i only like the fruits with chocolate in that fondue.

turn out i can only do cleaning for my teeth on 10th january!!! noooooooooooooooooooooooo. i have to live with these dirty 27 teeth til then. eww. eww. eww. how?

ate @ SushiTei afterwards. then met cousins and erica. eric and naldo left for home while mum and i stayed behind. due to some reason, i was separated away from mum. i had to walk out of taka to ion. so tiring. i'm really so used to sitting in the car and be driven by mum. hohoho. lazy me. i should not deserve to be on earth right now. =P

waited for mum to come to Lv store @ ion for quite some time. i was so lonely that i sat down on the couch and waited. i didn't dare walked around the store myself, asking the sales attendants for product prices. no way. i'm not used to doing that in big brand store. i need companion! so while i was sitting down, i watched girls put on heeled shoes and showing it off to their boyfriends. and i honestly felt a tad jealous that i don't have slim legs like them. i got sad for a while. but then i brushed off those negative thoughts and called mum. turned out she's already got what she needed and was already outside the store. lol. i told her i was feeling unwell and that i need to rest. she asked whether i wanted to take a taxi home. i said yes and everyone started following my idea. but in the end, we went shopping instead. while passing through wisma atria to go back to taka, we stopped by esprit and topshop. i bought leggings, tight dress and teeshirt @ topshop which cost $150. bloody ex. i think there's something wrong with me and shopping. i need helppppp...

maybe i got ADD. yes. that's it. last few days, while watching our childhood videos, i watched myself and noticed that i always try to steal camera attention. gosh. how embarrassing. is it something to be embarrassed about? well, i may have ADD but i guess i have to learn to accept it for my own good right?

back to the subject. so after mum sent ama's bag to the grange house, we went back home. to rest. i watched a bit of Saw IV from online. my cousins got freaked out afterwards watching the front bit. lol. then soon later, we left the house for dinner @ prata house. at first i was craving for the Milo Dinosaur. then after dinner, i was complaining about it. how funny life is, i thought. first you want something badly. then when you get it, you start seeing all the negative things about it. i guess i'm only human? after that, we headed to Clarke Quay again. we had chocolate fondue because we wanted to wait for the dance performance to start. which took us like an hour? what a long wait. we watched the MV playing across Haagen Daz during those time. in the end, the dance ended after like 15 minutes? but it was worth the wait i guess. also we watched people dared themselves ride on 2 scary rides. the G-Max Bungee Singapore and Extreme Swing. just watching them go made my stomach flip. so scary. we had candid shots @ the riverside too. hope my cousin can upload those pictures that we took asap! (=

dad is reaching here tomorrow via Batam and we're going to Bethany to celebrate the end of year 2009 and to welcome the new 2010. (=

feel tired now... bye world! here's pictures before i end.


xoxo,
thegirlwhotreasureseverydayofherlife

C for clinic.

mum brought us to Novena instead for their chicken rice. omg. it's a taste that i will never ever forget ever. best of the best! and the boss of the place could be seen helping around the place too, even with an office-wear on! he's so adorable. mum saw him catching one of the waitresses when she's about to fall. so sweet~

afterwards, mum drove us to Novena Square. the place was closing down at the time. i saw a pair of really nice havaianas ytd there. it's pink and slim. but when i saw the price, i stopped in my track. i am not gonna buy it there even i so want it. i shall wait to return to melbourne then buy it there. so much cheaper! like almost half price??? but i bet in usa it's a tad cheaper as well. but how am i gonna get it from there?? my cousins from usa not gonna come back anytime soon... next, i bought body mist from Body shop. love the smell! i was so happy Levis is having sales. minimum purchase of 2 jeans means each pair only costs $39.90! alright! so i bought 2 skinnies. loves.

we were already quite tired by then. but then, we headed to Clarke Quay. and little did i know, things turn out that we stopped by to drink @ CLINIC! the place was AWESOME. very cool to hang out with friends there i guess. lots of family were there as well, letting their hair down i guess. as for us, we took lots of pictures~! til the camera battery went flat. haha. we changed our seats from the bed to the wheelchair. the wheelchair was fun. ended up taking pictures most on it. hahs. there's one shot whereby i was pretending to push mum on her wheelchair and feeding her fries. another one of me and erica pretending to inject her with our drinks. what a memorable night indeed. oh and erica was the first to take the syringe out from the bucket and began sucking on it like a baby. there's alcohol in the drink and she thought that it's orange juice! hahs. we laughed so much yesterday and the Caucasians sitting beside were oogling at what we're laughing at. lots of people passing by was surprised to see erica drinking alcohol there. that's obvious. she's under-aged! so lucky. at the age of nine, erica already sipped her first vodka-mixed drink. wow. well, tonight we're going Clarke Quay again to take pictures and maybe dinner.

i woke up super early this morning cause i will be following my brothers and mum to the hospital. also, i intend to go to the dentist for cleaning. i hate the insides of my teeth. yuck. get the black stains awayy!!!!

alrighty. til here i guess and do check out my facebook for more photos during the korea and hk trip.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=139346&id=593625833&saved#/album.php?aid=139346&id=593625833

xoxo,
thegirlwhoisfeelingatadsickinthestomach

Lemon & Honey for sore throats.

meet my refrigerated Fairy Cakes.

they somehow change their shapes in the oven. LOL

so yesterday, even though i'm still feeling dreadful, i managed to bake cupcakes! and i'm guessing they're all virus-infected. eeww. but since everyone in the house is sick, no further harm done right? at first, there was no plan to bake but suddenly, my super busy sister asked me to bake and so together we cooked it up. luckily i already bought the ingredients ready. so nothing was lacking.

since my maid was oh-so sick, i tried my very best to not create a mess for her. like i dragged a chair into the kitchen and climbed it just to get the oven on top of the fridge down. everything went almost smoothly, except that i clueless-ly placed this box of wine bottle and soy sauce bottle at the edge of the refrigerator. and i didn't know that i'd placed it directly on top of the fridge door. little did i know, when we were about to start cooking and mum opened the fridge, wine and soy sauce came spilling out onto the floor and all over the kitchen. omg.

but apart from all that havock, trouble that my maid went through and not to forget, the music i faced from mum, the cake came out perfect. the texture was surprisingly right. i thought it would be too hard. if not, too soft. but all those worrying had been useless. i guess i didn't know that baking cupcakes was easy. maybe it's something that nobody can screw up? like pasta for example.

however, the icing is tough i should say. it's either supposed to be that runny, or it's not supposed to look like the thick whip of icing pictured in the book. oh well. at least it tasted and looked like icing in the end. well here's some last minute pictures i took before all of the cupcakes are gone. you see, i made 24 yesterday evening and now there's only 4 left! wow. i guess the people in the house really love it. (=

i am quite disappointed in myself. i intend to cook like Julie&Julia. but i guess it's not that natural for me to be able to cook/bake every single day like them. i am after all just a beginner. and i'm also just trying to start a new hobby of baking. but with so little food knowledge or whatever, thanks to the Dessert Bible and Cake Bible that i am able to accomplish 2 dishes so far. yay.

as for today, i made Lemon & Honey drink for everyone in the house. i freshly-squeezed the lemons myself and added the honey appropriately. it tasted really AWESOME for me. it has that kick, you know. but my cousins from jkt thinks i've put too much lemon in but the rest said it's nice. oh well. jkt people are so fussy sometimes. they don't like this, that. their taste is quite different to my family's. for example, who doesn't like chilli?

mum asked me whether i want the LV white bag since sunday. i don't know how to response so i just laughed back. is she serious? why are dad and her suddenly showering me with expensive gifts? does that mean that they want me to find my own money soon? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. i hope they're not.

i don't know. i am 20 now. i feel so old. like i need to be real independent from now on. huh.

I HATE BEING 20!!!

but i dun understand it when people say, '30 is the new 20.' or '40 is the new 20.' come on, man. what is the meaning of that?

oh well, we might be going for prata house later for dinner. hope everyone is going! i seriously need to be out of this house asap. get some fresh air...

xoxo,
thegirlwhostillhasfluandcough

ha-choo!

i was down with fever yesterday. stayed on the bed most of time. had to force myself to bathe.

had the chills today. head spinning round and round. made it to church. after that far east plaza. bought lots of things then home. develop cold. sneezed almost 10 times in about 2 hours. but my cough is almost gone.

watched childhood videos with family. it was as hilarious as the first time i remember watching them. however, the quality is deteriorating. the resolution is getting more and more grainy... (noooooooooo...how am i ever gonna show it to my future generation?)

browsed TopShop website for interesting accessories/handbags. there's so many that are nice. oh my. and i just calculated a total of $909 dollars of Gucci jeweleries my dad bought for me in HK. the samples are below. i simply *heart* each of them.

i can't seem to find the butterfly ring online. weird. but here's the heart version of the ring.

as for today after church (couldn't focus as i felt giddy most of the time), i bought a really cool ring @ far east plaza "Watts In" store. it's charcoal black. it has a belt-like shape. you won't know what i mean by not looking at it. i find it really really cool. bought it for $7.50. wanted to buy a camera-shaped metal ring that's also cool. but when the salesgirl told me it cost $21, i gave it up. i'm sure i can find a cheaper one somewhere else!

also i finally bought plastic earrings to make sure my holes aren't sealed. i will never ever want to endure another of those painful shots! i bought 4 pairs, erica 2 pairs and vanny my couz 2 pairs. they cost $5 for 3 pairs and free 2 pairs with purchase of 6 pairs. i love far east man!!!

also bought a metal black n gold headband. so stylo-milo. my sis said that i can use it as a bracelet too! cool.

oh and i bought an eyebrow shaver. i hope to shape it sometime soon. i recently become conscious of mine being so thick. not at all feminine huh.

it's getting so late. and i'm getting gibberish. better sleep. yawnz.

xoxo,
thegirlwholovesherdaddyverymuch

the memorable trip!

whooooooh! holiday is such a blast! everyone had fun fun fun! i am really thankful to dad for planning the trip for the whole family. you rock big time!

it's an 8D6N trip. by farmosa. the one thing that's a waste is that the tour guides speak in chinese, except the singaporean lady. not english. so most of the time, all of us slept in the coach bus. when we arrived, seoul was freezing cold. we were thrilled to see smoke coming out from our mouth that we lost our tour group. lol. but soon, we found them and got on the bus, joined by the rest of the tour group and guides. while on the bus, we took naps most of the time, listened to ipods or traced our fingers across the freezing cold windows to draw or practice korean words. our tour guide was a banci. niang niang ciang. i miss his unique laughters. also our tour group photographer is korean. she treats me like a sister and calls me o-ni everytime. she was also the photographer for us. the pictures she took were awesome.

in korea, we spent 6 days and 4 nights. the first two nights, we slept on the solid wooden floors that koreans used to sleep on (or still do in the less developed ones). it was painful to sleep on that i got backaches the next morning and continued to sleep on the bus after breakfast. the next two nights were much comfortable on normal bed.

first day- Singapore to Seoul, Incheon in the evening.
second day- arrived at dawn. took a ferry to winter sonata filming site over @ Nami Island, Mt Sorak to see temples? i noticed there's this cute guy in our tour group. but he and his sister don't resemble their parents at all. are they adopted? he's way taller and tanned than his parents. he looked kinda malay/mixed while his parents looked chinese to me. well, we hadn't spoken for the entire journey but i sat right next to his sister and him on the plane ride to HK. something that made me ill-feel...too much body odour! and they speak chinese! why? why?
third day- Happy Birthday couz ming~ he spent his bday ski-ing! also rode on cable car up the mountain which was 1450m high. it was deadly cold up there. minus 13 degrees! we had to be literally covered from head to toe in order to take pictures out in that chill. at night, only mum, dad, erica and i played in the water resort. the water slide was the most fun for us. the slide was dark and we were sliding with full speed. kinda reminded me of the Black Hole in Gold Coast. there is an indoor hot spring there too. we had to soak in naked! after that, we ate at this really nice korean restaurant. yummy!~ my taste buds really adore korean food! (= but overall i was disappointed we didn't eat BiBimBab during the entire korea trip. boohoohoo.
fourth day- mix soju and grape juice = disaster. both me and lyn got stomachache afterwards! plus it was the start of the day! went to YeoJu Premium Outlet after that. so many branded clothes there. but i didn't get to buy anything. just Hot Chocolate from Starbucks because it was so cold. i noticed Starbucks is as much as 7-Eleven stores in Singapore! they sure love Starbucks! in the afternoon, we went to Everland, a theme park. the roller coasters were all closed due to winter season. it's not as if i would ride on one if it's open... they were so high! bet @ Seven Luck casino that night. we each received coupons to play with. i lost mine. the birthday boy (who was not supposed to enter because he was only seventeen) won both times he played. the more he was convinced that he's a natural in gambling. my brother eric won once. we only got 30 minutes given. in the hotel that night, we played drinking game before sleeping. dad joined us too. the whiskey seemed to taste good. but i couldn't drink cause i got a rash on my hand and i'm afraid the rash is due to the soju i drank that morning? i was the dealer for that round.
fifth day- we visited a ginseng shop. i found out something else that i hate. ginseng. it not only looked horrible but also tasted disgusting! then we went to KimChi school and we each made our own kimchi of course. mum bought lots of them. apparently kimchi helps digestion a lot. that really explains the smelly toilets in the hotels. ckck. then we visited the Face Shop and bought lots of facial products. well, mostly Odbo. after that, we visited the ametheist store. i realized i lost dad's camera cover and felt really bad for him that i didn't have much interest to see those stones that were supposed to give your body health. at night, we shopped at DongDaeMun market. it's all selling winter coats and boots. i didn't really shop a lot. bought just a jacket. should have bought more actually. but the drive wasn't there i guess.
sixth day- went to visit the National Museum in the morning and we flew off to Hong Kong that afternoon. in HK, we were brought by the tour guide to eat noodles. i like the fishballs. but it was not fantastic too. then we took a taxi to Kowloon. lyn, naldo and i were being so childish we made fun of the old buildings in HK. we laughed like we were maniacs! i really love Kowloon! shopping everywhere!!! hehe. bought boots that night.
seventh day- ate YumCha in the late morning towards afternoon time. but it was not somewhere famous so the food was ok-ok. after that, we girls went to the place where we got our boots and mum and i did manicure! i love my nails now. they looked really groomed! it took one and half hour. in the evening, we ate at this Taiwan restaurant. the food was superb that the next day we ate there again. hehe. after that, we shopped somemore around at Harbour City. there's so many branded names there and SALES everywhere! it was like a heaven place if you have the money and drive for a shopping spree. i think overall we girls spent most at Ralph Lauren Polo Jeans Co. more than 800 sing dollars. but we were really satisfied with our buys. i just had to pay 25 dollars for one of the coats! then before we headed back home because mum and lyn complained of footache, i bought a Mulberry bag. it cost 919 sing dollars. cost a bomb i was so shocked. but mum let me buy it! i was on cloud nine when mum signed the bill. LOL oh and i accidentally spilled aloe vera drink on the sample bag. omg. luckily i didn't have to take that bag but the new one of course. phew.
eightieth day- the kimchi box exploded in my room. don't know why. but it smelled like shit. really. yuck. ate at the Taiwan restaurant again for lunch with mum, dad and erica. then we headed off to the branded stores again. i was delighted dad bought me Gucci necklace, bracelet and ring. omg. thank God a million gazillion times!~ i dun know how much it cost. but i'm sure it's a lot and i'm gonna treasure this gift. this really shows me how much dad loves me!!! but i'm sure he puts his love in many ways to us but we just didn't realize it sometimes. hehe. anyway, they're my first Gucci ever! (= mum bought Miu Miu black bag. i want Miu Miu wallet. they looked so soft. then in the afternoon, we gathered with the rest of the tour people and went to the airport. we arrived that night at Singapore.

my three cousins from jakarta arrived three days before us. it's been almost 3 years since i last see albert and nadya. and a year since vanny came. they were all so shy at first.

yesterday i stayed home whole day after swimming 5 laps. so tired. i only had the energy to watch 3 DVDs. Greta. The boy in striped pyjamas (love it!). Love Happens. my brother eric was developed SARS-like symptoms he said that day.

today went out at 6pm with my cousins. my sister erica fell ill. fever. no wonder she was all crampy that morning. crying and hugging me when i was still sleeping. mum took her to the hospital. eric was getting better except for his cough. mum said she felt sickly too. i had to admit i too felt very tired in the morning today. that's why i dragged my waking up time to 12pm! hope it's not anything bad... ate lunch at home. played cards with my cousins and brother. for dinner, we ate at AMK Hub Xiao Dian Er and ordered lots of food (6 dishes for 7 people) that the waitress told us it's a lot. she kept glancing at our table whenever she walked past when we were eating. LOL after that, we went supermarket and bought lots of things. the trolley was filled to the top! vanny and i planned to make sushi real soon! we got the materials already just now. (=

now everybody is on their laptops. i guess everyone was feeling tired. mum and erica retired early to bed. the house is back to silent mode except for the clicking sound of the keyboards and mouse and game sound of my brother eric playing the PS3.

shihan called earlier to ask whether i was in CityHarvest and whether i can meet her tonight. i told her after Christmas. hopefully i can make the sushi by then and brought down some for her. i felt bad for not bringing anything from aussie for her.

i think i will sleep for now. plans for tomorrow? mum's laksa for breakfast. peninsula/funan. orchard to shop and karaoke? these are just plans. it might change when tomorrow comes. might or might not.

xoxo,
thegirlwhoisexcitedforChristmas!

The Little Wings- the Corrs

Now she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind
That's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairytales
All she ever thinks about is riding with the wind...

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles
She gives to me, free
It's alright, it's alright' she says
Take anything you want from me
Anything

Now she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind
That's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairytales
All she ever thinks about is riding with the wind...

[Guitar solo]

today is the day we set out! XD

last sat, we went to eat Turtle House after fetching dad from the airport. guess who i get to see arriving as well at the terminal? krisdayanti bok!!! she's real big ya. i mean...she's so hot everybody turned to scrutinize her every detail. she's already forty plus of age and her body is still so fabulous. i was starting to feel all envious inside before mum told me that her body is all plastic. her boobs, butt, nose etc were the products of plastic surgery. what a relief to hear that! it's true then. nobody is perfect after all in this world. and we are never meant to be perfect human beings in the first place. so that we can lean on the power and strength of the higher being- God. this is what i was taught in church every Sunday. (= also mum said that she divorced twice to very good husbands. ckck. artistes in Indonesia are more and more becoming like Hollywood celebrities. it's really sad to see. i just hope that they stay as what they ought to be- muslims. conservative. then the world will be a more peaceful place. right?

after that, went to cut at my hair at Marine parade central. i got bangs now! my fringe is so much thicker than before now. and straighter. hahaha. i took a self-portrait while waiting for dad to buy his stuffs at Tangling Mall. (=
it's really hard to find a hairstyle that suits me. my face is not long, not squarish. what choice i have now is to maintain it the way it is, til i find a new style. as long as my fringe doesn't have that weird wave that's really out-of-shape. i dun really know how to describe it. after the saloon, shop. we found Indonesia Jamu that sells indonesia imported products. isn't it great? you can find balpirik there! sirup marquisa! telon! eat at Kartini Indonesia. the waitress serving us remind me of the nenek2 from kampung jawa. lol and the fried rice there is great!

as usual, arrived at church late. the sermon was pretty boring. dad and ming fell asleep! i tried my very best to stay awake by distracting myself admiring this baby toddler in front of our row. he's so adorable! for lunch, we had Ayam Penyet Ria. sup buntut, gado2, soda gembira. i am in cloud nine already. (= after lunch, mum accompanied me buy shoes for korea. she recommended one black shoes from Cole Haans that cost $299. i bought them because they're really comfortable to wear, but actually what i have in mind is brown leather high-cut shoes. sigh. oh well. at least this black ones will match my black leather jacket. there's always a silver lining in every thing huh.

today stayed home whole day. did nothing. except watch dvds. oh and last but not least, i completed reading The Power of Small book! (= i am starting a new one titled Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella next for the trip. heard from zel that it's a good read.
i hope to complete reading it before returning back home. and hopefully my english will improve at the end of it. i want to sound more elite in my conversation with people. i am so sick of all the singlish and primary school vocabs that i am using. i am already in university for goodness sakes.

alright. can't wait for evening to come!!! it's the day that many of us have been waiting for. it has finally arrived. we had to reach the airport by 4.30pm. and i hope to get up early at 9am if possible to do final check on my baggage. (=

xoxo,
여자가 한국과 홍콩

my Favourite things.

i love necklaces nowadays. especially those brown skin type. vintage! thanks to Nysia friend of mine who sold it to me.


my sister showed me some kittens and puppies few days ago. i fell in love with them as soon as i laid eyes.aww~ the brown puppy~ the kitten (even though i hate cats) is cute too~

sweet~ (the cat still looks scary even tho it's sleeping)

the zzzzzzzz puppy. the rabbit with one ear up, hahs.

animals are really cute when they're young. and sleeping. aren't they?

my MOST embarrassing results ever.

2009 2   333201 Business Finance                         066  H3
2009 2   526205 Microbes: Infections and Responses       063  P
2009 2   536251 Integrated Human Structure and Function  059  P

what have i done to myself???

xoxo,
thegirlisconfused!

new lappie: Sony NW

my new laptop looks like this now:





and i had been cleaning the lappie like mad the first few days. my brother said that i would stop doing it in a month's time and now one week have passed and i haven't cleaned it for 2 days. he's right.

ytd i bought long johns, gloves. went IKEA, bought baking stuffs.

today=shopping day!
taka zara: black leather jacket, grey sweater (=
wisma atria esprit: long sleeves shirt [1 pink, 2 grey]

oh and i made Panna Cotta this afternoon. i just had to refrigerate it in the fridge for 6 hours and ta da~ it was a success! texture was just nice. yay. but it is too sweet, i think adding strawberry will help balance the taste. oh and reason why i'm baking? watch Julie&Julia! (= totally inspired. gr8 movie.

xoxo,
thegirlwhohave9morerecipestogo

Out of the City. Back to the Neighbourhood.

moved out from my grandma house tonight. i am now back to my old house. home sweet home! hihi.

the amount of stuffs that we carried back home is so much sampe kyk mau pulang kampung aja. i think there's total of around 8 paper bags, a luggage and a laptop bag. crazy huh? we took a 7 seater. the ride back was so noisy with music blasting off my sis phone, my brothers chattering away, my maid laughing as usual. she never fails to laugh, for some reason. she laughes much much more than me. it can be kinda scary at times.

this afternoon, my uncle came with my two cousins from jkt to live with my grandma. william has grown taller and i was shocked that he's only 2 years old! he looked like he's 3 or 4 to me. oh well. maybe it's partly my judgment being inaccurate. he was so shy at first. then after a while of adjusting, he became super hyperactive. running around every chance he got. and i can tell that he's attracted to my sister lyn. oh my my. i can see him becoming a future playboy in the future. like his brother ming. ooohhhlala. LOL

anyway he was too cute i can't resist myself taking photos of him. (=

he was reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaalllly good in mimicking actions as you can see above.

i don't know where he learn this smile from. the person must have been a cheena. LOL

and the above is my maid. when all of us were wearing shirts because of the humid air, she wears her long-sleeve jacket. reason: it's cold in the taxi. LOL

she has quite fun character that loves to joke around. and sometimes it's not even funny.

random pose?

oh and remember i said i locked her in the balcony @my grandma house? it was when i took this picture above. isn't it hilarious? love her facial expression! hahs.

my mum bought the dvds. woots! 24 of them you know. hope she can pass through the immigration check without any trouble at all. amin amin amin. can't wait to see her tomorrow. then we can finally sit around in the car again to go shopping. hehehehehheehehehheheheee. i want watch planet 51!!!!!!!!!!

i shall meet up with my secondary school friends soon. haven't seen them since july break. hopefully this time we can make it to KBox. lalallalalallalallaalaaa~ (=

and i am still looking for the leather jacket. i need one that is nice and cheap at the same time. where to find one??? T.T

til here for now.

xoxo,
thegirlwhomisseshermumsomuch

i.love.my.ordinary.life

this is where i live. isn't it pretty? (=

P-p-p-poker face ^-^

my fat fat sister hopping in front! LOL

candid #1

candid #2

candid #3 and she's gone!

my hair is getting pretty long. my fringe in a mess. it's twirling at the edge. it's disgusting!!! please, someone cut it off!!! everyday i stare at it in the mirror. tempted to cut it myself but stopped cause i was afraid that it would turn out worse. and also the color of my hair is fading. people asked whether my hair dye is red. i am like, ok i need to get my hair re-dyed! and fast! the hairdresser in indo dyed it light brown instead of the dark brown that i wanted. this time i have to get the dark brown so that if it ever fades, at least it will still be brown, not red. should i do it in indo or sing? i totally haven't got a clue or preference. whichever chance comes first?

yesterday went to embassy with grandma. we ended up eating $1 ice potong across the traffic light. we were so desperate finding something to do after waiting for 4 hours in embassy. there's nothing interesting to see. i was hoping to see people yelling at the embassy officer or sthg like that. but no such luck. people were so calm. so organized and controlled. everyone was so civilised. that should be something to be appreciated for but it was boring to watch, you know. where's the drama? there's no drama in the embassy. everybody is pretty much dead serious. well you have to, in order to get the visa. so i read my book, take pictures, almost wanted to straighten my hair (brought my hair straightener because i was so afraid of grandma waiting for me straighten my hair in the house, and yes my hair was in a mess than usual, but couldn't find the plug in the embassy toilet, LOL right, i know), listened to music... we went up and down the embassy hoping that grandma was done with her visa thing but they were still waiting and waiting. and there's still 50 more of other people before her? so i took erica down, out the building and we saw the ice cream booth. man i was so grateful for the ice potong uncle and that it only cost $1 each! it was the highlight of my day i tell you. i could have eaten like 10 of it if i wanted to, but what about the 3kg that i'm supposed to lose? so i just ate one and watched erica finished hers. when she's done, i felt so much fuller than before. anyway we were so dead bored inside the building. i totally capture the meaning of boredom that day. my uncle drove us home after that.

and for the past three nights, i have been gym-ing! oh i am so proud of myself!!! i deserve a praise! even though after the first night, my leg and hamstrings were aching in the morning, i forced myself to continue on with what i started. i am so gonna lose that 3kg. guarantee. no doubt. even if i have been eating mckers large fries this evening and medium fries last night after gym. as the saying goes, if there is a will, there is a way. right?

tomorrow i haven't had a clue as to what to expect. actually i am kinda bored in the house. my grandma watches tv everyday in her room. my brothers and couz play computer game whole day long. my sister totally has a life apart from all of us. my another sister too young that sometimes she irritates me in her perfectly normal way. my maid is actually also dead bored in the house. she complains to me every chance she gets that she wants to go back to our house. i kinda pity her tho. she has not been eating for two days because she don't feel like it she said. i so wanted to walk to orchard road. but also i have to stay at home to look after my grandma. there's a struggle everyday in my mind: to go shopping or to stay home. excitement or calmness. extremes of both world, don't you think?

I MISS MY MUM! ok i admit i'm a mummy's girl. hehe

*taken before i left singapore last sept break*

and do you want to see my maid? she's really hardworking you know. aiya act only. lol
hmm my maid is irritating too sometimes. she loves to complain a lot about my grandma house. she likes to compare singapore and jakarta. she likes to say lots of sarcastic things. sometimes i totally have no idea how to answer her back. cause i don't really care. but she just loves to tell me her life stories and her pengandaran city. she also has a daughter back home with her relatives, she has a huge debt left to pay for her late mum's hospital bill (which is not her birth mum, complicated story, like a k drama really, which i shall not elaborate), she lives in a city cooler than my city (with more tourist attraction sites) and blablabla. see i only get to see her during the hols and yet i know so much about her. one reason: she's a talker. she won't stop until i walk away. true story.

head out to tanglin mall today with erica. just the two of us. i was so bored so i went to Poh Kim store and bought 2 k dramas. also went to magic wand shop and bought slime for my sis for $3. it's been a long time since i last been there. almost 5 years? it's a pity there's no one to take my sister to magic shop now that we're all so old and not-into-fake-magic phase. but luckily for her, the staff managed to show us a trick, which was quite funny. lift up the toilet seat and water squirt out from underneath. ARGH. oh and funny thing. i locked my maid out in the balcony today out of boredom. then later she chased us with a broom into the lift. my heart went lubdublubdub really2 fast. what an adrenaline rush!

alright i am gonna hit my hay now. 2am alr. i need more time. give me more time. no. give me a genie with 3 wishes.

xoxo,
thegirlwhoiscurrentlywatchingTheAccidentalCouple

4 days have passed and what have i done?

okay. 4 days have passed. so far have i done anything productive? let's see.

i need to buy footwear for melbourne. check! *bought 3 of them*
i need to buy winter coat for korea. check! *from zara*
i need to buy new laptop. check! *bought Vaio yesterday for $1399 in Funan*
i need to exercise. check! *swam once*
i need to lose weight. *current weight: 58, the last time i check was 59 at grandmas*

wow.
so far i've only been shopping. if not, watching movies both in cinema and at home.
and i am happy that i get to spend time with my lovely siblings for the past few days. fun!

eric just got back his results today. i can tell that he's rather disappointed by it. hope mine will be right how i want it to be. *fingers crossed* 10 days til date of result release. oh my oh my.

went to church yesterday Bethany. we were 50 minutes late? quite sad. when we came in, the pastor had already started preaching. my brothers and cousin were so shy, or should i say ashamed, of going in that they went to kfc instead. what a disappointment huh. in the end, we sat separately in church as it was packed to the back, except for few empty individual seats. after church, we ate at this really cool resto called The Ship in isetan. ate Steak Diane, cream of mushroom soup (which i love), tea, cake and ice-cream. full i tell you. after that we walked a lot around Far East Plaza which is good. i hope most of the food yesterday had burned out with all that walking around. went to Funan after that cause sister wanted to get new phone and me a new laptop. dad got himself a new phone too. it has a very unique shape i would say. bent at the bottom where our chin supposed to be at. unusual phone. for dinner, i ate Teriyaki burger from Mckers that mum bought. not bad. slept quite late close to 2am because the lappie is so fun to use! i got a big screen know! 15.1 inch! i am so happy yesterday!

woke up late today at 11. was supposed to go play tennis but nobody else was awake. so cancelled that plan. i am going to stayover at grandma place tonight with sister to accompany me. for 2-3 days. apparently, i can't go swimming, make use of the gym, bake because i am supposed to keep watch of grandma every time. it's like i don't know what can possibly happen. i better take note of all emergency numbers for precaution since there's no more adult in the house beside me and her.

alright. gonna go bathe now. then maybe out to town? hope mum and dad had already picked up the car so that we wouldn't have to sit on a taxi ever again. lalallalalaallllalallalalaaaa~

xoxo,
thegirlwhoisgoingtoeatlunchsoon

The Power of Small

holiday is such a fantastic thing. you can get to do whatever you want. how you want. when you want. why you want it! hah. so much freedom. 180 degrees to uni life.

stayed home on tues. woke up kinda late. packed the house. cooked. watched da xiao ai chi on utube. at night, helped a friend move her stuffs back to her hse. she is still having her exam at that time. as for me, DONE! (:

met fuihan on wednesday. supposed to swim. but realised that my goggles were left in singapore! and i hate swimming w/o goggles on. so cancelled it. luckily my friend that was suppsed to swim with me cancelled it first because she couldn't get up from bed. so we had lunch instead @Big Fish resto chinatown. i love the spicy fish there i tell you. yumm. after that, i went shopping. spent almost $300 i think in total. had so much fun! jes brought along her polaroid and we snapped a shot @Sportsgirl. t'was a happy happyyy day! (: at night, i went out dinner with my church friends. it was kinda a farewell for valerie, to those who are going back for hols, and to celebrate the end of exams! we had korean and took lots of pictures! hehehe. never fails to happen with the oikos. that is our trademark i think. then after that, i rushed back cs to pass my friend my hse key and went back again to meet them. at last, we splitted as some wanted to go Mckers while the rest had some other things to do. i happened to follow my dearest friend Valerie to collect empty carton boxes around convenience store etc. why? because i wanted to spend time with her before she goes for her exchange in US, Seattle for 6 long months. i am so gonna miss her for sure. she's been such a dear friend to me and never fails to encourage me in my uni life and church. i cannot imagine how my life will be like in church and other times without her. ): we went her bf's hse as well to get boxes. looking at the two of them really makes me feel like i'm in need of a bf. hahas. ok i think i sound so desperate just now. actually i'm not yet ready for a relationship i think. with friends it's already enough. hehe. that night before we slept, tahnee and i watched korean drama like we planned to.

thursday was the day that i flew back to singapore. and there's so many things to do! wash the clothes, clean the toilet kitchen living dining bedrooms, clear the fridge, pack my luggage, throw rubbish, register for house leave, meet up with kim and jes for lunch, do 4x6 pass photo in city and ALL was done before 2pm! i was so in a rush out of house that i left my phone in the toilet. silly me. i was already on the tram when i realised what i had forgotten behind. ate @DessertHouse for lunch with the girls. they accompanied me to do the passphoto after that. waited for the starbus to come at 2pm. it took forever for it to arrive. luckily it hadn't start to rain cats and dogs yet at that time. phew. but i was really worried that the bag of leftover food i had left outside cs for any beggars/homeless to take advantage of be ruined under all that rain. i was imagining the loaf of bread sipping wet and turning mouldy the next day on the bus ride. so sorry i did not put it under shelter. oh well. met this girl who also happened to be waiting for the bus. she is singaporean commerce first year. she's also worried that the bus was so late. there's also 2 more singaporean girls beside us and they were talking supper loudly in the bus. give me some peace man. while queuing to check in, this old lady in front of me was having ticks. it is something like the one i see on Oprah with Parkinson's and other kind of syndrome. i helped her adjust her luggage because it kept on falling down. her husband did not seem to care at all. he was pulling his own luggages in front of her. not turning back once to check on the wife. how sad it must be for the woman. while waiting for boarding, this african woman got interviewed by this girl about her trip to melb. she was asked all sorts of questions and i was hoping i was not asked the same later. so i got out a book and began to absorb myself on the book. i had just started reading it. bought it in Borders near my house. it's called The Power of Small. lots of stories in there that open up my eyes on the significance of getting the small details in my life right. i think it's useful and i need some wise advices to work on my future success right? currently, i'm in the Chap 2.
and on the plane, i sat on the aisle seat (yyyiiiippppiiieee) so that i can stretch my legs out and go to the toilet with ease. hehe. watched Julie & Julia, Trail of Panda and another movie that the name i forgot. the passenger sitting beside me was so grouchy during the trip. she seemed to be unhappy about the stewardess that were in service or sthg. actually i don't really like the SQ service. i prefer Emirates more. i feel that the SQ stewardess don't really serve the passengers but more like they just want to get the job done and that's it. and so they missed out a lot of special requests that passengers want to make, like wanting for more wine like the passengers beside me. the woman said, "i shall ask her for wine later when she is looking this way." sounds like the stewardess doesn't really look at the needs of the passengers? i dun know. somehow at that time, it felt like that. that night, eric and naldo went to the airport to fetch me. then we had to send my passport to uncle's place. after that, home sweet home. it's good to be back i tell you!

yesterday morning, swam with erica. saw pamela and her brother swimming also. we intend to meet up. hehe. in the afternoon, went to Grange Residence to visit my grandparents. they are becoming older i can tell. i'm happy i get to see them in singapore where it's safe with no earthquakes and tsunamis. it rained for a while then stopped. in the evening, went shopping with mum, dad, erica and eric. i was hoping my sister and brother can come as well. but they got some other plans. was supposed to watch a movie that day but eric was feeling unwell because of too many people? so we cancelled it. went for dinner at Ion. japanese yuumm. had Bibimbab which is korean. haha. our cousin turned up only after we were done. we bought sushi for him. eric and ming left and the rest of us continued shopping. hehe. i got a jacket for the trip to korea/hk from Zara for $129. mum bought this really cool headband! can you imagine? my mum with a headband. even her daughter is not as cool as her. lol.

today, it rained heavily in the afternoon. we purchased movie tickets to New Moon for later at night already online. my sister is watching with us too! nice. oh and i just found out from my sister that lyn had 2 tattoos on her. then my dad took photos of them using his camera. one on her wrist says 'desole' means i'm sorry. one down her side body, kinda long sentence in foreign language saying she's a bad daughter. i totally won't have a tattoo on my body or whatsoever. i thought about it before of just getting a small star or butterfly or flower on my wrist but the thought of the needle piercing through my skin and the possibility of infecting HIV is omg no way! so i shall just stay clean and free from HIV. shiverssssss. i shall go bathe now. *hehe*

xoxo,
thegirlwhofeelslikesh*tting

DONE! NO MORE!

i got a very strong feeling that i will not do well for my paper ytd. but i deserve what i am going to get so everything to blame is only on myself. who ask me to start revision so freaking late. even though i know it's wrong yet i still do it. another dis-appointment. and church last sunday talk about dis-appointment. i find many wise points that ko Iwan pointed out that can help me reduce the dis-appointments in life.
Romans 8:28
1 Corinthians 10:23
*really open up my eyes! (=

after exams, zel and wala came over my place. zel wants to print her ticket. then they asked me to go to the city with them. so i did and left my house unpacked when i am supposed to pack it. we walked around melb ctrl and all the shops were closed. so we went supre cause zel wanted to buy her leggings but couldn't find it. then went to Myers. then meet the biomed-ers in Red Silks. fuihan brought out her polaroid cam and we were hoo-haa-ing about it and took pictures with it. see!
the border is cute! don't you agree more??? (=

korean class after. it's the last class for the semester. i am not sure yet whether i will be continuing to level 2 though. still thinking. i would miss 4 weeks of class though if i were to come back end of feb next year. hmm. i shall watch lots and lots of korean drama during the hols to improve my korean! lol

caught Time Traveller's Wife ytd with anzel and bernice! omg. the movie is so awesome! although i find it quite confusing at times, the storyline is still really really nice. it's complicated yet perfect! the love that they have is really really pure, but lots of nude scenes throughout the entire show. watch it to find out! teehee. i would really recommend the movie to those who is in need of watching something touching, romantic and funny! you will be getting quite a few laughs! my friend cried like i've never seen before! surprising what the movie has done to her! hahas. and i was thinking of reading the storybook. hmms. i still got so much more storybooks at home tho. maybe i should finish first what i have first ya?

also, it's the end of exam yesterday! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO! how should i describe the feeling to you? it's the sensation of freedom and the feeling of no date-dues! now i can live my life in peace for 3 whole months! WOW. that's 90 days. 1080 hours! wow. already so many things are running through my head about what i wanna do! hehe. beach to tan! shopping and lots of it! lots of exercise, not to forget! get closer to my family! catch up with friends! work if i can! i hope the holiday will be productive. i will try my very best to make it productive! =D

so i will be leaving melbourne in 2 days' time. i have lots of things to do; cleaning my house, packing my luggage, settling some bank matters, settling housing matters, confirming my major for next year, buy stuffs to bring back home...

i wonder will people be excited that i am coming back home? i dun know. i hope they are!!! cause i sure am! woohoo!

xoxo,
thegirlwhoishappyexamsareover

Dinner @ Brunetti's: Zel's 19th bday!

er... the birthday girl is not in the picture yet. this is preparation stage. elaine came by my place to borrow my dress. looks nice on her right? sigh. i tell myself today i must lose weight before my 21st bday! then can wear any dress i want and partay! argh! must resist all temptations. can someone pleaseee advice me on what to eat and what not to eat. thanks!!! to lose 5 kgs in 6 mths. do you think that's healthy? (=

it's been a long time since i last did this. feels young again...

enjoyed ourselves so much! really feel i had enough fun and can study with a fresher mind. alrighty. we are at Brunetti. ordered Salmon salad but i did not eat the veges cause they taste bitter. zel said i am not the salad type of girl. who says people have food types? i can eat whatever i want and whenever i want it right? don't agree with that personally. oh well. ate for about an hour and half then woolsworth for a lil while then back home.

again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANZELA TIKUS!!! so sad you're 19! hahs. *jealousy*
forgot to give her the bday card. shall pass it to her soon before it rots! (=

xoxo,
thegirlwhowantstobefiftytwokilos

1/4 more to gooooooooo!!!!!!

oh mans! so happy!!! finally done with Anatomy. next will be Pharmaco/Physio. then i'm done. oh nooooooooo. not right. again!
I AM SOON TO BE FREE! (can you feel it now? haha)
that's better. (=
and also, these past few days, i have company in the house! i am not alone anymore. thanks to my lovely friend who is willing to move her stuffs to my place so that we can have each other's company til end of exam! *thankyoudarl*
today almost whole of the day, i was with zel (soon it will be her bday tml hohoohohohohho). ate lunch @ Big Mama before exam. then watched movie Christmas Carol after the paper (just came back). feeling awesome! even though the movie started really bad. we were supposed to watch 3D but the glasses that they gave were unfortunately the old version one. Hoyts, what a disappointment. so after people went to complain, the staff came almost like 1/6 of the movie to say that they just realized about the new 3D glasses. so they restart the movie all over again! (the glasses are really cool tho, we are allowed to bring it home too!) so for the next couple of minutes, pretty much like watching re-runs. (yawns) but guess what, after the movie ended....................................................

we were each given a COMPLIMENTARY PASS TICKET!!! so basically we get to watch some other movie for FREE!!! how cool is that! at the end of the day, me and zel were planning to watch another movie after our last exam (and that's before she goes back to singapore). so so so so so happy! jadi inget lagu gereja... happy yey yey yey happy yey yey yey, aku senang...

okay so now back at home. my feet bled on the way back. so i had to take a tram and left zel walking by herself. i trust that she can fight her way back home safely! LOL (=

tml is zel's bday. still no full idea yet of what we should do for her. all that's for sure now is dinner. cake? not yet. card? i think i got them. present? wait til after exams. really sad her bday is during exam time. lots of people can't make it in the end. oh well.

alrighty! that's all for now. shall update again soon! <3 id="gwProxy" type="hidden">

grandma's back to normal.

called grandma after mum sent me the number. when she answered the call, she was her usual self. thank God for that! hihi (=
oh no. i kept blogging. bad bad bad. back to studies!

Wannabe Bimbo as me.

stole the pictures from my church photo album. hehe. i was forced to wear a skirt! Il lent it to me the day before. so high too. really not used to it. but for the sake of the drama... oh well, DRAMA is fun!!! don't you think?

ANGINA moments

i've been feeling chest pain last night. but i thought it was normal and something that everyone has felt before. but i was wrong. based on the anatomy lecture notes i was (trying so hard to) memorising, it's called angina. it's a momentary jolt on your chest and it's due to narrowings of your coronary arteries in your heart. it may be due to stress, vigorous exercise after eating etc. i was so horrified that i tell myself i have to go for a checkup when i'm back in singapore next 2 weeks! *so fast*

then today read my sister's blog. i was even more horrified to find that my grandma just experienced heart failure yesterday. ohno,ohdear,ohgosh! what is happening?!?!?!?! instantly called dad. he described the case as fluid accumulating in my grandma's lungs. so she couldn't breath properly and suffered discomfort. *gasp* so terrible aye? i hope she's fine now that she's back home. wanted to call her but dad and mum haven't replied my sms yet. i can only pray now for her recovery.

i did not go to church today. i was feeling sick+lazy+horrible. i haven't been enjoying anything lately. everything just comes and go. it's like i am not myself. life is so B.O.R.I.N.G now. study study study is B.O.R.I.N.G!!! and i stop playing restaurant city on fb too. because it's B.O.R.I.N.G *bleah*

i wonder what my family is doing right now. probably at church. but it's just not the same knowing than to be there with them, experiencing same thing same life. hiks. miss them loads~

xoxo,
thegirlwhowishesgrandmawellwellwell!

NARCIST ME! xoxo

Time for Narcism!!!
(no one force you to see it so don't complain when you see it and you don't like it.)

just let me have my 15 seconds of FAME!!! *hihi*
"Back off, papparazis!"

xoxo,
thegirlwhowantsnewlaptopandSLDR*underhighdemand*

i need Boost!!! 2/4 to gooooooooooooooooo!!!

hello!

the weather in melb just get hotter and hotter. it's 35 degrees ytd! 34 degrees today...kill me alr~

also college square doesn't have aircon??? have trouble sleeping and studying at home =.=
to refresh from the heat, i choose to drink coke and has an unstoppable craving for Boost since monday afternoon after i drank it. that Mango Magic was really magical. i felt as cool as the wind when i drank it~ and had a good long nap after that. niceee.

consequence of that super uber long sleep, i had to cram studying for microbes monday night and ytd whole day. impressed with myself for waking up at early in the morning ytd to study. even during the semester, i seem to not be able to wake up that early. maybe i lacked the motivation and was bored of the simple scheduled life that i had. but now that exam is here, i have 150% motivation to study! well not really- only 100% i think. and it gets lesser and lesser once i browsed through people's blog and facebook. huh. those are such great distractions!!! internet is so evil! XD

paper today was alright (when i was doing it). but then after much discussion with friends about it, i found out i have so much mistakes! darn! but with stomach hungry, zel and i set off to lygon to makan! (= ate at notturno *not sure of spelling* and had coke! *aaahhhhh* the food wasn't that awesome. the coke is the best! hahaha. i am a fan of Coke i think. Coke Coke Coke!!! I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! <3oh and not to forget Boost, love you too! for you are much healthier than Coke! hihihi.
came back home at 2 plus. went to the library to borrow anatomy textbook. freaking heavy. but it's worth it. why? 2 reasons: need to see the diagrams cause the ones in lecture notes too micro size o.O AND need to drag myself to the library tomorrow to study. perfect.

nothing else to write. still feeling headache-y. really need to do head scan when i go back singapore. hope nothing is wrong la.

xoxo,
thegirlwhocravesforCokeandBoost!!!