theglassslipperstory

2010-05-07T16:45:00.002+08:00

Pretty thing

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2010-02-02T00:17:00.001+08:00

Sometimes in life,
when something unexpected comes your way,
you just have to put aside all those brilliant plans you once had
and start picking up the pieces from there...

Put aside the brilliant plans?
That’s what’s scary...

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2009-12-14T18:03:00.005+08:00

ZOUK OUT!!!!

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2009-12-14T17:21:00.005+08:00

A little love from Aussie...

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Here’s why i am sooo very envious of her!!

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2009-12-14T17:14:00.001+08:00

BABY YANG IS HOME!!!

BABY YANG IS HOME!!!

BABY YANG IS HOME!!!

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2009-12-09T21:41:00.009+08:00

I MISS BABY YANG!!!

Home feels incomplete without her around.
To think that this is just the second day she is away...

I’m counting down to Monday already!!

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Wed at Guan's...

Zouk

Thurs
In preparation for baby yang’s short trip,
the fam spent the entire Thursday out shopping with her...

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2009-12-01T09:50:00.002+08:00

After what it seems like an eternity,
finally I am uploading zillions of back-dated pictures.

Life had been almost akin to a tsunami since the past few weeks.

It is a relief to know that,
at long last it seems that the tsunami is tiding over...

More updates coming up!!!

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Popeyes
1 Dec

Kovan with the girls!

No sign-board
16 Nov

KTV at Liang Court
7 Nov

10 sec timer

Jump shots

Butter and Zouk after KTV
7 Nov

Brewbakers
5 Nov

Sushi Teh
Saint James Power Station
3 Nov

Haagen Daz Ice Cream Buffet
29 Oct

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2009-10-26T01:38:00.001+08:00

With the all the love in the world...
It is time I should stop dwelling in all things disturbing.

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23 Oct
Jack's place at Heeren
Red Dot, Ben & Jerry's at Dempsey
Zouk (Impromptu basis.)
(thank goodness mela dear brought along
her skirt and sandals to lend mi!!! )

17 Oct
Marmalade Pantry, ION

Because of my swollen tonsils and slight fever,
I missed out on all the yummy desserts!

16 Oct
Bowling Alley and Arcade at Kovan

Advice for all you folks reading this:
This SAMURAI game is highly effective as a stress buster.

I played so violently, i wasted 9 bucks in half an hour.
When I got home, I had much difficulty brushing up.
I couldn’t even lift up my arms.
My left arm ached fer 5 freaking days,
while the right one only ached for 4 days.

THIS IS GOOD STUFF!

14 Oct Crystal Jade
15 Oct gran's place
My lovely siblings.

22 Oct
Watami ION

Everthing above is AWESOME!

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2009-10-11T18:03:00.009+08:00

Tomorrow marks the first month of the sem.
Goodness gracious me, it’s the 4th week already!

I spent the first 2 weeks idling away.
Just when I was about to start my engine rolling,
I lost heart, I lost my motivation.

Alcohol and sleeping pills started to act as numbing agents.
Partying started to enter my life again.

Things started to get even more complicated,
even more issues started to surface.

I look through my academic calendar and finally realise
in my third/last year,
that the term only comprises of 20 weeks.

20 SHORT WEEKS!
GOSH...This translates to the passing of the first quarter.

I look back and I ask myself,
what the bloody hell was I doing during the past 2 years?

WTH was I thinking about.
Why did I only start flipping thru my notes
after the end of the 20th week, right before my prelims?

I guess it’s too late for any form of regret now.
I ought to get my act back together RIGHT NOW,
before it’s too late.

Right now, I already find it rather challenging
to catch up with the pace in school.

It is now lec 4 in school and I am only at lec 1 of my own revision.
On top of that, I’ve got assignments and tests falling in as well.

Most people TGIF while I dread Fridays the most.

After every single lesson of VSA,
I start to have butterflies in my stomach,
I start to lose my appetite,
I get so stressed up, I TURN BLUE.

It’s like a beating to my confidence.
Darn.. I HATE it.

So now, I tell myself.
If I don wanna screw up my last year, I gotto FOCUS.

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Sometimes I feel,
the harder one tries to search for answers,
the more futile it gets.

Because in the process of searching,
even more questions will be formed.

Perhaps in life, there aren’t always gonna be black or white.
For certain tacky issues, grey might just be the best fit.

Grey, is what I gotto learn to embrace.

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Boom boom shake shake...

Thursday at Sakae

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2009-10-11T16:48:00.008+08:00

Or so most claim that...
With the passing of time, memories fade, wounds heal.
I guess this doesn’t apply to all...

Sundays and Wednesdays.
Most disturbing.

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2009-10-07T23:51:00.004+08:00

A milestone created...

How unbelievable is it that I clocked less than
10 hours of sleep in the past 2 days.

The norm is that I stay in snooze mode
for an average of 10 hours a day.

Having just slept for 3 odd hours on Monday night,
I have no idea how...

I could wake up early next morn to read thru mkg,
go for lesson,

meet my sis for lunch,
go for a run in the evening,

continue browsing through my notes at night,
turn in really late again,

snooze for 4 hours ANDDD
wake up for lesson this morn.. ON TIME.

U.N.B.E.L.I.E.V.A.B.L.E.

All these after an extremely disturbing,
unhealthy and unproductive week...
Thankfully I have an awesome bunch of pals to keep me in check.

p.s. I’ve been having this really terrible tappy nose since this morn.
Hope I dun fall ill..

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Sakae on Mon

Fri at zouk

KTV last thurs

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2009-10-05T14:33:00.001+08:00

那时候听爱如潮水
想象着万一我们不是一对
你和我谁会在深夜里孤独的买醉

这一晚我一个人睡
防备着那于事无补的伤悲
还有很多工作只能面对不能憔悴
我为我的坚强而骄傲
却为这段情感到惭愧

我听的歌爱的人说的话是不是美丽的误会
我不能为你不顾一切的崩溃
除非这样子能保证把你挽回

我牵的手伤的心流的泪是不是浪漫的误会
是爱得太伤还是伤得太累

这一晚听爱如潮水
数算着为感情而吃过的亏
搞不懂麻木是不是我学到的智慧
那时候我们都很累
还以为分手之后总有机会
让我们说后悔为了失恋为所欲为

在爱情的面前我宁愿卑微

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美丽的误会

2009-10-05T13:44:00.000+08:00

For numbness take alcohol and sleeping pills.

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2009-09-29T23:44:00.000+08:00

I am so absolutely overwhelmed.

I wish life was simpler.

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2009-09-26T23:36:00.005+08:00

JELLY...
is the term to describe the condition of my legs today.
I have this very bad habit of doing little warm-ups and no warm-down.

Despite those jelly-like legs,
I still went ahead to run again today.

This time, I started jogging even later than yesterday.

Today’s jog isn’t as smooth as yesterday’s.
I had intermittent stops in between.
My hair band was falling off, my shoe-lace came undone,
my phone almost dropped...

Anyhow, when I came outta the room dressed in my sports attire,
everyone started to object to my very-clear-intention-to-run.

Even before I could ask Ms Yang the second for a favour,
she firmly said:
today I am not going to lend you my itouch.
(I have this habit of listening to songs when i jog.)

Baby yang started reminding me
about how her tutor got groped around the area.

And when that din work,
she started scaring me with the forces that I am most afraid of.

Still... it didn’t dim my intention to run.
Instead I told her that I will bring my phone along.

This was how I ended up jogging with a phone
and a towel on my right
and baby yang’s itouch on my left.

Honestly I went out running with my heart in my mouth.

I thought the route would be filled
with familiar runners just like yesterday.
Instead, it was just the exact opposite.

The route was so much much more quiet and dark.

Thank goodness I came home safely.

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This facade is too painful to bear.
I didn’t know the reflection of agony could be so unsightly.

I guess...
At the end I want to be standing at the beginning with you.

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2009-09-26T01:47:00.004+08:00

How can I live without my sisterssss...

In conjunction to the previous post, my nick on msn was:

r.a.i.n.e - turning blue says:

Despite some encouragement from many of my pals,
I was still rather down.

Anyhow, I started rumbling to baby yang...
not realising that Ms Yang the second
was in the room with us, seated behind me.

After she quietly eavesdrop on my
“sob story” conversation with baby yang,
she went over to the other room,
came online using her itouch and randomly posted this:

KAYS says:
Turning red.
Turning orange
Turning purple
Turning yellow
And and and...
Turning RAINBOW!
(:

And I started rolling off my chair...
Her random rumbles really did spark my night a little. (:

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2009-09-25T22:49:00.004+08:00

OVERWHELMED
is the perfect word to describe VSA today.

I literally broke out in cold sweat after lesson.
To think that this is just the third day of the sem,
first lesson of the module.

I just came back from my run and I am now panting as I type.
Incoherent thoughts are running through my mind.

As some of you would know,
I usually turn to activities like running and/or packing
when I feel depressed.

Even though I am really drained from the
6 hours worth of lessons in school today,
I thought I am really in need of a good sweat-it-out session.

With all my might I ran as fast as I could,
as long as I could.

In the end, I almost puked.

Moral of the story: running is just a momentary relief. (darn!)
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I NEED moments like these to keep saneee!!!

Grocery Shopping

BBQ

Mine

Posing with our cups

Mine

Ours

During Van Helsing

During Commercial

Happy BD to Mela and Tini!

Ten-sec timer after the show

Before bidding good-bye.

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2009-09-16T01:02:00.036+08:00

Today marks the first day of my last sem in school.
(This was sup to be posted up on Tues night.)

if all goes according to plan, my semester will end within 5 months.
By May my exams would have ended and by June
I would officially be done with my degree program.

Last week, I actually went through major “spring-cleaning”.
Did things like tidy my shoe rack, tidy my table,
fill up my pencil case and tidy my entire closet.

As my bursting closet is filled with tons of
not-appropriate-for-school pieces,
I actually had to parade for a good 1.5 hours to decide
the most appropriate wear for the first week of school.

I know the above sounds a bit dumb.
I just want to blend in and not look outta place in campus.

I can’t imagine 3 moths just flew by in a twinkle.
During my summer break, I was perpetually busy and hardly at home.

I din have time for my family, I din have time for the boy,
I din have time for my birds, I din even have time for myself.

It was so bad that I even have a book
to jot down my appts. (since I have a terrible memory)

Even when I was abroad, my phone would still be ringing
and msgs would still be flowing in.

Every single week was hard-core partying.
It was part of my life.

I guess now that term has started,
I have to tame down much much more.

My dad has already given me a yellow-card,
implying that I should live my life as a mature student from now on.

My first day of school was quite cool.
Had my first lesson with twin.

Fav mod outta the lot with my fav girl.
(Marketing with Erin!)

I’m so glad I was able to get the modules
and time slots that I wanted.
(This was after 3 rounds of negotiation with the prog. exec in school.)

eCr is jinx!
For the past 2 years, every single time I had to do my eCr,
it ALWAYS screwed up.

I felt like a primary school student attending my first lesson on Tuesday.
It is really silly that I found term exciting.

I was so excited, I couldn’t sleep and
I woke up even before my alarm went off.

Though I was up early,
I still made a grand entrance into the lec theatre.
I was 20 mins late....

As usual, I had to make a big detour
before finding my way to the correct theatre.

I came back from school, feeling totally beaten.
Not because the lesson was not interesting,
nor was it because the syllabus seemed a tad heavy.

It was because I was feeling so darn tired!!!

I had woken up to a perfect morn.
(perfect meaning can snooze more!)

It was drizzling when I was awake and
it was pouring when I was on my way to school.

Through-out my summer break,
I only woke up to greet the folks good morning,
ONLY when it was ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
that I get up in the morning.

Apart from that, every single day I wake up to
greeting the folks good noon.
And their reply would be, time for tea...

I guess this is the last oppor I have in school.
I know I need to focus,
get my priorities right and stay motivated to reach my aim.

I do not know what life entails after grad.
I will just have to do my best and let god do the rest.
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18 Sep
Ice Cream Buffet, Ramen

11 Sep
Sushi Teh, Heaven's Loft

9 Sep
Zouk

12 sep
Zouk, for mela's BD cel.

2 sep
Rebel, LJ's farewell.

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2009-09-05T00:47:00.002+08:00

Last wed at butter.

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2009-09-03T01:53:00.002+08:00

This really breaks my heart...

Through incidents like these
I am jolted back to the cruel reality of life again.

Cherish the ones you love...
Sometimes life can bring about unpredictable turns...

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2009-08-28T00:59:00.004+08:00

I realise I have so much to blog about

yet words are not forming in my mind.

Been more than 2 months since my trip to seoul.

I miss that place tons... I really do.

The food there, the weather there,

the gorgeous ladies with almost flawless complexion,

the shopping, skinfood, faceshop, f21... and the list goes on.

Time really flies...

In a twinkle, my hols are gonna be over soon.

My last year as a student is gonna commence

and thereafter I’ll be thrown into the working society.

Before term can start, I wanna fly away again...

The initial plan was to take a short break.

BKK was the first destination I thought of...

Den it was Seoul again...

Finally.. we settled on HK.

This is yet the second time,

we made an impromptu decision to do retail therapy in HK.

Last year after touring Europe,

I wanted to fly away again before school could start

and that was how we landed in HK for 8 days.

This time round, because of the potential unrest

that might break out in BKK, we settled for HK again.

2 days after deciding on HK,

we managed to book the air tics and hotel.

I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that

shopping’s gonna be fruitful this time around.

Pricks to see it waste away like that

Stirs up so much

That why we need moments like these....

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2009-08-26T03:03:00.001+08:00

Tracking backkk...

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Last week...

Sunday,
Carousel
Royal Plaza on Scotts

The boy and I were supposed to head over to Regents for Italian brunch.

My lateness screwed up the initial plan
and we had to settle for Carousel instead.

Anyhow, this place was a HUGE disappointment.
I prolly will never go back there again.

L’espresso, Equinox, Global Kitchen or
even any of the ramen restaurants that I frequent,
can beat this place HANDS DOWN.

Guess, I’m being a lil too harsh here,
cause I expected something better.

Despite their terrible reviews online,
I went ahead with the meal.

Now I am fully convinced that this place is not suitable for me.

Fri,
Utmost fav ramen.

I finally got an opportunity to spend some time out with baby yang.

Over lunch, I realised that I’m kinda distant from family affairs.

These days, I spend so much time outside,
I am not even aware of what’s happening to my own sisters.

The guilt is eating me up.

Thursday,
at twin's place

Finally the girls gathered to watch hangover at twin’s place.
We ordered mac delivery for lunch.

I’m so glad that I’m meeting the girls so often these daysss...
More sessions to comeeee!!!!

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2 weeks back...

Wed,
Twin's bd before partying

Canele for dinner

First time at butter.

Butter was abit of a disappointment.

After hearing so much hype about it,
I went there with certain expectations.

I was utterly shocked when the lights came on at 3.
I haven even started partying then.

Anyhow, we headed over the rebel to continue on with the night...

Tues,
HK cafe with Mela

Loving session with the babe!!!

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2009-08-19T17:02:00.001+08:00

Location: Downtown east

Period: 4-6 August 2009

Event: Steph’s BD, get-tog, rebel.

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these people I adore..

Dinner, food court

we assembled for the camera.

Indian poker, goggles-up, bun-house, CHIVAS.

The BD girl

Charade

Cup noodles

Pool and wild wild wet.

The power of rhythm and alcohol.

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2009-08-19T02:54:00.005+08:00

Break-away

I am so filled up with appointments every day...

• I only get to meet the boy once a week.
I don’t even speak to him for days.

• My parents complain about my owl-y lifestyle.

• My sisters whine about not being able to see me at home.
Whine about how difficult and ridiculous it is,
to have to fix an appointment just to go out with me.

Ironically, I am not even close to being so
caught up with appointments during school.

Everyone shares the same consensus:
they all can’t wait fer my term to start.

It is now so complex,
I am absolutely drained.

Take me away...
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2009-08-18T03:43:00.005+08:00

Last week was a whole wreck of emotional upheaval.

I can’t believe that so much is happening
at such an accelerated speed.

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Moments like these I cherish...

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Pick it up,
mend it back.

Stone cold,
walk away.

Shouldn’t wouldn’t couldn’t
Shouldn’t wouldn’t couldn’t
Shouldn’t wouldn’t couldn’t

A momentary relief.

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2009-08-16T03:50:00.001+08:00

A dramatic lifestyle isn’t always glamorous.

I guess sometimes we just realise it the hard way.

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2009-08-15T00:14:00.004+08:00

Moments like this.....
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Rebel during the chalet

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SOHO on a sat

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Mambo at Zouk

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2009-07-31T16:37:00.003+08:00

I can’t remember when was the last time
I spent my day idling at home.
These days, I’m always out till the wee hours of the morning.

I guess the late nights are now taking a toll on me.
I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that I won’t fall ill...

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Marina Barrage
This was the day we all got burnt...

Here's how MB looks like in the day..

Foodddd...

Our numerous attempts at jump shots...

Finally ONE with all up in the air

Pretty faces in the sun

Wind

No wind

Doesn't this reminds you of spa botanical?

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2009-07-29T03:32:00.003+08:00

The girls and I headed over to Marina Barrage for picnic this afternoon.
It was a freaking hot but thankfully, windy noon.

We only lasted about 1.5 hours under the blazing sun
andddd we’re all burnt!

Steph brought along poker cards,
but unfortunately the wind made it impossible for us to play poker.
(I am a hopeless poker enthusiast.)

Each of us brought along a little something,
together, it proved to be too much.
We ended up wasting quite abit of food.

There was so much left,
we even resorted to playing games with eating being the penalty.

After filling our stomachs,
we attempted doing jump shots
using the 10-sec timer with both the canons.

It was really really crazy!
Imagine the screaming, shouting,
jumping and laughter that filled the air...
Outta 50 shots maybe onli 1 with all girls up in the air?

We finally left MB at 2 and went ahead
with our impromptu decision to watch harry potter.

After the movie, the girls started complaining
how painful it was to have their skin burnt.

I was feeling rather disappointed that
I was the only one who din get my share of Vit D.

Anyway, here’s the good news!!!
I got burnt too! (:

I was having my bath and as the water started to hit my thighs,
I started to feel this pricking sensation.

That’s when I started to look down and WOWWWWW!
I am delighted!!!
It seems like I soooo needa go even out the tann soon..

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Timbre last Sat.
Steph darling is back home!
This was when she popped outta nowhere!

My over-flowing mango margarita

Impromptu decision to party.
Rebel.

TCC after checking out ION.

Peach-me-up

Prawn and scallop pasta

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Last Thursday, outta sheer coincidence
we bumped into each other again!
This is the second time in 2 weeks.

Jeff and I

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Wednesday Night:
Dinner with the pals at Kovan

Zouk

Rebel

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2009-07-24T23:33:00.005+08:00

The babe and I spent our Tuesday in Chinatown.
We had fish soup at maxwell before proceeding
to shop for DIY accessories stuff.

Whilst we were strolling along the rows and rows of shop houses,
I spotted young Singaporeans,
lugging their hugeeeeee DSLR babies,
snapping away at the rows of shop houses.

Honestly, I was quite surprised to see them doing that but yeah,
we all have different hobbies…
At least now we know the beauty of shop houses...

On a side-note, I am rather proud of my purchase today.

For once…
I actually managed to find something fitting
and sooooo absolutely gorgeous from G2000. – My first G2000 blazer.

In the past, I was always complaining that I couldn’t find
any fitting and gorgeous blazers from G2000.

Affordable and gorgeous unlike all my previous sets,
they cost a bomb and I get sick of wearing them after awhile.
The wowww factor was that: it was on 50% discount!

Apparels aside, I was just trying to fit my
new pair of footwear into my already-bursting shoe rack yesterday.

To my horror,
I couldn’t find a slot for my new pair of slip-ons.

Outta anger, I went to pack the entire shoe rack.
(consisting of over 70 pairs of foot-wear,
imagine how long I took to pack them all properly.)

Anyhow whilst I was arranging the shoe rack,
I started counting the number of new-collection for the month.

I simply can’t believe that I bought
11 pairs of foot-wear over the past 24 days.

All these efforts just to replace the one that broke in rebel.
This is outrageous I know...

ps: I am still mourning over the loss of the sandalsss…..

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I lurveeee these 2 pics!!!!

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2009-07-20T23:53:00.001+08:00

Here’s the party troop once again at Rebel last wed.

With bottles of booze, great music and awesome company,
there’s really nothing more to ask for...

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2009-07-19T18:30:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was my second visit to the all-in beauty salon.

My aunt, sis and myself started off with skin analysis, sauna,
a dip in the jacuzzi pool, facial and then massage.

My previous session there was still manageable.
[Then, I requested very minimal extraction and all turned out rather fine.]

Yesterday however, I decided to be more "garang"
and gave the green light when they suggested full-face extraction.

Imagine the trauma I had to go through
when they poke and squeezeeee....

Good news was: I didn’t scream at all.
Bad news was: when the whole deal was over,
I really thank gawtt I brought along my over-sized shades.

Anyway, after the whole course of treatment,
the 3 women went for lunch and then shopping.

To get over the “trauma”,
I spent the day “boosting the economy” at
Parco as well as Bugis Village.

Within 3 hours, I was “carrying weights" on both my hands.
[I had to lug 3 large carriers full of loot.]

I got 2 bikinis,
1 bottle of sun screen,
2 tops,
1 dress,
4 sets of inner-wear,
1 pair of shoe
3 pairs of earrings
andddd a bag.

Thankfully today, most of the redness is gone.
Probably by tonight, the face will start to glow. Lol.

Here’s more bonding sessions with the people I loveee...
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Lunch today.
Here's my new fav. ramen at Central.

Here's us after facial.
(Pardon the red spots.)

Last last Fri,
NY NY at Kovan.

Last Mon
Ramen at Clarke Quay

After Ramen,
an impromptu visit to my mom's fren's place.
[I soooooo adore the white one. She's soo veryyy cute.]

Please don't be mistaken, they are ALL female.

Last Tues
MOF at Bugis after my sis was done with sch.
Nails done at Polished Divas.

Last Sat
Here's the only man that can handle us 3. (:

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2009-07-14T11:10:00.001+08:00

Last Friday’s party session reignited the “party desire” inside of us again.

Here’s the high-light:
My slippers tore just as I was about to head to the dance floor.
Thankfully Jocelyn dear got another extra pair to loan. (:
My saviour!!!!

Here’s where you’ll see why we want more of the party scene...
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Mourning over the loss of my slippers....

Rejoicing after my saviour came along...

Party troop.

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2009-07-10T02:04:00.001+08:00

Both my sisters were on mc for the past 2 days.
It definitely feels like we’re back in June again.

Here’s the happy trio on youth day. (monday)
K-Lunch at Hougang Mall before meeting up with the girlies at Vivo.

Chicken cutlet set.

The happy trio.

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Seah Im for dinner with the girliess.

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Just yesterday,
visiting in Simei.

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Here’s today,
Fish & Co after Ice Age 3.

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2009-07-08T00:06:00.007+08:00

It’s been almost a month since my return.
No complaints so far, life has been almost too good to be true.

Everyday’s a combination of good food,
great company and fabulous bargains from the GSS.

Just yesterday, I managed to add another pair of heels,
accessories from Diva and a top from zara!
Those accessories were a steal I tell ya...

Occasionally when I get bored,
I’ve good reads at home to accompany me.

They range from Edward and Bella, Harry Potter
to managing finance and religious teachings.

These days, I’m getting a little paranoid about good deeds,
evil deeds and the more supernatural beliefs...
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A splendid Friday noon with the girliess..
Chill out at Coffee Club, dinner at HK Cafe.

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Wed, our second visit to MOF within 10 days.
This place’s becoming my next new fav. jap rest.

This time round I had the Gindara Set,
while the boy had his Hot Stone Rice.

We ordered a Mango shake as well anddddd
dessert was Shira Sesame Hokkaido Gelato Mini.

I preferred the Strawberry Hokkaido Gelato Mini to
the Shira Sesame one and...
the Katsu Toji Set to the Gindara.
Both times, the chicken was damnnnn good though.

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Sat, Soup restaurant at Galleria.

Cheesecake Cafe,
with my usual order, chocolate cheesecake and port.
We were seated outside, with the wind blowing righttttt at me...

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2009-06-28T18:39:00.036+08:00

I’m not sure which fits better...
Whether the GSS is an awesome deal or that it is sucking me dry.

Just a while ago,
I was with the boy and Ms Yang the third at Parco.

Within 1.5 hours I managed to bag
3 pairs of footwear,
3 bottles of nail polish from faceshop,
(ehhh... they don carry this shade in Korea.)
super over-priced bangles
& necklace.

The above purchases were impromptu decisions.
Actually, my initial plan was to get
super cheapo earrings from Bugis Street.
Sadly they were outta stock.

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Speaking of sales,
though I missed out on the first 3 days of the MANGO sale,
I still managed to bag quite a few items.
Surprising isn't it...

In fact I am horrified by the total amount spent on MANGO.
All in all, the 6 trips to MANGO totals up to a huge hugeeee amount.

Ever since my return from Korea,
I have spent almost every single day mango-ing away.

I’ve covered every single mango in town,
short of the centre-point branch.

In addition to the above, I have also manged to cover the ones at
Marina Square, Parkway and Vivo.

I guess I have enough Mango purchases already.

The Zara sale was quite disappointing though.
I only managed to bag a skirt.

Nonetheless I guess I would be overwhelmed
by the amount on my bill at the end of the month.

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Billsss...

Did I mention about Citibank calling us up to check
if our cards were stolen whilst we were shopping in Korea?

They’ll de-activate the card and then buzz you up
to check if you’re the one swapping the card like crazy.

I recall them buzzing us when we were in Paris as well.
It happens to us on every single trip!!!

I’m not sure to be glad with them being so careful,
or to be worried about us looking like fools at the cashier counter.

So guys, a good piece of advice here...
If you plan to swap your card
(between intervals of ten minutes or similar)
on your holiday trip,
please buzz your relevant banks and inform them
that you’ll be spending quite a bit during that particular period.

This way, you don’t have to worry
about being embarressed at the counter
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Us today at MOF:

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THURSDAY:

My Thursday started out with early morning breakfast
with Tini, Reu and Tiang at Gardens.

I spent the noon with baby sis, at Zara- Wheelock
and subsequently, Far East Plaza.

Dinner was at Crystal Jade and subsequently,
it was KTV at Houg Plaza.

KTV that evening was plain madness!!

We did the scream-sing songs like
spice up your life, larger than life,
dancing queen by my utmost fav band- ABBA.

There is this uber-censored video we did as well.
Featuring Kris, Tiang and myself,
sing-screaming and dancing to the song, LOW.
All that sing-screaming made throat burn the day after...

The Kodak moments...
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Us at Crystal Jade

KTV Houg Plaza

here's the birthday babe!

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2009-06-28T12:04:00.008+08:00

To satisfy my craving for Crystal Jade

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A simple affair to say “I love you father....”
Dad’s day cel.

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I love you man at PS.
– the scenes that tickled me so hard are still clear in my mind.

Buono at Gardens

Surprise surprise.... tini’s backkk!

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2009-06-19T23:52:00.001+08:00

And I am backkk...

Gawttt! I missss Seoul already!

Seems like I bought wayyy toooo much,
but.... feels like I haven’t bought quite enough.
I have such contradicting thoughts...

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2009-06-11T00:53:00.010+08:00

Pleasantly surprised.
Just earlier on before we popped by the cheesecake café to discuss the itinerary…

The boy left me bedazzled with the surprise gift he had for me.
I was beaming when the spot-light in the café made the gift sparkle.

I totally didn’t expect him to get it because I specifically mentioned
that the amount can be so much better spent on the trip.

No wonder the claim:
D******s are a girl’s best friend...

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On a side note, once again my luggage’s almost
maxed out with the essentials even before I take off.

I started drafting out a “to-pack-list” since Monday evening.

Now that my luggage’s almost full even though
there’s still so much more to pack, I guess I just have to
re-consider the items in the list.

Previously, the girls had a super fulfilling trip when they
popped by in June and it left me rather excited about my own trip. (:

Now, I’ve got quite a few errands to run already!!!

I’m sooo glad about the errands because this simply translates to,
:there are things to buy there!!
Am guessing that this should be fun...
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TUESDAY:

Gelare and Cream Bistro was so much fun on Tuesday.

We did jump shots till our legs ache.
We used the 10-sec timer function without flash
and the photos turned out, blurry but hilarious.
We stayed around in Far East till the guard had to "invite" us out.

In short, that evening was awesome.

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Our usual spot

Earlier on at Cream Bistro

Yest

2 weeks ago

Am taking off in a few hours or sooo..
Bye world.

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2009-06-10T19:03:00.002+08:00

It’s been officially 2 weeks since my exams ended.

Life’s been rather good to me.
After many months of “severe stress”,
finally I get to sit back and enjoy the daily motion of life.

Immediately after my paper,
the boy surprised me with
the impromptu purchase of the Canon IXUS 110 in gold.

At night, the girls came together at Zouk.
Though I puked the moment I came home that morning,
it was a night of fun.

Thursday:
I did my hair again.

Permed, Colour touch-up and cut.
Most obvious of which was the cut.
Although many tell me that I’ve wasted my money again.
(cos they dun see any difference.)

Friday:
Zouk and Rebel.

We left rebel at 330.
For the first time in a longgg time,
we left the party scene before the lights came on.
Are these signs of aging or boredom? I’m not too sure myself.

I spent the next 5 days, glued to the TV screen,
watching the HK drama serial, Gem Of Life. (82 ep serial)
Am not exactly impressed by the plot. Still, I prefer War and Beauty.

Since the end of the serial, I spent every day out.
I’ll either be shopping with the girls/my siblings or out with the boy.

There’s so much more detail involved but I guess,
I’ll let the pics do the talking.

Pictures OVERLOAD!
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Dinner at Gran's last week.

Fun in the household: Heart Attack

My current fav ramen.

Day out with the trio.
Destination: Bugis

Cab

Polish Diva.

Dinner at Crystal Jade

When the usual haunt comes to a standstill, we REBEL.

Zouk upon freedom.

Shots

Phuture

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2009-05-27T15:14:00.001+08:00

F.I.N.A.L.L.Y.

Breathing the sweet sweet scent of FREEDOM!!!

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2009-05-14T00:55:00.001+08:00

I am so disappointed with my performance today.

Had I been more focussed,
today’s paper would’ve been an easy feat.
Now, I’m just praying for the best.

Since I left the exam hall this noon,
there has been this nagging feeling inside of me.
An opportunity wasted...

Since there’s no point crying over spilled milk,
I guess I just have to focus well and buck up for the remaining 2 papers.

With Miss Tan’s departure this morning,
I guess we probably have to wait for another half a year of so,
before ringers re-unite again.

Here’s the pretty faces captured,
during our sweet reunion...

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Our sweet reunion...

Ending off with my fav. pic.

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2009-05-12T23:47:00.004+08:00

I really shouldn’t be in front of the com now,
singing with my mom and sis.

Throughout the past 5 days
instead of putting effort into macro,

I’ve been out meeting up with the girliess...
surfing... uploading, tagging picss... singing...
Every other thing apart from engaging in intense revision.

Anyway, this is the song I’m singing to now...

我还在寻找一个依靠和一个拥抱
谁替我祈祷替我烦恼为我生气为我闹
幸福开始有预兆缘分让我们慢慢紧靠
然后孤单被吞没了无聊变得有话聊有变化了

小酒窝长睫毛是你最美的记号
我每天睡不着想念你的微笑
你不知道你对我多么重要
有了你生命完整的刚好

小酒窝长睫毛迷人的无可救药
我放慢了步调感觉像是喝醉了
终于找到心有灵犀的美好一辈子暖暖的好
我永远爱你到老

幸福开始有预兆缘分让我们慢慢紧靠
然后孤单被吞没了无聊变得有话聊有变化了

小酒窝长睫毛是你最美的记号
我每天睡不着想念你的微笑
你不知道你对我多么重要
有了你生命完整的刚好

小酒窝长睫毛迷人的无可救药
我放慢了步调感觉像是喝醉了
终于找到心有灵犀的美好
一辈子暖暖的好
我永远爱你到老

Alright, back to the books now!
Wish mi luck world...

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2009-04-30T13:16:00.003+08:00

The nightmare begins on 7 May...

Now there are tell-tale signs of stress,
appearing on my forehead!

This is dreadful.

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These days the papers seem to be flushed with reports of swine flu.

With the death toll increasing and the flu spreading all over,
it dawned on me that the world is very much inter-related.

Beginning in Mexico,
the flu is now spreading over to the various states in the US,
Europe and now,
there’s also suspected cases in Asia.

Although SG’s in the clear,
I certainly do hope that the cure comes really soon...

Anyhow these reports on the news came in,
the day after the boy and I finally settled on the trip.

Ooopsy.. I hope by the time we fly,
the dust would have settled already.

On a side note,
the boy’s article got published in his industry-related e-journal.
Weeee.... congratulations!

...
now, back to the books.
AGAIN!. :(
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2009-04-27T16:59:00.002+08:00

Soooo fly...

All set and ready to leave after the papersss.

Finally there’s something to look forward to...

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2009-04-24T14:01:00.001+08:00

After 10 days of longing, the boy is finally back home!!!!
He was away for a course in the states.

The experience this time round was far worse than
his 3 weeks long Taiwan trip in Feb.

The time difference between SG and US
was really quite taxing on us both.

Anyhow, absence makes the heart fonder
and I’m just thankful that he’s back.

If not for my papers in May,
I would’ve definitely tagged along.

Even though I wasn’t physically there,
the boy bought almost everything he could lay his hands on for me.

Though I was pleasantly surprised,
I specially told him not to spend on anything else
apart from the few that I mentioned.

On top of that,
he actually got much more things for me, than he did for himself.
For this, I am feeling rather guilty.

Thank you my love. It is so good to have u back home again.
I can’t wait for your next trip together after my papers!

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His love from D.C.

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Hersh, my new love.

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At my fav chinese rest. with the people dearest to me.
:Crystal Jade

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2009-04-10T17:37:00.003+08:00

P R A Y E R S

If someone prays for patience, do you think God gives them patience?
Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient?

If someone prays for courage, do you think God gives them courage?
Or does he give them opportunities to be courageous?

If someone prayed for their family to be closer,
do you think God zaps them with warm, fuzzy feelings?

Or does he give them opportunities to love each other?

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