Nineteeth birthday

first things first,
a VERY BIG thank you to those who remembered my birthday =D =D =D. and thanks for the sweet messages (whether is it by e-mail/msn/facebook/snail mail/sms/face-to-face). i'll try to be happy, don't worry pple!

had dinner with family at clarke quay. the dinner was something different. and i enjoyed it =D
i really feel loved by my family. and i love them too =D

here's the photos taken on mum's birthday:

sashimi

ebi shinjyo no kawari age (deep fried prawn with shitake mushroom)

sukiyaki

i love japanese food=D kaihui, kahyan, yuting and me went to eat at shodoku japanese food bazaar at raffles city last sun to celebrate the july babies' birthdays. =D kahyan, send me the photos!

i'm finally done with stage 1 of driving. hooray.

depressed

i'm v v sad. nothing will help me feel better at this point of time. seriously.

please wake me up from this horrible nightmare.

i'm telling myself,



everything will be fine.

anyway, thanks wj for your early birthday wishes. i've received it. =)

happy

today's my mum's birthday! happy birthday mummy! truckloads of love <3 <3 <3

yup, i'm happy today. =D =D =D

basically because lots of funny things happened today. plenty. would really love to share with others but i'll just go bursting out with laughter before i can speak anything intelligibly so i look crazy.

today was the dean's welcome session for nus foe. we sat together as an og and with shuyi's aj friends who were really nice=). shuyi sang this v funny song and i really laughed like crazy. then chongren's silly actions also made me laughed. etc. etc. etc. lots of other funny stuff. oh, and i saw jo! wanted to talk to her about some stuff but didn't have the chance.

went back to nj to collect the cert. met wh and then kc. couldn't play badminton with them today! but don't think i'll go even if i can make it cause its so far. and like what i say, carrying the badminton racket from my house to bukit gombak will make me look so silly. next time, u guys must come toa payoh or hougang to play! had a pretty long chat with them at the canteen. wh told us about his participation in ndp. v funny. he's in some bird float segment. HAHA. ok, that got me and kc laughing like crazy. and i told them about my driving. oh my, now come to think of it, i shouldn't have said so much, cause its v embarrassing. and wh actually said he will avoid the roads at yck. [apparently he was the second person who said that =x] eh hello, i'm such a cautious driver and even a bus driver [beside my car at a traffic light] encouraged me u know! i shall buck up for my driving so i won't be laughed at anymore! =/

met amelia + friend (choo ting) near the field (whatever that place is called, i forgot) and we talked bad about kahyan within that short period of time! haha, just joking la. we'll always love u, kahyan! oh, and i saw my junior, jinxian playing soccer at the field. oh my, he's like so free can. thought prelims' arriving in 3 weeks time. just want to wish my juniors all the best in their revision =D and wh's so kaypoh lor, kept asking about ________ & me. that's like so ... ... haha.

went for dinner with family at miyabi jap restaurant. great food. shall post the pictures another time.

oh, i need an icing bag, those kind for decorating cakes. i'm going to bake a cake for _________. haha, must be honoured! i need it urgently so if anyone has it, pls lend it to me!

i'm loving 萧敬腾 more! think he's v adorable. and of course talented. =D

potluck/night safari/driving lessons

potluck

my shephard's pie when it just came out from the oven:

and at the end of the potluck, it looked like this. chongren kept saying that my shephard's pie is v tasty =D *proud*

cheesecake made by chongren was super nice. shuyi and i kept saying that it looked like those kind sold outside. $4.50/pc. YUMMY.

more food: *burp*

this is nice=D from tengjin



there was too much food already! everyone was SUPER FULL. anyway, it was nice hanging out with the company. eddie, khengsoon, kin loong and wenhao thought i went for chess camp cause they saw me. that's like so funny. and quite scary actually. they kept pestering me to show them _____'s photo. haha, better not, later that person scold me. and they told me something (after shuyi and i forced them to say cause they didn't want to initially) and i didn't know whether to be flattered or not. =/ the whole thing is making them curious and me curious too. !!!

Night safari

my sis's tw buddy is in singapore with her mum and bro. so we brought them out for dinner + night safari. oh my, night safari was cool. it was v dark and we didn't dare to walk around so we took the tram (which 90% of the people did). later we walked a trail where the tram stopped for us to alight. quite funny cause some of the tourists were scared too. this angmoh commented that it was "so 'jurassic park' ". HAHA. euphemia+family got us pineapple tarts from tw. oh man, i totally missed the tarts so much. [i ate like 2 in a go yesterday.]

DRIVING!!

first lesson was quite funny. started to drive round the circuit. all cars driven by first-timers had to have their hazard lights on. mine was switched on too. i can simply conclude that i was a hazard on the road circuit =/

i asked the instructor when i saw other cars in front with the hazard lights flashing: "are those first timers like me?"

instructor: haha yar.

me: ok, then i better beware of them.

instructor: haha, they better beware of u too.

anyway, the bumper of every car at the driving centre wrote (something like this):

i'm slow. please be patient with me.

=x

i was lousy/slow on the circuit. i thought my sense of judgement was pretty bad. especially when it came to turns. sometimes i turn too early, sometimes i turn too late. then i always cannot return the steering wheel back in time. yes, i need to focus and cannot be a road hazard!

had my second lesson this morning. i still have lessons for the rest of the week. tired.

pamella

sent pamella off on wed. chengyi and i met up at city hall to get pam a present. actually we wanted to get some winter scarf since its now winter in aust. but in the end, we got this pair of pretty esprit slippers.

it was kind of great shopping with cheng cause she's those kind that would give me comments about the things that i want to buy. haha, it seems that i was shopping for my own stuff as well.

next we went for dinner at t3. nice chatting and laughing with cheng. she said i kept contradicting myself which was so true. anyway, i kept asking her about _____ cause i wanted to know how's things going. cheng knows me so well - or maybe i'm quite easy to understand - she knows the kind of guy i like without me having to say out. =D [chengyi, don't tell anyone!]


went to look for pam lee and pam sia. i felt sad that pam lee was leaving cause she's one of my v treasured friends. she's always saying she loves me. i sms-ed her last time telling her that i'm not sure if i should accept the offer to study in mel uni cause its a five years course and i'll start only next year...and then she replied me saying she'll love me no matter how old and haggard i am. and i feel really loved =D. she's one friend that can really give me assurance. i'll really miss her=(
but she made this choice and i'm happy for her.

our wishes for her. haha, mine's so much nicer than cheng's. [chengyi, i promised not to read yours and i didn't ok!]






my great friends =D






pam sia and her funny expression



the big crowd sending pam lee off.



i sent esper off too. its the first time i saw her boyfriend. haha. she kept saying we must go melbourne! ok, will try =) and i thought her mum was really cute. haha.




today evening (just now), i went with yuting to chomp chomp cause our dear yuting wants to eat the beancurd. haha! its my favourite too. i think no egg beancurd can beat that stall at chomp chomp. i was super full cause i ate dimsum buffet with sis for lunch. but still ate the dumpling one cause i'm so tempted by it. i called ben out to join us since he was staying around the area, but he was in bishan. ok, we are not fated to eat dessert together. haha. yuting nv walked around serangoon gardens circus before so i brought her for a walk and she loves the place. i love the place too - my childhood place u know! i brought her to my favourite cold storage speciality. i like the stuff they sell in there. its just... so angmoh. but its so pricey. =x

happy yuting.


friends (=


yuting almost drooled when she saw the pizza i made. haha and she says she wants to go my house the next time i bake stuff. haha, no problem=D

hungry =x

oh well. i just finished the whole box (the medium sized one) of honey stars. my mum's quite worried for me cause it seems that recently my appetite is scarily big. the issue here is that i haven't been feeling full for quite a while already =x.

AND,
i miss my sis!

my sis just called! its only her first night in camp and i'm missing her already! and i'm going to meet her tmr at airport. will be sending both esper and pam off tmr. both taking the same flight to melbourne. so coincidental.

seems like i have the urge to blog quite often nowadays. quite glad that i have a blog to let me escape from some stuff. just for a while.

suddenly i don't really look forward to this sat's potluck. for no apparent reason actually. can i don't go! (okay, if shuyi sees this, she'll prob kill me!)

ok, that's the end of my break. =/

more photos,



my apple crumble. haha, told you that it was only a LITTLE burnt.


zoee=D



ok, my internet seems to working fine now. it doesn't get cut off but the connection seems to be not fully repaired. =x

i'm so shagged after running about to do all the stuff this morning. getting the modem fixed, helping my sis get her stuff and getting my lunch. and yesterday i just helped my parents fix the new furnitures. busy busy busy. no time for my driving lessons to be pushed forward. no time to go and try out my new oven (which is super COOL). no time to try out the dish i'm cooking for this sat's potluck. no time to clear the stuff at home.

just want to mention here about my theory driving lessons. [oh ya, i met qn at the centre. so coincidental. and she passed her btt - and i can claim lots of credit for that C= ] ok, theory lessons were FUNNY.

#1
teacher/driving instructor (asks the class): what should u do if a car behind tailgates u and flashes high beam?
(the class was in the stoning mode so there's no response)
teacher: u must move to the left and let the vehicle pass. before that u must show the sign.
(the class started to laugh. cause everyone was thinking of something bad)
teacher: HAHA, i don't mean any bad sign! i mean, show the hand signal to let the vehicle pass.

#2
teacher: if u see that there's a flood (puddle of water) in front, how would u know how deep is the puddle to ensure that it is safe to drive through?
(no response)
teacher: u let the car behind u to pass first. if they can drive through, that means u can pass through.
haha, so its like using others as guinea pigs.

oh my, hopefully i won't get this driving instructor for my upcoming driving lessons. later he teach me all the wrong things how!



i'm telling myself that everything's going to be over SOON. its no big deal. don't fret. as long as all is well, thank god. =D

and i'm loving myself more for being braver.

friends

my internet connection has been down for like the past 2 and a half days. and now its still not working fine. it gets cut off like every few minutes (or even seconds), so the only thing i can do now is to update my blog. went to mac at serangoon gardens to use the wireless cause i had some impt stuff to settle. and ok, its done =D

had a long long day on tues with friends. met shuyi and yanyi for kbox at marina and then we went for shopping. oh, and i bought the topshop blouse which i saw with jo at raffles city that day. i'm happy with that buy cause i finally didn't buy stuff on impulse. kbox was great cause shuyi and yanyi sang really well and 3 of us had this BIG room which could take 6-8 persons. whee. next we had dessert at gelare and had a long long talk. heard some really sad news from yy. i got a shock. like totally. though i'm not v close to that friend, i still feel v sad and i'm sure anyone who heard of what happened would be sad too. i'm going to tell myself not to fret over things too much. cause life's so short.

then i went to meet abigail for dinner. oh my, its abigail! my pri - secondary sch friend. classmates and table-partner for four years. yes, and its four years of being bullied by her. and its through her that i learnt how to bully other pple. we were really close when we were classmates. we bullied our sec 1/2 teachers together (of course bully only those that can bully one). we went to town like so often after sch. yup, and we sort of knew each other families too. haha. my family still remembers her and her family still remembers me. =D i really think abigail still haven't changed at all. her character. the way she talks. the way she treats me - she still loves me sooo much. lots of pple think that abigail is dao/unfriendly. and don't say she's unfeeling. cause she consoled me and i felt consoled by her =) and i think she's really funny and crazy - at least in front of me. she's going to fass. so i think i'll get to see her quite often.


(only managed to upload this pic cause of the horrible Internet connection. will upload the rest when the connection gets repaired.)

i made apple crumble yesterday. haha, its successful to me. a bit burnt but the taste is GREAT esp when u top it up with ice-cream.

oh and YAY. jay's album won 5 awards. C=

i passed my BTT (like finally i took my test). [just want to mention here how encouraging my parents were. though this is like a simple mcq test, they wished me good luck - in those v sincere tone. thanks mummy and daddy<3 yes, i love encouragement, esp from my family.]

and the next thing is to chiong my practical driving lessons. but can only chiong for the last two weeks of jul. pls watch out for me along the roads of yck and amk and don't try to make me nervous if any of u happen to be driving past. ok, now i quite envy those of my friends who are ready to go on the roads (or they are on the roads already). didn't really want to learn driving that urgently, but it seems that its better to get a license asap. oh btw, i chose manual instead of auto. actually i wanted auto, cause now cars are almost all auto... but maybe next time need to drive lorry or something, so better just take manual since i can drive both types if i take manual.

had medical check-up today. went with shuyi and friends, jo and qy. quite funny actually. the doctor that saw me was really nice (and my sis actually knew who's my doctor when i mentioned his name to her). haha, i realised i really like nice doctors. cause they make u feel at ease. my family doc always call me sweetie pie (haha, a bit don't match me hor)... wah, when i hear, my heart will melt u know (even when i'm feeling so terrible with all the illness). my mum will always tell my dad and sis that he called me that, and my sis will say "huh. why he never call me that!" HAHA. that's called jealousy.

haha, actually i met two nice guys today. one is the doctor, and one is a staff at the driving centre.

btw, i heard that the guys are whipping up some good dishes for the upcoming potluck. shuyi and i are so ashamed of ourselves ... haha, we were saying that we prob go cold storage get those ready-to-eat roasted chicken. ok la, we girls are not lousy. its guys like chongren who are pro - baking cheesecake which is only a small thing in his know-how-to-cook list.

i'm so going to be sad if i can't go melbourne before sch starts. cause my sis and i don't seem to be available for the same period. anyone interested to go with me!! my mum won't allow me to go alone.

just found out that jay won't be going for the award ceremony. so it means i won't miss him. HURRAY.

been having late night talks with my laogong. when the phone rings around 11+, i'll just answer and go "YES LAOGONG?" simply because i know no one will call around that time except her. my laogong thinks too much. she's too pessimistic over stuff that isn't all too bad. yes, i guess its the perspective - the way u look at things. just try to look at another side of the situation and things will get better. that's what i told her.

well, its easier said than done. i know it well enough that things don't work this way. at least for me. the situations i'm in don't have any good sides to speak of in the first place. half of 2008 have past. and sad to say that my life in the past six months seems to careen from one bad news to another. its so true that when people are buffeted by one shock after another, its not uncommon for them to grow pessimistic. yup, i've experienced that, and i'm still experiencing it. problems seem too intractable to be solved. it makes me so tired that sometimes i just want to give up the fight. don't tell me to fight on, unless u can tell me the outcome of the fight if i fight on.

its JULY. the month this year i really dread, for some (personal) reasons. will really appreciate it if no one asks why. on 31st july, i'm not only going to be celebrating my birthday, i'm also going to celebrate the end of this month. YAY-ness (in advance).

met yuting today for a quick catching up cause she just came back from her perth/melbourne trip. She got me something which i really love. i didn't ask her to get anything for me but nice and super sweet yuting got this RED GRAPE DARK CHOCOLATE from a chocolate factory in perth. thanks my dear!
yuting is feeling as sian as me - let's jia you together and pull through it!


i love chocolates! esp dark chocolates=D



this is bought from melbourne by esper a week or so ago. she hand-held it all the way back to singapore (and its the second time she bought for our family). the donuts are so nice. C= thanks


and this is made by me. my first time trying a wrap. its an egg wrap btw.

i can't watch tw's golden melody awards LIVE this sat evening/night cause i have to attend grandpa's birthday dinner. its going to be so exciting cause JAY's going to be there (and the two ladies are there too). hope i can catch the repeat!