the rain spoilt the saturday but...

had made plans for the weekend to go botanical gardens for a picnic on saturday.. the recent weather does not affect my plans and my choice of going there for the weekend.. i had already convinced dear to go there.. besides, sister went there twice and she enjoyed herself so much which makes me want to go there too..

on saturday morning, i packed my mat, canned drinks, and prepared tidbits for the picnic.. as we were going to have lunch before the botanical garden trip, i cancelled the idea of making sandwiches.. it was raining rather heavily when i went out in the morning.. we agreed to meet at orchard as there are more buses to botanical gardens.. when we met, it was still raining.. but i did not give up.. i suggested to go for lunch and then the rain might stop.. but it did not.. :(



with courtesy of melanda-chan and the vouchers i picked up at pepper lunch - central branch.. we bought 2 pepper lunch set at a discounted price!! mine is the curry beef pepper rice.. though i dont really like beef but i prefer the curry compared to the pepper rice.. tried chicken pepper rice before and i find it a bit too peppery for me.. we got the ice-cream too!! it is topped with caramel sauce and soy powder.. i liked the soy powder alot and asked for more.. he he.. great lunch!

as it is still raining after our lunch, and it looked like it is not going to stop, we decided to go the the airport instead..
this is my second time going to changi airport by train but i did not realise that there are departure and arrival flight information at the platform.. i also realised that there are more passengers taking the train to catch their flights as most of them have luggages with them..

gardens @ changi.. it is so beautful to see so many real sunflowers especially where the roots are still intact in the soil.. it is such a beautiful sight!! i took so many photos with the lovely sunflowers!!

i love sunflowers!! because they brighten up my mood!! they have a cheery personality like me.. i remember my ex-manager bought me a bunch of sunflowers on one of my birthdays because she thinks that the flowers

suit me alot.. by the way, the chinese name of sunflowers is not 太阳花 but is 夏日奎。。太阳花 is the direct translation for sunflowers..

on flowers, my favorite includes sunflowers and champagne pink roses.. (:

so we had our so-called picnic at the viewing gallery.. snacks include some donuts and nachos with cheese and salsa sauce.. yum yum!!

the beautiful secret garden...

we simply love nature and the stones.. haha

finally, we conclude the day and head off back to jp to get groceries to prepare another great economical dinner.. really have to save for bills, meals, transport, living, school fees.. pat pat and applaude myself to such great discipline.. sob sob.. haven shopped for months!

menu for the day includes:

1) stir fried tau-ge
2) kampong herbal chicken
3) cubed potato and wu can rou in tomato sauce

though the presentation is not good, but the taste is great! we cleaned up the chicken into bones..

civic princess, happy birthday!

感动吗？没想到吧？现在已经是凌晨十二点多了。。 但我还是特地写搏客哦！

just sent you an sms to wish you a happy birthday!! hee.. hope you like the compliation of photos that i have done.. sorry that i "kope" a few of the photos from chantel site!

so, do you feel like a star on a cover page again! hee.. my greatest birthday wish for you is not only all that i have written in the sms but your love with bro ray to blossom.. miss his 小蓝 when he drives me home..

as i was editing the photos, i really miss the good old times where i get the luxury of seeing you almost everyday.. going to creative with 小名星cum great singer of ji ba ban, willy for lunch..

i wonder if jem jem and max still fight in office? hee..
trust me, they really do.. behind close doors.. haha..

our usual fun during a team building session..
not only do we have great singers around, we have great cooks too, i realised..

sister, thanks for being the sunshine that lights up my life with your great smiles!! i sincerely hope to see you excel once again in everything you do..

may you enjoy this special day with your special someone under the shining stars.. 狗仔 news..

on your birthday, also know that i love you too!! and that i will be here for you always!! though i do not have a license to drive you around when you are tired but i can help call a cabbie for you.. hee.. though i do not have a voice like yours to sing songs to you to entertain you when you need an entertainer but im a great k partner.. though i do not have a great taste like yours in terms of fashion, accessorising and shopping but i will be a great shopping partner to give you my honest humble opinion.. though i have never done sales in my life before, i can never understand how to manage ecps but i have a great pair of ears to listen to your woes..

hugs!!

P.S cheers to our great 1 year of friendship!! and many more years to come..

de-stress.. fun-time!!

take one: fun time at the arcade!!

it has been quite awhile since we last had our usual fun at marina bay.. we met at noon to have our favourite marina south curry for "brunch".. breakfast cum lunch.. then we headed to the arcade for a real time of fun!!

it was a cool saturday afternoon, the arcade only patron was just the two of us!! as usual, dear dear played his drum mania.. then, my favourite, bash bash bashi... i think i played four to five times.. then, we played the shooting game, however, my aiming skills are so lousy that i gave the game up.. better be an onlooker.. hee.. we were at the arcade for about an hour..

take two: as you can see, we are really have lotsa fun there!!

take three: didnt play this game.. just pose for a photoshoot!! hee..
after our gaming session, we headed to jurong east library to see if there are any good books to borrow.. hee.. i borrowed a book all on chocolates!! hopefully, i have time to make some cookies before school starts.. haven't really go to library after my exams.. there were many secondary school students doing their assignments in the library.. there was two particular ones who sat beside me while i was browsing which to borrow.. they were trying to complete their maths homework and part of their convo went like this: i didnt eavesdrop but we were sitting on the same table and they were just opposite my seat..

A: shall we go walk walk after this?
B: you mean after this flips to the end of the worksheet stapled together or right after this question?
A: anything lor.. best if after this question.. all right, let's get started right now!!
B: ok..
A: eh, why you wear so nice today.. thought we were supposed to dress down??
B: ok mah.. i wore slippers leh!!

by the way, both of them were wearing quite nice and casual.. the other one was wearing long slacks thats why her friend said she wore better.. haha.. we used to be like that too.. we can talk on the phone for the longest time to decide our clothings..

it really reminded me of the times when i was still in secondary school.. like them, we used to hang out in the library.. we used to go to the cookery section and take all the recipe books to look at the pictures to comment!! we used to be so close.. but now, one, the one that has been my classmate for five years.. always encouraging me to buck up on my chinese, the one that went through thick and thin with me in red cross, the one that is by my side when i was the i/c for the sec one and always without fail pronunced the name for agnes wrongly to acne! haha.. she helps to manage them because there were only six seniors when we were handling the committee.. the chairman and vice-chairman had to handle the red cross affairs and the sec three.. while another had to handle sec two and i have 42 of them in sec one!! had to ensure they had their uniforms, boots, buttons, etc etc.. the one that participated ndp with me, the one that spends my school holidays with me, the one that brought homemade bak-chang for me when my grandma didnt make that year.. the one that diy my hair colour for me.. the one that stay so near to me so we can go jp together every now and then.. the one that gone though renovations-moving house and has to cope with o levels is getting married.. soon, or now, her priorities have changed... :( but am still glad and honored to be her jie-mei.. and she is moving out of our neighbourhood..

after the library visit, we went to imm giant to grab some groceries before heading home to cook an economical dinner in an effort to save $$.. or rather, no more $$, so had to head home to cook.. haha..

take four: after 2 hours in the kitchen, managed to whip up a pizza and carbonara pasta with bacon!
we had chocolate fondue with marshmallow, banana and strawberry ice-cream for dessert!! i am so tired.. after dinner, it was already 10pm!! we managed to watch you tube on some taiwanese variety shows and had a good chat before dear dear head home.. the chat was important not that we talk on important things but the past week, dear had been busy with work so by the time when we talk at night, he is already very sleepy so we didnt manage to catch up much.. must enjoy the present before school starts again.. (:

take 5: our last few poses for the day.. look at my tired face and my dear xiao ace at the back!

i need some help..

have been fascinated by the end results of a plastic surgery!! though i do not consider myself really ugly with bad face shape and ugly features but if i had the money and the guts, i would definately go for it..
afterall, who doesnt want to be pretty.. for beauty, human resort to anything.. to undergo plastic surgery, it does not affect how others look at me..

being beautiful is my dream.. always have been..

was at the famous dr woffles webbie.. it is interesting to find the articles related the all the problem areas..
on myself, i probably would need the following services:

1) liposuction of the tummy, the butt and the thighs.. ($30.000)
2) removal of eyebags and dark eye circles ($10,000)
3) nose job ($5,000 to $6,000)
4) and if i can, a "bleaching" session.. i always like being fair! hee..

*sighz* if only i had the money and can stop working to undergo the surgery.. otherwise, any banks willing to give me zero interest installment plan??

hee..will start save save save.. for a better me!! hee..

~~i must be dreaming!!

甜蜜的感觉。。

在网上看到一个很温馨又让人有种甜蜜的感觉。。昨天刚已快要结婚的好友几姐妹brainstorming session.. 该怎么 sabotage新郎。。不过，结婚是件甜蜜又欢喜的事。。朋友, congrats!!

有可爱教主，杨丞琳。。 为 LeTea 的 广告。。我在上海和香港都有一之喝 Le Tea。。

真让人好想谈恋爱哦！

p.s sista, do you remember how i always exclaim to you when i see her tvcs in taiwan.. especially the 麦片one.. (:

my thoughts..

a heart-warming message was sent to me by hz babe.. she thought of me and how i helped her in the shape run last year when she had to be around for her family.. she said 1 year has passed since the day and she wanted to thank me for being a great colleague!!..

i miss her too... it was also through His grace that i always ended up in a company with great colleagues and became good friends..

just to share one of the past events i did... though work was very busy.. rushing for events.. supermarket promotions.. switching from being a smart, ms tough, to talk to suppliers to get better discounts, a humble lady during wine appreciation sessions, to try to bring out all my dialects when talking to local supermarket buyers to be like them during negotiations to get better spacing, etc.. to being strict and firm when talking to promoters to enforce some discipline in them.. o, i miss them so much.. met some when i go groceries shopping.. they still do recognise me and always greet me with their always warm smiles!! but the sense of achievement was greater than now.. hope i can get my degree soon.. i cant wait!! now i have to start thinking what i can do after i graduate..

jv, my ex-colleague, my client, my 3 great guest chefs, me n my ex-boss..
oh yes, we were in alsacian costumes!!

cant wait for school to start.. its another japan holiday for me.. seems like this holiday is longer than usual..been home almost everyday after work as dear is busy at work.. no school, no lectures, no tutorials, no assignments.. though i dont like the feeling of rushing for assignments, studying for exams.. but this semester, im all prepared for it with my 小Ace, with office 2007 installed, we are together ready to 'chiong'!!! may the coming semester pass like a breeze, amen!

oh my oh my, i cant wait to graduate!! and i will become the next graduate in my family together with B sis!! Cant believe it!!

加油 Stephy, 加油 小Ace!!!

surprise birthday!!

a picture speaks a thousand words!!

sinful treats..

dear,
you have been working very late almost every other nights.. hope the specially handpicked dark and liquor chocolates can help you de-stress for a while.. so happy to see your face brighten up when i handed you the chocolates.. you were too tired to notice that i had the carrier on my hand!.. hee.. cause usually you always asked me what's my damage to my pockets on shopping.. hee..

well, hope that after eating your favourite dark chocolates you will feel happy.. may your project complete soon so you do not have to work so late every night.. if only i could help you in anyway.. but dear, i am not engineering-trained..

thanks for always standing by to listen to all my nonsense, bear with all my craziness on just follow law, bear with my short temper, always accompany me eat steamboat though you dislike it. accompany me eat durians though u hate the pungent smell.. to me the taste is too nice.... for watching 200 lbds beauty with me for more than once though you seldom watch shows more than once if it is not a great show.. for watching all the kim ah jung ads with me knowing that i am crazy about her!! always listening to me complaining about my job, my life etc.. thanks for always being around for me.. thanks for everything, dear.. love you..

hope the chocolates can encourage you a little during this busy period..

so happy to hear you compliment about my compliation of the photos. glad that you like it! it took me quite a few nights to edit all the photos we have taken..

p.s: thanks for wanting to accompany me in the lantern festival session.. so looking forward! im sure we'll have a great time!!

donut factory new ambassador!

thanks B sis for queuing up to buy the delicious donuts for us! the donuts are so great that we finished 18 donuts in a day! there are so many different flavours to choose from.. orange chocolate, coffee almond, cheese, raspberry filled chocolate coated and so many more... i like the packaging too. they treat the donuts with so much care placing them in a box without stacking them up unlike other confectionary shops..

歌王歌后... (在我心中!)

哈本营。。。

k-ing..

on 7th july 2007, though it is not a special day for me. the media here hypes up the day for the dates as it is the only day that has 3 sevens in it.. i did not dress up specially for the day.. just felt like dolling up.. haven't doll up myself for a long time! maybe is also because i met up with sista last week.. she always doll up.. so i wanted to doll up.. hee.. hopefully, we can go singing next time sista.. i miss singing with you, sista.. wait till our $$ full full then we go ok? may you huat ah.. dont forget ji ba ban!!

finally, we get to satisfy our singing craving! with my k membership and student package, we managed to sing for 5 hours at a good price!! of course, i sang my favorites artists songs from jolin tsai, fish leong, rainie yang, jay chou, elva, angela chang, stefanie sun. gary, jj, fir, she etc etc..

sista, i miss singing she, jolin, elva etc.. songs with you.. at least we can take turn.. remember our last k session?? we sang 天灰 beautifully.. i like your closing.. your voice is too powerful!!

the high part was when we sang, may day 离开地球表面。。it has been a long time since we danced in the k room.. fyi. this is the 1st time we sang may day song.. regretted not videoing the may song.. i video-ed one of the duet we sang but still getting approval from upstairs.. not upstairs lah. from dear dear to publish on my blog.. hee.. dear dear said i kena the poison from just follow law.. keep repeating, re-enacting the scenes and watching the dvd.. i think i watched it more than 50 times. i watched the 1st time on movie during cny.. after the dvd was launched, i watched it every weekend!!! haha.. in the k room, while waiting for my mini-concert to start as it was dear dear's concert then.. haha.. i explored the room, the lightings, dear dear, hope you were not irritated by the poor management of the lightings.. trying to protray the disco effects.. haha.. then, i chanced upon the beverages.. look at the names of the beverages!!

lemon tea is still the best!

小Ace.. my precious notebook..

pardon for the lousy creation of the pictures.. wanted to celebrate the homecoming of 小Ace..

please refer to the narration belows:
from top left to bottom right: ...me cheerios to the 小Ace!!
...wanted to sing sing and dance dance for my first notebook, my 小Ace.. .
...,]. fish helped to carry it home.. see i treated him a slurpee!! wanted to take a picture of his face but he doesn't want because he just got a "free" hair cut.. hee...
... dear dear called to asked if i collected my new notebook.. i said yessh.. but is not a notebook, it is 小Ace.. thanks dear dear, i know you wanted to collect it with me but you had to work late..

why i want to give it a name? because this is my first notebook and i bought it out of my own pockets..小Ace suits it perfectly.. i may be considered a laggard in this IT age that i have not owned a notebook before.. but now i own one!! hee..

why i name it 小Ace?? wanted to give it a name such as 小灰 because of the colour.. sister, trust me.. i thought of jem jem when i wanted to name it 小灰 but is damn funny loh.. he is a guy and he name an office notebook mah.. but if i called it 小灰, then it sounds so grey.. the saying, my skies are grey.. definately, i do not want that.. so i thought of another name.. .. because the brand name is Acer.. i bought it mainly for my assignments and hopefully i can Aces all my assignments!! and alternatively ace in everything.. hee.. Amen?!

P.S O yes, i want to thank alfred kor kor, hee.. follow ,]. fish call u..., for giving me advices on the specs.. now that i thank alfred kor kor..

have to thank ,]. fish for carrying the heavy thing for me from jp all the way.. it's good to have a brother sometimes.. but as i learnt more things from you.. i get worried.. live life.. love life.. ,]. fish, we love you.. spend your time doing things more worthy of your time..

thank my dear dear for the supplementary citibank card which gives us zero installment plans.. hee

PPS: because alfred kor kor reads my blog too.. so have to give some credits.. because i do not want to take your help for granted... i appreciate it.. hee

love is in the air...

dear dear, hope you like the edited picture created just for you. im just an amateur at editing photos.. can you remember where and when we took this photo?? hee..
know that you are recently stressed with your job.. hope this little picture keeps you fighting! jia you wor!! love u!

thanks for standing by always..!!

my sister.. my great friend.. my dear civic princess..

sister, since you like to be a princess so much.. here's one for you! hee
hope you like the humble gift!

finally, sisters can meet up to have our fave steamboat together!! thanks sister, i know the qap is tiring.. you sacrificed your nap and even kena horned twice on your way to suntec to meet me but i was late.. ): sorry sister.. but i really appreciate you alot..

the 1st time we have the suntec steamboat was a year ago, we went shopping together and we rested our tired legs and enjoyed a good dinner of steamboat.. from that day onwards, i promised to crack an egg for you.. was on black and white on your friendster testimonial too.. no escape.. hee.. i still crack your egg for you! the 2nd time, we went as a foursome with bro ray too!! though i enjoyed the foursome but i prefer spending time together alone with you.. we had so much 猪肝 that our soup was filled with the essence of it!

times have changed.. $$ not easy to earn nowadays.. with my studies ongoing and other plans does not allow us to go out often.. really miss those days where i get the luxury of seeing you everday..

though it is more than 3 weeks to your birthday, hope you like the well advance pressie and card.. i took a picture of the pressie in the camera.. it was actually meant to be a surprise because you may think i give it to you nearer your birthday.. but you looked at all the photos and you saw the pressie!!

im happy that we shared a room in the taiwan trip.. allowing me for more chances to know you better.. though there were times which we had different opinions on things, and sometimes you were so straightforward and abit harsh with me.. for instance that day you even told me about my performance in jj.. for a moment, i was quite sad and disappointed.. but was glad that you were honest with me.. thanks for always standing by, for always updating me about your life, for always being yourself with me.. thanks for allowing me to be your listening ear and mediator between you and bro ray.. thanks for always saying you love me.. thanks for entertaining me by tieing up your hair just to show me the different styles you have.. thanks for always telling me that you cherish our great friendship and that we'll go a long way.. im sure we will.. for we have so many similar interests.. being such a shopaholic but for now have to cut cut cut.. $$ not easy to earn nowadays.. with the fact that both of us can yak and yak and yak all day long, and we love to take pictures though you always have better pose, we love to doll up though you are better at it.. being so spontaneous during k session.. sing sing, dance dance, sharing songs together, enjoying mini-concerts!! but sister, i can never sing like you.. you have a great great voice.. its a pity that you haven join the superstar.. nevertheless, you are already a star in my heart..!! 我们永远支持你！！

always candid sister, she wore the 2 pairs of earring for a shot..

shot 2..
you may be wondering why i get 2 pairs of earrings for you, that's because i want to be unique.. because usually noone gets 2 pairs.. hee.. i purposely hand-picked the designs for you leh.. did not anyhow get a giftset..

sister, hope you like the tiara i 'crowned' on you.. hee
a pose with my birthday wishes for sister

we witness quite a funny sight.. in my opinion that is.. we saw this fruit stall assistant measuring and counting the fruits basket by basket.. weighing the starfruits, bananas.. counting the no. of dragonfruits, papayas, watermelon, honeydew.. taking them randomly for measuring their weight.. my cheeky side of me took some quick shots.. and even a after shot to look at all the covered fruits!..

your wish shall be granted, we'll stay pretty pretty cute cute always!! hee..

cheers to our great sisterhood!
can you see the muscial notes at the background??

p/s and yes, our 1st experience kena chased by the security guard to tell us the building is closing in 5 mins time and we were to leave the building now..

jay chou..

i heard this last thursday.. it's a nice song.. it has been soo long since his last album, november chopin.. awaiting for his movie and then his concert.. gogogo jay!!

my fruitful weekend..

dear dear at 味香园

here we go..

dear dear ready for wedding..

This weekend was well-spent.. i managed to accomplished alot of things before the great gst increase!!

1) paid off semester school fees.. thanks to shenton income fund which keeps my fees safe for me.. hee
2) my precious and my 1st acer laptop.. thanks to dear dear supplementary citibank card which gives us zero installment purchase.. will upload my new lappie once i get my hands on it.. hmm.. what name shall i call it?? ...
3) had my fave steamboat dinner with sista.. will upload the photos tonight..

which also means i have to save save save.. “省省省, mother最棒" does that reminds you of that catchy phrase? smart marketers nowadays use catchy phase for easy customer retention!..