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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 @9:44 PM

I ♥ card picking

I love to spend time browsing every single rack of cards , picking each one up to read the words in it, admiring the handiwork and effort put into making one of those exquisite and dainty cards where the images pop out and even more when the choices are abundant! I find joy in choosing cards for people, hoping they'll find the same delight I get when see them. I'd go "ooo this card is soooo cute/preeetty/nice!!" when I have company, so card shopping with me , for most part, is a noisy affair. And sorry for my limited choice of words there cos I don't exactly go, " My, this card is charming!" when I'm excited.

I really think those people who write the words in those cards love their job to write such short but beautiful phrases.

Wallet cards like this are absolutely delightful too. Just read the words.

Perfect token for those I-just-feel-like-giving-you-something moments. And it's so handy too, perfect to be brought around in your purses and wallets. (Duh!)

I feel like going beaching! Sunny weathers please come back soon :(

♥ me for who
I am

Thursday, July 26, 2007 @8:09 PM

Trip back home ♥

Second week back, went for a spur-of-a-moment trip up to Malacca with a few sec school mates. Been ages since I last caught up with them. We were the few chinese girls in class back in Form 4 and 5 but boy were we noisy! Definitely made our prescence felt :P Went there since I was craving for some good Malaysian food and there were Yeeseen and Rachel to bring us around having staying there for quite some time now.

Had to queue up at the chicken rice place. Obviously a big hit hence a "must go".

I came, I saw, I ate.

From LTR: Chicken rice ball (they look like fish balls) with assam fish head, layered cake which according to Yeeseen was "orgasmic" and chendol!

Was quite a good trip catching up with them but the weather was sweltering hot and Malaccan traffic is insane.

Did I mention that it was the durian season when I was back? But I haven't been much of a durian fan of late cos it makes me really heaty among other reasons like smelly breath and smelly fingers(so I resort to eating them with a spoon if I have to eat them. Quite ridiculous I'd say). And everytime I tell my parents that I don't really fancy them, they'll dish out that same old story over and over again. Back when I was still a toddler or so, there was once when I saw everyone else eating durians, I was so adamant in having some of it that they had no choice but to give in and gave me some but I ended up with horrible diarrhoe the next day. Obviously I have no recollection of that incident at all but gotta take their word for it since there are like 5 of them at home against me.

Disclaimer: It's not like I find durians totally revolting and wouldn't stand within 10 feet from them or something, just that I CHOOSE not to eat them because of the reasons mentioned above. And by no means does that make me an anti-durian or worse, un-Malaysian.

Next up, trip to KL with my primary school gang :)

Yue Yin, Robin, Alvin, Chong Wee and me .

Was good to have a get together since Alvin, Chong Wee and myself were back and before Robin and Yue Yin leave for US. There were some others who couldn't join us for some reasons so it was quite a let down.

Did some shopping, caught a few shows(all horror =_=) and sang K. I don't usually sing when we go out for "cheong K" but that time round I think I kinda enjoyed myself.

Robin, Chongwee and me. Robin used to get bullied big time by me (sat next to him) and Yue Yin(behind him). Not the caused-him-emotional-trauma kind but it was really just some good natured kinda bickering and fighting over silly stuff. Chong Wee is the brainiac of our group. He used to get first from every single examination back then. Guess who was second? hehe. Alvin sat next to me too and I quarrelled even more often with him since we were both stubborn and petty really. That was back in P6 and we were forced to sit with boys. We also got to switch lanes every week so that everyone had an equal chance to sit in the good seats(under the fan) and also the bad seats( right at the side where it was warmer) since there were bout 50 of us in class.

Chong Wee bought some shades back for us and we had fun with them!

The flash was there to make it look more like a paparazzi shot photo.

-_-'''

Me and Yue Yin.

Oh yeah and we went to this really famous mamak place at SS2 called Murni's. They have really yummy assorted roties, claypot low shee fan and the drinks too! Ok la, although to KLites it's nothing to shout about or they think mamak like this is like a dime a dozen too many but I've been a jakun Johorean, Kluangite to be precise, who stays in a mud hut and frolics with bats for too long and didn't know better ok? And KL is like the Mecca of night life and mamak so yeah, you get the picture.

Really enjoyed the company of this bunch of friends. We've known each other since 9 so that's 11 years of friendship already. It's when I really let down my inhibitions and laugh over every little silly thing, kutuking each other incessantly. It's not easy remaining tight after so many years, there are times when one of us will break away from the group so it takes conscious two way effort to stay in touch. Oh well, so glad to them in my life.

Check out this really cuckoo video. Took it at Midvalley and it was early in the morning but there was already a crowd around the shop.

Went back to Kluang during weekends. Kluang changed quite a bit. For starters, we have a cineplex there now!! Finally! Rejoice Kluangites for it'll be THE hang out place from now! And there's a new Kluang Station coffeeshop ala big city shopping centre ie with a proper shoplot, air conditioning , with nice deco and all. Rustic kopitiam style coffee shops are like in vogue these days, trying to cash in on those nostalgic big city dwellers and their "ooo that place looks like my grandma's house" moments. I mean no doubt they do serve good coffee and yummy food in a "comfier" environment but I still prefer the old school Railway station kopitiam anytime where we had to jostle with the crowd to get a table even at 8am in the morning and had to share table with strangers from time to time. We even met this family who took the train from Kulai (somewhere near JB, perhaps an hour or two away) just to sample the ever famous Kluang station coffee.

Then on my last week, headed to Singapore for a couple of days.

Went to Peijun's workplace at Bukit Timah. After catching up with her, I realized she really changed a bit since working there. Guess it's inevitable especially with scroundels for employers.

And when I boarded a bus from a bus stop opposite HCI where there were heaps of uni/poly and HCI students there, the driver actually closed the door on me!!! It was quite painful ok cos it hit my head as well. Walao the ultimate pissifying and embarrassing moment!! The driver looked so apologetic that I couldn't bring myself to ~~cuss~~ shout at him. Not that I intended to also lah, haha. But the HCI boys who boarded before me were laughing at something I wonder if it was at me. HMMPH!!

Hello there! You look really familiar!

Caught up with HACOFOS finally. Went to Din Tai Fung at Raffles City. Was really a hard time trying to plan for this meeting with them busy with work and orientation and all.

Milo! Our staple break item back then together with nuggets or "dou sha bao" or yam "bao". Jo bought them. I'm not gonna drink mine.

Our xiao long bao toast.

Who could forget neoprints? Been ages since we took the last one!

On the way to Esplanade, me and Jo decided to grab the distraught looking girl's cup.

Nothing beats having a mug of cocoa laden and (a bit too) rich hot chocolate while catching up on everything. Wish we could do that more often though. Miss you all girls!

The next day, went in to Singapore again. Good thing my Christofu drove us in or else we'll have to be eating dust and fighting crowds and stand in line for ages. Hehe... think I've been spoiled by my dear too much..

Hello there, stinky school! Literally. The toilets stink most of the time. Went to collect our SGC and A Level cert since we had to check if there were any amendments to be made. The school that was both heaven and hell at the same time. Nah, I don't wanna start reminiscing about old times in Sg right now.

Went to NUS as well. Wanted to get some text books since it's definitely cheaper to buy there compared to over here. It's even cheaper in KL. NUS campus is really huge but I don't like it. Prefer AU's anytime. Hehe...

We were being the cheesy couple with matching colours!! It was totally unintentional ok? Come on, that will be the last thing to expect from me OKAY??!! And it happened quite a number of times already. It has gotta be telepathy.

Went over to Spageddies. Food there's really yummy! Dear's always acting "dao".

Especially their Italian chocolate cake!!!! To die for really.

*sniffles* :P Dear's wishing for me to not go back that often. Hehe...

Shopped a bit over at Sg too. As usual the GSS wasn't GREAT at all. Might be cos I went there late la. Tsk.

Was really fun hanging out with my ChrisTofu. Good thing I have him in JB or I'll really just die of boredom. He's forever being sweet and tolerant , willing to be my chaffeur anytime and also bringing me around to sample the best JB has got to offer. Miss you dear!!

At Changi airport. Me doesn't want to go back. My, that's really an ugly face.

Goodbye for now. See you again really soon =]

♥ me for who
I am

Monday, July 23, 2007 @4:50 PM

OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

#1: My almost month long holidays are over in a half-blink of an eye. Had a really great time back at home with my family, my dear and really glad I had the chance to meet up with some friends albeit not all. Esp Qiao wen!! What a pity we couldn't meet !Please come back at least once a year!
Anyhow, will blog about my trip back some other time since there were some distractions since coming back and the biggest one of them all was perhaps Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which leads us to

#2: It came, I read , I finished. Finished! After almost a decade, we finally know how the story ends. All the rumours, speculations ,the truth is out! This is perhaps weird coming out from me after all I haven't been sucked into the whole HP frenzy which probably started ages ago with people pre-ordering the book for starters, catching the 4am bus just the be first few in line (but saw nobody there,keke), and all the what-have-yous.But after picking up the book and reading it, I couldn't put it down. It was that good I tell you, action packed to the brim and extremely fast paced, it made my heart race during the duelling scences and all the narrow escapes, my butt numb from sitting at the same postion for too long and my eyes blurry from reading non stop for too long but still I didn't want to stop reading. Questions are answered and all the pieces fall together perfectly but there is still a part where I don't quite understand. I like the ending although people might think that it is somewhat cliched and cheesy but it suits me. And I was still flipping to the next page even when I saw the ending coming, perhaps in denial that the whole tale about the Boy Who Lived has finally come into a closure. Will definitely read another time just to savour every single word which I might have overlooked in my anxiousness to know wat happened next. And I hope they don't make the movie cos I don't think the whole story is going to fit into a 2 hour 30 minutes show without losing some of the really essential stuff and after seeing how horribly Order of Phoenix turned out. It was just a big yawn really. And my contempt for Daniel Radcliffe( sorry chareli!), Rupert Grint and Emma Watson's acting has been brewing since the first movie came out. I have no idea why everything they do just irritates me. And the latter two are really so ke-le-feh in the movie it's no wonder they only get $5 million bucks each for the next two movies while Daniel Radcliffe gets a , guess what, whooping $50 million bucks!! Hmmm... I wonder how the other two feel.

Right, back to the book. Truly a must read for this year. Ah I can't wait to read it again :)

Had my first day of uni today and it didn't start off really well cos I woke up late and missed the first lecture :( Oh dear with lessons starting at 9am everyday, I wonder how often will I be doing the same thing. Good thing I now have long weekends every week since Friday's off! Whee!

Btw, thanks people for still visiting my blog and tagging despite the hiatus. Yes, I'll resume blogging with from now on.

♥ me for who
I am

Monday, July 2, 2007 @5:09 PM

Homecoming QUEEN!!!!

Hehe, kidding la. I don't have such inflated ego.

Dear surprised me with the flowers :) He's such a sweetie ♥

Oh wow, feels like I never left at all! Everything's the same old same old. Ok, it hasn't even been 5 months since I left. The weather has been "terrific". Yes I'm such a complaining hag. Life over here is like one big red hot oven with a water bath since it's humid as well.

Weather aside, I shan't even mention how rampant crime in JB is and the police chief still had the cheek to say "JB folks are feeling a lot safer now" -_- My ass la! So call me paranoid or whatever but mamaking in JB is definitely a no-no for me.
Also,something in the Kluang air doesn't seem to agree with my nose and left me sneezing incessantly over the weekend. My nose's still peely.

Have been spending time with my parents and dear these few days.
I was even at Mersing for a couple of days last week since Mum had to be there for some work related reasons.
Mersing is on the east coast of Johor and it's the gateway to Tioman Island since there's where you take a ferry from, in case you didn't know. And that's where my Dad first stayed when he got here.
So while we were at this tiny seafood store, I stumbled upon something that got me immensely intrigued.

What's that bunch of durian looking thing hanging there?

PF's mug shot.

Say hi to puffer fish aka Flounder, Ariel's best friend under the sea.
It was amazing to know how they actually made those things. Apparently, they first open up the belly to empty the innards, stich it back and blow some air in before drying it.

I didn't see the stichings initially. But still pretty impressed la by the ingeniousness.

Good thing I now stay in JB and so does my Christofu. Wouldn't imagine how life will be like without him being here to drive me around and just hang out. Went for the Japanese buffet at Hyatt for lunch. We were the only patrons which I found pretty pathetic. Food's not too bad and I think it would've cost the same after converting if we were to go for the sushi buffet at Sakae.

It's always great to spend time with him. Reminds me of those good old times in Singapore.

"Hanky-pankying" in the lift.

I have yet too meet up with my the other 3 quarters of HACOFOS. I think I gave Hannyee a huge surprise when I dropped by at her workplace the other day. Should be going down to kiasuland next week I hope. They offered me permanent residency but was only applicable for foreign students studying there so I've missed out. If only the offered me last year. I think it would've been easier for me if I were to apply for a job or even internship there next time. But still hope that I wouln't have to apply for a job there.

I haven't met up with tonnes of people as a matter of fact! Old hostel mates, the one and only roomie I still have here, my really old primary school gang, even Chong Wee's back! He gave us all a really pleasant surprise :) It's a must to meet up with all of them before Rebin leaves for some ~~ulu~~ place in Maryland which is allegedly 15 mins away from NYC according ot him.

So many things to do, so little time !
I guess I won't be updating so frequently since the internet connection at home sucks.

Took this at Nick and Erjie's place on my first day here. They just bought a new place somewhere near Pasir Panjang.Landed property with a garden. Bye bye to apartments and lifts. Not really sure where it is exactly, think the Pasir Panjang vegetable wholeseller place was where SARS first broke out in Sg back then. Happy for them cos they'll be able to move in once renovations are completed. Even Bro's moving out to Sengkang(eeks!) with a couple of mates, so should have plenty of choices for me to bunk at next time.

I think I kinda miss Miaottens :( Wonder how is she coping without me, heh. That was hours before departing with Jie organising my luggage for me.

Lastly, one monster of a picture of me to say

" I'm glad to be back!!"

To all those having their holidays, hope you have a jolly time wherever you are! Have a swell time at camp too! Wish I could go as well. And sorry people! I can't reply your tags since the tagboard wouldn't load.

♥ me for who
I am