Just a little update <;

 Colin asked me a very interesting question this evening. "So, who are you?" Of course, our usual replies would be "My name is bla....." which is so cliche but on first thought who would have thought of the 3 questions that follows behind that question? There's so many things to learn from scatch, not by the book but by experience. I am certain that 6 months later, i'll be a different person altogether. And BETTER. I will be better. It's all because of the things i get to do in the company. Although some of my peers do not need to commit weekends; do overtime; make a lot of calls & email, at this point i reckon that i've made a wise decision. At least not for the food part huh. Well, hopefully I'll still think so at the end of this programme. (^^)

  I'm proud to say that I'm maximising utilisation of my wardrobe now that i need to wear different outfit everyday and I'm so relieved my fetish for jackets helped me in fighting in an every-day battle with the aircon in the office! I love all my jackets. Yay.

Church wedding on Saturday I can't wait to take lotsa pictures of it! :)



I'm baffled, yet amazed. But then again, I don't blame you for your reaction because I am well aware that jealousy has the ability to make a girl go crazy. HAHA. (L)

All in one

And i forgot to mention that i miss this pretty boy.

Cute. <3

Blogger is getting from bad to worse

If you continue to be this naughty, i'm going to leave you for good. So Blogger, please don't try to be funny/updated and change all html boxes into flash players. If you really want to do so, please ensure that all's proper and good. Now i'm having a nightmare trying to upload my pictures and if this continues.... i'm so moving on to another space. Humpfs ): I can't upload pictures ARGHHHH!

First day of work. Environment seem pretty cool and friendly. Colin involved me in many events starting this saturday and it's nice that he lets me immerse in the real event situation but it's sad because my weekends are burnt ): Starting this Saturday, there're gonna be so many events i'll be assisting in & getting quotations and all would be tough. In addition, the Teresa Teng contest is totally driving Camile crazy because it's a major event for Chingay hence I'll be helping in calling the contestants ^^

Busy, busy work life ahead.
I can already sense the reluctance of my body to adjust herself for a whole new life there's distinctly different from studying.
Sigh, and I don't get to meet my love as often anymore.
PS. I hope to squeeze some time out of my busy schedule to meet FIDES while she's in Singapore!

Food Treats

Days ago I went on a food search to satisfy my desire for good food.

Have you tried the Jap cream puffs @ Liang court basement? If you haven't, you should because it's darn delicious. Usually i don't crave for cream puffs because most i've tried are just gross. I hate buttery and oily cream filling, i hate oily or hard crust they make me puke- literally. But this jap cream puff has made its way up to my top 5 favorite food list! The crust is soft and chewy and the filling - the best part tastes like vanilla ice cream^^ It's so high demand that every new batch from the oven will be gone in just 5 minutes -

Well, check out this handsome baby enjoying his chocolate cake while waiting for a new batch of ice cream puffs  ~

Took the set lunch offer of Dallas Restaurant (Boat Quay) and i can't remember the name of this dish already. Basically it's a dish you're supposed to 'make your own crepe' with the 4 sauces given (Fried Bean, Tomato, Sour Cream and XX?) and your choice of meat. It's got 3 choices for the meat - Beef, Chicken/pork and i chose the former. Super filling on the stomach but it's worth a try - not bad, not bad :) Loves the Tomato filling though<3

Dennis' Avocade chicken & Herman's Italian pasta below:

That's all for now. I can't wait to get out of my house now the night's still young for cool peeps like me <; I'm anticipating more exciting affairs the next few days!

Farewell Jillybean

This entire entry is dedicated to one of my best poly friends throughout my entire poly life. She's a talented young sweetheart who adores dancing and all things pink/turquoise not mentioning she's one of the popular girls in school <3 This dear would be leaving for Finland tomorrow for half a year so here's wishing her bon voyage & all the best in Finland!

Jill ! (pronounced as Jew! Haha!) I do hope that you'd somehow stumble onto my blog and see this ~ But i hope that when you see this, it will put a smile onto your face :)

You know all these 2+ years, I thought that you are a truly nice girl. I mean, sometimes you may be too over insensitive to my feelings (but i guess that's because i read too much into it?), sometimes you may sound extremely evil but deep down inside you're just a lonely girl who puts on a front to protect yourself - a barrier to prevent others from hurting you. Sometimes you may sound bitchy towards people you do not care and occassionally i'll feel like "why is she like that?' but at the end of the day it dawn on me that well, girls are girls. Afterall, if girls aren't bitchy, then who are? We're only bitchy and nasty to certain individuals whom doesn't deserve our respect and kindness.

 And to me, that is perfectly fine.

Frankly speaking, i was totally upset and mad at S that period of time you were crying like mad and i thought "Why would anyone hurt a girl like you? Someone whom has many suitors but instead turned down all of them just to be with this specific guy and yet he's treating you like this?!" I felt so helpless because there wasn't anything i could do to make you feel better. But we all knew you deserve someone far better than him! Friends are only friends, we can only try to be around you as much as we could but what happens when we are not around? Eventually, Yuting and I were really relieved that you came to your senses and got over it.

Although we do not meet up often after school hours, but from the countless projects we've done and endured together i shall say that we understand each other quite well? We know each others' strengths, weaknesses, shortcomings, personalities, OCDS so work was done easily and efficiently.

Indeed i was one of the first few friends you made in poly! We had many chances to bunk together in all our school trips - Batam and star cruise! It was a pity i didn't go Vietnam though :( I would have gone if i knew that Edusave account thingi wasn't a scam. We spent many ups and downs together - Yours & mine? I'm so glad that these moments brought us closer ^^

All the chatterings at night in our rooms, can you recall there was one night in star cruise i asked you if you depise people in poverty and from there we went saying about our family backgrounds - that was when we begun knowing each other.

And you'll always correct our pronounciation all the time because of your OCD? I think this is gonna be the part where i'll miss you the most!

They say true friends don't need to talk/meet often , but whenever one is down, the other never fails to appear in front of her and do something to cheer her up. Seeing you and Yuting so concerned about me made me realised that all the while i was so wrong. Wrong in thinking that i didn't make any real friends in my Poly because we merely meet in school for school-related stuff. Truth is, I have 4 really cool and close friends whom i've been doing projects with - we go on trips together, laugh at one another together, suffer from lack of sleep together, rush projects together and comfort one another! Therefore, i shall not grumble anymore and shall cherish this friendship that brought us together :)

Bottomline: I just wanna Thank you for being there for me always and for helping me because you treat me as a friend. I'm sorry for being irritable and for not understanding your good intentions <; I love you and I wish you good luck and all the best in Finland! Are you gonna come back with a Finnish? :P Well, just don't forget us while you're too happily working in Finland!

Friends Forever to you^^ <3

Sarah.

Jack Purcell Contest Results

Hello Folks! So how have you been doing? Enjoying your vacation? I feel bad for those friends whom have to start internship early in their respective travel agencies but then again, it's good because they'll end a week earlier than us too! :D This vacation ( A mere 1 week) should be well-spent and filled to the brim with many many gatherings with my friends (some of whom i really love yet haven't met them for a long while due to different schedules) ! 

Just last night i met up with 2 gorgeous babes -

 whom i really love since Secondary 2 when we started hanging out together. There have been many conflicts and arguments, but I'm glad that through it all we found true friendship and love from each other which to me is a valuable gift. Though we do not meet often now, but somehow or rather i do know that at the bottom of my heart i'm certain that they are friends whom i can fall on (which i hope is the case :) I feel like if i were to really have a big tiff with Wennhan, i would still be able to depend on them - cry on their shoulders and talk to them about every single details of my feelings and emotions. It was a lovely night updating each other on our lives, sharing gossips and jokes, planning and discussing on our own flea booth - What sort of assortments are we gonna sell, how are we gonna display them, who is our target market, how are we gonna create awareness, where are we gonna buy our booth from? [ I'm still 2 hands up - super on and steady to the idea though!! Guess i'll have to check out Jetstar's pricing first then we'll decide from there] 

You can imagine how engrossed we were in our little talks because dear Sheila lost her wallet ): We left in on the Subway tray and when we realised it 11/2 hours later, it was gone. It could be in the bin ( Staff may have thrown it in because the wallet's color could easily camouflage itself with the tray's color) or passerby may have 'kop' it away. Luckily there wasn't much cash inside, but there were many cards so a lot of paperwork procedures have to be done - deactivate this, make a new that etc.. I don't feel good about it - i should have double checked our tables before we left - i mean, i have this habit all the time? But why didn't it came to me that i should check that night? ): Sorry Sheila ): But i truly enjoyed myself last night <; I'm hoping to meet them more often + club with them someday! Perhaps i'll get Dionis to sign me in someday. 

By the way, i bet you guys have heard of the contest which i joined recently - Converse "We love your smile! Jack Purcell" contest. The results were released on Thursday - I have been waiting for their calls for days since last Monday but since it was already a week from the closing date, i thought i didn't win - not even the consolation prize and was all moody over it until yesterday before leaving home i checked out their fanpage and these are the winners: (Credits to Converse (Singapore Malaysia) Fan page) 

Dear Converse Fans,

Congratulations to our Winners for our "We love your Smile! Jack Purcell" contest!
Check them out below. And thank you everyone who had participated. Stay tuned here to our next coming contest!

First Prize - Olympus E-PL1 + $300 Converse Vouchers:

KOH MEI LIN

My girl learnt about Converse canvas shoes since newborn cos im a fan of Converse, i own 25 pairs so far and counting.
“Wear Nothing But CONVERSE”

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Second Prize - Pentax X90 + $200 Converse Vouchers:

SARAH XIAOLING

My one & only pair of covered shoes which never fails to bring me to any occasion be it to work, to party or to kick anybody on the street! :)

This pair of Green Peas was given by someone really dear to me & whenever i wear these shoes, it reminds me of his smile.

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Third Prize - Olympus SP-600UZ + $100 Converse Vouchers :

GERARD TAN

A big shoe to fill but with my Converse i can do it!!

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3 Consolation Prizes - Sony DSC-W360 + $50 Converse Vouchers:

FOO XUE MIN

Wearing my favourite Converse shoes, preparing to go out.

JOANNE TAN

Smile with ukulele, ba dum dum dum ba~

WINDEE FELIPE

“High on love”

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Winners will be informed by email or mobile phone about prize collection details and must bring along their NRIC for verification.

I was really surprised and am still in shock now that I've won the second prize!!! All along when i was on the Converse website my first reaction when i saw the first prize was "Wow.  I thought the Wiindee Filipe would win the first prize! He had 2000 over votes in total! Then i headed to the fan page hoping to see my name on the "consolation prize" list so i scrolled down and i almost fainted when i saw my photo being labelled "2nd". The ones with supposedly higher votes got consolation and i am the 2nd prize winner? I thought my friend would be one of the top 3 too! I kept thinking 'Could it be a mistake??' until this morning the staff contacted me - so i'm very much still in shock now. But anyway, congrats to me! The very first thing i would do when i get the camera is ........ take pictures of all my loved ones! That includes my mum,sis,brother, my lovely friends - DTRM as well as my PSS clique Dionis Sheila Xueqi Daphni etc, Wennhan, his mum, his bro, and maybe my work colleagues!  Now that i have this camera i can use the money i set aside to buy iphone4 :) One item down my wishlist hooray~! So heres' what i won: Pentax X90 + $200 voucher 

  A megazoom 26X super-telephoto lens (26-676mm equivalent) ensures extreme flexibility for any subject near or far.

•    The 12.1 megapixel sensor is ideal for large prints or cropping flexibility.

•    Effortlessly compose and playback images and video on the 2.7 inch LCD with anti-reflection coating, or through the electronic viewfinder with diopter adjustment.

•    Perfectly blends technology from both digital compact and SLR cameras, including powerful automatic operation or creative manual and priority modes.

•    An HDMI port plays back beautiful high resolution images and video on HDTV's.

•    Triple Shake Reduction technology includes a mechanical sensor-shift mechanism, digital high ISO SR, and Movie SR, for sharp images, even in the most challenging lighting conditions.

•    High speed continuous shooting up to 11 frames per second captures even the fastest action.

•    Fast Face Detection technology quickly finds up to 32 faces for perfectly focused and exposed portraits.

•    Capture even the smallest and closest subjects as near as 1cm with Super Macro mode.

RE: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife3D is awesome!!

Bangkok Trip

Hello <3 Relationships aside for now. It's been a long while, as mentioned earlier i'm going to pen down an entry on Bangkok trip with the cool peeps in case my memory fails on me :)

It was an early flight, Wennhan and i reached the airport at 10am. We met the rest except Dennis (who went back to get his passport) and grabbed some light breakfast to supposedly save our stomach for a sumptuous spread at bangkok hours later!

There was drama during the check-in process because Wennhan's passport was expiring in 3 months' time and the check in criteria for a passport is at least 6 months from date of expiry. Unfortunately, he couldn't come with us. I was devastated because it was a trip that we looked forward to for months, it was gonna be our first trip together and i was sure he looked forward to it more anxiously than i did because the previous night he slept way too early and woke up surprisingly earlier than me (Usually he's quite a sleep log, he can sleep for 12 hours and always turns up late for work) It was a painful 1 hour which we tried all means to get the jet star staff to issue him a temporary permit which he could use. But all that was to no avail. They were strict and firm with their decision. I had to bid him goodbye and leave with the others (luckily it was a trip with them, if it was a honeymoon trip i bet i would have given it a miss !) He went to his hometown to visit his relatives and the 4 of us went in to board the flight.

Guess it wasn't a lucky day for us, the flight was delayyyeed. until 12pm. We sat down and made plans on our trip. Then we started doing something we girls are good at in nature ...

Once again, flight was delayed to 1pm. We were all damn sianxzzz at this moment... But, continued to while our time away..

So the flight continued to delay for 2 more times and finally the last delay at 3pm. We spent the whole morning + afternoon waiting to get to Bangkok asap to start on our shopping spree!

I met one of my colleagues there with his wife and friends, met another cool and hippy auntie who travelled with a group of teenagers - she requested for one of the girls to take Wennhan's seat. Eventually we realised that they checked into the same hotel as us! Haha! Voila! Foreign country, foreign hotel but same nationalities and took the same flight! So coincidental! In the plane, we continued doing what we're best at - ..

Yuting is so skinny look at her jawline! >< We came to realise that flight was delayed because the air-con of the plane wasn't functioning and they took a whopping 4 hours to repair it... But it was all worth it because it was really cold in the plane, i was like *omg freezin'* ! The flight took us 2-3 hours and by the time we reached our Bangkok, it was already night time.. 

 There weren't many places we could go particularly because the shopping centres in Bangkok closes really early- 8pm that is equivalent to 7pm local time.. The airport was pretty well-decorated but some parts still seem a little run down, i took a few pictures of the artwork pieces displayed there but i couldn't spare a few more because we were kinda already rushing by then...

The search for our hotel was tough and the area surrounding it was under construction it was unaccessible we had to alight a road further and walk in ourselves..

But we felt it was money well spent because the hotel didn't fail us at all! So what do you expect for $150 for 4 nights?

*drumrolls* presenting to you, our Tango Living Place !!

Cleaniness, check. Accessibility, check. Aircon, check. LCD TV, check. clean toilet, check. Housekeeping, check. Overall standards: for a 3 star hotel i would rate it as 3.8/5. If only the construction of the road was completed even before we arrived then i would probably give it a higher rate.

The starving 4 then went around the area searching for a place to dine at - as we were new to the place, we didn't know where to go. Platinum mall was already closing by then and the nearest would be the night market near us.. The search lasted for at least half an hour and we chanced upon an eatery which somehow resembles a typical coffee shop 'zi char' in Singapore..

Here's what we ordered: (first meal at 8pm GMT + 8 time)

Can you see the egg omelette? It looks kinda tasteless here but ironically, it tastes really good! Better than Sg's 'oh jian' i would say.. It's besically Singapore's version of 'oh jian' but excluding the 'flour' part..

The Tom Yam was so good! Now i feel that Singapore's variation of Tom Yam kinda sucks - i mean, the ones i've been to.. None of it really surprise me yet...I took a picture of the shutter beside our seats, guess it was another foodcourt which isn't open at night?  

Went to familarise ourselves with the area after dinner and checked out platinum mall's closing time followed by some Thai massage which has nothing for me to rave about and hoolala~  back to hotel to plan next day's itinerary..

The 2nd day, we woke up at 9am local time (10am sg time) and headed straight to Platinum mall - hella fruitful trip down! Looks like herman wasn't lying at all when he said it's a woman's paradise! A wide range of apparel you'll definitely find yourself indulging in Shopping like never before! From head to toe, it has practically everything - but a word for caution, the bags sold there were anything but cheap! They were overpriced! Head there for cutesy cheap shorts (i bought at least 10 pairs of those), cheap shoes? and there's a foodcourt at the uppermost level which serves food of all kind - hongkong, Singapore blabla... you have to purchase a card which is akin to Singapore's kopitiam card to purchase and a bowl of noodles is around SGD$ 2 - cheap and good! We skipped breakfast just to shop and had our early dinner (or late lunch?) there.... At night, we bought take-aways from the foodcourt and gathered in our hotel room to makan ^^

The 3rd day, we went to platinum mall again as few of us had to change some sizes for our apparel ( and i tried tuk tuk for the first time in my entire life!) The experience is ............. beyond words but very thrilling haha ! The driver was really funny and weird, he kept comparing his 'tuk tuk' with any racing car he sees on the road.. And he'll overtake those cars and laugh out loud... Like really LAUGH OUT LOUD! zzz.

 Next we headed to MBK/Siam Square/ Plaza 21? (can't really remember the name) I would say MBK is tha place to buy your bags! I bought a handful of bags from those 199BT shops!! The bags are different from the ones Singapore's Bugis street offers, the quality is much better? Harder, not as filmsy; looks more fashionable ; sturdy too! The bag below carried by me was bought there, okay i know it isn't a clear representative but i will *convinces myself* will take a picture of all my beloved bags again and post it up! (Btw, the blue boyfriend shirt, cutesy denim shorts and pinky shirt were bought there too !)

Actually we wanted to have some desserts at a dessert place named "Mango Tango" but after  1 hour in frantic search of the place, we were told it wasn't in Siam Square but in Platinum mall's foodcourt. Quite a pity but don't worry, i'm sure there's a next time Sarah!  Pratunam mall was our next stop, i bought many accessories, shoes, heels and lingerie there! It's something like 'Fu lu shou' kind of shopping mall, a little dilapidated but a lot of hidden shopping deals :) For dinner we bought take-aways from those random street stalls - Wanton mee, Charsiew mee, Tomyam wanton mee & Ma Muang etc.. Look at us hungry people!

The 4th day we went to City Complex, a wholesale mall just opposite Platinum mall - it's a mall which supposedly supplies the Cha-tu-chak night market and they have a whole wide range of woman's apparels as well - Jeans, working skirts, lingeries, tops, nightdresses, heels etc.. All available at wholesale price if you purchase a certain quantity and more. The jeans are especially affordable here & i would recommend you girls to head over to city complex to get your jeans instead of Platinum mall although platinum mall's considered already cheap. One pair of jeans that Yuting bought costed her 160BT ( SGD$7.30) in city complex and one pair of jeans costed me $250 (>SGD$11) in platinum mall. Of course, different designs and different brands! We did last minute shopping again at Platinum mall and on the streets - had lunch at A&W in the IT mall beside Platinum mall. 

EDITS: Something happened that night we reached the hotel..

Something that will freak anyone out...

A ghastly experience you can ever imagine..

Any idea?

That night Herman was in our room chatting with Yuting, i was wrapping my 'bomb' (Haha! It's the chilli paste i bought for mum!) and Dennis was in his room alone doing -i have no idea what- when suddenly, SUDDENLY, the lights went off. LITERALLY THE WHOLE BUILDING - LIGHTS WENT OFF. It was so scary, the 3 of us were like "Omg/? Our room blackout? Can call hotel staff or notz?!" Then I glanced out of the window and realised that the whole vicinity was experiencing a black-out due to the heavy rain which tripped the electricity power. We were all damn shocked and at loss because it was our first time experiencing a blackout in a foreign country and the only thing we knew was that we should stick together. We're all in this together! <; Herman then said " I think i go find Dennis, he's alone in the room" but then he couldn't find his shoe! It was extremely dark and eerie in our room and there wasn't any source of light at all. The only light was the 'Exit' door light which seemed to worsen our fears.. So Herman had no choice but to wear our bedroom slippers and *walks away* Within 5 steps, Dennis appeared right in front of us. Barefooted. Holding a electrical kettle. Looking confused. So what was he doing before the lights were shut? He was refilling the kettle with water in the toilet when the lights went off and he was so shocked that he came down barefooted to find Herman. Lol. I mean, of course the first thing you'll do is look for your friend right?! As i said, all in this together?! Then the 2 of them left us and went to their hotel room. Yuting and I were still laughing at Dennis when a dead silent room left us terrified and Yuting exclaimed " I think we should go look for them. How can they leave 2 girls alone.." And i replied " Yah, i'm damn scared ):" So we left our hotel room for theirs. 

When we reached the third level, we stood outside their hotel room and shouted for them. No answer. We knocked on the door and found out that the door was not locked!? By then, the atmosphere was so intense and silent that i could hear my own heart beat in the room. I went in first, still calling up to them while exploring the extremely dark room (To make it worse, their room wall's were filled with full length mirrors! You could imagine how terrifying it was ! I hate looking at mirrors in the dark because the reflection i sees scares me inside out, it's always a dark figure with a blur face and features it doesn't look like me in any way except that it's really just a dark shadow!) There was no answers at all. By then, the two of us were freaked out already "Why is their door open? Where are they? Where have they gone? Why didn't they lock their hotel room? Did something happened to them? " Nobody could answer us. We proceeded back to our hotel room...taking the stairs..

Halfway down the stairs, we met them! So they came over to look for us and sort of forgotten to lock their room. It was an eerie night but as long as we all stick together, we'll all be fine. Herman then came up with a quirky idea (as usual) "Whole area blackout that means the night market must be in chaos now? Haha, we can go down and 'kop' their stuff they wouldn't even know who took it right?! Since it's so dark and all. " So we went down only to realise that the night market was the other part which wasn't affected and the guys headed for thai massage. What a freakish and hilarious experience! 

By then we came back to hotel, penniless and poor 4 had to buy take-aways from 7-11 which the staff heated up for us, the take-aways were really delicious! We had some small sausages, cocktails, char siew paus, fried chicken drumlets (which Herman and I bought from the street in the afternoon but it was still yummy! Better than A&W's! ) I bought the green curry pack and i'm sure they are even better than Thai Express's green curry (Well, not that Thai express' food is anything to rave about anyway.. ..) 

Check out the me distributing sausages!!!

A late dinner left us full and satisfied so we had to find something to do to kill those calories we gained. Guess what we did? Yes! Unpack all the stuff we bought and lay them on the bed! *proudly exclaims* Picca Picca session!!!!!

Lemme present to you what we have bought ...

*warning: below scenes are not for the faint-hearted, pregnant or any passengers with heart problem*

HAHA See! I told you they will give you a deep vein shock! See see see! Look at all the bags i bought! My sister told me the pink bag on the top left is the current trend among Sg youngsters now and she almost (i said, almost! not successfully!) stole it away from me! From the White heels in the middle  onwards to the left, everything is mine! The rest are Yuting's :) Notice some similarities? Yeh, There certainly are because Yuting bought those items after me - Haha, cause' i have good taste~ ! :)

The trip ended quite well - Hotel arranged for us to cab down (6-seater because we had too many things!) to the airport :) I came with one starved bag, left with 2 fat bags! The flight back was very smooth, no delays in between but i really hate the turbulence while on the plane, it really hurted my ears man!

That's all. Concluding this with a picture of vainpot me! Yes, the cutesy short below is one of those shorts i bought from Bkk! It's only like $8SGD and the material is satin?! Yay. love my wardrobe-full of shorts.

Yes, i love myself. I admit that!