..quite alot of programmes to look forward to..will come to dat later in my post!

yup so now is for my weekend updates…

fri after work, i managed to leave e office by 7 plus and headed down to bugis to meet dear..we were famished and cldnt wait to haf our dinner at Fika – this swedish cafe at Arab Street, which we came across last week when we were in dat area. we ordered their meatballs and grilled salmon..their meatballs is served exactly in e same way as e ones frm Ikea..tastes as good but alot more expensive! after e dinner, dear’s friend called and he haven’t had dinner so we went wif him to Thai Express at Iluma and we had desserts there..some pineapple coconut soda and mango sticky rice..which reminded me of bangkok..am missing it! anyway after dat, we were thinking of catching a movie but there were no suitable timings so we ended up at e arcade, watched pple play e UFO Catcher and we played tis ‘Spot The Difference’ game on one of e machines..by e time we finished 5 tokens on it, it was almost 1am..so we cabbed home.

on sat, i woke up pretty early to go to e paya lebar temple to ‘huan tai sui’..was supposed to go wif dear but he was caught up wif some work at e last minute.so i headed down myself and after dat went over to parkway parade to do some xmas shopping..and managed to get my gifts for e gift exchange next week..phew! or else i wld hafta go out today to get them le. after i was done wif my shopping, i went over to dear’s place and we cooked instant noodles for lunch..then slacked away e afternoon and i got ready to leave for RP Feel Good Day in e evening.

e theme for tis year is ‘sexy, naughty, bitchy me’ as thought by jer, which is so difficult to find clothes for..coz dat’s so not our pattern haha. but we girls spontaneously dressed up for e occasion and looked pretty good! *thick-skinned* haha. but e pics r wif cand so cant show it here at tis point of time.

anyway unfortunately, think we made a pretty bad choice for our dinner and chill out place dat day..we had selected a few places prior to e day and planned to make e final decision on e day itself. dinner was at tis jap restaurant at clark quay..e food was nt dat bad but juz dat e variety was not alot and e sashimi was ex..which cand actually had a craving for. after walking a few rounds ard e clubs and bars in clark quay, we felt it was still too early for drinks, so we went to TCC for desserts first..and finally decided on going to Lunar for drinks. we knew they played mandarin pop..but juz dat when we were in there, e atmosphere was not ‘high’ enough for us..haha..or perhaps is juz hard to find a place to please all of us..haha. finally after dat, we decided to leave e club and go for supper..i was craving for chicken wings so we went to Hooters and spent quite some time there chatting away. well, despite all e not-so-good choices for e main hangout places..wat was most important was still e company and it was a good time for us to catch up =) well we’ll be meeting soon again..for our xmas gathering!

oops, i realized my entry is so long already..but anyway i dun haf much to say for today..since i’ve been stuck at home wif my work..and still haf quite abit to do..though i really dun haf e mood.

well to perk up my mood abit, at least e xmas season is coming! and xmas also means it’s my dearest boy’s bday =)

yup so i’m pretty packed wif programmes for e upcoming week..and will be bringing dear on a surprise trip over e coming weekend! absolutely cant wait for my programmes to unfold tis week..juz please dun let me be plagued by work but sadly i think i wld be coz work is picking up again..and in fact i've been quite unhappy at work recently..but gotta push e negative thoughts aside!

for now, Merry Christmas in advance peeps!

2009-12-13T17:51:00.000+08:00

this week was a pretty eventful week for me since thurs!

thurs was maxine's wedding and i was her jie mei as well as coordinator for her wedding dinner..my first time for both roles and it was an interesting experience =) anyway i took leave dat day as it was a weekday. went to her house at 6 plus in e morning and shuttled btw her house and her hubby's house until ard 1pm then headed home to take a nap. left for Conrad at ard 4pm as i needed to go over earlier to run through e dinner programme wif her. well everything went quite smoothly during e dinner so at least i didnt fail as a wedding coordinator..haha. shld really consider changing my career to become a wedding planner..coz i kinda like being at weddings and get to witness all e happy and touching moments! =p

anyway on fri, i got to eat good food for dinner again coz it was my company's annual dinner at Mariott Cafe. there r 2 things i definitely will indulge in during buffets - sashimi and desserts! whacked alot of salmon sashimi there..and also tried most of their desserts..quite a lot of variety and quality is nt bad! anyway after e dinner, i joined some of my colleagues at tis ktv pub in tanjong pagar..played some games and drank till bout 1am..then headed home to knock out coz was really really tired.

sat was dear and my 20th monthisary..so we made plans to hit e cycling tracks at ECP again! but before dat, i met him to go to Arab Street to check out some work stuffs..then we took a train to bedok and had lunch at e hawker centre before going over to ECP. cycled for about 2 hours, and also took a rest at bedok jetty to enjoy e sea breeze. since it was still early for our dinner plans, we headed down to Tampines 1 to do some xmas shopping. left e place ard 7pm and took a bus to Katong for our dinner at Everything with Fries..a new cafe which i came across e other time i was there. tis place serves mains with fries..and u get to choose e flavor of e fries! dear tried curry flavor and i tried sour cream and onion (my fav chips flavor)..think their food is nt bad and reasonably-priced..and it's an interesting concept to play ard wif flavors of fries..think they probably gt e inspiration frm macs' shaker fries..haha..anyway after dat, it was dessert at one of dear's fav dessert place - Obolo and then home sweet home.

well, i decided to stay home today coz i've had too many programmes going for me tis week..need to get more rest. anyway i realised my xmas week is packed..i have programmes every day starting frm 22 dec till 27 dec (besides work) ..omg..gonna be so drained out..but i'm still really looking forward..in fact to these 2 weeks coz we r having RP feel good day tis sat! i'm already in holiday mood =p

2009-12-06T21:40:00.018+08:00

managed to meet up wif e few friends tis week..really appreciate these valuable times spent wif friends amidst my hectic life.

thurs after work, cand and i met up for a short while..was a last minute decision while we were still slogging away at work. we went to vivo's Coffee Bean for caesar salad and i had their dark chocolate peppermint hot chocolate..tastes quite good!

on fri after work, i met up wif joa for our usual dose of catch-up sessions..had pasta dinner at PS's Hot Tomato Express then we went over to 1 Caramel beside Cathay for our drinks and dessert. juz love e relaxed feeling..sipping my Geisha Blossom Tea and enjoying a Lychee Rose cake while updating each other.

on sat, ling and i went for a hair trim at bugis's Chapter 2 and jl came along too. after lunch, we went for some quick shopping..glad i managed to get wat i was seeking for =p after dat, i went over to dear's place to slack and then headed out for dinner at Central's Sun with Moon wif his family coz they had a craving for their tofu cheesecake. after e dinner, i went to look for maxine for her hen's party..it was actually an impromptu one coz she only asked me in e afternoon, but thought i shld give her my support by attending..ended up e pple present were only 2 guys and 2 girls (which is maxine & me)..haha..but it was spent in quite an interesting way..we went to her fav bar - Bellini Room at St James and we managed to get her fav singer to invite her up on e stage..so lucky her gt to sing and dance wif her fav singer haha.

after dat, we left e place and maxine wanted to do sth exciting - visit tis 'dark place' which is e path thru labrador park linking to mount fabor..so dat was wat we did at 3am in e morning..wat a thing to do for a hen's night! haha. but glad she enjoyed herself =) anyway after dat i cabbed home and knocked out straight after.

today, i still had to go to raffles city at noon to meet maxine and e other bridesmaids for a final discussion regarding e programme on e wedding day which is tis thurs. i'm supposed to be like e overall coordinator for e wedding dinner coz i've events experience..stressed..haha..coz i've not done it before and we didnt really haf time to sit together and do proper planning..but hope everything will go well for her wedding..it's like e most important day for every girl!

anyway after e bridesmaid's meeting, i headed down to vivo to meet dear for e movie - Zombieland..e zombies and their man-eating actions r pretty gross but luckily e movie is a comedy.

alright, dat's bout it for my post. i think i'm catching a flu..nose seems to be a little runny..oh no..flu bug, pls go away!

2009-12-05T02:32:00.003+08:00

it's time to update about my bangkok trip! it was fantastic..bangkok's really a shopping and food haven! almost everything is so cheap as compared to singapore. it's e first trip in my life where i bought so much stuffs..haha.

anyway below is my trip's itinerary and i shall let my photos do e talking! caution, e food pics may cause u to drool! haha..

Day 1: Bangkok Airport --> Hotel --> Lunch @ Central World's Gialong Cuisine --> Grand Palace --> Thai Massage @ Wat Pho --> Dinner @ Central World's Fuji Restaurant --> Ice-cream @ Baskin Robbins --> Hotel

Day 2: Hotel --> Platinum Mall --> Lunch @ Platinum Mall's food court --> Full body aromatherapy massage @ Rangnam Spa & Massage --> Dinner @ A&W --> Hotel

Day 3: Hotel --> Cha-Tu-Chak Market --> Lunch @ MBK Shopping Center's MK Restaurant --> Shopping @ MBK --> Manicure & Pedicure @ MBK --> Hotel to wash up --> Dinner @ a Thai restaurant at Central World --> Ice-cream @ The Cream & Fudge Factory --> Chill out @ Red Sky at Centara Grand --> Hotel

Day 4: Hotel --> Brunch @ Central World's The Pizza Company --> check out from Hotel --> Bangkok Airport --> Singapore

i think e pics can tell u how much fun we had in bangkok! i would wish to go back there some time again =D

kk it's time for me to call it a day..at last it's e weekends again!

2009-11-25T22:01:00.003+08:00

though i'm still stuck in office at this time and i'll have to be at e airport at 5.30am for my flight to bangkok, but i'm ok wif it as long as i can clear my work and leave tis island wif a peace of mind (i hope!).

i wonder if i can even sleep tonight..wld be too excited i guess..haha..kk i can pack up to go home now..yeah bangkok here i come!!!

2009-11-22T13:04:00.000+08:00

had simple plans for e weekend..coz was too busy during e week to make any proper planning..but simple plans r good for tired souls! haha.

fri after work, dear and i went to suntec's crystal jade for ramen and xiao long bao (my fav!). after e dinner, we went to carrefour to get some stuffs, then slacked a while at e suntec fountain area before heading home for a good rest.

on sat, i spent my morning doing my work..quite a few work stuffs to clear tis weekend to meet e deadlines next week. i'll be leaving for bangkok on thurs..and i need to get most of my work settled before i leave..stressed! anyway dear came over to my place ard 2 plus, had his lunch and we went for a jog..we were quite diligent..didnt really stop during e jog haha. then returned home, showered and headed down to serangoon gardens for dinner. tried a new cafe called Ministry of Steak there..i had grilled salmon and dear had steak..think their food is nt too bad for their price..and i like their mashed potatoes! after dat, dear had craving for macs' milkshake so we took a bus to AMK's macs (coz not all macs sell milkshakes) juz to satisfy his craving! haha. and then it was home sweet home for us.

woke up tis morning to continue wif my work stuffs..finally done wif most of e stuffs..so getting ready to go out wif my family for my cousin's little boy's bday celebration at Goodwood Park Hotel's Min Jiang Restaurant..dim sum buffet! it'll be my 3rd time eating their dim sum buffet tis year..haha. but i quite like it..so it's good =)

later when i get back, i'll have to pack my stuffs for my bangkok trip coz i doubt i'll haf e time to do so during e weekdays..it's a race against time for me every day of my life..even on weekends =( as much as i am sulking bout my hectic work life, i'm entitling myself to a break tis coming week - my bangkok trip =) though i foresee i'll be kept really busy too..shopping and eating wif e gals! sooo looking forward to it!!

2009-11-15T14:36:00.005+08:00

it's a stay-home sunday for me today..so decided to blog earlier as i'm kinda lazy to start on my work.

anyway fri and sat was dedicated to my dear to celebrate our 19 months together =) after work on fri, dear & i headed down to Sengkang, settled our dinner at Compasspoint's Long John Silver's, then went back to my place to put my laptop as i was going to his place for e night. we cabbed back to his place coz it was quite late..and dropped by Jurong Point's NTUC to buy some ingredients for our lunch e next day. we wanted to try out tis simple recipe we saw frm a magazine. after dat, it was back to his place to surf e net and sleep.

next morning, we woke up ard 10 plus and cooked our Apple Chicken Soup, based on e recipe we had. juz a few simple steps and we had an interesting soup to drink! yeah it really tasted quite interesting..sweet and salty at e same time..haha. anyway after our homecooked lunch, we slacked a while more at his place before heading out for our visit to e Botanic Gardens! we had a nice stroll along e park..breathing in e cool fresh air, snapping pictures of interesting stuffs and saw quite a few cute ang moh toddlers and doggies. we left e place ard 5pm and walked a pretty long way out to Tanglin Place where we made reservations at Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill for dinner. we ordered ribeye steak and crab & mushroom spaghetti. e steak was expensive but tasted nt too bad..and dear loves their crab & mushroom spaghetti =p

after e filling dinner (as their portions r quite big), we walked down orchard road to find a place to sit down and haf drinks. finally settled for TCC at International Building..we had strawberry parfait and chamomile & peppermint tea - juz e perfect tea to make us feel more relaxed! our last destination for e day was bukit merah to view a flat wif dear's family. and then it was back home for a good rest after such a great day =)

anyway here r some pics to add color to my blog!

2009-11-08T17:40:00.016+08:00

luckily my friday wasn't ruined at work..and i managed to get out of e office earlier than usual..so went to meet dear and his group of friends at Central for dinner. we had ramen at tis restaurant introduced by dear..then went over to The Mind Cafe for 2 hours' of games and fun before it was home sweet home. and i caught a pretty good sleep dat night!

next day, i celebrate my dad's bday in advance wif my family by having ala carte dim sum lunch at Fortunate Restaurant at toa payoh. e variety and quality of e food is nt bad, and glad my parents had no complaints but anyway they were e ones who chose e place haha. after dat, i headed off to meet dear for our movie - Love Happens, then decided on dinner at Food For Thought..tried their desserts e other time, so now tried their mains. i kinda like e place coz it gives me a homely feel..and their food is quite good! anyway after dat, we walked over to The Coffee Nations, tis other cosy cafe where we slacked e rest of e night away..sipping on our ice-blended frappe, enjoying a warm lava cake and playing scrabble =)

as for today, instead of staying home e entire day..i headed out again..think i'm kinda used to spending my sundays out in e day..provided i dun haf dat much work to clear over e weekend. anyway coz i wanted to get my fringe straightened, so went over to e usual home salon at Jurong. dear accompanied me there and after lunch at JP, we went back to his house to do our work stuffs as i brought my laptop along.

i'm actually typing tis post at his house..so later when i get back home, i will haf dinner and probably catch some tv programme..and then head to bed! after being quite unlucky at work these few weeks, i seriously hope all tis bad luck will juz go away and leave me alone till e end of tis year!

2009-11-01T21:34:00.000+08:00

friday and the weekend was somehow affected by work..but nevertheless, i still enjoyed myself..thanks to e great company from dear and my friends!

on fri, my mood was already ruined at work in e day and was worsened by e late afternoon..such dat it affected my chill out session wif maxine and edison. first of all, we had to haf a rushed dinner at Vivo's Burger King coz i was stuck at work till bout 7.45pm and maxine made a reservation at Bellini Room @ St James at 8.30pm. anyway at Bellini Room, due to my ruined mood and wif an urgent work issue to settle dat night (even though i've already left office), i really cldnt relax and enjoy myself much. feel quite bad bout it..but at e later part, i tried to relax abit more, especially wif maxine trying her best to cheer me up. i'm really lucky to haf such nice friends =)

on sat, dear & i actually made plans to go to Botanic Gardens for a walk and have lunch there as well. but last min i had to go to a supplier's place and had to cancel dat plan..so met dear straight at aljunied and we had dim sum lunch at tis coffeeshop while waiting for e supplier to provide his exact address so i cld go over..ended up it was a wasted trip coz of some reasons which i'm too lazy to elaborate. so dear & i decided to make a trip to e temple at paya lebar since it's pretty nearby. after dat, we travelled down to great world city for our movie - My Sister's Keeper which was really touching. after e movie, i went home for dinner coz i wanted to haf an early rest to prep myself for e Great Eastern Women's 10K e next morning.

i had by far, one of e most programme-packed sunday this weekend since i started working. the GE run started at ard 7am..and cand, hui & i had our "supporters" who accompanied us there so early as well =) i cld really feel e sense of accomplishment after completing e 10km coz i didnt stop alot during e run! anyway after dat, all of us went for mac breakfast and sat there to chit chat for some time before we went our seperate ways. i then went wif dear and his friend to raffles city to slack at gloria jeans for bout an hour before going over to a vendor's place to collect something..then made my way back to compasspoint to meet ling and min to buy stuffs to cook at my place. we were having an early celebration for min's bday and decided on picnic and kite flying.

so after whipping up a few dishes, we went down to e open field opp my block, laid out e picnic mats and started flying our kites. and then when jinx arrived, it was time to pig out on our homecooked food..yummy! =p we sat there till it got pretty dark, then packed up and headed home. so now i'm home typing tis post after doing e cleaning up. really maxed out my day today..feeling tired and muscle aches all over..but still feel a great sense of fulfillment =)

happy weekends make me put aside my worries and unhappiness for e timebeing..but then it's back to e crashing reality when e weekend comes to an end. well it's ok i'll juz look ahead and anticipate more happy weekends!

2009-10-25T20:56:00.021+08:00

here's my weekly dose of updates!

fri - i was rushing a proposal till bout 9pm and dear was also held up at work..so after we left our offices, we went straight to meet dear's parents and their property agent to settle some issues for their new house..and dinner was settled at e coffee shop nearby. we headed home after dat since it was already quite late.

sat - i went for volunteering at Touch, as they were having a late mid-autumn festival celebration for e elderly. even though i was unfamiliar wif most of e volunteers (newbies frm uni), i'm still glad i went..coz it brightened me up to see e spontaneity of the elderly and hear their words of thanks and appreciation after e activities. having been so embroiled in my hectic work, i've realised dat i've almost forgotten how seeing the happy faces of the less fortunate whom i've helped in some way or another, can really make me smile with my heart.

anyway after e celebration, i went to meet dear at boon keng mrt and we headed down to sengkang..had lunch at MOS Burger before going over to my house to slack for a while, then went for our jog. it's been quite some time since i went for my weekend jogs *guilty*. after e jog, we went back up to rest for a while before going back downstairs to fly our kite. unfortunately e strong wind did nt last for long so we only stayed out for a while..then had our shower and took a straight bus to changi airport. dinner was at Sakae Teppanyaki at T3..we tried tis 2-person set meal which had quite a variety of items and best of all, my fav salmon sashimi! after dat, we walked ard e place for an hour plus and it was home sweet home. i love random visits to e airport..makes me feel like juz jetting off to somewhere! nvm my bangkok trip is coming up soon =)

sun - i went to tiong bahru's coffee bean to do my work instead of doing it at home. sitting there, typing at my laptop, makes me think of e times i used to spend having project discussions there..come to think of it, i actually miss doing school projects! at least it's a team effort, and everyone can help rack their brains together.

alright, now i need to relax abit by going to watch some tv..and start thinking bout wat to do for e weekend..though sun is more or less set already..i'll be going for e Great Eastern Women's 10k Run wif cand & hui and possibly be flying kite wif my JC pals in e evening. so weekend, pls come quick again!

2009-10-18T21:14:00.003+08:00

i had a pretty bad week at work..met up wif some issue and it made me troubled e entire week. so ended up dat my fav day of e week was a black one. cldnt wait for e day to end so i cld go unwind. i left e office only at 8 plus, and went wif dear to meet his friend (e bday girl) for dinner first before walking down to e Wisma IndoChine to chillout, together wif dear's good friends. at least e company, drinks and live music helped ease away some of e lousy feelings in me. i left after midnight and cabbed home..e only thing i wanted to do then was to knock out on bed and sleep away e blackness of e day.

sat morning, i woke up feeling better..and went wif my family to my cousin's place for her baby girl's full month celebration. i now have another adorable niece =) after i left my cousin's hse, i went to Vivo to meet dear..we actually had plans to attend e opening party of tis new place called Wavehouse Sentosa coz some person i knew thru work sent me an invitation..but after slacking at Vivo for an hr or so, we decided to change our plans of going into Sentosa as i was feeling quite tired..and dear wasnt as keen as well..so we headed back to his house to rest before fulfilling our dinner plans at Founder's Ba Ku Teh..his parents came along wif us as they've nv tried e ba ku teh there before. went home after e dinner and again, went straight to bed coz i was feeling really sleepy..i guess e week has really drained me out mentally and emotionally.

today, i had almost 12 hours of sleep..though it still cant compensate for e lack of sleep during weekdays..but anyway at e last min, i decided to go to e temple to pray so asked dear along and we met in e afternoon to go to e temple at Si Ma Lu and after dat walked over to Iluma for ice-cream before i headed home and dear went to meet his ex-colleagues for his farewell celebration. yup my dear has moved on to a new job..happy for him..hope everything will go smoothly for him! dat's y i felt it'll be good for him to pay a visit to e temple today as well.

well..after last week's issue..though it's more or less resolved..i'm still feeling quite down bout e whole thing..but i will not let it get to me..and will emerge tougher!

2009-10-11T21:52:00.002+08:00

simple plans for e weekend..but still enjoyed every bit of it =)

completed an event on friday..and managed to siam having dinner wif my clients..so went to tiong bahru to meet dear and his family who were going to view a flat in dat area..yeah my dear's finally gonna move out of jurong west and moving closer to me =p. anyway after e flat viewing, dear and i juz slacked at Coffee Bean, enjoying our drinks & dessert and surfing e net wif my laptop till it was time to go home.

had some family time on sat..wif for lunch wif my parents and sis at balestier area. then went to meet peiling and jl at katong..had katong laksa for dinner and desserts at Obolo. after which, it was home sweet home..one of e rare times dat i was home quite early for a sat!

anyway woke up pretty early today to meet dear for KFC breakfast at PS..then we headed down to Cine to meet cand and jer to catch e thriller movie - Sorority Row, which was suggested by cand..we were practically covering our eyes throughout e movie haha. after dat we did some shopping at Far East..and i got myself a working top at e first shop i stepped in..but cant beat cand who got herself 3 items at the first 3 shops she went into..haha. anyway after dat we spiltted for our own activities, and dear & i went to Border's Bistro for drinks and dessert (realised dat i haf been eating desserts e entire weekend..oops). anyway e waitress told us bout tis tea time special dat they had..we cld enjoy any cake and free flow of our selected drink at only $8! think it is really worth it coz their cakes already cost bout $8 per slice. anyway dear & i had 2 servings of our drink..was feeling so 'zhang' after dat..haha. we then went off to view another house at telok blangah wif dear's parents before dear sent me home.

i'm glad my weekends r really well spent..to compansate for my hectic weekdays where i simply juz cant afford e time to enjoy them. well it's gonna be back to another hectic week..i dun even feel like thinking bout it..i shall juz go straight to thinking bout e upcoming weekend..which i already haf plans in place =)

2009-10-04T22:36:00.000+08:00

it was a hectic and stressful week for me..i really cldnt wait to unwind during e weekend!

on fri after work, i joined dear at a gathering with his colleagues and ex-colleagues. we settled our dinner at Miss Clarity Cafe, then went to the restuarant at the Mint Museum for drinks..e alcohol really made me feel kinda high..great for unwinding..haha.

on sat, it was our RP gals chalet which we had booked some time back. though our initial bbq plans and mid-autumn celebration didnt happen..i still had an enjoyable time! we met for lunch at Tampines 1, checked into Aloha Loyang at ard 3pm and started with playing texas holdem and mahjong. ard 6 plus, we left e chalet and headed down to katong for our ktv session at tis ktv place introduced by cand. we had our packed dinner in e room and sang till 11 plus..then dear and i with hui and xq returned back to e chalet for another round of mj..we managed to catch a few hours of sleep b4 checking out. then went to haf breakfast at BK and it was home sweet home for me..was still very tired so concussed for a few hours when i got home.

yup so dat's how i spent my nice little weekend =) well another crazy week ahead..so i'm gonna call it an early night today..really need more sleep!

2009-09-27T21:55:00.009+08:00

gonna do a quick update of e weekend..

fri i had an event at changi area so dear & i actually made plans to go to changi airport for dinner. unfortunately, after e event ended, i had to return to office to clear some work..so my understanding dear waited for me till 9pm and we headed to clark quay for dinner instead. we settled dinner at tis jap restaurant we came across which had some dinner promotion..e food was nt too bad for its pricing..dessert was Sun With Moon's lovely tofu cheesecake and we tried their chocolate mousse as well =) after dat, we spent some time sitting by e riverside before heading home.

sat, dear came over to my place for a morning jog and we had yummy mac breakfast after dat. i love saturday mornings spent like this! beats sleeping in late and wasting a quarter of e day away. our afternoon plans had to be changed as we were kinda behind schedule by e time we left my place..and we didnt noe wat to do before our movie booked at 7pm..so we did sth random (difficult to explain over here) and ended up at United Square..which is good..coz dear has nv been there b4. so we settled our lunch there..then went over to Square 2 for coffee at Tully's Coffee and did some window shopping before heading to Vivocity for our movie - The Ugly Truth - a pretty good choice of movie to soothe my frayed nerves this week. lastly, we grabbed a late dinner and it was time to go home.

today, i tried to get up earlier to do some work before going over to ling's place for mj wif e gals till 7pm then returned home. was glad i took some time off for e mj session with them..helped take my mind off work for that few hours..been feeling quite stressed over work this week..many events lined up for the coming weeks..and a few proposal deadlines to meet as well.

i really need e strength and energy to fight on during this period..and i need to stay positive!

2009-09-21T18:38:00.019+08:00

another long weekend for everybody..and i had my share of good times =)

Friday - i had a simple dinner with dear at Coffee Bean at Chinatown Point, after which i went to join my colleagues for a ktv session. after ktv, we walked over to Bar SaVanh at Club Street to chill out. we haf a few newbies to the company and it's our first group outing together..glad we can click pretty well probably since our age gaps are not too far apart, and we r all nice, friendly pple =p so we chit chatted and shared relationship stories and experiences while sipping on our cocktails..then cabbed home ard 1am when all of us were feeling kinda tired already. btw i like the bar's decor and ambience..one of e ideal places for chilling out with alcohol!

Saturday - i went wif my family to Far East for lunch and did some quick shopping, before heading over to Jer's place for mj wif e gals. we played till bout 7pm then i went wif them to Northpoint where they had their teppanyaki dinner. after dat, i left for Holland Village to join dear and his family for Crystal Jade's steamboat and xiao long bao buffet..i love xiao long baos and now there's an unlimited serving! haha..but a pity i didnt really eat alot as my hunger had kinda dwindled by e time i reached there at 9 plus. but it was still an enjoyable meal! and after e dinner, i went over to dear's place for e night.

Sunday - had our breakfast at dear's place and dear then accompanied me back to my office to get e adapter for my office laptop (i actually forgot to bring it back on fri night and my laptop battery is cui already). we then headed to Raffles City to look for some work-related items and we had a potato salad and tea at Canele's after dat. dear then sent me home and back home, my cousin and aunt came to visit. so i got to see my cute little niece and played wif her till they went home. i took a short nap before i went to PS to meet 2 of my colleagues for dinner..it was a last min outing..but i enjoyed it especially e chill out session at 1 Caramel as we chatted and shared our different perspectives of life, work and relationships over our drinks at the alfresco area. oh yah their Chocolate Berry Lust dessert is nice..good quality valrhona chocalate!

Monday - of course it was a monday without blues coz it's nt a working day..though i decided to stay home e entire day to spend some time doing work..but guess i was pretty unmotivated coz i felt sleepy and my mind wasnt very active..haha. anyway i had my evening jog as usual but tis time indoors, as the moment i stepped out of my block, it started to pour. alright..and now i'm waiting for my dinner and still trying to resolve the new windows live messenger issue on my home laptop..y does msn has to give us such frustrating problems?!

anyway after the recent chats wif my friends and colleagues regarding relationships..i've come to believe dat there are no fairy tale endings, especially after hearing a colleague's tragic love story..but it definitely made me realised how important it is for two people who were brought together to love each other to cherish their relationship and make the best out of it. even if in e end, things do not turn out as expected, at least it will be memory that's worth keeping. don't u agree?

2009-09-13T19:44:00.002+08:00

it's been ages since i last had a facial, and i'm glad i went for one wif my sis on friday..it was a free trial so i didnt hafta pay a cent! feels good to haf e dirt in my pores cleaned out! after dat we went to haf dinner at PS's food court and i had my curry beef pepper rice with cheese at e Pepper Lunch Express there..yum yum! we shopped ard for a while and it was home sweet home.

excited bout carying out my plans for saturday, i got up at 9am and waited for dear to reach my place at ard 10 plus. we had our morning jog from my hse to jalan kayu and had prata & murtabak for brunch =) then took a stroll back to my hse for a shower. after which, we headed down to tampines..our first destination was the library where we did some reading, then walked over to Tampines 1..it's actually my first time there since it opened..so walked ard to explore e mall. then we started to get hungry and took e shuttle bus to e tampines Ikea..browsed the store for some time before having our little feast of meatballs with potatoes, chicken wings, and poached salmon with meat loaf. yeah i satisfied my craving for Ikea's meatballs!

after dat, it was still pretty early so we decided to go downtown to find a cafe for desserts. we actually decided upon 1 Caramel beside The Cathay but ended up getting tics for G-Force at The Cathay instead..so we settled for a single scoop of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream for our dessert before e movie started. after e movie, we sat by e open space area opp the Istana, for a heart-to-heart talk before calling it a day. i really enjoy heart-to-heart talks, be it wif my bf or my friends. we r always rushing through our busy daily lives dat we hardly find time to sit down and think or even listen to others..so such talks allow us to share our thoughts and emotions wif one another..and helps develop a deeper understanding for one another as well.

anyway sun was spent at home again..to give myself sufficient rest coz e past week had been hectic and caused me to lose some sleep. e rest of e day was as usual and i had my evening jog as well. i'm glad dat jogging has become a weekend regime for me..e objective is seriously not to slim down or make up for my guilt of having good food during e weekends, but instead to keep a fit and healthy lifestyle amidst my busy-ness. i realised it also gives me time to myself..and taking in e surroundings during my jog actually makes me feel more refreshed!

i really love my weekends..simple but always well-spent =)

on a side note, some of e things happening around me has evoked some emotional thoughts in me. we have to admit reality really bites. but we still gotta keep moving forward..and choose to believe bad times don't last!

2009-09-07T00:46:00.007+08:00

e weekend has whizzed past once again..and i'm gonna sum it up as fast as i can..coz in fact i shld be heading to bed now.

fri night was spent having dinner with Joa at Heaven's Loft at Orchard Central..e food's nt too bad but pretty costly..and then we had coffee and dessert at Starbucks before i went off to meet jer and cand at Braddell's Mac for a long chat. well, i really really hope things will turn out for e better for my dearie gals.

my sat was spent slacking over at dear's house..reached his place ard noon after we went to JP to haf brunch and bought some groceries for our homecooked lunch..which turned out to be dinner in e end. anyway after resting at his place, we went down for a jog as planned..and then flew our kite at e big field opp his block since e kite was at his place since last week's kite flying activity. after dat, we headed back to shower and cooked dinner. we made pasta wif e japanese sauce we bought frm Muji some time back, accompanied with cheese sausages we bought in e morning =) however, we still cant seem to find a good cheese sausage frm e supermarket! anyway after e early dinner, we watch a downloaded movie 'Management' on dear's comp and slacked e rest of e night away at his place coz we juz cldnt decide on where to chill out for e night.

and as for today, i was stuck at home slogging away at my laptop..it's been quite some time since i had so much work to clear on a weekend =( which is y i'm only blogging at tis time..coz i was spending most of my time doing my work since i woke up at noon..except for e one hour spent jogging wif my sis in e evening.

alright, i gotta head to bed..tiredness seeping in..and i need to sleep to momentarily push away e dreaded feeling of facing a hectic week.

btw i've booked my air tics to bangkok wif my uni girlfriends..at least a break to look forward to!!

2009-08-30T21:22:00.003+08:00

i'm grateful for the simple pleasures in my life. like the things i do during the weekends..and tis weekend is no exception =)

dear and i stepped foot into e new Orchard Central on friday after work..had dinner at Botejyu and coffee & desserts at Spinelli before calling it a day. didnt really get e chance to explore much of e shopping mall though..shall probably go there again some other time.

on sat morning, i woke up pretty early to go over to yun's new house at Boon Lay. spent bout 2 hours plus at her place catching up wif each other and also helping her explore hotel venues for her wedding dinner. after dat, i went over to dear's place (just a few bus stops down frm yun's place) for lunch. slacked at his place for a while before heading down to West Coast Park to participate in e Kite Festival Singapore. my parents & sis also came to join us. it was a lovely sight seeing so many kites in e sky and even lovelier seeing our own kite flying so high up in e sky =) e wind was really strong..and we almost required no effort in letting our kite fly up..the whole rim of string was released so u can imagine how high our kite went!

by 7pm, most of e kite flyers were packing up to go back, so we also left e park and walked over to West Coast Plaza to haf a good dinner at Dian Xiao Er. after which, we all headed home to haf an early night.

i didnt feel like cooping up at home today..so dear and i met to catch e movie Final Destination at Bishan. as far as i can remember, FD 1 was e only thriller movie dat left quite an impression on me..coz i felt dat it had an interesting movie plot. though e plot is almost e same for e sequels of FD..juz different accident themes and death scenarios..but i'm still quite keen on watching every sequel of FD (even though thriller movies r really nt my cup of tea). anyway after e movie, we went to e library to borrow books and chilled out at Cafe Galilee before leaving for home.

yup dat's how my wonderful weekend was spent!

so wat's your definition of life's simple pleasures?

2009-08-23T21:12:00.001+08:00

i realised i didnt get any tanner frm ytd's day out at e beach but still it felt good lazing on e beach wif e gals, reading my storybook and munching on chips. and after dat, we went for a jog frm palawan beach to siloso beach and back..was kinda tiring esp in e sunny weather..but it was a good workout! after we left sentosa, we settled for dinner at pizzahut at harbourfront centre, then went to vivocity to get some stuffs..and it was home sweet home.

today, before i went to meet my JC pals and our partners for buffet lunch at The Square @ Furama Riverfront, i made an attempt to wake up earlier for a morning jog..to lessen my guilt from feasting after dat..haha. anyway e buffet was so so but there is a DBS promo of 44% discount so can be considered quite worth it. but my only regret is nt eating more salmon sashimi! haha. anyway e lunch was also a celebration for ling's bday and we used e assorted cakes at e buffet to form up a small cake, did some decoration with wat we can find, and light a candle on it..then presented ling wif e cake and a bday song =). after e lunch, dear and i went wif ling and jl to town to do some shopping..then headed home ard 6 plus.

surprisingly, i realised i do not feel dat tired tis weekend even though i woke up at 9am on both days. cld it be due to e workout i had dat helped me feel more energized? haha. well i am gonna try to keep up wif tis exercise regime amidst enjoying good food and fun..so cheers to a healthier and fulfilling life!

2009-08-22T11:41:00.004+08:00

good morning peeps! ok..it's nt dat early..in fact it's close to noon already..but i did wake up early today..at 9-ish..coz weirdly i cldnt seem to get back to sleep when i was awaken by my parents' voices at 8 plus. but anyway i had planned to wake up early as i had to clean the floor (it's been ages since i did dat).

anyway to back track abit..ytd after work, i went wif dear to haf a more budget dinner at e 60s Old Street Hawker Centre beside Le Meridien Hotel - which sells hokkien mee dat is pretty good! after e dinner, we walked to PS for our movie - The Proposal. haf been waiting for it to come out since rather long ago when i saw e trailer..and finally it's screening! it is quite hilarious and sweet too.

alright, i'll be hitting the sentosa beach later wif cand & hui..and gonna spend e afternoon basking in e sun and even running on e tracks (to train up for our GE run)! and tml i'll be having buffet lunch wif my JC buddies and our partners at Furama Riverfront..it's a great weekend isnt it? =p

2009-08-16T19:40:00.016+08:00

the excitement bout e weekend came again when friday approached..and here's my weekend updates!

managed to knock off earlier on fri, and headed down to Velocity wif dear where we had Curry Favor. as usual, i always haf to order their Cheese Katsu Curry..yummy! maybe one day i'll try their ala carte buffet..think e price is quite reasonable for e variety of items available. anyway after dinner, we went down to the lounge at Quality Hotel for drinks and music..my idea of relaxation =) then headed home by cab before midnight to get a good rest.

it was a bookwormish and arty sat for me..coz dear and i met in e afternoon to go to e National Library to borrow books..seems like e library has become one of our hangout places..and we haf been going to diferent libraries..haha. after dat, we walked over to the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) to view the art exhibition "An Unbroken Line - The Wu Guanzhong Donation Collection". wat prompted us to make a trip there was tis painting of pandas dat he had drawn..haha..but his art paintings r really quite interesting and well done. anyway we had an early dinner at Dome which was located right beside the museum and then walked down to tis cafe called Food for Thought at Bugis area where we had their Chocolate Banana Malteser Cake recommended by dear. kinda like e cosyness of e place and e staffs there are quite friendly..and their food menu looks quite tempting too..so will most likely head back there one day to try their mains!

anyway i went back home after dat as i had to wake up early today for a free health check up conducted by some community clinic which my mum helped me to sign up for. my family then went for brunch at compasspoint after which i came back to take a nap. went downstairs to fly kite wif my parents in e evening. e wind was pretty strong today and i finally felt e thrill of seeing my kite (a cute one somemore) flying really high up in e sky! i'm now looking forward to fly my kite at 'Kite Festival Singapore' e following weekend!

alright dat's all for my weekend - time for dinner and plans-making for next weekend!

2009-08-09T22:15:00.001+08:00

i've been so waiting for tis long weekend..and cldnt contain my anxiousness to get done wif my work on friday..and i managed to knock off by 7pm! so dear and i went to liang court's Tampopo for dinner..we've been talking bout going there a couple of times but nv ended up there..so on fri, we finally gt to taste their ramen, which was really nt bad. since it was still early, we decided to go indulge in some desserts and unanimously agreed on having our all time favorite Soffiato at Ricciotti..and we also tried their Panna cotta which is also quite good..will definitely recommend tis Italian restaurant for desserts! anyway we headed home after dat and i had an earlier night so dat i cld gather more energy for e weekend's programmes.

on sat morning, i went wif dear and his family to attend their relative's church wedding..though they'r nt my relatives, but it is still sweet seeing couples tying e knot =) after e lunch reception, i went back home to wash up and then rushed over to jer's place for our RP gals' gathering. wat can four gals do in a house to entertain themselves - a game of mahjong of course! haha. so we played one round, then went for zi char dinner at tpy central before returning to jer's place for another round which lasted till almost 1am. it was a fun night wif e gals coz we can be really quite nonsensical together..haha. anyway e exhausted me left jer's place and took a cab to pick dear up before heading to his place for e night.

dear and i had plans for brunch at Barracks Cafe at Dempsey House today..we decided on dat place as we haven been to dempsey together..and in fact i've only been there once for a site recce..haven had e chance to try any of their cafes. anyway we ordered Eggs Benedict and Oregon Salmon Hash - very breakfasty items which is quite yummy! and we satisfied our sweet tooth with their Churros and also tried tis interesting fusion tea called 'Muah Muah' =p anyway after e satisfying meal, we took a bus out to PS for e movie 'UP', kinda enjoyed it coz it was touching, funny and cute at e same time. after dat, i went back to compasspoint to meet my parents for dinner at Yoshinoya and then headed home to spend e evening resting and typing tis entry now.

although i wont haf monday blues tomorrow coz it's a public holiday..but i can feel e sian-ness slowly creeping into me as i witness my long-awaited weekend fleeting past me. i noe tis sian feeling comes and goes so habitually..coz one moment i am dreading e work week, and e next moment, i am excitedly welcoming e weekend. well but dat's life for us..isnt it? so let's juz live e moment - chuck away e bad ones and cherish e good ones!

so peeps, let's cherish the last day of our long weekend ya! =)

here r some pics of e food we had over e weekend..dun drool! haha.

2009-08-02T20:20:00.001+08:00

time for my weekend updates!

on fri, i had a lunch treat frm a sales manager frm Swissotel The Stamford whom i am on quite friendly terms wif and she was hoping i can help her garner some business frm my clients. anyway dat was by far e most expensive lunch i've had - $210 for 2 persons for a chinese set menu! BUT there was no shark's fin (not dat i like it lah)/abalone/buddha jump over the wall..e food was considerably nice but nth 'wow' other than e cost haha. but well, it was a free meal anyway..and i had a nice chat session wif e lady..think it's good to haf such networks, which may some day be helpful for work or even for personal life.

anyway after work, dear & i went down to Holland Village to join his friends at Wala Wala for drinks and music. i gt abit lethargic after e alcohol frm my Mango Magaritha kicked in and also coz e music was too loud so quite difficult for us to talk, and thus e tendency to space out while listening to e band perform..haha. anyway i cabbed home and knocked out by 2am.

next morning, i travelled down to Jurong East to meet dear..coz we were going to attend Wilber Pan's autograph session at IMM..it's been bout 2 years since he came to singapore so muz go 'peng chang! haha. e 2 hr wait was definitely worth it..coz we managed to get a right spot and cld haf a really good view of him =p

anyway after we left e place and went over to e JE library to read and drink at Cafe Galilee (again!) haha. we actually planned to head down to a jap restaurant at Liang Court for dinner..but gave up e plan in e end as i was quite tired, so we went back to dear's place for a nap..then ordered Sarpino's pizza for dinner and had it while watching e movie - Departures on his computer. it was a pretty slack saturday for us but still enjoyable =)

woke up at noon today coz i only slept at 4am last night..so did my usual stuffs..and my mum suggested dat we go down to fly my kite which we did. though e kite still cldnt fly high, it was quite fun especially since it's our first time flying a kite together..and it was nice seeing e smiles on my parents' faces. i really hope i can share more of such quality time wif my parents coz i noe age is catching up wif them.

alright shall go haf my dinner and relax away e last few hrs of my sunday. anyway we all haf a long weekend to look forward to! though i wld prefer if e holiday fell on a fri instead of mon..coz fridays r my fav days of e week! but i wont complain since it's still a long weekend..so am gonna start making plans again!

2009-07-26T21:15:00.012+08:00

it was an interesting sat for me..coz dear & i usually try to look for refreshing new things to do together..and here's wat we did!

i suggested bringing dear to where i grew up at in AMK since we had plans to spend e afternoon at AMK library. we had a budget lunch at one of e air-conditioned food centre before walking ard e neighbourhood..i saw dat quite a few of e shops were still ard even though i've moved for almost 8 years. anyway after dat, we walked over to AMK library and got ourselves a sofa seat, where we enjoyed our books and surfed e net on my laptop, while sipping away at our drinks. i love e relaxed feeling..i shld really do tis more often!

by 4pm, we left e library and headed back to my place for our first kite-flying session together. e field right in front of my block is always filled wif kite-flyers during weekend evenings..and it's actually quite a lovely sight wif e numerous colorful kites in e air. anyway so dear & i bought a kite wif a rather cute character frm e uncle by e roadside and started trying to fly e kite..unfortunately, it was nt really windy and e field was muddy..so wasnt really a good condition for kite-flying..but at least we haf kick-started tis activity and can do it more often in future!

we went back to my house to wash up before heading down to Cathay and settled for a quick dinner at a new eatery - The Indulge..they sell quite a wide variety of food which r quite reasonably priced. after dat, we went up for our movie - Murderer. Aaron Kwok acted pretty well but e plot had a lame twist to it. anyway after e movie, we spent e remaining of e night at Coffee Club having tea and dessert, and then it was home sweet home.

i had a urge to shop so asked cand, my shopping kaki out today and we went to town..went to check out Ion Orchard..it's quite huge and there were too many pple ard dat we didnt feel like staying too long there. decided to grab some dessert at Sun With Moon @ Wheelock Place coz cand had a craving for tofu cheesecake, after which i headed home for dinner.

tis spells e end of another great weekend! well i've to admit, though work is tough, life has been really good for me..so i muz always rem to count my blessings!

anyway here r some of e pics frm sat =) guess u wld notice e presence of my little panda softtoy (which dear gt for me) in some of e pics..haha..pardon us for our childishness but who can resist its cuteness right? haha. u'll be seeing it more often in future pics!

2009-07-24T23:58:00.001+08:00

for a hard week's work, i treated myself to a proper dinner ytd and today!

met e uni gals for dinner at Xin Wang HK Cafe at Marina Square after work on thurs. we chatted non-stop bout work & life..and were making plans for a vacation in nov =) anyway i miss our uni days together!

TGIF night was spent wif joa..luckily we haf pretty similar food interests..so we cld settle our dining choice quickly - went to Ichiban @ Esplanade where we shared sushi, chicken katsu, soft shell crab, & best of all, thick juicy salmon sashimi! and after dat, it was drinks at Max Brenner, which we've already set our minds on prior to e meetup. i had banana split latte..tried dat once and kinda fell in love wif it haha. as usual, joa made great company for my fav day of e week =)

now i'm comfortably back home but sadly friday is coming to an end..well on a positive note, i still haf a sat to look forward to..and it'll be dedicated to my dearest boy =p

2009-07-19T20:29:00.012+08:00

i was kinda hyped bout tis weekend as i was going to spend it in a somewhat different way wif dear..so on friday, i anxiously cleared my work and finally left e office ard 7-ish. dear accompanied me to my supplier's office to check something out before i went back home to drop my laptop and stuffs. after dat, we walked over to Brewbaker's Kitchen & Bar at e new CC near my house for dinner. i personally kinda like e place..for its variety of food, quality of food (e slipper lobster spaghetti i had was quite nice and was quite a huge serving compared to other restaurants) and e ambience..furthermore they also haf a bar which is opened till 2am on weekends..and best of all, it's juz 5-10 mins' walk away frm my place! but a pity, i doubt i can find friends who will be able to chill out there wif me at night since my place is well-known for its ulu-ness..haha.

anyway, after e dinner + dessert, dear and i cabbed back to his place for e night and woke up super early e next morning to haf breakfast at Jurong Point, before going over to Woodlands to meet e other volunteers for C.A.N Collect (a yearly community service project organized by my uni CCA group). tis time i jio-ed dear, cand & jm along since they expressed interest in doing some volunteer work. so we spent e day going door-to-door to collect canned food for e needy. dear and i paired up..and there were a few rounds where we only got a pathetic number of items..but we had tried our best and it was nice to see some pple who were really keen to donate their food, and even one family who left a bagful of items outside their door as they were not in. e entire exercise was quite exhausting but fulfilling =)

after it ended, we went to Katong to meet dear's family for dinner..and we had korea bbq buffet to fill our famished stomachs! i love e korean way of eating bbq meat wif lettuce, topped off wif tis special chilli sauce which makes it tastes really yummy. we had a few rounds of meat refills, but best of all, we do not haf to bbq e meat ourselves coz e waitress will do it for us =p

lastly we dropped by dear's fav dessert place - Obolo which is juz opp e street to get macarons..i think their macarons r really nice..compared to dat of Bakerzin's..though abit more expensive. we then headed home for a good sleep after a tiring day.

sun was spent at home again..and i didnt go for my evening jog as i was feeling pretty lazy after doing quite abit of work in the afternoon.

alright, now i cant wait for e next weekend again..weekends r my motivation every week..so i muz start planning on how i'm gonna spend it..so i can haf something to look forward to, amidst fighting battles at work!

2009-07-12T19:29:00.013+08:00

after e chill out session at Timbre @ Old School on friday, dear & i met at Compasspoint e very next morning to get our picnic food. i had already cooked cheese omelette with sausages, so we bought a variety of sushi and dear's fav Milano cookies and walked all e way to e new Sengkang Riverside Park near my house. we found a shelter on top of a small hill and had our little feast there =)

after dat we took a stroll along the park before heading down to Yishun for our movie - I Love You, Man. tis movie has been screening for some time already so cldnt find suitable timings in e town area, thus e choice of a heartland mall. i realised i haven been to e cinema in Yishun for donkey years dat i forgot dat e GV cinema is in a seperate building from Northpoint..haha.

anyway after e movie, we were in quite a lazy mood, so decided to go to dear's place..and cooked instant noodles with baked salmon for dinner. after slacking for some time, i headed home while dear and his family went out for supper.

today, i was supposed to have a cycling session with e uni girls..but it was cancelled at e last min..so i spent e day at home again..which wasnt dat bad..coz i always prefer to spend sun at home, though it can get boring coz i keep doing e same stuffs - work, watch tv, nap, eat & have my occassional jogs..which i did today again with my mum. we went to e park i was at ytd. actually i realised i've come to like e environment i live in..esp after e new sports complex and park has been built..e whole area now seem more lively..and u can see alot of families out jogging, swimming, cycling or flying kites..here's indeed a very 'family' place..and it's actually quite a lovely sight =) makes me wanna spend more quality time with my family!

so now after a nice western dinner cooked by my mum, i'll be going with my parents to the nearby McDonald's for ice-cream..shall give myself some happy food before i start another busy week of work!

2009-07-11T00:58:00.007+08:00

chilled out with dear at Timbre tonight..over salmon alfredo pasta, buffalo wings, roasted duck pizza and erdinger beer..love such nights out on e fav day of my week! though now it's already over and sat has arrived. nt dat i dun like saturdays..they r my next fav day of e week..juz dat it means one day closer to e end of e weekend.

anyway tml will be another day spent with dear to celebrate our 15 months together..simple picnic at e park near my house, followed by a movie..other programmes have yet to be firmed..haha. and sun i'll be going cycling wif my uni girls!

i love eventful weekends =)

2009-07-05T22:12:00.005+08:00

will do a quick update bout tis weekend..

fri i met dear for dinner..we tried out the Sun with Moon Restaurant at Central..i kinda enjoyed my beef with golden mushroom & scallop dish..and dear likes the tofu cheesecake..but a pity we were seated beside a group of working adults who were somewhat drunk on sake and kept talking and laughing so loudly..ruinned e ambience =( anyway after dat, we went over to TCC for coffee before heading home.

e next day, i went wif my family to my cousin's new house for lunch..then played wif my little niece which was actually quite tiring coz she loves seeking attention..but she's such a cutie so i dun mind =p after dat we went over to another cousin's place and there was my toddler nephew..but he's still small so was watching him entertain himself more than playing wif him..haha. anyway i managed to catch a short nap at home after leaving my cousin's place..then rushed out to Liang Court's Partyworld for ktv wif maxine and edison. they r e first persons i've had ktv wif who sings majority of english songs..so i had to 'pei he' and find english songs to sing..but those dat i noe r mostly those frm my sec school era..haha. after e ktv session which ended at 10pm, i went to join dear and his friends for 3 hours of games at The Mind Cafe at Prinsep. so was really exhausted by e time i gt home and knocked out right after.

woke up tis morning to do some work before going over to maxine's place for her bridesmaid's gathering..she'll be having her wedding tis dec..and it'll be my first time being a 'jie mei'..so we were there throwing in ideas for the wedding theme & programme..and we also need to plan for her hen night..so i shall need to start putting on my thinking cap for some interesting ideas!

felt dat tis weekend seemed abit rushed and wasnt well-enjoyed..so i cant wait for e next weekend to be here again which i hope to make better plans for. but for now, i have to mentally prep myself for a week of work which will going back on e busy track again.

2009-06-28T20:58:00.006+08:00

i had simple plans laid out for the weekend =)

on friday, it was one of e rare times that i cld knock off at 6 plus. so dear and i went straight to sengkang, for me to leave my laptop at home and grab my stuffs as i was staying over at dear's place for e night. we had a budget dinner at Compasspoint's food court, then travelled back to dear's place, where we watched e movie - Australia on his computer while savoring Ben & Jerry's ice-cream at night =p

e next morning, we woke up for a jog..but coz it started to rain when we were ready to leave e house, we jogged under the block of flats and in a multi-storey carpark..then gt home in time for e KFC breakfast dat dear's mum bought home..yummy! after dat, we slacked ard till 2pm then we all took a cab down to Goodwood Park Hotel for high tea dim sum buffet..we went to e restaurant dat i went for my bday celebration wif e girls a month ago..coz i thought e food there was nt bad and wanted to give dear's parents a treat.

after e meal, i went over to Novena to meet cand and jh. we were supposed to haf dinner, but coz all of us were pretty full frm our earlier meals, so we went straight for dessert - ice-cream at Udders, another ice-cream parlour with many interesting flavors of ice-cream. after dat, we headed to Quality Hotel's Piano Lounge for wedges, chicken wings and camomile tea, while enjoying some nice music and "entertainment" (cand & jh will noe wat i mean haha). anyway we headed home ard 11 plus and i had a good 12-hour long sleep.

i stayed home today..only went out for a short jog + walk wif my mum in e evening..and we bought back dinner as well. i finished dinner nt too long ago and am watching tv while typing tis post haha.

alright shall enjoy my last few hours of e weekend..before going back to e daily grind of work. btw, i am really relieved dat my major event project is over..6 events all completed =) it was a long, tiring race..and i've finally reached e finishing line!

2009-06-21T19:16:00.008+08:00

i really love e weekends..coz they r usually filled with happy programmes and activities..such a pity they r juz too short!

anyway here's my weekend updates again..

fri after work was spent wif dear - back to our fav Clark Quay riverside outing..we had a simple dinner at Yoshinoya and then sat by e river, munching on some bite-sized goodies bought frm Central =) headed home quite early to get enuf rest for a saturday filled wif programmes!

yeap my sat was really maxed out..travelled to 6 places in one day! first up was Touch visit, then went to attend e ELLE Summer Spa Camp which ling invited me to attend wif her coz she won e invites and cld bring a friend along. e event was pretty fruitful for me, coz i got to learn some makeup techniques frm Bobbi Brown and is my 1st time having paraffin wax treatment for my hands. but best of all was dat i won e 3rd lucky draw prize..omg..totally cldnt believe it. i was still telling ling dat i've never won a lucky draw prize before and doubt will ever haf dat luck..and e very next moment, i heard e host announcing my name..haha..and i won a Bobbi Brown Makeup Set worth $179! =) i thnk i am more happy bout winning a lucky draw prize than bout e contents of e prize itself..haha.

anyway after e event, i went to meet dear and we headed down to Bugis to meet his friends for dinner..was a quick one though as we had booked tickets for a movie - Trail of the Panda, at Vivo's GV at 7 plus. we haf a penchant for pandas hence e reason for dat choice of movie though i think nt much pple heard of it..haha..but anyway e movie is quite touching and e panda cub is super cute!

after e movie which ended ard 9 plus, we went back to find dear's friends who were chilling out at Wisma's Indochine. had some drinks and snacks there while enjoying e live music. after dat someone suggested going to The Mind Cafe for some games so we travelled down to e Boat Quay outlet, but only to find out dat e entire place was booked for a bday party. so we ended up calling it a day and i headed home for a good long sleep till 12 noon e next day.

spent e rest of e day at home, watching tv and doing some work. and now it's time for a yummy western dinner prepared by my mum!

2009-06-16T20:50:00.015+08:00

i'm back in singapore frm my malaysia work trip! met with a few unexpected incidents during this trip though:

1. my boss absent-mindedly brought her son's passport instead of hers, which was only discovered when we were checking in..so i ended up going ahead with e flight and she had to book another available flight.

2. almost thought my trolley luggage which i checked in was lost..as it didnt appear on e conveyor belt after a long time and there were only dat few bags left. i went to the lost & found counter to enquire and found out dat there were 2 belts carrying my flight's luggages..so i finally retrieved my luggage at e other belt..phew! wld be so dead if it gt lost as it contained my event stuffs.

3. my boss managed to get an SIA flight which wld land at KL about one and a half hr after i landed..so i thought i might as well wait for her to arrive and take a cab to e hotel which wld be bout an hr's journey. but blur me didnt realised dat her plane will touch down at a different airport frm mine, as actually there are seperate airports for budget and normal flights (like in singapore). so i wasted one and a half hr waiting for her, only to realise dat we were at diff airports which are quite far away frm each other..so we ended up taking seperate cabs to e hotel. i shldnt haf decided to wait for her..then i wld haf time to rest in e hotel first and wld avoid getting scolded =(

4. my return flight was delayed by an hour..but luckily it was an evening flight so didnt get back too late.

well other than these incidents, everything else was fine. had to wake up real early to prepare for e event tis morning and had to skip e hotel buffet breakfast coz i didnt haf e time for it..but am glad dat e event went smoothly =) and e chef for my event was nice enough to specially prepare an american breakfast for my boss and me after e event ended (though it was already almost lunch time then)..haha.

frankly, e 2 work trips i've gone on has been quite an experience for me, and taught me to be more independent as well coz it's e first time i've travelled alone on planes. i'm proud of myself..haha!

2009-06-14T21:22:00.008+08:00

dear and i spent our 14th monthi-sary on Friday night having dinner at a japanese pasta cafe at Tiong Bahru Plaza, followed by e movie - Ghost of Girlfriends Past..it's quite a nice movie, i muz say.

and e very next day, i had to travel down to e West to get 3 things done - send my Samsung MP3 for repair, straighten my hair at e usual home salon i go, and visit Singapore Discover Center. but in e end e 3rd item was not fulfilled as dear and i got abit lazy when we decided to head back to his house to wash up and probably haf lunch wif his family after i straightened my hair as we were ahead of schedule. but ended up we didnt haf lunch and also decided to postpone our visit to SDC and slacked at his hse till evening before heading down to haf our fav hot peppery Founder's bah ku teh at balestier =) and after dat we went for our dessert at Icekimo at Sin Ming Rd..it's one of e dessert places on our food hunt list and we've finally gotten there..haha..we tried 2 interesting flavors of ice-cream wif waffle - Guinness with choc chips and Horlicks with maltesers..tasted pretty good..and e Guinness one was a totally refreshing taste! haha..

pics taken at Icekimo =)

anyway we were supposed to head home after our dessert but last min, dear's friend jio-ed us for ktv, so we went to e Ten Dollar KTV at chinatown..and sang till 1 plus..ended e night wif supper at a coffee shop and it was back home to concuss!

today morning, i went down to PS's new Chapter 2 outlet to get a hair trim wif peiling..then headed home for lunch and actually had a last min dinner gathering at my cousin's place..but i decided to give it a miss coz i wanted to spare myself more time to rest and pack my luggage for my work trip. so e rest of e day was spent napping, went for a jog, cooked instant noodles for dinner and did my luggage packing.

alright i'm more or less ready for my trip tomorrow to Malaysia for my event..will be returning on tues..just praying dat everything will go well..it's my 2nd last event for tis project..cant wait to reach e finishing line!

2009-06-07T20:49:00.004+08:00

i was looking forward to e weekend coz i knew it wld be great and it was indeed =)

fri after work, i met joa for dinner at e Hemisphere Cafe at Orchard OG..previously i had tried their dessert before, so tis time i tried their main course..which is so so only..but we kinda like e cafe's decor and ambience. anyway after dat we were scouting for some new cafe in orchard for a drink, but ended up in Paragon's Coffee Bean as many cafes were already closing.

my sat was full of eating - steamboat for lunch, then bbq for dinner..haha. e steamboat gathering was wif RP family, organized for my belated bday celebration.,and it was held at my place. i woke up pretty early in e morning to haf breakfast wif dear at Compasspoint..then e rest arrived and we did our grocery shopping. returned to my place at ard 12 noon and started preparing e food for steamboat...and then it was time to tuck in! after dat we had our gambling session, playing e "da xiao" game dat cand brought along..which i was really lucky at my 1st try..and poor jm had to part wif his 6 bucks when he was e first one to be e dealer haha..though after dat my luck wasnt dat good anymore, even for texas holdem. but on e overall, it was an enjoyable afternoon wif my dearie gals and our partners..hope for more of such gathering sessions!

us before e start of e feasting session!

anyway after dat, dear and i proceeded for another gathering..coz dear and his friends had planned for a surprise bday bbq for their good friend. it was another pretty enjoyable session..wif lots of food and drinks. i headed home ard 11 plus and was so tired dat i cldnt stay past 1am.

today i met cand for some shopping..it was arranged at e last min coz i had lesser work to do tis weekend..and felt dat i shldnt waste it by boring myself at home..anyway at least we got ourselves some stuffs =)

well e weekend is coming to a close..but before i know it..e next weekend will be here..so i muz stay positive! anyway i'm travelling again for work..tis time to malaysia..which will e next week..juz hoping i wont haf too much projects to worry bout when i'm away. alright, shall go catch some tv show now..tata!

2009-05-31T20:50:00.004+08:00

had buffet lunch ytd at the 7th Storey Restaurant @ Marina Barrage wif my family, my sis's bf and dear..food was quite ok but coz of e 1-for-1 DBS card promo, think it can be considered pretty worth it. after dat, we toured e place..but e weather was really too hot..think it's better to go in e evening like we did e other time.

after e lunch, dear and i headed to Marina Square to shop..finally gt myself a pair of heels and a flats after much walking! as we were still full frm lunch and felt lazy to continue shopping, we went to dear's place to laze ard..and then travelled down to Holland V for a late dinner at 3 Monkeys..a safari-themed restaurant. after dat it was dessert time at e 2am Dessert Bar which we haf been discussing bout for some time le..we tried their dessert - Chocolate, which was recommended by their staff..it was sth like a chocolate lava tart wif orange sorbet ice cream..was not too bad..but i think e price is too costly for its serving portion. anyway i like their slanted couch..where we can juz stretch out our legs and relax =) we headed home ard 12am as i was feeling quite sleepy already.

today was another sun which i didnt stay home e whole day..i went to meet cand and hui..had lunch at e food court, and i finally gt to eat my fav Curry Beef Pepper Rice with Cheese from Pepper Lunch Express..haven ate it for quite a while. then we went to look at scrapbook materials coz cand & hui is starting a scrapbooking blogshop soon..wish them best of luck!

haf lesser work tis weekend so shall try to give my mind a break..before tackling another week of unpredictable workload. i'm already looking forward to e coming weekend coz RP family is gonna haf a steamboat gathering at my place..i'm sure it'll be fun! weekend, quick come pls!

2009-05-29T22:58:00.006+08:00

feels pretty good to be at home at tis time of e day on TGIF, especially when i still had e time to haf a filling dinner cum bitching-bout-work session wif maxine at Taka's Delifrance juz now.

anyway i travelled to bangkok tis week..my first time going out of e country for work..and i wld say it's quite an experience. a pity it was a really rushed trip..coz e places there for shopping and eating r so tempting! i sure wanna go back there again for leisure!

alright, i shall try to hit e sack early and have a rested night..haf a buffet lunch at Marina Barrage to look forward to tml =)

2009-05-24T23:08:00.007+08:00

on my birthday on friday, i had a lovely surprise bday celebration, thoughtfully planned out by my dearest boy =) dear said to leave it to him plan for my bday..so i didnt ask him anything bout it as i was really busy wif my work for e past few weeks. little did i expect he wld actually plan a surprise celebration for me..even up till e very day of my special day, i didnt suspect a single thing. dat evening, i was still waiting for him to clear his work, while i was clearing mine too..and then at 8 plus, he told me to go up to his office as his colleague needed to speak to me regarding some work. so i went up, opened the door of his office, and was stunned by e number of pple in e room who started singing a birthday song for me..and then i had to blow out quite a number of tealight candles formed in heart shapes and also that of the numeral twenty four (which signifies my age).

anyway i had my RP gals, closer colleagues and ex-colleagues, dear's family, good friends, and colleagues at my celebration..at least 25 pple there..so was really a big surprise! i have never had such a surprise bday celebration wif so many pple involved so was really touched. anyway dear prepared food for everyone - pizzas, sushi, donuts and drinks. and he gt me a tofu cheesecake and a bouquet of my fav flowers =) e celebration ended ard 10 plus, and i went home to spent e last half an hour of my bday watching a touching korean movie on tv till 1am.

on sat, i woke up quite early in e morning to have breakfast wif my parents at a nearby kopitiam..it's been really long since i last did dat..and it feels really nice! after dat, i went home to prepare and left e house to meet dear for a movie at PS. we watched 'Night At The Museum 2' which was pretty hilarious. after e movie, we headed down to Vivo for dear's good friend's belated birthday at this place called 'Go India' and we ate e buffet..which was really not worth e money coz e spread was really little and there r some items which i dun dare to try...haha. well anyway after dat, some of us decided to go to e birthday boy's place to play 'Guitar Hero' which was his bday gift. it was my first time trying out e game..quite interesting..and i ended up staying till 4am at his place..so totally knocked out when i gt home.

as for today, i met ling, jinx and min for my belated bday celebration..we had dim sum high tea at Min Jiang Restaurant at Goodwood Park Hotel. think e spread there is quite good..though e price is definitely higher than those normal dim sum buffets..but it was pretty worth it and it was my bday treat =) after dat we juz walked ard a little while more before heading our seperate ways coz i had to rush home to continue wif my work..and now i've to start packing my luggage for my bangkok work trip on tues. it's gonna be a really rushed trip..no time for shopping or enjoyment but juz work..so i'm nt really excited bout it..plus will be going wif my boss..omg..i hope everything will be fine, and most importantly e event will be a success..praying real hard!

alright i shall end off tis pretty long post with my very own thoughts:

i'm really thankful to have such a sweet and thoughtful boyfriend who put in a great deal of effort in planning my bday celebration for me, to have so many lovely friends who showed their presence at the celebration, to have my dear friends and family who have spent or will be spending their time to have belated bday celebrations with me, and to have so many friends who sent me their well wishes. i know i'm blessed..and i'll always tell myself to remember this when life (mainly due to work) gets rough on me.

and lastly, i juz wanna shout out to my dear:
thank you so much for ur effort..it was a really lovely surprise and i appreciate it lots <3

2009-05-22T00:45:00.004+08:00

doesnt really feel like my bday is here..but anyway happy birthday to myself! =p

came back frm Timbre 3 nt too long ago..a celebration wif my boss and a few colleagues..kinda like e ambience there..and e food is good too =)

alright..time to give my heavy eyelids their rest soon..hope my clients will be nice and nt load me wif work on my bday!

2009-05-17T23:18:00.005+08:00

was waiting eagerly for e weekend to come after another draining work week..and it was definitely worth e wait =) and in fact i met my dear for all 3 days =p

fri night, dear and i went for dinner at tis jap eatery at chinatown after our 2nd failed attempt to try out tis Global Sounds Cafe in dat area..1st time coz it was fully occupied..tis time we managed to enter, but e place was abit messy and e waiters seemed too busy to attend to us..making us feel kinda lost..so doubt we'll step back in there again. anyway after e dinner, we headed down to Eski Bar at boat quay area..i've been wanting to go to dat place since dunno how many years ago after i heard bout it..but nv went bout doing it..so fri was my first time there..and e place already looked quite old. well at least e cocktails we ordered were quite refreshing =)

on sat, i finally had a bball game wif my jc gals and cand joined us too..was fun as usual..and a good work-out session for my arms especially..feeling e muscle pain le..haha. after dat i headed home to shower and then went out to meet dear to go to Si Ma Lu to pray. as we wanted to try tis dessert place we chanced upon on some food directory - Obolo, which is near Katong area..we made prior plans e week before to go eat katong laksa as well. so we had laksa for lunch, then went ard exploring katong area..and we realised there's actually quite a number of good eating places at katong! anyway we had our dessert at Obolo after walking quite abit..tried their 'Design Your Own Platter' menu which includes one slice of cake, 2 macaroons and one scoop of ice-cream..all of ur choice..it was good and value-for-money! dear loves their desserts and latte..can see he wld like to go back there again..haha..but anyway we r sure to go back to Katong again coz we haf quite a few eating places we r keen to try e next time =)

dinner was at Aston's Specialities..coz we haf been talking bout trying it but nv had e chance until we saw an outlet in katong..dear's family came to join us for dinner as well..however, think e steak there was so so only..maybe dat's y e price of its steaks r considerably lower than other restaurants. after dinner, we headed to Bugis for drinks at J. Co and then it was home sweet home. i slept quite early for a sat night coz i was pretty tired..and had to return to office e next day to prepare for my tues' event stuffs.

and my dear was really sweet to offer to accompany me at e office on a sunday..when he cld actually just spend more time sleeping and slacking his sun away. wif his help, i managed to get my things done by bout 4pm and we headed to raffles city for a late lunch at Soup Spoon, had coffee at Ya Kun, and walked around abit before going home.

well i'll be having my Singapore event tis tues..and will be flying off to Bangkok next week for an event there..and there's still 4 more events in e month of June. well at least e tougher part which is e initial planning stage for e entire project is considered done and now is more of e preparation and execution. it's still gonna be a tough period for me..so i still need all e luck and hope i can get!

on a side note, my bday is approaching..though i'm nt exactly feeling excited bout it..maybe coz tis time e work burden is much heavier than last year during my bday period. but thankfully, it falls on a friday! so at least i can still afford to stay out late and enjoy my celebrations over e weekend. juz praying dat everything will go smoothly tis week so i can haf a happy bday =)

2009-05-10T22:05:00.005+08:00

it was indeed a hell-ish week for me..e long hours at work, e late nights, and e disrupted sleep. but i'm so glad my dear was there for me, physically and mentally. for 2 days, he stayed back with me till 11am, rendering watever help he cld. if nt, i think i'll break down faster. thank you dear =)

anyway i made it a point to not spend another late night in e office on friday and joined my colleagues for a chill-out session at Alley Bar..which i really needed! we had finger food, cocktails, played a game introduced by one of them and had forfeits as well. though i hardly ever interacted wif tis bunch of colleagues due to e accounts we handle and me not having e time for interaction at work, i still had a great time wif them!

sat morning, i went for Touch visit after 1 year and jio-ed cand along..i was glad to see quite a few of my friends from e 'oldies' batch there. guess e sing along session at one of e elderly's house was e most enjoyable coz we really had a good laugh over e guys' singing. and most imptly, cld see e elderly enjoyed it too =) i really want to go back to volunteer at Touch on a regular basis..coz dat's where i find my sense of fulfilment.

anyway after e visit, i met dear for e movie - Ramen Girl..and guess wat we had for dinner? Ramen! haha..it was my suggestion..coz much earlier before, i told him dat if we watch Ramen Girl, we should plan to eat ramen after dat since e movie might make us tempted to do so..haha. so anyway dear brought me to a Ramen shop at Raffles Place area which supposedly sells authentic ramen. after dat, we headed down to Marina Barrage and i muz say, e scenery from e top is pretty nice..and e place is quite huge too. as it was at night, we didnt get to view e exhibitions. i'm planning to go there again tis month so we can also see how it looks like in e day.

well i didnt go anywhere today coz i wanted to catch up on my sleep and also haf time to do my work stuffs. hai..e thought of going back for another hell week stresses me out..but i gotta hang in there and tackle e events one by one.

i juz wish tis week wont be as bad as last. if not, i'll haf qualms bout my survival for e rest of e month.

2009-05-03T22:41:00.016+08:00

here goes the long weekend..and the next long weekend is only in August =(

well at least i did make gd use of tis long weekend..

friday - had some labour day fun at jer's place in e morning..played Monopoly but got bored of it and switched to Texas hold 'em for more excitement haha. we had a pretty early lunch at e market nearby and cand, hui and i then headed down to amk hub to catch e movie 'Taken'. after dat, i went to meet dear and his family for dinner at Clementi..had cheap jap food at Sumo House and desserts later at IMM's Ajisan coz his parents love their ice-cream.

saturday - spent my morning proof-reading a 107-page guide..till dear came over to my place at bout 2pm after his paintball game..we then went for a swim at e swimming complex near my hse..we've finally made it happen after procrastinating for ages. lousy us only swam a couple of laps and were panting already..haha..so we ended up relaxing at e pool instead. after e swim, we headed down to holland village for dinner..initially intended to try Fosters but i felt it was too expensive so we settled for NYDC. and dear was really nice to offer to help me wif my proof-reading (coz i was only half done)..so we sat at NYDC doing e proof-reading over a mocha cheesecake. after dat we moved over to Starbucks to continue till about 10 plus b4 heading our seperate ways home. if not for dear's help, i wld be burning e midnight oil last night..appreciate it lots, dear!

sunday - put work aside for e afternoon..met ling for lunch at Breeks at Taka and did some quick shopping..didnt get anything though except stocking up on my facial and eye masks. came home ard 5pm, took a nap and started on my work..am finally done for now.

well e next 3 weeks is gonna be hell for me..coz my intern is on reservist and i've got no other help. e thought of it is freaking me out..seriously dunno how i'm going to tide through. furthermore, it's my bday month..and i doubt i can enjoy it =(

i need all the hope and luck i can get.

2009-04-26T21:16:00.012+08:00

my day started at 8am ytd coz i went wif my parents and aunts to pay respect to my beloved grandpa and some of my ancestors. after which i met dear to head down to shangri-la for our feast at The Line! i whacked quite alot of salmon sashimi and satisfied my sweet tooth wif e spread of yummilicious desserts =) glad to see dat dear's dad seem to enjoy his birthday meal too!

after e filling lunch, dear accompanied me to bugis to get some work stuffs, then i headed home to catch a nap before heading out to serangoon gardens for a ktv session wif my colleagues. a few of us stayed out to have a drink at Liquid Kitchen after e ktv and had a bitching session there. i was being adventurous again and tried their ice cream cocktail - Jack Daniels with chocolate ice cream..not too bad haha. anyway i left e place ard 1 plus and headed home for my needed sleep.

spent today e same way as my other sundays, except dat i managed to drag myself downstairs for a jog..always finding myself too lethargic to do so..but i told myself no excuse today..and i muz try to keep it going!

i know e coming weeks r still going to be crazy for me..due to a major ASEAN event project i'm working on and another one coming up..e pressure on me is really huge and there's so much to manage..i noe i gotta try my very best and hang in there for now.

e only positive thing i can think bout now is dat it’s another 4-day week tis week coz of e labour day holiday. i shall start planning how i can make my long weekend a fulfilling one..so dat e thought of it can keep me going for e week!

2009-04-24T23:48:00.008+08:00

it's been a totally draining week at work..racing against time every single day..and having late nights. i'm sooo glad e weekend has arrived! anyway, i ended tis hectic work week wif a simple & satisfying dinner at Aglio Olio with dear..didnt stay out too late coz i'm exhausted.

and anyway will be meeting dear again tml for buffet lunch at The Line coz it is his dad's bday. it'll be my second time there..think they haf a rather good spread..so i'm gonna eat till my heart's content..and make up for all e improper lunches i've had for e whole week! haha. best of all..we will get almost 60% off due to e Flash-Your-Age promo =)

alright now e only thing i want to do is to sink into a deep sleep..really need it..so gd nitez peeps!

2009-04-19T19:29:00.006+08:00

i was feeling pretty demoralized at work last week..coz of some issues..but at least dear was there for me and i appreciate it very much.

anyway i was really looking forward to e end of e week. so on fri, i met up wif joa for dinner and a catch-up plus ranting session. work is really draining us out mentally and emotionally..so we decided we needed an alcohol boost and went over to CHIJMES after our dinner at bugis. we each had a cocktail and shared a blueberry cheesecake at the outdoor area while chatting - a nice way of ending our hectic week =)

went out wif my family to 'sao mu' again on sat late morning..then went to visit a relative at a nursing home and had a late lunch at kovan's heartland mall. i then went down to dear's place to slack for e day..we watched e movie 'Yes Man' which he downloaded on his comp and by then it was already 8 plus..so by e time we went to JP for dinner wif his parents, it was almost 9pm. we settled for dinner at Ichiban Sushi (my fav sushi place) and went to Mos Burger for drinks. then dear and i made a last min decision to catch a movie there..so we chose '17 Again' and it was pretty nice..quite a meaningful show. after e movie ended ard 1 plus, i went back to his place for e night.

tis morning we had a quick breakfast at JP before i headed home..took a 2 hr nap and started on my work stuffs..i'm still left with one more thing to do but i'm really quite sian..so decided to take a break and blog first.

well..another work week to tackle again..i noe i should be so used to tis whole cycle already..but i still feel very dreaded on sundays..now to e extent dat e dreaded feeling starts to haunt me on saturday nights..omg..dunno wat's wrong wif me recently..my stress level seems to be escalating dat i cant even haf proper sleep =( save me!

2009-04-12T17:50:00.005+08:00

this is my second entry for e day coz i juz felt like penning down some of my inner thoughts..and tis entry will be specially dedicated to my dearest boy - for his presence in my life for the past one year =)

i know i am usually blogging about e things i do with dear, but i haven't actually quite shown it through my entries about how blessed i am to have him by my side. e main reason is i'm quite loss for words at describing this blissful happiness i have..coz sometimes i myself is amazed at how we both get along so naturally well and how our relationship has been so smooth-going since the day we got together.

i used to think having a relationship is bound to bring more problems than being single but dear proved me wrong, by being a really understanding, caring and loving boyfriend. he never fails to be there to watch out for me to make sure i'm safe and feeling fine, to listen to me and cheer me up when i'm troubled, to give me assurance and security..that he leaves me with no reason not to be a good girlfriend to him =) and i guess we both compliment each other in many ways..especially with some similiarity in our characters and our lifestyles.

time fleets by us so quickly, from the dating process to the monthi-saries we had and till now one year later..but nothing has changed between us..only a deeper understanding and love for each other =)

so it's a big thank you to my dearest boy...

...for giving me your truest heart.
...for sharing this special bond with me.
...for making love such an easy journey for me.

2009-04-12T15:52:00.014+08:00

dear & i celebrated our 1st anniversary on Good Friday..and we spent it all within Telok Blangah area!

first on e programme list was lunch at Bistro One Zero Three, some cafe i read bout on a food blog one day while looking out for new cafes and restaurants to explore. tis cafe has a rather cosy homely ambience. e food is quite good..and i like their Salt and Pepper Squid with Chilli Mayo! anyway after filling our tummies wif good food, we began our walk to Henderson Waves..but unfortunately, it started to rain e moment we gt there..luckily we had dear's big-enuf brollie, which sheltered us pretty well as we strolled along the long bridge. we managed to seek some shelter when it began to pour heavily and was stuck at e shelter area for some time. when e rain lessened, we continued our way and finally reached Henderson Waves! though we were walking with soaked shoes, our moods werent really dampened coz we had each other's company =)

anyway we went to Vivocity to dry ourselves wif e air-con and then walked ard looking for a dinner place. settled for Shin Kushiya, coz i was craving for sashimi again =p it was our first time trying their food..and it was nt too bad..at least e sashimi was thick & juicy! and coz they forgot to serve some of e items in our set dinner until we asked bout it, they offered us a complimentary macha ice-cream to apologise for their mistake..shows dat they haf good service! it was nt e end of e day for us after dinner..we headed down to our last destination which was in our original plans as well - Prive Bakery Cafe. but lousy me caused us to walk alot coz i mixed up e busstop dat we shld alight at. but anyway we arrived there after quite a long walk..and found ourselves a cosy corner while we sipped on our coffee and tea and had a heart-to-heart talk. and then it was home sweet home.

and ytd, dear & i met again for a movie after i went to 'sao mu' wif my family in e afternoon. for dinner, dear and i had our fav hokkien mee at e hawker street in town..yummy! we then went to e Hemisphere Cafe in Orchard OG for waffle ice-cream and ice milo float..and dat's where we exchanged our 1st Anniversary gifts. dear bought me a Calvin Klein bag which i had set my eyes on previously..though it was not meant to be a surprise coz he did tell me he was going to get it for me..but nevertheless, it was really nice of him to splurge on me and i love e bag! i didnt buy him a gift tis time but handmade sth for him..which i'm glad he appreciates =)

by e way, we caught the movie 'Handsome Suit' after dat..and it's a pretty nice show..funny and meaningful at e same time. think it's sth worth watching! anyway i took a night rider home after e movie and concussed on bed when i gt home.

since i've been out for e past 2 days, i decided to stay home today..to do my work and juz spare some time for myself..like watching tv, reading e papers, packing my cupboard, reading other pple's blogs, doing my own blogging, napping, putting on my facial mask etc..coz weekends r e only time i can afford to do all tis.

2009-04-08T23:34:00.001+08:00

gonna squeeze some time before my sleep to update bout my Bintan trip! but i still dun haf pics to show.

anyway e villa we stayed in was pretty big..2 storeys, wif a really spacious living room, dining room, kitchen, 4 bedrooms, 2 balconies and a private pool..oh yah and our very own buggy dat we can drive ard the area..cool rite? haha. after checking in, we went for lunch at e resort..expensive meal..but we were famished..and luckily e food was not bad. then we went to e beach and wanted to try jet ski or banana boat..but unfortunately most activities were put to a stop due to the strong waves =( so dear and i ended up soaking ourselves in our private pool while e rest went to find their own entertainment. after dat, it was dinner time and we took a cab down to Pasar Oleh Oleh which seem to be meant for tourists..then headed back to our villa after a filling zi char dinner. night time was spent playing some card games and watching tv.

next morning, we went down for e resort's buffet breakfast (something i always look forward to when i go overseas)..and they had quite a good spread! after breakfast, we headed back to e villa to slack for some time, then took a cab down to Pasar Oleh Oleh for a 2-hr spa massage & body scrub - shiok! lastly we had a rather late lunch b4 heading back to e ferry terminal.

well it was more of a rest & relax trip..no shopping or energy-zapping activities..juz right for e drained-out me. but sadly it was over so quickly and i really dreaded e feeling of coming back. but anyway it's coming close to e weekend again..so i shall cheer up abit..and i'm looking forward to good friday coz dear and i will be celebrating our 1st year anniversary and we already have plans in place =)

2009-04-05T22:47:00.006+08:00

i'm back frm my bintan trip..reached home only ard 10pm. it was a good R&R trip..but i'm too tired to blog bout it today..and e photos r all in dear's friend's camera.

i think i'll head to bed before midnight today..or else without enough rest, my monday will be even more blue.

will be back to blog if i can find e energy and time..well at least there's a long weekend tis week..cant wait for it already.

2009-04-03T23:52:00.005+08:00

for e past 2 days..i had to shuttle between places, lugging my heavy laptop wif me..making arrangments for the guests from Thailand (and their sudden change of plans add on to my anxiety)..and at e same time having to manage other urgent projects on hand. juz two words - super exhausting! and i'm so glad it has come to an end. well guess e only good part bout these 2 days is i got to enjoy free meals at Crystal Jade, Seafood Paradise at Spore Flyer and had a $25 chicken rice at Meritus Mandarin =)

anyway dear and i had a simple dinner at Central after work today..followed by a drink by e river..ok i was e only one drinking actually..coz i really felt like it..after all e hectic work recently. and guess i was really tired coz after a bottle of alcohol, i felt even more exhausted..haha..so took a cab home to continue wif packing my bag for tml. yesh..i'm finally going for a weekend getaway..my bintan trip wif dear and his friends..i'm sure we'll haf loads of fun!

gonna hit e sack soon..so dat i wont be lethargic during e trip..alright so good night peeps..will be back on sun..i noe it'll pass very fast but i juz wanna treat myself to a good break!

2009-03-29T21:38:00.001+08:00

spent most of my weekend wif my girl friends =)

caught the show "Confessions of A Shopaholic" with e uni gals at Lido after work on friday. quite a nice light-hearted show plus a great company to end off another hectic work week.

actually planned to go swimming wif dear at e swimming complex near my place on sat morning..but we realised dat we r in need of swimming attires..so we changed e plans to shopping for a swimming attire instead..haha. we met at town, had korean food for lunch, then began shopping..and i did get myself a swimsuit..which was quite expensive though but i was lazy to go in search for a cheaper buy. anyway after dat, we had coffee at paragon's PS cafe then went to meet e RP gals for jer's belated & cand's early bday celebration. we had dinner at Bugis's MOF and dessert at Ah Chew's Dessert before heading to jer's place for mahjong..which lasted all e way till 3.30am..omg..i was almost playing wif my eyes half-closed when it was 1 plus..really tired but it was a great girl's night out =)

woke up at 1pm today after ytd's exhausting night out..then it was a last minute plan to accompany my aunt and mum to e Asian Civilisations Museum to see e Kangxi Emporer Exhibition coz there is free admission tis weekend. was a tad boring for me coz my aunt and mum was like taking all their time to view e exhibits while i was done long time ago but had to wait for them..haha..finally reached home ard 6pm and had my nap and did my work stuffs.

again comes e dreaded time of e week..having to go through e whole cycle of monday blues and so forth..and tis thurs and fri, i still hafta be out running e entire day, making arrangements for a group of guests from Thailand..plus still handling my other projects at e same time. alright shall nt complain dat much coz at least i've sth to look forward to tis coming weekend..a bintan getaway!going wif dear and his grp of friends..a total of 8 of us will be staying at a double-storey villa..cant wait for tis trip for me to rest & relax! really need it..haf been quite tensed and stressed bout work stuffs recently dat i'm nt sleeping well =(

am now praying for a smooth-going week and for e weekend to come quick!

2009-03-22T18:55:00.004+08:00

fully maxed out my weekend..though it tired me out, it was definitely fulfilling!

finally managed to get out of work earlier than usual on fri and had dinner together wif my colleagues and dear. we actually had plans to dine and chill out at Overeasy at One Fullerton but it turned out dat their food variety is little and over-priced..so we ended up at Marina Square's Changing Appetite. but juz for dinner..didnt get to satisfy my drinking crave haha. but maybe it's a good thing dat i didnt drink or else i might have problem getting up e next day which i had to wakie super early.

started my day on sat at 7.15am..coz i volunteered to partake in the Touch Elderly's Changi Airport outing..and cand came along as well. we had breakfast first before everyone gathered at tanah merah mrt and then brought e elderly to T3. i took charge of an elderly lady in wheelchair..which was slightly more energy-zapping and was also a test of my wheelchair handling skills haha. but on e overall, e experience was really fulfilling..coz all e elderly seem so happy to get a chance to visit T3. i really miss these times of volunteering..and will try to go back to it whenever i can find e time and energy. i noe it'll definitely bring a renewed shade of meaning to my hectic life.

anyway after e elderly left, we were famished and had lunch at xin wang hong kong cafe at e airport, then headed down to e JobsDB career fair which was actually a waste of time..coz there was hardly any company/job of our interest there. so after scanning through for less than an hour, we went for e Kenko 10 min massage to loosen our tensed muscles..and also walked ard Marina Square for a while b4 i went over to bugis to meet dear. we walked ard bugis, had dinner at Sakae and lastly ended up at Mr Bean's cafe at Prinsep for drinks after a long walk from bugis to dat area trying to find an out-of-the norm cafe which will be opened till late night. didnt stay there too late though coz i had to go home early to catch more sleep.

went wif sera and hui for yun's solemnisation ceremony at Swissotel Merchant Court this morning. after e ceremony, it was lunch buffet at the Ellenborough Market Cafe there..had lots of salmon sashimi and their durian puree is good! anyway time really flies..known yun since sec sch..which is 11 years already..and she's e first among us to get married..really happy for her =) here's a pic of us and e newly weds!

anyway after e lunch, i headed straight home, took a pretty long nap and now hafta start on my work stuffs already. feeling sian again on a sun..but i'm glad it was at least a good weekend for me..and once again..i'm waiting for e arrival of e next weekend again..already haf plans in place..birthday celebrations =)

2009-03-15T21:45:00.004+08:00

my full 3-day event was finally over last week, after having to travel to Changi Village at 7am for 3 consecutive days..and unlucky me was down wif sorethroat, cough and a red eye somemore. at least it's over..relieved!

so to reward myself, i tried to ensure that i had a relaxing weekend..explored 3 new cafes and chilled out at 2 usual ones =)

fri - went wif dear to 'New Harbour Cafe' (which was just near our workplace) for dinner. ambience isnt dat good but food is still quite ok. after dat, we walked down to Clark Quay and had drinks and dessert at Coffee Club. ended e night earlier than usual coz dear was meeting his friends and i decided to go home earlier to rest.

sat - met dear again in e afternoon..went to try out the cafe 'Passion' inside Esplanade library. wif comfy cushion couches, it's quite a nice place to read a book or relax & slack over a cuppa (we chose e latter coz we were too tired to start on a book..haha). after slacking enough, we went to e new Supreme Court public opening..e place is pretty big..9 levels in all..saw some exhibits and also got to sit in a courtroom to watch a re-enactment of a court proceeding. quite an interesting experience actually.

after dat, it was time for me to meet e RP gals for hui's bday celebration at tanjong pagar area. i was e organizer so i picked e restaurant after chancing upon it on a food blog..it's called 'Sweet Indulgence'..however, e food and desserts werent dat fantastic..and e main courses r pretty expensive (if not for e promotion - 1 free drink for every main course ordered and 1 free dessert for every 2 main courses ordered). guess e better part was e ambience. anyway after e dinner, cand & i went to hang out at cineleisure while jer & hui headed home. we had fruity ice-blended drinks at Gloria Jeans after dat..and it was home sweet home for me after jm came to look for cand.

sun - breakfast wif ling at AMK macs..followed by a mj session wif e rest of e clique at ling's place. played till bout 4 plus coz e rest had some programme in e evening..and then i headed home for a nap before starting on my work stuffs. i'm still nt done wif it..but feeling restless and brain is nt functioning well.

well shall go focus on it now so i can sleep by 12am. and as usual..i cant wait for fri to come again!

2009-03-09T00:22:00.005+08:00

it's already past midnight..and now then i find e time to blog bout my weekend..coz i spent almost e whole of my sun afternoon and night doing work..except for some face-booking and msn-ing in between.

anyway ytd was mum's bday so our family went to haf lunch together..it wasnt at e cantonese restaurant which i had intended to bring her coz we were late for half an hr (and their closing time was juz an hr later) so we rather nt rush through our food..hence we changed venue to raffles city's Tea House The Asian Kitchen..at least no complains frm my parents haha. anyway after lunch, we walked ard a while b4 having coffee at Gloria Jeans..a nice way to spend a cosy afternoon wif my loved ones =)

after which, i headed to dear's place to slack..and after being kinda bored wif nth to do..except taking snoozes..we made a last min decision to catch a late night movie - Slumdog Millionaire, which i've been quite keen to watch coz i've heard pretty good reviews of it. and yeap e show's quite good! btw we smuggled BK's mushroom swiss burger into e threatre coz it was our super late dinner haha.

no need to go through e details bout today since it was clear enough in my 1st para dat it was almost entirely spent on working..coz i've a consecutive 3-day event tis week..which means most of my projects will be kinda stuck since i hafta be on-site managing e event..but dat doesnt mean i can juz put them aside..there r still urgent stuffs dat i've to find a way to get them done. dat's y i'm really stressed out..waking up today morning thinking bout work..but forced myself back to sleep again.

anyway my throat does nt hurt dat much already..but it has developed into a cough. so i really need to fight my toughest tis week esp wif my weakened immune system..oh gosh..i gotta relax and stop fretting! i seriously cant wait for e week to end..so i can get my breather! pls wish me best of luck!!

2009-03-06T22:59:00.004+08:00

it's TGIF and i'm home earlier than usual fridays coz i didnt go out after work today =(

first of all, coz my dear is sick..and i'm sick too..with a headache and sore throat.

second of all, i ended up working till almost 10pm..due to all e preparations needed for next week's 3-day event (omg..i dunno how i'm gonna survive juggling e event on-site and still having to attend to my other projects at e same time).

i'm so drained now..i juz feel like going to bed and nt think bout work..shall leave it to tml and sun. anyway tml's my mum's bday and we r going out to celebrate over lunch! (though i dunno how i'm going to enjoy good food when i've a hurting throat)

2009-03-01T20:45:00.010+08:00

juz had homecooked pasta for dinner and am slacking in front of my laptop..supposed to be getting my hands on some work proposal over e weekend but i'm still feeling lazy to start..so shall drop an entry here bout e weekend first!

met up wif cand and a sec sch junior for dinner at a Hong Kong cafe at Novena on fri after work. but i didnt haf a proper meal there coz was still pretty full frm my jap ala carte buffet lunch wif my clients in e afternoon. anyway after dinner, we chilled out at e lounge at Quality Hotel (one of cand's fav hangout place..haha)..i had one of their mocktails and we sat there chit-chatting till past 12 midnight.

sat was spent wif RP gals and their bfs..we had a 4-hour singing session at Serangoon Garden's ktv, followed by dinner at Chomp Chomp. after which, we hung out at ICE3 cafe for desserts (though only dear & i were e ones who still had appetite for an ice-cream crepe =p). we found ourselves some entertainment by playing some card games there (after getting a deck of poker cards frm 7-11)..had a great time juz laughing our heads off..haha.

anyway after dat, dear and i actually had plans to go to our fav spot at clark quay to juz slack but coz it was raining so we discarded e idea..and decided to go for a movie instead..and since hui & xq also wanted to watch a movie..so we headed down to PS and caught e midnight show of "Marley & Me"..was really exhausted after e show ended past 2am..so gt home and concussed right away.

stayed home today as usual..and only pulled myself out of bed at ard 2pm..then followed by watching some tv, doing some work, and surfing e net. it seems dat i'm still unable to make my sun more constructive..coz i'm quite lazy to step out of e hse on sun..esp by e time i get up and also when i still haf work to attend to..and i dun really like e feeling of hanging out till quite late on a sun when i noe i've a whole work week looming ahead of me.

well but at least i'm making one step to do sth more constructive bout my life - taking up yoga lessons at e community centre again..wif e RP gals..but which means i really gotta find some way to get out of office earlier every thursday..i noe i muz try..coz i am really hoping to strike a balance between work and life (ok a better balance..coz i noe it can never be an equal balance wif tis job)!

a group photo after a great hanging-out session =)

2009-02-22T20:27:00.004+08:00

juz middle of last week, i detected a mysterious bump at e back of my head (coz i had no idea how it came bout since i didnt knock my head recently) and thereafter my head has been experiencing some spasms..but it isnt dat serious..juz feels weird. so i had to cancel e overnight mahjong session on fri wif my girlfriends coz i felt it wld be better if i gt more rest and was going to visit a doc on sat morning.

but i still went for e movie session after work wif my uni pals since it was planned weeks ago. we had dinner at pastamania, followed by e movie - He's Not That Into You. quite a light-hearted show suitable for girls..haha.

e next morning, i went wif my mum to e nearby polyclinic to see a doc for my head problem..and e doc says it shld be an insect bite since i didnt knock my head..but it was sth i wld nv thought of also. anyway she prescribed some cream and painkillers for me. now e bump seems to have subsided a bit..and e spasms are nt so frequent anymore ..hopefully, it's juz a temporary thing and will get over soon! anyway after e doc visit, i went to dear's place to slack and watch a downloaded movie..after which we went to vivo to meet his parents for dinner and dessert.

i had a satisfying 12-hr sleep dat night..and spent e rest of my sun doing work and watching tv at home. even e time spent at home seems to pass so fast =(

isnt it scary how quickly time passes? doesnt it make u afraid dat we may never have enough time to spend wif our loved ones and friends?

2009-02-16T00:37:00.000+08:00

updates on e weekend and vday!

fri after work - managed to meet up wif joa on a last min arrangement..we went to Central's Azabu Sabo for a good dinner b4 walking over to Nectarie at The Cannery..we had iced mocha and ice-cream over there..tried tis really interesting flavor - Lavendar Honey..which we both felt tasted like soap (though nt like we've tasted soap b4..haha..but u shld noe wat we mean)..but it was nt dat bad..at least sth refreshing. e TGIF after-work and chilling out feeling is indeed great =)

sat - it's dear and my first vday together..we had dinner at Ricciotti (it's e place with our fav chocolate dessert but we've nv tried their food before). it's an italian restaurant and e food was nt wat we wld usually eat..but on e overall, is nt dat bad..at least e dessert was pretty good..juz dat i guessed i was too full to finish it. anyway after e dinner, we headed down to Night Safari..and it was a double date wif dear's friend & his gf as well..think we all enjoyed the "Creatures of the Night" show e most coz e main trainer was really funny wif her words..so was rather entertaining. anyway after e show, we took a bus back to amk and had a drink at Macs before heading home. it was a simple celebration but i definitely enjoyed it wif my dearest boy..and of course i love his gifts for me - a bouquet of my favorite flowers and a book with almost 40 pages of graphic illustration done by him =)

sun - stayed home in e day doing my work and slacking abit..then went over to yulin's hse for steamboat dinner wif e jc gals..a lot of fun & laughter as usual..looking forward to e next meetup which will be our bball session..haven played it for ages!

well after all e enjoyment..it's back to reality - work, work and work. but i'm having a new intern in to help me so i hope my life will get abit better! *crossing my fingers*

our Valentine's Set Dinner

Us =)

2009-02-08T21:34:00.010+08:00

it's been an emotionally, physically and mentally draining week for me.

my grandma's wake was over ytd and she went through the burial ceremony instead of cremation (as that was what she had wished for when she was alive), which also made the process somewhat less painful for us. but u cld see how well-loved she was by us, judging from the grief on everyone's faces as well as the tears shed when we had our last look at her before the coffin top was closed.

it's as though there's another missing piece in my life puzzle, which can never be replaced. that's the saddest part bout life..having to deal with the loss of your loved ones..but yet it's so inevitable and life still has to go on. i'll find the strength to get on with life coz i know grandma will be happy when i'm happy and leading a good life.

i am thankful for all the love she has given me when she was alive and will always hold my memories of her close to my heart. may she be happy wherever she is now.

2009-02-05T01:02:00.011+08:00

i'm grappling with the loss of a loved one - my beloved grandma.

her passing came as a shock to us..e last time we saw her was a week and a half ago at our cny's eve reunion dinner when she was still looking fine. but on tues night, she collapsed at the nursing home and passed on not too long after.

she watched me, her youngest granddaughter grow up and showered her love & care on me. but now i can no longer see her friendly smile, watch her eat her food, hold her hand or bring her ard the nursing home in her wheelchair. i nv thought she would leave me so soon..esp after i've lost my grandpa a year and a half ago.

but at least i noe she and my grandpa will now have each other's company.

rest in peace, popo...i'll miss you dearly.

2009-02-01T23:13:00.004+08:00

juz gt back frm my cousin's place nt too long ago..dun like e feeling of being out till so late on a sun coz gotta work e very next day..but i still had a good time today.

weirdly, all my CNY programmes came after e CNY break..leaving me wif a packed weekend tis wk. anyway fri after work was ktv time wif dear's grp of friends. then dear came over to bai nian on sat and accompanied me to go 'bai tai sui' after dat..which took us bout 2 hrs..coz we had to queue to 'bai tai sui'. after dat, i was supposed to go to his hse to bai nian so went to jp for dinner 1st..but by e time we finished dinner, it was pretty late so met his parents for dessert at bakezin instead.

as for today, i had steamboat wif my uni pals. we met in e late morning to get e food items frm e supermarket then headed to gillian's hse. we made quite good choices wif e food items so think e steamboat was quite nice..haha. anyway i headed home to grab a short nap after dat, before going over to my cousin's place for potluck. was again spending most of my time playing wif my cousins' adorable kids. then happened there was some chingay performance near his blk, so we brought e kids down to watch. it's e 1st time i see e chingay floats upclose..quite cool..haha.

anyway i'm feeling super tired tis weekend, coz i woke up before 10am on both sat and sun. i still gt work to do now coz i've been out e whole day today..better go get it done or else i dun hafta sleep le =(

2009-01-27T22:20:00.006+08:00

i didnt haf a least bit of CNY mood during tis CNY break. but it was indeed a good break coz it allowed me to sleep till noon on almost all 4 days haha. with so few visiting to do, i ended up having to find stuffs to make it not so boring. so shall sum up my programmes in one blog entry!

dear and i decided to explore new places for eating so we went to try out e Sapporo Ramen restaurant at Gallery Hotel and after dat we discovered a nearby cafe which served chocolatey desserts..abit similar to Max Brenner..it was a really nice relaxing feeling..juz leisurely reading magazines and enjoying a glass of iced black forest drink along with a souffle. anyway after dat, we still went to catch a late night movie, e local comedy 'Love Matters' but it was so so only.

as for sat, my family had steamboat for lunch and i went to meet dear at night after he returned frm jb..we went for drinks at a Hong Kong Cafe at JP wif his friend before heading back to his house for e night coz we had plans for e next day. yup so e next morning, we went for lunch at Novus Cafe at the National Museum..i read bout e place in someone's blog and thought it wld be a nice place to hang out on a lazy sunday noon..and best of all, without having to think bout work e next day. so we had filling sandwiches and cheesecake there..e cheesecake is quite good and it's big..had to takeaway half of it..haha. then of course at night was reunion dinner wif the usual family members at my aunt's place. was really full and sleepy after e dinner..so after i gt home to watch e countdown on tv, i surrendered to my bed.

didnt get to do any visiting on chu yi and stayed home to do work instead..pathetic ya? hai i miss waking up early on chu yi mornings to dress up and go over to my grandparents place for e family gathering. well anyway, i really didnt feel like wasting away e 2nd last day of my break stuck at home..so dear and i met up and we gave ourselves an ice cream treat at ben & jerry's at The Cathay since i had to utilise my voucher by end month. and then we went to catch a movie again..but to kill time b4 e movie started, dear psychoed me to play tis zombie game at some lan shop.well at least sth different frm our usual activities together..haha.

today i slept away another morning again coz was back quite late e night before..and then my aunt and cousin's family came over for lunch..gt to play wif my cutey nephew =) after dat, i went visiting at a relative's house and had dinner there b4 returning home.

okie dat's it for my 4 days of break..and i cant help lamenting y does it pass so fast. i guess most working pple like me feel e exact same way too. well it's back to e battle field again..shall fight till e weekend comes again!

2009-01-23T00:21:00.000+08:00

TGIF. Followed by 4 good days of break =)

1 day to the weekend.

2 days to Chinese New Year Eve.

3 days to Chinese New Year Chu Yi.

4 days to Chinese New Year Chu Er.

5 days back to the battle field again. what a mood-spoiling thought ya.

ok i shld juz drive dat thought out of my mind and enjoy while i can!

2009-01-18T22:28:00.012+08:00

as usual, another sun spent working at home so nth much to elaborate about.

anyway cny is juz a week away! cny no longer excites me now..but it's still the occassion cum public holiday dat i look most forward to compared to e others. guess one of e main factor is e fav cny food & goodies i get to eat - bak kwa, xiang chang, abalone, pineapple tarts & kuah bahulu =) but cny also means more things to rush at work becoz of e things dat can't be done during e break =(

ok shall try to keep work out of my mind for e remaining time before i head to bed. maybe shld start making my own plans for e cny break..anyone wanna invite me to ur hse for visiting? haha =p

2009-01-18T00:42:00.010+08:00

spent quite abit today..gave my teeth some polishing & scaling at e dentist which costed me over 90 bucks! and went on a cny shopping spree with cand & hui at Square 2 and bought myself 2 dresses within less than an hr! anyway after having fulfilled our objective of getting ourselves new cny clothes, we went to Bakerzin for dessert and some small talk.

after which i headed over to my niece's bday party at my cousin's house..there were quite a handful of kids..but my niece & nephew r e cutest! haha..simply love playing wif them =p anyway after dat my family as well as aunt & uncle headed over to far east flora to take a look at e plants & flowers and bought some for ourselves. finally returned home at ard 11 plus.

am feeling pretty tired today..mentally and physcially..guess coz i didnt get to catch enuf sleep after reaching home at 3.30am e previous night after a late night movie. so i'm gonna go knock out soon..coz i still hafta gather my concentration for some work stuffs tomorrow =(

2009-01-11T22:10:00.010+08:00

hit wif crisis after crisis at work..when it's only e beginning of e year =(

on fri, after being slammed on e face by a work issue..i went to PS to meet maxine for dinner..but e issue continued to traumatise me even when i was already out of e office..fortunately i had maxine to complain to. after dat i had e urge to drink to drown my troubles but cldnt find a drinking kaki as maxine had to go home after dinner to settle some work stuffs..so i went home instead and buried myself in work..then went to sleep away my troubles.

next day, i met dear for cycling at east coast park..feeling e breeze against me helped calmed my frayed nerves a little..after dat, we went to parkway parade for dinner at Jack's Place coz i had a craving for steak. and i didnt want to go home so early so we headed to boat quay for dear's fav dessert - Ricicotti's soffiato. and lastly, we went to our fav slacking place at clark quay b4 heading home in a cab.

well..it seems like i'm pretty down on luck recently..and both of my crisis at work tis week is due to CNY..do my clients really want me to dread CNY? hai..but still i cant wait for e CNY break..pls come soon..and pls spare me of any more problems for e coming weeks!

2009-01-04T22:46:00.002+08:00

i kick-started my healthy lifestyle resolution wif a jog wif dear at e open area near his blk ytd. though after dat we indulged in not-too-healthy food for dinner (pizza, cheese sausage, campbell soup and ben & jerry's ice-cream) but they r nevertheless happy food for us =p anyway after e dinner, we watched a downloaded movie at his place and i headed home after past midnight.

as for today, i spent e afternoon doing my work then went for dinner wif my parents to a food court near buangkok mrt. though it's only for a couple of hrs, but i noe my parents r glad to have my company and dat makes me happy too..coz one of my resolutions tis year is to spend more time wif my family. i felt dat i've neglected them quite alot in e past year due to work and social commitments so i really need to regain e balance.

anyway i managed to catch quite alot of sleep tis weekend, which i noe is good since i dun get sufficient sleep during e weekdays. but i'm hoping dat i can sleep away less of my weekend mornings (but still have at least 8 hours of sleep)..then i can actually do more things during e weekend. let me start going in search for e motivation. and i guess i need to try to sleep earlier on weekdays if i can..so i won't need to sleep so much on weekends.

2009-01-02T23:25:00.004+08:00

i decided dat i've a very important resolution to make for this year - that is to love myself more! and shall work towards cultivating a healthy mind, body, heart and soul!

so it's time to hit e pillows and get my beauty sleep since i'm back home earlier today =)

2009-01-01T15:15:00.008+08:00

i counted down to year 2009 wif dear at Esplanade ytd. we actually got ourselves a seat near e bay since 6pm and sat there all e way till e countdown was over, juz so to witness e splendid fireworks display. it was happening right b4 our eyes and was a beautiful moment especially when spent wif my special someone by my side =) anyway after e countdown, we went to join dear's friend at The Mind Cafe for a few rounds of games till past 4am and then took a cab back home thereafter. seems like i spend each year's New Year's Eve quite differently and i wish to continue doing so down e years!

well i've decided not to list out my New Year resolutions this year coz looking back at my 2008 New Year's Day entry, i realised i didnt really fulfill e resolutions i set out for myself (except for going on a trip wif my friends)..so seems abit pointless to do so tis year haha. anyway i guess i kinda lost my direction in life after being so occupied wif work in e year 2008 and i need to find a new direction..but for now all i simply wish for in 2009 is to be happy and also to spend more quality time wif e people i love!

in fact i should say 2008 has been e best year for me so far coz of e presence of my dearest boy.. e one who has taken away all my unhappy memories and brightened up my life in ways dat no one ever did..i can never be more thankful for tis godsent gift to me =)

anyway, a Happy New Year to u guys out there! Cheers to a more fruitful and happiness-filled year ahead for us!!

2008-12-29T22:21:00.001+08:00

my long holiday is gone juz like dat =(
i feel dat i didnt get to do alot of things, besides meeting up wif my girl friends as planned. e remaining time i haf at home was spent on doing my work stuffs or resting.

anyway sat, i met up wif RP gals for a ktv session at Serangoon Gardens, followed by dinner at Chomp Chomp and drinks at Coffee Bean. juz love e feeling of spending a night out wif e gals..chatting over a cuppa. as for sun, it was xmas exchange meetup wif ling & jinx (min's nt back frm taiwan yet)..we had lunch at Blue Basil, a small cafe tucked at e back of orchard..e food's nt bad..and after e lunch, we grabbed some drinks & dessert at PS Cafe at Paragon b4 jinx left for her appointment and ling & i went to do some quick shopping.

after which, i met up wif dear for abit more of shopping b4 our movie started. we watched "Bedtime Stories" which was quite nice..and e guinea pig, Bugsy is super cute wif e big innocent eyes! haha.. anyway after e movie, i was still thinking of going some place to chill out but i was struck by indigestion pains..cldnt really sit or stand properly..so dear accompanied me back home on a cab..and e pain actually stopped when i was in e cab..well anyway it was also better dat i gt home early to rest coz though i am on leave today, i was perpetually working at my laptop for e whole day. only managed to take a short nap in between and found some time to bake brownies wif my mum in e later evening (which i had promised to do so) and then i juz glued myself to e tv after dat.

well e day is coming to an end..i'm feeling lethargic..and dreading e thought of going back to work tml..though actually it's only for one day and then i'll haf 2 days of break again coz of new yr's eve and new yr's day. ok i muz think positive and find a way to stop stressing myself out like tis!

2008-12-26T23:45:00.001+08:00

christmas day didnt feel like christmas to me coz all dat was on my mind was to carry out my plans for dear's bday..haha..had lunch at Riders Cafe (some cafe tucked away at Bukit Timah Saddle Club where i was hoping we cld see horses trotting by..but such a pity dat all e horses seemed to be kept in their stables) and then off we went to sentosa to do some touristy stuffs..went to The Merlion, the Images of Singapore, the Tiger Sky Tower and 4D Magix..and finally headed back to Vivo via the Cable Car where we lighted dear's slice of bday cake inside (sadly it cldnt be as romantic coz we had to share e cable car wif another couple). after dat was a simple dinner at Sakae Sushi and then slacking at Vivo's rooftop b4 heading home. well it was really a different way of spending christmas for me =)

anyway as for today, i'm on leave but was still working frm home..then went to meet joa for dinner at Citylink's Thai Express, followed by chocolatey dessert and drinks at Max Brenner's. we continued our girl talk as we walked along esplanade and then on our way back to e mrt.

i'm feeling quite sleepy already..haven had enuf sleep for e past few days..even joa said i looked really tired..haha..alright i better head to bed earlier today coz i still haf a programme-ful weekend..meeting up wif my girlies for xmas exchange!

2008-12-24T10:56:00.002+08:00

i'm blogging on an xmas eve morning..which tells u..i'm nt at work today! my boss decided to give us e day off since we went back to help wif e office shift on sat..so at least i get to stay home today (even though i'm still checking my mails constantly). in fact i'm gonna have a long break frm today onwards..coz i took 2 days' leave as well..will only be back in office next Tues =) so i'm gonna make sure i make good use of my long break to rest, meet up wif my girl friends and do e things dat make me happy!

as for tonight and tomorrow, it'll be dedicated to my dearest boy coz his bday happens to fall on christmas. going for dinner wif his family tonight and i've my plans for his bday tml =p

Have a MeRrY ChRiStMaS, my dear friends!!!

2008-12-22T00:06:00.002+08:00

helped wif mopping e floor today and clumsy me slipped and fell..causing an abrasion on my arm and a bump on my butt..lucky nt dat serious..haha..

anyway after dat i went for my xmas shopping and i acheived all dat i had set out to get!

now i can't wait for xmas to come..coz it's also e special day of my dearest boy and i'll also be having my leave finally =)

2008-12-20T23:55:00.000+08:00

it has been a pretty unsettling week for me since e crisis last friday and my greatest worry actually came true on wed. i'm lazy to explain e whole thing here..but anyway e problem really freaked me out dat evening all e way to e next day which was my event. thankfully, at least e event went on quite smoothly. but i really hafta be grateful to my helpful colleagues who stayed back to check through e stuffs with me, helped racked their brains for alternative solutions and even called e supplier to sort things out with them. and of course also to my dear who was there for e emotionally-stressed me.

anyway after e event, fri was definitely a much more relaxed day for me =) and after work, i met dear and his friends for dinner at Chicago's Steakhouse..e steak is actually quite good and i like e wild mushroom sauce! after e dinner, dear and i went to catch e movie 'Twilight' wif maxine and her hubby, then headed home after dat coz i had to wake up early e next day.

today is e shift to e new office. and it's like a working day..reached office at 9am and stayed there till almost 5pm after all e moving, unpacking and attempts to beautify my desk area. well at least tis move has given me some motivation to make my desk neater after 1 & a half yrs..haha. anyway i went to dear's house for steamboat after dat..thanks to dear's mum who invited me becoz it's "dong zhi" tml =) ohh..i feel like eating e original tang yuen (without filling) which i gt to eat in e past when my grandma cld still cook. now no one makes dat for me anymore.

k lah..i'll be going to bed soon..coz i woke up so early today and i need to do last min xmas shopping tml!

2008-12-14T22:27:00.004+08:00

met with some crisis on Fri..which caused me to be late for my year-end dinner at Rendevous Hotel..and dat's nt e end..i had to get up at 9am on sat morning to continue settling e crisis..was stuck at my com and making lots of calls till almost 1pm. e issue has sort of been solved but i'm still quite worried. i'm now juz praying hard...

well anyway upsetting things aside..after e dinner on fri, i went wif dear to one of our fav pak tor places - e river place along clark quay..where i drank e bacadi i bought frm Cheers..needed to drown my troubles. anyway we had our heart-to-heart talk till it was past 1am then headed back home in a cab.

after settling my issue e whole sat morning, i went down to bugis to meet dear. went to source for some costumes for my event on thurs..after which we went to si ma lu to pray. after checking out cathay & ps for movies but cldnt get one at a suitable timing, we headed to national library to slack and browse thru books. we had 'ma la huo guo' for dinner..reminds me of e last time i had 'ma la huo guo' at cameron highlands when e weather was cold..so shuang..haha. anyway for dessert, we indulged in chocolate fondue at Indulgz Bistro..but a pity e chocolate hardened quite fast. and e last destination was enjoying e cool breeze by e river at boat quay..u see how much we love sitting by e river..haha =p

anyway as for today, i stayed home e whole day..stuck wif work again..but went out for dinner wif my parents at Punggol Plaza.

well i noe tis week is gonna be real busy and stressful for me..coz i've an event on thurs (last event of e year) and it's quite a big scale one. and e crisis has left an unsettling feeling in me. i need loads of luck to survive this week.

2008-12-08T21:48:00.006+08:00

had a pretty fruitful long weekend as i gt to spend it wif different grps of pple =)

fri was spent wif dear and his good friends..watched e movie, City of Ember and had my dinner (KFC) in there coz e movie was almost starting by e time i arrived at Lido after work. as for sat, i had lunch at Ichiban Sushi wif my family after going to e HDB Hub's showroom to see how my sis's new flat looks like. after which, we headed down to orchard as i wanted to get a gift for maxine's housewarming which was e next day. lastly, i met cand and jer for porridge dinner at chinatown and then went over to Central's Paisley & Cream for a chat over coffee, tea and cupcakes..it really was a great catch up and photo-whoring session wif e gals =)

i stayed home on sun for half e day b4 going over to maxine's new house for her housewarming..she invited edison and me..and most of e others r her relatives..but we still had a nice time there..and it was my 1st time playing Wii..suaku rite..haha..but a pity after playing one game, e controller's battery went flat and we decided nt to continue since it was almost time to go off. after dat, i met dear at jurong point for e movie Bolt..Rhino is so cute! haha...we then headed back to his house after e movie coz it was already past midnight.

and tis morning, we went for tim sum brunch wif his family. we actually made a reservation at River City for tim sum buffet but coz we were late and e person gave up our reservation =( but in e end, we still gt to satisfy out tim sum craving at a restaurant at Novotel. we walked ard e newly renovated Liang Court, then went to Bugis J.Co for coffee and ended up at Vivo to get a shirt for his dad. went to so many places in one day. haha..

alright, dat's all for e long weekend..and it's back to facing e reality of a super sian week, coz of e type of projects i haf on hand. well at least we're already down wif one day tis week..4 more days to bear b4 fri comes again!