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NUSSU rag & flag

2011-08-14T22:43:00.003+08:00

NATIONAL DAY and I went for Andre's rag with momsy. She's so easily confused we actually went to the wrong place at city hall instead of raffles place hahah luckily we left early or we'd have missed it -.-

SDE float

their float was super own.. everything changes and moves!!!

andre's 'kids'

WITH MOMSY ON THE WAY BACK. Left shortly after his performance tgt with dre cause I almost died in the heat and he didn't wanna wait til the end either. Andre was so tired he fell asleep on the train. And I got sunburnt a little on my shoulder hahah.

My Funghi Gardening Kit mushrooms are doing well!!! I don't really get whats up with the star thingy.. But well just keep upgrading everything I guess?? Think I'm gonna complete it soon and then I'll have nothing to play noooooooooooooooooooooooo ok dota bye!

Prawn, Picnic & Pictionary

2011-08-11T14:37:00.002+08:00

Recently gq has been having this prawning craze...... This was the time we went to the one at Bishan. Previously when we went to Geylang I caught a crab!!! And we wanted to keep it as a pet but it died a few days later (due to stress according to daddy) :(

Two kitties that we fed with the prawns we caught.!! Pretty happy with the pictures I took! The blackie one has a tiger snouttttttt. Then last week we went to the Botanic Gardens for pignik (seriously............ grass......... and nature...................................... *dies*)

Played charades and pictionary and ended the day with dinner at Bukit Timah. Miss my old house :( I'm so bored of all the food at plaza!!!!!!! Everyday I go and buy lunch and I'm so bored of all the food there zzzzzzzzzzzz

Lazing at home is so mehhhhhhh playing Funghi Gardening Kit!!!!!! Birthday's in a week+ but I don't really feel excited about it.... Just happy to gather with the family and with wormy boy. Guess my life is pretty complete right now (only lacking hoards of cash HAHAHA) OK BYE!!

BUMMER

2011-07-28T02:30:00.003+08:00

Haven't updated for so long!!!!!!!!!!!! Gosh. Despite bumming around for the past month or so I haven't gotten around to updating this haha I guess now that I'm pretty free I'll continue to update.. Didn't even post the pictures from our KL trip @_@

Last week was DragonNest-ing from morning til night and this week's dota from night til morning. In fact, staying at home makes me sorta eat less cause I usually only wake up in time to eat lunch and then have dinner and I feel quite starved sometimes but there's nothing I want to eat!!!!! #dilemma

Okay bored time to sleep meeting worms tomorrow after a long time :')

Last last weekend

2011-06-01T11:30:00.004+08:00

ITS JUNE ALREADY?!?! WHAT?!?! 2 days of MC is so awesome. Dreading work all the time. Never felt this way for any of my jobs before ughhhhhhh :'( enjoying my new EPL2 but still figuring out how to use it to better potentials hahah

The right kind of wrong..

2011-05-20T23:27:00.002+08:00

.. or the wrong kind of right?

Anyway watched POTC4 with b yesterday and it was awesomeeeeeeeee (he said it was 'o-k' but I disagree strongly) Miss you!!

SO GLAD WORK IS OVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR sadly only for the week

Family

2011-05-18T23:20:00.001+08:00

Grandma's birthday yesterday :')

Today I don't feel like doing anything

2011-05-11T13:01:00.003+08:00

Boo the dog

Been pretty much feeling like this. On 2 days of MC cause I've got a bad throat and it feels so awesome not having to head to work. Seriously I don't think I've ever felt so burdened at work in my whole life :(

On a side note I really wonder why my hair just stops growing at a certain stage..... (like now) Why doesn't it grow til I have waist-length hair?! I think many people wonder about this!!! 3: People always say you have to trim it a little to make it grow longer.. Is it true?! HOW CAN IT GROW IF YOU KEEP TRIMMING IT.?!?! I shall just leave it and see if it grows..

EP-3 is rumoured to be out at the end of the year but I really don't think I can wait that long cause I wanna get my camera before my KL trip in June!! Anyways the EP-3 seems to be a more pro styled camera? So I guess I'll stick to the fun-loving E-PL2. Black or red black or red I still can't really decide but swaying more to black at the moment.........

LIFE SEEMS SO BORING WAI??? Ok guess more exciting stuff coming up meeting all the NP folks tonight for kk and haziq's birthday, this weekend probably heading to wild wild wet with gq and then granny's birthday on Vesak day.. Yay to only 2 more days of work before the super long weekend!!!!!!!!

Somewhere only we'll know

2011-05-03T23:06:00.003+08:00

Feels amazing to coast along the track. But I don't know if I miss it and the bruises that come with it all that much now. So much that we want to achieve, so little that we're actually able to.. Regret? Resentment? Guess sometimes we just shouldn't be so hard on ourselves cause like yang said life isn't fair. Look forward to the things in life worth looking forward to :(

Work is so tiring I'm glad my colleague's gonna be back from her honeymoon tomorrow. Every week that starts I hope ends as soon cause I just want it to be over to enjoy the weekends (and believe me when I say they FLY past)

Time to head to bed

Absence

2011-04-06T21:24:00.002+08:00

Random more-interesting-stuff-pictures since the previous time I blogged (in reverse order)

Since I started work I feel like I barely have time to do anything that I used to do like play computer games and blog and all :( I HAVENT PLAYED A SINGLE ROUND OF DOTA FOR LIKE WEEKS. At least I still have time for going out with family and loved one(s)!!

Caught Sanctum with b yesterday and I think it's an awesome, awesome show. Time totally stood still for the whole 1 hour + after the show ended all the way til I got home. So much in my mind.. Everytime I re-realise the fragility of things I start feeling very empty and helpless.

Been participating in Cheryl Tay's Ladies Night@Kartright and so far it's been a blasttttttttt can't wait for the next one on the 21st :) Also, WHERE IS MY CAMERA??? I am such a procrastinating donkey. At the same time that I'm willing to spend that amount for something I really want, I'm also always trying to find a better deal and not wanting to buy it yet.

Eye eczema's a real pain in the ass.. I guess it helps now that I don't have to wear makeup to work. And now my eyes are getting really heavy = = Gonna head to bed!!! (at 10pm wtf that's a record) oh and I hope my new skin is cute!!! Hehe

Only one for me

2011-02-15T02:43:00.003+08:00

After 3 days of intimacy I resolve to get this baby:

♥♥♥
WAIT FOR ME, WHETHER IT BE DAYS OR MONTHS. I WILL COME FOR YOU

BBCNY PIXSPAM

2011-02-10T23:39:00.006+08:00

~_~

2011-02-09T21:04:00.002+08:00

Mom says it's everyone's birthday today cause its 人日. We have yu sheng awaiting on the dinner table. Left with one presentation and last BCOMM and school is over!!!!!!! (There's still exams of course) Mehhhhhhhhhhh I feel so tired :(

My new corner turns out to be a little cramped and I'm guessing I'm going to be getting backaches soon....

You're so one in a million

2011-02-02T02:50:00.004+08:00

Pretty eventful day!!! PASSED MY TP YAYYYYYYY WITH A BRILLIANT 6 POINTS IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF AND SO SATISFIED THAT ALL MY HARDWORK AND KIASU REPEATED PRACTICE EARNED ME A 6POINTER ON MY FIRST TIME MANUAL DRIVING TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

FYI I'm a semi-dumbass and I fell last week (few days before my driving test wtf anxious or whut) below my block. I think I tripped on a ledge. EPIC FAIL hahah. After hyping about my test and watching the "graduation video", met b in town for some impromptu shopping for his advanced birthday present. And we bumped into serene++ at mandarin gallery!!! Miss being in the same class as the 3 bbygirls and seeing them everyday.

Had B&J's! we always have Strawberry (sometimes cheesecake) and Mint Chocolate Chunk, today we tried Phish Foodddddddddd pretty dope

i just realised i look damn huge in this picture :(

MET BBC AFTER THAT! For our CNY reunion hawhaw. Lots of pictures but that'll have to wait cause I'm so lazy to upload on blogger..

Happy Chinese New Year folks!
新年快乐恭喜发财！

(somehow I didn't prepare as much for CNY this year, but I'm still looking forward to it!)

Every Waking Moment

2011-01-30T02:55:00.002+08:00

And 24 hours just aren't enough because I want to spend 25.. 26 of them in your arms.

Would you hold it against me?

2011-01-24T16:00:00.004+08:00

Apparently things in my calendar like to overlap (e.g. two events on the same day and none for the next) Mehhhhhhhhh. Out with momsy now for Take #2 of CNY shopping. I'm so tired and I want to have a nice nap :( 24 hours just ain't enough

Content

2011-01-19T22:47:00.003+08:00

Chinese new year shopping with momsy and andre (though he had to leave early along with his buns of steel) last weekend. Had dessert at this new dessert place at cine before we went home. Pretty yums and the flow of people were neverending..... I guess it's a new trend in Singapore huh, all the taiwanese desserts and bubble tea etc.

conclusion: we take unsightly photos of each other hahah
conclusion #2: I need more sleep

Took this while waiting for mom to get the double filet for grandma's supper. I totally regretted not asking her to get me something too cause I felt hungry just a while after i got home!! Been having really bad back pain.. (Trust me it ain't your ordinary ache) Went to the chinese sinseh just now with momsy (so much TLC she's always bringing me everywhere, love you mommy!) and had some acupuncture done, now it's much better. ACUPUNCTURE IS SO INTRIGUING BTW. Like... it's painful but yet not painful and it aches... It's so weird hahaha anyway I'm glad it's over cause it wasn't pleasant D: Feel like I've got more time nowadays. Maybe because I've got less classes from some modules that've ended. Japanese writing/listening test next week!!!!

Filters & Co.

2011-01-17T14:06:00.005+08:00

fish & co last week with serene, kell and xw!! missed them so much omg

played with ser's camera filters so all the colours are... enhanced. hahah

KELL EYES SO BIG
WAI

WAI!!!

hair pwn

they were tryina make more funny hair pictures but it ended up looking creepy hahaha!

yay me and xw are flyyyyiiiinnnnggggg~
xw likea happy in this picture

attempt to mimic kell but i had no fringe to hold up FML

serene: SMILE WITH TEETH!!!!!
kell & me: :D~~

think this is the first smiling with teeth picture I eva had that turned out pretty nice haha PHOBIA omg i need Invisalign :( life's been treating me well enough, out with momsy and andre last weekend for new year shopping. Didn't get much though!! My new year's clothes are barely prepared for!!! にほんごclass later again.. The semester's ending. Pretty surreal to think that the 3 years of poly is coming to a close.

さよなら～

❀◕ ‿ ◕❀

2011-01-05T23:21:00.004+08:00

Out with momsy yesterday & had some japanese fusion food at Ben10 cafe (ikr, the name......) I'm sure brendan would've loved to go there!! Haha.

Mom's bentendo soup pasta
Salmon & mushroom soup pasta (creamy & very nice!) for me

This was rather unique.. Even momsy kept stealing my soup. It's an interesting blend of creamy pasta and soupiness. But they managed to get the texture right so it was really good. However I still got that feeling where you're sick of it cause of all the creamyness about 4/5 through.

AND OMGGGGG they had my favourite (ok I have a lot of favourites)
PARFAIT!!!!!!!!
^^^ Strawberry Pudding Parfait (i think)

Mom all excited to dig in haha

There were cornflakes towards the end that were absolutely.. heavenly @_@ And I dont think I've eaten pudding like that before, a new experience for me. The only pudding I eat is from cupwalker's bubble tea. Went to get my Fancl stuff after that cause they've got lots of promos that I'm interested in this month. Mom bought some shoes and then we headed home super tired and I still had to finish my 2k-word psychology essay AND prepare for my data gathering today.

I m so tired I keep taking naps today.. ANYWAY so glad that the essay is over and BCOMM3 is only left with the sales call! More projects in store though :( Tmr's gonna be a great day with b!

2o11

2011-01-02T04:45:00.003+08:00

NYE saw us crab-feasting at House of Seafood, after which heading down to grapevine for drinks. The year began with party poppers and a toast with well wishes.. and the rest was JI NIU NAI HE NIU NAI MEI YOU NAI

failed popper snap attempt : (

I'd make a great anorexic at the rate I'm barely eating.... Wish there were more home delivery options!!!! Happy New Year to everyoneeeee. Can't believe it's 2011 already. Time passes so quickkkkkkkk (especially with procrastination) Everyone's new year resolution should be to be a mayor in cityville!! ☮☮☮

Timestamp

2010-12-30T01:40:00.002+08:00

apparently I somehow uploaded these in absolute backward order....... but wtheck. random stuff in the past week or so!!

Mom: Wow, you did your nails? Where?
Me: Um...... In Andre's room?
Mom: OH YOU DID THEM YOURSELF?

yummy brownies from b

Santa & her reindeer HAHA so cute

ketchup session with BBC-1

my brother is so hot

ANOTHER TWO DAYS AND IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!! I shall not resolve to achieve anything, resolutions always end up left in the closet. Let's just have everything roll on out as time passes.

So why dont we go/Somewhere only we know

2010-12-28T23:22:00.003+08:00

Feels like alot's been happening yet hmm nothing much is going on?!?! Haha anyway had Hog's Breath with b a while back. I always can't finish the huge portions!!

so prettyyyyy fountain

wanted to capture the fountain in the background but kinda failed hahaha

mushroom soup & garlic bread was DOPE I don't even remember what I had ha ha

om nom nom holidays end in a week and I've not started on my 2k-word psychology essay yet :( Doom!!! and I still want a tumblr. New dota map is pretty kickass with the phnx fire bird!!! I should update more regularly man.

Hope everyone had a good christmas! ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀

Wedding @ Amara

2010-12-17T10:42:00.006+08:00

momsy!!!

andre went too but we didnt take any pictures :{

Linus & Alaris

soooo overdue, blogger just refused to upload my pictures time and again :( long time since I saw many of the relatives.. awesum food (ate until we almost exploded cause there were only 5 of us sharing the dishes meant for 10) i still want to get my tumblr running 3:

Time Lapse

2010-11-30T23:35:00.002+08:00

hair cut with mom like 3 weeks ago hahaha. I really want to get a tumblr running?! But meh so much uncertainty. Tired of uploading so many pictures! Currently battling a huge (okay I might be exaggerating) ulcer on my lower lip ugh I haven't had an ulcer for so long I blame SITEX. And I have a weird habit of biting my lip if there's any bit of skin coming off. :(

JLPT this Sunday..... みんなさん、がんばりまっしょう！

きっと　勝つ！！！\('w')/

2010-11-19T23:48:00.002+08:00

And when I'm finally free/motivated to blog, blogger wont upload my pictures. What a pain in the ass >:{

Gonna be so busy for the next 2 weeks!! I need more timeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :(

Triple Birthdays + Tampopo!!!

2010-11-01T13:11:00.008+08:00

Hong yang, Jernel and (not-so-baby-anymore) Enoch's birthday were pretty close togethers so we decided to celebrate all of them at the same time with steamboat lunch at my place!

{this was about 3 weeks ago LOL}

birthday boys & girl!

ENOCH QT!! Blowing his birthday candle

AWW SO CUTE
we instigated grandma to kiss him but she seemed to be only too willing...

hehe after that met bb for our anniversary date!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! (L) Dinner at Tampopo @ Liang Court. EPIC I TELL YOU OMG? I wasn't expecting such an epic dinner woah

くろぶた～！！

"Black Pig" noodles @_@

This is the famous black pig from tampopo, and though most of the reviews were good I was kinda skeptical!! So I ordered tonkatsu instead.

very tea-ish peach tea (loving the peach-on-a-stick)

first plate of salmon sashimi
(which led to us ordering another 2) SO EPIC!!!
very good, fresh and great texture omg

the black pig noodles

i know it kinda looks like a pasta here?!?!

my tonkatsu

Noodles were nice, nothing too epic there. But the tonkatsu was really good. Soft on the inside and crisp on the outside, I think they used biscuit crumbs to fry with it!! Might be tampopo-ing again with bb soon. Sadly I have a bad throat now 3:

Out with mom now for haircut + walkie walk. Bye!

where oceans bleed into the sky

2010-11-01T12:32:00.010+08:00

(FYI having psychology class now pretty kickass!)

Boarded the coach at about 7.30am at Golden Mile. My back was aching so bad after the first day we were there HAHA I think it was because i curled up on the seat to sleep :z

bb playing some penguin game
(my screen wouldnt even work meh)

first ramly at the stop point!

the hotel

had Kenny Rogers for lunch while waiting to get our hotel room keycards!more choice of sides than we have here i think?

I was actually pretty stoked about having Kenny Rogers but it was kiiiiiiinda disappointing!! The mac&cheese totally can't compare to the one we have in sg. Though we get to choose three sides there the portion is smaller so I guess it sums up to about the same. The fruit salad was nice though!

decided to go for the Haunted Adventure (haunted house) but it was gonna be our turn to collect the keycards soon so we went to collect the keycards first instead

creepy view from hotel lobby

wishing well!!!!! i didnt get to make a wish : (

haunted houseeeeeeeee

baskin robbins ice cream!!

so disappointing. i would've chosen Marvelous Cream/Andersons over this any day
(the ice cream was fine but the chocolate coating.... cheap chocolate!!)
it looked good though!

with cutey michelle

this is actually a shot of the indoor rollercoaster...

but i'd probably need a DSLR to capture it at such fast speed haha

teddy bear shop!!! so cute!!

i love teddies :D

headed to the arcade after that for round 1
(we had round 2 on the second day with some stunning results)

Anger Explosion

crazy japanese game where you have to hit the table to express your anger

subsequently you have to flip the whole table which is hilarious

macs!! AYAM GORENG LOL WTF

big n tasty looking good...

me and b both had the spicy chicken mcdeluxe. like a zinger with a tendergrill bun. :z

some pictures taken the window outside snow world

sadly we had no time to go there!! never even been to snow city in Singapore D:

walked around and the girls decided to take pictures

glow in the dark bowlingggggg. only at night! pretty cool but seriously, after a day of fun, it was so damn tiring to just pick up the balls i could barely roll them @_@

then it was back to the hotel for bed!

& the end of Day 1

Like memories in cold decay

2010-10-28T14:46:00.014+08:00

Day2

sleepie morning dimsum

nothing that great.. the carrot/radish cake was pretty nice though

went back to change and headed out for theme park!!

scam ttm vouchers given for 2pax and 1pax is the same. wth. then we might as well all get in 1pax to get more vouchers :(
(anyway we only used the vouchers for archery so not much diff i guess!!)

favourite artistic picture

didn't get to go in :(

cheesheng in fear

cyclone!! i wanted to sit this (after finally mustering my courage later on) but meh suay when it was gonna be our turn it started to drizzle and rain so the rides were stopped (*@#&(!

space shot

i seem to have forgotten to upload the pictures of the corkscrew rollercoaster........ haha but too lazy to upload now!! i didn't sit on that anyway it was major scary @_@

WELCOME TO DINOSAUR LAND

archery!! used our voucher and bought extra arrows. i really enjoyed this!!

sadly i didn't get to take a picture of anyone in the archery equipment :{

note curled foot expressing shyness HAHAHA

oh yes and he won the red chinesenewyeardollie bear for me at some game!! yay!

Old Town White Coffee for lunch

pretty good & cheaper than sg!

then it started to rain so we went to sit the indoor rides instead like the rollercoaster that goes around the mall + bumper cars

lazer mirror maze thingy where we spent most of our time completing the stupid puzzle which we didnt actually have to complete

if you touch the lazer a creepy alarm sounds (like in a spy movie!!)

finished puzzle

4d simulator (quite boringggggg)

ARCADE AGAIN AFTER A SCAM OF A DINNER
scam dinner = expensive + shitty

comet catcher woooooo

endless tickets wooooooo

some football game
& we played the anger explosion table slamming game too!!

group shot

michelle likea happy

taking pictures while the guys were depositing their tickets

holy shit?!?!?!

our final amount was something like 2348. cool stuff

Be a star KTV & 2 bottles of martell

and after that we all went back to the hotel high and/or drunk.. WHAT A GREAT DAY HAHA. Day 3 no pictures! Breakfast, then bowling for a bit and then we had to take the coach back already. Torturous 8 hours back oh my gosh I don't know why it took so long!! Can't wait to go overseas again 3: ~~~

BRAINMELT

2010-10-18T14:00:00.002+08:00

While my SC II: Wings of Liberty is updating, I'm close to suffering from an overdose of anxiety....... My brain is going to melt in another few ten minutes. (But I'm still looking forward to it HAHAHAHA)

Nothing much's been happening! Work work. Gotta revise my japanese soon :( Yoko sensei called me the other day and I understood all that she said but couldnt respond properly hahaha JLPT in december need to buck up!!!!

Genting in a few days. So excited teehee I'd been there before but was too young to remember anything.... Time for some starcraft after 12 years (ok maybe about 10 for me) of anticipation @_@

Peaches

2010-10-07T15:28:00.002+08:00

Ancient peoples developed and ritualised mourning practices to express the shared grief of family and friends, and together show not fear or distaste for death, but respect for the dead one; and to give comfort to the living who will miss the deceased.

I recall the ritual mourning of my maternal grandmother died some 75 years ago. For five nights, the family would gather to sing her praises and wail and mourn at her departure, led by a professional practised mourner. Such rituals are no longer observed. My family's sorrow is to be expressed in personal tributes to the matriarch of my family.

In October 2003 when she had her first stroke, we had a strong intimation of our mortality.

My wife and I have been together since 1947 for more than three quarters of our lives. My grief at her passing cannot be expressed in words. But today, when recounting our lives together, I would rather like to celebrate her life.

In our quiet moments, we would revisit our lives and times together. We had been most fortunate. At critical turning points in our lives, fortune favoured us.

As a young man with an interrupted education at Raffles College, and no steady job or profession, her parents did not look upon me as a desirable son-in-law. But she had faith and confidence in me. We had committed ourselves to each other. //

In February 1952, our first son Hsien Loong was born. She took maternity leave for a year. That February, I was asked by John Laycock, the Senior Partner, to take up the case of the Postal and Telecommunications Uniformed Staff Union, the postmen's union. They were negotiating with the government for better terms and conditions of service.

Negotiations were deadlocked and they decided to go on strike. It was a battle for public support. I was able to put across the reasonableness of their case through the press and radio.

After a fortnight, they won concessions from the government. Choo, who was at home on maternity leave, pencilled through my draft statements, making them simple and clear.

Over the years, she influenced my writing style. Now I write in short simple sentences, in the active voice. We gradually influenced each other's ways and habits, as we adjusted and accommodated each other. We knew that we could not stay starry-eyed lovers all our lives; that life was an ever on-going challenge with new problems to resolve and manage.
We had two more children, Wei Ling in 1955 and Hsien Yang in 1957. She brought them up to be well-behaved, polite, considerate and never to throw their weight around as the prime minister's children. As a lawyer, she earned enough, to free me from worries about the future of our children.

She saw the price I paid for not having mastered Mandarin when I was young. We decided to send all three children to Chinese kindergarten and schools. She made sure they learned English and Malay well at home. Her nurturing has equipped them for life in a multi-lingual region.

We never argued over the upbringing of our children, nor over financial matters. Our earnings and assets were jointly held. We were each other's confidant.

She had simple pleasures. She would walk around the Istana gardens in the evening, and I hit golf balls- hundreds of them, to relax. Later, when we had grandchildren, she would take them to feed the fish and the swans in the Istana ponds. Then we would swim. She was interested in her surroundings, for instance, that many bird varieties were pushed out by mynahs and crows eating up the seeds and vegetation.

She discovered the curator of the gardens had cleared wild grasses and swing fogged for mosquitoes, killing off insects they fed on. She stopped this and the bird varieties returned. She surrounded the swimming pool with free flowering scented flowers and derived a great deal of pleasure smelling them as she swam. She knew each flower by its popular and botanical names. She had an enormous capacity for words.

She helped me draft the Constitution of the PAP. For the inaugural meeting at Victoria Memorial Hall on 4 November 1954, she gathered the wives of the founder members to sew rosettes for those who were going on stage.

In my first election for Tanjong Pagar, our home in Oxley Road, became the HQ to assign cars provided by my supporters to ferry voters to the polling booth. She warned me that I could not trust my new found associates, the left-wing trade unionists led by Lim Chin Siong.

She was furious that he never sent their high school student helpers to canvass for me in Tanjong Pagar, yet demanded the use of cars provided by my supporters to ferry my Tanjong Pagar voters. She had an uncanny ability to read the character of a person. She would sometimes warn me to be careful of certain persons; often, she turned out to be right.

When we were about to join Malaysia, she told me that we would not succeed because the UMNO Malay leaders had such different lifestyles and because their politics were communally-based, on race and religion. I replied that we had no choice and that we had to make it work . But she was right. We were asked to leave Malaysia before two years.

When separation was imminent, Eddie Barker, Minister for Law, drew up the draft legislation for the separation. But he did not include an undertaking by the Federation Government to guarantee the observance of the two water agreements between the PUB and the Johor state government. I asked Choo to include this. She drafted the undertaking as part of the constitutional amendment of the Federation of Malaya Act- the Constitution itself. She was precise and meticulous in her choice of words. The amendment statute was annexed to the Separation Agreement, which we then registered with the United Nations. //

After her first stroke, she lost her left field of vision. She slowed down her reading. She learned to cope, reading with the help of a ruler. She swam every evening and kept fit. She continued to travel with me, and stayed active despite the stroke. She stayed in touch with her family and old friends. She listened to her collection of CDs, mostly classical, plus golden oldies. She jocularly divided her life to BS and AS- "before stroke" and "after stroke", like BC and AD.

She was friendly and considerate to all associated with her. She would banter with her WSOs (woman security officers) and correct their English grammar and pronunciation in a friendly and cheerful way. Her former WSOs visited her when she was at NNI. I thank them all.

Her second stroke on 12 May 2008 was more disabling. I encouraged and cheered her on, helped by a magnificent team of doctors, surgeons, therapists and nurses.

Her nurses, WSOs and maids all grew fond of her because she was warm and considerate. When she coughed, she would take her small pillow to cover her mouth because she worried for them and did not want to infect them.

Her mind remained clear but her voice became weaker. When I kissed her on her cheek, she told me not to come too close to her in case I caught her pneumonia. I assured her that the doctors did not think that was likely because I was active. When given some peaches in hospital, she asked the maid to take one home for me, for my lunch. I was at the centre of her life.

On 24 June 2008, a CT scan revealed another bleed again on the right side of her brain. There was not much more that medicine or surgery could do except to keep her comfortable.

I brought her home on 3 July 2008. The doctors expected her to last a few weeks. She lived till 2nd October, 2 years and 3 months. She remained lucid. They gave time for me and my children to come to terms with the inevitable. In the final few months, her faculties declined. She could not speak but her cognition remained. She looked forward to have me talk to her every evening.

Her last wish she shared with me was to enjoin our children to have our ashes placed together, as we were in life.

The last two years of her life were the most difficult. She was bed-ridden after small successive strokes; she could not speak but she was still cognisant. Every night she would wait for me to sit by her to tell her of my day's activities and to read her favourite poems. Then she would fall asleep.

I have precious memories of our 63 years together. Without her, I would be a different man, with a completely different life. She devoted herself to me and our children. She was always there when I needed her.

She has lived a life full of warmth and meaning. I should find solace at her 89 years of her life well lived. But at this moment of the final parting, my heart is heavy with sorrow and grief.

Eyelash Extensions Review

2010-10-05T14:17:00.003+08:00

Soooooooo last week I got this crazy idea to do eyelash extensions.. And planned to get them done yesterday and so I did. I'd read a lot on the internet and watched a lot of videos on how people do these things before I went to do it, but one difference in the videos I watched and the ones I had was that they usually attached one single eyelash to one of your own eyelashes, whereas for this they actually attach a small clump (3-5 lashes) and create a layer before attaching some individual longer lashes (supposedly to create a more natural effect). From what I see when I look in the mirror I don't actually think they attached it to my real lashes but to my eyelids. Which is creepy and also very frustrating as I'm not very satisfied with the finished look but well I'll just wait and see if it starts to look better.

The whole procedure was pretty fuss-free, just lay there and they'll stick on the extensions for you. (Not much pain, just a bit of poking feeling when they stick the lashes) When I first got up and opened my eyes they stung, and the lady said that this was probably because the glue hadn't dried yet so I closed them again and blew the lashes with the mini fan they had there until they were all dried up and then they didn't hurt anymore at all.

before

after

(do not ask me why my under-eye mini wrinkles in the 'before' picture are non-existant in this picture)

Mom says she prefers my original falsies as compared to these. Haha. Because of the variance in the length of the lashes!! Which I totally agree. It looks better and more natural if lashes are shorter toward the middle and longer towards the sides, but for this it's just long throughout which makes it so.. weird. I wonder if there's anywhere else in SG that does individual lash extensions?

Anyway some of the things that are no-nos about extensions is that you can't rub your eyes, pull out your lashes, etc etc which I'm already pretty used to since I use fake lashes so often. Not using an oil-based cleanser is gonna be a problem for me cause I've been using Fancl's mild cleansing oil for forever and any other cleanser might be too strong for my eyes (pretty sensitive and very dry AND prone to allergies) I was surprised (considering they stuck the lashes on my eyelids) that I didn't really get any painful reactions or swelling/itchiness after it was done.

So many were excited to see the extensions I had to webcam 3 people in the same night! I guess anyone who wants to do this has to first try fake lashes and get used to them.. Otherwise it's gonna be really difficult to maintain and get used to! Oh and another very surprising thing is that the lashes are HARD. As compared to fake lashes, they are really really hard and stiff. However I read online that they usually soften after 2 weeks so we'll see how it goes..

Overall I'd say it wasn't an unpleasant experience but I'm really not liking the look of it so I probably wouldn't do this again. If I do find somewhere that has thinner and more natural looking lashes that does individual extensions, I'd probably try that if my finances permit. Haha. And thanks to bb who assured me that they were pretty so that I wouldn't cry over them at the shop. (I was so sad cause it was really not what I was expecting) Feeling them now I think they have become a little softer than yesterday. Woah yesterday was friggin hard like toothpicks!!!

Holy shit I just teared from my morning sinus and wanted to rub my eye and was greeted with a haystack to my hands!!! HAHAHA ok bye time for some food

:3

2010-10-04T14:48:00.002+08:00

Watching Susan Boyle's story on tv now, so inspiring.. And so touching. :( She dreamed a dream and reached it!!! (And got rid of her unibrow HAHA)

Anyway, picture from Serene's 19th!

ALL SO CUTE. kell and cindy met her earlier to tan!
then all of us met at Coastes for dinner birthday girl!

love you S! gq gonna be jealous oh man haha

THIS PICTURE IS SO CUTE HAHA KELLL

cindy!!

abu dhabi siol

holy shit she's singing I Dreamed a Dream now I can't breathe from the tension and the brilliance @_@



2010-09-29T11:36:00.002+08:00

Met b last Thursday (finally a day without work ugh) wanted to collect my new passport but I didn't read the pink paper and didn't have my IC/passport with me mehhhhhhhhhhhh. Watched the new Donnie Yen show 精武風雲－陳真!! (think I might've been brainwashed) Donnie Yen is always cool but the show was a little mehhhhhhhhhhh haha could've had a better ending!!! And all the fighting is getting a little boring. So standard. Or too dramatic.

Marvelous Cream @ ION. Sinful but yummy!

Hogs Breath for dinnerrrrrrrrrr so yums might be going again on monday
mine normal with black pepper sauce (got the bernaise sauce later on but it was icky HAHA)

Hickory Smoked Prime Rib Steak

this picture is such an understatement (and here you can see the icky bernaise sauce eeew like sour cream. Why would anyone want to have sour cream with steak? Okay maybe it's just me HAHA)

Though I think lawry's is better (b says they're comparable, maybe cause the parts we ate at both places are different?) it's pretty worth it for the price!! And the hogtail fries are uber. But I hate carrots that are raw-ish with the carrot taste ew : ( my new laptop's still hanging at times, working fine at others. Probably exchange it when I've got the time. Work again today then collect my passport during break! So excited to go to genting! :)

Watami!!!!!

2010-09-27T20:48:00.008+08:00

Wanted to blog this on my new ASUS for the first time ever but meh it kept hanging on me. Don't know if its just being cranky or theres a problem with the set? :( Might be exchanging it soon.. Celebrated Em & Ellisse's birthdays last wednesday, had dinner at Watami @ ION hehe.

Clair's cheesy baked potato scam (it was friggin small) that looked awfully good

sukiyaki nabe! mine

laoda's kimchi Emy hehe

after the soup boiled and um.. expanded. LOL seriously they didnt even add anything inside!! it just grew!!! but it was really good. a little sweet but still good :D

sashimi & sushi, still think sushi tei has the best affordable salmon sashimi

cards

comb war

cool lighting

Real card hahaha the initial fake one had 'FUCK YOU' written inside. Nice?

Tart-cakes! from Perla @ Taka

HAHA CLAIR SO CUTE

checkin out their presents

Headed down to Zouk after dinner for laoda's first ever clubbing trip.!

these were so not worth $52

last group shot before me, wen & emy left!!

LOVE YOU GIRLS, BBC! (L)

Current obsession: Magnum Mini

2010-09-21T23:54:00.003+08:00

And I'm not even supposed to eat ice cream!!! Epic stuff. had 3 since last night. Can't believe I didn't post all the pictures about my birthday hahaha really damn lazy. Nothing much else's been happening!!! Work work and more work everyday. Out with BBC tmr and out with b on Thursday. Looking forward to both! :)

Happy Birthday to Me

2010-09-06T13:19:00.005+08:00

HIGHLIGHTS

Contemplating switching to/having a tumblr. Getting a little bit bored of this skin/space. Feels weird if I post short posts here now that I'm always spamming picts!! Then again I'm so lazy to do big posts so I end up pretty much not posting at all haha meh 3:

Three more papers. So far so good with our question spotting yayyyyyyy so many things I'm looking forward to! New laptop, SCII spam, Vacation....... For now I'm looking forward to my swollen eye getting better. What a prick.

JAY CHOU THE ERA 2010

2010-08-07T23:58:00.019+08:00

Indescribable.... How could I have taken so long to blog about this? Hahaha

had BK for dinner in the car before heading in.. The rest, you have to see for yourself.

OMG HOLY FUCKING SHTI ITS STARTING ADRENALINE PUMPING

most fuckin amazing 3d graphix ever

holy. fucking. shit. he comes out of a metal fireball!!!! WTFUX note pwnage graphix at the back

i don't even know what this picture is about. too excited.

with his xue mei 袁詠琳. 黑色幽默!! All time favourite karaoke song HAHAHA

so funny Sun Yan Zi was there and they put her face on the screen! Jay's grandma was there too damn cute omg

this was damn good. there was some kind of stage (boxes which they stood in) with a screen in front, so the animations around them would keep changing, and at times even the boxes they stood in would become opaque and there would be a full animation WOAH epic wonder who was the genius who thought of this...

爸我回來了 so nostalgic :(

at this part the animation around them was jay jumping from door to door that appeared all around.. caught it in this picture!

超人不會飛, one of my favourite songs from his latest album!! okay probably the favourite of many too :/

apparently everywhere he goes he needs to tell the world that he hates paparazzi HAHA

if 超人不會飛, why is this thingy flying here..?

LOOK @ THE BURD AT THE RIGHT OMG AWESUM

hmmmm.... castles..?

tombstone guitars WHAT AN IDEA?! anw if I'm not wrong he sang 威廉古堡 at this point.. I remember liking this song alot in primary school when he launched the second album though it was strange and about strange things like witches and crystal balls....... hahaha

開不了口!!!!!! I will never forget the weird ang moh woman in this mtv HAHAHA WURDDDD
I think his old management like ang moh women alot. So many ang mohs in his old mtvs...

last song was 雙截棍. so many oldies.. and most of the songs from his new album. great stuff!!

AND THE CONCERT ENDED AND EVERYONE IN THE INDOOR STADIUM FELT A SENSE OF LOSS OH MY GOD. WHERE HAVE YOU GONE TO JAY? COME BACK :(

Hahaha okay after like half a month I'm still missing every moment of the concert.. Post Jay Concert Depression :( definitely a very well-planned concert and we can see how he's grown with his music. Still very spontaneous and funny.. He always changes his lyrics during concerts!!! Can't wait for the next one. I think when he reaches 40 he'll be fat hahaha

Caught SALT with bb yesterday!! Other than that it's gonna be mega work spam for the rest of the study break/holidays. Of course, days planned for studying........ Hopefully I do study enough. Hahaha

Appreciating

2010-08-05T01:06:00.002+08:00

20 months+ and we're more in love than ever.. Right? hahaha

Always surprising me with random stuff in my bag. Teddy bear, plasters.. This time it's my favourite organic lollies. I can barely even bear to eat them 3: Yes baby I remember all the times you surprise me! And I'll always remember them along with all the great times we have together :)

Then there's momsy.. Supporting me (financially) through my days and cooking stuff for me to eat at times cause I find dinner unpalatable (almost everyday)

would love to have a bowl of this right naooooo unfortunately mommie's sick with some throat/vocal chord infection and she's resting in bed : ( get well soon!

Samantha, always there for me when I really need help. Had a blast at the Jay concert!! And all my aunties and uncles who are always so super nice sponsoring my go kart trips and concert tix etc etc etc haha more importantly always providing good advice for all the things I do. I guess I'd never choose another family other than my own even if I had the choice. Where could I ever find another Brendan who'll be my manual labour slave and laugh with me over stupid things like jelly? Hehe

GRAFLEATI

2010-08-03T15:32:00.012+08:00

long long ago, 16th July............. IB report finalising and preparation for nEbO bazaar!!!!!!!! fun, but extremely tiringggggggggg.

MEH 3:

too engrossed with editing the report that I didnt look HAHA ohman

finalised report that wasn't the actual one!!! sorry guys :z

izhaq's car to get the bazaar stuffffff

to giant to get the snacks sweets and chocs for the goodie bags!!

extra stuff for WELFARE HAHA

holy crap

i think karthi said something about haagen dazs..... @_@

at izhaq's place preparing the goodie bags!! nebo pens NEWater sponsored 180 bottles woo

feast haha the prawns SHIOK

Lucky Dips signboarddd

headed down to The Alley @ DTE to set up the place

setting up the tables, then back to izhaq's

i don't even want to comment on this LOL

eating Mars i think!

EVENT DAYYYYYY. stayed over at baby's place, woke damn early like what, 6. met serene and ms tan at compass and she drove us there!!! haha

before the stall vendors started coming in..

soooooo manyyyyy goodieeeeee bagsssssss

serene doing her manicure

PAUL

PINK PANTHER

HAHA so cute

macro shots!!

TWISTIES OM NOM NOM

caricature artist's spot

namai she ate like 4 or 5 of these i think. so nice mehhhhhhh?

SHUYU

hehe

what a supportive family HAHA

momsy!!

SHUYUUUUUUUUUU

can you please teach me volleyball :(

mascot team!

event ended at about.. 8.30? kept having to rush the vendors to GO HOME. then all those fags put their rubbish everywhere so we had to clear up the place zzzzzzzzzz. Fish & Co. express for dinner while waiting for the table people and carpet people to remove the stuff. First time having Fish & Co........ but its not even the legit one. Express siol. @*#&!@*(#&!# hahaha but still, love fast fooddddddddddddd (i had kfc yesterday for dinner and macs for lunch just now omg)

HEHE

FleashLightBatteriez

2010-07-27T00:37:00.001+08:00

SUPER OVERDUEEEEE?

went to the FLB flea with Sereneeeeee, met Cindy & Amy halfway. Didn't get anything!! It was so crowded ugh claustrophobic much :(

AUNTIE ANNIES OM NOM NOM

STREAAAAAAKY

trying to re-enact our cat picture teehee

Meh. Meh. Mehhhhhhhh.

CINDY'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO THESE WELL!!!

my favourite picture!!!!

uploading these were such a chore omg had to do it one by one idk why. olympus too power the pictures cant upload HAHAHA

TiC TaC

2010-07-26T21:41:00.004+08:00

SCHOOL. Done with like 3/5 of the projectssssssssss, sick that we in Entre have got 5 papers to take :( My mac revived itself.. Hopefully it stays fine til the next IT show in september!! Thinking of getting a Fujitsu/Sony.. Unless Apple releases a 13" Mac with i5. Hahaha. So much that I haven't blogged about.. Fleashlightbatteries w Serene Cindy & Amy (pixspam), nEbO graFLEAti!! Jay concert (MEGA pixspam) x.x

STARCRAFT 2 LAUNCHES TMRRRRRRRRRRR WAKAKAK

post mortem

2010-07-23T00:45:00.001+08:00

meh my Mac died again........ so depressing. :(

oh well at least I get to get a new com now!! Decisions decisions.. core i for sure but I'm still considering if i should get another Apple. Then again how could I not?

Pixarcular

2010-07-05T20:43:00.013+08:00

science centre trip + Pixar 20 Years of Animation! (this is so overdue x.x)

With mom, bren, aunt and wei. Brekkie at the Macs there before going in. Brendan seems to be smelling his scrambled eggs? Hahaha

first time trying breakfast deluxe!!! I always can't finish my hashbrowns during breakfast >:{

Aunt helping us do our 'homework' before proceeding in! see what I mean. HAHA she's so detailed lah listing out all the show timings and where we should go and all

going in! fun scanner thingy

went for the sound show, then wanted to catch the climate show but meh they walk so slow and keep looking at stuff >:{ so we went to watch the tesla coil thingy before the next screening of the climate showwww.

somehow i remember this as my brother's favourite dinosaur last time

RARR

hornless triceratops?

TESLA COIL.

amazing stuff lights up fluorescent tubes wirelessly! wow!

BRAVE AUSSIE WOMAN WHO GOT ZAPPED!!! hahaha zap zap zap

zap

climate showww

cute sheep!!

ELECTRIC CHAIR ZAP ZAP ZAP

yay finally proceeding to the exhibition!

no photog in the exhibit, but it was really interesting! Aunt and I stopped to look at every single sketch, every model and every background... While mom and bren and wei proceeded on very quickly -.- HAHA. Seems like we really appreciate art hur?

Well it was real good and we get to see all the effort that the Pixar team puts in for all of their movies. Can you imagine, researching on LEAF TYPES and colours through the seasons for 'A Bug's Life'?! Omg, THE DETAILLLLLLLLLL. @_@

Picture! Everyone looks so smiley :)

Cabbed down to Jurong Point for Toy Story 3 in 3d after that (yesssss this was a long time ago) then Ajisen for dins cause Brendan wanted his ramen as usual. AND YESSAAAAAAAA SPAIN IS CHAMP HAH England is such a disappointment :(

Whats The Difference Between A Teabag And England?

.. A Tea Bag Stays Longer In The Cup. FML

Aquamarine @ Marina Mandarin

2010-07-05T01:20:00.008+08:00

oh myyyyyyyy

god

sushi let me love you down

there so many ways to love you

baby i can break you down

APPLE CRUMBLE THAT I FORGOT TO TRY? OMG :(

oh my gosh im so in love

i've found you finally

you make me wanna say

oh oh

oh oh oh

oh oh

oh oh oh

oh oh

oh oh oh my gosh

HAHA SO CUTE

celebrated Uncle Eric & Aaron's birthday here like, two weeks ago or something. The selection looked really yum but it was quite disappointing :( have to say it's probably one of the worst (okay maybe worse and not WORST) hotel buffets I've been to!! Everything was so-so, sashimi was like, ugh. Sushi tei probably has better.

uncle: can I open my present now?
me: want to guess what it is...?
uncle: ... chocolate.

OMG SO PREDICTABLE HAHA okay I got him chocolate last year also lah :(

fierce siol

friendly siol

note aunt's sparkly purple nails hahaha

OK GOT TO RUSH OFF TO JAPANESE CLASS NOW ALMOST FORGOT THE TIMEEEE!!!

Ah Yat

2010-07-05T00:36:00.005+08:00

damn overdue posts.................. I dont even know what I've been busy with these days. I think I'm just becoming more lazy :( This was on Father's Day. Mini family gathering & superific dinner!

FOREVER PLAYING. NDS/PSP/iPhone!!!

bamboo clamz

drunken prawnz love these veggies omggggg samantha loves them too

tofu (which are slanted but idk why.) butter crab. Made me sad because I luv chilli crab :( but oh well. It probably knew that I didn't like it as much so one of the shells cut my thumb while I was eating :( :( :(

AWW

and Grandma tryina be funny with her poses

FRIGGIN HILARIOUS STUFF

it is strange why I do not have a hairband on..... Rarity.

dessert!

i like staying up late eating chocolate cake and snowflakes

2010-06-25T00:41:00.002+08:00

BRENDAN IS BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK yay. Breakfast has been much more.. interesting with my aunt around. Haha. KFC/Macs almost everyday. I don't know if its a blessing or a curse? :z

This is his exercise book that I was laughing at hahaha

LOL at 3.
and well my dad told him that he's a ninja so he believes he has a ninja uncle. Nais.

caught Ip Man: The Legend Is Born today.. been catching lots of movies with baby @_@ Karate Kid, the A-Team.. So many good movies these days!! Bought a 500pc puzzle haha random I know but I love puzzles & it's going to be so fun completing it togetherrrrrrrr, I hope. Probably start fixing on Sunday. :D

stitch!!! But b doesn't like stitch :{

teehee

how lovely

2010-06-24T03:58:00.001+08:00

and i'll always love all the surprise and adventure

but most of all i'll always love you

BAZHANGZ

2010-06-17T03:04:00.004+08:00

ba zhang making at aunt's house last weekend!

all the yummy ingredients
tau sar.. handmade!! they looked like fried fishballs hahaha ok hungry

mom washing the leaves

aunt making the ba zhang!!

COMPLETED YAYY!

I dont usually like to eat these, but I ate like 2 of the ones she made. Superrrr

Who's that?

SNOWY!!!!

evil dog ignore only HAHA

Engulfed

2010-06-17T00:27:00.002+08:00

Damn bad jam in the late morning on my way to work. And so it turns out, Orchard Road was flooded. Oh look, its on the news! First major flooding at Orchard since 1984.. Should I now then be glad that I was stuck in the bus for 2 hours while being part of this historical event?! WOAH! (This might just be the most sarcastic sentence I've ever spoken)

Lucky plaza basement

Oh well at least I got to work undrenched

Moviemarathon

2010-06-12T03:01:00.003+08:00

Semi movie marathon today. Nightmare on Elm St + Prince of Persia.. I think only a minority will be able to understand the kind of fear in nightmares? Haha. Ever since I was a kid I'd wake up crying from bad dreams. But it's become a routine some sort and I'm not mystically dying from it so who cares. I could probably write a book about all of them when I'm 50..

Digressing...... Dear Dad, why didn't you subscribe for the world cup? :( Sucks that there're these additional fees now. Cable users should be able to watch the world cup. We're already paying anyway... There's no joy in watching football on your computer man. (Okay maybe there is but still it'd be much better on your TV, no?!) What happened to the bond you feel with everyone around the world when someone scores a goal and you hear your neighbours screaming :( Okay sad time to sleep.

Not alone tonight

2010-06-10T23:21:00.007+08:00

Semi-impromptu (cause it was a day-before decision) day out with Samanthaaaaaaaa. Klunch, my throat almost died and she laughed at me calling myself 'nasal' but I really was cause of sinus. or Flu. Left after like 2 hours cause we were freezing inside. Went to check out the building beside cine and played at the arcade. I can still pass Blythe wow. Long time since I've spent a long time (pun intended) at the arcade :( Bought tix for Shrek 3, then went to heeren and taka, then back to cine for our show..

cookies for our movieee
SHREK FOREVER AFTER!!!!

How could I miss anything from Disney/Dreamworks/Pixar....? Think it's a pretty good starting plot but the ending was kinda predictable. Haha. But well what else can you expect from a fairytale.. There are so many damned movies coming out lately.. More movie-watching with baby tomorrow! Karate Kid, Prince of Persia (not new but I haven't watched yet), Nightmare on Elm Street, SATC2 watched with BBC the other dayyyyyy thankfully. FYI Sarah Jessica Parker has damn buffed arms. Ellisse says they're toned but I stand my ground............ and she looks like a tranny but she's still cool as Carrie. I ought to watch SATC1 someday!!! Omg I'm missing out on so much.

Took the Circle line to Paya Lebar for our bai bai session.. This picture is hilarious hahaha

bought wei's uglydoll present. XO in pink! wonder where my uglydoll went to... :(

Met two aunts, cabbed down to parkway cause one of them wanted to collect some clothes, then uncle came to fetch us for bai bai. Amoy St fishhead beehoon after that! Met mom there cause she just finished her class and it was really near that area. Super epicccccccccccc.

Tofuuuuuuuu

exceptionally crispy that day

PAI GU WANG. i love sweet&sour stuff!! :3

and our half-eaten noodles cause when it came I was so anxious to eat that I forgot to take a picture HAHAHA. Dota mania today, like. 8 games I think? Sleep soon, gotta wake in time to meet bb tmr.!!

So here we stand in our secret place

2010-06-07T01:24:00.002+08:00

We must have a swing in our house. In the garden. Or we could just imagine that there was a garden and a swing, if we can't afford it.. Anyway, we'll have as much fun anywhere as long as we're together. Love you baby!

♥

with every breath of me, you'll be the only light i see

2010-06-06T00:54:00.004+08:00

i need this in my life like now @_@ epic stuff

day out with momsy, woke really really late though (woooops :z) so all our appts got pushed back and I couldn't get my first facial ever done today HAHA. might get it done on monday. Chinese Doc @ Clementi, then took the train down to Kovan for our haircuts. We always spend a damn long time there!!! Must be my mom, all the colouring and treatments etc. Domino's for dinner :3 LUV TWISTYBREAD THOUGH IT MAKES ME DAMN FULL

and i'm still damn full though we ate like. 6 hours ago. Bread must be the toughest thing ever to digest.... I think I might be close to panaphobic. Why do I keep dreaming of people dying? Daddy's homeeeeeeeeee, time to sleep! Lazy day with bb tmr after I (okay I'm still rethinking this impulsive-extremely-irrational-but-yet-totally-makes-sense-to-me action) head down to town to get the dress. PRAY THEY HAVE IT IN S. Omgggggggggggggggg

And i don't know how it gets better than this

2010-06-04T12:26:00.003+08:00

finally, school's over for us at Entre! no common tests means next week's totally free. Amazing stuff. Done with most projects.. ISM's gonna have to be settled during the holidays but I guess it should be a breezeeee. Out with mommy tomorrow for some quality time, gonna make a trip down to the chinese doctorrrrrrrrr & get our hair cut. Oh yes and Domino's hopefully!

Me & you & you & you & she, just us four (+ Emily)

2010-06-03T10:28:00.017+08:00

Met Em (who pangseh-ed us after dinner >:{ ), Ellisse & Clair last thursday at town to get wendy's presenttttt. Bought, then Ellisse had to go too so it was just me and Clair. Then my phone died so explains my interesting payphone experience HAHA it was kind of fun!! but oh-so-troublesome.

Walked over to Chipz and got ourselves a jug of beer each, sat and talked for damn long.. Heart2Heart okay!!

then rushed to catch the last bus home. Feel like I've been so busy lately, think I'm lacking sleep. Celebrated Wendy's big day on saturday, went down to Clarke after work, bought the cake and then waited for Clair and Em before going to surprise Wendy. Haha. Ellisse came out on the context of us not being able to find the restaurant!!

handmade, nice?

Ma Maison, Japanese-Western-French fusion.. I think?

Em's favourite picture haha

Strawberry Shortcakeeee

LOL LAO DA

Clair's Cha Soba Salad

Em's Omu rice with beef& mushrooms

and while i was waiting anxiously for my food, the waiter suddenly came and said "Cover yourself!" and gave me a napkin. I was like wtf?! so i just held it up and he set my food on fire. gg.

Hamburger Steak

now we all know... don't scratch your tattoo scabs unless you wanna have specks in them !!

this really reminds me of the old days in the staff toilet.. time passes so quick :(

my head like distorted ah no space HAHA

Ellisse went back, and we walked around for a bit not knowing where to go.. Finally settle on Highlander. The live band was pretty cool.

3 & 1/2 pints.. for baby Emy haha

so cute right!

Clarissa must've lost her mind. HAHA

played cai quan until we finished everyth. Wen damn gross mixing everyone's beer together haha

wicked necklace I made for her using the chains that we cut out of wendy's dress hahaha

& then it was home for all of us!

Vesak-Grandma's Birthday

2010-06-03T10:12:00.004+08:00

Baby Enoch

haha look at grandma's face so cute!

with her two beloved grandsons

Fail

re-Fail!!!

wonder if the 'elder generation' group family picts in the others' cams are nice? hahaha. pixspam only, always delaying then double/triple-posting :(

IRC quote

2010-05-24T21:34:00.002+08:00

i read this in an email.. (originally from bash.org)

#151227 +(9478)- [X]

IronChef Foicite: well, there's a lot of reasons
IronChef Foicite: i mean, roses only last like a couple weeks
IronChef Foicite: and that's if you leave them in water
IronChef Foicite: and they really only exist to be pretty
IronChef Foicite: so that's like saying
IronChef Foicite: "my love for you is transitory and based solely on your appearance"
IronChef Foicite: but a potato!
IronChef Foicite: potatos last for fucking ever, man
IronChef Foicite: in fact, not only will they not rot, they actually grow shit even if you just leave them in the sack
IronChef Foicite: that part alone makes it a good symbol
IronChef Foicite: but there's more!
IronChef Foicite: there are so many ways to enjoy a potato! you can even make a battery with it!
IronChef Foicite: and that's like saying "i have many ways in which I show my love for you"
IronChef Foicite: and potatos may be ugly, but they're still awesome
IronChef Foicite: so that's like saying "it doesn't matter at all what you look like, I'll still love you"

school excursions ftw

2010-05-23T01:45:00.005+08:00

Navy Open House 2010. hot stuff zzzzz
all pictures koped fr serene HAHA

3:{

the ships looked fake, seriously. esp against the lovely blue sky

FIELDTRIP#2 to vivooooooo. wah the caramel corn damn addictive

ring fetish!!!!!!! raced to f21, topshop etc. HAHA. serene's tiger that creeps me out

my big ribbon!

LOL

and her other owl ring. the eyes look damn hypnotic. creepyyyyyyyyyyy

glad that the teacher thought our idea was pretty innovative!!

& THANKS FOR TH CHOCOLATE, BB ♥
love you! see you tmr!! (or.. later, actually)

p.s. been having macs cravings alot recently......... ughhhhh good or bad?

Samantha's (2nd 21st) Birthday

2010-05-21T20:15:00.008+08:00

ultimate ring fetish (right, serene..?) recently. hahaha. got to stop this ring thing!!!!!!!! Dinner @ Conrad's Oscar's. Yummy stuff!!

from GQ............ thought I bought it HAHAHA i remembered that you wanted one k!!! :)
salmonsexshimi. why never take picture of the swordfish?!

random stuff

BREAD!!

cheese

i didn't have any. hahaha looks creepy

samantha ate like. 15 prawns. sick. and she ate all the prawn heads EWWWWWW HAHA

sushi!!

peach & strawberry crumble. uber epic!!

kinda tastes like peach and strawberry tarts mashed together (L)

ALL THE DESSERT OMG. the mango shit was damn nice. too bad when we started on dessert there weren't anymore puffs left :( wanted to try!

warm chocolate cake. too chocolatey for meee after all the chocolates that i had :(

the one at Graze was better!!!

Emmy loves desserts too HAHA

her presents!

kate spade bangleeeee

the card they made

THE CAKE

the strawberries look damn fake la like too perfect. why dont i ever get strawberries like those

Emmy & Nick

bb & me!

Ben & Steve

THE NINTENDO WE SPENT SO MUCH EFFORT GETTING!!!!

thankfully it was all worth the while and it's functional now!! glad that you like it!!

oh and these waffles, damn-mega-uber-epic. i had another two after this. seriously the best i've ever had. gq's gotta learn to make these HAHA

went to Haji for sheeshaaaaaa

then went home. was really tired by then!!! school's been good.. i guess? haha. most of our projects are on track. :) LOTS AND LOTS OF DOTAAAAAAAAAa HAHA

But (sometimes) it's a good hurt

2010-05-21T00:43:00.001+08:00

What will survive of us is love. - Philip Larkin

>:{ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2010-05-20T08:39:00.001+08:00

NBCCBWTFBBQ#*(!&#(*&!#TUDONGKNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

mere words are unable to express my feelingz right nao. what am i gonna do for three hours so fucking early in the morning?!??!! (pek wei don't learn these bad words from me please HAHA)

AM I THE ONLY __________ WHO DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS LOL CB

I SHOULD'VE GUESSED RIGHT? WITH ALL THE NAVY OPEN HOUSE SHIT?! RIGHT?! WHY THE FUCK DIDNT I CHECK MY CONNECTMAIL?! oh ya, right, cause 10minutes ago was the second time i logged in. the first time was the start of the semester to check if i'd set my password right.

跨时代♥

2010-05-17T21:28:00.004+08:00

JAY'S 10TH ALBUM IS OUT! :)
(aunt said that radio announced that it'll be out tmr so I'm damn happy that I've got it now!)
actually I have no idea what this is but it came with the box...

holographic cover!!!

omggggggggggggggggggggggg ecstatic now like super super super. currently listening to the 9th song, quite like it! 说了再见 is pretty good too. Thankfully this album didn't disappoint me.. The previous one was a bit boring. YAYYYYYYYYYY I CANT WAIT FOR 24TH JULY NOWWWWWWWW OMG

there's no guarantee, that this (love) is easy

2010-05-17T17:15:00.002+08:00

Congrats to Hong Yang for clinching the third place in yesterday's competition! :) So proud of him. Hopefully he doesn't neglect his studies...

Think this shot is quite epic HAHA wonder if wei took it. And I also wonder why there is the date printed there when she uses a digicam. @_@?? In school now waiting for Japanese class in an hour.. Attempting to do my homework (!!) 5 days til closing of entry for the Osaka trip, should I apply? :( doubt I'll make it and that just demoralises me like 100%. Apparently nothing much has been happening to me, or I'm too lazy to mention, or there aren't pictures and I think pictureless stuff is boring. Haha. Celebrated Samantha's birthday in advance last saturday, pictures up soon!

@@

2010-05-06T22:24:00.002+08:00

kind of anticipating this though there aren't any reds/pinks.. i think mom would like the lime green! excited for the movie too though i can pretty much expect what it's going to be about after watching the trailer just about 87 times during the IT show.

school's been pretty... school-y. been cabbing for the past four days, wonder if this is gonna keep up. mornings are tough now that i've to change the damned gauze (google: herpes simplex) and everyday's oversleeping over and over cause i keep feeling so tired :( at least my throat's much better now!!

love you S!

iron man 2 with b today after school. felt so tired at times that i just had to close my eyes for a few moments haha the show was nothing spectacular (still liking all the cool gadgets though) but well it's something everyone has to watch like all the series of harry potter. lots of love babyyyyyyyy & thanks for accompanying me home♥

Mrr 3:

2010-05-02T22:13:00.002+08:00

been resting at home for the past 2 (and a half) days. Teddy's my neck warmer....... Haha. Before Mom bought those children sticky fever patches I had to make do with cold towels. But the best was still the big ice pack in the fridge (Y)

Medicine and porridge, medicine and more porridge. Fever fluctuating and last night was horrible, Momsy wanted to bring me to the hospital but I said no so she threw me in the bathroom for a (torturous) shower to cool off. Today's much better though! Hopefully I'll only be getting better from now onwards. This has dragged on for so damn long :( school tmr!!!

i ♥ cooking

2010-04-30T23:53:00.003+08:00

Guoqiang, will you still love me if I am a bad cook and/or wife? :(

Successfully cooked a pot of porridge with help from google............. Almost burnt some of the rice and then proceeded to overflow the pot twice (or was it thrice) the stove buttons were utterly deceiving and i think i switched it on and off about 10 times.

Tired of helpless

2010-04-30T21:47:00.003+08:00

Even if I am overwhelmed with fatigue, even if i have exhausted (almost) all that I am..

We are always afraid to lose those whom we love, but sometimes we can't control the things that cause this fear. Maybe it is a good thing. Maybe obstructions and challenges press us to be stronger. And I only hope I can overcome this fear.

I must be wealthy in heart like she wants us to be. But where do I find strength?

Now for some dota............... dota cures everything.. @_@ I think.

Lose your breath

2010-04-29T23:30:00.002+08:00

Great day today out with gq after school. Romped around town, tried my shoes and figured that they don't go for me :'( waiting for topshop to call me soon about my crop cardigan. Caught Ip Man 2! A little predictable... (well we all know Donnie Yen is invincible) but the fights are always cool. Felt like the movie passed very quickly though it was 108mins. After which the cold air got the better of me and I felt like I couldn't breathe again ughhhh LUNGS, PLEASE EXPAND? Off to find something to munch now so I can take my meds.. Wonder if Ser's going for lecture tmr? (i predict.. yes)

>:3

2010-04-29T10:38:00.005+08:00

please get me well.. soon. im coughing like a dying llama. fear i may get pneumonia soon
crystal jade for belinda's birthday dinner~~

i had century egg porridge (Y)

CAKE. waitress expose nia asking us when we wanna serve it haha

took pictures at our 'old haunt' hahah

belinda's expression priceless.

awwww

fail

stoning in the atrium now waiting for lunch at 12, then WISP at 1. people in front of me are turning to look at me after i cough ugh i must sound like i have some disease. its so irritatinggggggg. MORE WATER MORE LOZENGES LESS.. EVERYTHING ELSE. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz belinda get well soon tooo

@_@

2010-04-27T12:09:00.002+08:00

Yesterday..

XW: 我每次AO，哪里会有人找我？
Me: What's AO?
XW: Appear Offline.

PWNT. Abbreviations ftw

&i don't want to miss a thing

2010-04-27T09:51:00.006+08:00

ROFL
pants on fire siol 11min. sick!!!
i think i'd take 30mins to walk 3/4 around the track then stop and sit down LOL

FRIDAY: Waited for kk & bram for their napha training after schoollllll, bram almost died so he didn't join us. Haha. Then down to cine for the movieeeee.

distorted legs

the boys like down syndrome HAHA

this three damn step

dinner at BK after movieeeee 11 tix that i booked, first time book so many i think HAHA

saw my red ked's @ cine.. :( hope to get them soon!!!!

first tutorial on monday!

damn good bought her the last bottle hehe

heeeeheeeeeee kinkypalz ftw

quote nightsinberlin:

Self-introduction

Cheryl: HI MY NAME IS CHERYL I PLAY DOTA
Tutor: Oh right.. Dota
.
.
Me: My name is serene and i...
Tutor: you two are good friends right(points at cheryl), so... you two play dota together?
Me: no i dont play dota :(
Tutor: oh so you all do girly stuff together?
Me: not really...
Bram: SHE PLAYS L4D HAHA
Cheryl: we.. do kinky stuff together
Tutor: kinky?

LOL what a great first impression eh? on a sidenote I went to the doctor's again yesterday ughhhh like, 6 colourful tablets that will hopefully cure me so I don't sound like I have some sick terminal illness anymore...........

Over-contemplation

2010-04-25T01:35:00.002+08:00

Sometimes I ask myself why I'm so weak, sometimes I wonder why I can't be strong

Sometimes I look at others and think 'Why isn't that me?'
I look at the rich and I envy their wealth
I look at the poor and I envy their sympathy
I look at the blissful and I envy their happiness
and the list just goes on..
But we're never content

We're never content with all that we have cause we always look at our flaws and fail to recognize everything else that's great about us. Everyone else that's great around us.

When I was little I wasn't afraid to die. Because I had no responsibilities.
Then I grew a little older and I thought 'I can't die.. I haven't tried so many things. I haven't gotten married, had children, grown old and see my children get married'
But now I don't think of that anymore. Because I think I'd know how all of that feels.

We always see in the movies that people not cherished are always lost. This may or may not be true, but I hope nobody regrets when the ones they realize are to be cherished are already lost.

Would life be any different if we always remember that these people we cherish will be gone someday?
My mom yells at me and I usually just shrug it off. Sometimes I yell back. Sometimes I just hide and cry.
But what if she wouldn't yell at me anymore?
Would I do things any different?

Sometimes I don't even know

Quotable Quotes

2010-04-23T23:43:00.002+08:00

true?

caught kickass with the clique earlier on.. pretty interesting plot. Am guessing there's gonna be a number 2! lots of movies to catch nowadays.. IP Man 2 soon with bb. Feeling very tired these few days, maybe it's because of the weather. Took a 3 hour nap yesterday in the evening!! :( Work again tomorrow..

Wonder what you're dreaming

2010-04-22T00:10:00.003+08:00

a bit late, but I just caught Dear John with bb earlier on. EPIC SHOWWWWWW. Cried like, twice? 3:

HOW COULD ANYONE NOT LOVE THIS?!?! HAHA. Everyone should watch this. Everyone. Okay even if you don't care for the show itself you ought to care for the leads yes? Channing Tatum? Step up? GI Joe?!?! YES?!?! or Amanda Seyfried.... whom I think has an amazing girl-next-door not sexy-hot-stuff but I'd totally fall in love with her kind of look HAHA okay done obsessing, IS starts tmr!! Kind of excited for stocks!

National Karting Championship Race I

2010-04-19T00:48:00.007+08:00

Samantha came to pick me early in the morning today with Mac Breakfast!!! Hehe. Down to Kartright to support cousin Hong Yang for his race~

awesome lighting

Happy Family!! :)

COUSINS SUPPORT OK (L)

the pre-finals for the Junior class had just ended when we reached.. Hong Yang in third (cause Thaddeus and another guy crashed) this was the Master class, I think?

ended & HY's off to get ready for his race!

pict spam hahaha

825!

Anderson, Amin, HY in first three positions to start off

AND THEY GO!!!

extra formation lap cause Amin got stuckkkk

all lined up

Thaddeus tagging close behind.. and proof of HY crossing the white line!! (6s penalty)

one of my favourite picturessssss

CROSSING AGAIN

Anderson & Amin following behind

HY came in fourth!

Anderson, Amin & Thaddeus in front.

555.. wonder whose kart this is?

all the karts in storage!!

chilled for a while at the Burger King there, then went back home. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the race!! Really hot weather and now I feel so sickly :( baby's sickly too. Caught Monga with him yesterday, think its a good show but he thinks Shinjuku Incident was better 3: Haha.

Not sure if I should go for lecture tmr? Think Serene's not going!!! THEN WHY AM I INTENDING TO GO?!?!?! Probably just head down at 6pm for Japanese class.. わからない~!!!