Tuesday, February 27, 2007
1 Wanton, Wanting Wanton, 1 on 1tonne, 1tonne of Wanton?
We visited Tua Ee on Saturday as planned, even though dad couldn't decide until last minute whether he wanted to go or not.
He really acts like such a teenager sometimes. He was throwing a tantrum about going over for lunch as he always does every CNY.
He was like "I don't have time for this kinda things ... I'm so busy ... go without me la.." And then he will still ask me whether I can make it for his friends' functions, etc.
So this year I was like, "Wah, you say no time to go Tua Ee's but you still can go for _________'s dinner?! CNY you know, family should have the priority."
So he gave in. I feel like a bad niece/daughter half the time, but seriously! If my aunt and dad acted their age......!
Tua Ee cooked up another storm as expected. Every year there's always two whole pots of salted duck and vegetable soup waiting for me. I don't know how this tradition came about - but it's super yummy so I am far from complaining :)
I just wish she would not go through all that trouble sometimes. Especially when I know how my lousy dad doesn't appreciate it!!
This year, as with every year, Tua Ee couldn't sit still. She was flying about the kitchen and talking non-stop like only she can. Now I know where I got that set of genes from - I didn't sit much during our family's reunion dinner :P
I guess she misses mom a lot too. She didn't say so, but somehow I notice that since last year, she's started sharing about stuff to me more openly. Maybe I am more of an adult now, or something?
Well, that's good and bad.
Good - I love my family despite their wackiness. I love connecting with each of them individually, on their level. Cousins, aunts, uncles, erm dad too (though he is the hardest nut in the family to crack).
Bad - THIS MEANS I'M AGING!!!
Hoi! Stop sniggering! V I know you're one of them! And G too! Bah!
It's funny though, I still feel very similar to how I felt when I was 22. Jokes aside, I don't feel like my outlook on life has changed very much, even though I have switched professions, institutions and even continents. Though, of course, I do know I have matured in terms of how easily I freak out nowadays as compared to the past.
I suppose this is called "mellowing"?
Haha, I remember that I used to think of an old cucumber (those that are used for boiling soups) whenever someone mentioned that word ("mellowing") - so maybe I'm turning into one (old cucumber)? :D Just hope I don't turn green anytime soon.
...
After Tua Ee's, I went to Rz' place to bai nian and join his family for dinner. After dinner, I was SO tired, I don't even remember falling asleep! I even slept for two whole hours hahaha!
Well, it's pig year after all.
...
Went shopping today :) So happy.
Finally bought a new pair of denim shorts. (Finally because I have been looking all over the place for a suitable pair.)
I have a red pair by Fox but it is so huge now, even wearing it with a belt is not possible, because of the puffs created by the spare fabric. It's really weird - it's not like I bought it before I lost weight or something. So I should still be able to wear it. Rz says it's because I've lost even more weight, but I doubt it. I actually feel like my butt is bigger now.
Ah anyway. New shorts :)
I also went to get my eyebrows shaped at Hollywood Secrets, Paragon. Hahahaha I haven't done it in so long :s
Feel so vain! I even did my nails by myself last night hehe. My attempts at french manicure + nail art finally passed! ^__^
...
Last week when I sent E's parcel off, I forgot to put in the nail polish @_@
Stewpig stewpig me. So I promised her another parcel lol..... Rz says being my little sister is very xing fu lol..... But she's not my lil sis!
I got myself a PMK pouch to replace my disgraceful Uchi one that has been housing my Samsung Yepp for three years :s
Was so pleased with it!! $6.90!! So I got E one as well :D Hehehehe :D
This is how it looks.
With the old Uchi pouch :)
...
Today we had dinner at Cyrstal Jade Xiao Long Bao :) It's been such a long time since we last went haha..
Revamped Xiao Long Baos on Hot Plate
Wanton Soup - My fave fave fave!
1 Wanton, Wanting Wanton, 1 on 1tonne, 1tonne of Wanton, etc :D
We had la mian too, of course, but the photos came out super fuzzy. And I had my camera lens in my Chinese tea like 65% of the time :P I think the staff were thinking I was crazy :P
Anyway,
My arm is really flabby!
But I think it looks slightly better here??
Well I'll blog another day - my eyes are tired.
Goodnight :)
P.S. I like my new eyebrows haha :P
- 27 February 2007 1:50 am -
He really acts like such a teenager sometimes. He was throwing a tantrum about going over for lunch as he always does every CNY.
He was like "I don't have time for this kinda things ... I'm so busy ... go without me la.." And then he will still ask me whether I can make it for his friends' functions, etc.
So this year I was like, "Wah, you say no time to go Tua Ee's but you still can go for _________'s dinner?! CNY you know, family should have the priority."
So he gave in. I feel like a bad niece/daughter half the time, but seriously! If my aunt and dad acted their age......!
Tua Ee cooked up another storm as expected. Every year there's always two whole pots of salted duck and vegetable soup waiting for me. I don't know how this tradition came about - but it's super yummy so I am far from complaining :)
I just wish she would not go through all that trouble sometimes. Especially when I know how my lousy dad doesn't appreciate it!!
This year, as with every year, Tua Ee couldn't sit still. She was flying about the kitchen and talking non-stop like only she can. Now I know where I got that set of genes from - I didn't sit much during our family's reunion dinner :P
I guess she misses mom a lot too. She didn't say so, but somehow I notice that since last year, she's started sharing about stuff to me more openly. Maybe I am more of an adult now, or something?
Well, that's good and bad.
Good - I love my family despite their wackiness. I love connecting with each of them individually, on their level. Cousins, aunts, uncles, erm dad too (though he is the hardest nut in the family to crack).
Bad - THIS MEANS I'M AGING!!!
Hoi! Stop sniggering! V I know you're one of them! And G too! Bah!
It's funny though, I still feel very similar to how I felt when I was 22. Jokes aside, I don't feel like my outlook on life has changed very much, even though I have switched professions, institutions and even continents. Though, of course, I do know I have matured in terms of how easily I freak out nowadays as compared to the past.
I suppose this is called "mellowing"?
Haha, I remember that I used to think of an old cucumber (those that are used for boiling soups) whenever someone mentioned that word ("mellowing") - so maybe I'm turning into one (old cucumber)? :D Just hope I don't turn green anytime soon.
...
After Tua Ee's, I went to Rz' place to bai nian and join his family for dinner. After dinner, I was SO tired, I don't even remember falling asleep! I even slept for two whole hours hahaha!
Well, it's pig year after all.
...
Went shopping today :) So happy.
Finally bought a new pair of denim shorts. (Finally because I have been looking all over the place for a suitable pair.)
I have a red pair by Fox but it is so huge now, even wearing it with a belt is not possible, because of the puffs created by the spare fabric. It's really weird - it's not like I bought it before I lost weight or something. So I should still be able to wear it. Rz says it's because I've lost even more weight, but I doubt it. I actually feel like my butt is bigger now.
Ah anyway. New shorts :)
I also went to get my eyebrows shaped at Hollywood Secrets, Paragon. Hahahaha I haven't done it in so long :s
Feel so vain! I even did my nails by myself last night hehe. My attempts at french manicure + nail art finally passed! ^__^
...
Last week when I sent E's parcel off, I forgot to put in the nail polish @_@
Stewpig stewpig me. So I promised her another parcel lol..... Rz says being my little sister is very xing fu lol..... But she's not my lil sis!
I got myself a PMK pouch to replace my disgraceful Uchi one that has been housing my Samsung Yepp for three years :s
Was so pleased with it!! $6.90!! So I got E one as well :D Hehehehe :D
This is how it looks.
With the old Uchi pouch :)
...
Today we had dinner at Cyrstal Jade Xiao Long Bao :) It's been such a long time since we last went haha..
Revamped Xiao Long Baos on Hot Plate
Wanton Soup - My fave fave fave!
1 Wanton, Wanting Wanton, 1 on 1tonne, 1tonne of Wanton, etc :D
We had la mian too, of course, but the photos came out super fuzzy. And I had my camera lens in my Chinese tea like 65% of the time :P I think the staff were thinking I was crazy :P
Anyway,
My arm is really flabby!
But I think it looks slightly better here??
Well I'll blog another day - my eyes are tired.
Goodnight :)
P.S. I like my new eyebrows haha :P
- 27 February 2007 1:50 am -
Friday, February 23, 2007
Tagged by E
E tagged me awhile back, and I have been so busy that I have been procrastinating! Bad! Here you are girl:
"Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!"
1. I am losing interest in CounterStrike. At last! After more than 6 long years!
2. I take a long time getting ready to go out everyday. My cleansing routine alone takes 20 minutes :P My makeup routine depends on who I am meeting - if I am meeting people I like, I often take longer hehe.
3. I always buy little bits and pieces and take them home to "enhance". My next newest project is to revamp a simple bag I got from Topshop for $7 :D
4. I hate excess. If I have one item that can be used for a certain function, it absolutely bugs me if I have a spare, even if someone else got it for me. Of course there are certain exceptions like shoes - but I only have about 4 pairs? :P
5. I love cold weather. I am at my prime at 6 degrees celcius.
6. I have my limits. I am known for my ultra high tolerance rate when it comes to friends and family but no one seems to remember that I have my limits too :) It always comes as a shock to people around me when I finally retaliate :P
7. I don't like talking about money. I don't like listening to people talk about money. I hate it when people ask me about money. This goes for friends and family alike.
8. I am stupid when it comes to Math. Science and Humanities are much more my forte. Writing is second nature.
9. I have many friends, but very few are special enough to know what goes on between the lines of my blog :P I'm a private person - if it is possible for anyone to be private nowadays.
10. I have promised myself never to let myself give in to depression again. Even if I falter, I have promised myself to get up again :)
The next 6 ppl to do this...:
Jordane
Gabriel
Kimberly
Dominic
Amelia
William
"Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!"
1. I am losing interest in CounterStrike. At last! After more than 6 long years!
2. I take a long time getting ready to go out everyday. My cleansing routine alone takes 20 minutes :P My makeup routine depends on who I am meeting - if I am meeting people I like, I often take longer hehe.
3. I always buy little bits and pieces and take them home to "enhance". My next newest project is to revamp a simple bag I got from Topshop for $7 :D
4. I hate excess. If I have one item that can be used for a certain function, it absolutely bugs me if I have a spare, even if someone else got it for me. Of course there are certain exceptions like shoes - but I only have about 4 pairs? :P
5. I love cold weather. I am at my prime at 6 degrees celcius.
6. I have my limits. I am known for my ultra high tolerance rate when it comes to friends and family but no one seems to remember that I have my limits too :) It always comes as a shock to people around me when I finally retaliate :P
7. I don't like talking about money. I don't like listening to people talk about money. I hate it when people ask me about money. This goes for friends and family alike.
8. I am stupid when it comes to Math. Science and Humanities are much more my forte. Writing is second nature.
9. I have many friends, but very few are special enough to know what goes on between the lines of my blog :P I'm a private person - if it is possible for anyone to be private nowadays.
10. I have promised myself never to let myself give in to depression again. Even if I falter, I have promised myself to get up again :)
The next 6 ppl to do this...:
Jordane
Gabriel
Kimberly
Dominic
Amelia
William
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Mission Accomplished
I've been meaning to blog for about a week already, but each time I finally make it to my PC, my brain is on the verge of switching off. Sorry for the lack of updates.
I am relieved the reunion dinner was a success. No more rushing off to grab ever more groceries. Yay!
I spent so much time in my kitchen cooking and preparing, I'm honestly a little sick of the sight of my kitchen. I am so exhausted but grateful for the experience. I feel like I can truly call myself my grandmother's grand-daughter at last. I mean, she used to do the marketing, cooking, cleaning, etc. all by herself. She was my wonder-woman grandmother.
I really miss her and mom a lot during CNY. I guess CNY was meaningful to my family this year, once again, after almost eight years of dull dinners and visitations.
My other uncles and aunts were rather impressed with the spread of food. We had so many "new" items on the "menu" this year - even scallop and oysters, and even a "new" type of fish dumpling lol!
They even expressed openly to me that they would love to come over again for reunion dinner next year hahaha..
I was very cheeky :P My dad was within earshot when I told them, "Really ah? You tell my dad lor, if you wanna come - no problem on my side!" Hahahaha :P Then I quickly ran off before my dad could turn around to give me his angry-at-Debbie look ^___^v
My dad is the only unhappy one this year, I guess. He went to bed at 3am on Chinese New Year's Day with an ultra black face. We spent the whole night cleaning up the entire house all over again. (Again because we'd already cleaned the entire house before they arrived.) He doesn't wanna have the reunion at our place next year - but I told him that if Grandfather wants us to host, we don't have a choice lol.
Poor dad :P I'll just have to cook him an extra pot of chicken and mushroom stew sometime next week when I have gotten over my kitchen phobia hahahaha..
Well, given a choice between my grandfather's and my dad's happiness, I'd choose my grandfather's any day.
During the dinner, I was already tired and kept busy running around re-filling the broth, taking out more frozen stuff etc, etc.
There were no 'thank-you's or 'well done's, but the entire week's effort was more than paid for when my grandfather asked me to share our piano bench (We even utilised the piano bench for the dinner - lack of chairs..) with him :)
So I sat next to him when I could get a chance to - it is not easy when twenty three other people need you to tell them where to find the extra soup/veggies/plates/bowls/forks/spoons/chopsticks, or need you to get stuff for them.
Something so simple made all the trouble worth it :)
Grandfather really enjoyed the dinner. I guess all the inconvenience and exhaustion just melted away when I watched him happily picking the portions he wanted and cooking them in the steamboat by himself. He even stayed on to savour the soup (which I studiously tended to overnight) after most of the family was done at the table.
...
Those of my friends who were close to me know how in 2005, I felt a strange urge to come home from Australia, even though I really preferred my life over there. Well, what I didn't go around saying openly was that for some reason, I believed very strongly back then that my grandfather would be sick in 2006. It is not something to joke about and I took it very seriously. And so after much difficulty, I moved home to be with my family - even though there were people who doubted my sanity :)
Well..
My grandfather was really diagnosed with cancer last year and his tumour was so huge it protruded from his neck and was very visible.
I was so worried. Losing both mom and grandmother to cancer gave me a very real, inconsolable fear.
I count it as a miracle that he was pronounced fully cured after 33 radiotheraphy sessions. I guess just knowing that he is well now is more than enough to make me wanna walk barefeet to the ends of the earth in joy.
...
This reunion dinner was bought with tears - sad tears when he was sick, and happy tears because it truly is a celebration that I have sacrificed a lot for (academically). No matter how my university may want to screw up my life right now (like they have been doing every semester), at least I feel that my homecoming has been justified.
I have no regrets. All that matters is my grandfather is well and happy :) I may not be able to graduate as planned but I know I would not be able to forgive myself if I had missed this once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate him :)
Perhaps this is the same reason I could put up with that particular aunt of mine too - My grandfather :)
The Food
The Family
The First Grandchild :P
...
I'm not done visiting! It's been a hectic week, I met up with both my god-sisters today and tomorrow I'm gonna post E's parcel and get some stuff in order to fill some orders. Saturday I still need to visit my Tua Ee :P
So, yeah, I should sleep now hehe :)
Goodnight :)
- 23 February 2007 1:54am -
I am relieved the reunion dinner was a success. No more rushing off to grab ever more groceries. Yay!
I spent so much time in my kitchen cooking and preparing, I'm honestly a little sick of the sight of my kitchen. I am so exhausted but grateful for the experience. I feel like I can truly call myself my grandmother's grand-daughter at last. I mean, she used to do the marketing, cooking, cleaning, etc. all by herself. She was my wonder-woman grandmother.
I really miss her and mom a lot during CNY. I guess CNY was meaningful to my family this year, once again, after almost eight years of dull dinners and visitations.
My other uncles and aunts were rather impressed with the spread of food. We had so many "new" items on the "menu" this year - even scallop and oysters, and even a "new" type of fish dumpling lol!
They even expressed openly to me that they would love to come over again for reunion dinner next year hahaha..
I was very cheeky :P My dad was within earshot when I told them, "Really ah? You tell my dad lor, if you wanna come - no problem on my side!" Hahahaha :P Then I quickly ran off before my dad could turn around to give me his angry-at-Debbie look ^___^v
My dad is the only unhappy one this year, I guess. He went to bed at 3am on Chinese New Year's Day with an ultra black face. We spent the whole night cleaning up the entire house all over again. (Again because we'd already cleaned the entire house before they arrived.) He doesn't wanna have the reunion at our place next year - but I told him that if Grandfather wants us to host, we don't have a choice lol.
Poor dad :P I'll just have to cook him an extra pot of chicken and mushroom stew sometime next week when I have gotten over my kitchen phobia hahahaha..
Well, given a choice between my grandfather's and my dad's happiness, I'd choose my grandfather's any day.
During the dinner, I was already tired and kept busy running around re-filling the broth, taking out more frozen stuff etc, etc.
There were no 'thank-you's or 'well done's, but the entire week's effort was more than paid for when my grandfather asked me to share our piano bench (We even utilised the piano bench for the dinner - lack of chairs..) with him :)
So I sat next to him when I could get a chance to - it is not easy when twenty three other people need you to tell them where to find the extra soup/veggies/plates/bowls/forks/spoons/chopsticks, or need you to get stuff for them.
Something so simple made all the trouble worth it :)
Grandfather really enjoyed the dinner. I guess all the inconvenience and exhaustion just melted away when I watched him happily picking the portions he wanted and cooking them in the steamboat by himself. He even stayed on to savour the soup (which I studiously tended to overnight) after most of the family was done at the table.
...
Those of my friends who were close to me know how in 2005, I felt a strange urge to come home from Australia, even though I really preferred my life over there. Well, what I didn't go around saying openly was that for some reason, I believed very strongly back then that my grandfather would be sick in 2006. It is not something to joke about and I took it very seriously. And so after much difficulty, I moved home to be with my family - even though there were people who doubted my sanity :)
Well..
My grandfather was really diagnosed with cancer last year and his tumour was so huge it protruded from his neck and was very visible.
I was so worried. Losing both mom and grandmother to cancer gave me a very real, inconsolable fear.
I count it as a miracle that he was pronounced fully cured after 33 radiotheraphy sessions. I guess just knowing that he is well now is more than enough to make me wanna walk barefeet to the ends of the earth in joy.
...
This reunion dinner was bought with tears - sad tears when he was sick, and happy tears because it truly is a celebration that I have sacrificed a lot for (academically). No matter how my university may want to screw up my life right now (like they have been doing every semester), at least I feel that my homecoming has been justified.
I have no regrets. All that matters is my grandfather is well and happy :) I may not be able to graduate as planned but I know I would not be able to forgive myself if I had missed this once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate him :)
Perhaps this is the same reason I could put up with that particular aunt of mine too - My grandfather :)
The Food
The Family
The First Grandchild :P
...
I'm not done visiting! It's been a hectic week, I met up with both my god-sisters today and tomorrow I'm gonna post E's parcel and get some stuff in order to fill some orders. Saturday I still need to visit my Tua Ee :P
So, yeah, I should sleep now hehe :)
Goodnight :)
- 23 February 2007 1:54am -
Monday, February 12, 2007
Epik High
I am so tired. For the past few days, it feels like my thoughts have been hovering somewhere between the positive and negative poles.
There are so many unresolved issues that I keep pushing back into the dark corners of my mind that I am now worried that this is the calm before the storm - when all the unresolved issues in the back of my mind overflow into an uncontrolled, irrevocable mess.
I wish I could just take a holiday and come back to a point in time where my life has sorted itself out. But I know, my life will never be completely sorted out. Perhaps I should forget about fantasy and just focus my energies on stupid things like the roast duck for reunion dinner, or the stupid rumours I'm supposed to have been spreading about someone.
*grin* Yup, I'm still very sarcastic.
Too bad that a 12 year old friendship has been concluded like this. Perhaps on her side, she still thinks she was right and I was wrong to "spread rumours" about her. Well, I'm just thankful that our other friends know it couldn't have been me :)
I'm going to be extra nasty and say it was worth losing a faulty 12 year old friendship in order to find half a dozen more precious ones. Right now, you can tell your mother I'm not buying her products anymore and it is not because her products are lousy :) I even dare you to tell her the REAL reason why we fell out and why I am being so nasty all of a sudden :)
Yup, that's me. I can be bitchy too. Too bad then, if you don't wanna treasure me when I have always been so nice to you and your family.
I don't really care if you wish to blog about it or not, you can go ahead and do what you want :) I won't bother reading also. I'm too busy (sound familiar?) with my life right now.
...
A couple of weeks back I had a chat with V over MSN and he told me that they've moved back into a townhouse on Miskin Street, minus A, which was a shock to me - for a moment I thought that V and A broke up or something.
They are still together, thankfully, just that A's moved to Kelvin Grove to be nearer to work. As for V, he says he is grateful for the intermission. They've been living together for 8 years? I mean that's already a longer period of time than some of my friends have been married.
Also been giving a lot of thought to relationships. Friendships and relative-ships: I would like to put my aunt up for adoption ^__^
But then I think I've spoiled my own chances because of all the bad reports I've posted about her on my blog already :P
Dad seems changed too. In a way. He's become more patient with me. More .. I am tempted to say "understanding", but it's not that fantastic yet haha.
I suppose he is softer now. Or maybe he has finally realised I'm my own person. Or maybe he has given up on me - the daughter who never seems to graduate. Hahaha..
**edit: Dad's gf has been throwing my things away again. How freaking annoying. Zzz.
...
Last Saturday we went to Orchard to look for Rz and JL's CNY stuff. At Far East plaza when Rz was having his hair cut, I picked up the Straits Times. Apparently our new "target population" is 6.5million people.
If that is not incredible enough, here comes the Minister's statement which said something like, "Don't worry, its not like Singapore will be bursting at the seams."
Right.
I suppose it is easy for people who own cars and have no need to do mundane shopping for necessities for themselves to comment on whether the MRT is over-crowded? Or perhaps such people never experience crowded places because they don't have time to see how crowded it can get?
I mean, the noise level on Saturday gave me a migrane.
Well, when the population does hit 6.5million, I hope I will be at least halfway to becoming an Australian PR.
...
Just some photos.
- 12 February 2007 5:00pm -
There are so many unresolved issues that I keep pushing back into the dark corners of my mind that I am now worried that this is the calm before the storm - when all the unresolved issues in the back of my mind overflow into an uncontrolled, irrevocable mess.
I wish I could just take a holiday and come back to a point in time where my life has sorted itself out. But I know, my life will never be completely sorted out. Perhaps I should forget about fantasy and just focus my energies on stupid things like the roast duck for reunion dinner, or the stupid rumours I'm supposed to have been spreading about someone.
*grin* Yup, I'm still very sarcastic.
Too bad that a 12 year old friendship has been concluded like this. Perhaps on her side, she still thinks she was right and I was wrong to "spread rumours" about her. Well, I'm just thankful that our other friends know it couldn't have been me :)
I'm going to be extra nasty and say it was worth losing a faulty 12 year old friendship in order to find half a dozen more precious ones. Right now, you can tell your mother I'm not buying her products anymore and it is not because her products are lousy :) I even dare you to tell her the REAL reason why we fell out and why I am being so nasty all of a sudden :)
Yup, that's me. I can be bitchy too. Too bad then, if you don't wanna treasure me when I have always been so nice to you and your family.
I don't really care if you wish to blog about it or not, you can go ahead and do what you want :) I won't bother reading also. I'm too busy (sound familiar?) with my life right now.
...
A couple of weeks back I had a chat with V over MSN and he told me that they've moved back into a townhouse on Miskin Street, minus A, which was a shock to me - for a moment I thought that V and A broke up or something.
They are still together, thankfully, just that A's moved to Kelvin Grove to be nearer to work. As for V, he says he is grateful for the intermission. They've been living together for 8 years? I mean that's already a longer period of time than some of my friends have been married.
Also been giving a lot of thought to relationships. Friendships and relative-ships: I would like to put my aunt up for adoption ^__^
But then I think I've spoiled my own chances because of all the bad reports I've posted about her on my blog already :P
Dad seems changed too. In a way. He's become more patient with me. More .. I am tempted to say "understanding", but it's not that fantastic yet haha.
I suppose he is softer now. Or maybe he has finally realised I'm my own person. Or maybe he has given up on me - the daughter who never seems to graduate. Hahaha..
**edit: Dad's gf has been throwing my things away again. How freaking annoying. Zzz.
...
Last Saturday we went to Orchard to look for Rz and JL's CNY stuff. At Far East plaza when Rz was having his hair cut, I picked up the Straits Times. Apparently our new "target population" is 6.5million people.
If that is not incredible enough, here comes the Minister's statement which said something like, "Don't worry, its not like Singapore will be bursting at the seams."
Right.
I suppose it is easy for people who own cars and have no need to do mundane shopping for necessities for themselves to comment on whether the MRT is over-crowded? Or perhaps such people never experience crowded places because they don't have time to see how crowded it can get?
I mean, the noise level on Saturday gave me a migrane.
Well, when the population does hit 6.5million, I hope I will be at least halfway to becoming an Australian PR.
...
Just some photos.
- 12 February 2007 5:00pm -
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Taryn the Sweetest Tyrant
Last week just flew by. And I mean seriously. I was busy almost everyday. Now looking back is one jangled mess of thoughts and feelings that I don't know where to even begin.. Perhaps my brain felt kind of numb with everything happening around me, to the point I felt that blogging about it would just kill off my brain completely.
I'm having another round of trouble with QUT concerning my academic life. This time I have to say, although I should be freaking out, I'm at the point where I feel so detached. Like I'm watching things happen from behind frosted glass.
I need prayers again, I suppose. And I have been praying. It's so irritating that it has to happen when I only have less than half a year to "graduation". Maybe I should stop kidding myself about "graduating".
QUT feels so much like Hotel California - you can check out but you can never leave (you can acheive stellar grades but you can't graduate).
Bah, I just don't feel like talking about it anymore. I just feel numb and nauseated when I think of QUT. Well at least I am not freaking out.. yet.
...
Taryn's birthday last Saturday was a success :)
My favourite part of the day was when she woke up from her nap. She was in her stroller next to me and when she sat up and blinked her eyes into focus, I said, "Hello baby!"
And she smiled at me! ^__^ Ahhh! So sweet!
Then she reached out to me to be carried :) Sigh. She's so cute and sociable :)
Her favourite thing to do now is to be carried up to someone she knows from behind so she can flap her hands at the person's head or back! Once she does that she usually bursts out in giggles! What a little monkey! Haha..
She will have a new playmate soon :) Junk's sister-in-law is expecting her firstborn in August this year.
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E's gone home to Brissy already. Miss her, even though I met up with her FIVE times when she was here :s Haha.
When I think of our friendship, life seems to be such an unpredictable process :)
**edit: Believe it or not, a few moments after I wrote this section, E sms-ed me from Aussie with a goodnight message. I was like ?! for a moment haha :P
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I find it such a pain to blog today. I mean, since the uni-screw-up, I haven't had much heart to blog. Plus my backspace button seems to be in a grumpy mood too.
I can't delete anything with it unless I whack it really hard @_-!!
I need a new keyboard soon. But somehow I am feeling damn broke, even though I still have not touched my allowance this month. I guess I am trying to procrastinate. I just don't feel much like spending.
(Today I went to Ikea to get utensils for the reunion dinner. Though I didn't pay for it - dad paid me back, I still feel like I've overspent. Weird me.)
P.S Photos when Flickr is back up again. Sheesh. Tonight everything is down and crappy. And that's me included.
- 7 February 1006 1:51am -
I'm having another round of trouble with QUT concerning my academic life. This time I have to say, although I should be freaking out, I'm at the point where I feel so detached. Like I'm watching things happen from behind frosted glass.
I need prayers again, I suppose. And I have been praying. It's so irritating that it has to happen when I only have less than half a year to "graduation". Maybe I should stop kidding myself about "graduating".
QUT feels so much like Hotel California - you can check out but you can never leave (you can acheive stellar grades but you can't graduate).
Bah, I just don't feel like talking about it anymore. I just feel numb and nauseated when I think of QUT. Well at least I am not freaking out.. yet.
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Taryn's birthday last Saturday was a success :)
My favourite part of the day was when she woke up from her nap. She was in her stroller next to me and when she sat up and blinked her eyes into focus, I said, "Hello baby!"
And she smiled at me! ^__^ Ahhh! So sweet!
Then she reached out to me to be carried :) Sigh. She's so cute and sociable :)
Her favourite thing to do now is to be carried up to someone she knows from behind so she can flap her hands at the person's head or back! Once she does that she usually bursts out in giggles! What a little monkey! Haha..
She will have a new playmate soon :) Junk's sister-in-law is expecting her firstborn in August this year.
...
E's gone home to Brissy already. Miss her, even though I met up with her FIVE times when she was here :s Haha.
When I think of our friendship, life seems to be such an unpredictable process :)
**edit: Believe it or not, a few moments after I wrote this section, E sms-ed me from Aussie with a goodnight message. I was like ?! for a moment haha :P
...
I find it such a pain to blog today. I mean, since the uni-screw-up, I haven't had much heart to blog. Plus my backspace button seems to be in a grumpy mood too.
I can't delete anything with it unless I whack it really hard @_-!!
I need a new keyboard soon. But somehow I am feeling damn broke, even though I still have not touched my allowance this month. I guess I am trying to procrastinate. I just don't feel much like spending.
(Today I went to Ikea to get utensils for the reunion dinner. Though I didn't pay for it - dad paid me back, I still feel like I've overspent. Weird me.)
P.S Photos when Flickr is back up again. Sheesh. Tonight everything is down and crappy. And that's me included.
- 7 February 1006 1:51am -
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