Of fun, love and joy.

1st Jan 2007 was spent at Jia Min's place, baking, eating and bonding. As usual, food was equally delicious, just like the other time! Haha. I like Punggol. Loves its serenity. Loves its big green fields. Loves the feeling that you are like on another island and out of Singapore. Somehow everything seems to be moving at a slower pace whenever I am there. Too bad this time round we didn't stay over, for both me and Shir have stuff to do the next morning. Next time kk!

Margarita (just cheese and tomato!) Pizza

Banana and Prune Muffins!

Baked spring rolls stuffed with juicy prawns and scallops!

Brought dear old Marky to Botak Jones! They really serve big portions of everything! Generous servings of fries! And I spied around and noticed that many didn't manage to finish their fries! And we had to wait for a very looooong time before our food finally reached us! Overall the food was so-so. Not really that fantastic! Very affordable and filling!

I think this is Cajun Chicken. Not bad, quite yummy!

Mine was the Botak Burger - some beef burger! The patty was abit overcooked. :(

A closer look at my beef burger!

30th Dec morning was spent at ulu ulu Boon Lay, visiting the ARMY. Haha. The invitation mentioned that there would be a guided tour around the camp. I was kind of looking forward to it. And to find out that "guided tour" meant a guided tour by your own brother was kind of disappointing. -_- Serving Army doesn't seem that bad after all! Haha. Nah, okay. Facilities' alright to me, welfare's not bad etc. I managed to receive some praises from my bro's friends despite looking bad due to the lack of sleep! I was up since 630am!

Yeah this is me in his bunk.

Went Jurong Point to get some baking needs after that as I had wanted to bake something for someone. Actually I was really damn tired and the worst thing was that my mum and my bro had to accompany me even though they were tired as well. Sigh. Anyway, I spent the whole afternoon not napping but baking.

Melting chocolate!

Whipping the cream cheese!

After some time..

Mixing in the peanut butter! How sinful! But it's my favourite!

Hmm, it was meant to be a surprise for someone. But it ended up as a surprise that wasn't given. Not that it matters anymore. :) This is my first time baking all by myself. I have never tried to cook anything for anyone, not even say bake. 'Cos so far no one has made me really want to step into the kitchen. But boiling an egg for the ex-bf was something that I had really wanted to do at that time. And this time round, baking something for the ex-ex-bf was also something that I had really wanted to do. Strangely, I took pics of the final product but they somehow disappeared. The pie was really nice, but a little too sweet.

As most will know, I am currently working part-time at Mediacorp. So waking up early in the morning each weekday isn't as bad as what I have thought it would be! I always like to do weird stuff, probably just to test whether my determination and endurance level is there. Just like I choose to work so hard to earn more (when I am actually pretty well-to-do as compared to others but imagine having to wake up each morning when it's raining heavily and all you want to do is to just sleep in!), but I spend $$ like water. $42 for a cab ride? Kill me please..haha..I think the pay that I am receiving in Mediacorp is going to be gone soon before I know it..

John Road! Just for you, Mr. 29!

Christmas! Let me see..what did I do on Christmas eve? A picnic at King's didn't come true, though having oranges and peaches in a plate of homemade potato salad was indeed refreshing and unique. The eggs tasted deliciously well in the potato salad!

Some angel gave me goodies! Thank you so much. :)

Christmas Tree Cookie!

M&S' Mint Crisps! Think it's still lying somewhere at home!

May Tan baked cookies for Christmas and gave some to me! :) Really sweet of her! Oh girl, the "20-year-old, eyes big big" guy ate some and said they were nice! Hee..

Been visiting Vivocity quite frequently. Had dinner at Vivo's White Dog Cafe some time ago with Peiyu and Wee Kwang. The ambience was not bad, brightly-coloured and comfy seats and all that, good service. Food was not bad. Italian-Western food, like pasta, pizza and potato wedges. Price's affordable. But it was quite funny 'cos we see one another every weekday 9am to 6pm, and we were still having dinner together that day! So it just felt as if we were in Mediacorp's canteen eating away..

Yes, Vivocity again. This time round it was at the Corduroy Cafe with Jiamin and Shir. A nice and quiet place to chill out with the best girlfriends, sipping hot latte and just enjoying one another's company.

The Corduroy Cafe

5th Jan dinner was spent at Novena Square's Ichiban Boshi. Our 2nd time there as a team. The Testers Team - Peiyu, Wee Kwang, Jia Bao and I. Haha. Working is fine, as long as you have the right company. The right people to bitch about irritating and nasty supervisors. Spent a total of $94 there for 4 people! We were there, a week ago too! We spent $70 the first time round for 3 people! Well, anyway the main purpose of blogging about this is to tell you about the amount of ginger that we ate, or specifically the amount of ginger that Peiyu and I ate. Haha. As you can see..

Wee kwang trying to scoop out the last bits of ginger slices!

Jia Bao (the cute Vietnamese guy with a special side or angle that not everyone will be able to notice!) picking up the last piece of ginger.

The empty bottle and empty plate.

Yes, and I ended up with a slight sore throat on Sunday due to the heatiness of ginger! I can't take too much of heaty food, 'cos I am already hot enough! Oops! Haha..

I met up with Gil, May and Alex after that and we decided to head to Equinox's City Space. A very sophisticated yet intimate music lounge, made perfect with velvety red majestic armchairs and the singer was good. A little alcohol now and then does wonders to the broken soul I guess. I had this very alcoholic nice drink, can't remember the name of it though. It tasted sour with sugar added on the rim of the cup. Photos will be up soon! Only when someone sends them to me! Thanks for asking me out, dear.

6th Jan morning was spent in school for FYP (Forever Your Pain, right Dap?) and yea, I brought my laptop to school but realised that I have forgotten to bring my charger and battery. How very smart. School's nice when there's no one. Haha. Meeting was supposed to start at 10am and end at 3pm. But I reached only at 11am and we ended the meeting at 2pm. All 'cos we wanted to check out some cds and decided to head to PS. Haha. How efficient we were yeah, Peiyu? Haha. And thanks for waiting.

So at 2pm the contrast in the sky was like this. See the dark clouds and the blue blue sky?

I finally bought my black slippers at PS. Loves M)phosis carrier. Always so unique. Jiu de bu qu, xin de bu lai. Hee. Maybe I should just throw my old black slippers away. But it has been with me since 2004. I just can't bear to.

Rushed down to Vivocity (again!) afterwards to meet up with Gina. As usual, I was late. Updated each other with some stuff. Vivocity used to give me this impression that there are many shops to go to, many new exciting things to see and try out etc. It seems just like a magical place to be at. But Saturday proved me wrong. Zara, Mango, Esprit, Tangs, Levis, Topshop, Guess?, Gap and what have you. All the big names and brands. Where you can just get them anywhere too. Vivocity used to be this special place for you and me, but now it just seems nothing to me anymore. The magic is gone. As I was carrying my heavy laptop, we decided to go for an earlier dinner. So off to Sushi Tei we went. Jap again, haha. Two consecutive days of salmon and tuna sashimi and I am still not sick of it. We sat there for 4 hours! From 5pm to 9pm! Haha. Just talking and talking and talking. But it just felt so nice, talking to someone who understands how I feel, who is in the same situation as I am.