And… 

The most expensive buy of my life till date!
(I could have bought another air ticket to the states!)

I am smiling to myself as I am typing this. I wanted a Canon EOS 7D initially for its awesome specs, but after some recommendations by the salesperson I settled for the Canon EOS 60D and channeling the rest of the money I have in my budget on a better lens rather than to settle for the kit lens! And it’s very much comparable to the EOS 7D too – same megapixels (18mp), except for it’s slower shutter speed (5.3fps vs 8fps) and a few others. But one reason why I settled for the EOS 60D is because of the weight; 675g (60D) vs 820g (7D)!

Bah, I hope I can achieve awesome pictures with what I have (FINALLY!) and slowly improve my photography skills. ☺ It’s weird how much more I am willing to spend on cameras rather than on a designer bag which I’ve been eyeing on since 5 years ago. *Shrugs*

And thank you Faidhi for making time out to accompany me to get this camera and to teach/give me some guidance before I settle for it, just to make sure that I know what I am getting and not waste my money. Bring me out to teach me more photography tricks soon! :D

This entry isn’t really making a lot of sense, but I am really very happy I am going to put on a smile to sleep tonight. Hole in my pocket, happiness everywhere! :D

My favourite colours of the season. Want more bright coloured items to make fill my almost-monochrome wardrobe. No, make that a need.

It’s a vicious cycle – we fight, we patch, and it all happens again. Despite it all, we still want each other badly. Love makes us whole. 

Ayam Penyat at Adam Food Centre

Substitute for the overcrowded KOI

Sending J for his weekly training

Dinner

Mine: Portebello burger, Le boyfriend: BBQ Pork burger

Spent the Sunday at The Chau’s, and it saw Jon and I sleeping in after such a long time. Le boyfriend cajoled me to gym with him, and it was a really short session because I was feeling so lazy like a jelly. His grandma made awesome home-cooked mee siam for lunch, and then we lazed the early afternoon away before we had to help his Dad to run some simple errands. While waiting for J to finish his hour and a half training, Jon and I went shopping and that’s when I gave in to buy this Aldo electric blue pumps. The most expensive shoe I have ever gotten for myself, but the boyfriend approves of it because it looks beautiful. ♣ Dress ☑ Shoes ☑ Surprise dinner reservation by the boyfriend ☑ I am almost ready for our anniversary dinner this coming thursday! Now I need to dig out a bag that will compliment my outfit.

On a side note, Zara has an awesome collection of clothes for Spring 2011 and I am loving them all. Love all the vibrant colour schemes and I’d really want to get them in my wardrobe but no because the price is so costly. ): But the boyfriend would rather have me to buy clothes than getting a DSLR. /: I’d rather save up for a DSLR than a designer bag for some reason.

Quick dinner at Burger Shack to end off our day, and the boy sent me back home after that.

Even though there may not be much plans coming up this week, somehow it seems like it is going to be an exciting one ahead. Looking forward to spending good quality time! :D

And to end off…

These are the people that matters. At my Uncle’s wedding last week.

Merry Christmas! There wasn’t any white Christmas over here in LA since it doesn’t snow, but it was nice visiting Hollywood and experiencing Christmas over a dinner gathering at Baby’s relative’s place! (:

Day 18 in Los Angeles, 25th December 2010

Drove back to Jon’s hostel in the morning to unload some of the luggages because Jon’s family was flying off. We settled at Panda Express for a simple Chinese cuisine for lunch, and they were all packed in paper lunch boxes just like what we’d always see on TV! Spent the rest of the afternoon doing some (un)packing and off we went to Hollywood!

Hollywood!

Many buskers by the street dressed up in costumes screened in Hollywood movies, and apparently this one looked almost like the real one on screen!

Stars of Harry Potter made their mark!

Chinese theatre

Hahaha, Donald duck was here!

And here’s Snow White!

Hahaha, and my boyfriend looks damn…. I don’t even know what to say. /:

Took on an hour drive to Jon’s relative’s place for Christmas dinner! It’s really heart-warming experiencing a different kind of Christmas over here in an American household. They cooked up a feast – lobsters, crabs, beef, salmon, and a lot more – and the festive spirits was strong! Not forgetting about the cold weather along with the heat from the fire place. (:

Sitting around the fire at the back yard to keep warm in the open air.

(Oh yes, baby’s spotted roaming around like a nomad searching for food.)

This is quite a funny picture (albeit blur). Jon took a picture, and forgotten to smile. -.-”

Which resulted in this picture. Hahaha. Quite a happy picture despite being blur. (:

Skippy the 6 month old chihuahua! He’s afraid of people that he hid behind the washing machine the whole time! And to add on, he kept barking non-stop and even wanted to bite the people he didn’t know. Jerwin took a while to befriend this little pup!

And we got presents too! :D That was… unexpected!

Kids are too excited to wait for boxing day!

The two Jonathans! The younger one was named after the older one, believe it or not!

Jeremy performing his card tricks to keep the kids entertained!

Day 19 in Los Angeles, 26th December 2010

Woke up really early for a shopping trip down to Desert Hill Premium Outlets! Drove over to Jon’s relative’s place for a meal together first before heading down for the major shopping spree!

They have a garden at the backyard where they grew their own fruits and vegetables!

The only reason Jon took this picture was because he said that I don’t wash the dishes. SAYS WHOOO!

We (Jon and I) are the limelight in the picture.

Multi-exposure shot

Winded down the windows, started blasting R&B music out loud. We’re living it the american way!

Mid afternoon, and there were still snow caps on the mountain. It was really quite cold that day.

Shopping loots for the day!
Lauren by Ralph Lauren Knitwear Top, Kenneth Cole knitwear top, Aldo wedges, Calvin Klein flats, 2 Calvin Klein bags (for Jon as Christmas present), and a Tommy Hilfiger watch (for Daddy!)

I am not going to blog about today because the entire day was spent with checking out of the hotel room, getting back to Jon’s place and packing the luggage since The Chaus were flying off. And the terrible thing is that I am actually falling sick – feeling feverish in fact – and this isn’t good at all. Having to fly off to Boston early in the morning tomorrow. Screw the cold weather and I hope that the snow condition has gotten better, if not I might just die there. )’:

Good weather, good shopping, affordable food, good company – what more can I ask for? (:

Day two in LA, 9th December 2010

On the second day, one of Jon’s Melbourne Uni friend – Mabel – who has been crashing at their place for the past month returned from Hawaii. Just like me, she came over to USA just to travel around for an entire month! (: I take my hats off her because Jon told me that she has been doing a lot of traveling on her own. Alone! And yupp, she went to Hawaii alone too. How independent! Oh, and she snorkeled in the ocean and swam with the sea turtles! :O

So anyway, while Jon left me at home to go for his exam, I was supposed to be cooking lunch for him when he returns. But mission aborted as Mabel and I decided that we are going out to Beverly Center to shop! q:

Mabel and I had Soy Grill & Katsu for lunch (yes, again for me) and spent quite a lot of time over lunch surprisingly! We talked quite a fair bit, before walking over to the bus stop to wait for public transport – bus – to get us to Beverly Center shopping mall! (:

Spicy salmon

Shrimp tempura

A very friendly police officer offered to help us take a picture! (:

Free veggie skewers yay! :D

Shopping in the states is really good I’d say! Even though the prices that are stated are before tax and that their currency is stronger than Singapore Dollars, somehow most of them still turn out to be cheaper than in Singapore! And oh god, the stuff are exactly the kind that I’d go around Singapore looking for! It’s paradise to me! :D

Victoria’s Secret

Outfit of the Day
Crumpler Five Million Bag, Biker Jacket borrowed from Amanda, Chiffon dress from Bonito Chico, Hot Pink 280 denier stockings (leggings?) from Bugis Village, Boots from Go Jane

I spent a bomb (mostly because of the wallet I wanted to get since forever) but I am really happy with my buys. And god, it’s only the first day that I am out shopping. Well I am going to stop all the shopping until Jon finishes his exam and I know it’s gonna be a lot more crazy when we start shopping at the factory outlets! Omg I can’t wait! :D I walked so much that my thighs and butt ached when I woke up earlier today. D: Shopping = exercise = keep fit! Heehee.

We took a bus back, and we had to wait so long for the bus to come. In the cold. And there were no seats for us to sit on while waiting. ): Even the american dude was asking us how long we’ve been waiting for the bus to come, and minority of the locals do actually take the public transport. I guess that’s why Singapore’s public transport is really good.

Mabel and I took a rest before heading over to Jon’s friends’ place for dinner because they were cooking that night. They’re studying in NUS by the way! After dinner, Jon and I drove to Ralphs for some groceries shopping – one of our favourite hobby – together!

Taking a public transport back. It feels a little weird when I start to notice that people actually board on the right side of the bus.

Obviously he wants the best of both worlds.

Err… this is the only guy I know who wears slippers and bermudas out in winter. And it was damn cold I was all wrapped up. -.-”

Only USD$17.99

This is almost like giving a red packet away! Anyone wants to get me one of these gift cards?! :D

Shopping loots for the day. Damage done.

Loots from American Eage, Sephora and Prada.

Day three in LA, 10th December 2010

Jon and I slept in to 1pm, and I refused to wake up. D: Washed up, and we headed off to have Mexican Fast Food for lunch with Mabel. Fast food here generally doesn’t equate to unhealthy food. They literally mean food that’s served fast. So far all the fast food I’ve eaten are all rather healthy! (E.g. Sushi, rice) And fast food restaurants are ubiquitous (and affordable too)!

Chiptole Mexican Grill was rather good! Mexican cuisine is generally rather exotic to me, but I enjoyed it quite a fair bit! (: Rice in wraps with meat and beans in mega huge portions!

Faux University of Southern California student

Tomatoes overload nomnomnom!

A cafe in USC run by students

And Baby brought us here to try out the awesome milkshake!

I love all the trees on the streets! So beautiful! ♥

It was also Mabel’s last day in LA, so while Jon went for classes, I accompanied her to MacDonalds because she wanted to try the McRibs! Everyone said that it’s a must-try, but both of us thinks that it tasted not too bad, but not fantastic. /: On a side note, the whole MacDonalds menu over here is totally different from the ones we have back home. There’s no fillet-o-fish or McSpicy! There’s only thing that we have back home and is available here is Quarter Pounder! Or at least that’s what I saw on the menu!

After Mabel tried her McRibs, we went over to Yogurtland again! Today’s special was supposed to be Chocolate Macaroons, but it was out of stock the moment we were there. ): And since Jon conned me on our previous visit, this time I went all out and ordered all that I want! :D

A DAMN AWESOME AMOUNT OF TOPPINGS HEEHEEHEE!
Oh god, I enjoyed eating frozen yogurt in the cold weather despite freezing my fingers! (Y)

Later that night after Mabel went off to the airport, Jon & I cooked a simple dinner for ourselves. I didn’t even notice that it was already 10.30pm when we were eating our dinner. So make that supper instead! I was trying out the rice that I learnt from my mom just before I came to USA so that I could cook for Jon. But apparently it didn’t turn out as good as my Mom’s because it was a little too wet. ): I am not too sure if it was the rice though because they had Japanese rice instead of the usual ones we have back home. ):

Guys who can cook/do housework are very charming! Heeheehee.

I’ve been enjoying myself while I am here so far, even though it is a little boring since Jon’s having his exams now. But after his exams end next week, and when his entire family is coming over, we are going to have so much fun! Vegas and San Francisco! (Y)

Blackberry Bold 9700

The new baby that I got today. After procrastinating between an iPhone & a Blackberry for the longest time, I’ve decided against the iPhone and go for a BB. It’s not an impulsive buy because I have thought over it for more than 3 months! /:

Few reasons why I got a BB:

1. I read from someone’s tweet who changed from a BB to an iPhone complaining about the touchscreen keypad. And… it made sense when she said that “the apps are damn enticing to get an iPhone, but after awhile you’d stop using them.”
2. My favourite girls – Amanda & Stacey – are both using BB.
3. I am gonna psycho Baby to get a BB so that we can BBM forever without overseas charges! (Save money on a long run. Hopefully)
4. Keypad > Touch screen
5. Smaller & lighter than the iPhone.
6. Cheaper than an iPhone.
7. iPhone4 takes forever to arrive.
8. Heard that iPhone5′s coming out?

But meanwhile, I am still a noob trying to figure out how to work this phone to its best. Once I am done, I am back to my favourite – customization ftw! (Y)

MBD masks. This is only half of what I ordered!

Love Bonito’s Toga dress

And the credit cards that I applied for are approved! :D The only reason I’m signed up for the cards is for my year end trip since I doubt I can save enough on time. /: Shall chuck them in a corner of my room & never let them see daylight.

My spicy chicken chop & Matt’s soy garlic chicken burger. The chicken’s skin is so damn awesome I ate them all. I love the fries too, super yummy! :D

I look like crap here, but Matt wasn’t supposed to be posing for the cam. He was actually busy digging something from the bag when this shot was taken. -.-”

This vain pot changed into his new army specs that he made at OZ. I like this picture though! :D

The gifts Matt got for me from his Cambodia trip. Appreciate it a lot dude! :D

My fat face + Matt’s ugly hair = unbeatable horrible duo.

Matt was showing me the pictures that he took during his Cambodia trip, and it definitely sounded really enriching! Then he went on and on non-stop about this girl, tsk tsk! q: Decided that we should walk around a little to give our (or rather, my) bloated stomach a rest. There’s so much sales everywhere it’s madness. It’s always during the GSS period that I don’t shop. Oh the irony. /: Anyway, there was this really awesome blazer that caught my eye at Armani Exchange! If not for the fact that it cost SGD340, I’d have grabbed it. ):

Photo from AX’s website.
I think this picture doesn’t do justice to how awesome this blazer is! I can’t get this off my mind, I really want it! D:

And to feed my craving for ice-creams, we settled at Marvelous Cream for some! :D I grabbed a big cup and shared it with Matt, but I got it at a discounted price because we saw our fellow ex-DOPT course mate who was taking up a part time job there! :D

Matt and I talked for the rest of the afternoon, and my butt hurt when we were about to leave. That’s how long we sat, talking about the most random things and the interesting happenings around us. q:

Blue Cheesecake Cream!

Dearest BFF, you’re a charming and suave young guy in the making. But please…. GO HAVE YOUR HAIR CUT PLEASEEEEE!
(Ahem, Amanda agrees too!)

Dinner with Amanda darling at Ginza Bairin. We both had the same dishes because she said that it was it’s speciality. Somehow I was feeling so bloated that I couldn’t even finish my share! Anyway, the food was good and so was the lovely company! :D

Window-shopped around a little, and I brought Amanda to AX to show her the blazer, heehee! She agreed that it was pretty too! Oh gosh, I think I might want to just buy it from the website if it’s cheaper. Let me wait till Jon’s in the states and I’ll have them shipped to his place. Yay, because that means no international shipping! I can wait for awesome stuff anytime! q:

Wanted to visit Toast by Marmalade Pantry, but it was closed. So we just settled at Cedele to take a rest, and I got myself a Super “C” drink just because it’s healthy with vit C overload! q: Amanda thought it tasted bad because she hates fruits hahaha.

Walked over to 313 Somerset, then sat around at some corner and chat till it was almost 11pm. Oh god, this girl is just super hilarious that she makes my face stiffen from all the excessive laughing. Oh gosh, this girl is a treasure to me. Love her straightforwardness because it cracks me up totally – all the time!

I need to have more off days to meet up with all the people I love. Meanwhile, I’d be busy for the next two months, heehee! Saturday’s coming! It’s Friday tomorrow, and Saturday’s the day after! Heehee, looking forward to be in the warm embrace of my sweetheart. (:

On a side note, Sook Fung’s giving me a pair of NDP preview tickets for next Saturday! :D That means that my wish of reliving the past – watching NDP with Jon, just like when we were 11 years old – is gonna come true! Just when I was disappointed that the actual NDP tickets are all out, another door opens up! <3

Life’s amazing and awesome this way. (:

Finally, I own this baby! :D

Can’t help but to take it out and play with it for a little while the moment I got home, and I am loving it to bits! Can’t wait to play around with it more and take awesome photos! <3

Happy birthday Jinglan! :D

Met up with the DOPT peeps yesterday night to celebrate Jinglan’s birthday! :D Dinner at Marina Square’s Swensons wasn’t that pleasant to me after all, but the company was great. The waiter didn’t serve us our plain water for an hour (not until we asked for it), and my share of salmon & mushroom baked rice was tasteless. I bet I can cook something better than theirs. /: Thank goodness for the noisy bunch of people that made that night more enjoyable! :D

Ever since I’ve started working, these are the group of people I’ve been meeting up with rather frequently. Perhaps it isn’t really that difficult to keep in close contact with each other even though we are working under long retail hours. (:

Before meeting up with these people, I decided to bring myself out to shop a little! Cotton On was it, and I burnt my pocket a little. With that, I am not going to pamper myself any more for the rest of the month (I probably said this a million times) and drafted out my officially monthly financial planning draft. Gonna carry it out strictly from next month onwards, and I hope I am disciplined enough to do so.

But for now, let me indulge in my happy loots! :D

Got this bimbotic $5 home-slippers from Cotton On Body because it is so cute and comfy. Gonna wear this around my house all the time from now on!

My happy loots from Cotton On & Cotton Body! I am a basic junkie. Timeless.

On a really random note, this customer of mine (who happens to be a director for BBC in Singapore, or so he claimed) bought two pairs of glasses from me and wanted to date me out for dinner. Apparently both of his glasses were ready for collection, but he only wanted to pick up one of them so that “he has a reason to come back.” -.-” He asked if he could bring me out for dinner on my birthday, so I messaged Jon and told him about it.

K: Eh Baby, one of my customers wants to date me! Should I go? (of course I didn’t want to go)
J: You got wear our ring or not?

HAHAHA, Jon’s reply was just classic it made me laugh to myself like a fool seriously! That boy…. he is just my biggest weakness and heart throb. <3

Missing you very much my dear. One and a half more months to go.

Meeting up with people that matters makes me really happy. (:

It’s my off day today, and it’s awesome because I had lunch at Billy Bombers with Matt. 1-for-1 lunch promotion for UOB card holders, yay! :D Anyway, it’s really good to be updating each other the way we do about the ongoing (or issues that were over), and our friendship amazes me. Really. Very thankful to have someone like him actually; a girlfriend in a guy form, who is there for me (sometimes even more than my girlfriends) and to share opinions of how a guy would probably think too.

I really hope we’ll get to do this often as time passes, because I know our paths in life will be diverging.

Anyway, Janice came over to find us because she had some things to hand over to me. It was the wasabi peas (or rather, black beans) that they got for me from their Taiwan trip! It’s quite sad how everyone gets me food from their trips. ): Caught up with them a little, then we moved over to Pasta Mania where Yan Shan had her lunch. Bet it felt really nice to have so many people to have lunch with while you were at work. (:

Estella came over and had her lunch at Pasta Mania too, before we went separate ways with Janice and Yan Shan. (: Matt joined the both of us in our shopping spree, and I’m surprised that he wasn’t bored at all. (Or at least he doesn’t seem to be that bored.) Look at what our Thailand graduation trip trained this boy to do! :D

My loots for the day: hot pink bandage skirt and a top. Damage: $26! :D

Estella and I bought the same top and skirt, in different colours! That girl cajoled me to buy the skirt when I didn’t really have the intention to! How evil! We walked over to Haji Lane, and I totally love the concept of the shops over there! Totally incoherent, but I’d wish to own a house that has a physical structure just like one of these shop houses! Would be lovely to have a house that has an attic! :D Love the old school concept too, how relaxing. (:

Back to the main point, we saw many awesome things in one of the shops! Very cute door stoppers, pretty fabric laptop bags, and awesome film cameras (I swear I want all of them :O)!

Got a little tired and lazy from the terribly humid weather, so we walked back to Bugis to get some rest. Settled at Ah Chew Desserts to satisfy my desserts craving (before dinner time)! q: Amanda told me that they served one of the best herbal jelly she tasted in Singapore, and I got to say that it is definitely better than the one I tried in Chinatown which was more expensive with lousy quality! /: The best I’ve ever tried is still Hong Kong’s Hoi Ting Tong’s! q: Made Estella try the herbal jelly because didn’t dare to after knowing it was from turtle! Matt suggested video-taping the entire process of her eating it because it was just hilarious! :D

I enjoyed myself so much today with the company of this two! (: Really can’t believe that the day has ended just like that, and I’ve gotta get back to work tomorrow. To be honest, I still can’t believe that I’m actually working full-time already! :O I’ve gotta slowly adjust my mindset to one of an working adult really soon. ):

Oh, and….

The masks that Matt got for me from Taiwan, heeeheee! Makes me so happy! :D

Warning: Major shopping entry in Bangkok ahead! Do not read if shopping bores you!

Day Three

The third and forth day has got to be the best period of the trip for me, when there was nothing else I’d do but to shop and shop non-stop! :D Had breakfast in the morning, and the mini van brought us to Chatuchak thereafter!

Chatuchak is paradise to me! Very similar to the Bugis Street of Singapore, but more than ten times bigger with a lot more better deals! Cheap and good quality that is! :D I bought so many items there it was madness. It was so big that we probably only covered 1/10 of �the entire market, and as a tourist, it’s impossible to find your way out without grabbing a map. I swear I could just stay there forever and bargain to my heart’s content. My friends say I’m very fierce when it comes to bargaining. /: The weather was a little humid and warm though, so the presence of a fruit juice stall was very timely! I got myself a cup of strawberry yougurt drink to keep myself feeling chilled and happy. Heehee!

I don’t know how to emphasize on this, but I really love shopping for cheap and good quality deals! Just talking about my shopping experience right now makes me want to go back to Bangkok very badly! I swear I’ve never, ever, shopped so much in a single day in my life before.

For all the mornings during my stay, I eat this without fail. Love the noodles on the left! :D

With Kaiting and Cindy. (:

After 3 hours of shopping at Chatuchak (which was obviously not long enough!), we hopped onto the mini van which brought us to Platinum. I’ve been waiting for the longest of time to shop in Platinum ever since we touched down, especially when I’ve heard about how much good steals we can probably get in just this mall alone, but luck wasn’t on our side. Due to the protests in Bangkok, the mall was closed! I was mega sad to the max! ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ):�But when I thought of the happy loots I got from Chatuchak earlier, it cheered me a lot heehee!

Walked over to a mall opposite to grab lunch, and we bumped into Lingli & co. who was also in Bangkok for their post-grad trip! Lucky them, because they managed to shop in Platinum the day before. They said that they spent half a day just walking in two levels. WHY WAS THE MALL CLOSED WHEN I WAS THERE TO VISIT? ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ):�God’s just trying to stop me from shopping I think. ):

Went over to Central World, which was within walking distance, after our lunch. Ziwei, Yuli and I were stucked at Naraya for most of the time we were there because there wasn’t anything else for us to buy in the mall just by looking at the kind of shops they have! Initially when I entered the shop, I felt that it wasn’t the kind of stuff I’d want to carry around (bags I mean). But I ended up getting two of the cosmetic pouches for myself, and now I am starting to regret that I should have gotten more stuff from the store. Bags included! Though there’s also a store in Singapore, bet it’s a lot cheaper in Bangkok since it’s from Thailand! ):

Had dinner in the food court of the mall, and I ordered Tom Yum Noodles (yes I know. Again.) which turned out to be quite a disappointment! ): Seems like from the point that I knew that Platinum wasn’t open, there’s a lot of ): appearing. /: Esther’s Dad ordered Mango Sticky Rice for us, and it was the first thing that made me happier after that! Heehee. It’s so good and yummy, but sinful with all the coconut milk that has to be poured over the gluttonous rice (which is already quite fattening on its own)!

Ordered Tom Yum for my dinner, which wasn’t good at all in my opinion. /:

One of my favourite dish, a dessert in fact, for the entire trip: Mango Sticky Rice (Y)

Our last, and rather short, shopping destination for the day was at Suan Lum Night Market! Though it’s a night market, I’d say that there were quite a handful of shops that weren’t open! Bought some items from the market, so I was contented over there hee!

Day Four

Since we hired the mini van for only three days, we had to travel around on the forth day by squeezing into Esther’s Dad’s car and the rest in the cab. First destination was for some wholesale grocery shopping at Makro! We bought boxes of Pocky back home because it’s dirt cheap over there! �Okay, maybe not dirt cheap but about half the price. Some of us regretted buying so many Pocky back home because it took up quite a lot of space in our luggage. Ziwei and I even bought a bottle of Listerine each, hahaha!

Next was shopping Seacon shopping mall. We had A&W for lunch, and then it was shopping thereafter! Initially I thought that this mall would just be another Central World, but there was this corner of the mall which was very much like Far East Plaza, and my shopping frenzy started again! There were so much stuff in that area we didn’t even walk into the other parts of the mall! I bought quite a handful of stuff, and was really satisfied with myself! :D

Happy with all our shopping loots! :D
(P.S: We didn’t buy anything from DKNY. It’s just one of plastic bags we were given to contain our fruits of labour!)

Drove off to Healthland for a 2 hour long full body message again! I was supposed to be together with Ziwei and Yuli, with our beds beside each other. But apparently I got separated from them so I was alone. But fear not, because I had my iPod filled with movies for me to catch! So while the masseur was massaging, I was just indulging in my movie heehee. But about 1 hour later, I decided that I should sleep instead. I guess that’s what most people want to do when they were having a massage, right? (:

The massage ended at about 8pm, and we were all famished! Settled down at Somboon Seafood Restaurant, which was located near Healthland! The food served was good, and this was where I had 4 bowls of Tom Yum soup heehee. I really can’t remember if I mentioned this earlier (if I do please pardon me), but Esther’s parents bought me two packets of Tom Yum paste for me to bring back home since they noticed that I order Tom Yum Soup for almost every single meal! How nice and sweet of them! :D Really appreciate their sweet little act! :D

We headed back to our hotel after dinner. Washed up and packed our luggage attempting to squeeze in all of our shopping loots. Looking at all of them made me feel so happy teehee! :D It was a really fruitful trip for me. I’d have to say that I’d prefer shopping in Bangkok more than Hong Kong because everything’s so cheap as compared to HK’s! But as for food and weather wise, Hong Kong would be the choice! Of course I was talking about Winter! q:

Not in picture: Collared shirt for Jon’s borther and scent sachets for my colleagues.

I know some of the stuff I bought may be a little expensive, or even comparable to the prices in Singapore, but they are of a much better quality I promise! I believe I would have to pay up to S$30 to S$40 for the same thing if it’s over here! Quality > Quantity to me! (:

The guys came into our room, and poor Jia Sheng was locked outside of the room. He was quite sad so he went back to his room alone, and I decided to gave him a call and told him to come over or else the connecting door in his room would start knocking, which happened on the first day! So eerie! That coward came over, and the door still had the hook�latched�on so he couldn’t open the door entirely. Knowing what would probably go on, I squat down and waited for the guy to open the door and I stretched my hand out to grab his leg! That guy freaked out and started screaming and I bet the entire level could hear his voice! HAHAHA! It was mad hilarious and I wished that everyone else would have seen the expression on his face! q:

Did a bit of chatting with the guys, look at them wrestle like a girl on the bed, and camwhored a little before ending off the night!

Jia Sheng’s retardedness, trying to do the things that masseur did during our massaging experience!

It was such a long day, and it was also the last day of the post-graduation trip. ): And since there was nothing much other than having lunch and preparing to head to the airport on the fifth day of the trip, I’m not going to blog about it just because I’m really lazy!

I had so much fun with the people and the activities that were lined up! Really had to thank Esther for planning such a wonderful itenary with the help of her parents! :D Even Matt, who probably bought the least things from all the shopping, said that the trip was good. (:

Goodbye Bangkok. Hope to see you soon!

I was chosen to be doing the beginning of the presentation, and it being the first time official talking through a mike, I was feeling really nervous. I am not too sure how I sounded to the crowd, but for sure I knew that I was experiencing the micro tremors going through me! ): I don’t think I performed well sadly, though I thought that the guys did really well. I really wished that I was a lot more confident, a lot more capable than what I am.

Sigh. But at least everything’s over. All I wish for now is to get through my last semester and nothing more. I don’t even dare to ask for anything more. ):

Left work earlier today and met up with Stacey honey for a study session at Orchard Central’s Burger King. Got myself a Mushroom Swiss set because I was famished, and it’s my first BK meal in the longest time possible! Passed Stacey the gifts that I got her since a long time ago, but kept forgetting to bring whenever we meet with this terrible memory of mine. /: And being the real muddle-headed me, I forgot to take out the price tag for one of the items. -.-” Glad that she liked the earrings though! (:

She bought me a box of mask for whitening from her recent trip back to Hong Kong! :D I hope that the mask will be as effective and smells as good as MBD’s! :D Also, she passed me the keychain that  Hilary’s sister made for me when I was in Hong Kong last December with Jon! It’s so gorgeous I love it so much! :D It wasn’t cheap though!

Tell me it’s drop dead gorgeous! :D And it has a K at the back of it because it’s my initial! :D Love the reflection of the Swarovski crystals too! It’s so much prettier in real. :D

Stacey told me it’s gonna be quite a waste if I hung my keys instead. But if I don’t hang my keys, I have no idea what/where I should hang it.

My stomach’s growling already, and I think I am gonna try finding some food in the kitchen to fill this ever-hungry stomach of mine. Should attempt to read my notes for the 5% test tomorrow, and holidays have officially arrived for me.

Finally. (:

Not forgetting that I am feeling very appreciative of my parents too! My Dad has been really willing to send and pick me up from school/work without any complains. He probably understands how tired and drained I am. Have been falling asleep on the rides home, but it is really nice to have days like today, where my family actually kept aside some popiah and chicken wings for me. Really appreciate it, and I love my family tonnes for that. (:

Work today was very demanding of me. I have been doing refraction non-stop till about 4pm. And I only get to have my first meal of the day at 4pm! Was like a total jelly because I was tired and a little hungry, and all I did was pray that my stomach wouldn’t growl while I was doing the eye checks. Audrey popped by with Xiu Xiang and she got me a brownie bar from IKEA! Totally appreciate it babe! :D

Although working in a shop means long hours, longer than school hours to be exact, I really enjoy myself. Gotta admit that there are bad times at work too, but I really get a sense of achievement from work especially days that I can really give advice to people! Maybe I just enjoy talking and people listening to me. Hopefully this kind of mindset and positivity will stay with me through the years! (:

I guess I do deserve to pamper myself in a crazy month like this! Thought that these clothes would be something I’d wear to work, and maybe I’ll just wear them for Chinese New Year too! Killing 2 birds with 1 stone! (Y) But apparently I only received 1 out of 5 items that I ordered. Hope that I will receive them really soon! :D

Though I really love most of Agneselle’s dresses, I think it’s time for me to stop getting dresses because it makes me lazy. I’m losing a lot of my creativity juices to mix and match my clothes just because all I need to do is to slip into my 1-piece clothings. Need to shop for clothes, bags and shoes. I want everything and this is terribly bad! /:

On a side note, I’ve 3 major reasons why I am looking forward to the end of February:

1. End of school!
2. I’m going for the School of Chemical and Life Sciences Dinner & Dance (Prom)! :D Apparently I think I am going to wear the dress I bought from Melbourne, which I haven’t got a chance to wear yet.
3. Bangkok Graduation trip: Think of massaging, shopping, food, sea sports and gay shows! How exciting! :D

Happy 21st birthday Zi Wei! :D Though I highly doubt that you’ll read this, I hope you had a great day out celebrating your birthday with your friends! (: