dinner date @charly's

So the bf decided to leave camp at night to have a dinner date with me since we wanted to utilise our last groupon deal that we didn't the previous time. 

Final Verdict: MISS
Compared to the previous time we went, service wasn't as good. We waited so long for the food because the waitress forgotten and she wasn't apologetic one bit.
Ordered half instead of quarter chicken so we had a drumstick and breast meat. Breast meat was significantly drier, it's so hard to swallow.
Mac n cheese was the same as the previous time- not to my taste
Tried a new side- potato salad which was really sour. The waitress had to warn us that it's sour in case we complain that it's spoilt. So, now you know how the salad tastes. We completely didn't touch that side at all

I probably wouldn't go again unless it's for the quarter chicken.

Carly's T
20 Handy Rd  Singapore 229236
6336 7789

bday treats

I have such sweet classmates. Even though they didn't realised that my bday on its actual day. They immediately make it up with sweet treats the following day. I really wasn't expecting anything. And J also treated me tea latte from starbucks. Really, we only knew each other for like less than 5 months?!

How nice :)

woes of a babysitter

Babysitting this little girl for less than 2 hours is harder than you think!

Things started out well when she knew that her mum was gg to have a short meeting to discuss stuff and that she will be will her beloved ah yi.

She understood, said bye to her mummy and promise to listen to me.

-30min later-

Attempting to shop like usual while carrying a 10kg load is not working. 

Arms, back, shoulders aching.

Backup plan- toy department at taka to disturb her

-1.5h later-

Starting to be restless, her and me. 

Looking tired and is really tired, her and me.

Decide to be nice and carry her so that she could catch a wink.

She went berserk. 

Calling out "dun want ah yi"

And everybody else ard was staring me as if i am a kidnapper.

*RAHHH*

-lots of coaxing-

-met mummy and had her fill of milk-

she decides that she loves me again

#KIDS

birdy date

Well, it was supposed to be my 'birthday' since e boy was having reservists and couldnt plan a decent date for me. Just judging from our attire, it probably looks like an indoor day and we expected so. But the thought of shopping around town, there's really nothing exciting or special like that. Plus since we could get a lift to the other side of spore, why not? So we caught a lift from fatty's parents and went Jurong Bird Park!

The first time in my entire life. Yes, FIRST! Because I really hate birds. Their unpredictability to drop golds from the sky while on the move. Tsk. But it's 1-for-1! A real steal!

Cant possibly miss the usual bird shows. Wasn't that crowded despite it being a public holiday. Prolly because it rained in the morning. The ground was a little wet still when we were there.

Birds and MORE birds. No zoom at all! It's that close-up.

loving the walls!

This OCD swan that couldn't stop cleaning itself the entire time I was looking at it. Actually, all the swans were cleaning themselves! #nozoom. 

love flamingos! they give off such a flamboyant vibe, 

But they kind of stink =/

milk moustache!

waterfall! I almost thght i was in msia.

Ended the day with dinner @Ikea!

-Birdy Day-

musings

Trying to watch a 1953 movie is impossible. I concede.
Just going to smoke my way through next week's tutorial.
*faints*

Go youtube and search for "war of the world 1953 full movie". Try watching and tell me if you ever manage to get through it!

School =/

school

Well, it's officially the end of Semester 2 Week 1! HURRAY!

Was supposedly looking forward to school but now all that excitement is GONE! POOF!
I officially have 3 weeks to finish 3 essays that equates to more than 6000 words, ALOT of readings to do, and ALOT of movies to watch! I think after this sem I'm never able to watch movies brainlessly ever!

*faints*

school musings

A new haircut to welcome the new semester.

Back to school in 8 hours' time.

:)

Sunny Sunday

Had lunch with le boy's parents at bedok food centre before we went out. The plan was supposedly to visit Sentosa but by the time we finished lunch it was already mid-afternoon. So ended up heading to town instead. I must say his parents are a lot more innovative than him. They suggested dropping us off at Dempsey to hang out abit first before heading to town. And we did.

And it was so SO coincidental that fatty and parents were going there to check out the flea there too (pandora's market). So we hang out abit with fatty before we got a lift from them to town. 

The weather is SO INSANE and we were all soaked in perspiration. Not kidding. 

#happyfamily

Caught "The Big Wedding" @town

Thanks to his army head he looks alot younger than me. damn

Went to his house after that and the mum left two bowls of bird nest in the fridge for us. 

So nice to have kept a bowl for me

mega-touched.

Hate how weekends zoom past like that.

Monday again...

Nike She Run 2013

Just a random passing remark and ended up joining this year's Nike run with my 2 classmates. 

Was drizzling hours before the run so it was quite a good weather to run in. Great run but just a little annoyed with the numerous bottlenecks at the start. 

Limited photos for now as most of them were taken with my friend's iphone.

But I swear the scenery was so good, people in the midst of their run actually stopped to capture a few shots (me too!). Too pretty!

#no filter

For more information, read here: http://app.youth.sg/Home/Campus.aspx?eid=2290

dinner

Too sick of tabao-ing food Sis decided to cook something.

Homemade miso udon :)

happy mothers' day!

Celebrated mothers' day one week in advance and had a Popiah and mee siam party at grandma's place. My mum sure can cook. Wish I had half her skills. Hahaha

love the vintage vibe at grandma's place

successfully managed to get little baby cousin to play and hang out with me. 

hahaha.

so cute, how she place her hand on my leg while watching tv 

#warmth

fatty watching my other cousin playing candy crush

forever and always

You know how much someone trusts you 

when you're the first person they run to when they are scared.

❤

frivalous

Things I do when I'm bored at home.

#pastel nails #violet #yellow #saltwater
 

dinner date

Had an impromptu date with old pal, Fel.

Primary errand was to go pay my school fees but fortunately/unfortunately my campus is in town

And then we had a great shopping spree, good chat, excellent movie & awesome dinner

=)

work-school-life balance

I wasn't not born with a silver spoon, in fact, financially I'm am surely more independent than a lot people out there. But never have I ever felt that I was really short-changed in life. There are times where I struggled, times where I wished I was somewhere else, but at the end of the day, I still feel like I'm blessed in so many ways.

Today, in the office, I handed over the Music Store that I was in charge of to another department due to the re-operation. That was kind of bitter-sweet. It's like saying goodbye to the kid that I've looked after for almost 8 months ='(

In the second meeting I had in the afternoon, it was a supposedly handover to me to take on additional portfolio. But having gone through all the job scopes and daily tasks, my boss flatly said no because it would drown me out. Which boss would do that?

So, at the end of the day, I still acquire the same pay, with lesser tasks and a boss that understands my pain and accommodates my school schedule.

Life's good I would say :)

date (sorta)

Journey to the west yet again. 

I think I must learn endure a 2-hour train ride because my butt gets so numb by the time I reach the West. 

Just a short visit to keep us sane. 

Which means I travelled 2 hours to and fro just to have dinner with him.

And.. a movie :p

:)

tech-geek

It's holidays! Of cos it means catching up on series online and try to finish them in as few days as possible. But internet was super not co-operative today and it's such a nuisance! Imagine trying to catch your drama but it means waiting for 10 second after every 2 second you've watched. That is nuts and it drives me crazy. It was equally ytd I totally gave up after 15 minutes. But today it's not working properly either. So bad, I had to go to the living room just so that I could tap on my neighbour's network. Despite the distance, it was tons faster. (btw we have a really amicable with my neighbour!). Since her network is working, it probably means that it's the network in the block that is causing it. But then again, we are really sure that the bill was paid already.

So in a fit of frustration, we decided to call StarHub CS at almost midnight (they work 24/7). The call got through after a short wait and we were served by a man. Well he did give some good instructions on how to find out your internet speed though.

You can check out your internet speed @
 http://utilities.starhub.com/conexon/en/UtilitiesStartFrame.jsp

Just do it a few times to find out the average and then go tally it with the speed that your plan promises you. So now you know whether you've been short-changed!

Good tip! But eventually he didn't give no head or tail about what's causing the slow internet speed. But nevertheless, after the call, the internet worked. Hmmm... Who knows?!

bdays & joy of life

So thankful to the inventor of "birthday", because it makes us set aside our time and schedule to meet up with people we care about. People whom we might be so familiar with, it's easy to neglect them in our day to day life. 

So today is the celebration of birthday boy, Cedric! (belated or not, it's the thoughts that counts!)

But because everybody else are busy studying for exams, I have no choice but to be birthday card in-charge despite the absolute lack of artistic flair in me, sadly to say. But I guess I made a commendable attempt this time (usually I would just print it out! =x). Looks pretty decent eh! 

So we settled for a zi-char dinner- absolute homely touch, near our place. It was alright but I think not as satisfying as the one we had the previous time. And then we went central to have our cake session- my favourite part. I LOVE LOVE to eat cakes. #yums

And after circling the entire area and malls for a perfect cake-eating place, we ended up at our Bakerzine. The cakes look absolutely tantalising! We ordered a black forest, chocolate and a berry cheesecake. They were all yummy and fantastic in their own ways but to pick/eat the right combination of cakes takes some trial and error. Some flavours just don't mix. But good thing, our choices werent too bad. 

We eventually came out with the best way/order to savour the cakes to get maximum pleasure in our taste buds. Starting from:

1. Black Forest- the creaminess and thick chocolate mousse was simply sweet indulgence

2. Chocolate cake- the cake has layers of sponge cake which makes it much lighter and fluffier than the black forest. 

3. Berry Cake- The mousse makes it look as thought it would be too creamy and makes you sick after a while. But it's really the exact opposite. Ultimate lightness and fluffiness, it's refreshing to the mouth. And after all the chocolate, it's feels especially yummy.

So that marks the end of our celebration, with our friend, Joel, attempting his version of Gwiyomi.

bookshelves and such

It has been a while since I've stepped foot into a library for leisure. 

At least 3 months for that matter. 

I missed that musty book smell and the sound from pages flipping 

:)

Look at how the boy went from stressing over his notes to picking up the book I've picked.

Chick flick stories do wonder.

There's an inner bitchy-ness in him =S

YAY! Lesisure reading time! :)

PRSSCO

Stepping foot into the place you were once so familiar with brought back tons of memories. There's not a single junior down there on the floor that I know after since I've already graduated for 6 years. But it's the feeling of togetherness and comradeship that remains unforgettable. Just sitting there by the side, listening to the tunes that I don't even know brought calmness to my soul. It's peaceful somehow, despite the loud thumping from the percussion or suonas. Catching up with seniors and graduated juniors and the teachers made me so nostalgic and I feel even older than before. 

I swear I had the urge to bring down my liuqin from the top of my cupboard just to strum some strings. In fact, I haven done that for the past 3 years at least. Wonder if my fingers still can work some magic?

It'd been an amazing day. Thank you for reminding me how I became who I am today.

To all my juniors, please play your hearts out tomorrow and enjoy the same togetherness that I felt. 

All the best at SYF :)

School's OUT!

Hello there, TERM BREAK!

It's one of those rare times where the words "Time's up. Pen's down" sound so melodious. After busy scribbling for the past 2 hours and trying to battle the aircon that was on full blast, we had just finished the LAST paper of the semester. Having said that, we've survived one semester! It's just surreal how I've only started university life 3 months ago, and here I am, having accomplished and conquered 3 modules and forged a lot more friendship that I never thought I would. This, is the magic of school life. How you thought you will never have any friends, and then at the end of it you just prove yourself wrong :)

To celebrate the end of exams, majority of my classmates decided to chill out a bit. And having your school situated near town area, it's just so convenient. Made our way to Jigger & Pony which was located at amoy street. My first time there!

Stepping into the place, we were greeted by friendly service crews who were ever so attentive. Further ascertained by the speed they refilled our chips throughout our time there. It was a cosy little place with nice music and dim orange light. There were about 9 of us, so being able to find seats was quite lucky. Probably, the fact that it was a Wed night.

We ordered a punch bowl- Satan's bowl to share. It was an alcoholic drink with a punch of citrus. Quite yummy. And we ordered many of its sides to share. Not a major fan of steak so didn't try the steak sandwich. But I did try the Baked Mustard Chicken which was SO GOOD, I couldn't resist taking more than just a few mouthful. It was really flavourful and it comes in friendly bite sizes. No un-glam-ness at all! The mushroom crepe I thought was slightly too light. I initially thought it would those creamy mushroom with the strong cream taste. But it turns out that it was a little dry with a stronger fungi taste.

But all was good. We had good laughs, good food, good fun. More fun times to come! :))