I'M EUNICE NICOLE LIM! :)

Note for Y2012

2012-01-08T14:02:00.000+08:00

I feel deeply gulity for not being as attentive as I used to be when it comes to updating my blog.

Times flies and things are different now that I have offically entered the working society. True enough, people ain't as nice as you hope they will be. Reality is as real as it can gets.

I don't know honestly, if its just this advertising industry that's taking up all my energy. My energy level seems to have dropped significantly! When I was with my previous agenecy, I used to be able to hang out late and still have all the energy in the world the next day for work.

I hope to refine my previous blog entry and have proper documentation of my activities. Refocusing on my personal life is my secondary aim. Year 2011 has been a year of failure, with me putting an end to two relationships and etc.

A new quote to share with all concerned friends and curious passerby, "Advertising is my dream. Violin is my hobby. DotA is my comfort." Nothing much really change really. I supposed what I fancy will remain unchanged.

Xmas Meetup with the Lecturers!

2011-12-16T01:26:00.000+08:00

One of the lecturers warn me against joining a bigger advertising agency in future as there is very bad catfights, hardwork, stress and I may lose myself though a pack of lies. I don't know what I'll get into, but hearing those words of advice only excites me more to take up the challenge, to see if I can FIGHT, SURVIVE and be STRONGER.

The Mafia Boss Mistress

2011-12-01T01:05:00.001+08:00

Will fill in the content when I'm free =P

THE FIRST STEP

2011-11-26T01:52:00.000+08:00

All the more I must be serious in my work. If I can't handle what's before me now, I won't be able to find my stage. I want to be closer to my dreams. Then all the meaning in my life will be gone.

LOVELY DAY, ISN'T IT? :))

2011-11-23T01:33:00.000+08:00

I feel the need to blog tonight. Because of such strong feelings coming over me. Let me list them down.

1. I was personally invited to an alumni gathering by Ms Lena Yeo, my IMC lecturer in poly and one of my most highly regard lecturer too.

2. I actually knocked off on time. Yes, at 6pm!!

3. I went to the gym with Joney and ran more than him on the threadmill!

4. My team has won the free Starcruise trip!!!

5. Result released! Bagged that distinction that I want for Advertising (Campaign Planning)

JONEY BIRTHDAY!!!

2011-11-13T23:36:00.006+08:00

It's a little overwhelming that your relatives start cheering and clapping when I arrived at your party. But I like it.

Yes, rushed like a mad dog to get everything - The balloon, the present, the chewy puff. Holding the violin doesn't make it easy to move around from place to place.

Hope you had a great time, dear. Looking forward to many more birthdays together. Hey, look.. we have awesome mutual friends! =D

Hightea @ The Regent Hotel

2011-10-04T01:39:00.005+08:00

I hate it that the hotel has to call me so many times to "remind" me of the reservations. Once is really more than enough. I won't bother making the call to make reservation if I'm not interested to turn up. And they wouldn't have a problem not filling the space with their walk-in customers anyway.

Gosh the scones are so good! Their tea selection is very limited but you will be blown away with their variety of jam. I just have to try them all. (Almost all, not that interested in the non-berries one)

The pianist played "That's what friends are for" as requested. At that moment, the staff came to us with this cake.

I appreciate that you are always there for me Ally. =)

Cost of Halloween Horrors 2011 Campaign

2011-09-18T18:05:00.002+08:00

I was working on my advertising project where we have to rack our brains and think of good ways to use various BTL to promote the radio station. It suddenly angers me that Night Safari has soooo much money for advertising their ALREADY SUCCESSFUL event and they wasted it all. So I decided to write a letter to question more on the cost.

This question is directed to Wildlife Reserves Singapore's marketing team.

We understand that this event is being planned by Singapore Poly students so I assume there is no event planning cost. However, I am pretty concerned about the spending for outdoor advertising as I remember seeing bus wraps as one of the ATL being used to advertise Halloween Horrors.

With reference to Moove Media's rate card, one single deck bus traveling on the heartland route is already min. $22500 excluding GST. Other expenditure surely includes prints, online advertisements, the rental of the advertising space booked outside Cineleisure and the sticker pasted on their front glass doors and more.

Will a representative from your esteemed organization kindly step forward to reveal the cost associated with the entire marketing campaign and clarify if the various Halloween Horror visuals were done in-house or by Ogilvy & Mather, which was appointed as your advertising agency early this year?

How much compensation will have to be made to third party organization in view that there might be cancellation policies for some of the goods/services purchased? How is the cost going to be covered, especially when a 100% refund will be given to all the ticket holders?

Also, with the mess now created by the cancellation, will the organization be engaging the service of a PR agency in the near future? And if so, how much budget will be assigned for that and what is the source of this fund? Looking forward, how will WRS go about getting sponsors for other events and ensure them that such situation will not happen again?

We appreciate honesty and response from WRS.

Almost a ticket holder of Halloween Horrors 2011,
Eunice Nicole Lim

Personal attack is stupid and I think that it's strong enough for the public to look at the saga in a practical manner since the decision made by the new CEO was SO WRONG. Empty vessel makes the most noise, so does bells... Isabelle. HAHA.

Next Stop: BATAM

2011-09-18T02:38:00.004+08:00

We booked this trip last week with Ally's birthday celebration in mind.

Things did not went well at the very start of the day. The bloody taxi uncle took forever to find Alicia's house. I believe I am good enough with the direction to my BEST FRIEND's place since I have been there a few thousand times! (Wasting our precious time)

Next, Nic was super late as usual because he needs to style his hair. So irritating! The group of us were so late that they have to announce our names over the speakers. Lol! =.= The only other time this happened to me was when I shopped too long with my Mum at the airport's DFS.

Finally, with sleepy eyes and unclear minds, we are on our way.

Twenty meters off Singapore's south coast is Batam with land area of 715 sq km and a population of more than 949 thousand people. 58% of foreign tourists came from Singapore, followed by Malaysia at 13%. No wonder why Singapore dollars is accepted and WELL-LIKED. God bless their currency rate and frequent change of notes. I hate all the ZEROS that follows and the mental calculation I always have to put myself through so that I won't freak out at the price tag of few thousand dollars.

Ally's friend, Lina (an Indonesian) is of good use to our trip. We called up the boys aka our tools/toy for this trip to assist us with carrying our stuff. (Important role, you'll know why later) Also, we had a really good tour guide (who speaks inaccurate English) that is worth many times more than the SGD$1 tip. The huge Thoa Pek Kong Temple isn't worth mentioning, so here's just a picture for illustration purpose and for completeness of the entry.

Batam is blessed with Minute maid's mango flavor. I wonder why they didn't bring this variety to Singapore when we have more money for it! Glass drinks were slightly cheaper. One of us did not returned the glass.

1. Lousy Seafood Lunch

Girls apparently try to eat as little as possible. The ideal portion of food is to eat half the amount of the girl that you dislike.

The description of the deal promised that we will literally taste the sea even without touching seawater. That didn't happen. We were served with the prawns smaller than the size of my thumb (and my hand is already small), overly fried fish and sea snails that not many of us dared to touch (I had one with Meredith), but we had fun making jokes about the pathetic lunch anyway.

Most of the coconuts are bigger than our heads. But size does not determine its quality. HAHA. I found the sweet coconut and we put our straws together to drink from that one!

2. Life risking performance and forced donation

Here we have: Ugly lion dance, a man jumping over a fire hoop, a man who refused to use a proper chopper to open up the coconut, and a man who chews on GLASS! (I took a sample of the broken glass and tried, it's real..) I find the coconut one most retarded. That's why I'm going to feature it here.

3. Go-Kart in the rain

It was drizzling, but we didn't let that stop us from having fun! It slowly escalate to a light rain while we are racing on the track but seriously, it could be worse. A lot worse. Think positively: The slight drizzle actually make the game more thrilling. The go-karts were definitely faster than the ones in Genting, but I wish the tracks are more challenging!

4. Very cheap Magnums

One of these heaven's goodness is just RP11,700 (about SGD$1.70). Go everyone! Pity I couldn't find the Spongebob one!!

5. Best Part: Massage + Ginger tea

No adjective in my range of vocabularies can describe how good the massage is. The tour guide highlighted that there are NO EXTRA SERVICE / HAPPY ENDING. (I was representing Joney and Nic when I raised the question)

6. $7 Indomiie

We were already running very late and somehow we attracted quite a lot of attention in the mall. (Probably can't suppress our excitement when we saw how cheap some things are in the supermart) A couple from the same tour group helped us to cut the queue. The boxes - this is where the boys come into good practical use!

We had dinner at the mall - last stop at Batam and before we were carrying those boxes of instant noodles. Joney and I ordered Steak. We concluded that the one operated by the gangsters at Hougange still taste better! Towards the end of the meal, we entrusted Lili for to split the bill for everyone. Wrong person for the job. Not everyone can handle the complexity of the many zeros. Lol!

Way back home to the modern city....

I don't have any special liking or attraction for BATAM, but I might just pop by for a cheap and good massage in the future. That's really the only thing I feel that its worth appearing there for.

Nonetheless, the trip was fun and enjoyable, largely because of the company I'm with. I find it interesting that they actually have legal and illegal taxis. Anyway that's all for this blog entry. I rarely write at this length anymore, doesn't it?

Happy Birthday Bestie.

WILD BIRTHDAY ABOVE THE CLOUDS -- DAY TWO PART ONE

2011-09-04T14:13:00.005+08:00

DAY TWO

This is stupid. The guys we travel with are either VERY HEAVY SLEEPERS or DAMN LAZY or BOTH. The people who wakes up last are the people who takes very long to style their hair or to put on makeup.

NPNT in forum language means No Picture No Talk. I have picture, so I am eligible to make the above statement.

To help the guys prepare faster, I offered to help Joney to shave! Its a sudden idea and he was actually fine with it! ^^ I was damn scare okay! No guys were ever so stupid to allow me to play with their razor and risk getting hurt. Then again, he doesn't look very trusting/confident in me in the picture!

Ally requested to take this photo of the guys' PINK preparation. Notice the PINK straighter and the PINK hairspray and hair wax?!!! We're physically safe with two gays around. (My Mum is glad about it and was relieved when she saw this photo)

ALL READY TO CHECK OUT!

What's next? We took the shuttle bus down to Genting Skyway to enjoy the four complimentary cable car ride! It boast to be the world's fastest and South East Asia's longest mono cable car system standing the distance of 3.4km. Met a clown on the way for a free balloon sword, which I later gave it to a kid.

Each Sliver Worldcard member can bring two friends to join the express queue. Nic has one and I tried to use my Mum's one... and FAILED! The staff didn't think that I look like my Mum's on the card. Argh!!

We were lucky enough to be at Genting during the special Outdoor Night Theme Park, only available during selected days!

Okay that aside, we went for our SECOND CHECK-IN. Just as excited as the first, because this was a free upgrade to the World Club Room. And one of the benefits of staying at one is the counters at the side which are dedicated to World Club Room Check-in. (No Queue for us!) We were given free welcome drinks and again, free breakfast buffet for two which none of us in the group succeed to wake up and go for it.

Indeed, it was the peak season and all the rooms are occupated. I suddenly appreciate that lady at the travel agency after looking at the straight row of "FULL HOUSE" on this board.

Check out what we got for $26.25 per pax?

I'm the idiot who started this. But I didn't know that the rest will follow me to sing Titanic during our photoshoot.

We were placed on the second highest floor (forgotten to ask for non-smoking room), the view from our room was nonetheless breathe-taking! The group rested for a short while. Nic was extra careful to sleep with his head faced down so that he won't have to spend another hour to style his hair again! =.=

WILD BIRTHDAY ABOVE THE CLOUDS -- DAY ONE

2011-09-03T03:01:00.030+08:00

The entire Genting experience is very fun and enjoyable. Highlights of this trip include missing our breakfast everyday, falling asleep in the cinema and bargaining for the RM40 cab ride.

A special thank you to Ally, Jon and Nic (Bell Boy) for your great company. The three days of celebration will be remembered well. Hope that the two boys are now united with their brains! Joney said that Ally treat them like tools and I treat them like toys. Here's the definition of both that I came out with. HAHA :)

Definition of Tool: Useful and perceived to be of value. Owner can abuse it and will eventually discard when it is spoilt.

Definition of Toy: Great interest at the beginning. But it will gradually be neglected when the owner is bored.

DAY ONE

Joney, being the Coach I/C was responsible. He's the first to arrive at Golden Mile to collect our ticket and get our bus number. (That's why I like him) Nic was LAST, just on the dot! We told him many times that he bus don't wait.

Never in my life will I expect someone to stay up to 4am to bake a giant cookie for me!! (Mind you, she failed at the first attempt and tried once more!) I was really really JOKING when I say that she should bake me a cake to bring up to Genting.

Told them all that I'll make breakfast! Not what everybody expected, but SMILE anyway! :))

First few things that we did upon arrival at the City of Entertainment:

(1) Bought ticket for the return coach (Coach I/C Joney was rather responsible)
(2) Made our Worldcard for point accumulations and gambling purpose

Funny. We were all questioned on our Dad's occupations when we revealed our students' status. (We didn't want to say that we're all jobless)

(3) Settled down somewhere to eat before we collapse

Good news to share: The Kenny Roger chicken tastes as good as how the picture looks. If that is not already good enough, it's CHEAP too! =)

(4) Made a poor decision of getting movie tickets for the 1.40am show

(5) Explored a little to find out where is the shuttle bus to Awana Hotel

Then we CHECK-IN and was given our first set of card key and free breakfast buffet which none of us bothered to go for.

Look and behold!

After zillion of photo-taking and a round of COLD SHOWER for everyone, we got dressed up and ready to hit the casino! We have all the confidence in the world that luck is on our side and we'll win the grand prize of $20 million dollar home. We envisioned ourselves enjoying wine, tear away our return coach tickets and fly off by a helicopter to home.

LOST!!!!!!! BLOODY HELL.

Nevermind, at least we had lots of free beverages. We still have the movie to look forward to. And to add to that, CHEAP popcorns too. But not so much of a value for Nic, whose popcorns decided to be with the comfortable carpet even before the movie begins. Ally and I wanted to take a photo in the cinema and the boys somehow tossed the bucket of popcorn and it landed on the floor. LOL!

LOOK! One moment Nic has his popcorns...

THEN NO MORE!!!

HAHAHHAA. We almost couldn't find ourselves in the above picture anyway. But we didn't want to be so direct about Nic's bad photography skills because we were still sorry about his popcorns there and then.

The movie Overheard 2 was basically about....... I don't know, I fell asleep during the show. And so did the rest of the team. LMAO.

At our mental state, we couldn't wait for the shuttle bus anymore. We just had to cab back to rest immediately, even if we are completely aware that we would be bullied by the taxi uncles. We resisted and fought back...... from 50 RM to 40 RM for the one way trip (only 10 to 15 mins) after a long struggle.

Ally did something that I couldn't have done it myself - to take a few more photos together. We had agreed to bring the same pajamas top that we previously bought from cotton on body! :))

Planning for Genting

2011-09-02T22:22:00.001+08:00

This is bad. I actually forgotten that I have a blog. HAHAHA. Blame Facebook. I used to be so focused on blogging before it came along.

Anyway, I went to Genting few days ago, as a celebration for my birthday. It was heap of fun and I'm glad that I have the right company. =D

We have got awesome rooms for both night. The trip was actually planned very last minute. For a moment, everyone thought that we couldn't make it. It was pretty screwed up with Ally's passport not renewed yet, the expensive coach tickets and no rooms available for booking!

Then I found a room at Awana Hotel (10 to 15 mins drive away from Genting which wasn't that bad after all with good frequency of the shuttle bus) for the first night. We found a room for the second night through WTS agency. The agency later on called back to say that there isn't anymore room. But I fought and told them that they have to be responsible since we paid the full amount and gotten the confirmation memo from them already. I rejected their offer to pay for the other expenses of the trip and insisted that I want a room. AND I DID. =D

The coach tickets? I asked Jon to settle it. Together with Nic's help, we got it at a reasonable rate of $33 for one way. The previous price that they quoted us was $60?? Crazy shit.

As for Ally's passport. It's damn retarded. When she give ICA a ring, they told her that they couldn't find her application at all. But when I called to pretend to be her, I pushed for the thing to be done within four working days. (Usual: One week) Ally shared with her friends on how I get things done. Quoted from her friends, "It's people like me that makes other people lives more difficult!" HAHAHA.

I don't really care. This is my belief. - If you really want something, then do ANYTHING to make it happen. If you didn't, I assume that you probably didn't want it that much anyway.

Rip this off a horoscope website

2011-08-14T03:05:00.002+08:00

SO TRUE ---> "The Virgos are choosy when they are seeking for friends and lovers. They will fall in love, but they have to be a very special person to win them over because generally Virgos like independence and afraid of being hurt."

One more thing to add ---> "Be honest with the Virgo woman, if you lie or deceive it is difficult for her to forgive."

Finding the second job of my life.

2011-08-11T16:11:00.002+08:00

First time in my life to sing and play.

1. I have not practised my two songs to perform. My only form of preparation is to watch videos of this guy with a funny slang on YOUTUBE about "connecting notes".

2. I forgotten practically everything about music theory. Seriously.

3. My interview at Lee Wei Song is tomorrow.

God Bless Me :)

BOWLING COMPETITION!

2011-08-04T01:30:00.002+08:00

We finally met up with our ZHONG-SE-QING-YOU friend, Daniel!

Our scores were so miserable. Sigh! We already tired all ways to cheat!

Dinner at NEX, Hot Tomato :)

4.42GB of effort.

2011-07-27T00:11:00.002+08:00

This world works in a strange way. When we were together, my dear Mum says that we are not suitable. Now that we broke up, she says that he is the best and asked me to be with him again. Zzzz. I feel like taking back the bird nest I bought for her.

Golf, Facial, Playnation

2011-07-23T23:27:00.005+08:00

OMG I HAVE NO TIME TO UPDATE MY BLOG!! Anyway I played Tennis last week, and played Golf today. Going for facial and Playnation tomorrow!

TENNIS with ex-classmates!

2011-07-20T17:43:00.012+08:00

Michael organised a tennis session for ex-classmates!

And since I'm totally new to the sports, that's a good reason to shop for sports gear. *winks*

SUNDAY EVENING - I was super duper late that I knew I'm going to get murdered.

PARTY ON THE YACHT!

2011-07-19T23:52:00.004+08:00

YJ invited us to the yacht. We had so much fun! Everything is perfect, except that I dropped my camera into the sea. (Yes I did) Right at the gap of getting up the yacht itself okay! :(

Race on the beach. Speedboat and Volleyball. Dancing with the music onboard & we managed to watch Song of the Sea at Sentosa on the yacht!

LANSHOP & FOOD TASTING SESSION

2011-07-09T10:53:00.001+08:00

So what happened this week?

2011-07-03T01:41:00.001+08:00

I went to Universal Studio and had a shot at the blue roller coaster. Had dinner with my colleagues at Marche.

I survived a movie marathon - Transformers 1, 2, and 3 which lasted for about 9 hours.

I met up with Sam and YJ for some wonderful ice-cream desserts at Upper Thomson Road.

I'll be accompanying Ally for a competition as well as shopping.

Because I want to win tickets for CARS 2 GALA PREMIERE!

2011-07-01T01:15:00.002+08:00

A Spy is never a real Spy without a Spy name. Mine is er... Advertising Babe. Irrelevant? Yah I know, that's why nobody knows that I'm a spy! YAY!

Catch Cars 2 movie starting from 25th August 2011 and join the official Disney Studios Singapore Facebook & Twitter page!

Jon's Pet Snake

2011-06-28T22:45:00.008+08:00

Visited Ribbon after KTV. I have no idea why Jon named his snake as Ribbon. But anyway, I think it's really cool. Does snake grow fast?

This is random - I hope to see a pet crocodile soon. =D

BUFFALO WINGS CHALLENGE!!

2011-06-27T00:34:00.000+08:00

Watch how we did it! :D

HAPPY GO LUCKY

2011-06-26T00:33:00.000+08:00

OMG!!! I was so busy this week that I didn't care about the competition. I actually forgotten about it AND I WON?????!!!

Sengkeng Swimming Complex

2011-06-22T01:14:00.008+08:00

Swam with my two elder brothers. HAIYO, they so old le still play with water. SPLASH EACH OTHER! Sengkeng Swimming Complex is damn crowded. There's slides, jacuzzi, quite a big children's pool, one training pool and cone competition pool. Any place that needs one to queue 30 mins just for shower is only worth one visit though.

The children's restroom is so cute! I should be allowed to enter as well, since I cheated and only bought the child ticket. HAHA.

Dinner at NEX.

Voyage De La Vie @ RWS

2011-06-20T00:54:00.005+08:00

Serene aka my lucky star got hold of ten tickets for the musical which are usually priced at $108 each! :) I got my 2nd brother, my sister-in-law and Joseph to join me for the show.

So what is it about?

Voyage de la Vie is the timeless tale of a young man's coming of age. Frustrated with the pressures of work, the Boy receives a mysterious box which opens up to reveal the mischievous Game Master. The Game Master introduces him to the Lantern Keeper who becomes the Boy's guide on a journey through his imagination, where the Boy encounters many extraordinary characters. They teach him that wherever he is in this passage, it is the Journey and not the Destination which gives life its meaning.

Our seats were fantastic.

I dumped my family and friend to hang out with Serene. Lol. TO CANDYLICIOUS where she went mad!

We had supper at KOVAN Xin Wang cafe where she share with me more about her job! I love all her stories. Haha.

BAD IDEA to buy this power candy tube, my stupid brothers keep eating it when its already so miserably small...

WE'RE ALL SINGLE AT ZOUK!

2011-06-20T00:49:00.003+08:00

Rushed like MAD! I reached home at 8pm plus. Had dinner, shower, touch up on my makeup and have to get out of my place at around 9pm. Minami arranged for Byrce to drive us to Zouk at 9.30pm. WHY SO EARLY? Citibank credit cardholders get free entry! I didn't get it though cause the quota for my card has been reached.

It was fun partying with Ally, Lili, Maryanne, Yan Lin, Minami, Qiwen, Michael, Bryce, Christina AND OUR VIP FROM FINLAND, Aleksi Airaksinen. Some friends came with other friends as well. Too many names.. And gosh, I bumped into Yi Hui there as well!

As we were about to make our way home, we saw a FAT BOY lying on the ground, completely wasted!! He was flat on the ground. His friends gathered to discuss on how to carry him. Even 5 people couldn't do so. The security came soon after with a stretcher! HAHA.

There were two guys nearby asking if we are taking photos of the man.

Nise: No of course not! We're reading the news!
Ally: Yah.

Summary of my week!

2011-06-19T14:58:00.000+08:00

Dear friends and readers of my blog. (Well, I think its just friends who read my blog. But addressing you guys by "readers of my blog" sounds more professional)

I'm happy that for now that I could still find time to update everyone about my life. In time to come, I'm sure that my weekends will be very precious.

Things have been wonderful this week. I had dinner with my uni friends. I am settling well into my job. I met up with Simon's Dad for a drink. I had brownies with Shuqing. I clubbed with many friends at Zouk. And I even watched a musical at RWS!

I feel that I can adapt well in a fast paced environment as my life is already accustomed to this speed! Will update each stories in detail and with PICTURES when I'm back from swimming with my elder brothers.

Goodbye for now! Loves.

Chewy Brownies. Only at P.osh!

2011-06-15T01:25:00.000+08:00

I'm so attracted to the "HUG ME" design. I will probably be so happy and hug the guy who present me with it right away. Then I reminded myself of the customised brownie I once gotten from Posh. The person who receives it doesn't seem to appreciate as much as I would be. (I used excitement as an indicator which could be unfair for introverts)

There were two girls outside the store giving our samples to a quiet street. The people who walked pass are those people who are on their way to LAN for a game or for some supper. Not quite effective I conclude.

Instore, they have various promotion, a one-for-one deal for teenagers as well as 20% discount for people who dine-in. That was when I noticed that they have added metal chairs and tables outside the store. The promotion did altered our plans. We decided not to go to the Selegie beancurd but chose to enjoy a drink and a piece of sinful brownie at POSH instead.

HORAY! LAST EXAM PAPER.

2011-06-13T23:03:00.007+08:00

We celebrated the end of our semester at Watami. Right at the entrance, we spotted the recruitment notice..... The pay is so unbelievable for the job scope. Could it be because it is difficult to clean their dishes? I see food always getting burned or stuck. Anyway that is not my problem, I remember that we are all famishing at that point of time. ALL WE CARED ABOUT IS FOOD! BE IT CULTURE FREE OR CULTURE BOUND!

The stonepot rice that I ordered was served first. Minami's rice came for a long time without any ingredients. Subsequently, we all had our food. There was silence because we were all so HUNGRY! Don't drool after seeing all the babes and the food below this chunk of text!

Apparently, I didn't save the best for the LAST. (KIDDING only XT, don't angry ah!! Cheers!)

Endless Possibilities.

2011-06-13T00:32:00.001+08:00

Have you ever had so many things to look forward to, that you wish you can skip the present?

I'm excited for what's ahead of me. Right after my exam, I will be awarded with a new kind of freedom. After this paper, I will be starting on my new job and a new chapter of my life will unfolds. Better and greater than ever.

Shall focus on my role of a student for now. Memorise these. =)

This is a lesson to learn from. Life goes on.

2011-06-11T02:04:00.002+08:00

It took me a long time to figure out that there is no perfection. Only flaws and the question of whether one can accept another person completely. I have come to a decision of what I should do with this relationship. This step is definitely painful. Music and chess will always remind me of you.

The fact is I tried too hard. To make you fall for me more. To create memories that we will look back and smile. To impress your family and relatives and just about anyone around you. To dictate your life. To act like I know what is best for you. There is no meaning to enforce you to live life the same way that I do. Our dreams are truly different and that is fine.

We are two very different person to begin with. People around us sees that straight away. So why didn't we see it ourselves? We just refused to see things realistically. Deep down, we know better than anyone else on how things are between us.

Initially these differences attracted us to each other. You like me for being outgoing. I like you for your ability to listen and analyze. Nothing about who we are have changed. But our perspectives did. My amount of friends made you insecure, jealous and frustrated. Your quiet personality bores me and most of the time, I think you had over complicate matters.

You tried consulting books. You tired praying to God, asking him to make you love me more. It doesn't has to be this way. You would hold my hand all the time. You will see to my every need. When we are near the end of losing what we have.. You talk about suicide. You talk about how much I will regret if I leave you. You talk about changing yourself for me. But that won't be necessary. At the end of the day, we will only be comfortable if we are ourselves and if we interact with people who are more identical to who we are.

I would say the same thing as Uncle Ben - be yourself.

Time and tide waits for no man.

2011-06-08T20:04:00.002+08:00

Thanks to the above photo of me and my classmate in primary two. I started comparing old pictures with the new.

Left: Andy's ORD I think. IDK.
Right: My 21st birthday

Left: Sentosa
Right: Uncle's Wedding

I accompanied my granny to wait for the bus today and she shared with me some love stories and gave me relationship tips. LOL! She told me about my Uncle's previous relationships. One lasted 8 years, the other lasted 5 years. Last month, my uncle married someone whom he dated for just a year.

Following which, she told me not to get into long relationships. It's weird to hear this from someone older right? But it is true. You probably don't need that long to feel if the person you are with is THE ONE who can bring you happiness. You will know if that certain someone should be your lifelong partner right?

Friendship of Magneto and Xavier.

2011-06-07T17:13:00.001+08:00

Yes. You probably guessed it. I just watched the X-MEN movie! This is a nice insert to the X-MEN movie series and I have to say that it is not easy to film this movie well. The director managed to make it interesting right from the start.

I have been wanting to try the Platinum Movie Suites offered by Cathay. And I finally made arrangement to go with Xavier... I mean, ALLY.

The lounge is very much ordinary looking. Their choice of colours is pleasant. The place looks more vibrant. It's quite a big minus point though, that they only have single restroom in spite of the lavender liquid soap and lotion.

We're extremely happy to be presented with the Platinum Movie Suites Priority Cards. Only 5000 will be issued. There's some pretty good vouchers in there. Thanks Cathay!

We stepped right in, to the cinema. We were led to our seats and the staff showed us the control of our inclined chairs and got us hot towels. The usual advertisements gave us some time to take pictures of what we paid for. I wonder if the advertisements are specially targeted for people in this segment.

We noted the feedback form and the butler service button on the table. You probably can't tell from my pictures, but there is an area where they provide a movie magazine, the instruction for adjusting the chairs, as well as _______. (I forgotten, but I remember there was something else)

Movie begins. Upon request of blankets and pillow, we were at the highest comfort of the movie experience. The blanket is so soft and fluffy! Like the ones we would have on our own bed. I realised why it was named "movie suites" after I dumped my bag in front of my seat and adjusted my chair. It's because each couple is well separated from others. We had our own space and the wall behind us ensures our privacy.

We probably ordered most food as the meal was a combination of our breakfast and lunch!

(1) Peppermint Tea
(2) Tropical Fruit Tea
(3) Seafood Platter
(4) Cheesy Hotdog
(5) Beef Stew
(6) Chicken Fillet

Ally likes the Chocolate coconut cookie that comes with the Starbuck tea, but I only finds it alright. They're plastic fork and knife, though they look like real metal ones. I would like to thank the staff who recommended the Beef Stew to us because it is really tasty!

At the end of it all, Ally was happy with the movie experience and purchased tickets for her family to enjoy Green Lantern. She also received a limited edition travel wallet from them! I would very much like to re-visit the place again.

Can't help but compare GV with Cathay. I came out with a comparison chart. Which one do you think is better?

We then went to the nearby Plaza Sing. There was a event organised by Science Centre, so we played there for awhile (with the kids. haha) The robot animals on display looks expensive.

Then to Bugis for shopping! I got a pair of shoes, a belt which was freaking cheap and hair extension pieces, while Ally got her boots after we hunt high and low for it! Oh yes, I'm looking for a picnic hat! We also visited Arab street, so that she could get her crystals to complete the Spongebob design on the back of her iPhone 4.

Nise: Let's sit somewhere and talk.
Ally: Okay, Starbucks?
Nise: What about Mac?

So we went to Mac. It was rather packed and noisy. We got ourselves a table. The smell of fries was overwhelming. We tried talking but the noise level and the lack of privacy was so unbearable.

Nise: Want to go to Starbucks?
Ally: I knew it! HAHA.

She went for her Kpop dance class, while I returned home for revision. ( Exam on Thurs =X ) On the way, I thought of how blessed I am to have Ally as my best friend. Even if I have nobody else anymore, I know that she'll be around. Do treasure your friends, people! It takes fate to find someone that you can hit off well with. And I do agree that if it is the right person, two person is sufficient to have fun together.

Esplanade - Magic of Walt Disney

2011-06-06T00:53:00.034+08:00

My attention was on the Coca Cola event. Two weeks ago, I just completed a presentation on their "Open Happiness" campaign! Free bottles of coke does make me like the brand more. Since its effective, they should continue the campaign. Haha.

The three of us had lunch at somewhere really cheap. I forgotten the name of the place, but its located at the link between marina square and city link mall.

The portion of food was terrifying. In the picture, you can't really see my food. I had Grilled Dory and below it was 3 pieces of garlic bread (taste good), and beside the fish was one portion of coleslaw, one portion of potato salad, and another generous portion of fries! As we were leaving, I saw their desserts on display. The cuteness of it makes up a good reason for the next visit!

As expected, there was a long queue outside the theatre.

The crowd was rowdy and badly behaved. I feel as if I'm at a wet market!

Proven: String Orchestra is better than Wind Orchestra :D

The entire concert was unimpressive. I feel that the octaves they can play are so limited. without the cello and other percussion instruments, this performance could be worse. When they played "part of your world", the main melody was played by the saxophones. That is just horrible. I can't hear the flute as well. Their style was boring, not much variants. Last point, the girl playing the chimes was not in sync with the conductor.

(I pray that my friend who performed at this concert won't blame me for the above comments. The beginning of "a spoonful of sugar" was well played)

You will always spot the Hershey Chocolate mascot there! I would always encourage my friends to push the mascot, but so far none of them has done that yet. I tried talking to the Mascot, but he or she didn't reciprocate. Guess he or she couldn't chat during work as mascot are usually non-verbal.

Jon called Alvin to join us for DotA at Kovan. We had two matches of 1 v 1. I won the first one, but lost the second to the stupid Night Stalker. Sad. Nevertheless, I won myself ONE piece of tuan yuan from 75 Ah Balling Peanut Soup which I believe is worth 40 cents.

Great day with Shuqing. Thanks again for accompanying me for the concert! =) Back to studying...

TRIPLE CELEBRATION!

2011-06-05T04:33:00.032+08:00

Meet up the guys for our long awaited and highly anticipated gathering! So what's there to celebrate about? The following was extracted from the Facebook Event page created by Ken.

FIRST CELEBRATION:
Firstly, congratulations to our Eunice! She got an advertising job. =DD Now she has money means she should treat us some *eh hem* good stuffs right?

SECOND CELEBRATION:
After 2years in National Service, my time has finally come to ORD! Finally I will have the taste of freedom man. I needa unwind a bit. =\

THIRD CELEBRATION: (added by me)
Kelvin and Ken will be starting school soon! Kel will be reading Civil Engineering at NUS. Ken will be reading Electrical and Electronic Engineering at NTU. Both will be future engineers earning big bucks! :)

It's true that guys can't remember birthday, decorate cakes and plan outings :) Kel initially told us that Shaun's birthday is in June. After verifying with the "birthday boy", it was actually in July. LOL! So anyway, we decided to celebrate Shaun's birthday.

I was seriously late for the meetup. But I know my very kind guy friends won't blame me for that. =D We walked around Cine but wasn't able to find a suitable present for Shaun. We eventually got his present from Taka (the same place where Kel spoiled a belt and ran away), then rushed to The Icing Room to get a small DIY cake. I think they increase their price. But we get it anyway, for the fun and customised experience! Yeah it's still fun to me, though I have done that 4 times in total prior to this?

Pretty standard. The first thing that anyone will do is to write, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SO-AND-SO, on the cake. Having done that a couple of times, I was entrusted with this.

Our plan was to draw a baseball, a trophy and a baseball bat on the cake. (Our dear friend is a national baseball player). There were some mistakes on the way but we reacted quickly to rectify it!

Kel's imagination of a trophy was quite a failure, but I SALVAGE it! HAHA :D He also like to press the icing flower very hard against the wall of the cake, I don't know why. (Does it makes the whole cake more stable?) But he's an engineer, I suppose he will know more about construction than me. He did a good job on the baseball though and all of these will not be possible without Ken who looked for all the pictures. He had the honor of drawing the baseball bat.

YAY MISSION ACCOMPLISHED... after like what seems to be an hour?!

313 Taxi Stand really sucks. We walked further to double or triple our chance of getting a cab. Maybe rampage.

Shaun's face says it all. He like our present! Okay maybe not. Looking weird there. Hmm probably he opened up his present and not knowing how to react, hence this expression. In the box was a Goldlion Wallet, belt and key purse. Happy father's day!

Kel and I had the impromptu idea of going to Sunset Grill & Pub at Seletar. The rest were steady and we made our way there. We totally can't count on the GPS. It took us to not one, but two dead ends! When we finally found the place, we were turned away by the waiter who shamelessly indicate that the group before us is their last customer. Pfft. Feel like slapping him or burning the place down at that moment because we came all the way here. I was so excited for it.

It was already like 9pm and four of us were dying of hunger. We settled for Mad Jack @ NeX. Jon was also at the mall. He came over to say hi and introduced his friends to us. Hmm, cannot remember their names. It's pretty surprising as he walked into the place and just appeared beside our table. This is my first visit to Mad Jack. There's no service charge because there is NO SERVICE!

I'll start with our individual shots. From the smartest person to the least smartest one.

Desserts look great, but I have no room for the sinful treats. Ken indulges in his chocolate cake with glee.

FINAL PRESENTATION: Business Capstone

2011-06-01T13:12:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was our final presentation for the 13 weeks long unit. On reflection, I guess the lecturer lied about the effort we have to put in. He said that we will be more busy at the beginning and gradually, less to do as we progress. The deliverable for this unit is as follows: Preparation work/quizzes, Individual Sim, Team contract, Team mission and strategies, two online journals and three peer evaluation, reflection paper and performance review presentation. =O

I took up the responsibility of combining our slides, designed the logo and etc. Here's how it look like:

It's nice working with the other three members in my team. No more starbucks meeting on weekends. I will definitely be missing them!

Lauren: Always there to listen to my problems and give me advice
Jason: Our leader who is super nice and understanding!
Ivan: My partner for eating sweet food together! Our fav.

The end of project often means..... the start of exams.

29 May: Little Arowana, Fighter Planes and Hot Pot

2011-05-30T15:37:00.007+08:00

On SUNDAY, Simon and I went to Aquarama 2011 at Suntec to show our support for Jared's marine tank! At the entrance, we bumped into a local comedy celebrity, Hui Ge. He's wearing pink, same as me. ^^

Anyway, Jared's real passionate about this competition. His marine tank look so professional! He clinch second! AWESOME! I can't resist taking a photo with it.

As for the champion, I really like the coral layout and the colour combination (fish). Whoever did this deserve the first prize!

Saw exhibition of two other friends' fish farm there. Other observations includes the arowana, (Totally missing my family's one which died on CNY Eve this year) and the small shrimps which are almost impossible to capture on camera. I'm quite interested in the seminar on fish care but we were really pressing for time.

On the way to the Air Force Open House, we witness an accident in the interchange itself! I quickly whipped out my camera like a professional (the Mediacorp sticker is still on my case).

EXTRA: Read the following article :)

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/646252/bus_crash_at_eunos_interchange_scares_commuters.html

The airshow started the moment we stepped down the NUS bus. Simon served the Air Force during his NS times. The place held fond memories for him.

The lady at the counter gave the golden aircraft pin to a little girl. The adult after her stretched his hand for the pin as well, but was rejected. The lady smiled and said, "It's for children only." I was after the man who was embarrassed. I used the sweetest voice I can to say this, "Hi, I'm a kid. Can I have the pin?" Yes, sometimes it pays to act cute.

Been to both the Navy and the Air Force Open House. I conclude that the guys in Air Force are cuter... Hehe.

STEAMBOAT AFTER THAT! I had a craving for hot pot last Sunday, but was unable to go because it is difficult to find time for it. The staff asked if we want the three soups. I was like "whoa, perfect" cause they had the special broth of the month, Prawn and Pork Rib. Their chicken soup is still the best though. Their Tom Yam is unlike those outside, with a thick layer of oil and chill.

I wasn't able to enjoy myself on the previous visit cause Simon's family were around. I would rate the overall experience as 8/10 for the variety of desserts and good service. The End. =D

A fulfilling week!

2011-05-28T19:58:00.000+08:00

One last project, two presentations, three exam papers and I'm done with sch! :)

Preparing for our presentation on Cross Cultural: India and FInland.

I have no idea why Simon's parents alway caught me doing stupid things. I put my shawl over my head and pretend to be a malay in the car yesterday and they spotted me. The last time I did something stupid was when.... I called Simon on his mobile and without saying "hi", I played the Jay Chou's rap on the piano and when I'm done with it, I realised that it was his Mum on the phone!!

Ally and I found time to collect our cheque for the Lexus job (like finally) and to write our business plan at Starbucks! The event company is located at the Red Dot Museum and the office look a lot less impressive than I had imagined it to be. Ally laughed at me for not knowing how to deposit the cheque.. Hey, I usually get my pay through GIRO transfer?!

The day before, we hanged out with the other best friends, Alvin and Jon for dinner (at a rather lousy restaurant) and played DotA at a LAN shop after that. The first match was rather embarrassing as we have lost to the guys whom I am sure that they are noobs. The second match did justice to my judgement.

They're not very gentlemen by the way, because they refused to give us the cushion seats! Here is the evidence.

2011-05-25T13:14:00.000+08:00

I have been neglecting my blog a lot because of projects, my active social activities and violin practice. I'm very upset that I am unable to be perfect when I crossover strings. Maybe Virgo(s) really shouldn't be so obsessed about doing everything perfectly.

I'm officially an addict of ANGRY BIRDS! I think I'm influenced by my two cousins cause they play ANGRY BIRDS day and night when they're in Singapore. I used to have that application on my ipod touch, but I deleted soon after because I wasn't able to clear the first stage. I thought to myself, "Maybe this is why they named it ANGRY BIRDS." I got so frustrated because I just can't get those birds to hit the structure protecting the green pigs!

I see a lot of ANGRY BIRDS merchandises and cakes lately, some being offered at an exorbitant price. As you already know, I'm big on birthday(s) and I probably want a cake that's as interesting as the following!

I am dying to go Texas next year, January! But there's still some time away from that. Looking in the short term, I'll go for steamboat at M hotel and try out Cathay's Platinum Movie Suites first. In picture, it doesn't look like it's better than GV's goldclass. But I hope to be surprised.

Uncle's Wedding - Banquet

2011-05-22T20:40:00.001+08:00

The Lamborghini used as the bridal car was arrived the day before. Nice car plate number yeah.

I was supposed to be there at the reception table, but I ran away. =D

Handsome cousins in suits! One looks like the croupier, the other looks like the groom. Jayden was particularly concerned about his spiky hair.

He was introduced to ALL my relatives that night. (both my Dad's biological extended family and adoptive extended family)

My brother had the privilege of sitting at the VIP table, the rest of us were at table number two. The present for female is a tea strainer. The present for male is a metal luggage tag

I went from table to table to give out the complimentary parking card!

My new friend - The bride's niece! Hello!

The video production team! Kenneth, Wesley and Bezner

A rare picture of all my cousins together! Jayden and Skylet insist that cousins are all BOYS! They say that I'm not their cousin .__. Jayden was damn heavy. I could only carry him for like 5 seconds. Then he dropped from my arms.

My uncle got drunk on his wedding day. Dad claims that it would be worse if he didn't helped him to take on a few glasses of wine. My Dad wasn't very sober in the end as well. Lol.

A few of us went home with bouquet of pink roses.

Uncle's Wedding - Tea Ceremony

2011-05-22T20:23:00.001+08:00

Mum helped to chose this day for my uncle's wedding. According to her, it is one of the two best days this year for marriage.

Test shot with Granny

The kaisu singaporeans that are first in the line when the buffet opens! The food's nice but real spicy.

Granny's the happiest person that day!

COUNTDOWN: 25 more days to the first day of my first full-time job! ^^

2011-05-19T14:54:00.003+08:00

I actually think I'll like to do Sales. My personality fits well into a sales job and that money is a strong motivation for me. But advertising/marketing is my ultimate interest. The opportunity presents itself in front of me, so I took it up.

Spongebob pillow fight with Patrick

2011-05-14T23:42:00.001+08:00

I'm pissed at my parents. Can they stop making me the messager? They can talk to each other directly instead of calling me and asking me to deliver the msg. I have got projects to complete!

It's regarding where to bring my relatives for a meal tomorrow.

My cousins, Skylet and Jayden from Texas! This is the first time I met them. Gosh, they're super cute and yeah, they have an american slang. They came into my room and said, "SPONGEBOB!" Knowing that my two little cousins like Spongebob too, I hurried off to carry out ALL my spongebob stationaries and games to show them. We have a connection!

The game set Simon gave me came into good use! For three and above, that's suitable.

COMPLETED! Erm, we took like 45 mins. I almost gave up. I realised that I'm terrible at Jigsaw puzzle myself. My uncle piece most of them together. =X Anyway at the end of it, I rewarded them with Spongebob file and pen. =)

My aunt was like saying, on the day of uncle's wedding, I have to babysit my cousins. I was thinking, I have to see to the guest signing at the reception, led our guests to their table, and still babysit?!!! I am actually more keen to walk around and camwhore, but I didn't tell anyone that.

Random question: Can anyone tell me how much I have to give my parents after I officially start work? Not half of my salary right? Tell me on MSN or SMS!

DAY 263

2011-05-13T02:04:00.001+08:00

HIM: I took a bus here.
ME: Both the red car and BMW not at home is it?
HIM: The car is at home.

Day 262: From today onwards, I hope we get our priorities right.

2011-05-12T04:41:00.004+08:00

Yes, I'm stilling counting the number of days we have been together. It's hard to explain why I insist to do so.

It was a painful decision to make, but it is for the best of us. It's not easy to break away from someone who is your comfort zone. I like the idea of having someone to talk to, after a long exciting day. It feels peaceful.

But we have our differences that cause fiction. We have different paths to undertake. Neither of us bear to do this, but holding on only bring pain and disappointment. Let's be who we are, and stop accommodating for each other anymore.

You'll be okay. Your life will be fine. You have an established family business to take over. One day you will know that you have everything that others don't have. Myself? I will work harder to realise my dream. I will remember to strive for excellence. All the best.

I don't think I should get into anymore relationship.

Photo speaks a thousand words

2011-05-11T04:50:00.016+08:00

Prawning

Canon Photo Printer

Mother's Day Celebration

Movie "Thor"

Interview at Mediacorp

You're just so hard to reach for.

2011-05-06T01:35:00.006+08:00

You know, I just got the first job in my life. I wanted to celebrate with you, but you're just so hard to reach for. If you're not attracted to me anymore, then tell me in the face. Sometimes it's damn hurting when you don't reply to my SMS/Emails.

Yesterday it was too late. Today you didn't have the car. Tomorrow you're attending a course before joining PAP's celebration.

What have we done? Why is it such a struggle, for you and me?

PS: I bet you read my blog less than 5 times in the course of our relationship. (8mths and counting)

GOOD LUCK OR BAD LUCK?

2011-05-05T13:37:00.006+08:00

THE GOOD

1. My name was published in The Straits Times. Out of a combined total 5000 comments, they picked mine that sounds incredibly retarded. =/

2. I ordered and paid for the two chicken set meal, but was given three pieces of chicken instead :D

3. I was shortlisted for an interview for an Advertising Agency. Wish me luck!!

THE BAD

1. I dropped my student card on the road this afternoon. It was raining very heavily. The currents send my card into the big drain.. Now it's gone FOREVER. T_____T Have to make new one for coming exam.

2. My newly bought umbrella spoilt after one day's use! Beware: The $9 umbrella from Hang Tanisn't reliable.

3. I'm upset. You said that we are drifting apart. You wanted to meet me for supper. And now you cancelled our date. Our first date since 23 April!! "IDK WHAT TO SAY!!"

UPDATE WITH VERDICT

I'm back!

1. I GOT MY FIRST ADVERTISING JOB! It was a really really long interview, a lot of questions and answers. The manager said that she like me and offered me the job on the spot. I will start work on 14 June (one day after my last exam paper) The basic pay is $100 lesser than what I asked for. But I guess its okay, considering that here will be commission, phone/taxi/meal allowances too. I'm the happiest girl in the world right now!! =D

2. Lady luck is really with me! Mediacorp also contacted me today as well. I actually applied for the position of Lead Development Sales because a friend from Mediacorp told me that there was an opening. According to my teacher, that position's commission amount is very attractive. I shall attend the interview (just for fun). Interview skill is something worth training on.

3. PAP's people are everywhere today at the MRT and shopping malls. I asked Desmond Choo cheekily, "Can you issue us another Grow and Share Package?" =D Oh, and I hope to get into PAP's media division after the election!

Lexus Progressive Luxury Experience!

2011-05-01T01:35:00.062+08:00

The highlight of the event was the 3D car projection show, featuring Lexus's new CT200h. Watch the video and be amazed by what the projection show is all about! :)

The event was well planned. Outside Paragon, a red CT200h car model can be spotted. It captures great attention, and another reason to take a closer look at it, is to get the drinks from the gentleman (pretty ladies too).

At Paragon's atrium, you can spot Lexus's logo directly in front of their prestigious limousine. Four hybrid cars are on display. The RX Hybrid, the biggest of them all, is the favorite for oversized men. I wonder why. On the other hand, ladies prefer GS Hybrid.

Two wide touchscreen panels adequately explains the mechanics of the hybrid cars.

The MC was awesomely professional! (and cute) Jean from Class 95FM came to help promote the event as well! We had the honor of taking photos with her.

And my job is to encourage visitors to sign up for the lucky draw/test drive for the cars.

There was this man who leave me with a deep impression.

ME: Would you like to sign up for our lucky draw, Sir? You can win a free car for the weekend.
His 6 yo daughter: Make sure we have space in our house for the car ah. *angry tone*
Man: *chuckles* I have three cars.

This is how happy we are on our last day of work! Finally the four day event has ended. 12 hours of standing is real challenging. My health was at its worst.

Group picture!

My favorite car? The LS Hybrid without a doubt! Just look at how elegant it is. This will cost you almost half a million.

Gifts to take home! Thanks to our dear Janice from Marketing. =)

You have to crash a car before you can promote one.

2011-04-28T03:15:00.008+08:00

Both my boyfriend and my best friend are terrible at directions. (Well, me too.) But the only difference is that my best friend's car is equipped with GPS, while my boyfriend still uses the old school method of flipping the road directory. It's not always accurate on mapping the road nor does it always show us the best way to get from A to B, but it is still useful when you are the kind that have problem identifying east and west.

Zzzzz. We were trying to reverse, so that we can turn into Borneo Motors, and BANG! The side of the car was badly scratched and there was dent.. =/ Poor best friend will have to send a picture to her parents who are currently in US. LUCKY she didn't drive the Audi out. She drove that to church on Easter Sunday and finds it difficult to handle.

Entering Lexus showroom, we were lead to their office on the second floor which overlooks the cars on display like that. We went through an simple interview with the marketing people that would decide on our role for the coming "LEXUS PROGRESSIVE LUXURY EXPERIENCE" event. We basically talked about past work experiences, read a paragraph from the Lexus booklet, took off our jackets and then stand at the door to show them our posture - front and back.

Any tattoos? "No. I'll probably get killed for that."

Right after that was a very lengthy and content-rich briefing.

The person-in-charge said "Some of you don't have enough makeup on." I was thinking, "WHAT?!!"

We were quite happy that the people are considerate and have made good arrangements to ensure that we will be comfortable during work. We scribbled down our shoe size before we leave, so that they can get matching footwear for us. Following which was dinner at the nearby IKEA Alexander! YAYYYYYYY!

Back home. Tried out the clothes given. The skirt is navy blue and tight fitting. No problem with that. But goodness, the material for the top is soooooooooo freaking thin (yeah, and revealing). =/

PS: I'll be pretty busy next week as I am helping out with PAP's activities. I can only help Perry to plan his birthday and Yvonne to plan her wedding after that.

Nomination Day!

2011-04-27T11:14:00.003+08:00

Simon had to go, because his Dad wants him to be more involved with the PAP. (That's exactly what my Dad wanted me to do as well. Yet I am still procrastinating.) Our Dad are both big supporters for very practical reasons. For my Dad, he has been active as a grassroot leaders for longest time. And I know he's only concerned about his business relationships with some of the GRCs. For Simon, it is probably for networking and because his uncle plays an important role to a minister. I think picture speak a thousand words. This picture tells me that GCT is looking at TPL in doubt. Lol. =/

Chose your masters wisely. Be responsible for your choice.

2011-04-25T02:38:00.005+08:00

Looking at past happenings, it's dangerous to speak negatively about politics and on our politicians, especially if you are lean towards the opposition. (Oh okay, I'm safe!) Surely, in the game of politics, there are some injustice, even plots that we are unaware of. But does that really matter to us? NO. What matters to us - the commoners - are policies that are favorable to ourselves, good-paying jobs, improvement in our standard of living and ANOTHER "Grow and Share" package.

GE 2011 is the hot topic of Singaporeans, young and old. Gen Y has clearly stressed on the impact of our presences. That includes me.

Social media has changed the landscape of campaigning. I have to say that the opposition parties have used them very well to their advantage. There are many avenues of news today and they spread like wildfire. With very minimum effort (just clicking), we can share videos, articles and comments immediately. I really like how people have a space to express their different opinions. At the same time, I fear for what divided views can cause (or rather, COST). I do not want to see Singaporeans dividing ourselves into groups based on the political beliefs.

The question: Can we achieve true democracy?
My question: Should we achieve true democracy?

And I believe that everyone knows this idiom - Too many cooks spoil the broth. When everyone demands to have a contribution, a concept loses focus, inevitably meets substantial delays, or even can be ultimately destroyed by too much varied input.

PLAN for tomorrow - I'm not going to PLAY, I'm going to PRAY.

2011-04-22T01:41:00.005+08:00

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, commemorates the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross. No Mass is celebrated on Good Friday; instead, the Church celebrates a special liturgy in which the account of the Passion according to the Gospel of John is read, a series of intercessory prayers (prayers for special intentions) are offered, and the faithful venerate the Cross by coming forward and kissing it. The Good Friday liturgy concludes with the distribution of Holy Communion . Since there was no Mass, Hosts that were reserved from the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday are distributed instead.

Reference: http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/p/Good_Friday.htm

PS: My darling chauffeur offered to pick me up tomorrow, which doesn't really make sense because church is just a stone's throw from his place. I don't know why he's treating me better and better... Is he CHEATING ON ME UH? o.o

Kneel and stand and kneel again (for more than 20 times) with my love at Church of The Holy Family. I know that Simon feels very strongly about this part of the prayer.

= After Holy Communion =
Me: What did you pray for?
Simon: For my parents to make more money. And for me to love you more.

Social Marketing Ad

2011-04-19T04:09:00.004+08:00

I've added the search function in my blog, simply because sometimes when I need to refer back to a post, I'm too lazy to login my blogger. (especially when I'm using mobile devices)

I do recall what I wanted to blog on. It's about my advertising assignment. We were asked to list down a social marketing ad and to critic on it. I picked the anti-gambling to write on one that is most effective.

The organization behind the advertisement is the National Council. The advertisements for anti-gambling focused on the effect of gambling to family. TVC and Radio was used. The target market are married adults who are eligible for entering the casino. The anti-gambling campaigns are launched to discourage and educate on excessive gambling that opening of the casinos might cause. The key message is to know the line, and gamble responsibility with your loved ones in mind.

The TVC version was about a man asking his daughter for her savings in the piggy bank, so that he can use the money for gambling purpose. The radio version is about a man who cannot clear off his gambling debts and had bad relations with the family. He almost ended up in divorce with his wife. Eventually, he chose to quit gambling and keep the family.

Gambling, often implicates self and those that close to the gambler. By focusing on the breakup of family because of gambling, can serve as a precaution for heavy gamblers – that they might one day lose not only their savings, but also their good relationship with their family, which is priceless. This linkage makes one think deeply on whether family ties or the thrill of gambling is more precious/ important. As everyone has people their love, they would naturally be affected by the advertisement and think twice.

I like how emotional appeal is used here to highlight the consequences of gambling, and how it can associate with the target market. What I dislike is really how plain the advertisement is. The message is delivered clearly, but I feel that more drama can be used in the ad for better effects, like domestic violence and harsher treatment of the children.

campus tour and going out with the girls!

2011-04-17T14:35:00.000+08:00

Lol. Late for the Duke-NUS campus tour due to slow traffic and the fact that we failed to locate the nearest carpark! We were there to understand more about their postgraduate course - MD program. The labs there looks amazing! I would like to play with all the chemicals on the shelves if no one was looking.

Indeed, admission to one of the best medical schools in the United States and the world is VERY COMPETITIVE. Halfway during the tour, we saw dear's uni friend. According to Simon, he was the top student and that's how smart you must be to get into the program.

I love it when he gives me flowers for no reason.

Watched Rio. The movie's simple, nice and full of humor.

SAT - Meet my girlfriends! We were supposed to have hightea together at Regent Hotel but it was fully booked. ARGHHH~

Watched Limitless. The movie's kind of meaningless, but interesting.

We wanted to play LAN afterwhich, but I was having a serious problem with my contact lense. A sharp pain is affecting my left eye, so I went home early to rest. And who knows, the rest lasted till next morning!

That feeling is coming back. The feeling of wanting to be in the world of my own, to have some "alone time". It feels as if some of the things I am doing now is unnecessary, and that it won't produce any results. It's a battle I'm fighting all by myself. Will anyone understand how important some things are to me?

Ice-cream Ice-cream is not LUNCH, folks!

2011-04-14T03:04:00.006+08:00

Were you there at Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day 2011!? If you are, I'm sure you can spot me at the front of the long queue. The free cones giveaway was from 12nn to 5pm. I arrived at 11.30am and conveniently joined my friends who were FIRST in line at the Vivocity branch!

Look at the number of cameras at Perry. So much attention and possibly media exposure for being FIRST! "WTF you live in a bungalow and you still want to be first to get free ice-cream" I tried to imagine how his Dad's expression will be when he sees his son on the news.

The group of us went to the arcade for some fun. Master Perry sponsored our games. And finally, the NEOPRINTS that we wanna take 2 years ago! (according to Perry) Argh, we didn't had enough time to chose the fourth photo. All the shots we took are pretty nice actually. AND someone wants to sabo me by choosing the hearts frame for decorations...

Back for another scoop of ice-cream!

And another scoop.. queuing while we're still eating our 2nd scoop! LMAO. So Singaporean?

The rest wanted more! *Faint* Perry and I had enough of trans-fats, so we roamed around the mall and did not join the 20 mins queue again. We were so sick of ice-cream.. actually we threw away some of it, but that's a secret. One dude saw us doing that and stared at us in disbelief.

Liverpool Fan's Birthday Celebration!

2011-04-10T02:00:00.000+08:00

Right after my cross cultural mid-term paper, I made my way to Simon's place. Poor thing, he fell sick on his birthday! =( And yet he still went to work. That's why I like him. Hardworking, serious and responsible, a total opposite of me.

My surprise was a real deal. Simon's Mum hid all the things I passed her in the afternoon - including the bag of presents, the cake, the quiz and the violin! I pulled him to the kitchen and played "Happy Birthday" on the strings. xD

Then we went back to the dinning table to open up the box with a Liverpool sticker in the middle, revealing the cake which I spend many hours on.

Simon's Dad: "You're very fortunate, I don't even have"
Simon's Mum: "Eh, are you comparing me and her?"

LMAO.

Now, pass the test before you can open up my presents for you!

He wasn't sure of one or two questions, but got lucky and guessed them correctly! He was struck at question 5 and asked his mum for the answer. It's damn funny, because when he was doing the test, his Dad gave the wrong answer for that question. LOL.

He loves my presents for him - A Mont Blanc perfume, a parker pen and a book :) As he was really feeling unwell, we didn't watch the late night movie we planned to go for. The next day, we had Hotpot at M hotel. (Percieved as healthy!)

Attached is the answer booklet if you're interested!

* Answers are not published for privacy reasons

Baking the first cake in my life!

2011-04-09T15:43:00.020+08:00

Simon's Mum and I have been discussing about his birthday celebration since 3 weeks ago. I offered to bake a cake for Simon and it was agreed that his Mum would come at 4pm to pick up the cake. Packed the presents and the quiz.

I had the design in mind and gotten all the decorations the day before. I bought the different players (Simon's favorite) from different people.

On my first attempt, I fail terribly. The baking process was obnoxious. I thought it'll be fine at the end of it. I was wrong. Not only did part of the cake look burnt, it tasted like rubber.

My Mum, an accomplished baker, was out that morning. And in desperation, I almost used biscuit or bread as a substitute for the sponge cake! I have to give full credit to my Mum who came back to bake a cake for me. I made a few mistakes because I wasn't familiar with the recipe that she passed me.

1. The egg white and egg york had to be seperated in the beginning.
2. I used the wrong beater.
3. And I'm supposed to mix in the flour, not dump them into the mixture and continue beating it

You might like to look at the difference of our end-product:

Then came disaster number two - the cream that was bought is the wrong one! My heart was beating as fast as the electric egg beater, because I only have another hour for the cake! My awesome Mum went all the way to Hougang Mall and came back in time.

We were really in a race with time. Mum helped me to mix the colour and spread the cream over the cake, added blueberry in the middle layer. I searched online for the soccer field lines, threw some cream into a clear plastic bag, cut a small slit and begin drawing on the cake. It's useful to have some experience of decorating at The Icing Room)

THE MASTERPIECE!

DAY 222

2011-04-04T12:43:00.004+08:00

I woke up early, prepared and excited for the Class 95FM’s Stiletto Race. It was unfortunate that Ally wasn't feeling well. I didn't want to run alone, so as a change of plan...

I tried to make breakfast at Simon's place as a surprise and failed miserably. Simon had NO IDEA where everything is in the kitchen. His mum helped me to locate the frying pan and the ingredients.

The hero had to be granny though. She came to the rescue and fried all the french toast for me. (the maid IGNORED me cause I was stealing her job. Simon say I really have to bribe her with my OPI nail polish)

In the afternoon, we went to the nearby EXPO for the John Little Mega Sales. Not only were there great discounts for cosmetics, there was an additional $8 discount for purchase of $80 and above. You could still get 3% rebates on your membership card! :D

Simon bought the DINOSAURS for me!

At night, I attended Mic's birthday celebration at Holiday Inn. The buffet were average. There was notably a lack of variety for cold seafood. The DIY rojak and Lasak cooking section was nonetheless interesting. Minami bought a giant fruit tart from Fruit Paradise. I had too much sashimi with radiation and lobster, so I didn't manage to finish the heavenly slice given to me.

The Little Woman

2011-04-01T01:49:00.000+08:00

YES YES YES I'm very busy recently. I'm very focused on helping my boyfriend to plot his future. I love him! =)

Last week of March

2011-03-28T14:43:00.004+08:00

I spend my weekend on three things - Business Capstone Project, Meeting Ai Fang, and on Simon's Granny Birthday Celebration.

Yes, it sucks to be working on project on a Saturday morning. The meeting was scheduled 9am. I don't recall waking up THAT early to go to town. Anyway it's still very enjoyable to be working with Ivan, Jason and Lauren. They are excellent teammates.

The short meeting with Ai Fang was meaningful. We discussed about job and relationship. The usual stuff that girls talk about when they get together. I have no idea why each time I tell people about me and Simon's differences with specific examples, they would laugh.

Attended Simon's granny celebration yesterday. Small gathering. Full buffet tables. Multiple introduction. Granny was too eager to introduce me to everyone and I'm quite shy about it, initially. Of course, I always end up as the chatter.

I tasked Simon to take a picture of Vera, and here is Simon's lousy attempt. =.=

Taking time off socialising

2011-03-27T14:55:00.002+08:00

Besides shopping, I have also been doing voluntary work, as well as relief teaching. This month, I have cut down on my social life, as a form of experiment on lifestyle.

To be continued.. Rushing off.

9th April - Ok finally found time to update on this post. Helping out at SMU was fun, though I am still in doubt with the purpose of the activities.

Shopping Addiction

2011-03-27T13:20:00.000+08:00

I have been shopping madly online and offline lately. I acknowledge the greatness of money. Shopping at Gmarket is a very fun experience. More so, when your friends are also addicted to this mode of shopping! i.e spamming links on your MSN

Disney Love [PART FOUR]

2011-03-20T01:44:00.001+08:00

This post is 80% written by me, 20% written by Simon.

On the last day, we spend half the day shopping at Citygates. That explains the number of luggage and shopping bags we had when we reached Macau. Simon had stayed at the hotel across that shopping mall when he last visited Hong Kong with his family.

We didn't have much time to explore Macau, but we certainly made the best out of it. We took the ferry again from First Ferry, which Simon described it as the "Jet Ski" ride. I was real broke after we bought the ferry ticket. My total asset there and then is below HKD$200. It was an hour long journey in a pitch black sea.

Immediately after we reached the shore, we separated into two group of threes and head to Venetian Casino - Hotel Entrance. It was a high-speed taxi ride. All glitter and gold greeted us as we arrived at the main lobby. The bell boy helped us quickly with the unloading of the luggage. Reason being, they assume that we are guest of the hotel. The Venetian hotel only offer suites and they sure don't come cheap.

The place is splendid, with paintings all along the ceiling depicting the classic Venetian theme.

The first step to gambling, make a membership card to collect points. Haha. Edwin already has his, so he bought the rest of us to get our cards done. DA-TAH!! *Excited.* All ready to live my life as a gambler! We started gambling straight away...

Thank god for the money changer, else I'll die with that feeling of being so poor. I started out with the Jackpot, almost doubled my initial capital but lost miserably in the end. Simon tried the electronic roulette and won some money. I'm so proud of you, honey!

You know what? Even the toilet is grand looking!! I camwhore for a LITTLE while, almost forgetting that Simon was waiting outside.

We visited Manchester United Store, which was already closed.. If its the Liverpool store, Simon will jump into the man-made river because he can't shop in there. =/ We were lucky to have found a departmental store that's still open. Got some local snacks there for our families. The store is honest, giving us back the difference in HKD and MOP currency.

It gave us a unique experience of walking in the daylight of Venetian Macau with nobody around.

Luck did not fail us. We managed to get porridge from a stall at the food court too! We were the last customers. We shared a bowl and that was dinner. We wanted abalone flavor actually, but it was sold out. Their porridge looked simple but it was AWESOME! In fact, I recognise the name of that stall. It was on the list of recommended eating place that I downloaded.

Before we left, we redeemed the tickets for money. I kept my ticket as a souvenir and we withdrew the HKD$150 conveniently via the ATM-lookalike machine.

At the stroke of midnight we headed to Macau airport. Everyone re-packed their luggage. Simon encouraged me to squeeze my Mickey into the luggage. I was uncertain so I wrapped him with my scarf before doing so. We boarded the plane and arrived in Singapore on time.

Happy to have gotten the Limited edition Vodka and Traveler's Exclusive vodka at our local DFS.

Disney Love [PART THREE]

2011-03-20T01:40:00.001+08:00

The whole disneyland transform into a city of lights during night time. Everyone was just anticipating the fireworks really.

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There were coin machines like these around the park. They dispense copper coins of various designs for collection.

The fireworks was like a dance together with the Disney music playing in the background. A different firework display theme accompanied each piece of music from A Whole New World to the finale Lion King Roar!

Eunice stopped recording as soon as she realise that nothing is better than seeing the fireworks through her own eyes. It is certainly romantic to be watching this with your loved one beside you.

Finally, at 9 pm, we realized we didn’t had either lunch or dinner. Eunice was exhausted after a fruitful day and went back to Hotel to check-in whilst the rest had energy to go second round of shopping at Mongkok.

Truly, everything was inspired by Mickey Mouse. From the shower gel right to the electronics.

Following which was dinner at Studio Lounge. We were seated just before the wide movie screen. The concept of this restaurant is for us to enjoy our meals while we enjoy the film.

Next morning we almost missed Disneyland breakfast buffet. Fortunately, the cute food items were still available. I like the hashbrown only.

After the last round of buying souvenirs at the hotel's gift shop, we visited the special piano pool and took pictures with the signature Hollywood display.

And with that, we left the land of magic which appealed to kids and young adults alike.

Disney Love [PART TWO]

2011-03-20T00:44:00.004+08:00

NOTE: For part two, the content written by Simon is 85%. The way he writes isn't interesting enough, so I feel the need to spice it up.

A dedicated train brought us to Disneyland from Sunny Bay station.

Upon our arrival we left our luggage at the Hollywood hotel lobby. We were unable to leave the gift shop, as the girls go round and round.

We then made our way back to the entrance of Disneyland where we bought tickets. THE JUMP SHOT (without our jackets) AT HK DISNEYLAND! Onlookers think that we're crazy. The temperature is 15 to 21 degree celsius.

The first thing we did was wait for the Mickey parade at 3.30pm. This year's parade was a little special, as it commemorate HK Disneyland's 5th anniversary. Tinkerbell is the highlight. The upbeat music was catchy and unforgettable.

Together, we visited Art of Animation to understand more about how Disney's creation of animation films. They also have the map for the three expansion plans there for preview.

After which we dispersed and did our own exploration. Me and my girlfriend Eunice went for a drawing class.

We entered Tomorrowland, where spaceships and aliens are common sights.

In the freezing weather, we spotted Shawn and Chinto eating ice-cream! We, of course, weren't so extraordinary and chose to have normal warmer food.

The park was small yet we didn’t have time to visit all the attractions. A dare devil took the roller coaster ride.

After which, we took a romantic boat ride in a small world. The song was sung in different language and style.

Then we visited Tarzan tree house and quickly queued up to see the Fireworks at the castle.

Other Attractions

Disney Love [PART ONE]

2011-03-19T13:14:00.009+08:00

READ THIS FIRST: I tasked Simon with the blog post of our HK/Macau trip, so what you will be reading is mostly written by him, with minor addition or edits of my own.

Early in the morning before the sun came up we arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 2. We were eager and excited to travel without our parents beside us.

Once at Macau airport, we were abit lost and couldn’t find the Ferry terminal on the map at first. But soon we managed to catch a taxi there. At the ferry terminal again we were abit lost on which ferry ticket to purchase. But after a helpful salesman guidance, we purchased the ferry tickets on First Ferry and departed shortly after.

We checked in at our first hotel - Harbour Plaza City Resort. We certainly love the enormous bed.

We met up with our HongKong friend. A PR, who brought us to yet another journey by MTR. The trains are smaller than the MRT, and the transit stations require a lot more walking.

We reached the harbor of lights also called Avenue of the stars There we waited in the bitter cold for the lights and laser extravaganza. As the colorful lights flashed up and down the buildings and neon lights brightly display the famous global brands at the opposite bank, across a choppy river.

We were all hungry after another long walk to a shopping centre which was 14 storeys high. And all the restaurants were full. Fortunately we managed to find one that was able to accommodate all of us, as we ate heartily.

Next we headed to Mongkok shopping district. Alas it was close to midnight and the street stall were closing soon. Despite the girls were not affected as they had a long time shopping for cosmetics as the guys went on to eat some more.

Day two began in earnest as we headed to Disneyland. Yay!

After a sumptuous breakfast, we met our local Hongkong friend again as we made our way to Disneyland.

Time of need.

2011-03-14T15:22:00.001+08:00

It is like a wake-up call. I suddenly realise that I have not been serious about things in my life - all except playing.

My failure hits me hard, just like how the tsunami hit Japan. Facing the full blast all alone is difficult. Reality becomes painful.

I pray for the safety of those people, and for emotional strength for myself and those affected ones.

If there is one thing I should learn from this, it would be to be more attentive. I will pick myself up and transform my adversity to opportunity. Wish me luck as I make my Plan A, B and C.

(wants to insert a picture of me looking sad/teary then I realise that I can't find one)

Extreme vanity

2011-03-10T15:22:00.002+08:00

Saw these at The Body Shop in HK.

Why don't we have these locally? (I don't think I would miss this on the shelf) I thought Singaporean girls are quite concerned about their breasts. Yeah, and I bought the shimmer cause its cute. :)

Getting very concerned about my aesthetics. I'm actually intending to sign up for a face slimming program and a full body slimming program at MarieFrance Bodyline. Anti-aging measures starts today!!

Oh, and I'm so broke now. I spend this week's allowance on this. I have no money for food now, going to eat air.

No title

2011-03-02T12:41:00.000+08:00

Why is that I'm always too busy to blog properly?! I'm rushing for facial and slimming. (Getting thin does start from spending some money first)

Here's the rest of my schedule:

THURS - BOYFHSE
FRI - HONGKONG
SAT - DISNEYLAND
SUN - MACAU
MON - SCHOOL

A picture with the very addictive fried fishball with Shawn :)

(You may recognise him as the lead actor of "I'm not stupid 1/2" and "Homerun")

Mini Buffet at Marina Barrage! :)

2011-02-27T14:07:00.000+08:00

The person I want to be with.

2011-02-21T23:13:00.007+08:00

Dear relatives/family friends, please note that my family will fly to China this wednesday morning. They will only be coming back on 5th March. If you need anything, it will be wise to contact my Mum before 23rd Feb.

However, I will NOT be joining my family for the trip. I will be leaving on 4th March with Simon to experience the magic at HK DISNEYLAND. =DDD

YOUNG MASTER BOOKED THE HOTEL ROOM!!

GOT THE LATEST SAMSUNG CAMERA!

Seriously, I only love that two guys - Simon and my Dad. (I like it when my Dad asked me out for lunch. Just the two of us.)

A man truly loves you when missing you is his hobby, caring for you is his job, making you happy is his duty, and loving you is his life.

Ken's 22nd Birthday Celebration! [Out with the boys to get FAT]

2011-02-20T02:30:00.001+08:00

So, I promised to blog about it. Gonna do it right now! :D

Tanah Merah (work on my report) --> Orchard (celebrate ken's birthday) --> Tanah Merah (work on my report)

Knowing that I have a report that is due the next day, and that I have not met Simon for ages, Kelvin warned me not to pangseh... C'mon of course I won't!! I'm a good friend. =) But I was a little late, because I cleverly took a "shortcut" when I walked out of Simon's house. I ended up at an unknown part of Bedok..

We wanted to dine at Concorde hotel. (Was recommended by Sparklette) but they didn't have the seafood theme that day! It's Valentine's day theme, which I had asked them not to go for it. (I just can't imagine how Simon will react to that idea) We went to the basement of Heeren for buffet instead. It's always nice to try food at places I've never been.

Wow, the place is really huge! I didn't count how many live food stations they have. They have a few staff attending to each station. While there's variety, I find the quality of the food just meeting the mark. A little disappointed somehow.

It was my mistake to start with the Sashimi! Not because I ate raw food first, but the uncle keep pestering me. I wanted to take a picture of the boat, and he said he will adjust for me to take a picture because the boat is slanted. (Got meh?)

Anyway, I wanted a handroll, so I asked him very politely to make one for me.Following which, he insist that he will help me to take my food to the table. (I'm only holding a small plate...) I don't mind, as long as I get the food on my table.

Yes. Guess what?

I TOOK ALL THE SCALLOPS. Hahaha.

The highlight of the night...

NORMAL

ABNORMAL - WATERMELON IN CHOCO FONDUE

ABNORMAL - OVERLY CONCERNED ABT HIS WHITE SHIRT

ABNORMAL - GREEDY FOR ROSTI (that he ate on the spot)

When the buffet was closing, I wanted to grab more salmon. I have to see the uncle again..

Me: 還有 salmon 嗎？
Uncle: 別人來沒有，你來一定有。
(Then he took out a new buffet plate full of new fresh sashimi)
Uncle: 情人節快樂！
Me: 你也是。
Uncle: 我沒有情人。
(Heh. What has that got to do with me?)
Me: 哈哈，Counter 那邊有人。

GROUP PICTURE!!

DINNER ON FRIDAY! :)

2011-02-19T23:37:00.000+08:00

Mum brought Ah Gong and Ah Mah for Pepperlunch. And yes, they do like it.

This is how the chocolate dinosaurs are born.

2011-02-16T23:58:00.005+08:00

This morning, I was pleasantly surprised.

I have to visit Breadtalk's Facebook page on 10th Feb because I was writing on the Marketing recommendation of a report. Haha. Anyway here's my very serious answer. Didn't really expect myself to win honestly..

Then, I was rushing out for my Violin lesson and somehow I wore my left eye contact lens on the right eye, and my right eye contact lens on the left. Everything was in a blur and it make the reality looked like a dreamland. Argh, no more such silly mistake. Brand new set of contact lense tomorrow.

So as promised, I'm going to talk about my chocolate making adventure!

STEP ONE: Weighing the chocolates for the melting and to be used as the "seed"

STEP TWO: Make sure that the pieces are of the same size. Chop it, slice it, do anything!

STEP THREE: Melt the chocolates using a double boiler. The top must be bigger than the bottom, so that water vapor does not go into the chocolate.

STEP FOUR: Measure the temperature using a thermometer. The temperature should not exceed 45 degree calcuis.

STEP FIVE: Add in the seed chocolates. It should be 1/3 of the total chocolates you need.

STEP SIX: Put them into the moulds and tap lightly to remove air bubbles.

STEP SEVEN: Freeze them and knock them out of the moulds! You're done! :D

HAHA my boyfriend couldn't bear to eat them because there is only one of each! :D Well, there's three of each actually, but I know that less is more. YUNISE's Tip 1: Give a guy something less, and he will treasure more!

Here's another design I've done. Friends whose birthday falls in the month of February, please redeem this chocolate bar from me!! :D

YUNISE's Tip 2: Tempering chocolates can be more expensive than buying two box of Royce chocolates. So if you really want to do it, do it for someone that's worthwhile.

YUNISE's TIp 3: Most Mum with an interest in baking has the discount card for Red Man, be sure to get it BEFORE you shop for the ingredients.

I like it when things are perfect.

2011-02-15T12:22:00.005+08:00

In the morning of Valentine's Eve, I only had one mission in mind. (For details, refer to my next post)

In the afternoon, I made my way to Simon's home. I have not seen him for six days! So even if I had to do my brand management report at his place, I would still do it. Simon helped me with it. With the textbook, he is capable of answering all questions well! (even if they aren't related to science. i love his super brain.)

In the evening, I went to celebrate Ken's birthday. (For details, refer to my next next post)

Simon, worried sick that I'll have another Valentine, picked me up after that and at his place, we worked on the stupid report again till 3am. We limit our sleeping time and got up the next day to fine tune it. In total, we must have spend around 8 hours on the report. Very quickly, he drove me to school for the submission, head to my place so that I can dress up (mind you, I only had about 20 mins) for Valentine's Day.

Accordingly to Simon, the original plan was to go to the country club at 9am. Yet, we did not even have lunch on Valentine's day because of my report. It was a mad rush because he booked the movie tickets for 4pm. My place isn't exactly near Vivocity. We were exhausted when we finally arrived at the destination. Nevertheless, I was real happy to be enjoying GOLD CLASS treatment. Almost jumped up and down like a kid when Simon collect the ticket in the special queue with red carpet!

One can slack at the lounge before the movie and order food for the movie, but we didn't. We went straight for the deal. Here's how the lounge look like. (Ripped the pictures off random stranger's blogs)

What can I say? The pictures have done most of the talking. Everything, from their service, the blanket, their restroom, etc gives you the embodiment of luxury. In fact, the seats are the same as the ones they use in SIA First Class cabins!

An unknown surge of energy surrounds me out of a sudden. Let me play as much as I can, before the movie begins! *Make the armchair goes up and down several times* I guess being seated at the corner permits me to do stupid things.

Tortilla & Nachos - accompanied by guacamole, sour cream, satsa & melted cheese!

Honey, thank you for the mini surprise! The movie, King's Speech, won twelve Academy Awards. It was a very nice film with good setting and props that brings you right into the times just before WW2. The actors played their part extraordinary well.

And.... guess what? After we reached NEX (Serangoon) and Simon had parked his car, we were informed that Simon dropped his wallet at the cinema! OHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDD! What a day!

It's a very simple celebration because both of us are just too tired at the end of the day. (I caught him yawning a lot.) As such, we will probably be re-celebrating Valetine's day. Yes, you didn't see it wrongly. RE-CELEBRATING! And oh, do see my present for him. (For details, refer to my next next next post!)

I WANT MY ROM TO BE LIKE THAT!

2011-02-12T21:15:00.003+08:00

Hi there. This is Tina's yacht. It was raining when we made our way to Raffles Marina. We were actually late, because of... me. =.= I was still rushing a project in school when my Mum came to pick me up. So anyway, thank god, many of Malcolm's guests were late too. Haha.

The cake came in three flavors - Tiramisu, Strawberry shortcake and Chocolate Banana! :) Their wedding cake is very artistically done. I like how special the couple model is.

Follow my Mum to check out what's at the lower deck!

The Master bedroom with ensuite bathroom. And another room with double deck bed and a huge sofa seat. Outside is another bathroom with automated toilet seat.

The ROM at the top deck of the boat. Nice decorations!

Malcolm's Speech

He has got a great sense of humor. What the camera did not captured was the part when he said "Thank you god for stopping the rain!" and every single guest that was on the deck laughed.

They served us italian food, catered from a restaurant at Bukit Timah, which Tina and Malcolm had mentioned to me and my Mum before. I enjoyed the blocks of parmesan cheese, asparagus wrapped in fresh salmon and avocado as dessert!

There was another round of buffet at the second deck.

We made friends with a Hong Kong couple who deals with customised jewellery. It's really nice to hear my Mum speak cantonese. The End.

One of the busiest week in 2011

2011-02-11T16:46:00.000+08:00

Actually, what I really want to do, is to write about my CNY in detail. But I know if I do that FIRST, I will be too lazy to go on to talk about my more recent happenings. Once again, I'm very busy with projects. One deadline after another, it seems endless. The Strategic Marketing project can kill! And the Marketing Professional Practice one require us to visit SPCA. So on one fine morning, we reluctantly make our way to the well-known animal shelter.

I practically have no time for dating. I can't even believe that I did not meet my boyfriend for the whole of this week!! I don't think he will give me a present for Valentine's day anymore. :(

Speaking of which, Valentine's Day is in two day's time! Am I excited? Yes and no. Well, I believe that you don't need a special day to treat each other extraordinary nice. It should be a consistent effort to shower one another with love, money and sometimes presents. I want to look forward to every other day!

Amid my busy schedule, I attended Lili's birthday celebration and Malcolm's wedding. Let me touch on Lili's birthday first. Somehow, it doesn't matter if Ally and I are taking public transport or by car... WE ARE ALWAYS LATE!

LOL.. At CTE...

Nise: Eh go to the most right lane lah. We're only exiting after the tunnel.
Ally: No, are you crazy? That is the fastest lane.
Nise: Yah, go to the fastest lane, the exit is still very far away.
Ally: Cannot. My teacher say beginner can only drive on the first lane.

We had our secondary school nickname on the cake. Haha. You might not know, I'm Nini. We went Playnation and had a great time there! They did not call to check with us on our reservation. And because they didn't do so, we were given the largest room!

Hmm.. this entry's pretty long already. I'll continue with Malcolm's wedding in the next post! Take a nap first, need a well deserved break!

"Live" update of my CNY :D

2011-02-05T00:29:00.005+08:00

Reunion Dinner

Chu Yi

Chu Er

Chu San

Chu Si

Chu Lu

The Art House, Esplanade & M Hotel :D

2011-01-31T01:32:00.004+08:00

Rain or shine, I'm still going to have fun! And sure I did.

Cheeky dear like this picture of the cat reaching out for the fish in a bowl. He took the picture with those chinese painting to show his aunt, who's an artist. My favorite is this colourful building. =)

We were on a competition to see who can find the most expensive painting at The Art House. Guess the price of the big painting on the left. It's $25,000.

Next, we went to support NUS chinese orchestra at the Esplanade. Esplanade's one of the place I like most. It just feels good to be there, constantly surrounded by the arts, culture and music. The performance is kind of short, but they're not bad. We then shopped at Suntec for awhile.

DINNER!!!!! Visited M Hotel.

Feels great to have someone opening the car door for you. Their service at Cafe 2000 was impeccable. They would check if you are enjoying your food and just get you whichever you need. The hankies were folded as soon as you leave the table.

And of course, the thing I like most about having buffet at hotels is that there's never an issue of food wastage. Nobody gives a damn. You can take fresh oysters and leave it at your table JUST for them to clear it away. (We told the staff in time that we still want the two oysters on the plate. He then changed it to a smaller plate for us)

Any salads for you, Honey? =) HE HAS TO SAY YES!

Their cold seafood is the real highlight of the buffet. The photography talented me, took one of
one of everything at the section. Then I realised that the plate isn't even big enough for it, so I transferred all my seafood goodies to a larger one!

HERE YOU GO! The crayfish, scallop and prawns are real good! :) We didn't eat a lot, because eating excessively is not healthy for the body and I'm pretty concerned about the calories going in. I actually objected to this buffet because CNY is coming soon and I have to look good by then! But I gave in because Simon wanted to go for it and it's pretty rare that he specify something.

I knew that chocolates are evils. Satan created them. It never fails to tempt me into eating them!

Members are entitled to free parking at the hotel. Wonderful! They deserve additional compliments in the feedback card. But will I revisit? No, not any time soon. There's just too many other places that I interested to have my meals at!

On the way back, I won $100 from Simon, for answering one of his random question correctly.

I would like Simon to be less CHOOSY when it comes to food, clothes and just everything... >.< It can get very irritating! Especially when I'm not a very patient girlfriend. And also to read the newspaper less seriously. When we read articles together, he would underline, circle and raise questions. =.= Having that said, I have to take in consideration the good side of a given trait of his personality and have more tolerance when I start to uncover the negative side. I do love him when he write/edit my report SERIOUSLY.

{ Nothing Important But Still Wanna Update }

2011-01-29T13:48:00.002+08:00

K lah.. I'm bored. Been blogging regularly because I have nothing to do. So bored that I'm burning all sorts of candles beside me. Ahhh, my room smells awesomeeeee now!

Today's SAT and I'm supposed to go out dating, but I'm also EXPECTED to tidy up my room in preparation for CNY. The keyword is underlined. Seriously, I have no idea how many times I told people close to me that I love mess. When things are neat, it feels weird and I absolutely can't find things that I need!

Gonna dye my hair before CNY. And I hope Ally and Simon comes to my place soon to collect their box of oranges!!

Yay my photos from SNAPFISH.COM.SG has arrived! Now waiting for my next order, which is a present I made for Simon :)

Speaking of photos.. I've been playing with Instagram few days ago. Oh, add me on it if you do have an account there. And for twitter too!

( BUT EXTRAORDINARY WORK )

2011-01-28T18:47:00.002+08:00

We met up three occassions, and our mood board was still blank this morning!! Just before our presentation, we completed our MOOD BOARD for Samsumg Galaxy Tab!

The lecturer commented that it was "impressive". That's for sure, we have the DIY queen on our team! Just look at all the amazing things that she have done for our project! Real awesome :)

Unproductive Teammates

2011-01-27T01:08:00.002+08:00

YES I DROVE!!

No lah, I didn't. I'm a law abiding citizen who will never dream of getting into any trouble with the law in Singapore. Kids.. remember this - No license, no driving!

Xiao Tian picked us up and we went to IKEA for lunch! Obviously I have a hidden motive. I suggested IKEA because I've been dying to eat those cold prawns!! Heehee. For some reason, I'm always very excited when I visit IKEA. (No crowd on weekday afternoon!)

Yeah that's quite alot of food. Xiao Tian looked like she's eating a Macdonald's meal. My mini portion of food looks cute. =D And apparently, Minami has learned something from her boyfriend. (Just order and its okay if you can't finish them. Zzzz)

OMG we spend two hours at IKEA. It started with the intention of buying the materials needed for our mood board, and while we were at that, we shopped for what we wanted personally as well. =/ They keep asking me why I bought the pack of straws.. Hmm, I'll think about it.. Sometimes you don't need a reason to buy the things that you feel like buying?

And we were asked not to touch the presents on the large meeting table, so we have to resort to using the smaller coffee table for our project.

Minami brought Fortune Cookies to motivate us.

Oh. And Xiao Tian gave us liquid foundation from Beauty Credit to try. =D Thanks!

Simon picked me up at XT's fish farm. We went to Bedok Point and had Sushi Tei for dinner. There's nothing impressive about their beef sukuyaki, but their sashimi was awesome!!! Each slice was thick and it still, it just melts in our mouth. The bill adds up to $38+ and we took the chance to use the $30 voucher that his Mum got from exchanging 1500UNI$.

I was totally exhausted. Back at his home, I couldn't concentrate on doing my work at all. Out of a sudden, I received a Citialert of a transaction of USD59.99 from my credit card. Hell no, I did not spend that money. I called Citibank immediately to verify and the staff helped me to block my card. She also assured me that I do not have to pay for that amount. PHEW~

Simon helped me to complete like 30% of my assignment. (one question out of the three) Actually, he did majority of my work. He was the one who came out with the ideas for my assignment. I only put those ideas into proper sentences. =/ Thank you dear! LOVE YOU LOTS! ♥ ♥ ♥

Conversation with my Mum after dinner

2011-01-24T14:43:00.000+08:00

Mum: Remember to take your medicine
Me: No. If I take my medicine now, I’ll feel drowsy and that means I have to sleep soon.
Mum: Take your medicine later?
Me: No. By then, it will hurt my gastric. I can’t take the medicine on an empty stomach.
Mum: Eat something before you take your medicine later?
Me: No, cannot eat so late. I don’t want to get fat.
Mum: Then?
Me: I will eat my medicine now.

Flip flops, Sunglasses and Lipgloss.

2011-01-23T00:06:00.001+08:00

Argh, had some skin irritation just before the cruise trip, so I had to bring my packet of medicine on board. Doctor awarded me with 3 days MC. Lol. Now you know what we threw into the sea.. =X

For a quick summary of my trip, please watch the following video:

For a detailed write-up, you may continue reading the following:

Rushed home after my lesson ended on Wednesday. I only had like two hours to pack and to reach Habourfront!!! I was already running late, but I insist on getting our Mickey and Minnie luggage tags. =P

We arrived at the familiar lobby. Simon and I had been on the cruise before, so we took the liberty to show his parents around the cruise. We had chinese cuisine at The Pavilion Room. The table we're assigned to, happens to be their house number! Awww. How coincidental. His Dad grinned.

I thought I saw my ex-boyfriend, and true enough, it was him and his girlfriend. But it doesn't matter who I met on the cruise. I just want to live in the present and never look back. Life is too short to think about the past anyway. FOCUS ON WHAT'S AHEAD!

That pretty much concluded the first night. Everyone had a long day, so we took a good rest.

The next morning, I'm all ready to have all the fun in the world! We woke up to find ourselves in the middle of the boundless ocean! I tried to imagine myself in the water where the cruise is positioned at. It will be so cool to be alone there but I stopped my imagination as soon as I realised my chance of survival. We noticed that they have CCTV at the far end of the cruise exterior.

Simon: "You can't just throw one chair into the sea."

We explored the arcade (same deck as our cabin) for awhile and we had breakfast. I took mental notes of his parents' diet so that I can make good conversations with them.

Following the itinerary given for the day, we planned our activities accordingly. (As a Virgo, we certainly enjoys planning!!) The Choco Maddness party caught my attention! I can picture Ally's expression when I tell her about it! HEEHEE.

We left the restaurant, Bella Vista, earlier to get the BINGO tickets while his parents slowly sip their coffee away. Before the game at Galaxy of the Stars, they held "Who wants to be a millionaire?" A lot of hints were given and the winner walked away with a bottle of red wine.

We head back to the arcade to join the Daytona Challenge, before getting our clubs for the mini golf. Seriously, I can't play golf! I hit the golf ball like ten times and I still can't get it into the hole. So in frustration, I took the ball by hand and drop it into the hole. I have to say that Simon is pretty talented though. He can usually get it in at the third stroke. NO WONDER PEOPLE SAYS THAT LIFE IS UNFAIR!

Visited my favorite chess set before we proceed to join the art and craft session made for children. LOL. No form of identification is needed so I'll go anyway, even if its meant for toddlers. ^^

Nearby was the caption's bridge, where we were expecting to shake the captain's hand or at least take a photo with him in person! Life's not fair again. NO SUCH THING! We had a better understanding of the cruise and how they contributes to food wastage every week. (You can get medals for that)

Back from swim and Jacuzzi! I thought that Simon wouldn't like the water slide, but he does!! We went on it at least three times each. HAHAHAHAHA. It's more fun than the previous trip. I only went on the water slide once then!

I guess Simon had learned to appreciate the beauty of mess, a quality that my Mum often associated me with. I don't see anything wrong with being messy. It's just preference, like you prefer sunny side-up, scrambled egg, omelette or poached.

Rasputin musical at The Lido! Simon made so many remarks during the show. Phototaking are not allowed, but I tried my luck anyway. Lol. I like the part where the two girls perform many stunts on the ribbon. It was amazing! Simon liked the guy that can "walked" on air and he said that he can do the same thing. I doubt so, darling.

So what's after that? The long awaited Choco Madness Party! We were treated to a long table of chocolate desserts and the host played games. The choco sushi is really yummy! It was mixed with chocolate rice and had chocolate as filling. Love the exquisite looking swan too. Made entirely with the puff crust.

Simon: "Eat more. When the ship sinks, you will have energy to swim."

Back to our cabin, I suggested to rest for 20 mins. We had plans to eat supper at the Mediterian Terrace after that, follow by a visit to the casino then Celebrity Disco to like a look! :)

Eunice: "What time is it? It felt like we have rested for more than 20 mins. I'm quite sure."
Simon: "It's 4am"
Eunice: "WHAT?!?!"

On the last day of the cruise, we faced some issues with time, as the timing for Cardio Kick Boxing, Table Tennis competition and the Morning Line dance clashed with one another.

I'm not racist, but I'm MAD at the Indian man that helped us to take the blur picture. I swear I'll ask a Chinese for help in future!!!! RAWRS~

A surprise for his parents! We got it from The Gallery. Stuck one of the souvenirs outside their cabin door! Hee.

Our trip ended with a short visit to the casino, where we earnestly watched people playing blackjack, jackpot and roulette. We did not have our access card with us then, so we did not played anything. That makes up another reason for going on the cruise again!

A sad face.. because Simon bullied me!! Look at all the bags I'm carrying! *Kidding*

On the way back, his Dad discussed about business and he asked me about what I am keen on doing in future. I want to be elected as the president and live off my citizens. *Kidding again. It was all serious talk.*

Conclusion

1. Starcruise promised to deliver an “endless array of fun.” I think they have achieved that exceptionally well.

2. Simon can be retarded if he wants to.

3. Simon's parents has an unique definitation of fun (they think that staying in the cabin is very fun). They are serious in nature (do not laugh at my jokes and don't smile often) but are nonetheless nice and generous. They also care alot about my baby Simon.

This trip is fully sponsored by Simon's Dad, who is one of those who are more than willing to give extra tips on top of the 10% service charge and the 7% GST.

A happy gamer girl is down with flu.

2011-01-22T16:04:00.005+08:00

Mary was like DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN late! So we all had to wait for her at the control station. Arghhhhh! But I have no rights to complain too excessively, with a look at my late coming record.

Had hell of a great time at Playnation last night! Leo introduced this place to us previously. =) First time stepping into their biggest VIP room! The place is equipped with a set of XBOX and a set of WII. It's located at the end of the shop, ensuring us the highest level of privacy and comfort.

We were made to dance. Oh, we sucks at it!

With such a large group, surely I will be entitled membership? xD Yes! I'm an official monkey in playnation!!!!!!

Video

Immediately after this, I fell sick. Massive headache and a serious flu. Guess that's what happen when you get too crazy about playing. But its still worthwhile. At least there's someone there who cares for you. Simon came over this morning with medicine and to bring me out for a health lunch. I suggested dried scallop and ginko porridge at AMK. There's one stall that is very good near Daniel's place, but who knows, it was CLOSED!! =(

Well, actually Simon's kind of responsible for my illness too! That makes everything that he does reasonable. Two days ago, when we went to Chinatown, I was already feeling a little unwell. The pressure from projects and my heavy involvement in social life has worsen my condition. After a good rest last night, I thought all will be well, but things doesn't always go the way you think it will be...

NOTE: To stay at home on weekends is very devastating for a social butterfly. It's a BIG DEAL!! =( To live with this boredom better, I took part in this photo contest. Please help me to "LIKE" the photo! TY.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150127138318824&set=o.359715003635

GOD DAMN IT!

2011-01-20T00:41:00.000+08:00

{ Quick All-in-One Update }

2011-01-16T18:31:00.001+08:00

1. Brother's ROM

This is totally outdated ok. Haha. Anyway, credits to the photographer, Lao Ma, who is a friend of both my brothers.

2. Dinner with the girls!

Happy birthday Si Hui. =)

3. Editor's Market

Hello to two new bags and belt. Haha. It really rocks to have a group of friends to shop with because of the insane bulk discount! Unknowingly, I acted as the leader of the pack. =X One of my guy friend has some connection with the boss. If he was present then, we could all get further price reduction on top of paying the lowest, 18-piece price.

And and and, I got two very lovely CNY dresses for myself already. =D

4. Focus Group Discussion

Have to conduct this focus group discussion for our advertising project. Our discussion is about tablet computer. Specifically, the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Getting our participants were kind of last minute but I'm so glad that we did it! Yay! I was the moderator. Having no experience prior to this, I did not probe very well at the beginning. Our target group are young working adults aged 21 to 35. Of course, none of our friends are really that old, so their professions are fabricated and some of the replies are real funny.

Once again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking part in our focus group discussion. I hope you all enjoyed the free "wang wang" biscuit! Hahaha. And sorry dear for making you drive down to help me out even when you're having a fever.

5. Getting into the CNY mood

Were you at Chinatown to see the firecrackers as well?! =D I think I was more interested in getting CNY goodies. Haha.

6. Boardgaming at home

I like this game - Lost Cities. Borrowed from Leo just to play it with my brothers. Previously at Punggol, we played boardgames too, cause we didn't had internet access then and was damn bored. It can be fun, I realised, to just be sitting down and playing boardgames together. =)

Of course, the winner is....... me, myself and I!!

7. Supper with Sam, the Guard

Sam always bragged that the prata at his place (Upper Thomson) is the best. =.= Anyway I had fun pretending to be an army girl. HAHAHA. OMG the bag is damn heavy, my bone almost break.

See him play "River flows in you" on one of his piano.

Thanks for driving me home and for the Spongebob keychain.

WE ARE TRYING TO KILL OURSELVES WITH ICECREAM.

2011-01-12T00:07:00.003+08:00

And the above is our mission for the day. :D

We were given three sets of order chit which is two pages per set. The first page is the hot food section, while the second page covers desserts. Each person is entitled to one fondue and we have about six options. We can all chose between one set of pasta or rice too. The good thing about eating in a group is that we get to taste other flavors by sharing with each other. (PS: We picked cheese, chocolate and apple sauce. The cheese one tasted the best!)

Yes, I ordered ALL the sundaes.. I'm proud of that!

Mary had to leave earlier.. so we resort to playing "Guess the number" to resolve the remaining food. (PS: They charge for wastage!) Ai Fang was the first one to lose the game, and in a very silly manner. I called for number "50" to cut the available number to half. And she called "50" too.. Genius! =.=

This is Lenas @ Bugis. Featured in Buffetlicious.

AND.... what do you think I am likely to do after this buffet? Hehe. EXERCISE OF COURSE!! Nothing can be better than playing table tennis at Simon's house. I LOVE YOU! (Else I wouldn't try my best to lose to your granny) =D

[Outdated Post] Cycling with Jesus.. I mean, Joseph.

2011-01-08T23:27:00.003+08:00

Changed from Maxonline to M1 Fiber. And I'm enjoying superb connection speed now. WOOHOOOOO~ You won't believe how dramatic my Christmas Eve is. I simply can't blog about everything in my life (even as I would very much like to), hence the late update.

Let me try to recall what we did that day! Had light breakfast and went to ECP for cycling! He wanted to cycle me, but I think it's not a very good idea, so we rent one bicycle each.

He's soooooo tall! We saw people wakeboarding. It was so captivating that we have to stop and watch. It cost $32 per hour if I remember it correctly.

He gave me a tigger for Christmas. It's real cute. Thanks Joseph! All the best.

DAY ONE, TWO, THREE OF 2011 :)

2011-01-04T02:14:00.006+08:00

DAY ONE

The best way to spend the first day of 2011 is to visit the National Museum of Singapore for the Pompeii exhibition! (UP: $12 per pax) I'm enthralled with the swinging chandelier.

Subconsciously, I visit the museums more often under Simon's influence! Well, we do benefit from gaining insights on areas like history, geography and culture. For this particular exhibition, the artifacts, bodycast, etc are on loan from Melbourne Museum and Soprintendenza Speciale per i beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei. <-- goes without saying, an Italian museum.

Next, we hopped to the Singapore History Gallery which proved to be very interesting. I thought the audio are very well recorded. The chinese funeral car they used in the past is so scary!! Thank you so much for doing away with it.. =X

We were too slow and didn't have time for the Singapore Living Galleries, where they have dedicated displays on film, photography, food and fashion. Still, I enjoyed myself throughly!

Subconsciously again, we take a bus together once in a month. Well, we took the wrong one at the bus stop, so we ended up at Novena and had dinner there.

DAY TWO

I had minimum makeup on, due to the short notice that my family is heading to Bugis, MOF for lunch.

Ahhhhh! Again, they didn't tell me in advance that we're going to the Botanic Garden after lunch. Seriously, praise the lord that I do have a lipgross and the vibrating L'oreal mascara in my bag!

What is the chance of bumping into your cousins at the Botanic Garden? Seeing my aunt, reminds me of her motto, which I have quietly followed. "ONE LIFE. LIVE IT!"

Mum, always mysteriously attracted to orchids, had the time of her life admiring them and of course, she had to buy some pots of those orchids back home!

Andy was nice enough to send me to Ally's place. It's Ally's brother's girlfriend surprise birthday party. =) I lost in the game and had to drink a cup of poorly mixed alcohol.

Please allow me to post some of my favorite camwhore photos of the night. =D

Okay I might be half drunk last night to have taken those stupid pictures. I'm quite mature! (See pictures of Day Three)

DAY THREE

Couldn't make reservation in time for Ritz Calton's Hightea, so we altered our plans to go The Regent Hotel instead. And guess what? We travelled in the opposite direction because an idiot boy advised us wrongly! =( We settled for our brunch-semi-dinner at Royal Copenhagen. Actually, we were so hungry that we didn't care about where we eat, what we gonna order and how anything in the world will it taste like. And looking back at the episode, it does appear that we are fated to dine there.

They have the best scones and the hightea set is rather value for money. Wished that they include other variations of tea with it though. Normal lipton tea is nothing close to satisfying us - the tea lovers!

Visited TWG as well!

Simon: What about me?
Me: Don't care. Block you. HAHA.

Went into one of the posh looking watch boutique so that Ally can make adjustments to her Longines watch. Then we went to Simon's house to slack, have dinner, and to try the newly-bought tea!

Summary of Year 2010: Key things to be thankful for!

2011-01-02T00:01:00.002+08:00

Almighty god, I know I have a lot to thank you for. You have pampered me in all aspects of my life. I received an enormous amount of love from my family, friends and someone special. I can't list down all the great things in 2010, so here's a few that I have selected.

First, I had the opportunity to try relief teaching and get a feel of how is it like to prepare for lesson, manage a class and mark papers. OMG, I miss my children!!! *A little emo*

I enjoyed myself at Singapore's new attractions - MBS infinity pool and USS! Yeah, and I have not even gone on Flyer yet.. Strange.

MBS: http://yunnnie.blogspot.com/2010/07/pbf-marina-bay-sands.html
USS: http://yunnnie.blogspot.com/2010/09/universal-studios-singapore.html

I had not one, but two awesome 21st birthday parties. The first one was a private celebration with my immediate family members. And the second is at CHIJ hall. (Thank you VP) Friends have given me great presents. =D

FIRST PARTY: http://yunnnie.blogspot.com/2010/08/21st-birthday-celebration-aloha-loyang.html
PRESENTS: http://yunnnie.blogspot.com/2010/08/unwrapping-presents-ceremony-after.html

This point is very retarded, but I want to add this. I CAUGHT SITICH FOR $4! LMAO!

My friendship with my best friend is still going strong! And I believe that it will be that way. It rocks to have someone who go crazy with you over the planning of birthday parties, hightea, etc. ^^

I am attached to a wonderful guy who is brainy and highly musically talented. We are different in many ways, but we work our way through these differences. I love him and his very generous parents. Thank you dear for everything you have done for me so far. x3

WHY HE DESERVE ME: http://yunnnie.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html

The next time I post a summary like this, it would be all the 21st parties I've attended. I'm waiting for the number to reach like... 25? =P

New year resolutions? None. If you want to do something then go for it. Don't do it because it's an arbitrary date. Remember my quote, "Destiny is in one's hand."

AWESOME COUNTDOWN PARTY TO 2011!!

2011-01-01T13:25:00.001+08:00

Last Year: http://yunnnie.blogspot.com/2010/01/cmon-countdown-to-two-zero-one-zero.html

I thought I'll be seeing Asher the Jew and Kai the Makeup pro. But they didn't go. =(

We occupied the third floor and while waiting for the electric BBQ to be ready, we played soccer! Of course, not the real one lah.. Else I have no chance of winning! =/

Then the LAN party begins. I remember forcing Perry to play DotA. The Acer laptop I brought damn heavy okay! Lucky I got straight bus to his place. Hahaha.

To my utter shock, there's no more gas for the BBQ. So I want to take some pictures of Perry's prized dogs. It's supposed to be a joint celebration for the birth of the two puppies, but hell, they all look the same to me in size. Zzzz.

And finally when there is gas, we were treated to cabbage soup! =O

I suggested playing board game and just wait for Perry to serve us bbq food. Haha. *Picked the game I'm best at* Aliff didn't know how to play Monopoly, so all the better, can SCAM him!! Wahahaa. My luck isn't that perfect, all the property I got are scattered all over. But this game is about skills too! PHEW, managed to negotiate till I can get the YELLOW properties.

The trick is to invest on buildings once you have a complete set of any colours. As we all know, the difference between normal rent / double rent and buildings is very big. I emerge winner (as always) and made everyone bankrupt!

Seriously, the balcony is big, but there's no real view.. All you get to see, is his neighbours' activity. Like, showering. It's a good angle to spot the familiar red car. I was waiting for Simon to pick me up and we can make our way to his Dad's party.

Last few pictures before I leave! (Eh, I thought I asked everyone to act shorter than me??)

More decent food at Simon's Dad's party... I started out by discussing about chinese tea with his Dad and presenting him with a bottle of red wine from Chile. (2003)

Simon: Did you wish my father Happy New Year?
ME: Yah, I wished both your parents.
Simon: What did you say?
ME: I said, "Happy New Year, uncle. Make more money. Buy a BMW for Simon."

Simon kept laughing at this, like a joke that he will never be bored of.

Life is too happening for recording.

2010-12-31T17:07:00.001+08:00

It's important to remember the wine that your further father-in-law likes. Gonna head to Perry's party now, then to Simon's Dad's company party for countdown.

I have a lot of things in queue to be updated, like my experience at Punggol, brother's ROM, etc etc.. The month of December is crazy!

Happy new year, my friends/readers. I look forward to meet new people that will come into my life in 2011! :)

[2010] HO HO HO~ Have you been nice this year?

2010-12-25T17:03:00.004+08:00

Xmas Afternoon with Family

These hello kitty luncheon meat are so adorable! I didn't want to eat them. =X

We left my brother's flat to visit Granny at TPY. I looked through old photo albums and laughed like mad. Gosh, time can change a person's look dramatically. So, this was what I wore (yea, very decent) because I thought that I might be going church with Simon and his parents.

Heartbreaking Xmas Evening

How's your Christmas, darlings? Were you also in town, in the crowd, and bumping into friends every now and then? Or were you eating Turkey at the comfort of your home, with your loved ones beside the fireplace? Did you fought with anyone over peppermint candy canes or the last slice of the logcakes?

Just wondering, anyone in high heels, roaming aimlessly at Takashimaya for an hour, waiting for someone? Why the long wait? Because that someone is waiting for the rain to subside. He doesn't want his shoes to be wet.

Where to eat? At the foodcourt on such a special day? That sounds like a great idea! Oh no, maybe not so. The couple settled on DOME, at Shaw. Yes, along the way, the decorations at TANGS are pretty. The girl snapped some photos.

And what's next? DO NOT FINISH YOUR FOOD! Less proteins and fats. Awesome, the day before he suggest that I don't hold his hand, and now that I'm hungry, he suggest that I don't finish my food.

Nothing really fascinating at Orchard Road, because nothing feels good when your mood is already affected. This is the first time he didn't send me home.

What do you want from Santa?

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Hmmm.. I wonder who wants me. Excellent choice!

Mailed Christmas cards to friends and relatives in the US, Australia, Europe, Taiwan and China.

Young Master bought this to stick at one of his long window.

I got some yummy goodies for myself!

If only I get this too..... but I'm very sure that I won't bear to eat my own Gingerbread house! So just a tree is good enough. =)

And Christmas is not Christmas without logcake..

This christmas tree is really eco-friendly.. and pretty.... pretty ugly. I feel that it's not that easy to appreciate recycled products, unless they are modified greatly. But then again, that defeats the purpose.. =/

My favorite Christmas Tree is the one at Novena. Isn't it cute? ^^

The best looking Christmas tree goes to my violin teacher's one. Wish I had taken a picture of his pine tree well-decorated with golden bells.

Nine years of friendship: Priceless.

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Friendship is indeed not an item that you can put a pricetag on. That makes this celebration even more meaningful. What is the chance of you meeting someone you can click so well with, confide all your darkest secrets with, and go crazy planning parties with you? I consider myself as one lucky girl!

High tea is probably my favorite activity with Ally, and 20th was the best day to do so, as it was between her two oversea trips and that I have no lesson every Monday. We were both real late, but it doesn't matter as there is no first and second seating at Rose Veranda, Shangri-la on a weekday. They have pretty red chandeliers! I swear they are on my wishlist now.

So besides the red chandeliers that I'm clearly in love with, what's so special about this place? For its extravagant variety of tea flavors! Their tea were all from TWG. Each and everyone there are spoiled with a total of 128 different choices.

I was having a hard time deciding between First Kiss, Heart of Happiness or Double Happiness. Reason being I like tea which are sweeter in nature and has a distinctive floral taste. Ally's preference is more towards the traditional ones that are bitter and stronger.

ALLY'S PICK: Smoky Earl Grey
NISE'S PICK: Heart of Happiness

Here's Ally with her usual 1/2 cube of brown sugar in her tea. She will always insist on using brown sugar, and just adding half of a cube. (which I'll take the other half, simply because I like things to be as sweet as reasonably possible)

You can spot an extensive buffet lunch spread, with salmon as my favorite and the sirloin beef with red wine sauce as my second favorite.

I can't resist but snapped a few pictures of those adorable logcakes with Xmas decorations, BEFORE we took two for transfer to our own table. (What for? So that we can have private photography time with it!)

People are all getting into macaroons. Somehow I'm never into macaroons, for it taste horrible in my opinion. In fact, I might have a slight hatred for the tiny innocent-looking treats.

It alway pays to be nice to the staff at the place you're dining at. They will try to get you the seat you want if you ask them politely and with enough respect. This was the view we enjoyed as we look out of the glass window.

Touch up on our makeup, and....

... the fun did not stop there, of course! We proceed to Suntec for L'Oreal crazy sales! Folks, be there for good deals!

FACT: Finally, Kelvin is 21 too!

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Celebrated his birthday with colourful xiaolongbao! I got to know of this place through a food blog. The entrance to the restaurant is really un-noticeable. Who would know that it hides a well decorated place? I'm so impressed by the ceiling and everything else that contribute to creating that traditional chinese ambience. :D

Smile! I want to see your TEETH! *capture the moment*

So as usual, I'm late. YAY! Girls have this unspoken privilege to be late right? Yes, I presume. =/ But this time, I'm late for a good reason - to get part of Kel's present! And it's not because I'm unprepared okay! (must clarify) The day before, when I hanged out with the girls at Marche, I went shopping at Suntec and got a magnet that says "Friends Forever" at one of the shop. Then, then... the salesperson did not put the item into my shopping bag. The other two items I bought for myself, which are less important are inside. =.=

The boys, who are already famished then, took the liberty to order the ricecake and a vegetable dish. This is unlogical. The former is $7.50 and the latter is $10. Can someone explain to me the cost for dishes are set? I don't really fancy rice cake. It doesn't look yummylicious on camera, but it taste not bad! We paid more, or rather, full attention to the $10 vegetable. Haha.

FINALLY the signature dish and the reason for visiting Paradise Dynasty!!

The staff told us that it will take 45mins to prepare the xiaolongbao. Upon hearing that, we quickly placed order, assuming that we can only catch a glimsp of these goodies 45 mins later, and we do not want to lapse into our movie time. Yeah right... there's obviously something wrong with the staff's estimation of time. it took 10 mins AT MOST!!

We played "open numbers" to decide who eats what flavor of the xiaolongbao. Shaun was the first lucky one to have to eat the Szechaun flavor. Thank god, I don't have to eat that. It's so freaking.... weird?

Each of us will have a chance to taste four different ones. I tried the Original, Ginseng, Black Truffle and the Cheese one. The Ginseng taste is mild, so I don't know what's the whole point in it. The truffle one taste slightly weird, even though the taste was stronger. The cheese one is... completely a mismatch for the chinese dim sum. Haha. I heard that the crab rob one was good though. Hmm.

I finished 3 bowls of la mian. And mind you, the bowls are gigantic. =D

We watched Narnia, which is quite a good movie. I completely forgotten the story. It had been years since I finish reading Narnia books. What I can remember is each story are exclusive, with little relations to one another. Ohhh.. the two free popcorns are really tiny!

I ordered this at a shop in Suntec and thought it will make a perfect present. Kelvin, hope you can treasure this customised pen! (Remember what you wrote on your Christmas card? Heehee.)