end of the second week of work after my hols'... all I can say is sian... and the weather has mostly been gray and raining... did not do much for chinese new year, just had hotpot that was the extent of the celebration we had at home... nothing much to comment on with regards to work, same old, except some people have left, and there will be new people starting this week... and one of the shitty things are that becos Laura and Deanna are sharing the senior position now, my ADOs clashed with Deanna's which potentially means that I might not get the days I want... which is very annoying... so currently still waiting to hear back about whether my ADOs are approved...
uncle's friends steve and liz adkinson came over for dinner last sat... it was actually not as boring as I thought it would be... was obligated to attend collette's farewell drinks last fri... and I finished so late that day, all I wanted to do was go home... this past fri was karen's and jenny's farewell dinner, and it was thai, so did not attend... went to Mother Earth for breakfast with prisy yesterday... it was not cheap but the portions were very generous... and the food not bad... ate till I was so stuffed and was not even hungry at dinner... auntie's friends came over for dinner last evening, auntie peggy and uncle lawrence and family... the 2 kids have grown alot since the last time I saw them, which was awhile ago... played xbox games, entertained the kids for awhile... ate lots again... I was so full after dinner and cake that I had to pass up on ice-cream... and this is a rare occurence for me... australia day... fell on a thurs and it was raining... which really did not help, stayed at home for most part of the day, doing nothing really... watched running man... ate slept... was a sloth really... went for korean hotpot for dinner that night... dunno why, but did not enjoy the food as much... could be bcos it suddenly became hot that evening, and I had a late lunch, but the seafood pancake was not as nice...
this summer has not really been that hot as compared to last year's, mostly raining since I came back... but I am definitely not complaining...
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
回到现实。。。
11 Jan 2011... mum had a day off work so we went to city square mall for lunch, they did not have any of the set meals which I wanted hence ended up not eating at the jap place at all... after that, dropped nainai back home and went to katong's new shopping mall to buy our movie tickets for flying swords... walked around parkway parade shopping centre for awhile and had mos burger, have to say that I preferred macdonalds still... also bought famous amos to eat in the theatres... the movie was only ok, too much cgi and not enough real kungfu fighting... but it was good to see some of the female characters acting in unusual roles... overall I would probably rate the movie 5/10...
after that, drove to bugis to eat dinner, ate at the hawker centre, and despite it being a weekday and hot, there was still lots of people... proceeded to OG to buy a new luggage... and I finally got to eat my mian bao jia ice cream...
12 Jan 2011... went to shop around orchard central, 313, ate lunch at din tai feng, only had the xiao long baos and they were so yummy, after that, went to eat long john silver's... and walked around at taka and daiso at ion... wanted to go to city hall for more shopping, but ended up going back home cos I was getting sleepy... went to meet up with zhenzhen for dinner at bishan that evening...
13 Jan 2011... went to karaoke at chinatown kbox with pong... it was approx $14 per person, including one drink and lunch, for 3 hours... cheaper than partyworld though and the room was quite nice... probably bcos it's still new... after that, met up with papa for lunch at raffles city, had xiao long bao again at din tai feng... this time it was not as yummy as the one at 313... after that, tried the new milkshake store... and it was actually quite nice as well... after that, we walked to citylink, bought some hersheys choc, and I have to say they are not cheap at all... walked to the esplanade, wanting to walk to the merlion, but it was too hot and my feet were killing me, wearing the white heels... so ended up having a short nap at the esplanade, then proceeded back to marina square, did not even get to the singapore flyer cos I wanted to check out the food court there, apparently the decorations are olden style... went to have dessert at macdonalds... then took a train to bugis for the class gathering... when I got there, my whole body was already aching, and saw gladys and wanying there already at iluma's aston's, I thought the food was only average, not as good as people have been saying, but there were still queues when we left... chatted for awhile and as time went by, people starting appearing, and most of the gathering's topics were around what is people in our class doing now... who's married, who's getting married and who has had a baby... everyone pretty much looked the same despite it being an 11 years reunion... is that good or bad??? proceeded to nydc for dessert, did not like the drink I ordered, some elephancino drink which tasted really weird... jo had to go back first cos she was really sick, and I thought I probably passed my cold on to her... by the time we left bugis, it was already 11pm, and still the bus was so crowded... urgghh... I was exhausted by the time I got home and my body was aching everywhere...
14 Jan 2011... did not do too much, stayed home and helped mum with the pineapple tarts, they were really painful to make I have to say... urrghhh... once is enough... and then papa came home and had his eye problems, could not open his eyes for some reason, and both eyes were red and swollen... so in the end, had to cancel dinner with uncle jeffrey, was meant to go eat the you zheng yu... stayed till late to watch this HK drama which has charmaine sheh and raymond lam... called sister eternal flower... it was ok, not a show I would be repeating... packed my luggage, and it is always so stressful packing, bcos I did not think I had lots of stuff and I did not even buy any clothing, but ended up with so much stuff to bring back...
15 Jan 2011... back to sydney... had to wake up early to get to sengkang for piyo's morning ceremony... was on the way to the busstop when I realised that I could not see anything out of my left eye, and then realised that the contact lenses must have fallen out... so had to go back home, removed the right one and put on glasses instead... hence got there late, took some pics with piyo, she looked really nice btw... and the 'jie mei's started their games when the groom and his gang arrived... took alot of videos and pics... stayed to chat in piyo's house after they left, kind of awkward initially, cos piyo was not there... but her family were really nice, and her niece was so cute, she is 6 years old and could actually use youtube and likes watching korean MVs, like SNSD... piyo's older sister really looks like her... they even sounded the same... after that, took a long time to go home cos I did not want to walk back to the station from her house in my heels... so caught a bus to the station and the bus ended up taking a big loop around sengkang before arriving at the interchange... finished watching the HK drama, had a nap and it was already time to shower, change and head out for dinner at lao ba sha... had stingray (not nice), satay (only ok), tie ban doufu and rice... and headed for the airport after... walked around alittle, took some pics, sat around at the viewing gallery, not that you could see anything there... becos of the reflection... and it was time to depart... always sad to leave, but did not cry this time... the thing that I was most disappointed abt was friends not bothering to make time to meet up, despite being away for so long and promises to meet up when I am back... well, can't really keep hounding them...
the flight back to sydney... full flight, and there was no space to store my hand held bag, had to store it in the back... first time sitting on the upper deck of the A380... pretty much where the wings of the plane are... I felt sick already once I am on board... since then, it went downhill, pretty much slept the whole way... did not even watch the movies or eat, and the nausea came on once I smelt the food around me... and we were almost arriving when the announcement came that the flight was delayed as the airport was too busy and there was nowhere for us to land so our plane was circling around for like 30mins before landing... and it was so turbulent during the landing, I really felt like throwing up and I have not felt like that since the cairns trip last year... anyway the flight back was really shitty... finally left the plane and luckily the customs were not that bad and I was so lucky that I cleared quarantine too, did not even open my bags to check, all that worrying and stress... arrived back at freycinet close and everything was the same, like I never left, even work too... is that sad??
found out today that collette would be my new supervisor, instead of deanna, I have nothing against collette, but I would not have chosen her for my supervisor... anyway, not that I could change anything now, we'll just have to wait and see how it goes over the next few months... people are leaving all at once, collette (will only be here for one day/week for 4 hours), Karen, Laura and Nicole going on maternity leave... and Kristen's pregnant, Jenny's leaving for the community... there's going to be a few new faces around the place over the next few months...
I can't remember if I blogged this... but the last day of work on xmas eve eve was horrible... there was so much to do, handover to be done, stats to be done, and had to leave off stats in the end, cos it was already 1830... when I came back on tuesday, had to finish them off... and also, something really weird happened on the last day of work that day, was so stressed trying to finish up all the work, when ren came up to me, handed me this blue paper... opened it and there were like pic cards of korean idols in there, but people that I don't really know off... my first thought was ren was playing a trick on me again... he insisted that it was not him and even wrote my name down trying to prove that it was not his handwriting on the paper... anyway, I did not have the time nor the mood to engage in this prank at that time, hence kept it away... now that I am back, I am waiting for an opportunity to find out who the person was... cos the only other person who knows I am obsessed abt korean stuff is charlie, otherwise this is all a huge prank thought up by the 'gossip guys'...
the weather was hot when I left home and when I arrived back in sydney, it's now back to being hot again after I was told that it has been mostly raining over the hols'... disgusting...
after that, drove to bugis to eat dinner, ate at the hawker centre, and despite it being a weekday and hot, there was still lots of people... proceeded to OG to buy a new luggage... and I finally got to eat my mian bao jia ice cream...
12 Jan 2011... went to shop around orchard central, 313, ate lunch at din tai feng, only had the xiao long baos and they were so yummy, after that, went to eat long john silver's... and walked around at taka and daiso at ion... wanted to go to city hall for more shopping, but ended up going back home cos I was getting sleepy... went to meet up with zhenzhen for dinner at bishan that evening...
13 Jan 2011... went to karaoke at chinatown kbox with pong... it was approx $14 per person, including one drink and lunch, for 3 hours... cheaper than partyworld though and the room was quite nice... probably bcos it's still new... after that, met up with papa for lunch at raffles city, had xiao long bao again at din tai feng... this time it was not as yummy as the one at 313... after that, tried the new milkshake store... and it was actually quite nice as well... after that, we walked to citylink, bought some hersheys choc, and I have to say they are not cheap at all... walked to the esplanade, wanting to walk to the merlion, but it was too hot and my feet were killing me, wearing the white heels... so ended up having a short nap at the esplanade, then proceeded back to marina square, did not even get to the singapore flyer cos I wanted to check out the food court there, apparently the decorations are olden style... went to have dessert at macdonalds... then took a train to bugis for the class gathering... when I got there, my whole body was already aching, and saw gladys and wanying there already at iluma's aston's, I thought the food was only average, not as good as people have been saying, but there were still queues when we left... chatted for awhile and as time went by, people starting appearing, and most of the gathering's topics were around what is people in our class doing now... who's married, who's getting married and who has had a baby... everyone pretty much looked the same despite it being an 11 years reunion... is that good or bad??? proceeded to nydc for dessert, did not like the drink I ordered, some elephancino drink which tasted really weird... jo had to go back first cos she was really sick, and I thought I probably passed my cold on to her... by the time we left bugis, it was already 11pm, and still the bus was so crowded... urgghh... I was exhausted by the time I got home and my body was aching everywhere...
14 Jan 2011... did not do too much, stayed home and helped mum with the pineapple tarts, they were really painful to make I have to say... urrghhh... once is enough... and then papa came home and had his eye problems, could not open his eyes for some reason, and both eyes were red and swollen... so in the end, had to cancel dinner with uncle jeffrey, was meant to go eat the you zheng yu... stayed till late to watch this HK drama which has charmaine sheh and raymond lam... called sister eternal flower... it was ok, not a show I would be repeating... packed my luggage, and it is always so stressful packing, bcos I did not think I had lots of stuff and I did not even buy any clothing, but ended up with so much stuff to bring back...
15 Jan 2011... back to sydney... had to wake up early to get to sengkang for piyo's morning ceremony... was on the way to the busstop when I realised that I could not see anything out of my left eye, and then realised that the contact lenses must have fallen out... so had to go back home, removed the right one and put on glasses instead... hence got there late, took some pics with piyo, she looked really nice btw... and the 'jie mei's started their games when the groom and his gang arrived... took alot of videos and pics... stayed to chat in piyo's house after they left, kind of awkward initially, cos piyo was not there... but her family were really nice, and her niece was so cute, she is 6 years old and could actually use youtube and likes watching korean MVs, like SNSD... piyo's older sister really looks like her... they even sounded the same... after that, took a long time to go home cos I did not want to walk back to the station from her house in my heels... so caught a bus to the station and the bus ended up taking a big loop around sengkang before arriving at the interchange... finished watching the HK drama, had a nap and it was already time to shower, change and head out for dinner at lao ba sha... had stingray (not nice), satay (only ok), tie ban doufu and rice... and headed for the airport after... walked around alittle, took some pics, sat around at the viewing gallery, not that you could see anything there... becos of the reflection... and it was time to depart... always sad to leave, but did not cry this time... the thing that I was most disappointed abt was friends not bothering to make time to meet up, despite being away for so long and promises to meet up when I am back... well, can't really keep hounding them...
the flight back to sydney... full flight, and there was no space to store my hand held bag, had to store it in the back... first time sitting on the upper deck of the A380... pretty much where the wings of the plane are... I felt sick already once I am on board... since then, it went downhill, pretty much slept the whole way... did not even watch the movies or eat, and the nausea came on once I smelt the food around me... and we were almost arriving when the announcement came that the flight was delayed as the airport was too busy and there was nowhere for us to land so our plane was circling around for like 30mins before landing... and it was so turbulent during the landing, I really felt like throwing up and I have not felt like that since the cairns trip last year... anyway the flight back was really shitty... finally left the plane and luckily the customs were not that bad and I was so lucky that I cleared quarantine too, did not even open my bags to check, all that worrying and stress... arrived back at freycinet close and everything was the same, like I never left, even work too... is that sad??
found out today that collette would be my new supervisor, instead of deanna, I have nothing against collette, but I would not have chosen her for my supervisor... anyway, not that I could change anything now, we'll just have to wait and see how it goes over the next few months... people are leaving all at once, collette (will only be here for one day/week for 4 hours), Karen, Laura and Nicole going on maternity leave... and Kristen's pregnant, Jenny's leaving for the community... there's going to be a few new faces around the place over the next few months...
I can't remember if I blogged this... but the last day of work on xmas eve eve was horrible... there was so much to do, handover to be done, stats to be done, and had to leave off stats in the end, cos it was already 1830... when I came back on tuesday, had to finish them off... and also, something really weird happened on the last day of work that day, was so stressed trying to finish up all the work, when ren came up to me, handed me this blue paper... opened it and there were like pic cards of korean idols in there, but people that I don't really know off... my first thought was ren was playing a trick on me again... he insisted that it was not him and even wrote my name down trying to prove that it was not his handwriting on the paper... anyway, I did not have the time nor the mood to engage in this prank at that time, hence kept it away... now that I am back, I am waiting for an opportunity to find out who the person was... cos the only other person who knows I am obsessed abt korean stuff is charlie, otherwise this is all a huge prank thought up by the 'gossip guys'...
the weather was hot when I left home and when I arrived back in sydney, it's now back to being hot again after I was told that it has been mostly raining over the hols'... disgusting...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
5 MOre dAys to Go...
5 Jan 2012... went for karaoke at partyworld at nex... cost $17.50 per person for 3 hours... found a new Karaoke place called K suites at Iluma but later found out that it was even more expensive than K box... it looked really high class from the outside, and initially when we went in to ask abt the price, I was surprised at how cheap it was, but it turned out to be too good to be true after further investigations... after karaoke, proceeded to holland village for lunch... not too crowded cos it was already late afternoon... decided to try this new cafe called everything with fries... it was quite expensive and I did not like the cheese burger at all, limited choices, only the fries and the nutella tart was nice...
6 Jan 2012... went to shop at far east plaza... got there at abt 1130 and still most shops were closed... was looking for a cheaper option to cut my hair and was tempted by the manicure and pedicure salons... hence was walking up and down the 4 levels trying to decide which shop offered the best deal for a manicure/pedicure... until it was time to meet papa for ice cream at this ice cream place called cold stone creamery at orchard central... it was nice, similar to the ice rock creamery in sydney which btw singapore also has... but expensive... and after that was walking around orchard central when we came upon everything with fries again... with more choices and cheaper... I was so upset... so pong ate that again, and I thought this time we should try another dessert hence got the mille crepe, and it was disgusting... damn, I should have gone for the nutella tart... after that, went back to far east plaza again and waited for like 45 mins to get our hair cut... after that, took a train to city hall, met up with mum and papa and went for dinner at the marina bay sands' high class food court... ordered yu pian mi fen... not nice and expensive... and it was finally time for our much anticipated wicked musical... was actually wanting to watch this in sydney a while back, but the tickets were so expensive... it was quite crowded when we went into the theatre, the seats were at quite a steep decline and my seat was the second last row... which aggravated my headache... and I had started to develop a cold and my nose was running throughout the whole show and kept sneezing... I really enjoyed the show nonetheless, it is a story that explained the beginnings of the wicked witch of the west from wizard of oz... and the conclusion was that the green witch has been widely misunderstood by the public and that she really is a good witch as well... the dialogue and singing were really good as well... I am really glad that this was my first musical and I really enjoyed it... it was worth the money spent... $58 (cheapest ones btw, which meant that you can't see the faces of the actors from where I am sitting)... it was not fully occupied during our session, although that was what it said when I was buying it online... but we were not allowed to move down... the show started at approx 2000 and ended at approx 2230 with a 15mins break in between... walked around marina bay sands after the show... all the shops there were high class shops, and there was even a small canal similar to the venetian where you can sit on a gondola and ride the canal...
7 Jan 2012... day of my party... so annoying, cos not many people came despite a fairly good response initially... anyway... went to whampoa market early to do shopping... did not do much after that, slept a little and got ready for the party... zhenzhen came first, although she only came at 1900 after saying that she will come earlier so she could go to her mother-in-laws' place for dinner... she still looks the same, ate and talked a little with her before huimin, jo and fran came... took some pics and started eating and chatting... mum cooked alot of food despite me saying multiple times not to cook so much... melissa came last, and zhenzhen had to leave by then, it was approx 0830... had dessert and they agreed to stay and play games... so in the end, the time spent on thinking up the trivia questions did not come to waste although I probably could have spend less time on it... so we did trivia first, and then decided to proceed with charade with me on jo and huimin's team, and pong, fran and melissa on the other team... it was hilarious... I have never laughed so much until my sore throat actually literally hurt just from swallowing, huimin was hilarious... I was sweating so much from the laughing and tearing up every 5mins... and after that, we decided to play the chinese words game... and that brought on another bout of crazy laughter... and huimin and melissa found out that they indirectly knew each other's friends... what a small world... the party ended at approx 2330 and papa offered to drive jo and huimin home so I went as well... I was exhausted, sweaty, hurting from my sore throat and runny nose by the end... so although not many people came in the end, I did enjoy myself thanks to mum, pong, huimin, jo, fran, zhenzhen and melissa...
8 Jan 2012... my throat hurts, my nose was still running... and did not sleep well the previous night... walked to boon keng macdonalds with pong and mum for lunch and walked at the markets for abit, before catching a train to chinatown to meet fran first for karaoke... it was so crowded at chinatown even though it was raining... went to the $10 karaoke, it was really cheap but the place was still dodgy... but we still get free flow of drinks, no more sharks' fin though... jo came after and huimin came last... all of us were drinking hot honey by the truckload... this is probably only the second time I have gone to karaoke with jo and fran since we knew each other... I enjoyed myself though, despite having to sing with a nasally voice... took a train to plaza singapura after, did alittle shopping and went to eat dinner at cafe cartel... the food was not really nice, and me having a sore throat and runny nose still meant that I could not eat alot of things... fran was telling me about her blind date and it sounds successful, so wishing her all the best and hopefully things work out for her... I dunno if I would agree to a blind date, still think it is quite risky... but it was good that it turned out well for her...
9 Jan 2012... went for my massage and facial at somerset... the massage was quite painful, had to tell the auntie to ease the pressure a little midway... and now that I am no longer having facials at Linda's place, I dunno what I am going to do... have to be alittle more diligent in doing face mask and stuff... had lunch with papa and pong at this ramen place at mandarin gallery, the ramen was not bad but did not eat much due to my sore throat and me wanting to eat other stuff, still yet to eat my mian bao jia ice cream... after that, proceeded to check out the basement at 313 somerset... nothing very exciting there, but bought this berlinger bread thing at marche bakery... went to eat at cold stone creamery again, decided to try the cinnamon flavoured ice cream, it was not nice, I was so full after that, hence missed another opportunity to eat my mian bao jia ice cream and did not get to eat the berlinger fresh... it was hard when I finally ate it... checked out the shops at orchard central... the mall was really quiet as compared to the other shopping centres in orchard... bought my BB cream, went to the sky garden, it would have been nicer at night and if it was not overcast... went to the toilet and was wondering why the seat was so hot when I realised that it was a heated toilet seat, and it is a bidet... hence checked out the various washing and drying functions... it was something new... liked the dryer function but not the washing one... the aim was not good... after that, went to check out this other new shopping place for youth, called scape... there was this really cool jap theme shop selling maid cafe costumes... and this official AKB48 shop and cafe... do people even buy stuff there??!! did not even know they were popular here, why not have a SNSD shop as well?? and this gaming cafe where you can play computer games within your own booth with a big screen per booth or traditional boardgames like mind cafe... after that. took a train to city hall peninsula plaza to buy le pat stuff... crossing my fingers and toes that I will be able to clear customs with all the food I am bringing back... took a train back to orchard taka to meet mum to check out the new year goodies even at the atrium... was raining heavily by this time... it was also crowded despite being a monday evening... seriously overcrowding has become a big issue for us now... bought some suan mei, and prawn rolls for ren... mum is going to make pineapple tarts for work... the good thing about going to such events is that there is plenty of free samples at each store... so you can pretty much eat a meal just by going... after that, we proceeded to the basement where there are more food stuff, they have renovated the food court and it is much neater now... came upon kimchi fried rice again and decided to try... not nice... have yet to find a nice one able to match ceci's standards...
10 Jan 2012... brought nainai back to redhill again... got to eat my nasi lemak, soya bean drink and hum jin beng... a little disappointed becos the portions have shrunk and not fresh... got some HK dramas off auntie esther and uncle michael also came to visit...
6 Jan 2012... went to shop at far east plaza... got there at abt 1130 and still most shops were closed... was looking for a cheaper option to cut my hair and was tempted by the manicure and pedicure salons... hence was walking up and down the 4 levels trying to decide which shop offered the best deal for a manicure/pedicure... until it was time to meet papa for ice cream at this ice cream place called cold stone creamery at orchard central... it was nice, similar to the ice rock creamery in sydney which btw singapore also has... but expensive... and after that was walking around orchard central when we came upon everything with fries again... with more choices and cheaper... I was so upset... so pong ate that again, and I thought this time we should try another dessert hence got the mille crepe, and it was disgusting... damn, I should have gone for the nutella tart... after that, went back to far east plaza again and waited for like 45 mins to get our hair cut... after that, took a train to city hall, met up with mum and papa and went for dinner at the marina bay sands' high class food court... ordered yu pian mi fen... not nice and expensive... and it was finally time for our much anticipated wicked musical... was actually wanting to watch this in sydney a while back, but the tickets were so expensive... it was quite crowded when we went into the theatre, the seats were at quite a steep decline and my seat was the second last row... which aggravated my headache... and I had started to develop a cold and my nose was running throughout the whole show and kept sneezing... I really enjoyed the show nonetheless, it is a story that explained the beginnings of the wicked witch of the west from wizard of oz... and the conclusion was that the green witch has been widely misunderstood by the public and that she really is a good witch as well... the dialogue and singing were really good as well... I am really glad that this was my first musical and I really enjoyed it... it was worth the money spent... $58 (cheapest ones btw, which meant that you can't see the faces of the actors from where I am sitting)... it was not fully occupied during our session, although that was what it said when I was buying it online... but we were not allowed to move down... the show started at approx 2000 and ended at approx 2230 with a 15mins break in between... walked around marina bay sands after the show... all the shops there were high class shops, and there was even a small canal similar to the venetian where you can sit on a gondola and ride the canal...
7 Jan 2012... day of my party... so annoying, cos not many people came despite a fairly good response initially... anyway... went to whampoa market early to do shopping... did not do much after that, slept a little and got ready for the party... zhenzhen came first, although she only came at 1900 after saying that she will come earlier so she could go to her mother-in-laws' place for dinner... she still looks the same, ate and talked a little with her before huimin, jo and fran came... took some pics and started eating and chatting... mum cooked alot of food despite me saying multiple times not to cook so much... melissa came last, and zhenzhen had to leave by then, it was approx 0830... had dessert and they agreed to stay and play games... so in the end, the time spent on thinking up the trivia questions did not come to waste although I probably could have spend less time on it... so we did trivia first, and then decided to proceed with charade with me on jo and huimin's team, and pong, fran and melissa on the other team... it was hilarious... I have never laughed so much until my sore throat actually literally hurt just from swallowing, huimin was hilarious... I was sweating so much from the laughing and tearing up every 5mins... and after that, we decided to play the chinese words game... and that brought on another bout of crazy laughter... and huimin and melissa found out that they indirectly knew each other's friends... what a small world... the party ended at approx 2330 and papa offered to drive jo and huimin home so I went as well... I was exhausted, sweaty, hurting from my sore throat and runny nose by the end... so although not many people came in the end, I did enjoy myself thanks to mum, pong, huimin, jo, fran, zhenzhen and melissa...
8 Jan 2012... my throat hurts, my nose was still running... and did not sleep well the previous night... walked to boon keng macdonalds with pong and mum for lunch and walked at the markets for abit, before catching a train to chinatown to meet fran first for karaoke... it was so crowded at chinatown even though it was raining... went to the $10 karaoke, it was really cheap but the place was still dodgy... but we still get free flow of drinks, no more sharks' fin though... jo came after and huimin came last... all of us were drinking hot honey by the truckload... this is probably only the second time I have gone to karaoke with jo and fran since we knew each other... I enjoyed myself though, despite having to sing with a nasally voice... took a train to plaza singapura after, did alittle shopping and went to eat dinner at cafe cartel... the food was not really nice, and me having a sore throat and runny nose still meant that I could not eat alot of things... fran was telling me about her blind date and it sounds successful, so wishing her all the best and hopefully things work out for her... I dunno if I would agree to a blind date, still think it is quite risky... but it was good that it turned out well for her...
9 Jan 2012... went for my massage and facial at somerset... the massage was quite painful, had to tell the auntie to ease the pressure a little midway... and now that I am no longer having facials at Linda's place, I dunno what I am going to do... have to be alittle more diligent in doing face mask and stuff... had lunch with papa and pong at this ramen place at mandarin gallery, the ramen was not bad but did not eat much due to my sore throat and me wanting to eat other stuff, still yet to eat my mian bao jia ice cream... after that, proceeded to check out the basement at 313 somerset... nothing very exciting there, but bought this berlinger bread thing at marche bakery... went to eat at cold stone creamery again, decided to try the cinnamon flavoured ice cream, it was not nice, I was so full after that, hence missed another opportunity to eat my mian bao jia ice cream and did not get to eat the berlinger fresh... it was hard when I finally ate it... checked out the shops at orchard central... the mall was really quiet as compared to the other shopping centres in orchard... bought my BB cream, went to the sky garden, it would have been nicer at night and if it was not overcast... went to the toilet and was wondering why the seat was so hot when I realised that it was a heated toilet seat, and it is a bidet... hence checked out the various washing and drying functions... it was something new... liked the dryer function but not the washing one... the aim was not good... after that, went to check out this other new shopping place for youth, called scape... there was this really cool jap theme shop selling maid cafe costumes... and this official AKB48 shop and cafe... do people even buy stuff there??!! did not even know they were popular here, why not have a SNSD shop as well?? and this gaming cafe where you can play computer games within your own booth with a big screen per booth or traditional boardgames like mind cafe... after that. took a train to city hall peninsula plaza to buy le pat stuff... crossing my fingers and toes that I will be able to clear customs with all the food I am bringing back... took a train back to orchard taka to meet mum to check out the new year goodies even at the atrium... was raining heavily by this time... it was also crowded despite being a monday evening... seriously overcrowding has become a big issue for us now... bought some suan mei, and prawn rolls for ren... mum is going to make pineapple tarts for work... the good thing about going to such events is that there is plenty of free samples at each store... so you can pretty much eat a meal just by going... after that, we proceeded to the basement where there are more food stuff, they have renovated the food court and it is much neater now... came upon kimchi fried rice again and decided to try... not nice... have yet to find a nice one able to match ceci's standards...
10 Jan 2012... brought nainai back to redhill again... got to eat my nasi lemak, soya bean drink and hum jin beng... a little disappointed becos the portions have shrunk and not fresh... got some HK dramas off auntie esther and uncle michael also came to visit...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
HOmE SwEEt hoME...
29 Dec 2011... went to nainai's house and finally able to eat my fav chee cheong fun at redhill market... they have upgraded the place a little and you can choose how much chee cheong fun you want now rather than a standard portion... the downside though is that it is really oily, the chee cheong fun is literally dripping with oil... and we are seriously getting too big for nainai's house now... the government now wants to tear it down and build taller flats in the next 2 years... I will definitely miss redhill, the place where I spent most of my childhood days... must remember to take some pics when I return again... uncle peter came and met us and we made our way to the temple at river valley 'Ju Si Lin'... and then another temple at bugis, 'Guan Yin Miao'... it was soo packed as usual at guan yin miao, no matter what time and day you go... after that, uncle wanted to treat us to dim sum, so we made our way to orchard, probably not the best time to go to orchard, but hey, I am not turning down a treat... got there and it was quite late already, decided to check out if there is a crystal jade close by, but found a 'Din Tai Feng' instead at Wisma, but it was packed and people were queuing... so in the end, decided to eat at food junction instead, which was fine with me, cos I got to eat my fish with rice... uncle did treat us to haagen daz dessert though... it was good... nainai was exhausted by the time we arrived home, I was too...
30 Dec 2011... my one day observation... started off meeting wanru at SGH for the inservice which silvana was presenting... their OT dept was much bigger than us... and the literature article which silvana was presenting on was too "chim" for me, did not understand what she was talking abt, and I did mention that to her later that day... and silvana's response was that it was one of the easiest article already... was taken around the outpatients hands dept for a quick walk around... they have much more machines and resources than us... it made me feel so dumb standing next to them... cos the only splints I made so far and with help, were 2 resting splints to date... sigh... caught the shuttle bus to AH... apparently it underwent some renovations but the hospital was mostly non air conditioned still... it was hot and disgusting... followed some therapists to see patients... the main concerns are not being able to speak dialects (ie when one of the patients was speaking to one of the OTs in Hokkien, I was standing there catching no ball at all), the difference in systems (ie no equipment loans, pts had to buy their own equipment, pts have to pay for our services, very skill and component focused ie using stacking of cones, scooping of marbles to remediate lost function), fast paced environment (not having the time to write notes after seeing each patient and having to memorise and document at the end of the day)... the approach is very much throwing you in the deep end and you can learn to swim on your own... which I don't know how I will be able to manage... it was interesting to see what it's like working here, but obviously I was only there for a day and apparently the rehab service at AH is fairly new... so probably not being able to see the whole picture... it was so hot in the wards and I seriously was dozing and yawning every 5 mins...
went to meet silvana for dinner after work, zhenzhen did not come as she was ill apparently... wanted to eat marche but there was a long queue when we got there... so we ended up eating at this fast food place similar to nando's... the burger was not bad... but expensive... whilst we were sitting there eating dinner, I realised that the 2 people sitting diagonally across from me were xu zhengrong and ponsak... not that we did anything about it... but xu zhenrong was talking pretty loudly and I could hear what he was saying... it got really packed when we were leaving though... went up to the deck and took some pictures... then went for dessert at ben and jerry's... wanted the brownie but they ran out of it, hence settled for the waffle one... the waffle was so stale and soggy that we actually had to tear it off rather than breaking it off... so I took it back to the counter and requested that we get another one made... the lady at the counter kept insisting that they just made it fresh and it was meant to be like that... I eventually decided to stop arguing with her and turned around wanting to walk back to our seat when this guy walked up and indicated that he would make another new one for us... silvana is going away to houston for 2 months as an attachment learning more abt spasticity... and apparently that meant that another year would be added to her bond...
31 Dec 2011... new year's eve... went out for lunch at tung lok, mum's treat... it's apparently a dim sum and seafood buffet... the food was not too bad, but obviously expensive... did not do anything much after that... finished watching the latest ep of running man... and started watching the various countdowns on tv... caught the fireworks live at home... not as pretty as sydney's though... and we could only see the higher ones... did not bother with resolutions cos I don't keep them anyway...
1 Jan 2012... Happy new Year... year of the dragon... hmmm... went to ah ma's house for a visit in the am and stayed till early pm... ah ma is looking better than last I saw her, she's walking better now... went to city square mall for some stuff and headed home... baked pandan cake this time, and it was very successful this time... the cake was yummy, and pretty much gone by the next day... the recipe is not too difficult, the only difficulties are the type of mixer you need and pandan leaves... otherwise I would bake that instead of my really boring but still nice flourless choc cake... uncle jeffrey and auntie came for a visit and it was really nice of them to 'dabao' my fav 'you jian yu'... it was really nice, nicer than the one at tung lok but again, literally dripping with oil...
2 Jan 2012... fran invited us over to her house for lunch... got to clementi and walked around with huimin to look for a gift for fran's mum, got her some new year goodies in the end... got to fran's house and it was soo hot (as usual)... she only had fan at her place and they were small fans... one look at the food and I was like yup, luckily I ate something before I came... did not eat much... her mum can really talk... about anything... similar to auntie peggy actually... went downstairs to chat a little... her condo has alot of facilities, more than us actually... and it's really nice... there's air conditioned function rooms where you can hang out, gym, pool... came back home after, and went out for dinner at chomp chomp at upper serangoon... it was packed with people, mostly teenagers... everyone was willing to stand and wait around for empty tables even though it's so crowded, smoky and hot... definitely not a place I would willingly return again, and the food is not exceptional... lao ba sha has similar food and more varieties... and not crowded and smoky like that...
3 Jan 2012... went to watch 'we bought a zoo' with pong at iluma... deja vu bcos we were again the only two people in the theatre... it was cool but a little creepy... i like the place though... the seats are comfy and not crowded... iluma was undergoing construction hence not many shops are open, and it was really quiet... good place to go if you just want a quiet place to hang out... i liked the movie... touching... finally got to watch this after the failed attempt last week... found this really cool jap ramen restaurant with a really cool concept... so there are 6 different ramen shops all in the same place, what we have to do is choose one and after that, vote for your fav ramen shop and apparently, they have until june 30 before the votes are collated and the best ramen shops can stay whilst the rest have to go... and the whole layout of the place is cool... the ramen was really spicy but good... met up with angie at bugis after, walked around a little, the top floor where there were many cute shops have gone... nothing very exciting now... angie still is the same... she has finally completed her medical degree and is starting her internship at a Perth hospital soon... really happy for her... she's always been smart and hardworking... caught a train to Plaza Singapura, walked around a little, and there is a bodyshop sale going on, could not resist checking it out and ended up spending money on body butter and facial wash... but it was alot cheaper than usual... it was needless to say, packed with people looking for a bargain... angie left for her dinner and I met up with piyo and inthu for dinner at swensen's... went back to bodyshop again after cos they wanted to buy stuff... I was standing around waiting for them when I saw someone who looked alot like wanru walking around, but something was different abt her, so I did not call out to her... she walked around a booth and came back to where I was again, I was considering whether to try and call out to her when she looked up, saw me and waved... I was like, it is wanru... both of us started laughing... she permed her hair, so that was the difference, and hongrui rocked up as well... what a coincidence... cos everyone knew each other, so everyone said hi and went back to doing their bodyshop bargain hunting... on the way home, piyo kept asking if I am able to at least attend her morning ceremony, and I felt bad cos I missed her registration and now not able to make it to her reception, so I said ok, will sacrifice and wake up early in the am to get to her place at sengkang at 0800.. the problem is I don't have the right clothes to wear... now I have to go look for something more presentable to wear as opposed to top and jeans... it's difficult to buy clothes here now cos they are all so small... had a look at topshop and dorothy perkins already and they did not have anything nice... even OG is selling all the chinese new year clothes... otoke??!!
brought nainai out to chinatown today... it was so hot, and the problem with chinatown is there are no proper toilets... urggh... went to OG, CK, and the markets, and it was full of people even though it was a weekday and people should be at school or at work... decided to try this korean restaurant on mosque st, it was expensive, but i thought the food was not too bad... just the price was too high... the main reason I chose the place was becos they had kimchi fried rice... I still prefer the ceci's way of cooking... the breadshop is still there... so of course, bought some bread... the only thing that did not go well today was nainai wanted a haircut, so we chanced upon this hair salon offering haircuts for $8, was standing outside waiting when pong came out saying that nainai cut her ear... went it and nainai was bleeding from the ear, the hairdresser has accidentally cut her ear when cutting her hair... the hairdresser indicated that she would not charge us becos of this... and it appeared to be superficial when I had a look but it is still bleeding when we arrived home... hopefully the bleeding will stop soon otherwise, we may have to go to the doctors'... did not seem serious enough a matter to sue the hair salon but I thought the bleeding should have ceased by now...
30 Dec 2011... my one day observation... started off meeting wanru at SGH for the inservice which silvana was presenting... their OT dept was much bigger than us... and the literature article which silvana was presenting on was too "chim" for me, did not understand what she was talking abt, and I did mention that to her later that day... and silvana's response was that it was one of the easiest article already... was taken around the outpatients hands dept for a quick walk around... they have much more machines and resources than us... it made me feel so dumb standing next to them... cos the only splints I made so far and with help, were 2 resting splints to date... sigh... caught the shuttle bus to AH... apparently it underwent some renovations but the hospital was mostly non air conditioned still... it was hot and disgusting... followed some therapists to see patients... the main concerns are not being able to speak dialects (ie when one of the patients was speaking to one of the OTs in Hokkien, I was standing there catching no ball at all), the difference in systems (ie no equipment loans, pts had to buy their own equipment, pts have to pay for our services, very skill and component focused ie using stacking of cones, scooping of marbles to remediate lost function), fast paced environment (not having the time to write notes after seeing each patient and having to memorise and document at the end of the day)... the approach is very much throwing you in the deep end and you can learn to swim on your own... which I don't know how I will be able to manage... it was interesting to see what it's like working here, but obviously I was only there for a day and apparently the rehab service at AH is fairly new... so probably not being able to see the whole picture... it was so hot in the wards and I seriously was dozing and yawning every 5 mins...
went to meet silvana for dinner after work, zhenzhen did not come as she was ill apparently... wanted to eat marche but there was a long queue when we got there... so we ended up eating at this fast food place similar to nando's... the burger was not bad... but expensive... whilst we were sitting there eating dinner, I realised that the 2 people sitting diagonally across from me were xu zhengrong and ponsak... not that we did anything about it... but xu zhenrong was talking pretty loudly and I could hear what he was saying... it got really packed when we were leaving though... went up to the deck and took some pictures... then went for dessert at ben and jerry's... wanted the brownie but they ran out of it, hence settled for the waffle one... the waffle was so stale and soggy that we actually had to tear it off rather than breaking it off... so I took it back to the counter and requested that we get another one made... the lady at the counter kept insisting that they just made it fresh and it was meant to be like that... I eventually decided to stop arguing with her and turned around wanting to walk back to our seat when this guy walked up and indicated that he would make another new one for us... silvana is going away to houston for 2 months as an attachment learning more abt spasticity... and apparently that meant that another year would be added to her bond...
31 Dec 2011... new year's eve... went out for lunch at tung lok, mum's treat... it's apparently a dim sum and seafood buffet... the food was not too bad, but obviously expensive... did not do anything much after that... finished watching the latest ep of running man... and started watching the various countdowns on tv... caught the fireworks live at home... not as pretty as sydney's though... and we could only see the higher ones... did not bother with resolutions cos I don't keep them anyway...
1 Jan 2012... Happy new Year... year of the dragon... hmmm... went to ah ma's house for a visit in the am and stayed till early pm... ah ma is looking better than last I saw her, she's walking better now... went to city square mall for some stuff and headed home... baked pandan cake this time, and it was very successful this time... the cake was yummy, and pretty much gone by the next day... the recipe is not too difficult, the only difficulties are the type of mixer you need and pandan leaves... otherwise I would bake that instead of my really boring but still nice flourless choc cake... uncle jeffrey and auntie came for a visit and it was really nice of them to 'dabao' my fav 'you jian yu'... it was really nice, nicer than the one at tung lok but again, literally dripping with oil...
2 Jan 2012... fran invited us over to her house for lunch... got to clementi and walked around with huimin to look for a gift for fran's mum, got her some new year goodies in the end... got to fran's house and it was soo hot (as usual)... she only had fan at her place and they were small fans... one look at the food and I was like yup, luckily I ate something before I came... did not eat much... her mum can really talk... about anything... similar to auntie peggy actually... went downstairs to chat a little... her condo has alot of facilities, more than us actually... and it's really nice... there's air conditioned function rooms where you can hang out, gym, pool... came back home after, and went out for dinner at chomp chomp at upper serangoon... it was packed with people, mostly teenagers... everyone was willing to stand and wait around for empty tables even though it's so crowded, smoky and hot... definitely not a place I would willingly return again, and the food is not exceptional... lao ba sha has similar food and more varieties... and not crowded and smoky like that...
3 Jan 2012... went to watch 'we bought a zoo' with pong at iluma... deja vu bcos we were again the only two people in the theatre... it was cool but a little creepy... i like the place though... the seats are comfy and not crowded... iluma was undergoing construction hence not many shops are open, and it was really quiet... good place to go if you just want a quiet place to hang out... i liked the movie... touching... finally got to watch this after the failed attempt last week... found this really cool jap ramen restaurant with a really cool concept... so there are 6 different ramen shops all in the same place, what we have to do is choose one and after that, vote for your fav ramen shop and apparently, they have until june 30 before the votes are collated and the best ramen shops can stay whilst the rest have to go... and the whole layout of the place is cool... the ramen was really spicy but good... met up with angie at bugis after, walked around a little, the top floor where there were many cute shops have gone... nothing very exciting now... angie still is the same... she has finally completed her medical degree and is starting her internship at a Perth hospital soon... really happy for her... she's always been smart and hardworking... caught a train to Plaza Singapura, walked around a little, and there is a bodyshop sale going on, could not resist checking it out and ended up spending money on body butter and facial wash... but it was alot cheaper than usual... it was needless to say, packed with people looking for a bargain... angie left for her dinner and I met up with piyo and inthu for dinner at swensen's... went back to bodyshop again after cos they wanted to buy stuff... I was standing around waiting for them when I saw someone who looked alot like wanru walking around, but something was different abt her, so I did not call out to her... she walked around a booth and came back to where I was again, I was considering whether to try and call out to her when she looked up, saw me and waved... I was like, it is wanru... both of us started laughing... she permed her hair, so that was the difference, and hongrui rocked up as well... what a coincidence... cos everyone knew each other, so everyone said hi and went back to doing their bodyshop bargain hunting... on the way home, piyo kept asking if I am able to at least attend her morning ceremony, and I felt bad cos I missed her registration and now not able to make it to her reception, so I said ok, will sacrifice and wake up early in the am to get to her place at sengkang at 0800.. the problem is I don't have the right clothes to wear... now I have to go look for something more presentable to wear as opposed to top and jeans... it's difficult to buy clothes here now cos they are all so small... had a look at topshop and dorothy perkins already and they did not have anything nice... even OG is selling all the chinese new year clothes... otoke??!!
brought nainai out to chinatown today... it was so hot, and the problem with chinatown is there are no proper toilets... urggh... went to OG, CK, and the markets, and it was full of people even though it was a weekday and people should be at school or at work... decided to try this korean restaurant on mosque st, it was expensive, but i thought the food was not too bad... just the price was too high... the main reason I chose the place was becos they had kimchi fried rice... I still prefer the ceci's way of cooking... the breadshop is still there... so of course, bought some bread... the only thing that did not go well today was nainai wanted a haircut, so we chanced upon this hair salon offering haircuts for $8, was standing outside waiting when pong came out saying that nainai cut her ear... went it and nainai was bleeding from the ear, the hairdresser has accidentally cut her ear when cutting her hair... the hairdresser indicated that she would not charge us becos of this... and it appeared to be superficial when I had a look but it is still bleeding when we arrived home... hopefully the bleeding will stop soon otherwise, we may have to go to the doctors'... did not seem serious enough a matter to sue the hair salon but I thought the bleeding should have ceased by now...
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