Nom, Nom, Nom!!!

I shall start this entry with a pic 1st...

Ta-da~!!! Me and [Sis] just secs before we left the house...

And where are we going??? We're heading to [McDonald's] for breakfast because I was having the cravings for the hotcakes... HAHA...

Itadakimasu~!!!

Once breakfast was over, [Sis] took out her [Korean] stuff to read before meeting her exchange buds to learn more and I decided to kpo a little... Much to my surprise, it's quite interesting... It's like drawing circles, squares and straight lines to represent consonants and vowels... Totally reminded me of the drawings from the cavemen era... HAHA~!!! =P

Anyway, @ abt 1030 hrs, [Sis] has to leave for [NYP], so I'm left to kill time all by myself... So I took out my novel and read till abt like 1115 hrs before wandering to the entrance of [Lot 1] to wait for [Yuling], [MJ], [SH] and [JY]...

It turns out tt [JY] will be kinda delayed but nonetheless, the rest of us decided to head out to shop for [XP]'s prezzie... Setting a budget in mind, we 1st thought of buying watches, but after looking @ a few designs, we've no choice but to abandon the idea as all the nice, cool, boomz designs are wayyyyy outta our budget...

In the end, aside from [SH] goofing around and reciting the script from [Avatar], trying to distract us, we managed to settle on a 8 GB, thumbdrive, an iPhone cover (of sorts cause it hardly protects anything, but ppl still buys it) and an anti-glare screen protector...

Once [JY] met up with us, we headed to [BB Stn]... While waiting for [SH] who went to draw some cash from the ATM, we saw [YH] and [Bec] who came from their [Korean] lessons @ [JE]...

Shingz, I forgot to capture the peace sign... =S

When we finally got to [XP]'s, most of the food's almost ready, but before we actually tucked into it as we're waiting for the rest of [XP]'s friends and [Cass] to arrive, we decided to play a little bit of [Uno Stacko]...

Seem like [Bec] really can't stand the excitement and needed a drink to calm herself down... LOL... =P

A few of us were playing while the rest decided to watch [Erin Brockovich]... However, after 1 round of the game, with me losing because of [MJ] who decided to create an artificial gust of moving air molecules with her mouth, causing the already wobbly blocks to toppl, all of us decided to watch the movie anyway as it's quite interesting and meaningful...

[Cass] arrived soon after and I was presented with a belated b-day card...

Haha... Arigato~!!!

Lunch was so-so for me as I didn't really eat much, except for the curry and the bread... It's a wee bit spicy, but I still ate quite a lot of bread with the curry as I feel tt it's better than eating rice... Besides, the potatoes are yummy too... Haha... Yeah... I kinda like to eat those potatoes tt're found in the curry, provided tt the curry isn't THAT spicy of course... ^_^

The spring rolls stuffed with bananas and prawns are not too bad, though if it's only stuffed with bananas -... Wait, then I might as well have friend bananas, right??? =P

The mango and prawn salad is nice... Well, the mangoes are nice as they're not sour and tt's all tt matters... Of course, I didn't consume any of the prawns...

After the lunch, I interacted a little with [XP]'s friends before [SH] decided tt ice-cream is a must and decided to head to the nearby [West Mall] to get some ice-cream...

On our quest to get ice-cream!!!

As you can see (or maybe not), I decided to be rather selfish and bought [Udders] ice-cream all for myself... [ChocoMarsh] & [Gila Melaka]... Yummy... [JY] took some alcoholic-flavored ice-cream and [SH] bought a tub of [Ben & Jerry's]...

An artsy kinda pic while on the way home...

They're aiming for the bottle of [Absolute Vodka]!!! Just done washing the cups for the 40% alcohol drink...

Anyway, when we got back, the gang was just sitting around gossiping while [XP] was playing the card-game version of [Monopoly], which I find quite challenging... Well, I was trying to understand the game and attempting to be [XP]'s financial advisor, so I didn't really quite notice what was going around me, but I kinda noticed [SH] cam-pimping, AS USUAL...

I stayed till around 1730 hrs before I made my way down to [JE] to do something to my messy lock of hair... And the end result is...

HAHA!!! =D

Boomz & Shingz...

*Sigh*

Well, with such a start, it's rather obvious tt there's gonna be some bad news... It wasn't bad, bad... More like newsflash tt doesn't fall into the category where you'll laugh and jump for joy...

Me planning for this mth's gang outing was shingz-ed after [MJ] suddenly bailed and [Darrell] was too drained from attending his friend's 21st the previous day... The attendance was already so poor and with 2 more absentee, it was pointless, of sorts, which is why I've decided to postpone this cycling event indefinitely...

*Sigh*

The only thing tt can be deemed as a consolation is tt [XP]'s kinda holding her b-day celebration (of sorts) tml and I guess we can consider it as another gang gathering even though some of [XP]'s [Kendo] friends will also be present, not tt it'll matter much anyway... Haha...

Speaking of [XP]'s b-day celebration, as per the b-day gal wish, it'll just be a lunch and games event which will definitely not include any cakes... Even though there'll be some mild displeasure among the ppl who'll be attending, I suppose, it'll be a HUGE prob for me as I absolutely love pastries!!!

*Yet another sigh* I guess this can't be helped tough... Haha... Anyway, I guess I should do a little control as I've been letting my sweet tooth enjoy a wee bit too much sweet stuff lately... Not only will I crave for more glucose, fructose, and any other compounds with a -ose @ the end like a freaking drug addict, I'll also inflate considering tt [Ah Ming] once mentioned tt the metabolism will start to slow down once we've reached the mid-20s...

I'm nearly there, so I better watch it or else, I'll develop some unsightly belly... *Faints*

Rantings aside, I've still been bumming abt, but I've also been reading the papers... There's a spare copy and it's always nice to catch up on current affairs... However, after reading some of the articles, I do wish tt they were published like 1 mth earlier, cause the articles on [SG] taking 1st place globally in terms of business competitiveness as well as the issue on fathers taking a more active role in parenting would surely help me out for both my [BSP2005] & [MNO1001] mods respectively...

Well, after chiong-ing like 2 animes - [07-Ghost] & [KuroKami] -in 4 days, I'll admit, it's indeed overkill... This is because even though the animes are interesting and exciting (overall, as the ending for [07-Ghost] kinda suck as the manga isn't complete, so I've heard)... Once I'm done with it, I'm back to bumming abt... Which is why for my current J drama - [Bloody Monday], I'm not gonna rush and shall limit myself to a max of 2 episodes in a day, which translates to me taking a max of 10 days to complete the anime...

Not tt this is gonna be an issue anymore as I've kinda got myself employed for the remaining of my hols, thanks to [SH]... Apparently, [Diners Club] is looking for more temp staff and it was kinda nice *cough* of [SH] to let us know tt there're some lobangs for us... I'm not into the pay though $60/day is a nice paycheck for a temp job...

Considering tt I'm working from 0830 hrs to 1800 hrs with a 1 hr lunch break, tt $60 roughly translate to $7.06/ hr (3 s.f)...

Nonetheless, now my parents will no longer nag, I'll have extra pocket money to splurge - not tt I'll do anything like tt, the most impt thing is tt it'll help me in my quest to fill my CV to a full page...

Ha~... When [SH] 1st SMS-ed me abt this lobang, my initial reaction was to reject instead of thinking abt it 1st and so I did just tt... Reject the offer w/o a 2nd thought... It's only after I've rejected it tt I decided to give it some thought... After all, here was a job opportunity presented to me in a platter... I don't have to source high and low for it nor wait for the right 1 to come popping by from the [Biz Career Services Centre] - those jobs have scary looking job descriptions *insert scared look of your choice*...

I admit, doing a customer services job seems kinda outta my league, but hey, if I don't try, I'll never know for sure... Besides, no one is born knowing EVERYTHING, and with practice, I'm sure to get the hang of it... Furthermore, such interaction with ppl, even if it's only via a phone, is a good learning exp considering tt I'm from the [Biz] fac...

And like I've mention, this will helped me to add more stuff to my resume and allow me to be equipped with another new skill sets which I don't possess @ all...

Anyway, before I end this, the following's my initial conver with [Cass] as I was blogging... I was naturally curious with her pm of 'Roach infestation'...

Birthday...

'If something's too good to be true, it probably is...' I should've read the description carefully before installing the [Social City] app abt a wk ago... Well, it isn't tt I've to pay ka-ching or anything to continue using it... It's tt the app only allows you to collect your contracts for free, on-the-go for the 1st wk... Once the time's up, you'll have to PAY CITY BUCKS in order to collect your contracts (in-game coins and exp) as well as get the factories working on new contracts...

Seriously, WTH... Then again, maybe tt's the whole pt as it'll be an unfair advantage over those ppl who doesn't own an [iPhone] or have the app...

@ least I can still clean my leisure buildings to generate a little bit of extra coins plus increase my population to its limit, which will also give me some puny exp... Which is better than nth anyway... =D

Besides tt revelation, I also met up with [Ah Ming] after I've completed my errands @ the bank for lunch as well as to borrow his comics... Before I actually collected the comics from him, we had lunch and my initial thought was to have something quite budget... However, as it turns out, I ended up eating [PastaMania]... -_-"'

Now, it would still be counted as being budget if all i ordered was a mere plate of pasta, and the cheapest kind @ tt... But, I ordered [Creamy Chicken] and the [Cheese Sticks] combo, which brought my expenses to abt $14.40 or so... Yep, tt's budget for me... HAHA...

Once the meal was over, I checked out the various volumes of comics which he brought out as I couldn't remember where I stopped reading @... LOL... I was hoping tt I have more volumes to read... As it turns out, I only didn't read the issues tt were out since Jan, which means tt I've only like 5 issues to cover, which can easily be completed in 2 days, max...

Note to self: Gotta find more stuff to kill time with...

Tt's [Wed]... [Thurs], well, tt's my b-day and I've no choice but to accept tt I'm 22 this yr, on the outside... Like what [XP] wrote on my wall, mentality-wise, I've finally reached my tens and am eligible to watch PG shows w/o parental guidance... WOOHOO~!!! LOL... -_-"'

In the afternoon though, I was @ [JP] out on another blind date (sort of)... Headed to [Pizza Hut] to try out the new cheesy pizza tt have cornflakes on em' and it was not too bad... The zhong dian of course, wasn't on the date or the lunch as it was only a shun bian thingy... My main mission was to collect my b-day cake from [Bakerzin] and once my mission is over, I'm back home to do more rotting in front of my com by managing my [FB] games as well as play a few rounds of [PvZ] to earn more money and move a few more inches closer to achieving the gold award in the game...

After dinner, @ abt [2000 hrs], my house was under attack...

*GASP* A surprise visit!!!

*Evi grins* As you can see, [XP] was forced to take the pic as well, she's in my house and there's no where else she can escape to... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

Boy, the mirror is handy if you wanna zi lian... ^_^

The 3 gals attempted to get me to make wild guesses on what they bought for me from [NTUC]... It was a fail attempt as not only does [NTUC] stock TENS OF THOUSANDS of items, I hardly enter [NTUC] too and so, it's really FREAKING TOUGH to even make a while guess as to what they bought... And they're so tight-lipped as to not provide a hint too... *Pouts*

After stoning for a while longer and with nth much to do, we decided to do the cake-cutting ceremony... HAHA... But before the pics of those, TA-DA~!!! The awesome [Oreo Cheesecake]!!! *Drools*



Okay la, it's not exactly THAT fantastic as most ppl find tt it's too cheesy... Though I don't think so (probably due to my already destroyed tastebuds, LOL...)...

And yeah, me and [MJ] couldn't stop reciting cheesy puns right out from [The Annoying Orange]... Bleah...

The mandatory posing with the b-day kid...

Yep, I'm eying the cake... Let's sing the song already... =P

I'm wishing for world peace!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!

Once I've made the 1st cut on the cake, I've also drawn 1st blood by eating the cake 1st... LOL... Tucking in while the cake is served to my guests... Nom, nom, nom!!! *Oblivious to the surroundings* HAHA~!!!

Sitting around and chatting abt random stuff...

Opps... i couldn't stop my mouth from munching after I've ate my cake, so I've turned my attention to grapes instead... Gee...

Well, this yr's b-day was indeed more fun thanks to [Yuling], [MJ] and [XP] who decided to pop up unannounced... Once again, I'm thanking ya for the ice-cream and yogurt!!! Haha... ^_^

Heh, before I continue with my [07-Ghost], I shall end this post with some pics of the day... The elusive [XP] has finally been sighted and caught on cam!!! =P

Mother's Day...

Yesterday was the 2nd [Sunday] of the mth, which means tt it's [Mother's Day]... As the name suggest, it's supposed to be all abt my mum... But as it turns out, yesterday's trip to [313@SOmerset] turns out to be yet another shopping spree of mine...

Even though everyone did buy something, I bought the most stuff and I didn't even use my own cash... HAHA... Opps...

We arrived @ the shopping center @ abt 1600 hrs and walked around a little while waiting for [Dad] as he headed to [IFC] to place a deposit for the purchase of 2 new chairs tt're for me and [Sis]... Apart from the slippers which caught my eyes @ [BlackHammer], I didn't really took a fancy to anything else as I accompanied [Mum] while she walked abt here and there...

[Dad] came not too long after and we decided to take our early dinner 1st @ [Marche]... Which is perfectly fine by me as the thought of rosti and crepes simply made my stomach grumble and mouth water...

Spent abt 2 hrs there slowly eating and it was kinda of a nice meal... [Mum] started snapping pics here and there, which reaffirms both me and [Sis]'s belief tt both of us to varying degrees, did inherit her zi lian genes... LOL...

Surprisingly, I bumped into [DH] and her BF there... HAHA...So qiao... And to think tt I won't be seeing any of my uni friends till sch reopens... =P

Once dinner is done and everyone's stuffed, we headed to [Uniqlo] 1st as I wanted to buy jeans... I used to think tt jeans make my butt looks fat, but after trying 2 different cuttings... I'm more comfy with regular straight fit and not slim fit... I didn't even think abt trying any of those skinny jeans... Haha... Nonetheless, I think I spent like quite a long time in deciding tt I really, really wanna buy them...

So I bought 2 of them with the blue one costing $49.90 after a $20 discount and a black one tt cost $39.90...

Current status: Cash spent = $89.80

We spent a little more time walking around as [Sis] was trying to locate the right size for her [Sabrina] jeans and when it's evident tt there's no more stock, she tried to look for some leggings which didn't go very well too as she can't find any tt's of a length tt she wants... =(

Next, we headed to [G2000] and we spent lesser time there as all we did was select the correct size of the shirt, which was 15.5... Then from the 8 different colours or so, my family helped me to select the colours as I so do not wanna wear what I think was white while, god forbid, it's actually pink... GAH...

Status update: Cash spent = $41.65 as there's a 15% discount for purchases as long as you're an NTUC card holder... ^_^

The next stop was [The Coffee Bean] and we were chillaxing and sipping our mocha when the topic of shoes was discussed and seeing tt [BlackHammer] was just across from where we wer seating, [Dad] decided to have a look @ the slippers tt I'm interested in... And after thinking for a while, torn b/w whether I should get white or brown, the decision finally shifted to brown and there!!! A new pair of slippers to replace the one tt's beyond repair...

Status update II: Cash spent = $29...

Wahahahaha... It was a very rewarding day for me as I finally got some new stuff to mix and match... Even my sis who almost couldn't find a jeans finally found 1 tt she liked @ [Levi's]...

Ha~... Off to enjoy the rest of my day staring @ the com... ^_^

A Walk In The East

My initial plan yesterday was to window shop all 3 malls tt're within walking distance from [Tampines] MRT Stn... And like all plans of mine, it's too noble...

Even though I was alone, I spent the entire afternoon walking the whole of [Tampines 1]... It's amazing how I could actually accomplish tt considering tt yesterday was actually my 3rd time there...

Okay, okay, before I actually talked abt the entire window shopping exp, the train ride was kinda mundane... I couldn't find a seat till I was around [City Hall] and [K] wasn't replying to my plea for entertainment until after I arrived @ the shopping mall... Zzz... =S

I was reduced to listening to only my songs and gawk @ the commuters... And towards the end of my train journey, I saw this lady... She was really tall (partly thanks to her high heels) and wearing a micro skirt... OMG micro... I guess she just wanna flaunt those long legs of hers tt're on par with those [Korean] girl bands gals...

Tt's it for my uneventful train trip...

Once I arrived @ [Tampines 1], I headed all the way to the top floor and window shopped downwards, checking almost all the stores and hoping to buy something for myself and for [Mother's Day]...

No tops, bottoms or shoes was boomz enough to catch my eyes, though the [Options] wallets are kinda funky and as compared to my current hand-me-down wallet, it even has more card compartments, so tt got me thinking if I should really get one...

Then I headed to [Uniqlo] and remembering the conver I had with my cousin when she came over for a visit, I decided to give a shot @ jeans again... Of course, being a jeans moron, I've no idea what kinda jeans suit me... So ignoring the skinny jeans which I know I should never, ever wear, I picked up the black regular jeans and tried it on... To find tt maybe I could be trained to get used to the lower waist feel and hence, open up more options as to what I can mix and match in my wardrobe...

So I returned the jeans and made a mental note to get better opinions on [Sun]... The same goes to my trip to [G2000]... [NTUC Members] are entitled to a whopping 15% discount on top of the promo tt the store is currently have, so I shall wait till I'm out with my family this coming [Sun] to [313@Somerset] before I actually do some purchases...

The moment i window shopped till the ground floor, which was abt 15300 hrs, I was totally starved (I skipped lunch as I had 3 baos for breakfast)... So, after tahaning for another 30 mins, while I jumped from [Secret Recipe] to [Bakerzin] deciding where I should buy the cake, I finally settled on the latter as collecting the cake is so much more convenient and it's slightly cheaper... Plus, the male waiter is kinda cute... Ahahahaha... *Drools*

Old habits die hard, I suppose... -_-"'

Once I'm done with my cake ordering, I initially wanted to head over to [Pizza Hut] for my lunch/dinner as the lunch promo isn't over yet... But, after considering tt I traveled all the way to [Tampines 1], I should eat something tt I couldn't normally find @ [Lot 1], so I changed my mind and had [Secret Recipe] instead...

Tea-time meal was on and tt consist of a cake set or a brownie set... I chose the former and of all the choice of drinks tt I can choose from - coffee, flavoured tea ([Ceylon], [Jasmine], [Peppermint]) or ice lemon tea, I just have to choose [Peppermint]... It turns out tt [Peppermint] only taste good or nice when it's in bubble tea... And not when it's served hot...

Luckily my stomach didn't rebel and waste my $22.15 meal...

My meal!!! [Chicken Cordon Bleu]... The chicken cutlet has ham and cheese stuffed in it and the cheese oozes out when I cut it... OMG~!!! ^_^

[Cappuccino Cheesecake]... I took a bite before remembering tt I've yet to take a pic of it... HAHA... Anyway, it was kinda of a wrong choice as I couldn't really taste the cheese in the cheesecake, only the cappuccino... And to think tt I almost wanted to order this for my b-day cake... Phew!!!

Once I'm done with my meal, I continued my window shopping on the basement floor before heading back to the ground floor to purchase my [Mother's Day] gift... I'm really @ a lost of ideas on what to buy and in the end, I decided to settle for a necklace tt cost a whopping $80 before the discount... There was a 20% off and I seriously hope tt [Mum] likes it even though it's kinda simple... *Fingers crossed*

I also hoped tt when my sis saw it (she's sharing, of course), she'll think it's okay too as my taste in accessories is really questionable... -_-"'

Camped @ [Times] to read a novel for 90 mins before I decided tt it's too cold and rather late and tt I should be going home... LOL...

Total expenditure for the day: $133.15... =O

Freedom...

For the record, I'm not dead and neither is this blog... The past few weeks have really been hectic to such an extent tt I've decided to let my muse go on some much needed vacation and not force it to provide me with inspiration every wk for close to an hr each session...

Well, now tt my projects have all been submitted and my final exams have concluded yesterday, I'm OFFICIALLY ON VACATION (though for the past few wks, I've been on holiday mood every now and then too... =P)

I guess I shall not brood over the exams and how I think I fared... It's OVER and rather than worry abt how horrible I've performed, I should just chillax till the results are out sometime in the near future... HAHA... Yeah, I haven't even checked when the results will be made known to us... -_-"'

I'm getting lazy and it's time to really do something abt it... Should start getting organised all over...

Anyway, I guess I shall only talk abt the post-exams celebration... After [BSP1004], the class (or the majority of the class), decided to head over to [Holland V]... It's quite duh, but we really have 2 hrs of free time to kill and therefore, decided to head over there 1st before deciding on our next course of action...

@ abt 1600 hrs, we arrived @ the entrance of [Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao]... I'm all for simply stoning and crapping for the remaining 1 hr as well as play my role of being the paparazzi, but it seems like the rest are totally restless and therefore, we went shopping...

The 1st stop??? [Cold Storage]... Yes!!! We were reduced to the stage where we have to shop inside a grocery store... GAH~!!! -_-"'

Well, seeing tt it's a grocery store and no reasonable person would buy any food knowing tt we'll be having a buffet, all of us decided to head to the next floor to do more window shop... Okay, we aren't really window shopping... We were practically walking, chatting and totally disregarding the existence of the shops there... Betcha the store owners were cursing us once we walked past w/o even looking @ the shops... LOL!!!

The shopping center was uber CMI with no down escalators, merely stairs and a lift tt can only house like 9 ppl max... Zzz... =S

Moving on... Once we're done wasting close to 2 hrs of out life, we went back to the restaurant's entrance...

More stoning... OMG... =S

The restaurant finally allowed us entry and we immediately chiong to the seat reserved for us... Alas, we have to split up as there wasn't any table big enough to house all 14 of us... Haiz...

Picture taking time as we wait for the waiters to serve us our orders...

TA-DA~!!! The star (I'm referring to the XLBs, not the humans) of the day!!! =D



Once we've posed with the star, everyone started to ZAM the buffet le... LOL...



Well, everybody ate the steamboat and XLBs... My initial plan was only to devour XLBs after XLBs... And I successfully ate like 15 of those delicious and totally sinful baos before helping to clear a little bit of the steamboat by eating some of the pork slices and... You guessed it... BALLS... Ahahahahaha...

The [Red Bean Jelly]'s yummy too!!!

I didn't get a chance to eat any ice-cream as my friends have decided to head over to [Marina Bay Sands] after the buffet to check out the double-helix DNA inspired bridge, so there aren't any company... And I'm not abt to travel all the way to [Marina Bay Sands] and not fully enjoy the scenic view or fully appreciate the bridge due to it being after sundown...

Yes, I headed home... I shall enjoy the magnificent view of tt bridge some other time... Hopefully, in the near future... =)