Stroke of luck

Got this in a lucky dip at one of Trixy's sister company event! Was surprised to hear my name got called out. Actually was crossing my fingers for another prize instead.

Nevertheless, I'm still overjoy that I won this white wine! Awesome!

Lazing out Day

Met up with Shufen yesterday and our first stop was to check out the Nonya Bazzar at SMU. Was having a hard time find the exact location as we never thought it will be held at the basement at first. It was quite bustling and there were quite a few stalls selling those nonya food, kuehs. Smells so delicious! So tempted to try some of them but to my dismay - some of the food was spicy. Arghh... if i wasn't sick, I would have buy some and eat on the spot. To get well soon - I must control control n control . :(

Ohh, we saw David Tao at Orchard Central by chance! I ain't kidding wor! Hahaa

That's 93.3 DJ - Pei Fen! She's so slim and petite in person.

Since we are around the area, so we waited for a while to catch a glimpse of him! Surprisingly the crowd of this "qian ming hui" was just a small crowd. I was wondering is it the publicity of this activity wasn't done enough or wat. He's considered one of the popular, well-known big shot in the current chinese industry and he had won quite a no. of awards as well. Hmm, or could it be his fame diminishing as he aged?


For a 40 yrs old guy, he sure still maintain himself in good shape. Apparently he will be holding a concert here in Singapore on the 8th Jan 2010 and after that he will be focusing his attention to the movie industry and wont be cutting an ablum so soon. (Been listening to Peifen repeating all these details so many times untill I can memorise unknowingly -_-".)


I ordered a mango tart for myself and Shufen ordered a banana one. The tarts at Fruit Paradise are yummy but full of cream. Sinful! I simply love the rose bud tea over there too. Light fragrant tea taste! Hahaa...


Before heading back home, went to take some photos at the xmas tree near ION. Love the purple lighting decoration!

Check out the interior of the tree! So dazzling and cool!

Testing out our reflection in the xmas ball.

Xmas is coming in less than 30 days! N I need to find time to finish my xmas shopping soon and the need to gift-wrapping them too.

Don't worry Be happy

The need to have positive mindset is important. I’m trying to open one eye, close one eye towards some matters. That’s mean be more BO CHUP and don’t dwell on a particular incident or matter for too long. Grumble to friends about it and get it over ASAP.


Well, all of us have our shares of problem and feel the need to talk to friends, but doing it routinely and venting about insignificant things will just irritate people. I saw how some people becoming more and more negative and keep on grumbling day after day about every single thing. The grumbling can be endless if there is a negative mindset. Having negative mindset makes a person feeling tensed, creating more anxiety too. Their behavior is like a mirror image to me. That why I tell myself try not to follow their footstep as there’s no point making your own life miserable by digging the misery hole deeper and deeper and walloping in sorrow. Also, being around with such people are like toxic in your life. Thus try to avoid such toxic influence in your life as it just drags you down as well!


It’s true that life is not fair.


Some people can have a better life than others. So what? Be contented with what you have. I don’t see the point comparing my life to theirs. Example, if a friend had the ability to buy a car, I would be happy for her and not jealous of her. But to some, perhaps they would make some remarks: like “wow, so rich ah” The thing is everyone can afford to buy too. It’s only if they want or not. It’s like having priority on your checklist. Some would spend on food or on gadgets or on luxury goods or on travelling.


Life is short. Just enjoy life and be positive and choose the way you want to live your life.

Colddddddd weather

The weather for these few days are getting really cranky. Like the past Mon - it was raining so heavily and I was shivering in the office, trying to stay awake during work. So I brought a thicker jacket to keep myself warmer yesterday. But it was bright and sunny and the need for the warmer jacket was redundant. "Diao"

Today, when the rain starts to pour down around late afternoon and still continue when I was knocking off, I knew it will be a long way home. The traffic jam along PIE was terrible. Unexpected traffic accidents can happen on such weather condition. Imagine I got home 2 hours later, feeling hungry and cold and my ass was sore from the long journey.

Somehow I wasn't feeling frustrated as I thought I would be after getting home after 2 hours later. Perhaps it was mid-week and 2 more days to Friday liven up my mood a bit. Always looking forward to Friday! Who doesn't hur?

Oct 2009

Shufen made reservations for this dinner gathering at a cafe named 15 minutes ( inside Lasalle College of the the arts). My first time stepping in this art school although it's just a stone away from my current school. Stepping inside, I found that the interior design is quite arty farty and unique.

:: I ordered fiery chicken with herbed rice. Not too spicy for me. Yummy!::

After that, went to TCC nearby to have our usual chat( cum gossip cum update session). Actually before that, we took some really funny photos on our way to the cafe.. But i'm not supposed to upload them .. hahaa.. ELSE the gals will "kill" me..

Anyway it was a fun meet- up after so long! Next up will be Meizhi's and Dawn's bday before 2009 ends! Time really flies fast... only 2 months to go! Maybe i feel that I didn't do any constructive stuff this year. NO travelling for me either! So bored in singapore.. Duhz...

OH well, next year then! Got quite a few stuff on my list that I wanna achieve next year. Hope I will have my wishes come true. *Cross fingers*

Ben and Jerry Chuck Fest at Marina Barrage

After tennis lesson, off I went to meet up with Trixy and her sister n friends at Marina Barrage~
We took the shuttle bust at the bus stop outside Marina Bay. Luckily it was only a short while to wait for the bus to arrive under the hot sun.

::The Ben n Jerry Mini Bus ::

We bought and share the 6 scoops of ice-creams with Trixy's sis and her friend. As it was already melting FAST, I didn't manage to take photos of our ice-creams. After a while, I couldn't differentiate the taste too when the ice-cream becomes watery. Hahaa..

::The hippie guy::

:: Not a very clear shot of The Singapore Flyer as the skies was foggy::

Some of them even brought their own food for picnic and sitting on the grass, enjoying the breeze and music of the concert. While some others are flying kites. It was kinda enjoying and relaxing to sit back and watched the kites fly high UP up n away in the sky.

:: The kites look so tiny in the skies ::

:: Yeah! We found a mat and quickly hurried over ^^ ::

::Funny faces again ::

I wonder where they bought their kites from. Saw many of them flying it! Wish I can join them. But I was feeling lazy and feeling tired from the tennis session, so I just stoned there. I can ALMOST sleep if i really closed my eyes and "sleep" on the mat.

::Colorful fountain lights brighten the night::

Quite a fun experience hanging out at Marina Barrage! I guess I wont purposely come here next time if there's no event as it was located in such a ulu place. Keke...

Sunny Saturday

:: John coaching Val ::

Yesterday morning, I wake up super early, which i seldom did. Quite rare too.

Anyway, it was my first lesson for tennis and I was looking forward to it!

John, my study buddy cum "xiao di" was our tennis coach and provided us the rackets and the tennis balls. Woo... cool hur? I was quite surprised to hear his experience in tennis. He actually played tennis for 14 years since he was primary 5!

He was very patient teaching us the basics techniques like how to hold the rackets properly and how to serve the ball over to the other side of the net. According to him, he told us that normally, it will normally takes 4-5 months for amateurs players to start their first game properly( Duhz.. so long!) It was interesting to hear that his coach made him practise bonucing the tennis ball at the "sweet spot" of the racket for a month before he was taught the basic stuff.

We were practising for 3 hours under the hot sun and sweat profusely. As usual, my face got much more redder than others easily. After the whole lesson, I realise my 2 arms got sunburnt too. Uneven tones! Next time must remember to apply sunblock on my body as well le!

Surprisingly

My first birthday card for 2009! I never would have guess who is the sender at all....

It's not send by my friends or my colleagues.

But by my school admin staffs!

I was laughing out loud when I opened it.

Quite a Joke that they "remember" my birthday as it is the first time they send out a card to me.

I wonder did my other classmates received it too. Maybe I should check out with John. His birthday is coming soon.

Fr3b

After my facial session, I went to the opening of Fr3b yesterday - the first online sampling Hub. It is located on the 3rd level of Stamford House, 5 mins walk from cityhall station. Click on the link on the main page to find out more if you are keen to go down and have a look!

::Goodie Bag ::

::Items in the goodie bag::

For just $28.00 a year, you get to try out free samples either online or at the store itself before purchasing at Watsons. Just type out your view on the products you get and 2 points will be allocated to you.

Or if not, for a trial, you can sign up an account first online and you should be able to get 2 samples of the product you wish to try out first. Just pay for the postage will do.

Well, I signed up for the Watsons card on the spot - S$5.00 for lifetime membership.

Every S$5 spend, you get 1 point.
Every $50 per transaction - 10 bonus points. Therefore, every 20 points = S$1.00.
For birthday month every year, there will be 5X bonus points.
Check out www.watsons.com.sg for more information.

Hmm, the cool thing according to the promoter, early birds get S$150 worth of vouchers, but in my opinion, the vouchers discount doesn't seem very attractive ley.

:: What I collected for the 8 free samples ::

I checked out the price for the 2 freeman bottles. It actually cost S$9.90 each. Wah, I'm quite surprised that the sample size was the same size as the retail size too! Can't wait to start commenting on the products I got and earn points soon! Hahaa...

My view for the chips above - Super salty and the vinegar smell is quite strong too! Not to my liking. Don't buy!

Sengkang swimming pool

Phew, it's raining now while I'm typing out this entry and glad that I went swimming this morning.

Sengkang swimming pool is like a mini wild wild wet. The awesome thing is there's a indoor swimming pool! Check this out! Yeah, I can foresee myself coming here more often and swim without worries that I might get sunburned!

:: a jacuzzi with so many pple in it :( ::

:: For the kids ::

BC birthday bash

Yesterday I went to my fav blogshop birthday bash. Was lucky to get the invitation from one of the cotters and meet up some of the pretty babes at the party too. Since it's a fun event with tea session and preview of the upcoming launch, I'm happy to attend!

There was a long queue when we reached. I guess all of us wants to be the first 100 people to get the goodie bag. I was expecting the tea session to be just cakes, dessert with tea or coffee provided. To my surprise, there was a wide spread of buffet provided too, everthing was quite tasty as well! But I got no chance to queue up for desserts as the room was slowly filled up by more guests turning up. Shucks! Should have taken it together during my first round. Ahh...My eclair!

Fashion shows starts after a while later. I only managed to capture a few nicer shots as the lighting was quite dark and couldn't see much. There were 3 types of themes : casual, formal n dressy kind.

:: I love the pink dress! But too tight for my at the bust area so I bought the black tube dress instead::

Love the dresses on the models and dont think I can fit in some of them as some were so body hugging! I dont want to worry about my tummy showing after a dinner loh. Hahaha

Took photos with BC owners.
:: Far left is Rach, besides me is Viola who is wearing the beidge dress and beside her is her sister -Vel::
They were really pretty and friendly in person.

:: Beatrice - their in house model. So hot n sexy wearing this dress! Shows her curves! ::

So sad...didn't got much luck for their lucky draw which gives out free shopping voucher for their items but my friend was lucky. Her no. was called and she still didn't know it was her until I nudged her. Haha. Well, I was alert, hoping to hear my own number!

:: Models(they were actually loyal customer of BC who were selected to be invited to be models of the show) standing together after the whole run way show::

After the catwalk ends, only some of the tops and dresses are hang up to be sold. The rest of the clothing will only be launch in their upcoming collections. If there was no runway show earlier on, normally I would not have just buy anything seeing such a display like this, not knowing how the dress looks like when wore.

Phew. Luckily in the end, I only bought a tube dress and a flora top which I exchanged with Viola with another dress, upon her agreement.

Yeah! Can't wait for their new collection to be up soon! Already aiming some pieces in mind. Had enjoyed myself during yesterday party! Hope they will organise more of such events soon.

Fruitful day

Took part in another fun game organised by Cleo at Central today. The aim of the game is to find 6 members of the Cleo teams as featured in the magazine. They will be hidden all over Central and get a stamp once you found each of them. Just register online and eligible to take part~ Hehe... Trixy helped me to register as I was preparing for exams earlier this month.

Anyway, Trixy and me really didn't expect we will win anything this time round as we were walking aimlessly for the first half hour, looking for them! Shucks... The construction of the Central shops location is so messy! We roamed the 2nd and 3rd levels and scanned through the shops quite a few times to spot them but cannot find them! Arghhh....

Luckily a friendly contestant and some store assistants gave us some tips to guide us to finish the treasure hunting. We ran like hell within Central within the next half hour (Machiam like taking part in "amazing race") and came in 5th and 6th place!!! Yeah! $200 free shopping voucher!!! Can do guilt-free shopping again! ^_^

:: Tada! The 6 mysterious ladies::

We had planned to go check out the M)phosis sales at PS and a movie nite out at the museum after this race but ended up, we spend the whole day shopping and dining using the free shopping vouchers!Damn shiok lohhh..... all my purchases for today are FREE! hahaa...


All thanks to Trixy's sister and of couse, Trixy! Pity her sister didn't join us.. otherwise all of us can have chance to emerge as top 10th contestants together...

Freedom is great!

Weeeeeeeeeee! I finally finished my exams for this year and really damn happy to regain my freedom!! Been mugging non stop with my friends since early April( a time which is still kinda late revision to start for exams in may, when some of my friends actually start their revision early of the school year!)

I knew some new friends this year and damn grateful that they were willing to share their knowledge with me when I’m having trouble with some areas. It’s a joy to study with people who are selfless and not so competitive. But sad to say, that some of them will be graduating this year. Ahhh… so envy! Anyway, I tell myself, hopefully if I clear all modules this year, there’s still a year to go on for me. Must perseverance on~

Pengz…Cant understand why UOL papers are getting tougher every year and “chunt stunt” to “kill” students and make them repeat! The questions standards from each year to another can be a huge difference loh! Heard CF paper are the super 'stuntest"paper this year. Phew, heng I passed that last year with John’s tips. Duhz… So it doesn’t mean that if you mug real hard for the papers, u will definitely pass! That’s the most depressing and demoralizing part.

Will enjoy my regained freedom till now to Sept then. That’s when my panic starts again.. hahaa.. For now, it’s the time to have FUN and throw the worry at the back of my head first…

Abril

:: Little Abril soundly sleeping ::

Pity she didn't open her eyes when I took this photo! Btw, she's Cindy little bundle of joy- named Abril, who was delivered safely on 11th April(just one day difference and her bday might be the same date as sihan and nicole le)

She's a big bb wor - weighting 3.55 kgs! So cute and chubby rite? Mummy fed her well! hahaha....