Virginia is for LOVERS...

13th Mar 09

One of the relaxing weekends when Les and I just walked around in town, have dinner... and we went for drinks after that!!!

it was this place in Somerset. I think it's called Alleybar or something. i've never been to that stretch of pubs before, because it usually looks very un-happening hahah...

i mean if i was to go pubbing, i'll rather go Clarke Quay area. But we were in a lazy mood that day, and couldnt be bothered to travel...

the live band playing :: our cocktails!

the band was not bad. At least the male singer is quite cute, albeit the fact that he kept making really lame jokes haha... by the way, the guy on the left is from the audience, but his singing was really not bad either =)

us =)

As much as i always have fun going out, i'm starting to feel like Singapore's really really small and boring. there's just so little things u can really do here... and i'm getting sick sick sick of town already!

i need to find new things to do ahhhhhhhh!!
my colleague (she's a foreigner by the way) just told me in underwater world, u can put on gear and go down underwater to swim with the sharks and stingrays etc.... but it's freaking $90! but i wanna do it!

and dolphin lagoon u can choose to swim together with the dolphins, but i bet it's damn ex tooooo! but i wanna do it!

and supperclub is apparently damn nice and fun, and it's very different from ur usual clubs. and it's freaking $60++++, and will come up to about $90. but i wanna do it toooo!!!

so see, there are stuff to do around singapore, but they're all expensive. arghhhhhhh.

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21st Mar 09

met up with Kelchoo, and he brought me to Goodwood Park for dinner!
we ate buffet dinner with dessert buffet too, and it's damnnnnnnnnnnnnn nice!!!!!!!
i havent had such an atas dinner for soooo long. haha...

and their durian crepes are like awesome awesome AWESOME lar! it's the best durian dessert i've ever eaten. no wonder everyone goes gaga over it. and it's not expensive! it's only $10 lor.

i must force Lester to start eating durians. hahahahah...
anyway we met up with Swee Yong for drinks after that at Clarke Quay.

it was at this new place called "Mama's Carribean Bar".
the drinks are nice and the place is not bad. but the band singing there, omg, epitomy of horrid.

anyway the staff there is so funny. they go around offering to take group photos for u, but everytime they take, they make sure that the photo captures their pub name (i.e. see right photo above).

kelchoo

i look so sleepy in this photo omg.

anyway i so wanna try Goodwood Park's dim sum buffet next time!
yays to good food! =)

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28th Mar 09 - Beach Fiesta

i joined NUS Arts' Beach Fiesta yesterday!

we put together a japalang team and took part in captains ball! hahah
so exciting lar.

and guess wat!!!!?!?!?!??!?!?
it didnt rain a single drop!

quite the opposite, it was BLAZING hot. and i'm serious when i said blazing. i've never been so burnt before lor.

some of my team mates...

Yongxiang
Chie Hui :: Xueping

i love beach carnivals lar.
it's the best kinda events ever. although bashes come a close second hahaha...

and the gers...

Cai Lin and I :: Me, cai, Xueping

the singlets they gave out were damn nice.
i love the material and the soft baby blue colour.
it's so much better than the one i got from Waikiki last year lar. that one was not much better than a pasam malam tshirt lor.

the gers and Eric

for the first group round, we played a total of 4 matches, each 8 mins.
it sounded do-able.

but with the blazing sun, and your opponent teams running here and there vigorously. omg the 8 mins seemed forever and it's actually exhausting. especially with the blazing sun.

and because it's a rule to have at least 3 gers playing, and we only have 3 gers.
the gers played the full 8 mins for every single match.

but still.
it's damn freaking FUNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!

during the breaks between matches, we played frisbee on the road. it was so shioks can, even though running around on tarmac road is a sure killer for my poor soles. haha...

and some random photos i took when we were resting and listening to the live band. yes there was a live band, and they're horrible too. but still, a source of entertainment =)

our overheated bags and yx's vball :: my poor sunburnt feet

at the end of the day, we were all burnt like lobsters.
seriously, i've never been so red and so hot and burnt before.

my entire arms my shoulders my thighs my face are all supa red now. i hope they dun peel, pls pls pls dun peel. i've slapped on dozens of aloevera lotion already!

and yay the "Underdogs"!!!

llallalla... i'm so glad we could all click, even though some of us dont know each other before this. and i really love the material of the singlets!

Yays! another beach carnival conquered! =))

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after beach carnival, we went to vivo to eat KFC!
haha of all things right?!?! but i was damn gian fried chicken, because there was this lingering smell of fried chicken when we were at the beach haha...

we hung around vivo for like a few hours, before i went town to meet ching and jun for an all-girls catch-up session!

and by the way, it was earth hour from 830 to 930pm!

that's Wisma Atria during earth hour haha

i think it's a supa cool event to have, and whoever thought of it is a genius.

we came out from Wisma after our dinner, to see Orchard darker but still bustling with ppl cheering, because there were performances carried out to celebrate Earth hour.

haha how cool is that. save electricity, and give ppl an excuse to party. but luckily we're in Singapore, because if i was in any other country, and there'll be an hour where the roads will not be as bright as usual, i'll be rather scared to leave my house.

anyway aft dinner we went to Candele for desserts!
and i realise all 3 of us love the desserts there haha... they have the best ever lar...

Ching, jun and me

see how red my face is. and the photo doesnt really depict 100% of how red it actually is lor.

i cant stop thinking abt how amazing my april and may will be, with Boracay and Europe! wahahhaha... lalala...

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* Thursday, March 26, 2009 *

As much as i'm bored with life recently, and i'm starting to realise what a routine working life is, and i really miss school heck of a lot especially during times when i meet up with frens who are still schooling...

BUT (i bet u saw this coming haha...)

i'm still pretty satisfied with life in general. because there're soooooooo many things that i'm looking forward to in the next few months!!!!! Just thinking about it make me high.

Firstly... there's Beach Fiesta!!!!! on 28th Mar!

"Life's a Beach"
So cliche, but i totally love it. it shall be my life motto. hahahha...

and no matter which way u look at it, pun or no pun, it's still true =)

Anyway last year i took part in Waikiki Vball with my sec sch frens, but this year most of the gang are overseas for exchange. so i'm taking part with random frens (random because they're all from different groups of frens that i have) that i pulled together to form a team hahhaha...

we're taking part in captain ball!
for fun lar, i dun expect to win. we didnt even practise lor. some of the ppl in my team dun even noe each other... haha...

but i love love beach carnival lar! it's damn shioks.
pls pls plsssssssssssssssssssssssss PLS dun rain!
plsssss dun rainnnnnnnnn!

speaking of which, i think the tan on my skin has integrated to become part of my natural skin tone already.

yea of coz i'm talking cock, but it does seem like it. i haven been to tanning or the beach for like weeks already (i actually think this is the longest record so far), but i'm still the same tan colour. not that i'm complaining though. =)

And then next there's a trip to Boracay Islands with the gers!!!!! this is end April!

of coz this is not confirmed yet. will be going with the gers at work if it is. i'm still thinking if i should. because i seemed to be taking heck of alot of leave during these few months. =(

but look at that! how can u resist that man!
and according to my filipino colleague, april in boracay is like their hottest season ever!

i was actually going to give up the idea already, and probably go later in the year or something, BUT my itchy hands went to google boracay photos, and OMG. they never fail to tempt me.

sighs. i love the beach. i wish i can stay there for life.

And the most exciting of all! Europe trip baby!!!! 17th May to 1st June! dig that!

Paris, France :: Rome, Italy

this trip will be totally absolutely kick-ass. i know it and i can feel it.
we've booked every single thing already. from international flight to internal flights to all our hostels.

and Les is gonna start planning the itinery soon! the best thing about going for a holiday with him is 1) he loves planning, and he'll come up with the best itinery u can ever find, complete with must-go places, must-eat food. he'll even plan the routes and everything. All in all, I just need to pack my bags and follow him hahahha... 2) he is super street-wise... 3) he makes the trip damn fun... 4) it's just nice going on a holiday with my boyfren hahaha...

i've decided. every year, i'm gonna go on a huge long kick-ass holiday. every year.
next year, it'll either be egypt or USA lalallala...

And finally YMCA Camp!!! yes again! in Mid june...

this will be another kick-ass experience.
I went for the Dec one, and it's soooo unforgettable, and so memorable.
It's a life-changing experience.

As I was telling Mark, there're so many reasons why i wanna go.

1) It's fun
2) It's outdoors
3) I get to do things like dragon boating and rock climbing etc...
4) I get to know tons of people
5) I can help the needy and it just feels damn great to see them laugh and have fun
6) It's by far the most fulfilling experience i've ever had in my life
7) It's a camp and i love camps

to which, Mark promptly replied "nice girl guide. go do the thing you do"

-_-'''

And again, i'm signing up on my own. Well not really, one of my frens from the previous Dec camp is actually signing up with me.
The reason i'm not jio-ing my frens is because ppl tend to give me really fu yan answers like, okay see how, oh i busy lar, i no time, dont feel like it lehz...

to which i think, busy?!?!?! i'm working and i have no more annual leave left, i'll prob have to take no-pay leave to attend this, and i'm doing it. so what other reasons can u have.

somehow ppl just dont seem to be convinced when i tell them this is the most fulfilling experience anyone can have. I did that for Dec Ycamp and the response from friends were not very good.

SOOOOO!!!!!
If you read this and you feel like going, let me know!!!!
I can send you the form to fill up. They really need more volunteers. =)

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That more or less sums up the major events for the next few months. Beyond June, i haven't plan yet hahahha...

times like this, i really love my life =)

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* Sunday, March 15, 2009 *

Okay finally i've posted all photos since months ago! yes la. i just need to post the YMCA camp photos and i'm done hee...

anyway, this is gonna be an absolutely RANDOM post.

i've always told Les how i cant believe we've been together for near 4 years and YET i've never ever seen him drive before, neither have i even sat in his car before with him as the driver.

coz usually his dad drives the car, and the only time he actually drives is when he drives back hall from home, den his dad will drive the car back home again. so really, i've had the chance of being driven around by him before.

i'm starting to suspect that maybe his driving license is fake (haha!) when one fine day (or evening to be precise), he drove the car to my office to pick me up for dinner! wahahha...

have i ever mentioned i like looking at guys when they drive?! hahah...

2 things that i think guys look absolutely at their best when they're doing:

1) Sports (any kind of sports as long as they're sweating it out hahaha)
2) Driving

hmmm maybe playing music too. but then again, only certain instruments make the guy look really good. namely guitar and drums. but ESPECIALLY drums. =)

and a photo of the boyfriend snoozing away...

i snapped this photo one of the mornings when he stayed over, because i'm wide awake already, and he just absolutely refused to wake up. and i have no idea why he's grabbing his handphone for dear life even in his sleep. hahaha...

but poor guy, he always ends up slping on the floor whenever he comes over to my hse hahah...

and 2 of my dearest female colleagues!

and a sneak preview of how my office roughly looks like. one day i shd take a photo of the pantries and the foosball and dartboard in my office.

yes, i have a foosball and dartboard (and even an OSIM chair) right smack in the middle of my office floor. every day u hear "pak! pak! pak!" and loud cheering noises coming from it. damn noisy lar haha...

anyway that photo is really old, like when i just started work i think. That's Chalene who works in SKII and Jesslyn who works in Gillette. all under P&G lar, in case you dont know. haha...

and THIS! is really beautiful =)

if u look at the top right photo, you can see the secondary rainbow on top of the primary one. =)
it's so nice... and i saw this when i crossed the highway bridge from the MRT station to my house, and it's spread like a huge arc across the entire sky.

I've never seen a larger and more obvious rainbow in my life than this.
and apparently everyone in Singapore saw it too.

sometimes, nature works wonders huh?! =)

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I saw a video just now that my friend posted and shared on Facebook, so I shared it on mine too. but somehow was unable to copy the video HTML over to blogger, so here's the link.

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=600236319&share_id=57757769414&post_id=1025083&comments#s57757769414

it's such an inspiring and beautiful video. Watch it and you'll understand what i'm talking about. =)

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Last night, i walked past a funeral wake at one of the void decks near my house, and cries and sobs were filling the air.

It just made me wonder how my funeral will be next time. I'm sorry, this is pretty morbid, but i'm sure at some point everyone will wonder, how their funerals will be like, what will ppl say about them at the funeral...

My wake will be decorated in the brightest, cheeriest colours ever, and will remind everyone of the beach once they even go near it. Everyone who attends the wake will receive a sunflower, because sunflowers are my favorite and they're, in my opinion, the happiest flowers. There will be a powerpoint slide telling my life-story and showing photos of the significant moments and the significant people in my life. Loved ones will go up and talk about their fondest memories of me, and how my presence had changed their lives. No one will cry, everyone will leave with a smile on their faces, because they know i will always live on in their hearts.

Of course, this will happen when i'm really really old like 80 plus years old because i'm gonna live a healthy and blessed life hahah =)

there was once, a friend asked me, "Before you were born into this world, if you're standing up in Heaven and God asked you what kind of life you want to be born into, what will you say?"

Will you say, a life full of success and riches, a life where you'll end up with power and authority?
Will you say, a life that's simple and happy, that as long as you're surrounded by your loved ones, nothing else matters?
Will you say, a life where you can have the most positive impact on everyone else's lives?

When i think about the above, i know i can't stay in this corporate world for long. Of course, i liked my present job, i liked the challenges and how it simulates my brain when it comes to analysing. but i don't love it, i just like it that's all. And sometimes when you stand back and you look at everyone around you in the office, when you stand at a side and observe all the people on the MRT in their business attires, I cant help wondering there's no point in all these chasing of deadlines, desperately climbing up the corporate ladder, and trying hard to do the things that will make the higher management happy.

Some of my friends think i am (or will be) a high-flyer, simply because of my starting pay and the company i'm in right now. But i'm not ambitious at all, which is something i've never viewed as a flaw or weakness before. When i look at the higher management in my company, i think "I don't want to be like that". Sure, they're earning big bucks and they're successful, and don't get me wrong, they're really nice people. But still, i don't want to be like that.

When friends ask me what's my ultimate goal, i answer it'll either be in social work or related to outdoor activities. My dream job is a job where i'll feel inner satisfaction doing, where i'll meet different ppl and get to know their lives, where i can make an impact on their lives (i bet my insurance agent friends reading this, will say "then u shd join insurance", ahaha) but no, it'll have to be social work. Or outdoor activities, because i so damn love outdoor =)

But when u put a number to that dream job, suddenly it doesnt work anymore because this world is so realistic. So if you ask me where do i see myself in 5 years, i'll still say "stuck in this corporate world". But at least i have an ideal goal where i want to be, and for this, i'm gonna work freaking hard and earn lotsa money then quit and go into what i want. And of coz, also coz i have so many countries that i want to visit (meaning more $$$ pls!!!!)...

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14th Feb 2009 - Valentines' Day!

the day filled with love - Vday =)

I know how some ppl think that vday is overrated. It is never overrated. I love vday, i love how you walk on the streets and u see happy couples everywhere. I love how there are hearts and roses and pinkish reddish decorations everywhere. I love the anticipation of wondering what surprises Les has in store for me. I love the look on his face everytime i give him something that i've made or bought. And i love how all couples seemed to put all their differences aside to make this day as special as it can be for them.

so anyway this vday i decided to buy a fondue set for him... even though he kept insisting i'm buying it for myself actually, because by putting it in his room, technically i can use it anytime i want. hahahha...

so here it is! All the way from Taka. =)

complete with pink candle and "whatever those are called" decorated with hearts!

I think it's a nice gift lar! and i tot about it for very long ok!
made something small for him too...

sighs, if only my work wasnt so busy during the Feb period.
i love making elaborate gifts, and it irks me when time doesnt allow me to do so. =(

the happy man and his gifts

so anyway, this year he gave me roses too! as per the years before... but i'm more touched than ever to receive them this time...

2 days before vday, i went out to Brewerks at Clark Quay with my colleagues and we talked about Vday. Or rather, they talked and i listened with interest haha...

All the guys were complaining about how sometimes vday is overrated, and they kinda dread this day because they think buying flowers is a total waste of money and they cant be bothered to buy them. And how "anyway they'll just wither and die". which is TRUE.

BUT! guys being guys, they can never get the meaning of "it's the thought that counts".

So some of my female colleagues tried to persuade and convince them that sometimes "it's the thought that counts". and it doesnt hurt to just get a bouquet on vday. BUT! guys being guys, they were so stubborn they stood by their opinions. it even degraded to a point where one of my female colleagues said:

"okay. why don't you just buy 1 stalk of rose? JUST 1 stalk. and i bet she'll still be happy..."

-_-'''

so when Les handed me the roses, i was more thrilled than i ever could be. and PLUS, after last year's vday i did mention to him not to buy flowers for me for vday, we could always use that money and put it into a better dinner.

But according to him, he feels that on vday, the guy should always buy red roses for the ger, and it doesnt even matter that they might wilt and die, it's how the ger actually feels when she receives it and when she walks down the streets with the bouquet in her hands.

i think.

THAT is so adoringly sweet. =)

this is why i love you... muaks!

so anyway, the rest of my gifts!

Nike sportsbra
the keychain he handmade

i think the keychain is damn nice lar!!! esp the heart! and he painstakingly pasted every single white and red petals onto the heart.

it's now hanging from the calendar that he made for me previous year. hahah...

anyway we went to town for a late night movie on Fri night (Vday is Sat) and we bought the ingredients to make the fondue!

those Korean strawberries are the best shit ever!!!!

seriously!

When i went to the strawberries section, every single box of strawberries are freaking ex! they cost like $10 or even $12. i never knew strawberries are premium fruits lor.

so anyway i saw this box sitting at the corner of the shelf, and it was heart-shaped and it costs only $3 so i bought it. Thinking, okay this must be tasting horrible which is why it has such nice packaging but still cost only $3, BUT nvm, with chocolate it'll still taste good.

BUT! they turned out to be the BEST strawberries i've ever eaten in my entire life. it's juicy and very very very sweet! ask Lester.

so anyway we brought those ingredients back and started making fondue!

look at the thick gooey Cadbury chocolate! it's sooooo sinfully NICE!
and the strawberries. my god. heavenly.
Should have bought bananas too, though.

The boyfriend cooking :: saccharine sweet Vday =)

Les is damnnnnnnn patient lar! i dunno how he does it. he just kept stirring and adding chocolates and stirring and stirring. And relighting the candle everytime the wind blows it out.

i'm so useless. while he's doing all these, i'm doing the below.

playing Facebook Poker.

guilty as charged, hahah...

but the fondue was GOOOOD la. though i prob have to gym 2 extra hours to make up for it. but heck. cooking fondue on vday is prob the best idea i've ever had for vday hahah...

next year, we can do the same again! =)

so Sat afternoon, which is Vday itself, we went into Sentosa!!!

i think i might have an obsession with taking photos of feet. hahha...

and inside Sentosa...

you know, when you're in air-conditioned office for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, it always feel supa fantastic to be out under the hot hot sun.

den Les started fiddling with my camera...

i like the photo on the left! you can see the beach reflected in my shades... =)

we tanned for awhile, chatted for awhile, played frisbee and ran around on the sand.
my fitness level seemed to have gone down vs previous. time to hit the gym again aiyoh...

went to Coffee Bean to chill after that...

i realised, maybe when i smile really really hard, i can conjure up dimples on my cheeks. hahaha...

anyway it feels damnnnn good to be all sweaty and hot and burning, and then just take an ice cold shower. haha... we went to Vivo for dinner after that. at this supa atas place called "The Queen & Mangosteen"...

the table the waiter gave us was awesome lar...

we can see Sentosaaaa...

and we ordered beer. their beer menu looked exactly like the ones in Brewerks...

and our food!!!

Steak in mushroom sauce, with potato-cut fries and mixed vegetables

the steak is mine, and the portion is so huge lar! usually when i order steak, they just give one circular small chunk. this is like really huge. and the mushroom sauce is so good can!

crayfish with fried shallots and potato-cut fries

the crayfish Les ordered is damn cute lar... i expected it to come as one huge chunk. but the meat is really really fresh.

superb lar the food, the serving is huge and quality is really not bad...

and the best of all, the view we had during the sunset...

damn nice right! perfect for vday dinner =)

and lastly, we ordered dessert, because it looks like it's one of their signature dishes there...

burnt Cambridge cream

or otherwise known as creme brulee... damn nice! it's like custard but nicer... =)

and so despite our busy schedules and hectic days, we managed to take out 2 full days to celebrate vday. it was perfect lar =)

you're the best boyfren baby, muaksss!
i love how u always go all out to make me happy... =)

Happy Valentines' Day!!!

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