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....

Envious

*pic credited to ML*

Was browsing the photo ablum of a friend of mine in FB, I was so green with envy! His first solo flight as air steward, was being arranged to fly to MALDIVES! Everything about there was so gorgeous - The beaches, the clear blue sea and the beautiful breath-taking sunset. I was enchanted by the scenery over there~ I guess I really love to be by the sea side..

Even during the Italy trip I went last year, I definitely feel more vibrant and full of energy as I snapped more photos of the sea view at Sirmonie as compared to Venice or Verona.

But the weird thing is I dun like to swim or canoe in the big sea. I have mixed feeling towards it. It petrified me as to what lies beneath it. Anyway, I still like to walk along the shore and watch the waves rolling in toward me and hear to the sounds of the sea. So relaxing and calming!

This year, no plans have been made for travelling. Perhaps can plan for one to reward myself after May then if things goes well.

灵魂之窗

All along till poly, I always have perfect eyesight. Maybe due to usage of computers in poly times, my right eye degree start to increase first then my left eye. If not for my high astigmatism for my right eye, there wouldn’t be a need for specs or contact lens. Sigh.

And now being a contact lens user for 7-8 years, my eyes start to have some minor problem. Sometimes, the eyeball will become very red and the inner eyelid will itch. It happens so often and having seeing glaring objects twice which lasted 1 hour plus. I finally went for a medical appt at eye centre to find out why (after hearing Fen’s experience).

It is scary that there’s a possibility that I can’t wear contact lens anymore if the problem worsens. Ahhh… I don’t want that to happen!

Turned out to be I’m having dry eye symptoms

Here’s are some of most common symptoms of dry eye information that I found online:

• Feeling like there is something in your eye (foreign body sensation)
• Scratchy, gritty eyes
• Aching or sore eyes
• Smarting or burning eyes
• Eyes tire easily, particularly noticeable from reading, watching TV or using a computer
• Contact lens discomfort or intolerance
• Excessive mucus discharge
• Watery eyes
• Eyes easily irritated by smoke
• Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
• Fluctuating vision
• Blurred vision, particularly first thing in the morning, and/or late in the day
• Eyelids "stick shut" at night
• Eyelids feel "heavy"

The doc warned me to stop wearing contact lens for long hours and too often. If need to be, I can only wear daily disposable lens. Wah.. Damn sad. I dislike wearing specs as wearing it too long in front of the computer will make me giddy which according to the doc that this will happen is because my inner eye lid contains lots of oil glands and water level is low. That explains why I always have red eyes as well.

Guess I better heed doc’s advice and treat the eyes with care then. Unless the condition gets better, otherwise I just got to continue to wear my specs. It’s more important to take care of my precious eyes. Considering that wearing daily disposable lens are more hygienic too~

CNY Eve 09

Our first time having reunion dinner outside during Chinese New Year Eve. My parents made reservation early this month as the business over this place is really good and the place is always packed. Came here a couple of times before, as mum is a fan of their chili crab! Ha... her fav dish.

Guess what, we were there at about 5.30pm(my parents likes to dine early, which explained why we are there so early) and 3/4 of the place are already seated with people, waiting for their dishes to be served. Gosh~

:: The usual yu sheng ::

During the lao yu sheng, my dad actually wish me that I can faster find a bf and get married soon. Lol

Tada! That's the rest of the dishes that is included in the package we ordered... No chili crab as doesn't seem appropriate to have that for CNY eve. It was a simple spread and we enjoyed it! Guess mum is the most happiest as she dun need to prepare the ingredients for the reunion dinner early in the morning as what she did every year.

Hopefully things will run smoothly for everyone in this year and best of health and happiness to all! I wish the economy crisis will be gone soon too. Thus in the meantime, let's all do our best and hang in there in our current jobs, no matter how much some of us wanted to leave so badly( includes me as well!) .

Merry Xmas

Isn't this Xmas tree cute? Different from the usual Xmas tree. Ha.. It's made up of white colored, red colored and green colored bears!

Took this pic at Taka when I was doing some of my xmas shopping!

The crowd in orchard was horrible... So many people rushing around n i was one of them too!

Was stopping for a while to catch my breath and observe the xmas decoration in orchard. Hmm, so colourful~ Doesn't have any xmas feel at all..

I still prefer the blue n silver combination lightings.

Anyway, Merry Xmas to all~ N may it be a blessed new year in front of us! Ho ho ho...

太不公平了!

Today is Xmas eve.

And now, I’m still in the office when almost all of my friends have already knocked off at noon!!

Duhz.. that’s really really sianz.

Why can’t my Boss be a big-hearted guy and give us half day leave as well?!?!Selfish and calculative guy who's currently enjoying himself in Japan. Duhz......

He really thinks that we should work like robot and work non-stop like his precious workers in the factory. Old-fashioned type of mind set!

I bet he never heard this quote before. “A happy worker is a productive one”. Now it’s all about giving your employees benefits and how to make them be committed at work for the company’s best interest. Instead he makes us feel very demoralized and came up with funny ideas to make us dread coming to work day by day!

Worst thing is that the economy is so bad, I can’t even leave even if I want to NOW. Damn! Well, got to take one step at a time then. Save as much as I can and even if the worst happens, I still can continue my studies at ease.

Current mood : Totally no mood to work. Demoralized.

My 100th post - Dec 2008

Wooo... it's my 100th post since i started my blog. I admit that I hasn't been writing much . But I'm been trying to add 1 or 2 entries every month whenever I got inspiration.

Here's a happy news to share with those reading my blog - My bestie, Cindy is 5 month pregnant le! The last time I met her to celebrate her birthday together with her hubby, her stomach was still not that obvious.

:: Cindy's present (from Paris) from BS ::

From this photo, can see that her bb is being well-fed wor.. heehee.. It will be an April baby angel. Now Aihuey and Cindy are guessing whether will she come to this world on Aihuey’s bday.

Also, in another week time, I’ll be having xmas gathering with my babes friends, Trix n another at Cel’s house.. So looking forward to the many gatherings! Oh shucks, N I haven’t start my xmas packing and still got one more present left to get. *stress* Need to get something different for this gang of friends( Cindy’s classmates) as I always end up getting the same present for the last 2 years. Hahaa..Ok Ok… I heard the feedback le! Hopefully I’ll be able to find one soon. It’s not easy to buy a unisex present loh… :P

Europe Trip(Oct 08)

Almost a month went by since I came back from Europe n I also too lazy to write the full details

of what we have done during the trip. So here's a brief one then.

London:
- Weather was too cold in the morning n evening, cranky and sometimes so hot in the afternoon altot it was supposed to be autumn!

- Everything so expensive!! I topped up my farecard with 5-6 pounds almost every day in London. Even buying a mineral bottle at Boots(their watson over there) cost me 1 pound( which is around S$2.50) . Imagine buying one bottle once every 2 days...

- we went up the london eye! We were like "BBQ" chicken inside.. so hot as Mr Sun happen to be so sunny that day. I didn't enjoy the view much. One tix cost about S$45.00.
- we went St James park. There were squarriels n birds all around in the park. Ah zhi were so excited n feeding the squarriels with nuts but they dun quite like it.

Along the way, we visit Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Picadilly Circus, changing of the guards at the Guard house(luckily we went there on time to view their last changing duty at 4pm! The horse was magnificent tall) and Harrods at Knightsbridge.

- we wore cool clothes! (summer-clothes, winter-clothes, summer-clothes, autumn-clothes)

- We visit Topshop almost everyday when we went town. Not to shop but to use their toilet! Hahaha... well, toilets are not easily found in london.

Sot he theory we come up with was : just use toilet whenever there is one even though u have no urge. :P
- we discovered tat we LOVE primarks and H&M and we spent a fortune at these 2 places.

- Taking their tube(MRT) was amazing. I saw people throwing newspaper, bottles n can drinks at the back of their seats. Oh ya.. they also eat on the train as well. So unhygience as im scared it will attract cockroach! I will freak out if i saw one on the ride. But luckily i saw none... phew...


Paris:
- Our fav destination during the trip! We love the place~
- we went to eiffel tower and it rained and we were like crazy women trying to take photos in the cold cold rainy weather... I got smacked by my own brolly n Ah zhi was crouching on the muddy flr in the rain tyring to snap pics of the pretty blue tower...

- Nutella crepe was just so-so only. Someone told me it's a must-eat item over there... I'm not really a chocolate lover.
- we love Luxemborg garden! we bought Mac there by the pond, admiring the flowers and people... so relaxing~

- we love Notre Dame church! both of us agree whole heartedly that Notre Dame is the most beautiful church we ever been to. we even went there twice coz we liked it so much! also the bell tower was nice despite all the steps we had to climb.. keke
- we went up the arc de triompe, one of France's most recognizable symbols. It was built by Napoleon I- a monument to his army and his own military genius. It was a wonderful view of the city, tower and Champs Elysee.
- we shopped as if money fell from the sky...... we went to so many LV and Gucci shops...

- Sacré-Coeur, a famous white pastry like architecture and another of our fav church. It is located on top of the Montmartre Hill, one of the highest points in Paris.

There are many small cafes, village like streets and squares, and restaurants down the hill.

- Not to forget the famous Lourve Museum. I only know there's a Mona Lisa Painting inside. To me, the amazing part about this painting was her eyes ( I know her smile was named the beautiful one). No matter which angle you were standing to view the painting, her eyes were looking straight back at you. eerie.. lotsa paintings, sculptures, stones as well. Very Arty place.

Italy:
- Sirmione! I love the place. Damn happy to see the lovely sea surrouding this town. It had castles and roman ruins too! (I realise I dun really like stones, ruins... dunnoe how to appreciate them. Ha...)
- Venice was a disappointment, not a romantic place to me at all. Perhaps of the grey. gloomy weather. Only shopping for those lovely pendants can cheer us up that day.

- Too many pizza and pasta for meals are making us sick. I miss chinese food! I miss soupy mee!
- Most well-known monuments in Verona are the Arena and Juliet’s balcony.
- Paying to use their toilets in italy was something I would nv forget in my life. Freaking 8 euros! It's free in singapore loh! Kaoz...

吴克群 - 爱太痛

吃不能吃 睡不能睡
没有了你 全都不对
没有了你 全都不对
我都学不会 把爱敷衍
用笑容来把眼泪催眠
笑不能笑 哭不敢哭
人不像人 鬼不像鬼
人不像人 鬼不像鬼
朋友都说这 不过失恋
但我却连呼吸都胆怯
能不能不爱了 因为爱太痛了
我痛得快死了 却无法把你忘了
能不能不爱了 爱情它太痛了
我痛得快死了 却无法把爱割舍
... 我不能睡 ...
吃不能吃 睡不能睡
没有了你 全都不对
我都学不会 把爱敷衍
用笑容来把眼泪催眠
能不能不爱了 因为爱太痛了
能不能不爱了 因为爱太痛了
我痛得快死了 却无法把你忘了
能不能不爱了 爱情它太痛了
我不能够 不能够不爱了

*Can really feel the hurt of it when 吴克群 is singing this song*

Back to Reality

My 2 weeks holiday in Europe have ended in a flash... but I'm actually glad to be back for once! It's true!

Perhaps, I wasn't quite used to the cold weather over there and after a week later, I missed wearing shorts and slippers basking in the lovely warm sun. Some of the food weren't to my liking. This shows that I'm a typical Chinese who can't live without rice n oh ya, chilli was one of the missed item as well. Luckily dear godsis got whipped up some delicious Chinese cuisine during our short stay at her house. Muacks...

Apart from all these, wearing those big coats, scarf around my neck n matching those cool boots going out the streets was kinda smart and cool. Hahaa... Definitely no such chance of doing that in Singapore hot weather at all.Will sweat like a pig LOH!

Out of the 3 cities I've been to, Paris was my favorite city. Lovely gardens with flowers all around the lake and beautiful building architectures caught my breath during my stay there. Shall update more about the different cities stay when got the time then.

Less than 2 weeks

I have a usual practice.

Normally, I will call some friends at the airport, using their free phone before I board the plane for my holiday! And Im going to do so next friday! Finally, Im flying off to UK to find Pea and we be reunited again... So thrilled and counting down the days to it....

3 yrs since i've been on a holiday wor... am going to enjoy myself to the fullest!

First time on a long haul journey, so I tends to feel a bit nervous. To solve my sleeping problem... maybe some red wine will do the trick as i gets tipsy easily.... hehehe...

Also, I can't imagine myself sitting down all the time on a 13 hrs journey.. So guess i'll be moving around and do some "exercising" bah.. hahaa.. 无聊~

It's going to be autumn when we arrive in Uk. Temperature is estimated to be 6-12 degree....duhz.. Brrrr.... so cold...to keep myself warm, better to bring tons of long sleves, cardigans n jackets sia. Initally we still tot of wearing 3/4 quarters pants sia.. haha.. big no no loh! Crazy to do that in such low temperature places...

Can't wait for next friday to arrive. I need my break n vacation~

New "you" contest

Yes! I’m one of the 163 people selected for this photo contest! Luckily both Trixy and mi were selected together, otherwise I will really freakout. I was quite nervous during the briefing, not knowing what we will suppose to do and what theme we will be dressing up accordingly.

During the draw lots session, I picked the theme – Casual wear. Sigh…My top choice was actually Elegant wear or Executive wear! Oh well, heck it. I got free $200 voucher to spend, so just buy the stuff I would wear normally then! Hahahaa.. anyway I’m not out to win the contest. The stores I’m allowed to shop under Casual theme are Gap, Fox, Fat Face and DMK(for the shoes). Sad thing is that the rules had stated that if the participants bought anything from other stores not in the list, they will be disqualified, which mean vouchers will be withdrawn! Well, just stick to their rules then, as long I can keep the clothings~

We will each given 90 mins to complete our shopping, makeup(By Menard) and hairdo(by Anthony Hair Boutique). During the first 15 mins, I felt damn stressed during the whole shopping process as I saw nothing that catches my eyes as I went in and out the few stores. Time is running out and I still couldn’t make up my mind to buy which item. Shucks.

Due to time constraints, I really don’t care and just grab a black stripped ¾ pants, a green top and a pair of grey heels. My idea was to have a “smart” casual new look for the photo shoot. And these 3 items only cost me $80 of the voucher. Hehehe..

So I kept the balance $ and went to buy Raoul top and a fashion lab dress after the photo shoot. Oh ya, did I mention that as participants of this contest, we were entitled some discounts at all the stores as stated in the list. For example, Raoul discount -30% off, Fashion lab discount - 30% off, Fox - 25%. Can’t really remember what is the discount for the other outlets. Cool, rite? Keke…

The makeup and hairdo they done for me were alright. Not too fanciful. Just plain n simple.

Some contestant were really out to win as they brought their barang barang like their own accessories, shoes and makeup to enhance their final outlook. Winner. Trixy and me just went emptyhand. But if we know beforehand, maybe we would have done the same to beautify up a little and wouldn’t have to spend so much of the vouchers. Hahaha..

The feeling of being dolled up, taking part in the photo shoot and given free $ to spend. I don’t mind to do it all over again!

Downtown east

Weird that it's been raining almost everyday in aug! Today although it was raining heavily in the morning, Trixy n me finally make it to Wild Wild Wet!Heng ah~ it's the last day to use the coupon le, if not, wasted sia.

:: Pinky shoe bag n a green whistle ::

These came as a free gift with the coupon, bought from Trixy's company event! Cool huh...
Anyway, today was also family day carnival over there. Arghh, so many pple n kids! Therefore, we have to queue up rather long for the water rides but still, it was fun to try some of the rides for 2times.




Downtown east really changed a lot too! Check out E-hub! The new building that was just newly built. Got Ntuc, kbox n Cathay cinema. I think it's great to have such places for those people who booked chalets nearby, to hang out.

::Indoor Ferris wheel ::

Tempted to ask the gals whether they want to book a chalet for the year end gathering after our hotel stay at Swissotel yesterday! Shall update more about it after getting the photos from Nelly.

命中注定我愛你

I’m really liking this show 命中注定我愛你(Ok, I know the title sounds really mushy). One of my fav dramas.

It’s not the male or female lead that is super gorgeous. It’s just the story plot that gets me interested to watch the show – about a simple, plain-looking girl who lives a monotonous life and wanted to please everyone in her life, got pregnant after having one night stand with a guy accidentally on the cruise one day.

I feel that the part of how 2 strangers who wasn’t lovers in the first place, shows how they gradually developed feelings for each other and also how the guy was taught to be responsible for his own actions to the wife even though he didn’t love her in the first place - have a bit of educational part for the youngsters nowadays bah. Well, men should really be more attentive to their wife who got pregnant since women sacrifice their look and risk having to put on weight during the pregnancy period.

And yet, there are still some jerks out there, who got the nerve to have affairs with other women behind their wife’s back! Unforgivable actions!

Anyway, I like the female lead’s (Xinyi) mum and the old, open- minded granny who are always on Xinyi’s side when she was kena bullied by male lead ( Chun xi). Way to go~ Women should gang up to “fight” against “evil” guy…. Women are not to be trifled nowadays! Haha…

This show is still on-going airing in Taiwan and I’m already watching to the last few episodes on You-tube. Hope the ending will be a good one! Oh ya… the ending song is nice too… Sang by 吳忠明+元若藍.

I just have a special feel and liking toward this song. Enjoyz

Mid July

This year, as most of my classes are going to start in sept after the release of 2^nd yr exams result, me been a good gal and went home for dinner almost every week day for the past 2 months after work. Do i sound like "zai nu" ? Haha...

I don’t want to be lured by the sales temptation and spend more money as I’m saving hard for my Europe trip in Oct. As Meizhi and me are going on a free and easy tour in Paris, we found out that the lodging and spending over there are so expensive!! So better save more $ now and enjoy my trip at ease.

So far, we already roughly shortlist the places that we can visit but still need to find out the exact route on how to go about Paris. Thanks to tripadvisor forum, the content inside has helped us to have some basic understanding of Paris. It’s a great place to read up other’s pple experiences and encounter they experienced during their stay. Anyway will be meeting David, sihan’s friend, who will be meeting us for one night out. Hope he will bring us to some special pubs or restaurant then~ Counting down the days....

This trip is the only motivation that keeps me going in this boring job!

Company retreat

Went Bintan with my colleagues last wkeend and honestly, at first i wasn't very keen and looking forward to it cause my wkeend is wasted n couldn't have a good rest!!! But luckily, it was quite alright except I couldn't sleep much on the first nite again..
Only sat morning meeting was boring ... The rest of the days were relaxing but tiring as activites are all planned very closely.

::The ladies ::

:: Mr Leong, Lili n Tuan ::

:: Us making funny pose ::

:: This shot is the funniest... Hahahaa ::

:: Tp Acting as the driver ::

:: Group Photo ::

UK trip

Counting down to 4 more months to the UK trip! The tickets have been booked and we choose SQ flights (after comparing the different airlines pricing) because apparently, it was cheaper than BA pricing, which was weird. But who cares! Hahaa.. the deal and timing were great and the best part is that we are taking A380 - the world’s biggest passenger aircraft ever built! Wohoo~ definitely going to be a special and exciting experience for us.

It’s going to be 13-14 hours on the plane flying directly to London. Gosh. Not sure will I be able to catch some sleep during these long hours or not as I have difficulty sleeping in unfamiliar places. It will be a 2 weeks plus trip and Han will only be accompanying us for a short trip during the 2^nd week stay. So Meizhi and I will have to arrange our own free and easy tour planning for the 1^st week and Yes! Paris is one of the places that we have decided to visit. LV, Gucci, Chanel, Louvre Museum, Effiel Tower… Here we come! Haaa..

Shall update more about the itinerary in July when the plannings are confirmed. Yeah~ My first long distance oversea trip!

BS and Cindy's Wedding

My first wedding dinner for 2008 and it's one of my besties- cindy's! This year, been hearing lotsa of people around our age tieing the red knot ( luckily, so far i only got 3 red bombs. Phew).

Guess it's the right age to get married within these 1-2 years too.

:: Me with Cindy ::

:: 3 sisters with the bride ( 2 of them couldn't come in last min) ::

:: The couple with the sisters and brothers ::

:: Monkey Dolls (Unique!) ::

:: Funny shots of Cel and BS ::

:: Nite - Aihuey and me ( I dun really like the makeup) ::

:: Cel, Ziv & Kevin ::

:: Cindy's classmates ::

Overall, the whole day and nite events had gone on smoothly. A great success as every sections ended on the right timing. BS's brother gang deserved the most credits! Guess Cindy will be very much relieved that everything has ended too and she can finally have a good rest after so many months preparations on her wedding preparations.

Well, hope to hear good news from the 2 of you soon then! Jiayou wor~ Haa....