Mango & Blue Diamond

Met my NIE pals for lunch at Marche...had a good chat till 4+pm where we made our way to Shaw Towers Mango for the sale preview. Bought a dark blue cardigan. Went to Little India to meet Rosie and Jason to meet Azlina and Roy at Blue Diamond. It's Roy's bday so we wanted to surprise him. After a very nice dinner, we headed for tcc to cut the cake and have some drinks. Tried the card game cranium...quite fun...can't wait for the gakken camera's photos to be developed...hope it really works...

Pala-chan

Bought the black mouse as the first part to Teddy Chua's Xmas pressie...got the memory pack which consists of a 4 GB pala-chan USB thumbdrive and a papu-chan microSD card reader...they even have youtube videos! The official website: http://www.pala-chan.com

KOI pearl milk tea

J's bro's gf bought KOI pearl milk tea for us to try since they learnt that we have never tried the drink before. The pearls are really nicer to eat...no wonder people are willing to queue for the drinks and even fall sick while waiting in the rain...Maybe in future, the queue won't be so long, then I will go and buy their drinks...

Gakken Twin Lens Reflex Camera

This was our weekend project...got this emook with the camera on Wednesday. Really like the classic black design and though the instructions were all in Japanese, we managed to complete fixing it. Teddy Chua made 3/4 of the whole camera though...Took a few photos with the fujifilm I got today...hope that when I develop the photos, they will turn out ok, cos cannot review like the digicam.

"Unforgettable" by Andy Lau

J came over for lunch as Dad was cooking Hokkien Prawn mee...very tasty...we went over to Serangoon Nex to walk around...managed to find Andy Lau's new album "Unforgettable" at Laserflair for $24.90. Some of the shops are not open yet but there was a huge crowd and J noted there were alot of elderly people. We tried Drink Tea and the store is a Taiwanese tea store. Saw my cousin at Metallurgy there. When we were about to leave the carpark, a false fire alarm went off, causing the shutters in the carpark to automatically activate. We were trapped in the carpark for at least half an hour...luckily they forfeited the carpark charges...quite an annoying experience. Don't think I will want to go to Nex anytime soon...nothing much actually...just another shopping mall where the food court was reported to be extra expensive. In the evening, went to Yio Chu Kang for dinner with J's family and extended family to celebrate his paternal grandma's birthday. Had a very full dinner till 10+pm.

Monopoly Deal

After our HK trip, we now have 3 sets of Monopoly Deal...why? Because our first set was bought in Singapore, accompanying us for countless after dinner entertainment. The second set was bought at The Peak, got it at HK$49, slightly more expensive after venturing to Ladies Street and Temple Street but I console myself that the cards are of better quality. The last set was from Ladies Street, Transformers series...quite interesting. Will get to play the Transformers set this weekend, tried the Hong Kong set on Tuesday evening already.

Lunch at Swensens

Met up with Jiahui and her baby Melody at Compasspoint for lunch at Swensens today. It's been a year since the last time we met in AMK Hub. So fast, her baby is already 2 mths old. Super cute! She has very big eyes and lotsa hair. Got her a girly top and pants as Xmas present. Carried her and took her photos. It was nice catching up over lunch.

Ordered the grill fish with sambal and yoghurt but the yoghurt had a plastic piece in it. The manager wanted to serve another cup, but I didn't want to eat anymore. The yoghurt was quite a big cup. Just wonder, if it was a child who ate the yoghurt, wouldn't it be dangerous to swallow something like that? The manager explained that it was the container for the yoghurt which the server cut and accidentally added to my cup. I didn't ask for more ingredients...haiz...

Wedding Day of Korilakkuma & Rilakkuma

We got the exact same pair in Hong Kong! J said will use it for our wedding day...haha...the video is so cute!

"Skyline"

Met up with J for "Skyline" at Plaza Singapura at 4+pm since he will only go back to work tomorrow. The movie will definitely have a sequel. Typical sci-fi type but not too bad. Went to try the game machine and got a beige rilakkuma and the cleaning squirrel. Will upload their photos soon. Tried the new Japanese restaurant in PS, I had the miso butter champon. Alot of veggies with the noodles. Quite different from the usual ramen.

Tried to find the new Andy Lau CD, "Unforgettable" but it's sold out from gramophone. Will look around some more when I see CD stores. We played the Hong Kong Monopoly Deal at coffee club and the card quality is much better than our original set but the colour of the cards is much lighter.

Back from HK

After spending a fulfilling holiday of 5 days in Hong Kong with J, really didn't feel like coming back even though I can still enjoy the break...really feel good shopping and going for all the sight-seeing with him.

See above for the highlight photos of the trip. =)

Busy weekend

Fri: Despite my red right eye, met up with Teddy Chua and his uni friends at Cityhall to have dinner at Sakura. Went for my facial at Hitachi Towers before that as I felt that my skin was quite dry. Bumped into Siti frm Little Miracles at the restaurant and she is pregnant with her 3rd baby! Went for drinks at Funan coffee club after dinner. Had to walk to Clarke Quay to get a cab home cos it was a Friday night and lots of cabs were occupied.

Sat: Went to Yifen's house to pass her the wedding gift I got for her colleague cos I couldn't attend the wedding celebration. Headed to Chinatown to pay the remaining amount for our HK trip with Teddy Chua. Went to MBS to meet my 18 Degree Project teachers for the gathering. The hotel room was very nicely done and the view from the Skypark was very breath-taking. There were alot of tourists at the swimming pool and the design for the pool was very nice, there seems to be no edge to create a connecting feel with the skyline. Had a buffet dinner at riSe the restaurant at the hotel lobby before calling it a day.

Sun: Went to Bukit Panjang area with Teddy Chua to attend his JC friend's baby girl's 1st month celebration. We got her a baby storybook and a romper that says "Will work for milk". Luckily we chose the 12-18 mth cos the baby girl was growing up quite fast. Carried the baby and took a photo with Teddy Chua, and he said that pple might mistaken that we are the proud parents if they just look at the photo alone. Haha...had dinner at Teddy Chua's house and his parents bought 老天禄鸭舌头 and I ate 7! Hehe...his mum also gave me alot of the instant bowl noodles I like...can bring 1 to have for lunch in school tmr! =D

BBQ

After at least 1 year, it's BBQ time again on Saturday...this time round, it's at Teddy Chua's place as he invited his colleagues to his house for the gathering. We went to Parkway Parade with one of his colleagues to get some more BBQ food stuff on Friday as he insisted on a particular type of bacon so we didn't want to mess things up.

There were abt 20 pple for the gathering and the ordered BBQ food came around 5pm. It started to drizzle when it was 6+pm and the colleagues started arriving. Luckily the porch is covered, so the BBQ could carry on.

Ate otahs, mini taiwanese sausages, cheesy chicken franks, sting ray, chicken wing, sotong, tiger prawns, portobello mushroom with cheese, 1 side of a almost burnt sweet corn and a piece of choc cake. They wanted to celebrate 2 colleagues birthdays in November so had the cake. I like the otah though it was quite spicy. A pity the corn was burnt...the prawns were nice too...

After dinner, his friend taught us how to play this number game called Rummikub. It was my first time playing but I won 3 games in a row. Think the game is luck and making you think about combinations...some commented a little similar to Mahjong...haha. The group playing the real mahjong game took quite a long time and everyone left only around 2am...long night but it was fun.

弯弯《可不可以不要NG》

Just bought this book and DVD from Kinokuniya. The cover is so cute! Think every single book of hers I have a copy...haha...from the DVD, I found out that the books were translated into Thai language...quite impressive...

梁靜茹 滿滿的都是愛 MV (小桃初戀主題曲 简体版)

I like this song! So sweet! Didn't know Fish Leong sang this song...

7-11 OPEN踢踏舞公仔大集合

I have the last Lock 將. Wanted to get Open 將 but think it's very hard. Had to get Dad's Taiwanese friend, Yuanwan Auntie to help get the points and exchange at 7-eleven. There's another gold version of Open 將 but think it's very rare.

讨厌

上了车不久，情不自禁地欢呼，因为年底可以出国旅行，去想去的香港。没想到，过了一会儿，他开始对我说出他的不满。情绪激动的开始喊，我只好无言以对。我不想吵，所以沉默不语。同时，想忍住泪水决堤，所以我望出窗外，不想说话。

最后，我们到了东海岸。下了车，决定谈谈。真心说出彼此所想的。把不愉快的都说出来，不要有仍何误会。他觉得很烦，为了让我开心（他对我的承诺），很多时候他得牺牲自己想要的。他越说越激动，泪水也不听话地流下。当时，我的心好痛。你不需要用物质来取悦我。和你在一起不是为了物质的享受，不是为了把你辛苦赚来的钱花光。你感受到的压力，我其实知道，只是我没说。

我讨厌这样的对峙。我讨厌这样的感觉。我讨厌你牺牲自己的快乐。你不开心，我也会不开心。痛哭过后，讨论过后，得到的是谅解。不愉快的都留在海边，随风飘走，随海浪卷走。

M & M

After PSLE marking ended, went to my colleague's house at Yishun and they taught me how to play Mahjong...as another colleague was also learning so we didn't play with money. Quite an interesting game. Out of 5 games, I managed to win 1.

Took the train down to Jurong Point to meet teddy chua to go to Marina Bay Sands. Most of the shops were selling branded goods. The selection of food at the small food court was also quite limited. I went to La Senza to spend my birthday voucher of 50% off regular items. The view from outside MBS that overlooks the CBD area is quite nice. The interior lighting of the MBS hotel also creates a rather romantic feel. The parking fee of MBS is however, very scary...we spent about 2 hours there and it's $12!

《Detective Dee and The Mystery of the Phantom Flame》

Went to catch this movie with J at Vivocity last evening. Had to wolf down our dinner at Carl's Jr as we were left with about 5min before the movie started. The movie was much better than the Cyborg movie that Andy Lau acted in previously. Will give it a 3 star out of 5.

Samsung Galaxy S

Teddy went to get this handphone for me as another birthday present. He already got me the agnes.b wallet from Japan, the Chloe perfume and yet he go and buy this...spent so much for my birthday till next year also don't know what to get for him...=S

Nice weekend

1 Oct Fri: Went for my last piano lesson at PS and met J at Somerset 313 for dinner. We went to De Ste for gelato, tried the rum and pistachio which was quite good. J commented that it's the best gelato he has ever tasted.

2 Oct Sat: Had my birthday lunch treat by Dad at Yoyogi with my parents and J. After our meal, we went to Paragon where J went for his root canal while I went to Green Sanctuary for mini facial and tummy compress. Head to his house after that.

3 Oct Sun: Had lunch at Al Dente Trattoria at Esplanade before catching "Nanta" with Yifen, Ray and Yifen's parents with J. Their usage of knives to create the rhythmic beats were very impressive. The show was quite entertaining but I was having a rather bad case of sniffles so felt quite awful. Took medication but still feel sick...will see if I need to visit the doctor tomorrow morning.