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Fresh Fruit Cake

2008-06-27T23:02:00.004+01:00

Tonight we celebrated two friends' birthday. Here are the birthday boys!

Fred & Jose

It was kind of interesting, because we had a roast meat banquet. There were roast duck, roast chicken, roast pork, garlic chicken!! Yummmmmmmmmmmy!!

These pictures are only a small representative small portion of the entire picture. :)

And for dessert, we had almond jelly with grapes! Pretty!

Spot the white almond jelly amongst the grapes!!

And to celebrate the occassion, Tessa and I made a Fresh Fruit Cake.

Cross-section of the cake

Sponge cake layered with fruits - kiwi, peach and strawberry!

The night ended late at about 10:40pm. It's time to go and sleep. Birmingham tomorrow!

Wan Ping's visit

2008-05-14T23:00:00.007+01:00

I met up with Wan Ping (Weiann's girlfriend) over the last weekend!

This is her on the left and me on the right of the guard.

We spent the weekend touring Windsor Castle on Saturday and doing a FREE London walking tour on Sunday (of course, you tip the guide at the end - depending on how good you thought the guide did his/her job)

Windsor castle is quite awesome, in the sense that there are still people living in it. I mean, the royal family still stays there! Not all the time though...

So, a little orientation... ...

This is the fortress right in the middle. It is positioned the highest and it's where the Queen and King will retreat to and hide if there were to be any attack. Also, from this height, you can see attackers from a great distance.

End of orientation. Hee.

This is one of the famous Queen's guard.
His side profile.
More of them...
Oh, it's for a change of duty.

Surprisingly, the guards we saw that day were all very young. I wonder where they are from... They look like students... Hmm...

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Besides Wan Ping, there were this 3 other guys (also exchange students from Singapore), at the same university with Wan Ping.

From left to right: Derek (aka Sista Debbie), Jing Yang and Yisi.

They were nice company. :)

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And this is the fortress with me standing in front, taking a touristy picture - a proof of being there! Hahaha =D

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The next morning, we went to London for a walking tour - it's an old city tour, meaning we get to know a bit more about london and its history. :)

We started off at the Tower Hill Sundial.

It is supposed to be very accurate. If you can see where the shadow is, you will see that it's near the Roman numeral X. And that was exaclty the time, close to 10am in the morning!

We started off from the Tower Hill and walked along the Thames River, where we stopped at a few stops to hear about some fire in 1666 (Great Fire of London) and somewhen else. And somewhere in history, London was also affected by plague spread by fleas living on rats. And there used to be people living on one of the bridge across Thames River (but I can't recall which one it was). It was brought down in a fire too, with 3000ish people dead in that incident.

Of course, I heard about the silly guy from Arizona who bought London Bridge and brought it over brick-by-brick, thinking that he bought Tower Bridge.

The bridge behind me is Tower Bridge and not London Bridge. *smilez*

Then we went to this city in a city of a city. Bascially we were in this place called Temple and it has its own set of law, rules and regulations. Not all people can stay there. If I didn't remember wrongly, only law students or barristers can live there.

And did you know THAT london is not one, but TWO cities. London City and Westminster City. So in the picture, you can see that there is a statue of the Queen and a sculpture of a dragon above. This is found in the intersection between the two cities. The Queen welcomes you into the Westminster City while the Dragon faces you, welcoming you as you walk from Westminster City, towards London City.

Of course, we saw some other interesting things during the walking tour. I think I might want to do the walking tour again, just to refresh my memory.

That was yet another unrested weekend!

Hair cut

2008-05-08T22:44:00.003+01:00

After so long, I am back.

I have a problem. I want to get my hair cut. Problem is, I don't really trust the hairdressers here. I don't know how good they will be, dealing with Asian hair texture.

I kind of have an idea of how I want my hair to be. But because of the wavy nature of my hair, I am worried that I would have to end up spending lots of time just shaping it - and I will definitely hate it.

What shall I do?

I want to cut it to somewhat like this hairstyle of Victoria Beckham:

Light, fluffy and short.

Hmm. But I am really worried that my hair will go all curly wurly... ...

And at this point of time, maintenance would be a huge issue as I won't be able to afford cutting/trimming it as often as I could do back at home. It costs at least 15GBP to get a haircut here and it's only at those barber shops we have back in S'pore.

What shall I do?

Currently in an agonising mood with bad hair days... :(

Comfy shoes

2007-12-04T20:03:00.000Z

When I was in London on last Saturday, I was shopping for a pair of shoes.

In the end, I did buy a pair. Well, I can't wear them out though. They are these comfy shoes with down and feathers as fillings. So they keep my feet wear when I am at home.

I kinda adore them. Maybe because they make me look very cartoon when I wear them. Haahaa. They are blue and have a little Snoopy behind each of them!

Here are some pictures of them!

Close-up of the Snoopy at the back of each side of the shoes

A full view of the shoes

A peek at my legs in the shoes

Busy Weekend

2007-12-02T22:34:00.000Z

This weekend was the beginning of December! And it was kind of a busy weekend for me. I did quite a lot of things.

Could you imagine, walking at least 4 days' worth in just one day? And trying multiple things for the first time in another day?! I walk about 2 miles to work and another 2 miles back from work every weekeday.

On Saturday, I went with two gals to London for some shopping. It coincidentally was the VIP Day - VIP standing for "Very Important Pedestrian".

So what happened was that a few streets were closed to traffic for a period of time (from 10 in the morning to somewhen in the evening). That was fantastic! We had the whole road to ourselves!! :) And you could cross the road wherever you wanted to! And also, as a consequence of that, there were a variety of performances on the road! Pretty interesting...but it was extremely crowded.

We walked down the entire of Oxford Street (from the Marble Arch end) all the way down to where the Oxford Circus tube station was at the other end. It was a long stretch. Of course, that was discounting the fact that we were in fact doing more walking when I was in the shops doing shopping. After that, we met up with another two guys and continued to walk to Chinatown to have dinner in this Japanese-Korean fusion store to have dinner: The food there was not too bad. Then we had a walked down to Picardilly Circus and moved on Regent Street. Over there I saw this store that I like a lot. And I saw this bag that I kind of absolutely love! This was the second bag that I saw that day that I like:The first one that I really really like was the MIU MIU one that I saw in Selfridges&Co. But there was just a slight disappointmend - it was 575 pounds. :( The bag above was only 1/10 of the MIU MIU bag. But it's still expensive.

From Regent street, we took a little detour to Bond Street. There were a lot of high end pricey shops there! But the shops were already closed. So there was nothing much to look at. It was pretty quiet. So... We walked back to Regent Street, then to Oxford Street, and to Paddington Street (in order to take a train back to Slough). :)

So that was a tiring day.

Today (Sunday), I woke up at about 8am in the morning and tried making Tau Su and You Tiao. Tessa made the breakfast together and Kelvin contributed a Malaysia Brown Sugar Cake:

This is the first time we prepared breakfast and such an elaborated one. The You Tiao tasted really funny and didn't look right. But well, overall it was still a good breakfast! :)

The other thing that Tessa and I did today was to cut hair, for Kelvin. This was the first time we are cutting someone's hair... And the final cut:

The Front View

The Back ViewWith a little styling
So this was an eventful weekend. This is the first time that I did so much in a weekend so far (including updating my blog, hehe)

Avenue Q

2007-11-24T20:50:00.001Z

I went to watch Avenue Q last night!

Actually I wouldn't have known about it if I haven't read Fidel's blog some time back :)

It was really funny, silly and cute!

I liked it a lot! And I thought that the UK cast was better (not that I have seen the original one, but I did hear the CD wth the original cast).

I would want to go and watch again, if possible! :)

And when I was on my way to the theatre yesterday, I saw someone with the 'series' of beanies that I adore! And guess what, he's another Japanese (I heard someone speaking Japanese to him). :(

Istanbul

2007-11-16T21:31:00.000Z

I was at Istanbul last weekend.

It was my first trip out of UK! Yippee~~! =)

It's quite a nice place, I would recommend people to go... But it's quite a big city. If you do intend to go, spend at least 3.5 days there (meaning 3 full days and one half day in the city). Istanbul itself can be separated into three main parts - Asia side and Europe side, which is further separated by the Golden Horn. It is an interesting place, even though I don't understand anything that they were talking about.

The weather was not warm like what many will perceive it to be. It was in the single digit and everyone who was out on the streets had their coats on.

When I got back to UK, I was in for a shock. Because it seemed like I had missed the start of winter as it became REALLY cold, just over the weekend. Just these few mornings, one can even observe frost on the grass and every breath seems like a puff. It's reaaaaaaaaaaally cold. I don't particularly like cold weather.

I am safely back in UK and I thought that I should do some shopping tomorrow to get some essential winter stuff. That reminds me. I saw this beanie that I like a lot. It looks something like that:

I saw two different people wear them - slightly different design. I like the other one better. It was a plain white one. I have a feeling that this particular kind of design is very popular in Japan (I can't find it in Istanbul anywayz). Why?! Because both of them who were wearing this design were Japanese! =)

Haha, my quest to finding THE beanie! *chuckles*

Twelve days of Christmas

2007-10-29T20:50:00.000Z

(To the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas...)

Replace the following lyrics -

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree

- with the following:

Well, it's not Christmas yet... But we just came up with this.

Maybe we were bored

maybe it reflects our diets here.

Here goes:

Five... Jaffa Cakes!!

Four bags of Crisps

Three Diet Coke

Two bananas

And a Fruit & Fibre in the morning~~

Hee. What a hearty breakfast!! :)

Tessa's birthday

2007-10-28T00:12:00.000+01:00

I need to post about a few things in this one entry.

Because I have been lazy and haven't been updating consistently.

Well, last start with recent days.

I have been eating well - too well & too much - these 2 days. If I carry on this way, I am bound to go back Singapore FAT.

Tonight, we organised a mini dinner gathering at our place.

We kinda had a four-course dinner:

Starters

Dorito chips

Main course

Rice with Green Curry

Dessert

Green Bean Soup

For the dessert stomach

Japanese cheesecake

The dinner was served with beer (Stella Artois) or apple cider (Strongbow).

- courtesy of Kelvin

And after the entire dinner, we had some white wine.

- courtesy of Edward, Freddy & Joseph

I forgot to take a picture of the cheesecake. :( Sad. But it didn't turned out too well. Japanese cheesecake is supposed to have this fluffiness to it. But mine was pretty dense, so it was more of like pudding/custard-like filling instead. I guess it was still not too bad, as it was finished even though everyone was quite full.

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And Yesterday, Anngie and Francis came over to my place to discuss on the Istanbul trip. YESH! I am going to Istanbul in November. I can't wait actually. It's going to be GREAT FUN!

So yesterday - all thanks to Anngie's fortune and because Kelvin owes her a meal - Kelvin cooked dinner yesterday. It was quite nice, although I thought it was a bit too salty for my liking.

Anyway, we had Fried Rice with baked Pork Belly!

A pity that I didn't take any picture of them.

A mention on the baked Pork Belly. It was supposed to be a replicate of the Chinese Roast Meat. It turned out quite fine. And I thought that it tasted like Shilin XXL Chicken Chop in Singapore. It must have been the Five Spice Powder. Hee. :)

Before I forget how to make it, I should document it here:

1) Wash the pork belly.

2) Marinate the pork belly with Five Spice Powder and salt for about 20 min.

3) Put the pork belly onto the baking tray and spread a generous layer of salt on the pork belly till the entire surface has been coated with salt.

4) Put it in the oven (which has been pre-heated to 240 degree Celsius) and bake it for about 20-30 min.

5) Remove it from the oven and scrap off the salt layer.

6) Poke lots of holes on the pork belly.

(this is to allow the oil to ooze out and make the skin crispier when it continues to bake)

7) Bake for another 20-25 min.

8) Serve it warm - with rice or on its own!

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And I know that this is a bit late, but I need to mention something!

Last Thursday (18.10) was Tessa's birthday, so we had a little celebration for her!

We baked her a lemon cake.

We took some pictures, sang her a birthday song, cut & ate the cake together! It was a simple affair. I hope that she liked the cake :)

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Even earlier - the weekend before Tessa's birthday, I went to:

Windsor

We went there to just watch the change of Guards.

And we tried this fudge there. So thick and chocolatey and nice!!! :)

Yum-yum...

Oxford

We went to Christ Church and walked on the streets to soak up the atmosphere.

And we had steamboat for dinner.

Stonehenge

We happened to go in for free because of a misunderstanding.

Bath

This admission is expensive. 10 pounds plus. But it was entertaining, especially entertained by this man in the picture! (",)

For the pictures of these places, please visit www.picasaweb.com/yueping.chloe =)

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*But all in all, I had loads of fun!*

Never know how much you can really miss a person

2007-10-16T18:02:00.000+01:00

I always thought that I would be one of those who have no problem to leave alone overseas - away from friends and away from family.

I think I'm so wrong.

Maybe I can be carefree and not bring my mobile with me while I am overseas for a holiday, that is all but a short holiday. I like being uncontactable when I am away.

But these days, I check my emails more often than I usually do. And it is kind of sad that you don't see as many emails as you would expect. I wonder what the others are doing.

I seriously miss many people.

And while I am creating memories with new people I met, I also realise that I am missing out a lot of events going on in lives of people I care. The saddest thing is that I won't be there.

People do say keep in touch, but reality is that with the things going on with each one's life and and being in different time zone make it really difficult some times.

I guess maybe I am slow in adapting. Or maybe I just need to make more initiative in keeping in touch.

Well, expect to hear from me soon then! =)

Glorious Singapore Food

2007-10-08T18:41:00.001+01:00

I had mee siam last saturday!

Doesn't it look good still, even though there is no prawn (the prawns here arenot really worth eating - they're minute) or bean sprout (plainly due to me being absent minded).

Haha, but before you praise me, I must admit something. Alright, I didn't make the sauce. I used the ready made Woh Hup Mee Siam sauce that I brough over from Singapore. I think we added too much water, because it was a bit too watery, diluted and not as tasty. Haha, but I have no ground for comparison because I hadn't tried this sauce back in Singapore. This is the first time I tried it.

Then, guess what I had that evening?

I had chicken rice!

But I didn't take a picture of it.

However, I must say it's really good. Mouth-watering good.

Ed made it, with some advice (a.k.a secret recipe) from Fred's mum!

Haha... I think I have taken good mental notes.

Ingredients:

Lemon grass

Ginger

Garlic

Chicken (of course!)

Water (for boiling of the chicken, duh~)

Rice (haha)

Steps:

1. Stuff the chicken with ginger and garlic

2. Rub the chicken with salt

3. Boil water

4. Put some ginger and garlic in the boiling water. Put chicken in

Amount of water used should be just enough to cover the chicken

5. Wash the rice

6. Heat the pan and fry the *secret*

7. Fry the ginger and lemongrass. Add the rice in to fry

Then finally add the garlic and continue to fry

8. You should smell the fragrance

9. The chicken soup should be tasty

10. Use the soup to cook the rice in the rice cooker

11. Cut some cucumbers and tomatoes

12. Wait for rice to cook

13. Cut the chicken

14. Serve

I think that should be all, I can't really recall.

I guess I really do have goldfish memory.

Try it!

End of Sept & Start of Oct

2007-10-02T19:08:00.000+01:00

I went to Greenwich last weekend!

Chloe on both the East and West side of the Longitude, at the same time!

And I cooked for myself mee sua on my Lunar Birthday!

Birthday Mee Sua!

And I uploaded pictures to Picasaweb!

That's all I managed to do. I am really tired - well, not exactly physically tired. But I am very mentally tired. Being desk bound and going through documents and reports can be really draining.

Think I am going to come up with a few wishlists soon:

One for food to eat when I am back,

one for food to bring over,

one for things to buy when I am back,

one for the people I miss and would really love to meet up,

one for the things that I would love to have (and I know that I can afford),

one for luxury items that I desire (and know that I most probably cannot afford),

one for the places to visit when I am back

and

one for the places to travel to when I am here in UK.

Hee :)

Mid-Autumn Festival

2007-09-25T20:14:00.000+01:00

Happy Mid-Autumn!!

Thanks a lot dear for the piglets. :)

*Piglets with original package*

It reached me just on time - tonight - when I can look at the moon and enjoy the piglets!

*Tired me with the piglets*

The piglets reached me in quite good state!

*Cute piglets that look too cute to be eaten!*

I love the piglets.

I love mid-autumn.

And of course, I love... ...

Cooking for myself? No worries!

2007-09-24T17:54:00.000+01:00

This post is just to ensure my family, relatives and friends... ...

I have always been thought as the lazy one. And when trying my culinary skills at home, my family would refuse to eat them :(

Alright, it's not that bad. They would eat them, although I forced them to. Whahaha!

This is the very first porper meal that I cooked... Rice with dishes, made from scratch!

Chicken with brown peppery sauce (cooked together with red pepper and cute little tomatoes), egg with green bean (i.e. long bean look-a-like which they have here) with rice!

I must say that I am quite proud of myself~ That, the food came out presentable, and tasted not too bad.

" I think it was great!" - Tessa, my roommate

How did I make the chicken? Please let me know how to make it better kk!

1) Defrost the chicken, by soaking them in water.

2) Marinate them in some sesame oil, pepper. Massage them. (Coz I forgot to marinate them beforehand, this step was only 2-3min?! Haha!)

3) Heat the oil. Put the chopped garlic in. When the garlic becomes crispy brown, reduce the heat.

4) Put the chicken in!

5) Heat it for about ~2mins.

6) Pour water (not too much and not too little - just right) in. Add dark soy sauce, pepper (to taste).

7) Simmer for about 5 mins .

8) Add cute little tomatoes and chopped re peppers. Continue to simmer everything together until the chicken is tender and cooked.

9) Dissolve half to one tablespoon of cornflour in a small bowl of water, and add them to the 'stew'.

10) Stir it until it thickens (you should feel a slight resistance while stirring, that means).

11) Now it should look more like a gravy rather than stew. What I mean is there shouldn't be too much watery sauce - it should be a smaller quantity of slightly sticky sauce.

12) Now, serve it in a bowl.

The sauce should taste peppery, slightly salty (from soy sauce) and slightly sweet (from the tomatoes)... I thought I performed not too bad for the first time.

So don't worry about me not eating well. I will continue to improve my cooking! Haha!

My Dream Bag

2007-09-23T02:04:00.000+01:00

I have been looking for an 'ideal' bag of my kind for a long long time. And I think I have found it.

So much so that I have to put it on my blog now, in case I wake up and forget where I've seen it!

Presenting... ...

The above is a MIU MIU Bow Detail Tote and it costs >500pounds at this website that I saw this at.

How I wish that I could have it! Arrgghh... So EXPENSIVE! If I can find some others with similar designs at a more affordable price, that would be great. If not, I hope that if I were to go to Italy/France/Spain, I might be able to get the exact one at a much discounted price.

Haikz... I shall dream about the bag tonight.

Happy Birthday Entry

2007-09-20T21:26:00.000+01:00

Hee... Yes, I am officially 23 years old now. And maybe it means that I am more mature, independent and knowledgeable! This is my first birthday overseas, away from my family and all my friends. :(

But I was pleasantly surprised last Friday when the rest of the STRAT students organized a surprise birthday dinner for me (although someone let the cat of the bag that morning). I was still very delighted and caught unaware. I thought we were just having a dinner together, but EVERYONE was there, there was a HUGH CAKE, LOTS OF PRESENTS and LOADS Of WISHES AND FUN! THank you everyone!! Thanks for making that day so memorable!!
We had dinner at this Thai Restaurant when all of a sudden, a cake was placed right in front of me! Go to Picasaweb for more pictures of that evening!!!

Over the weekend before my birthday, I went to London for the Thames Festival and I saw Fidel and Andy there! It is nice seeing Fidel after so long!! :)

And the next day, I went to this TAP student's (Elaine's) place to enjoy a sumptuous meal!! The food was delicious! Heehee :)

Just a preview......

To follow the trail to good food, just go back to my picasaweb page for follow up on the pictures, which I have yet to upload (coz I'm really tired and want to sleep... zzZ)

Also - over the weekend - I decided to try baking another cake - this time round, it's to bring for my colleagues and the other students. It didn't look too good... But hey, it's a chocolate cake (so nothing went too wrong, and everyone loved it) I didn't get to try much though... I think I should focus on beautifying the cake next time... Here are the pictures of the cake!

Before coating with chocolate frosting... After coating with chocolate frosting...
Cross-section of the cake...

That's about all that is exciting in my life. The other things comprise of sleeping, working and doing grocery shopping.

B.A.C.K!

2007-09-10T21:22:00.000+01:00

Finally! The internet has been set up! =)

I wonder how everyone is doing in Singapore. *stares into space, in the direction of where home is*...

I have been lazy. No particlar reason. Or maybe I am those kind of person who takes a long time to get used to new environment. Working in and visiting a place is different. Even though I get to spend more time here, I realise that I hardly have anymore time for anything after work. And by the time weekend reaches, my lazybones will be too reluctant to move.

I don't feel like travelling yet. But I think when I do, it will be for a long long period of time. Give me a few more weeks to warm up my gears. But I think it will be hard because the weather is getting colder with each passing day. I don't like cold weather.

Working here is not too bad. The people here have quite a relaxed attitude when it comes to work. I think that's good. It makes life less stressful. But I think at the same time it can be irritating when it comes to certain issue. For example, I have been waiting for BA to get back to me regarding my damaged baggage (and I'm still waiting). I shall call them up this weekend. =(

This is a picture of my direct and indirect housemates:

From L to R: Tessa, Edward, Kelvin, Freddy & Joseph.

And that's all for now. I went London two weeks ago (I think). Last week there was a chilli crab festival in London, but I didn't go.

Pictures can be found at London and NottingHillCarnival.

And lastly, I baked a cake during the weekend.

It's a blueberry pudding cake. I am not taking eggs at the moment, so I replaced it with banana. In the end, it tasted like blueberry banana muffin! :) Hahaha! I shall bake it when I am back in Singapore next time!

Take care everyone!!

No internet connection

2007-08-15T16:21:00.000+01:00

Hi all!

I currently have no internet connection at my place. And will not have so for the next two weeks.

If there's anything, do drop me an email and I will try to get back.

I am currently entering this entry from the office, which I am not really allowed to. So it might be the only time. :(

Do drop me emails!! I will check them whenever I get the chance.

Jogging

2007-08-11T10:14:00.000+01:00

I went jogging the other day, again. And this time, I have traced out the perimeter that I jogged along. Because of a miscommunication - and a right turn, instead of a u-turn - we ended up jogging the distance shown by the red line below.

*phew* what a run.

The first dish done by me.

2007-08-09T15:51:00.001+01:00

Yah, it's lazy food. Pasta with readymade sauce with chopped carrots and tomatoes.

Haha. you should not have expected too much.

With this standard, my cooking skills will only get better!! (right?)

Whahhaa!

Lottery 2

2007-08-09T10:37:00.001+01:00

Breaking news!

News update!

My friend/colleague/ex-classmate who bought another type of lottery won!

He had three (out of the 6) winning numbers matching with those in his tickets. Although that's small returns, it's nevertheless, some returns (enough to cover his initial investment of 2 pounds)! Hee. congrats to him and he promised to treat me to some Marks & Spencer danish shortcake! Hee... So congrats to myself! :)

Lottery

2007-08-09T09:48:00.000+01:00

I fell asleep last night.

I am glad that my laptop is well again! :)

Let me show you some pictures of Slough town centre. Haha

There is this cafe that I found inside this small little shopping complex. Maybe the owner has the same name as me!

And this is just one view of the town centre. Should have taken the other side as well. Actually, I tried to but ended up thinking that they looked the same!We went to this shop to get some tidbits. For a moment, 99p seems really cheap! But when you are inside, reality suddenly struck on you. It's S$3!!! That's even more expensive than Daiso, or the S$1.99 shop. Hahaha.... But nevertheless, I bought some digestive biscuits - 3 rolls for 99p. Haha!Something caught my eye!! I have seen this stand many times already. But it's something else that caught my eye. It's the paper pasted on it. It reads "Euromillion. Friday 10.08.07 35 million pounds" Woah!! That's a lot of money if I hit the jackpot. Shall I try my luck? Per try will set me back by 1.50 pounds. Hmm......Anyway, they have got a really cute logo - fingers crossed! how appropriately!Hmm, anyway, decided that I shall take a picture with it first. With the ticket that might bring me 35 million pounds! Woah! Imagine what I can buy with that!! :)Ok. Let me try... 5 + 2 numbers... What's so difficult. Haha. But I didn't buy in the end. Because I didn't have the gut feeling that I will win this time round. Next time bah! :) Hee.

The weather's getting a bit too chilly for my liking le. I miss the warm weather! :)

Once again, that's all! Take care~

Life in Slough

2007-08-07T23:36:00.000+01:00

Heya, this is my second entry.

Guess what? Take a look at this.

If you can't see what's going on in this picture of the window at my room, take a closer look at the water droplets on the glass panel. See it now? It's raining!!!! After all the nice sunshine since touchdown. Well, I am thankful that we were blessed with the initial sunshine! :) But here comes the rain. :( It has been forecasted to rain for the next few days. :((

Once again, I didn't do anything much. I haven't been to London, not yet. I want to make a day trip out to somewhere soon. This is a really quiet place. The routine these days involve me waking up, switching on my laptop, talking to people online and watching anime. After that, find some activities to do. Most probably end up at the other building, where the rest of us are residing at the moment, to have a chat (or play some games) and have dinner. Boring, yah?

Hee, but nevertheless, I think it's not too bad. Such peaceful and relaxing life - you can never expect that in Singapore. The probability is close to zero. So far, I kinda like my life here. :) *A pat on my own shoulder*

Anyway, to end on a slightly sadder note (which isn't my initial intention), something is wrong with my adaptor of my laptop (or so I think), because I'm unable to power up my laptop despite me plugging it to the socket and switching it on. Maybe the powerpoint is spoilt? I tested it out with the lamp plug and it lit up just fine. Hmm... Shall let it rest and try again tomorrow. Maybe, MAYBE, it's a temporary issue (I'm praying really hard and keeping my fingers tightly crossed!).

Everything will be alright. No picture today as I didn't do much.

That's all~

My first entry in UK

2007-08-06T20:37:00.000+01:00

Hallo all! I am now in UK. The plane touched down at Heathrow Airport on 31st July, early in the morning at 6am (so it means that I have been here for 8 days already!). So this is my first entry. So what had I been doing in the past week?

After moving my things from the airport to the temporary accomodation provided by the company (Little Acorns, Colnbrook), I noted that I had 2 important issues on my agenda to fulfill. Well, I had to:

Find a permanent accomodation for the coming 18 months. (That's so long...)
Open a bank account

So that was basically what I have been up to for the past week. I finally opened a bank account with Barclays and found a place to stay (just somewhere near the town centre, although I would have to cross a bridge to get there and take a bus to my workplace. ;p)

Transport here doesn't come cheap. Even the monthly pass would cost 50pounds (~S$155).

Let's have a look at the place I currently stay at the moment!

The living room/kitchen:

My room:

My washroom: This is a very comfortable place to stay. Heard that the rental is ~750pounds/per week. OMG, that's expensive! I wished that I would be staying here for a longer period of time.

During the accomodation searching, we found this very (let me repeat, VERY) hugh house along Langley Road, which has 6 bedrooms in it. The 6 bedrooms were all very large and also, there is a large field behind the house, a very spacious parking space in front of the house and an enormous living room. But that came with a steep price of ~350pounds/per month/per person. Might not seem too expensive, but that translates to about S$1000+ a month. We would be truly be paying for the space. But it is a truly lovely place in a wonderful neighbourhood.

In total, I spent about 5 days (viewing more than 10 houses/apartments) before settling on the place that I will be staying from the next week onwards. Hee. Will update of the address and details again.

At Barclays for the UK account opening, the bank officer was vert warm-hearted and helpful too. Anyway, for the others who opened the account there too, they found an eye-candy in that branch. They really like her a lot, I think. (maybe that explains why we return to the bank almost every other day) Haha.

I guess I would be doing my grocery mainly from this supermart: TESCO. They are similar to GIANT, but I guess larger in scale. They have housebrands for almost everything, not just the normal grocery items. It even extends to pet insurance, savings, disposable camera, wine, etc, etc. ALMOST EVERYTHING. :) I can imagine that my place in the future would be filled with things from there! For the first day of grocery shopping, this is what I bought:

Almost every other item is a housebrand. Hee. Why? Because they are the cheapest. Bleah.

Till now, I haven't cooked yet. My housemate, Tessa, has been very nice to be preparing the meals. I will do my parts soon! Here she is in action:

And the end-product!

These were on two separate days. :)

Anyway, I started jogging over here. It's not easy to jog here because the air is extremely dry and cold (I guess I am just not used to it) - and that hurts my nose. :( But it was a great jog today, because I was brought to see this reservoir (it's more like a sailing training location). The breeze is very cooling and refreshing there.

The reservoir

Views from the reservoir

And today, after the jog, I went to try out this oriental buffet at the town centre. It was not bad, quite value-for-money. There is quite a variety of food in the buffet to choose from.

Hee, the rest of the day, I was just kind of doing some window shopping. :)

I really hope that I won't grow fat while I am here in UK.

Phantom of the Opera

2007-04-07T12:28:00.000+01:00

I went to watch Phantom of the Opera on Thurs evening! The stage setting was very impressive. It is even more so when they change from one scene to another. The phantom appeared all over the stage(on the stage, at the back of the stage, shadow being cast from behind the screen, above the stage, and even being lifted in this "roof top ornament" during a scene!) He is everywhere! Strong powerful voice he has - Brad Little. My friends bought his CD and took a picture with him when he autographed their CDs.

huiyu, brad little and jocelyn

The songs are the same one as the ones everyone knows (of course, duh!) And that makes it even more fascinating, coz I could sing along with them (I am a lousy singer... haha, like a crow, so i can only sing in my heart). But these songs, I have known them since primary/lower sceondary years? Woah!! :)

After that we went to gluttons bay to eat and just chill (and of course, have FOOD!!!) The food was not bad, but i always like these sessions to get to know my classmates better. :)

That's all, exams are approaching again, and these are the last!! I can't believe it!! I am graduating. Most of the time, I still feel as blur and fresh when I first entered the university. Haikz... Well, I look forward to it!! COME WHAT MAY!!

The current overplayed song on my list

2007-03-23T16:47:00.000Z

I thought this song is not bad, by stefanie sun... But most of friends think that it's only ok and it's almost the same (no new variations) as her previous tracks... Enjoy!!

Anyway I'm going to watch PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!!!!!! Yeay!!! I am looking forward to it!!! can't wait!!! Hahaha!!!

And recently I'm working on my project for this module, Cosmetics and Perfume... Tiring... Got to come up with the label of a new imaginery product and write a marketing & positioning report on it... Come on, this is not a marketing module!

And I went to get my palm read today!! Very interesting and VERY ACCURATE (I think!!) I hope that they are mainly TRUE!!! I would be happy!! :)

Year 4 - Last year.

2006-09-16T11:51:00.000+01:00

Being year 4 is not easy, even without final year project. There had been endless assignments, right from the start of this semester. There is hardly any time to do anything else, including to breath. Heeeheee...

Life has been rather stagnant and everything evolves around assignments. I mean, I hardly do anything else, including meeting up with friends. :( How glad I was to meet up with Carys yesterday. Although it was brief, but hey, I finally get to see her (it had been almost 3 months since I last met her?!?!) YEAY!! And, CArys, happy birthday again (belated)!!!

I am going to watch FORBIDDEN CITY! YEay, that's something outside the assignments cycle. I amm rather excited about going for this musical. There is going to be Chinese subtitles! :) I wonder where they are going to put the subtitles! Whahaha! I'll let you know after I watch it!

Lalala, today I am happy!

My friends are so sweet! We went for an advance birthday celebration dinner yesterday and they gave me this pot of wishes!

They are so sweet, what a nice gesture from them! Love them! :)

Ok. on to rush my assignment! Heehee, I plan to do my Research Methodolody and Critical review Assignment... Bleah... Viel Erfolg (lots of success) to myself~~~

2006-09-16T11:04:00.000+01:00

同恩-不准哭

This is by far, my favorite song from her. It's difficult to hold backk one's tears, even if you have promised yourself not to cry...

2006-09-16T11:02:00.000+01:00

同恩-一個人遺憾

Why are all her songs about leaving/having left somebody, and having to tidy up the feelings?

2006-09-16T10:50:00.000+01:00

同恩-一下下(完整版)

I came to like this singer recently. Think that her songs are... melancholic.

2006-09-06T18:28:00.000+01:00

Wang Lee Hom - McDonald's Sauce Ad

This advertisement is quite cute. It's quite a smart and amusing commercial... It's my McDonald's!

3 months

2006-06-20T17:24:00.000+01:00

Yeah... three months since there was anything written here. But here I am...

In fact, what am I doing here, I ought to be preparing for a presentation, which I haven't even finished reading up. I fear, yes, I do :(
If not this, I should be reading up on antibiotic! Haiks, that's a chunk of things which I don't think I will ever understand. NEVER!

By the way, to my NJ classmates, I was just wondering if anyone read a women magazine last month, it was last month I think, if I am not wrong. To be more specific, I think it was Her World. CHIN SER WAS FEATURED INSIDE!!! Never mind if you haven't read, I have the magazine, I can bring it out the next time we meet!!

Haikz, hypertension and heart failure. That is the area of my presentation .How interesting can that get. I think I would know how to treat myself at the end of it, when I do get a BP of >140/90, and I have swelling of my legs (peripheral edema) and dypsnea (shortness of breath). Haha. So funny.

I want to meet up with people! I am glad that I am ending my preceptorship on this Friday. Hip hip hooray!

outing

2006-03-30T16:05:00.000+01:00

Hahaha... this outing happened a long time ago and I have been wanting to put these photos up.. The two 'I's acting ke ai!!! =)

Take care everyone!!

Sign

2006-03-24T17:39:00.000Z

Hihi!!!

Take a look at this sign. Many of you might find it familiar... But if this is just placed by itself, how many people can actually understand it?

I think I would have to return to the HP service centre again, as there seems to be some problem with my keypad. Hmm... Now I live in fear everyday, worrying that the next time I switch on my computer, my keypad would fail me, again. Bleah...

I really hope that they will change a new keypad for me. I wonder what is wrong with it. It had happened twice, on two different occassions already. Haikz. Is this a sign?

NMR

2006-03-18T15:41:00.000Z

Hi there!!!

Being tied down by MANY assignments recently. Sad :(

Let me do a count for this coming 3 weeks

6 tests
4 prac reports (currently 2 done)
3 project deadlines (currently 2 near-complete and 1 quite-far from completion)
transcriptions
clinic work
tuition
...

Bleah... I was trying to do this prac report which involves NMR. Trying to figure out the structure. But to no avail. The spectra is as follows:

One is the original one, while the other onw is with D2O exchange.

The structure drawn on top of the first spectrum is what I think it might be.

Heehee.. On to do my work... Bleah

funny things about me

2006-03-09T15:16:00.000Z

BET YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THESE ABOUT ME
- LEE YUE PING

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Lee Yue Ping!

A Lee Yue Pingometer is used to measure Lee Yue Ping.
Without Lee Yue Ping, we would have to pollinate apple trees by hand!
More people are killed by Lee Yue Ping each year than die in aeroplane accidents.
The most dangerous form of Lee Yue Ping is the bicycle!
Edinburgh imports three thousand kilograms of Lee Yue Ping every year.
Lee Yue Ping has four noses!
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find Lee Yue Ping.
Without its lining of Lee Yue Ping, your stomach would digest itself.
Lee Yue Ping can give birth ten days after being born, and is born pregnant!
The pupil of an octopus's eye is shaped like Lee Yue Ping.

Hahahaha.

getting older?

2006-03-06T15:13:00.000Z

Today, on my way back with two other friends, we were suddenly on the topic about we being in our twenties. How did we reach that? Oh, we were talking about guo mei mei (in case you don't know who she is, she is the one who sang the famous, or rather, infamous, "lao shu ai da mi" and "bu pa bu pa") Heehee...

According to my friends, when JC people look at us, the twenty-plus university grad, they must be thinking about how old we are. SAD. But then again, we don't consider ourselves old. Not at all. At least, we are very young at heart! There's nothing that we can't do now, compared to when we were in JC then. Haha, we are not stoppable by anything known as osteoporosis, or failing organ(s), yet. Though I hope that will not occur to any of us!!!

Haiks. I must admit that I agree that we are old already though. Because if I were not, I wouldn't be bothered so much as to write an entry based on it. Right?

Another 8 years before I turn 30. Bleah... I should try to grow younger as in the years to come. Hehehe. =)

march

2006-03-04T06:36:00.000Z

It's march already! :)

And I am still down with a lot od deadlines to meet. Bleah.

Life as a student. Fee hike. Endless tests after that 4-day break (even though at the administration level, they have always insisted that it's a 5-day break) cheaterbugs!!!

Sometimes, you just can't help but think if there's anything better that you can do, besides doing whatever that you are doing now. Hmmm.... I think, well, you can do anything you want to! :)

Remember the flowers that i mentioned the other time? They are all dead.Withered and dried. *sobz* Very sad. I think i don't have green fingers. Maybe next time during the long holidays, I should try to become a part-time botanist, and learn along the way. Hhahaha....

I am thrilled, thinking of the australia trip this end of the year! :) Heehee...

Btw, there's the ::JOHARI::
and ::NOHARI::
that you guys should do, for me!!! :) Hahahaha... ok, that's all, I have to go and rush through my report now.

Really want to meet up with friends.

recently

2006-02-25T03:49:00.000Z

Heehee...

Today is my dear little sister's birthday!! She is 18 years old already. SO FAST!!! And once again, it reminds me how old I am getting, since i am four years older than her! Bleah ;P

Anyway, I have been watching some of the figure skating competitions of the Winter Olympics that's held in Torino!!! Gorgeous! Smooth! Fast! Swift! Amazing! Elegant! Woah, I am simply awed by them. I wished that I were able to do all those. Haikz. Figure skating is so EXPENSIVE in Singapore lohz... I don't have theh $$$ to go and learn it. Wait till I am older. But then again, there are so many other things that I would want to learn too... And they all cost Vitamin M!

Nvm about that...

I have decided to focus on my studies this time. If you guys haven't heard about it, YESH, I am not doing very well. Heh. So I must give up my laziness and leave behind my dear pet - Mr Lazy Bug - even though he was very adorable. Hahaha. Ok then! Gambatte!!!

I will try to push myself hard these few semesters. If not now, then why? It's not only a matter of grades. But I need to prove to myself that I am not lousy! Hehehe....

That's all!!

Tata and till then.

Oh yeah, wish me luck!!!

Another trip down to the florist

2006-02-11T15:04:00.000Z

I love going to the florist.

I dragged along another two friends this time round. Heeheee...

And I went to a few more florists. Because I heard from some friend that the flowers at Far East Florist would be cheaper. However, that wasn't the case. The flowers at Ji Mei Flower Pte Ltd were still cheaper. Actually I found another florists along the same stretch that sold nice and cheap flowers too. Right beside Ji Mei. The name is ... Hmm... I can't remember. I will go and find out, the next time when I am there. Heehee...

Anyway, this time I bought geranium!!! hahahaha... nice and very CHEAP! $4.20 for 10 stalks of them!!! Woo-hoo!!! :) So nice...

Nice time I spent at the various florist. I think if I have the time, I would go there very often and I would want to learn more about landscaping and gardening. Hahahahha.... (like when will I ever find the time. bleah)

FLOWERS!!! But it's a pity that they die so fast. That's y i am getting more of those potted plants nowadays, instead of the fresh cut flowers. Heehee :)

HP and Ji Mei

2006-02-04T14:58:00.000Z

Yesterday I went to collect my laptop (now named Blackie) back from the HP Service Centre. If you have read daph's entry about it, believe her!!! It's really a great place. That place is simply awesome and cool!! With the free flow of coffee, tea and milo from the dispenser, the nice cushy seats with armrest and the computers with free internet access, it would make you feel rather puzzled as to why you have walked into a cafe, instead of HP Service Centre. HP Service Centre is really wonderful! Thumbs up! I think I love it. I have mentioned HP Service Centre so many times just in a short paragraphHere is why HP Service Centre has woahed me:

1) The queue was really short. *even if it was long, i would have minded as I could have beening surfing away and just reading my stuffs in one of the cosy chairs. Hehehe :)

2) The service personnel was commendable. He was friendly and really patient with me. Great service attitude! And he can recognize me. How did I know that? Instead of using the machine and signal for me to go over to the counter with the queue number, he asked me to follow him to his counter when he happened to walk past me.

3)The time taken for them to repair simple things was short - baru 45 menit. So short. The hinge was repaired while I did some readinsg.

4) When the hinge problem was solved, I was complaining and asking about this black patch that appeared permanently since a few months back. After taking a look at it and asking a few of the colleagues, he told me that they could replace it for me!!! I was so thrilled!! A SCREEN!! A BRAND NEW SCREEN!!!!

5)The LCD screen could have cost me $994.But instead, it's free!!! (coz my laptop is still under warranty) hahahahha!!!!!

6) They finished repairing it ahead of the stipulated time and had even offered to send it to my place. Great!! But no. I want to go there and collect it on the spot, so that I could check it straight away to make sure that Blackie was perfectly alright! I don't want to waste another trip going down if Blackie still had problems.

Blackie now feels that he is already one year younger with the new LCD screen!! Heehee. I hope that nothing would happen to Blackie anymore!!!

Today I went to some florist at Thomson. It's called Ji Mei. Woah, they sell almost everything related to flowers there - from landscape to fresh flowers, and there's this really HUGE & freezing cold walk-in 'freezer' with a lot of fresh cut-flowers ready for purchase. There were roses there too. VERY CHEAP!! i think. It was like $7.40 for about 12 stalks, if I didn't remember wrongly. Now you can imagine how much people make from selling roses during valentines?!??!?! Woah!

Anywayz, while I was there, I bought some flowers:

I call these the toilet flowers. (coz I put them in the toilet.)

I have no idea what they are called. Bleah :p

They are cheap. Only $3.90.

I bought some orchids too. I thought that they look gorgeous, don't they?

I want to grow these orchirds.

On offer too. $10!

Aren't they pretty?

They will blossom again next year!

(that's what the auntie told me)

Another thing, they are suitable for

lazy people like me.

They need to be watered only

once in every 5 days!

Yup, I got these sunflowers.

The only kind of fresh cut-flowers which i bought,

althought there were so many to choose from.

I went to put them into vase with water

once I reached home.

Bright and shiny. I like!

These two days were good!!!

I hope that it can be like that almost every other day.

I think I would go to orchards more often nowadays, as and when I can afford the time to go!

More flowers!!!!

concert goer

2006-01-28T13:10:00.000Z

I attended a concert yesterday. It was not too bad, although I thought that the sound systems could have been softer.

Anywayz, I realise that there are two main groups of concert goers. Those that are very active and sway and jump with the music. And the otehr group? Those that can sit on their seats without much movement throughout the entire concert. HAhahahah. Sadly, I belong to the latter. But I guess it depends also on the people that you go with? Hmm...

I hope that everyone is in good health? Coz I am so ill, sore throat, runny nose and all. The worst thing? I have to resist new year goodies... HOW?!?!?!?! So, you people, better take care of your health! =)

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!

Alli

2006-01-24T17:00:00.000Z

Hey people!!!

If any of you guys are interested in getting skinnier, you might be interested to read the following article. Coz it might soon be an option to any of us!!!

"... In six-month clinical trials, obese people who took orlistat lost on average 5.3 pounds to 6.2 pounds more than did those who were given dummy pills. ..."

READ MORE TO FIND OUT!

FDA panel approves
over-the-counter diet pill

lazy

2006-01-23T16:36:00.000Z

It's been a long time. And I have decided that I should not let my blog rot. So here I am... writing again.

Nothing much actually. School has just started and I am already lost in the midst of everything. yup, and as everyone knows, CHINESE NEW YEAR is coming!!! =)So to everyone, GONG XI FA CAI!

Heehee... may everyone gets lots of hong bao!!!

Heyhey, anyone free and want to do visiting or have a gathering at someone's place on this coming wednesday evening? Heehee... Order Pizza or can eat chinese new year leftover goodies. :)

SO LATE... BUT SO PRETTY!!!

2006-01-15T17:00:00.000Z

I know i am always slow.

Hahaa... but remember that i watched fireworks? ...Here are some better views of it!

*~Click me!!!~*

Heehee... nice fireworks! I want to see more! However, pictures can never make up for the feeling of being there watching the real show!

My Major... I knew it~~!!!

2006-01-12T12:23:00.000Z

You scored as Psychology.
You should be a Psychology major!

Psychology

100%

Dance

92%

Sociology

92%

English

92%

Linguistics

92%

Philosophy

83%

Journalism

83%

Anthropology

75%

Biology

67%

Engineering

58%

Theater

58%

Art

50%

Mathematics

50%

Chemistry

42%

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
created with QuizFarm.com

Starbucks.

2006-01-11T08:23:00.000Z

Hihi Starbucks Lover!

Here's something that I read from the Internet yesterday.

It's about Cappucino!!! Something that you might not know and something worth the money to find out!

::Click on the link below::
Get better, get smart, get short!!!

OKcupid test

2006-01-10T05:28:00.000Z

The Window Shopper
Random Gentle Love Dreamer (RGLDf)

Loving, hopeful, open. Likely to carry on an romance from afar. You are The Window Shopper.

You take love as opportunities come, which can lead to a high-anxiety, but high-flying romantic life. You're a genuinely sweet person, not saccharine at all, so it's likely that the relationships you have had and will have will be happy ones. You've had a fair amount of love experience for your age, and there'll be much more to come.

Your exact opposite:
The Stiletto

Deliberate Brutal Sex Master

Part of why we know this is that, of all female types, you are the most prone to sudden, ferocious crushes. Your results indicate that you're especially capable of obsessing over a guy you just met. Obviously, passion like this makes for an intense existence. It can also make for soul-destroying letdowns.

Your ideal match is someone who'll love you back with equal fire, and someone you've grown to love slowly. A self-involved or pessimistic man is especially bad. Though you're drawn to them, avoid artists at all costs.

BEWARE: The Hornivore

CONSIDER: The Gentleman, The Loverboy, The Boy Next Door

Link: The 32-Type Dating Test

WEll, well, came across it on a friend's blog... Heehee, GO AND TRY IT!

Relativity

2006-01-09T16:32:00.000Z

Just before you guys think that i will start blogging again, I am back!

Hahha....

Well, 2 weeks past by rather fast. Especially the past few days. It seems like no amount of time that I spent with RJ is enough. 2 weeks zoomed by me, just like that. Haikz... after the quick 2 weeks, what lies in front me now is at least 3 slow months.

Time spent with people you cherish always passes by SO FAST!

Besides the time spent with RJ, the potluck that I had at Daphne's place on last Saturday is yet another example. That day felt like a renuion dinner. It would have been even more fantastic if Chin could have been there. Thanks guys for being there at the potluck, it was fun. And thank you, RJ, for being there too! Hahaha... Fidel and Wong, wished you guys were there too, coz all of us miss you!!! The dinner was fantastic, with more than enough food to go around.. and the songs played were great. Special thanks must go out to Alan for bringing that disc *you guys know which disc I am talking about* and track 4 of that disc!!!!!!!!! hahahaha =) Was a great time gathering!!! And yes, the time spent there zoomed past too. We should meet up more often. Like for KTV? concerT/s? Inform me!!!!

I miss him. Counting down the days already, even though i don't know where to start from. Hmm...

5 Random Facts

2006-01-06T17:08:00.000Z

Kk, the effect of being tagged... hahaha

1. I like to eat BAN MIAN! BAN MIANs are yummy... So anyone who knows where to get nice BA MIAN, must let me know, or bring me there!!!!!! =)

2. I am still part of the Lifedrops donation programme under NKF. Yesh... The monthly contribution! But I have yet to withdraw from it. Anyone else in there too? Let's see how the new management is ... Hope my money don't go to anyone else's pocket again!

3. I am very into jade, mystic knots, jade rings and birthstones/gems recently. Especially fusion oriental designs... They drive me crazy.. I want ot make them, but am VERY lazy.. Howhow and they are expensive!!!! =(

4. The last movie I watched at the cinema was "perhaps, love". Not bad a show. I want to watch movies, but don't know why I am not watching movies. I hope that the next movie I watch is "Moonlighting in Tokyo". That looks darn funny and stupid!! Bleah...

5. I want to learn how to play the piano... Have been a wish since... primary school??!?!???!?!!

THat's all1!!!

Malan Lamian

2006-01-03T15:54:00.000Z

Eat!!!
La Mian!!!
Malan La Mian!!!
It's located at the Majestic, somewhere besides People's Park Complex...
There was 30% discount, off everything except drinks, beverages and Xiao Long Tang Bao... Hmm...

But the things there looked suspiciousl 30% less too!... Hmm... I wonder if it was the case.

But anywayz, wasn't too bad!

Hong Kong Cafe

2006-01-02T15:55:00.000Z

I went to Hong Kong Cafe... It was nice!!! And the food was rather yummy!!

The shop is right beside the road, although i couldn't see the shop in the first place. We thought that the place would be rather quiet, but people started strolling in after 7pm... THey play canto music there and the prices are about the same as Fei Chui... =)

The decoration is normal.

But there are quite a lot of choices for food!!!

378 East Coast Road,if i didn't remember wrongly. Amazing operating hours...like 6pm to 5am!!! Yesh, you didn't hear wrongly!!!

Fireworks!!!

2006-01-01T14:56:00.000Z

New Year's Eve~!!!!

Yippee... I like the idea of a new year. Heehee... It alwayz seems like a new starting point, when i can forgive myself of past years' mistakes and start making new resolutions!!!

I watched the fireworks... This year's is super duper nice!! *I think!!* and it lasted rather long too! I love fireworks and I am glad that I have HIM *ahem,you know who it is... roll eyes" there, watching the fireworks with me!! Heehee =)

It's always very sad, how you cannot capture fireworks as beautifully as when you watch them...

There was this little girl carried by her dad - very sweet, very princess-like, who was also watching the fireworks, besides me. I like her so much. And for her age, she is very sensible. She asked me, "Can you see?", even before i said anything to her. Well, she asked me that because i was jumping around. HAhahahha... A pity i don't have her photo...Anywayz, she ended up not looking at the fireworks when it started. She was so scared!!! I guess she was scared by the *BANGS!!!* from the firing of the fireworks... Guess she will appreciate next time.

Happy New Year to all!!
*Looking forward to next year's fireworkss!!!*
Fireworks are always so amazing... so beautiful! and of course, very expensive!!!!

Yihong's Surprise Party

2005-12-31T01:55:00.000Z

We bought Hong a webcam!!! So that she could keep in contact with everyone when she is in Australia next year!

Heehee... The webcam was a good buy...$108, reduced from $115!!!
Hahaha... So, i recommend, FUWELL ---> Level 5!!!! Heehee, staff there is nice and friendly! =)

Anyway, Yihong was really surprised!!! We waited for her for a long time. And when she was there, she still didn't see us... thinking that we were her friend's friends.. That's the problem of not wearing spectacles! Heehee...

THat night, we felt quite redunctant at the surprise, not knowing what to do... HAikz..so, we set up a "Freeloaders Club" Hahahaha, so as what the name implies, we ate and ate and went to where food is... and do nothing on the other hand!!!

We had lots of fun and laughter that night! Was a good gathering... Heeheee =)

IZ, Carys and I were silly. We missed the last 66, which would bring us back to our respective places directly. Then, as we were at the bus interchange, we missed the last train, which ian and weiann took. HAikz...We were left with the last option. Take the last 14 to Orchard to take 174M...14... 14... GOes down the whole of EAST COAST ROAD... Arrghh....After many turns and twists, only did we reach orchard...HAHAHAHA... bleah!

Tiring day, back in bed... zzz!

Night cycling is fun!

2005-12-24T03:12:00.000Z

My buttocks hurts now... very very painfu, i must emphasize... I can't even sit properly. But it's worth the pain, every single ache and pain.

I went night cycling last night with some of my classmates from german class.

We started off from Mcdonald's at East Coast Park. From there, we cycled till somewhere near Dunman High School and on... and on... till this Bridge at Kallang. There is a Cosy Bar at one side of the bridge. And overall, the entire place looks rather pretty at night.

Then on from there, we had wanted to proceed to Suntec... We used Nicoll highway... and so far so good, until we reached a point where we couldn't proceed on. So byebye Suntec, and hello to Esplanade. The road leading to the Esplanade was rather dark and quiet (I didn't quite like them). So gals, don't cycle there alone!!

When we were approaching Esplanade, i was this little coach. Then i thought to myself, what are tourists doing here at such late hours. And i thought saw someone tall and in black walked past me. *Darned...didn't know who that was initially* Then when we went further, i realised that there was actually some shooting jsut earlier on. And the person who walked past me... or rather, the person whom i cycled past... was Chao Guo Hui... Wasted, should have asked him to take a picture together. Hahah... although i am not a fan of any particular mediacorp actors/actresses. Anywayz... we were all tired.

SO STOP NUMBER ONE: MAKAN SUTRA, GLUTTONS BAY

we stopped there and had fried hokkien mee, fried carrot cake & siew mai. YUMMY!!! And of course, no Singapore hawker food is ever complete without sugar cane drink!!!
After which, we proceed to Padang... standing at the middle and looking at the surrounding buildings, they are gorgeous!

We then went to SMU and explore their buildings and architecture... they are nice and new, but not that impressive though. Although one thing interested me - the lights found at the building of School of Informations System (hope i didn't get it wrongly). According to my friend, although you thought you see a lightbulb shining right at the top of the lamp, that is actually due to some angles and consequent reflections of the light from the bulb right at the bottom of the lamp. To me, it was a nice display of how physics is demostrated in an artistic manner. Anywayz, the effect is rather alluring.

From SMU, we cycled on to Little India and Mustafa. Didn't stay long there. We can't do any grocery shoppin, as we still had to cycle back to East Coast Park. Haikz... Well... Then from little India... on we go to Lavendar Road... and found our way to Kallang!!!!! Yeay... we weren't lost.
We were all suffering from aches and pains.. or maybe it was just me.

SO SECOND STOP: Secluded Roti Prata Store besides the Bus Interchange.

We didn't eat. We just wanted rest. So we drank Teh.

Talked and rested for an hour before we set off again. We went immer geradeaus, through sims ave, paya lebar, eunos, kembangan. Then from there, we cycled through this Siglap Park Connector. Well, to me, the ride through there was quite fun. There were many private properties to look at. And there was this particular one - hugh and long house - that caught my attention. *I so want to go in and have a look*

We came to this junction and could choose to turn left to go Siglap or straight to go back to East Coast. We were hungry again and opted for the option to go to Siglap, hoping that Killiney Kopitiam would be opened. The time was about 5am... Nope, Killiney Kopitiam is not opened 24 hours. HAikz... We contemplated for a long time and finally decided to go back to Bedok Jetty at East Coast Park. Roads are bumpy but the wind was cooling and felt nice on the skin. After some mistakes, we finally make it there. And we were just in time for SUNRISE!!! Yippee!!

Hunger overcame us, and so did Tiredness... But in any case, or rather every case, Hunger almost always wins!!! =) So we had McDonald's breakfast. Back to where we started. Zhong Ji Mi Ma is not a nice game. And all present learnt that MAPLE SYRUP is nice and addictive!! Well, it goes well with almost anything on the breakfast menu!!! =) Do try it!

Home sweet home with an aching buttock. I had fun!! It had been ages since i went night cycling, let alone night cycling. Looking forward to the next one... heehee