I’m finally on Twitter. Seems like I’m always slow on the uptake when following trends online. Actually, I think I’m just lazy. I first got to know about Twitter a few months ago, when Uzyn started Twittering. I joined, but never began twittering myself, because I didn’t know how to put the updates up on my blog.

Anyway, I’ve got it fixed now, using an RSS widget (see sidebar) but I’m still not happy about it – feed updates are really slow, and it doesn’t look as nice as the other Twitter badges that everyone else has.

Yesterday (Sunday) flew by like a daze. I slept really late (or early, depending on how you look at it) – around 5am, after having a super long conversation with Ridz on MSN. I didn’t think I’d be able to wake up for breakfast at 9, but I did.

My mother, Elaine and I, went to a dimsum place, which boasted a menu of over 100 types of dimsum, with Yali, Xiaoli, and their parents. It was a delightful morning actually, chatting over delicious food and Chinese tea, despite my lack of sleep. I think Xiaoli was really tired too. Haha. She had just attended a 5-day NTU Malaysian Society Camp, and would be attending the Hall 6 Freshmen Orientation Camp which begins today (Monday) and lasts for 6 days.

It was fun seeing Yali again – our dear busy auditor has been away in China for work for a really long time. A month? Anyway, I didn’t get to talk to her much cos Elaine was hogging her (haha). It’s alright though, because Elaine and Yali don’t get to talk as often as I talk to Yali, I guess

Didn’t take any photos of the place or the food, but I hope to go back there to review it soon. I realised that I really like writing about food. Haha.

I got home and went back to bed immediately – not the wisest thing to do after a heavy breakfast. Still, I was really too tired, and I slept for about 6 hours till 4:30pm! Had a light meal, and then we went off to the airport.

Elaine flew off today – have to admit that I was relieved. I know this sounds mean (she being my sister whom I see only once a year and all), but with the recent unhappy events pertaining to my overseas studies (my parents disapprove), I cannot help but feel resentful of the fact that everyone is still fussing over her when she has already finished her medical degree and have had her fair share of time spent overseas, studying and holidaying. She already has a job in Scotland, for goodness sake. I wanted to ask everyone why they were still fussing over her – but I felt that she would have felt indignant about it, so I didn’t.

In any case, her presence at home this time only reminded me constantly of the unfairness of my family’s government. I guess everyone worries about the doctor’s future (ironic, because it’s already set to take off) while no one worries about this poor,  financially-struggling student who aspires to be someone important too.

Now I sound bitter and jealous. But hey, maybe I am. No one cares anyway. Tears are blurring my eyes and I can’t see to type any more. Good night.

It’s been a long time since I blogged for myself. Since joining ping.sg, most of my blogs have a specific topic or theme; I blogged for an audience. But I was never this way, actually. Haha. I blogged for myself, and only myself. I would tell people who leave stupid comments to f.o. if they didn’t like my blog.

I first noticed this change when Paddy posted an entry titled, How has ping.sg changed the way you blog? And then BB mentioned it to me, too. Ho ho.

Anyway, enough of ping.sg for a while.

I woke up pretty early today – it’s dimsum day with Mom and Elaine! Yup, Laine’s home from Scotland, and she’s here for only 2 weeks, so it’s like a mad rush to do everything she needs to do, and eat everything that she wants.

We ate quite a fair bit this morning, but the total bill (with drinks) was only RM25. Pretty reasonable. Hehe. I love food! And since my sis is back, I can take this opportunity to go eat yummy food too *ngek ngek ngek*

Other than that… since the exam on Monday, I’ve gone to the library to get 3 books by 3 of the inexhaustive list of authors that I like:

Haruki Murakami’s Kafka by the Shore
John Katzenbach’s State of Mind
Jodi Picoult’s Keeping Faith

Finished Keeping Faith just a day after my exams, and am now on to the other two books (yes, at the same time, haha). I love the libraries in Singapore

I guess I’ve not been doing much else except read, sleep, and eat. Oh yesterday Laine and I went brisk-walking at the park (wanted to jog but we felt abit lazy ho ho ho). I’ve been rather bored at home, which explains this extremely pointless blog entry.

I miss my BB!

Dum dum dum dee dee dum. *drums fingers on table*

Oh, tomorrow I’ve got many many errands to run!

1. Run to Sim Lim Square to upgrade Elaine’s T42 RAM which is currently a pathetic 256MB haha! I really cannot imagine how she has survived with it. Well I guess she was a low-end user in the past, but now she has become slightly more tech-savvy and therefore needs a bit more RAM haha! Elaine needs a headphone/mic set too.
2. Buy a portable external HDD for my eldest sis, Doreen. She says that the packaged one is selling at RM300 for 80GB in KL, but I checked online at hardwarezone and found that Sim Lim has 80GB ones for about S$100. Any cheaper sources? Is my source right?
3. Collect my exam results! My course coordinator told me that the results of one of my subjects is out already (Employee Relations). I guess the rest will come next week. But I’m too anxious to know the results for this module. So I might pop by school tomorrow. It’s near Sim Lim anyway.
4. Go collect the highly anticipated final book of the Harry Potter series! Yahooooo!! I’m super duperly excited, though Elaine will get first dibs on it (because she is flying back to UK soon). It’s fine by me anyway, cos I know she reads fast. Haha.

Okay, hope I didn’t miss out anything. I’m so bored… Yes.. Please entertain me now.

This post is slightly belated. Afterall, bakzhang festival has been over for a couple of weeks now. But I just wanted to post pics of this year’s ‘harvest’ haha.

Mom made a total of 68 dumplings, I think. She froze about half of them for the family to enjoy when they are back in JB. Dad got back 2 nights ago, and Serene was back the previous weekend for a couple of days. Doreen will be back from KL sometime in July, and Elaine will be home on 14th. So everyone still gets to enjoy Mom’s yummy dumplings!

Clothed

Naked

Defiled

Hehehe.

Mom made a bunch of ‘Special Order’ dumplings for me, without dried shrimps, cos I hate those li’l buggers. Her dumplings are really the best because it’s chockful of yummy ingredients like mushrooms, lean meat (we don’t eat the fatty type) and candle nut! I loveee.

Well, I’ve had my fill of dumplings for this year. No more glutinous rice for me. It’s fattening, plus it does funny things to your bowels *coughconstipatedcough*

The family is finally starting on their Europe trip tomorrow night. Finally, after months of planning, hours of sitting in front of the computer while researching, and countless changes made to the itinerary. It was exhausting – for me. I did it almost singlehandedly!

And the best part? I don’t get to go. Boo hoo hoo! The dratted exams. Bah.

They’ll be away for 2 weeks, enjoying London, Paris and Scotland, while yours truly will be home alone wrecking the furniture studying for my exams (they’re on 11th, 13th and 16th of July).

But I really want to do well for this semester’s exams. I’ve put in a lot of effort for the projects and tests this semester, so I’m determined to do well. I will start studying on Monday, cos I will be working on Sunday.

Anyway. If any of you want to plan a Europe trip, here are the things you will need:

1. Lonely Planet Western Europe
2. Best European City Walks and Museums 2005
3. Travellers’ Point Forum (for advice with seasoned travellers)
4. Hostel World (for budget stays)
5. Zuji (for air tickets)

Okay, let me go back to burying my head under the pillow, and crying. Boo.

Hmm. So much has happened in the last few days, and I haven’t really had the mood the blog. Shall skip all that, and focus on the happy things.

Thursday was Serene’s graduation from her Ngee Ann Poly’s Mass Communication course, and Mommy and I attended it together with her BF, Lik. I was the official photographer for Serene’s camwhoring endeavours on that day. So. Here are the photos! (Photos taken with BB’s new digital SLR camera, the Pentax K100D)

Lik and Mommy before the ceremony started

The bouquets of flowers. Serene was the luckiest graduate that day – she was one of the few to receive flowers, and definitely the only one who received 2 bouquets! Haha.

The Stage

Serene receiving her diploma on stage

And later began the camwhoring session outside, at the reception area. I can’t remember most of her friends’ names, so pardon the lame captions for some of the photos! Hur hur.

With her boyfriend, Lik

With Mom

With Lik and Mom

With Jenny the Ayumi Hamasaki-lookalike/wannabe

With Mingshan

With Maria

With Maria and Mingshan

With Jenny and Maria

With Guoyao (who is my the coordinator at my current job! Haha)

Some guy

Another guy

And some girl

Another girl – she commented on the nice colours of BB’s camera!

With her Media Law lecturer

With some other lecturer

With yet another lecturer

And another!

Group photos

Disrobed! Haha!

The mandatory Grad poster photos

OK! That’s about it.

We’re proud of you, ah bi! We know it’s been a long and arduous journey for you (with many sleepless nights spent pigging out on snacks while rushing for deadlines, many days and nights spent shooting films and whatnots, and of course, many tears shed when you got too stressed) so, Congratulations! You’re finally no longer living on our parents’ money! Haha!

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After all that photo-taking (and my arms were sore from using the super heavy camera),  we cabbed our way down to Jurong Point. Serene and Mom spent like 30 minutes at Giordano, and managed to buy a lot of things. I didn’t buy anything!

Then BB came along (he was in NTU, meeting his Prof regarding some FYP matters) and we all trooped off to Billy Bombers, where Serene had her lunch (Mom and I already ate a little at the reception earlier on) and then BB and I shared a banana split.

I was very very very very happy

Mood:  excited! *bounce bounce bounce*

Yay! We are finally going to Escape Theme Park! Haha. After the botched attempt on BB’s birthday (they don’t open on weekdays), we finally get to go today! Haha. I’m now at BB’s place at Pasir Ris, waiting for him to finish work at 12 noon. Haha!

Okay, since I’m in a good mood, I shall blog a little.

Last Saturday,we had an shopping-and-makan outing to JB! By ‘we’, I mean Me & BB, Lis & Xun, and Xiangying & Junior and Jonathan (Junior’s godbrother). Woo hoo. I was super excited that I couldn’t really sleep the previous night. Ha ha ha. Left home pretty early, so I had to wait for them for a while at the JB immigrations. The queue was very loooong.

So I stood there, amongst the crowd, reading my book, Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes. I tell you, the book is absolutely chilling. What made it so scary was that it put into perspective the emotions and the chaos at the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings. What we have read in the news likely made us feel sorry for the victims and their family, but probably not much else. This book made me feel like crying while standing in a crowded place. That’s how ‘good’ it was.

Anyway! After about 30 minutes, all of them were out already, and we proceeded to get cabs to Aeon Tebrau City! Yay! Haha.

We first walked around a little, and then headed to this place called Vivo Cafe for lunch. The food isn’t good at all, so please skip that place if you’re even considering it! Haha! Some of the food we had:

BB’s uber sour apple green tea

Xun’s slightly sour lime sorbet drink, I think?

My very salty chicken lasagne

BB’s Fish fillet baked rice

Uhh. Some pizza. Haha!

And some non-food items:

Haha!

Lis and XY shopped quite a lot on that day, but I only bought 2 things! *good girl* Haha! Here are my buys!

Girl dress with pink flowers from mna and cropped corduroy jacket from Padini!

Jacket was a gift from BB. Thank you BB! *muacks!*

Details on the dress

To see the some of the stuff that XY bought, click here. She actually bought a lot more. Haha! Lis bought blouses and work pants and skirts, but she didn’t post any pics. You can still read it here though. Okay! Happy girls! He he!

After that, we went to Plaza Pelangi! Haha. Shopped some more while we were there. Actually both my buys were from Plaza Pelangi. I forgot until I started typing about this part. So nevermind. Hur hur.

BB bought the Mont Blanc Starwalker EDT

I like it too!

Random photo which BB took (I dunno where it is)

After Plaza Pelangi, we headed over to Tebrau Hawker Centre for seafood!

Can you see the hot pink shirt? That’s Junior! Haha!

Sambal stingray

Drunken prawns, which were unfortunately, not too fresh

Chilli crab, which were unfortunately, not spicy enough

Oatmeal crayfish and Butter crayfish! I like!

We also had baby squid but the photo is not here! And also 2 types of veggies.

Here’s what our table looked like! Haha!

I love the fried mantou.

Sad to say, this stall from which we ordered wasn’t that fantastic. Next time we’re going to try Hiang Kee! It’s supposedly the best one there

After the seafood feast, they headed back to Singapore, while I took a long and lonely bus ride back to Bukit Indah!

Okay! Moving on! The next day, I had to wake up at 4:45am to go to Singapore  Zoo for work. Yes, you read that right. It was for the May Day 2007 event at the Zoo, and Singtel set up a booth there to sell Hi-Cards and handphones.

To prove that I actually did go to the zoo:

White tigers!

At the entrance! Haha!

Work at the Zoo was horrible. Inexperienced staff, horrible weather (sunny, alternated with rainy weather) and horrible location and hours (we started at 8am). There aren’t any eateries within 5 minutes walking distance. Horrible! Was glad when we finally wrapped.

Got this pair of white Scholl sandals for Mommy’s Day

A bit clunky, but Mom says its super comfy!

Daddy came for a couple of nights, on Wednesday, en route to USA. He’s going for a conference. Dunno if he’s landed yet. But I think not. The journey had to be broken up because it was so long! Here’s an outline of his travel itinerary:

Surabaya to Singapore (stop over for 2 nights)
Singapore to Los Angeles
Los Angeles to Chicago
Chicago to Kentucky

On his way back to Surabaya, unfortunately, he has to fly the same route, but with no break in Singapore. He’ll be on transit for 4 hours at Changi, and then fly straight back to Surabaya.

While Daddy was home, we went out for dinner at this restaurant nearby. Food was okay, but nothing spectacular.

Veggie

Salted egg fried crabs! Quite a unique taste.

Tofu

Pork with steamed buns

End of our meal *stuffed tummies*

Hehe!

Last night, at BB’s place, I took photos with the neighbour’s cat, who strayed into our house! Haha! She’s super fat and furry and grumpy looking. I love her! Her body also very soft, and she lets you carry her and she doesn’t scratch. Woo hoo!

I think she looks like Piggy’s long-lost furry relative! Haha!

Okay! Now I really must go get ready to go out! Will blog about Escape soon!

Mood:  (PMS-y although period is not due)

Blogging by order of Miss Lee! Hope you feel ‘entertained’ by this entry okay? Hehe! Well, I know I’ve been neglecting this blog. I’m just so lazy to blog! Too many things to blog about. Hehe.

I started school, attended the Singapore HR Congress 2007, made 2 new friends at school (Jasmine and Baoxin), went out with Lis, BB, Gerald and Leslie for dinner at Plaza Singapura, celebrated Mom’s birthday, started teaching tuition, celebrated BB’s birthday, and stayed at BB’s new room at Pasir Ris (he’s moved there because he has attachment there for the next 3 months, and Boon Lay is simply too far away!)

So. Because I am too lazy to blog in detail, here are some photos:

On BB’s last day of exam, we went out for dinner with some friends! Lis and I met up first, for some shopping and bla bla bla. The usual things that girls do in Orchard. Hehe.

Something really funny happened at Boon Lay MRT:

2 girls were going up the escalator at the MRT station. Let’s call them Clever Girl (CG) and Blur Girl (BG). Train was already at the platform. CG runs towards the train as the doors were going to close in about 10 seconds. After getting onto the train, CG suddenly realises that BG is not in the train with her. Meanwhile, BG was outside, wondering where CG went. CG looks out of the train door and realises BG is outside.

** Their eyes meet **

The train door closes, leaving BG stranded outside. And of course, CG had to get off the train at Lakeside to wait for BG.

The End.

No prizes for guessing that BG is actually Elise, the blur girl, who has indeed very slow reaction. She just stood there and watched me helplessly while the train door closed. I think she was shocked. Hahahaha! Super funny. Hehe.

Anyways! We went to the Sanrio shop at Takashimaya Level 3! I saw a Hello Kitty bag! I want it! Argh!! But BB said no! It’s really pretty.

Me, while waiting for the food Cafe Cartel @ PS

Lis trying to act as cute as me. Okay lah, pass! Haha!

Me again. Hahahah.

Lis again! Hahahaha

BB looks very sian (after 200 takes)

Lis, Gerald & Leslie

Gerald is feeling stuffed by all the food!

BB and me

We love Cafe Cartel bread!

This will go into museums one day. Muahahahaha.

Lis and me! It was damn difficult taking this shot cos we sat opposite each other.

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On last Saturday, we (Mom, Serene and I) went to IMM! With BB too! Yay. We treated Mom to a simple lunch at Ajisen (cos it was her birthday the previous day).

Mom and Serene each had a Volcano Ramen!

My Cha Shu Ramen!

BB’s Veggie Ramen!

Serene and I shared this for Mom for her birthday present -

It’s the Lancome Blanc Expert NeuroWhite Advanced Clarifying Hydrating Milk (Made in Japan) 125ml/4.2oz which we bought from StrawberryNet (whose service sucks because of their Customer Service personnel, Kitty Wong – she’s damn rude. It also seems like she’s the only one on their team who is corresponding with customers – they should take her off!)

Anyway. After lunch at Ajisen, we wanted to head to Daiso to buy some little knick knacks for the home, but instead, we went to Lee Hwa (it wasn’t planned) and Mom ended up buying 4 diamond necklaces for us sisters. Haha! Gonna collect the necklaces tomorrow. Hehe!

And then we went to Daiso, of course. They have new Hello Kitty stuff! I shall go check it out. Ho ho ho.

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Tuesday was BB’s birthday! Yay! I love my BB! Haha. But mushy declarations aside, I have to say that this year’s birthday surprise was not at all well orchestrated.

I intended to bring him to Escape Theme Park. Actually, we did go there - only to find the park closed on weekdays! *roar!* Do you know how frustrating it was? We were both so excited! But it’s okay, we’ve made plans to go next weekend instead!

So anyway, on Tuesday, instead of having fun at the Theme Park, we went to the Pool centre at Downtown East and played pool! I truly suck at it. Thank you very much. Haha. But it brought us great amusement – I lost count of the numerous times that I took a shot and the white ball hit nothing at all. Haha!

Anyway, no photos up till dinner time because we both didn’t have any cameras or any functional HP cameras with us on the day!

After playing pool, we had Sakae Sushi buffet for lunch, and then went back to his room to nap! Hahaha. Quite loser-ish, but I will make it up to you, BB!

For dinner, we had steamboat at Beach Road with Justin! Yay! We spent both our birthday dinners with Justin this year. Hehe…

But we forgot to take photos with Justin again! Argh!! What is wrong with me! Bleh.

Hmm! This year’s special birthday cake made by Maya of LickTheFrosting! Thanks babe! The cupcakes are yummy and gorgeous! Look at the Bee she drew for BB! I’m super happy with the cake. So you can say that I’m a very satisfied customer!

Vanilla cupcakes topped with cheese cream for my Birthday Bee!

The photos really do the cake no justice. It’s better than it looks! It just melts in your mouth. And the vanilla taste is strong (I like) without being overbearing. Plus, the sweet cream cheese is so fragrant. I just wanted to lick the frosting off all the cupcakes! Haha! Maya makes a multitude of different yummilicious cakes, so if you’re having a party, be sure to contact her for your cakes!

My Birthday BeeBee!

*I love you*

BB: Although your birthday surprise didn’t really happen, I will make it up to you okay! We’ll have lots of fun at Escape next week! I’m really looking forward to it! *muacks!* Despite all that, I still had a good time with you, because I simply love spending time with you.

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It was also my classmate Trang’s birthday on Tuesday (so we celebrated it for her in class on Monday).

I like this semester’s class. Because everyone has pretty okay command of the English Language, it means that the lecturer can move at a pace that is non-glacial. Haha. Previously, because of the 3 Chinese girls, the lecturers went really slow. It’s not their fault, but it really bored me to death.

Okay! I think I’ve pretty much summed up the major events in the last one week or so. Haha. Or rather, that’s all the photos I have. Haha!

Mom is in Surabaya with Daddy for 2 weeks. And I am home all alone. It’s kinda unnerving at night, especially when I hear sounds coming from the darkness outside. Urgh. Other that that, I’m fine! 

I have a sudden craving for pizza. Possibly because three pizza brochures are sitting right on my desk at this moment – one from Pizza Hut, one from Domino’s and the other some unknown pizza place that I don’t know of and am not willing to try. Hahahahah…

I woke up just before 3pm today – that’s the result of sleeping at 6am! I went to bed after settling some stuff for the Europe trip. We booked accomodations last night! Booked the air tickets last week. And here’s where my family will be staying: London (Mom, Dad and Serene) and Paris (Mom, Dad, Serene and Elaine). Wheee! I think these places look decent enough. Prices aren’t too bad either (but still damn expensive).

If you’re wondering why we’re booking everything by ourselves, it’s actually because of the limited amount of time that my Dad and sis (Serene) has, which means that no tour group will be able to accomodate to our schedule. Or rather, we won’t be able to fit in. And also because we die die have to be in Scotland for Elaine’s convocation. So Elaine and I convinced our parents to go free and easy and budget. Haha!

My Dad’s super funny – he said that the rooms must have ensuite bathrooms. Haha! Cos he doesn’t want to share with other people! Hehe. If you snoop around such budget hostel/hotel websites, you will know that many of them do not have ensuite bathrooms. Rather, it’s like a youth hostel or dormitory style, where there are shared bathrooms with many shower stalls.

Oh! More exciting news! I just confirmed the booking of the Bed & Breakfast at Inverness (Scotland). Muahahaha. This sure is exciting.

Too bad I’m not going. *silence*

*wails loudly*

Boo! I wanna go to. Stupid SHRI with the inconvenient dates for exams! Bah!

The weather is so unbearably hot today.

It was my birthday yesterday; my 24th 19th birthday. The first time that I’d spent my birthday away from home, and away from my family. Yes, the first time in my entire life. Previously, I’d always spend my birthday at home, having dinner with my family. It means alot to me to have my loved ones around me, celebrating yet another year in my life. However, due to the fact that everyone is far away and busy, and the below reasons, I didn’t have the usual birthday dinner at home. Flashback: Last Year.

A couple of days earlier, I’d decided to take up an 8-week long job with Singtel, cos: (1) it’s 8 Sundays, and couldn’t miss out on that, (2) birthday plans fell through, but that’s okay cos I can always celebrate with the girls another time. So yes, I spent my birthday working!

Doreen said that this is what it’s like when we grow up. Everyone has to work, birthday or not. Haha.

I started my birthday with wishes from BB, Justin, Elaine (who sent me a card which I got on the eve of my birthday), Debra, Gerald and Mian Mian. I was in JB at the time, so the wishes were made over MSN and SMS! Heh. Daddy sent me an e-Card just before I went to bed! I was super touched. So sweet, the e-Card. He’d already sent me a real card about a week before, from Changi airport, where he was transiting during his flight from Bangkok to Jakarta. I went to bed soon after I read his card, and read a few pages of my novel (Jon Katzenbach’s Hart’s War).

[edit: Oh yes, Calyn SMS-ed me too! I received it around 3am while I was actually asleep, hence the forgetfulness. I'm so sorry darling, I left your name out! But of course, your wishes mean alot to me too! Hehe!]

In the morning, instead of the usual birthday mian xian (rice vermicelli), Mom cooked instant noodles for me. We were out of vermicelli! Haha! It’s alright, I still got to eat some sort of noodles, which signifies longevity. Hehe. Quite amusing, though! Mommy wished me a happy birthday, and I had a kiss from her, and after that, it was off to work!

Xiaoli was supposed to work with me, and and as always, her parents drove by to pick me up, en route. Yali was in the car too! Heh. I got 4 birthday wishes from the Choo family! Woo hoo. Yali and Xiaoli presented me with a cute li’l bag from Crabtree & Evelyn (which contained yummy handcream within), as well as a really sweet card, which I was super duper touched to read. Yali is my first and best roomie, my ex-colleague at Bestari Kindergarten, as well as one of the first friends I had after moving back from Jakarta! I’ve always known Xiaoli, of course, but this year, I began working with her at Singtel, and we got to know each other better! We talk, complain, bitch about other people, bicker, argue, tease and ‘insult’ each other endlessly. Haha. Getting to know Xiaoli more actually improved my friendship with Yali, cos now I’m closer to her sis too! Hehe. Both of them are fun and crazy girls, in their own ways. And I love ‘em to bits.

On my way to work, Daddy SMS-ed me, and then he called me! So he wished me a total of 4 times! I’m so blessed – who gets 4 birthday wishes from their Daddy every year? Haha.

Anyways. Kinda depressing to go to work early on the morning of my birthday. And we worked at Boon Lay bus interchange! *faints* So hot, can die! Really. The searing heat is unbearable. And I have 7 more Sundays to go. Think of the money, think of the money.

Received SMS from XY and Lis while I was at work! Thank you, babes! It made me smile. For awhile, at least. Hahaha! Oh yes, and from Serene too. She was still sleeping when I left for work, so she didn’t get to wish me! Hehe. But thank you also for the pretty necklace that you gave me!

Time passed slowly at work, because we had ’supervisors’ watching us. Bleah. I’ve never been watched so closely throughout the years that I’ve been working for Singtel. Working with some people really spoilt my entire day, but thankfully I had Xiaoli and her friend, Xiaoyun (yes, haha these are their real names haha!) to accompany me as well.

After work, I went to withdraw some cash from the OCBC atm, and felt kinda depressed that BB had yet to message me – he said he wanted me to pack food for him on my way back to his place, and said that he would SMS me. So I was just waiting listlessly for the SMS to come in. I SMS-ed Doreen while waiting – I had yet to receive her birthday wish also. I messaged, “You forgot my birthday ah. ” And then she called back! She said she’d sent me an MMS after midnight, but I didn’t receive it! Oh well. I guess it’s delayed, or lost. After hanging up, I waited and waited some more for BB’s SMS, then BB suddenly appeared in front of me!

Haha! I’m so loved! And BB brought me another present too – Justin! Heh. I cannot explain exactly why I was so happy to see the both of them, but I shall try! Well, it figures that I’m happy cos BB is my most loved one. But I was super duper happy to see the both of them maybe because Justin is the first friend of BB’s whom I got to know, way before we got together. And Justin is really a special friend to me too, cos he’s seen all our ups and downs, and we’ve had many many many many happy moments together, the 3 of us. All the steamboat sessions, the first Holland Village outing, moving house and the Chinatown dinner after BB left for Beijing last summer, the Changi boardwalk outing, the sunrise adventure, staying over at Justin’s place, playing with his guinea pigs, bla bla bla. So many! Hehe.

We went to Swensen’s at Jurong Point to have dinner, and they gave me presents! I have The Hospital DVDs, and Yanzi’s new album! Haha. Both were what I wanted. Hur hur. But I didn’t expect them to get me The Hospital DVDs. I only asked for Yanzi’s new album. We were MSN-ing:

Me: BB, I give u idea for my bday present ok! I want 逆光! Hahahaha!
BB: ………
Me: Hahahahaha! Aiya like that u don’t have to think so hard ma, and u know I will surely like it!

Hehe. I’m such a nice girlfriend. Hehe. But BB just had to ‘pack’ the CD among packets and packets of tissue, so that I wouldn’t be able to guess what the present was. =.=”

So. I digressed. I got a card from BB and Justin too! Lalala. I like how they summed up everything in like, barely 4 sentences. Haha! Guys. The difference between girls and guys: Yali and Xiaoli wrote huge amounts of words in their birthday card to me, and BB and Justin wrote about 4 sentences in total! Haha! But both were equally sweet lah. I love all my darlings!

Back to Swensen’s. I had grilled fish with sambal (without sambal, haha) and BB and Justin had a fish baked rice and MegaBurger respectively. Haha! Then Swensen’s presented me with a firehouse icecream, with a candle! Hehe. The guys sang me a birthday song. Very happy leh. And I made a birthday wish! *Shhh. Secret*

Went home afterwards, feeling very loved cos BB managed to surprise me, and Justin came down all the way from Bishan to eat my birthday dinner with me.

Back at BB’s place, Gerald and Mian Mian wished me again, and presented me with a piggy handphone holder thingie. I don’t know what it’s called, actually. Haha. It’s like a bean-bag thing. Haha! Super cute. Looks like BB. Oops. Haha! I read Rach and Uzyn’s messages on my blog (thanks for remembering!) and then we had a cake. BB had bought a cake for me earlier on, but we couldn’t cut it at Swensen’s. Actually we could, but then they already gave us an icecream. So we did the cake-thing at home with Gerald and MM.

They sang me birthday songs in English and Chinese, and then I made the same wish again. Haha. I told BB that if I wished for the same thing twice, it will be stronger. Haha! Okay so now I’m pretty sure my wish will come true! Hur hur hur!

Okay, is it bad luck not to cut your own birthday cake? Because after I made my wish and blew the candles out, BB took over. He cut the cake, and served everyone. I forgot to even perform the mandatory one cut on the birthday cake! Oh no

Nevertheless, it was a long day that started right, became bad (cos of work) and ended perfectly. Thank you to all who remembered, and for the pressies (though you all really didn’t have to – except BB – haha! Old already, no need presents to remind me that I’m old!). Okies. That’s all.

Happy Birthday to me!

One year ago (according to the Lunar calendar, of course) I blogged about spending CNY at home and our new clothes.

This year, we didn’t buy new clothes cos everyone’s just too lazy to go jostling in the malls with the other people, frantically looking for something red that fits. So we just dug out some clothes that we had in our wardrobe and that was that. Haha! I like it better this way – fussing about clothes irritates me.

It’s our 2nd CNY without Elaine, who is stuck in Dundee because they don’t have CNY break over there – why would the ang moh care about CNY, right? Haha.

Hmm. It’s also my first CNY with BB. He came over on the morning of the eve of New Year’s Day, and spent a whole day with us. Other than that, everything’s just the same! Hehe. Glad to have you home too, BB! I still remember, last year, he was ill, alone, in Hall

Well, here are some pics from our celebration this year:

(All photos courtesy of BB, and taken with Panasonic Lumix LX-2)

Reunion dinner!

10-course meal! Roasted pork, yam with meat (my fave Hakka dish), suku (some kind of tuber/root), steamed chicken, stewed pig’s trotters, ginger steamed fish, broccoli with prawns, abalone with french beans, sea cucumber with mushrooms, braised duck. Yum! Mom cooked the whole day, but dinner was over in a matter of just an hour! We also had apple crumble for dessert, making it 11-course actually. Haha. Stuffed to the brim.

Cellphones for sale! Anyone? Hehe. With everyone at home, the amount of radiation from cellphones also increases. Just look!

6 persons, 10 phones. Haha. Don’t ask.

After dinner, we cleaned up, and started making tang yuan (汤圆) Haha. This is something that we sisters do every year. Hehe.

At midnight, we had some traditional rituals to perform, and somehow, this made me feel the family togetherness. These are the offerings for the Gods. I like candles!

Candle in the wind

Alot of people were playing fireworks, although it’s banned in Malaysia. Aiyah. The more you ban, the more we want it. Next year, my eldest sis is gonna get some for us too, so that we can also join in the *eiiiuuuuuu poppp* fun. Haha!!

Played daidee with Serene and BB after that, but I kept losing. Isn’t this the year of the Golden Boar? Am I not supposed to be luckier?!

Okay! Day 1 of CNY!

Me, looking so ayu. Haha!

Bluff one lah, of course. Hahahaha!

The Loo sisters (minus 1)

My blouse looks like an angpow! Haha!

Close up!

BB and I <3

The mandatory act-cute V-pose

Us, with Daddy

BB and I again!

Serene and Doreen

Me and Serene

And then Lik came over, to bring Serene to his place for lunch. Sat around abit, chatted and ate some cookies, while waiting for Mum to get our lunch ready, and change into her nice clothes too. Then…

Finally, family portrait!