Happy stuffs!

I have always been a fan of Gardens' ( short form for S'goon Gardens) and it totally rocks that I'm staying in the vicinity. 10 mins flat and I can get my ass there. hah. =)

Kinda had a rough week at home so moi engaged in a little garden's indulgence. 

ooOOoo la la~



Olive Rice and Pandan Chix from Sticky Rice. And I also checked out the al' new Cold Storage Speciality. Got myself my favourite brand of chips and Post's cranberry cereal.



I admit. I brought this home only because the cutesy box is Pinkish. 



LOOKS DAMN YUMMY RIGHT!!! My recent creation. Prawn mayo with 5 spiced chix on toasted walnut bread. TASTE AWESOMELY GOOD CAN. *so proud of myself*




A beautiful sunset on the horizon just outside my doorstep. Serendity.

p/s: Those low-rised private property you see in the pic? Yup. You're looking at the famous S'goon Gardens estate.

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Alright alright. Please bear with my prolonged-procrastination on the updates of my post BKK trip. Gonna get the remaining peeeek-tures from bestie later. And I promise I'll update in the next entry ya. Most prob will upload them first on Facebook.




For now, you have the opportunity to drool on SEXY ANANDA EVERINGHAM...

( but he's mine lah! hahaha.)




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I'm kinda hooked to Shayne Ward's recent album - Breatheless. Especially his hit song : No U Hang Up. Nice.

got rid of those clothes you left like you got rid of our dreams
don't wanna be reminded of all of the memories
I use to have the ticket stamp saved from our very first date
but that don't really matter now cause you threw our love away

- Damaged by Shayne Ward

The other side of me.




Poem: "Crying" by Galway Kinnell

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Tears are far more beautiful than anything that you have with you, because tears come from the overflow of your being. Tears are not necessarily of sadness; sometimes they come out of great joy and sometimes they come out of great peace and sometimes they come out of ecstasy and love. In fact they have nothing to do with sadness or happiness. Anything that stirs your heart too much, anything that takes possession of you, anything that is too much, that you cannot contain and it starts overflowing — that brings tears.

Accept them with great joy, relish them, nourish them, welcome them, and through tears you will know how to pray.

Through tears you will know how to see. Tear-filled eyes are capable of seeing truth. Tear-filled eyes are capable of seeing the beauty of life and the benediction of it.

-The Diamond Sutra

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Nothing beats being under warm showers when at my most vulnerable self. When the whole world seemed to have taken a step back upon me, I know I am safe and I know I can be comforted in that little humble corner of mine. The warmth of the trickles sometimes hides those empowering tears but sometimes it doesn't. And it's really ok because I want to cry. I have to sob. I know I can let my guard down and cry my heart out. ;'(

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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader.”

~Robert Frost

The mail.

You're welcome.

=)

The Birthday Song

Don't worry about that extra line
That's creeping up upon your face
It's just a part of nature's way
To say you've grown a little more
Trees have rings and thicker branches
Kids shoes get a little tighter
Every year we're getting closer to who we're gonna be
It's time to celebrate the story of how you've come to be

Happy birthday my friend
Here's to all the years we've shared together
All the fun we've had
You're such a blessing
Such a joy in my life
May the good Lord bless you
And may all your dreams come true

So light a candle on your cake
For every smile you've helped create
For every heart and every soul
You've known to grow a little more
A few more pounds, a little more grey
Don't count the years just count the way
It takes a little time to go from water into wine
Don't ever lose the wonder of the child within your eyes

Happy birthday my friend
Here's to all the years we've shared together
All the fun we've had
It's such a blessing
Such a joy in my life
May the good Lord bless you
And may all your dreams come true

- The Birthday Song by Corrinne May

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I can't sing you a birthday song this year... but I know you'll have a blast. Stay happy.

Happy birthday my friend. =)

Today is Saturday.

Shifu gave me this quote earlier :

The more you are trying to forget someone special to you, the more it makes you feel so hard to do especially if the person you are trying to forget has left so many things behind that could remind you of him/her wherever you go.

Hmmm...

Off to Z-Land. *yawns*

Good Friday

Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday before Easter.

I've always known about the origins of Easter but not about the great Friday. This day is to commemorate the cruxifiction and death of Jesus at Calvary. And today, we get to eat yummy hot cross buns.

I feel like having one right now. *mouth-itchy*

I LOVE watching Travel and Living on SCV. Such a gastronomic adventure which I can only feast by my eyes. urgghhh. That explains why I wanted to blog about hot cross buns.

Trivia of the day :
Oh, did you know the French baguette (the long narrow loaf) originated not from France but from Austria? French breads are baked round. (:

Short public holiday! But no, am not heeding out at all. My PMS is STILL crap shit and I am a semi-wreck with my outrageous pimples and bloated self. arghh.

I shall stay indoors during the weekends. Seems like my 4-day trip at BKK kinda made me inmune from retail therapy. Even a shopping queen knows her limits CAN.

Woah fuck. I am extremely exhausted. Nights you all.

Shrugs

PMS is crap. Hates it.

DAMN PAIN CAN.

*wails*

I am totally moodless today. Sorry the BKK update will be kept on hold.

arghh.

@*%&*&^%~!!!

She cried not because she is weak.
She cried not because she wants sympathy or pity.
She cry because crying silently is no longer possible.
The pain, hurt, and agony have become too big a burden to be kept inside...

Breathe in, Breathe out.

I don't feel good today. Raging bouts of emotion empowering me. And the thing is, I don't know what's wrong.

Sometimes smiles can be deceiving.



I love this song.

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And I fall down sometimes
And I’m not letting go
You hold the other line
Cause there is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes

Goodbye Singapore.




Sawatdee Khrab Thailand~

I'm off. I hope it's sunny over at BKK. Will be back with lotsa goodies!

In the meantime,

PLEASE MISS ME. <3

Wednesday is here.

I'm on leave for almost the whole of this week. Was telling Shifu that I needed a day to pack my stuffs (inclusive of procrastination). I have tuition tomorrow morning till 2pm so after tuition, I'll drop by the nearest mart to get last minute stuffs.

Had a minor confrontation with a guy friend of mine earlier in the afternoon. The whole childish convo was making me real pissed because he was getting all pussyfied about a recent attitude I gave him weeks ago. He refused to believe that I have nothing against him and was literally picking a fight over cyberspace.

I HATE IT WHEN GUYS START GETTING ALL GU-NIANG ( girly ).

It was absurd to the max that he was actually unhappy I did not ask him along for 10,000BC. C'mon. It's an all girls night out. Why should I ask when I know that you are definitely gonna say no?

WOAH.

Firstly, if I am pissed off with your actions, my body language would be a dead give away. But! It wouldn't carry on until the next day (because you are just my friend and not my boyfriend. Don't ask me why... I tend to be harsher towards people I love). It's irritating because he actually asked me to be frank and to tell him straight if he's in the wrong or whatsoever.

So you request for the truth only to refuse to accept it in the end and stubbornly insist that you are right? Sorry to say this but I dislike bickering with s _ _ _ d people. Not my cup of tea.

I don't care if you read this entry because I have already made it very clear to you. If you choose to think in your own way then, there is nothing I can do about it.

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The IT Fair 2008 was helluva crowded. Though I must admit that the human congestion wasn't as horrible as last year's.

We fought the sardine-packed levels and managed to get ourselves 30 over advertisment flyers, 2 thumb drives and a Fujitsu laptop. Ipod Touch was on sale for ONLY $398. Totally sold out on the Saturday that we went. Anyway, I reckoned that the whole Sg would be blogging about their newly bought tech-y stuff so ain't anything suprising if I were to blabber about it.



No prizes for guessing what's in the bag. Oh, it's PINK by the way.

We went down to this atas Jap restuarant recommended by Phoebe to fill our hungry stomach after like 8hrs non-stop on the prowl at the IT fair. The meal was a steal can. Pheobe had those $5-off-anything-in-the-menu and I had a hard time picking a main course. Love their Tempura! Will go there again the next time with Lei who couldn't join us that day.



*ahem* Mr and Mrs Chen. *ahem*



Oh and if you wondering which Jap restaurant has this special offer, it's located at Central Mall just outside this particular "sign". Highly noticeable. haha.



We requested for a table near the window. View of Clarke Quay. Pretty.



With Shifu and Shimu.



Night shot. Did I mention that the Bunch grew to love Clarke Quay? Come Saturday, you might catch us sitting by the river chatting away into the wee hours of the morning.



Clarke Quay's not just about the hard partying and noisy pubs. Sometimes, looking at the bungee rides can be fun too. They scream, you follow them and scream also lor!

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p/s : I am going to continue packing up my luggage...

Rainy Monday




It is rainy days like these that makes me don't feel like doing anything. Blogger's kinda screwed as well.

Argh.

I'm gonna have hot coffee now.

Awesome. It's FRIDAY!

I HEART FRIDAYS. Because it's playtime for me. I get to spend time with my closest bestie, the Great ECP gang, my family and of course, quality time with me, myself and I. =)

*i'm multi-tasking now. Talking to Theo,Lei,Shifu,Char and Rayson on MSN. Blogging. Surfing the SIM webby.

Damn funny. On mass chat with Bestie and Rayson about our upcoming BKK. You know, the usual discussion on where to meet and stuffs...

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
lets think of where to have dinner

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
i was thinking of having ching food

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
dian xiao er!

RAYSOn™ says:
ching?

:: Charlene :: His Sweets :: says:
wait. any idea which airport?

:: Charlene :: His Sweets :: says:
ching- chinese.

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
oh yah

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
it doesn't matter. we can go walk ard T3

RAYSOn™ says:
which terminal?

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
omg we dunno which terminal!

RAYSOn™ says:
to take our flight?

:: Charlene :: His Sweets :: says:
hahaha.

:: Charlene :: His Sweets :: says:
ya!!!

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
OMG

RAYSOn™ says:
ticket with who ah

나나 ** A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it - Jean de La Fontaine <3 杨宗纬* says:
errr. dunno? haha

:: Charlene :: His Sweets :: says:
can someone print the hotel slips!


It's barely 5 days to our trip and yah, we are still unsure of the check-in terminal and all the important info about the hotel. Well, what do you expect from a fashionista-cum-designer and two shopaholics? It's all about SHOPPING. An even more ironic thing, we all have a list of stuffs to get for others but we don't have ANY IDEA on what to get for our ownselves!!!

Seriously, I think I'll end up spending time searching for gifts instead of shopping for myself. But I'm totally cool. I like the idea of giving gifts.

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Theowee is going back Aussie this coming Sunday. SO FAST CAN. It seems like just yesterday when she celebrated my 23rd with me. Cafe Del Mar when you are back! Or maybe, we'll make a trip down to Aussie just before you grad.

~

Loads of stuffs going on later.

• Late night movie and Supper at Swensons with Theo,Josh and Lei ( 10,000 BC!)
• 2nd round interview at XXX tomorrow!!! ( yes yes, they called me this morning! )
• SIM Open House ( still thinking if I should make a trip down. Yeap. I've got plans to study Full-time there instead of MDIS. Will talk about that some other time)
• Luggage Bag Hunting ( maybe I should just borrow lah. )
• OH YAH. And jogging! ( this is if I sleep early and not be tempted to have long emo-fied msn convo with Shifu. )

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Advertisement time! My 2nd baby sister's part-timing at the IT fair 2008 (Suntec City). She'll be at the APPLE booth. So PLEASE, spread around and up her sales! ( damn. feel like getting iTouch. )

~

It's the 7th! Another happy 7th to us babe! *muacks*

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Forget the times you walked by,
Forget the times you made me cry,
Forget the times you held my hand,
Forget the sweet things if I can.
I can no longer pretend;
I have to remember now, you're just my friend.

p/s : It's 2am now and I'm not on the bed yet. haha. Bitching with Shifu.

Nothing much.

And so, with a contented and confident smug on my face, I left my house formally dressed and made my way to XXX for the interview.

TA DA. ME. =)



1. Luckily I left the house earlier than what I had planned for.

2. It was just heaven's will that I actually remembered to bring along my brolly. ( It rained CAN. OMG.)

3. I nearly got lost walking up and down, in and out corners. And I was in heels mind you. Blisters were forming and I was silently cursing at how "signs idiot" I was. Yes. I had to ask around. -________-"

4. I got interviewed by two chio bus. Well, it went alright. They said they'll buzz me for a 2nd round interview if I am selected. *cross fingers* for good news.

5. I am still quite reluctant about this job there at XXX.

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Were you among the 5.5 million who received the MMS? He's still freaking somwhere-out-there in the woods/forest/grass/haunted places in Sg.




I am on the topic about relationships with Shifu on MSN now... it's one whole fucked up complicated matters of the heart-cum-brain-cum-soul-cum $$$ issues. It is not as simple as saying "I Love You" and all the cliched couple-couple stuffs. Seriously, there is so much more to think about than merely getting jealous over your boyfriend's classmates/colleagues or being contented about the monthsarys you both love celebrating.

You know, all this BIG TALK makes our dear boys/men vulnerable too...

I'm not joking.

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The easiest part of marriage is falling in love and walking down the aisle. The most difficult part of marriage is 10 years later when the problems have ensued and issues have come about and you still find love. Marriage is not about the beginning, marriage is about the process and still being able to love through all things.

- Anonynomous

OH GOSH.

*heartbeat*

I just received a call from XXX HR to go down for an interview tomorrow morning at 10am.

Honestly, I don't know if I should smile and be happy about it.

Still, I'll try my very best and excel in the interview.

Wish me LOADS of PINK LUCK!

Now now, where did I keep my G2000 office wear...

Over the weekends...

I think I am an absolute hopeless romantic....



For the first time, a film actually made me cry buckets and my entire make-up ruined with traces of mascara and eyeliner all over my face. Every line, scene, voice, song, quote tugged at my heartstrings. I cannot stop thinking about this almost unrealistic, cliched romantic movie of this leap year. Corinne May's songs were PERFECT for the theme. Bestie and I vouched to buy her album straight after the movie but HMV was closed by then.

Please go and watch it if you've not caught it yet. Best is to bring your girlfriend/boyfriend along. There was this girl who was all alone beside us during the show. So not right.

Saturdays with Bestie screams awesome as usual. Drove our way down to Holland V from Town with the help of a 'step-by-step-driving-directions' phonecall from Shifu. I reckon girls are horrible idiots when reading a map but give us credits for we are considerably excellent in following instructions! Chilled out at Essential Brew (their apple crumble is way too delish!) and gushed (ok make it just me) at a cute waitor called Mikhail who said we looked 20. HAHA.

Sunday's ecp blading was cancelled due to the rain but the bunch settled for a dinner treat at Sushi Tei from Lei who got newly promoted. *CLAPS* Thanks for the sumptous Japanese cuisine! I LOVE THEIR BAKED ASPARAGUS WITH SALMON AND ROE. To-Die-For.

Am exceptionally pleased with my tuition assignments. My P4 boy scored 95 marks for his Chinese spelling last week! I could see the excitement on his face when he showed me the remarks his school teacher wrote for him. He said I would be shocked when I saw his new acheivement. He never got pass 55 in the past and now an almost full marks ! Indeed surprised.
It felt great passing down my personal trick on ace-ing 'ting xie' (chinese spelling). Not only that made me proud of myself, one of the girls for my P1 class at the CC insist to turn up for class despite having a bad bout of gastric flu. She was awfully sick and her mum actually commented that she loves my class that's why she refused to be absent. Awwwww. =) But of course I sent her home after an hour after some pacifying telling her that next week's class would be more fun.

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I am supposed to be sending out resumes now.

Ok chao~

**

"It is better to have loved and lost; than never to have loved at all."
- Li-Ann (The Leap Years)