Since I'm at it, I might as well update as much as I can before I lapse back into my laziness or I get subsumed by other wordly affairs.
We, as in me, Diya & Antonine decided to throw Mona a hen party. A mini one but a special one at tht. First step was to arrange a date with her. Which we did. Den was to arrange where to go,what to do,what to buy,etc. All this was done via smses. Lotsa them. I sooo love it tht we managed to organize smthg for her. And I'm glad I saw a few pics of what to do in one of my Uni classmate's Facebook. hahaha...FaceBook does come of use sometimes aye?
So the plan was to get her dressed up in some cutesy stuff and we wanted to just cut her a cake. It was to be a simple yet fun affair. I mean, our company is just enuff to have fun what! Haha. So simple and fun we did.
We 3 met up earlier on the 14th Nov, Sat den went to eat first. Haha...and of curz bought the tiara first.
Since Diya is such a devoted CBTL employee, and I was super-duper hungry, so we decided to go eat at Coffe Bean. I had myself a yummy sandwich and so did Antonine. Diya had some curry puff thingy tht had her coughing badly due to the flakiness of the puff. I learnt smthg new abt TurboChef and normal microwaves on tht day. =))
Oh by the time we finished eating, and shopping for Mona's surprise gift [a saucy lingerie set], it was almost time to meet her. We den trooped to Body Shop at Bugis and wandered ard, purchasing stuff and etc. We had still had to get a boa for her...and I knew just the place for it. But the thing was tht we had to distract her whilst I slip in and get it. Well, Diya & Antonine did manage to distract her. But she still saw it and we had to fib our way thru and say tht it was for my children's concert. Of curz she didn't believe me curz she knew jolly well tht my concert was over. Hahah...nevertheless we tried!!
Soon after, we had to go look for a nice restaurant at Arab Street. U see, my friends and I, both this grp and even Shahida & all, we don't go Arab St, unlike some other friends tht I know. One thing curz we kinda don't like the atmosphere, etc...for many reasons la. So we were like not sure where to go. But in my mind, the perfect place was the ones where they have like little rooms where we can go celebrate and eat. Well, tht was in my mind, and also from some girl's photos I saw online...she was my poly classmate. haha. But I forgot the restaurant name. So we 4 walked ard, and for the 1st time in our lives, we got a sneak peek into the alleys of Little Arab. It was interesting. Lotsa lotsa teenagers tho! And we walked up into one restaurant and omg...so the sleazy la!! Youngsters sprawled on couches, smoking sheesha and making out. YUCKS!! What more, right at the entrance. Ewww!
We tracked one entire round around Arab Street, went towards the side tht Zam Zam is at, den trooped back to Bussorah Street. And finally ended up at Pyramids Restaurant. For all pics, go to my Facebook and see. Lazy to upload here and neway I don't have them pics. Its uploaded by Antonine. Still waiting for Mona to upload from her camera too.
We, as in me, Diya & Antonine decided to throw Mona a hen party. A mini one but a special one at tht. First step was to arrange a date with her. Which we did. Den was to arrange where to go,what to do,what to buy,etc. All this was done via smses. Lotsa them. I sooo love it tht we managed to organize smthg for her. And I'm glad I saw a few pics of what to do in one of my Uni classmate's Facebook. hahaha...FaceBook does come of use sometimes aye?
So the plan was to get her dressed up in some cutesy stuff and we wanted to just cut her a cake. It was to be a simple yet fun affair. I mean, our company is just enuff to have fun what! Haha. So simple and fun we did.
We 3 met up earlier on the 14th Nov, Sat den went to eat first. Haha...and of curz bought the tiara first.
Since Diya is such a devoted CBTL employee, and I was super-duper hungry, so we decided to go eat at Coffe Bean. I had myself a yummy sandwich and so did Antonine. Diya had some curry puff thingy tht had her coughing badly due to the flakiness of the puff. I learnt smthg new abt TurboChef and normal microwaves on tht day. =))
Oh by the time we finished eating, and shopping for Mona's surprise gift [a saucy lingerie set], it was almost time to meet her. We den trooped to Body Shop at Bugis and wandered ard, purchasing stuff and etc. We had still had to get a boa for her...and I knew just the place for it. But the thing was tht we had to distract her whilst I slip in and get it. Well, Diya & Antonine did manage to distract her. But she still saw it and we had to fib our way thru and say tht it was for my children's concert. Of curz she didn't believe me curz she knew jolly well tht my concert was over. Hahah...nevertheless we tried!!
Soon after, we had to go look for a nice restaurant at Arab Street. U see, my friends and I, both this grp and even Shahida & all, we don't go Arab St, unlike some other friends tht I know. One thing curz we kinda don't like the atmosphere, etc...for many reasons la. So we were like not sure where to go. But in my mind, the perfect place was the ones where they have like little rooms where we can go celebrate and eat. Well, tht was in my mind, and also from some girl's photos I saw online...she was my poly classmate. haha. But I forgot the restaurant name. So we 4 walked ard, and for the 1st time in our lives, we got a sneak peek into the alleys of Little Arab. It was interesting. Lotsa lotsa teenagers tho! And we walked up into one restaurant and omg...so the sleazy la!! Youngsters sprawled on couches, smoking sheesha and making out. YUCKS!! What more, right at the entrance. Ewww!
We tracked one entire round around Arab Street, went towards the side tht Zam Zam is at, den trooped back to Bussorah Street. And finally ended up at Pyramids Restaurant. For all pics, go to my Facebook and see. Lazy to upload here and neway I don't have them pics. Its uploaded by Antonine. Still waiting for Mona to upload from her camera too.
The Happy Hen =)))
But all I can say tht it was an awesome night. Our celebration went well, and from Arab Street, it tracked to Geylang Serai market...den to Tampines. And it ended at The Cafe Cartel at Tampines One. Heh.
Such a good outing. I like. =))) And I'm happy tht Mona enjoyed it all.
I can't wait for her wedding now...yay! But of curz a lil' sad tht she'll be leaving singledom soon...Hmmm...
I wish her all the best in her new journey. =)))
Newayz, since things relaxed around the workplace for a while, I indulged in some phototaking here and there....Here are some to share with ya all...
His meanie stare.Cute. Heh.
The day I took this pic I actually wanted to take a full length shot curz I sooo love the top I was wearing.From Cotton On.Hehe...But never get the chance la.Too paiseh to ask my colleagues to help me take a shot. =)))
Me & Jiang, the Chinese teacher for my class this year...
Hehe...Can u see tht he likes to always appear in my pics??...He likes taking pics.Hehe...
Nice pic tht I like...hehe... =)))
Thts Shayne, Amanda's daughter =)))
His meanie stare.Cute. Heh.
The day I took this pic I actually wanted to take a full length shot curz I sooo love the top I was wearing.From Cotton On.Hehe...But never get the chance la.Too paiseh to ask my colleagues to help me take a shot. =)))
Me & Jiang, the Chinese teacher for my class this year...
Hehe...Can u see tht he likes to always appear in my pics??...He likes taking pics.Hehe...
Nice pic tht I like...hehe... =)))
Thts Shayne, Amanda's daughter =)))
About 3 days after the concert, my Mum had received a couple of Kek Lapis from some ppl she knows. And since she had just cleared the fridge of our Huge Kek Lapis from Eid, she didn't want to open up the other cakes so soon. Thus I decided to be magnanimous to my kiddos and share one of the kek lapis with them.
I brought it to school the next day and before cutting it, I told [or rather fibbed] to the kids to sing me a birthday song. I didn't say tht it was my birthday tht day, just asked them to sing. Den aft tht we sang for another teacher, just in the name of fun. And sang for the janitor uncle curz it was truly gonna be his birthday within the next few days, on 7th Nov.
So, songs were sung. Cake was cut. Cake was distributed and eaten.
DEN.....
On Friday the 6th Nov, when I reached the centre, the janitor uncle asked me if it was my birthday tht day. I said nope and tht mine had been in September. He just nodded his head and left my classroom. When I brought my class out for breakfast, I saw 2 cakes sitting on my class's eating table. I asked the Uncle if there were 2 cakes curz one might not be enuff for the entire sch....He shook his head No and gestured tht one cake was for a boy and one was for ME. I was like "Huh??"...Den it dawned upon me tht my little fun a few days before had turned somehow serious. Apparently one of the boys in my class, whose birthday was gonna be celebrated on tht Friday had told his parents tht it had been my birthday a few days ago and I had shared a cake with the class. HAHAHA!! OMG.
Ok. I felt awful curz this shows the kids are super gullible and what more the parents are generous too.
The cake. For me. Not on my birthday tho. Heh.
The boy who brought the cake in for me...He has his own cake beside him.
Us & our cakes.
Neway, I didn't cut the cake. only took pics with it. Since it was gonna be the Uncle's birthday the next day, I asked him to cut it instead. Curz actually the cake was for both me and him!! Haha...it came with a card in which the boy had written a birthday message for us both. Hehe. So sweet!!! I shall not forget my new birthday date. Hehe!!
I brought it to school the next day and before cutting it, I told [or rather fibbed] to the kids to sing me a birthday song. I didn't say tht it was my birthday tht day, just asked them to sing. Den aft tht we sang for another teacher, just in the name of fun. And sang for the janitor uncle curz it was truly gonna be his birthday within the next few days, on 7th Nov.
So, songs were sung. Cake was cut. Cake was distributed and eaten.
DEN.....
On Friday the 6th Nov, when I reached the centre, the janitor uncle asked me if it was my birthday tht day. I said nope and tht mine had been in September. He just nodded his head and left my classroom. When I brought my class out for breakfast, I saw 2 cakes sitting on my class's eating table. I asked the Uncle if there were 2 cakes curz one might not be enuff for the entire sch....He shook his head No and gestured tht one cake was for a boy and one was for ME. I was like "Huh??"...Den it dawned upon me tht my little fun a few days before had turned somehow serious. Apparently one of the boys in my class, whose birthday was gonna be celebrated on tht Friday had told his parents tht it had been my birthday a few days ago and I had shared a cake with the class. HAHAHA!! OMG.
Ok. I felt awful curz this shows the kids are super gullible and what more the parents are generous too.
The cake. For me. Not on my birthday tho. Heh.
The boy who brought the cake in for me...He has his own cake beside him.
Us & our cakes.
Neway, I didn't cut the cake. only took pics with it. Since it was gonna be the Uncle's birthday the next day, I asked him to cut it instead. Curz actually the cake was for both me and him!! Haha...it came with a card in which the boy had written a birthday message for us both. Hehe. So sweet!!! I shall not forget my new birthday date. Hehe!!
I think I can join the leagues of lazy bloggers now...or rather the "Too-tired-to-blog-abt-what-I-ate-dr
Sometimes when I think of blogging and I don't get around to it, I wonder why. And I realize its curz I didn't feel like sharing tht particularly interesting vignette of info with anyone. Well, its probably interesting to me but might not be to someone else. Okiez, no long entry today. Gonna keep it short and simple.
Since the end of the concert I've been quite busy with wrapping up things for end of the year. And all of us at work are still kinda in the dancing mood. It was worse around 3rd November...haha...almost everyday we were dancing ard to various songs. To the culmination of a "concert in-house rehearsal" yesterday on the last day of the term. Haha. So now our dancing mood and concert fever has ebbed! Like finally!!!
This was taken outside PS, before the entrance of Dhoby Ghaut.
Tht night after the concert, we went to eat together with my colleague, Amutha [yes yes...the Vasantham Star finalist.hehe!!] Den we met Mona's friend who wanted to interview us on video for a video clip tht he's gonna play during her wedding come 6th Dec. It was quite interesting and kinda nerve-wrecking for me...eventho Mona told her friend tht I'm a "eloquent talker"...hahaha!
Aft tht shooting, we went to indulge (my) cravings at Ben & Jerry's at The Cathay...took this pic, and off we headed home. =)))
And den to relax, I had some lil' fun with my kiddos at work...
This flower was worn by one of the Pre-Nursery children for their concert performance. One of them has an older who is in my class and who decided to adorn herself with all her sister's accessories to school the following day. So I took away the flower and wore it all day. Hehe...
Den I put on reindeer antlers at the request of one of the girl's in my class who had brought it in. She even wanted me to take pics with it...hehe...oh well. Entertainer I am. =)))
Sometimes when I think of blogging and I don't get around to it, I wonder why. And I realize its curz I didn't feel like sharing tht particularly interesting vignette of info with anyone. Well, its probably interesting to me but might not be to someone else. Okiez, no long entry today. Gonna keep it short and simple.
Since the end of the concert I've been quite busy with wrapping up things for end of the year. And all of us at work are still kinda in the dancing mood. It was worse around 3rd November...haha...almost everyday we were dancing ard to various songs. To the culmination of a "concert in-house rehearsal" yesterday on the last day of the term. Haha. So now our dancing mood and concert fever has ebbed! Like finally!!!
This was taken outside PS, before the entrance of Dhoby Ghaut.
Tht night after the concert, we went to eat together with my colleague, Amutha [yes yes...the Vasantham Star finalist.hehe!!] Den we met Mona's friend who wanted to interview us on video for a video clip tht he's gonna play during her wedding come 6th Dec. It was quite interesting and kinda nerve-wrecking for me...eventho Mona told her friend tht I'm a "eloquent talker"...hahaha!
Aft tht shooting, we went to indulge (my) cravings at Ben & Jerry's at The Cathay...took this pic, and off we headed home. =)))
And den to relax, I had some lil' fun with my kiddos at work...
This flower was worn by one of the Pre-Nursery children for their concert performance. One of them has an older who is in my class and who decided to adorn herself with all her sister's accessories to school the following day. So I took away the flower and wore it all day. Hehe...
Den I put on reindeer antlers at the request of one of the girl's in my class who had brought it in. She even wanted me to take pics with it...hehe...oh well. Entertainer I am. =)))
Omg. Its been quite long since I updated here. I keep telling myself tht I will constantly update but I just seem to be pre-occupied with so many things to do!Or rather just being on Facebook. Haha.
Yeaaa...everyone is addicted to it. Except some ppl. I used to NOT be addicted to it. Till recently when I reconnected with some friends and made some new ones via Facebook.
Hmmm...been quite busy with work basically. We had our year end graduation which went really well. I do have to thank Diya, Azman & Antonine plus Safia my cousin, for coming down to help me. Furthermore, I only contacted Antonine & Safia the day before, and they did come down despite it being so last minute. Thank God they came. Curz actually the Friday before the concert [which was on a Sunday], the higher ups decided to put a whole new set of responsibility on me.
Because, suddenly...they realize tht I have played a part in the rehearsals of the play after all??!!! Wah lao. I was soo angry. Curz the day before tht, we had our monthly meeting, and my name wasn't even mentioned nor was I acknowledged for helping out in the rehearsals. I was fuming but I kept my mouth shut curz I was upset over the class allocation for next year anyway.
Den promptly on Friday, when I stood aside as they were putting up the props for the final scene which was the Nativity play [I was too angry to help out anymore]....at the end of it,they come to me and ask me to help to do the "Follow-Spot" on the actual day...which is the HUGE spotlight which focuses on one scene by one scene. Which means I would have to leave my class at the backstage,run up to the lighting room at NAFA, do the spotlight den run back down to my class to bring them out for the finale??!!...And the finale is right after the play and my class is the 2nd class to come out??!!!....Argh. I got mad. I said NO. But they said not to worry,they will send this tchr and tht tchr to help.
Guess what?End of the day....Only the one who was assissting me, Amu was left with the kids. Haiz.
But the saving aspect of tht day was tht my kids did exceptionally well!! Hehe. Thank God!!Sooo happy =)))
Ok.thts now done and over with.
Gotta live my life...without hopes,dreams and wishes. Hmmm...
Yeaaa...everyone is addicted to it. Except some ppl. I used to NOT be addicted to it. Till recently when I reconnected with some friends and made some new ones via Facebook.
Hmmm...been quite busy with work basically. We had our year end graduation which went really well. I do have to thank Diya, Azman & Antonine plus Safia my cousin, for coming down to help me. Furthermore, I only contacted Antonine & Safia the day before, and they did come down despite it being so last minute. Thank God they came. Curz actually the Friday before the concert [which was on a Sunday], the higher ups decided to put a whole new set of responsibility on me.
Because, suddenly...they realize tht I have played a part in the rehearsals of the play after all??!!! Wah lao. I was soo angry. Curz the day before tht, we had our monthly meeting, and my name wasn't even mentioned nor was I acknowledged for helping out in the rehearsals. I was fuming but I kept my mouth shut curz I was upset over the class allocation for next year anyway.
Den promptly on Friday, when I stood aside as they were putting up the props for the final scene which was the Nativity play [I was too angry to help out anymore]....at the end of it,they come to me and ask me to help to do the "Follow-Spot" on the actual day...which is the HUGE spotlight which focuses on one scene by one scene. Which means I would have to leave my class at the backstage,run up to the lighting room at NAFA, do the spotlight den run back down to my class to bring them out for the finale??!!...And the finale is right after the play and my class is the 2nd class to come out??!!!....Argh. I got mad. I said NO. But they said not to worry,they will send this tchr and tht tchr to help.
Guess what?End of the day....Only the one who was assissting me, Amu was left with the kids. Haiz.
But the saving aspect of tht day was tht my kids did exceptionally well!! Hehe. Thank God!!Sooo happy =)))
Ok.thts now done and over with.
Gotta live my life...without hopes,dreams and wishes. Hmmm...
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Now for an upbeat entry...Let's talk abt FOOD!! I like food alot. Well, who doesn't eh? [Except Maybe those weight watchers and diet-ers...]
I'm gonna make a list of MY favourite types of food, from my taste-ing experience all over the world. Here are the best of the BEST [according to my tastebuds!]...
~Best Chappati~
Location: India
Note: When I went to India a few years back, my parents and I went to visit my Mum's best friend's place, but the lady wasn't in and only her 2 daughters were. They are Gujarati's btw...and not letting us go off without eating, they cooked a whole set of food for us. And the best item? The chappatis!!! OMG. They're fabulous, thin and round wheat pancakes, tenderly cooked over the pan, they are nothing like the cardboard like chappatis we can find in Sg restaurants/coffee shops. [We cook chappati at home too but ntgh can beat tht from my Mum's friend's place.]
~Best Laddoo~
Location: A sweet shop thts located at the foyer entrance of Little India Arcade, manned by an old man. I seriously dunno if the old man still mans it or if its someone else, but I know the shop is there for sure. Plus, try Komala Villas's laddoos too. They're seriously good.
~Best Palkova~
Location: Same shop as above. Komala Villas's isn't tht good compared to tht shop.
~Best Gulab Jamun~
Location: India, a town called Kombakkanam. They sell one of the best ones, and they even sell dried Gulab Jamuns!! Yep, minus the syrup but still AS sweet and as Good. For a quick fix in Sg for tht sweet tooth, try Anandha Bhavan or once again, Komalas. But Komalas' has too much of the rose syrup taste which kinda deflects the round gulab's taste.
~Best Fish & Chips~
Location: For traditional or inventive FIsh & Chips, I will always recommend Fish & Co. Their traditional is good....But what I recommend is the New York Fish & Chips.It comes with fried slices of fish and cheese all over the fish just underneath the batter. Ooohhh!! I'm practically going hungry just typing abt it. Yum yum! Anyone wanna go Fish & Co soon???
~Best Shawarma~
Location: Shawarma is a traditional Middle-Eastern sandwich, with slices of lamb, chicken or fish laid on top of fresh veggies, and all wrapped with a pita bread. Its awesome...and the best one ever is at Amirah's Grill at Arab Street. Well,not really Arab Street, but somewhere in Little Arab la. The next street I think.
~Best Apple Pie~
Location: Ok, this one I really gotta admit I've forgotten where I tasted tht oh-so-awesome traditional apple pie...but boy was I impressed curz all this while I had tasted only Apple Pie from MacD's and traditional home-baked apple pie's by Mum and Aunt's. If I recall where I tasted tht awesome traditional apple pie, I'll let ya all know!!
~Best Middle Eastern Tea~
Location: Once again, Amirah's Grill takes 1st place. Their special Arabian tea is served in a lil' pot, with cute lil' cups. And its heavily scented with cinnamon and dunno what other spices. Its amazing, I tell u. Well, I've always stuck to my cup of chai with Milk and I don't like to try new things. But this one was fantastic.
~Best Ice-Cream~
Location: Now, this is a toss-up btw Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough [can be purchased locally] and the Movenpick ice-cream I ate atop the Swiss Alps. The Strawberry Movenpick ice-cream tasted tht much better curz I was devouring it at a cool cool location, amidst swirling snow and chilly winds.
~Best Waffles (with ice-cream)~
Location: GELARE!! Hands down. Add any flavoured ice-cream to their waffles, and bathe it in maple syrup or chocolate syrup and voila! Ur in waffle-heaven instantenously!
~Best Hot Chocolate~
Location: Best ever is Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf [so Diya, now u know what to get for me each time I visit u at CBTL eh? Hehe...]
~Best Fries~
Location: At home!!! I love the Cavendish Flavor Crisp Spicy fries. I make it a point to buy it back home if I go to NTUC for errands. Try it and lemme know how u like it =)))
~Best Chocolate Cake~
Location: Cedele Cafe, Chocolate Truffle Cake.
Note: Now, I'm not a fan of cakes curz I just don't like them at allll. But this cake...ah..Give it to me anytime baybeh! It is sooo delish. Grab it and savour it okie?
~Best Pavlova~
Location: Cedele Cafe.
Note: Try it once and surrender to the sweet tragedy of a pavlova. Ummm~~ Try it to feel it.
Okkaayyy...Thts all for my food craze for today. I would love to adorn this entry with pics of the food but am running outta time. GOtta hit the sack for my beauty sleep. Stay tuned for more!!
I'm gonna make a list of MY favourite types of food, from my taste-ing experience all over the world. Here are the best of the BEST [according to my tastebuds!]...
~Best Chappati~
Location: India
Note: When I went to India a few years back, my parents and I went to visit my Mum's best friend's place, but the lady wasn't in and only her 2 daughters were. They are Gujarati's btw...and not letting us go off without eating, they cooked a whole set of food for us. And the best item? The chappatis!!! OMG. They're fabulous, thin and round wheat pancakes, tenderly cooked over the pan, they are nothing like the cardboard like chappatis we can find in Sg restaurants/coffee shops. [We cook chappati at home too but ntgh can beat tht from my Mum's friend's place.]
~Best Laddoo~
Location: A sweet shop thts located at the foyer entrance of Little India Arcade, manned by an old man. I seriously dunno if the old man still mans it or if its someone else, but I know the shop is there for sure. Plus, try Komala Villas's laddoos too. They're seriously good.
~Best Palkova~
Location: Same shop as above. Komala Villas's isn't tht good compared to tht shop.
~Best Gulab Jamun~
Location: India, a town called Kombakkanam. They sell one of the best ones, and they even sell dried Gulab Jamuns!! Yep, minus the syrup but still AS sweet and as Good. For a quick fix in Sg for tht sweet tooth, try Anandha Bhavan or once again, Komalas. But Komalas' has too much of the rose syrup taste which kinda deflects the round gulab's taste.
~Best Fish & Chips~
Location: For traditional or inventive FIsh & Chips, I will always recommend Fish & Co. Their traditional is good....But what I recommend is the New York Fish & Chips.It comes with fried slices of fish and cheese all over the fish just underneath the batter. Ooohhh!! I'm practically going hungry just typing abt it. Yum yum! Anyone wanna go Fish & Co soon???
~Best Shawarma~
Location: Shawarma is a traditional Middle-Eastern sandwich, with slices of lamb, chicken or fish laid on top of fresh veggies, and all wrapped with a pita bread. Its awesome...and the best one ever is at Amirah's Grill at Arab Street. Well,not really Arab Street, but somewhere in Little Arab la. The next street I think.
~Best Apple Pie~
Location: Ok, this one I really gotta admit I've forgotten where I tasted tht oh-so-awesome traditional apple pie...but boy was I impressed curz all this while I had tasted only Apple Pie from MacD's and traditional home-baked apple pie's by Mum and Aunt's. If I recall where I tasted tht awesome traditional apple pie, I'll let ya all know!!
~Best Middle Eastern Tea~
Location: Once again, Amirah's Grill takes 1st place. Their special Arabian tea is served in a lil' pot, with cute lil' cups. And its heavily scented with cinnamon and dunno what other spices. Its amazing, I tell u. Well, I've always stuck to my cup of chai with Milk and I don't like to try new things. But this one was fantastic.
~Best Ice-Cream~
Location: Now, this is a toss-up btw Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough [can be purchased locally] and the Movenpick ice-cream I ate atop the Swiss Alps. The Strawberry Movenpick ice-cream tasted tht much better curz I was devouring it at a cool cool location, amidst swirling snow and chilly winds.
~Best Waffles (with ice-cream)~
Location: GELARE!! Hands down. Add any flavoured ice-cream to their waffles, and bathe it in maple syrup or chocolate syrup and voila! Ur in waffle-heaven instantenously!
~Best Hot Chocolate~
Location: Best ever is Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf [so Diya, now u know what to get for me each time I visit u at CBTL eh? Hehe...]
~Best Fries~
Location: At home!!! I love the Cavendish Flavor Crisp Spicy fries. I make it a point to buy it back home if I go to NTUC for errands. Try it and lemme know how u like it =)))
~Best Chocolate Cake~
Location: Cedele Cafe, Chocolate Truffle Cake.
Note: Now, I'm not a fan of cakes curz I just don't like them at allll. But this cake...ah..Give it to me anytime baybeh! It is sooo delish. Grab it and savour it okie?
~Best Pavlova~
Location: Cedele Cafe.
Note: Try it once and surrender to the sweet tragedy of a pavlova. Ummm~~ Try it to feel it.
Okkaayyy...Thts all for my food craze for today. I would love to adorn this entry with pics of the food but am running outta time. GOtta hit the sack for my beauty sleep. Stay tuned for more!!
ABYSS (noun):
a deep immeasureable space, gulf or cavity; vast chasm (Dictionary.com)
Right now, I feel like I'm in one now, falling thru and never seeing nor being able to feel the ground beneath me. My life has been a never-ending abyss of pain for the past few years. Its affected and still affecting me so badly tht I feel so sad and miserable.
I have a strange (mis)conception tht I shd NEVER let anyone see how low I feel or how sad I am. And mostly I don't. I've almost never cried in front of my friends nor family. The weak moments when I did, they have been rare. Very rare.
But right now I feel like crying and crying. I do cry at small things curz thts the softie in me, tht nurturing and caring piece of me tht is so natural. However, this crying tht I want to do is a whole different thing. Its to mourn, wallow in self-grief, in self-pity, to commiserate with myself. Curz I'm seriously beginning to think tht I've hit a dead-end in my life. I've never had to face the kind of crap I'm facing. And no matter how much I pray and pray and pray and pray, the issues don't seem to be getting solved.
I wish so many things had never occured in my life. Curz if they hadn't, den I won't be in this state of mental mess nor would I feel the way I feel now. It sucks to lead my life the way it has become now. I wish I didn't have to lead this kind of life. I try not to be pessimistic and am always striving for positivism and am always encouraging those ard me to be like tht.
However, unfortunately, I've got no one to impart such advice to me. It sucks to be me sometimes. Curz when I need tht crying shoulder, or tht advice giver, I have no one. Everyone is only GOOD at telling me to "Move on" or "Forget it ever happened" or to "Look for something to do". Maybe ppl don't have the same thinking as me. But thts what makes it better for them right?? Curz when they come to me, I make sure I don't give CRAP advice like tht.
I hate it tht I have to go thru so many incidents in life and gain tht shit called "experience". Curz for everybody's info, and even God's info, I don't need NO experience anymore. I've had ENUFF. Enuff of crap experiences. Enuff of silly people. Enuff of emotions and feelings. I wish I can escape to an alternate world tht has nthg to give me headaches and misery.
In recent weeks, my headaches have intensified and transformed into migraines. There are times tht when I'm on the train or bus, walking, or even just standing still in the lift, tht I feel like fainting. I get dizzy and I have to keep blinking to stabilize myself. I've NEVER been like tht, EVER. Its started curz of all the crap tht keeps flying towards me, day in day out.
All I ask for is for this misery to END. Right now.
-a very sad ME-
- Mood:
sad
As the concert day comes nearer, I'm getting real tired. Curz the lead up to it is extremely tiring and energy-sapping.
Yesterday was the full dress rehearsal, and its abt as stressful as the actual day. But this is much more draining, by any experience I've ever had.
Curz full dress requires alot of preparations and on top of tht, the kids don't go back home aft tht either...All still at sch, and childcare is even worse curz we gotta feed them, shower them, put them to sleep, attend de-brief & DEN still look aft them till their over-worked parents come to fetch them. ARGH!!
Newayz, to summarize yesterday's and the past few days events....
From the start of this week, I already planned my days and timings. Monday & Tuesday I quickly spent stitching up the last remnants of the kid's wrist bands and my Mum was busy with the pants and girl's skirts. I must truly thank my Mum the most curz she helped me SOOOO much with the stitching. And my aunt's too. Must thank one of my other aunts too curz she was kind enuff not to get pissed when I trooped down to her house for Open House [abt 3 weeks ago] with my bags of costumes and roped in my aunts, aunt's sister, grandma and all to help me stitch, cut, etc etcc....haha. It was truly an interesting sight to see all of us holed up in my Aunt's master bedroom, each one with either a needle and thread, or a pair of scissors or an iron, busy creating wonders out of ordinary costumes. And ME? I was sitting there with scissors, needles and thread all over my lap.
One of my colleagues had taught me the "concealed stitch" and I was happily plus proudly showing it off to them. Eh, with all this stitching, I've become REAL GOOD with tht concealed stitch alright. =)))
Newayz, Wed was the in-house full dress rehearsal. It went ok...albeit tiring.
Den Thursday was left to purchase the cosmetics and etc....This place is quite last min leh...Oh well. There's always ME right?? Hahaha...*kidding*
But Thursday, we managed to go buy the cosmetics, Amanda and me, tht is. She's as super fast, even faster than me. =))
Then, Friday descended upon us. But for me...haiz...I had extreme waist pain on the left side since late Thurs evening and was struggling to sit,etc...
But my trusted Yoko Yoko was my best friend. And on Fri morning, before leaving for work, I slathered it on my back. I didn't care if I reeked of Yoko Yoko on the train, but I knew I smelt 100% times better than most of the passengers who smelt of toxic waste. Yucks. Pls brush ur teeth in the morning, ppl!!!
The full dress rehearsal went well, except tht I was busy running here,there and everywhere. I am very very very thankful tht Diya and Azman came along to help me. Boy. I just handed all the boys to Azman and asked him to do their hair. A guy will know another guy better. Well, thts my mindset!! Hehe.
And he did well with their hair. Awesome job! I like. =)))
And Diya....why else is she the Diva eh?? She's the best with a palette of colours and a brush. I love what she had done for the girls. Ah. I love you two!! Hehe.
Really. I was sooo happy yest curz I was worried how it will all go and all. And I wanted my kids to be the BEST.
Oh but the day was long and tiring for me. =(((
I came back by abt 7pm plus. Den I laid down on the bed to rest and was totally knocked out till 10.30pm!! I did wake up abt 9 plus when Shahida called..but I spoke i-dunno-what with her and fell back in deep slumber. It was total KNOCKOUT. Heh.
Okie, enuff of all these. I gtg now...back still aching.
Yesterday was the full dress rehearsal, and its abt as stressful as the actual day. But this is much more draining, by any experience I've ever had.
Curz full dress requires alot of preparations and on top of tht, the kids don't go back home aft tht either...All still at sch, and childcare is even worse curz we gotta feed them, shower them, put them to sleep, attend de-brief & DEN still look aft them till their over-worked parents come to fetch them. ARGH!!
Newayz, to summarize yesterday's and the past few days events....
From the start of this week, I already planned my days and timings. Monday & Tuesday I quickly spent stitching up the last remnants of the kid's wrist bands and my Mum was busy with the pants and girl's skirts. I must truly thank my Mum the most curz she helped me SOOOO much with the stitching. And my aunt's too. Must thank one of my other aunts too curz she was kind enuff not to get pissed when I trooped down to her house for Open House [abt 3 weeks ago] with my bags of costumes and roped in my aunts, aunt's sister, grandma and all to help me stitch, cut, etc etcc....haha. It was truly an interesting sight to see all of us holed up in my Aunt's master bedroom, each one with either a needle and thread, or a pair of scissors or an iron, busy creating wonders out of ordinary costumes. And ME? I was sitting there with scissors, needles and thread all over my lap.
One of my colleagues had taught me the "concealed stitch" and I was happily plus proudly showing it off to them. Eh, with all this stitching, I've become REAL GOOD with tht concealed stitch alright. =)))
Newayz, Wed was the in-house full dress rehearsal. It went ok...albeit tiring.
Den Thursday was left to purchase the cosmetics and etc....This place is quite last min leh...Oh well. There's always ME right?? Hahaha...*kidding*
But Thursday, we managed to go buy the cosmetics, Amanda and me, tht is. She's as super fast, even faster than me. =))
Then, Friday descended upon us. But for me...haiz...I had extreme waist pain on the left side since late Thurs evening and was struggling to sit,etc...
But my trusted Yoko Yoko was my best friend. And on Fri morning, before leaving for work, I slathered it on my back. I didn't care if I reeked of Yoko Yoko on the train, but I knew I smelt 100% times better than most of the passengers who smelt of toxic waste. Yucks. Pls brush ur teeth in the morning, ppl!!!
The full dress rehearsal went well, except tht I was busy running here,there and everywhere. I am very very very thankful tht Diya and Azman came along to help me. Boy. I just handed all the boys to Azman and asked him to do their hair. A guy will know another guy better. Well, thts my mindset!! Hehe.
And he did well with their hair. Awesome job! I like. =)))
And Diya....why else is she the Diva eh?? She's the best with a palette of colours and a brush. I love what she had done for the girls. Ah. I love you two!! Hehe.
Really. I was sooo happy yest curz I was worried how it will all go and all. And I wanted my kids to be the BEST.
Oh but the day was long and tiring for me. =(((
I came back by abt 7pm plus. Den I laid down on the bed to rest and was totally knocked out till 10.30pm!! I did wake up abt 9 plus when Shahida called..but I spoke i-dunno-what with her and fell back in deep slumber. It was total KNOCKOUT. Heh.
Okie, enuff of all these. I gtg now...back still aching.
For ages, models, supermodels, beauty queens, pageant hopefuls, etc have been labelled as "Beauty Without Brains". In recent times, especially in the 21st Century, many young ladies have strutted forward on killer heels with diploma's and degrees and pedi-degrees (pun intended) stuffed in their totes. Many have voiced out against the stereotype of Beauties without Brains. And thankfully, quite a number of them have proven it.
Take Heidi Klum for instance. A supermodel turned businesswoman, with looks, body and brains to die for. She's aided in the evolvement of many a fashion thingy-shamingy's. She even helped conceptualize Project Runway which helps budding designers. Etc etc...click on the link to her name and read more abt her.
As much as I would like to Google or Yahoo out more models who have proven that they are Beauties with Brains, I've no time. But to cut this short, what I am trying to point out is tht....With a world-class education system and being a globalized city, why on earth is Singapore churning out bimbotic pageant winners????!!!
Everyone in Sg, from the Ah Pek at the coffee shop to the well-heeled economist at Shenton Way laughed, criticized and felt appalled at the utter lack in intellectual capabilities of our Miss Singapore World winner, Ris Low.
And we were having such a fun time poking at her English...or lack thereof.
So everyone thought that their English was much better than hers. No comments there, curz I've seen and heard enuff English tht will make my ears CRY for days on END. And den, the pageant organizers decided to choose the 2nd runner-up to be the replacement.
Well, guess what? The current one is Bimbo Number One!!! I suppose the journalist asked her what kind of a person she is or smthg like tht...and this is what she said "I do not have any convictions or criminal records I enjoy travelling, baking and participating in various sports activities. I’m a good girl."
OMG. Eh. I wonder why she has to state whether she's got any convictions or whatever??...Haha. When I read this to Shahida over the phone, even she was like "What?!!" You can read it here.
Okie I've had enuff of Singaporean beauty queens for a day. I wish intellectual and beautiful ladies will sign up instead of these fame-seeking, clothes-dropping, brain-less ones.
Take Heidi Klum for instance. A supermodel turned businesswoman, with looks, body and brains to die for. She's aided in the evolvement of many a fashion thingy-shamingy's. She even helped conceptualize Project Runway which helps budding designers. Etc etc...click on the link to her name and read more abt her.
As much as I would like to Google or Yahoo out more models who have proven that they are Beauties with Brains, I've no time. But to cut this short, what I am trying to point out is tht....With a world-class education system and being a globalized city, why on earth is Singapore churning out bimbotic pageant winners????!!!
Everyone in Sg, from the Ah Pek at the coffee shop to the well-heeled economist at Shenton Way laughed, criticized and felt appalled at the utter lack in intellectual capabilities of our Miss Singapore World winner, Ris Low.
And we were having such a fun time poking at her English...or lack thereof.
So everyone thought that their English was much better than hers. No comments there, curz I've seen and heard enuff English tht will make my ears CRY for days on END. And den, the pageant organizers decided to choose the 2nd runner-up to be the replacement.
Well, guess what? The current one is Bimbo Number One!!! I suppose the journalist asked her what kind of a person she is or smthg like tht...and this is what she said "I do not have any convictions or criminal records I enjoy travelling, baking and participating in various sports activities. I’m a good girl."
OMG. Eh. I wonder why she has to state whether she's got any convictions or whatever??...Haha. When I read this to Shahida over the phone, even she was like "What?!!" You can read it here.
Okie I've had enuff of Singaporean beauty queens for a day. I wish intellectual and beautiful ladies will sign up instead of these fame-seeking, clothes-dropping, brain-less ones.
I actually have 1001 thoughts running thru my mind throughout the day but now tht I'm seated here to type, I can't remember. All those thoughts are things I wanna blog abt curz they're of interest to me and I think it will interest my friends and my readers. I wonder who's reading this blog, Huh?...
Yea know, nowadays when I'm on the train I have all kinda morbid thoughts. God knows why!! So I have decided to label those thoughts as "Train-ful of Thoughts". Hehehe...
Train-ful of Thoughts 1
The day after the major tremors afflicted Sg and many ppl felt it, even my parents at home. They also went down curz the tremors were scary. So the next day when I was in the train and due to morning rush hour or whatever, the train kept jerking. So I was wondering what will happen to me if an earthquake occured or tremors strong enuff to split bridges, etc occured whilst I was on the way to work? I concluded tht most probably I would die...mainly due to suffocation. Curz do u know how CRAZY the morning rush hour is??? My goodness. Ppl just squeezeeeeeeee in like nobody's business and don't care if every part of their freaking [sometimes awfully SMELLY] body is touching you or that their stinky morning breath is blowing into your face. Eurgghhh!!!
I think some ppl don't even bother to bathe in the morning...much less brush their teeth. Yucks! You won't guess the amt of toxic morning breath tht has blown into my face many a times in the morning on the train. Well, if they're so damn lazy to brush, they shd atleast keep their gap shut.
Thus, I've come to the conclusion tht before I die of any tremors or earthquake or MRT bridge collapsing, I'll suffocate due to holding my breath and trying not to inhale the TOXIC air surrounding me, thanks to unhygienic Singaporeans [some foreigners included!!].
Train-ful of Thoughts 2
I cannot remember why this particular thought came to me, but I was thinking of committing suicide, murder and death. No no, I wasn't being suicidal. I was just wondering why ppl committ suicide curz they are basically walking closer to death themselves. And come on, if you throw yourself off a building, for sure u'll feel the pain when ur body lands on the concrete floor right? And the smashing, cracking and etc tht will happen to your body will give you the most excruciating pain. Pain tht you wish wasn't there. And then maybe at tht last few seconds or minutes [whichever God wants to grant you], you'll prob regret jumping off tht building. Curz the emotional or psychological pain tht you had in life would have probably seemed nothing compared to the immense physical TORTURE you have to go thru before pulling in your last breath.
Its not like I've nvr been suicidal. There have been DARK, very very dark and disastrous moments which have led my mind astray and made me contemplate it. But thank ALLAH, I've never walked towards those thoughts curz honestly, its not the right thing to do. Its a sin, yes. But look at it logically. What justice can we gain if we committ suicide due to the evils of the world?? Ppl are gonna be horrible creatures. And if we go off just like tht, we're just telling those horrible ppl to be even more horrible than before.
Plus think of how you want to take your last breath. Naturally will be the best way.
During the course of these thoughts, I was thinking of how would we know when we are going to take our last breath? Will we be forewarned? Will we feel it? And how will it feel when the last breath is taken from our body by the Malaikat?? Hmmm....Of curz there can't be any recounts of ppl felt when their last breath was taken...Curz how are they gonna retell the experience when they're dead, yea??
Ohhhkkkk....I better stop blogging abt all this death stuff curz its like gonna be 1am and I need to sleep. Scared la....hahaha..
Nitez....More Train-ful of Thoughts next time =))))
Yea know, nowadays when I'm on the train I have all kinda morbid thoughts. God knows why!! So I have decided to label those thoughts as "Train-ful of Thoughts". Hehehe...
Train-ful of Thoughts 1
The day after the major tremors afflicted Sg and many ppl felt it, even my parents at home. They also went down curz the tremors were scary. So the next day when I was in the train and due to morning rush hour or whatever, the train kept jerking. So I was wondering what will happen to me if an earthquake occured or tremors strong enuff to split bridges, etc occured whilst I was on the way to work? I concluded tht most probably I would die...mainly due to suffocation. Curz do u know how CRAZY the morning rush hour is??? My goodness. Ppl just squeezeeeeeeee in like nobody's business and don't care if every part of their freaking [sometimes awfully SMELLY] body is touching you or that their stinky morning breath is blowing into your face. Eurgghhh!!!
I think some ppl don't even bother to bathe in the morning...much less brush their teeth. Yucks! You won't guess the amt of toxic morning breath tht has blown into my face many a times in the morning on the train. Well, if they're so damn lazy to brush, they shd atleast keep their gap shut.
Thus, I've come to the conclusion tht before I die of any tremors or earthquake or MRT bridge collapsing, I'll suffocate due to holding my breath and trying not to inhale the TOXIC air surrounding me, thanks to unhygienic Singaporeans [some foreigners included!!].
Train-ful of Thoughts 2
I cannot remember why this particular thought came to me, but I was thinking of committing suicide, murder and death. No no, I wasn't being suicidal. I was just wondering why ppl committ suicide curz they are basically walking closer to death themselves. And come on, if you throw yourself off a building, for sure u'll feel the pain when ur body lands on the concrete floor right? And the smashing, cracking and etc tht will happen to your body will give you the most excruciating pain. Pain tht you wish wasn't there. And then maybe at tht last few seconds or minutes [whichever God wants to grant you], you'll prob regret jumping off tht building. Curz the emotional or psychological pain tht you had in life would have probably seemed nothing compared to the immense physical TORTURE you have to go thru before pulling in your last breath.
Its not like I've nvr been suicidal. There have been DARK, very very dark and disastrous moments which have led my mind astray and made me contemplate it. But thank ALLAH, I've never walked towards those thoughts curz honestly, its not the right thing to do. Its a sin, yes. But look at it logically. What justice can we gain if we committ suicide due to the evils of the world?? Ppl are gonna be horrible creatures. And if we go off just like tht, we're just telling those horrible ppl to be even more horrible than before.
Plus think of how you want to take your last breath. Naturally will be the best way.
During the course of these thoughts, I was thinking of how would we know when we are going to take our last breath? Will we be forewarned? Will we feel it? And how will it feel when the last breath is taken from our body by the Malaikat?? Hmmm....Of curz there can't be any recounts of ppl felt when their last breath was taken...Curz how are they gonna retell the experience when they're dead, yea??
Ohhhkkkk....I better stop blogging abt all this death stuff curz its like gonna be 1am and I need to sleep. Scared la....hahaha..
Nitez....More Train-ful of Thoughts next time =))))
Alritey! I've finally changed the layout of my blog. Aft more than a year,almost 2 years of BLACK, its now a nice lovely colour. Enjoy the changes. And I shall keep on updating.
Had a long and tiring day today. Woke up at 3.30 am!!
But had an interesting day cuddling babies and talking and actually being N.I.C.E.
Hahaha.
Alritey...Gtg..More to come
I'm trying to get back into the hang of blogging more often now so tht I'll have smthg to occupy myself with and so tht I can train myself to focus on only one thing when I'm on the net. U know for the past many many months, I've had soooo many things tht I wanted to blog abt but I just couldnt find the time. Den when I did find the time and logged into LiveJournal, I would be so caught up in various things like checking my 3 e-mail accounts, surfing thru Facebook, reading up various vignettes of info on Wikipedia, reading all sorts of blogs [esp. those on my favourites list], den digressing to this and tht and also watching/listening to songs on YouTube tht by the time I want to resume blogging, its already too late and my back is aching and I wanna go to sleep curz the next day I prob have smthg really impo going on at work and I need tht few hours of rested sleep. Hahahaha. Talk abt Attention Deficit Disorder. Mine is like Attention Digressing Disorder!!
Like now, in the midst of typing for this blog, I'm transferring some pics tht were taken in the centre from my thumbdrive to my pc and am gonna start looking at them soon. I'm also listening to videos tht are playing on YouTube and very soon I'm gonna start surfing thru tht page for more songs....Heh. Argh. Ok ok...FOCUS.
Its been an awfully tiring past 3 days for me. On Wednesday, we celebrated Children's Day with the kids. The confusing thing is tht, Wednesday was 30th Sept but we celebrated den curz on 1st Oct we were having our concert dry run rehearsals at the venue.
Venue being the Lee Foundation Theater at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts [NAFA]. high class location ah.
Newayz, the Kindergarten part of our centre had to have their Children's Day closure too...so they had tht on Fri, 2nd Oct. LUCKY them. Sigh. Childcare not lucky la.
Soooo....the theme for our Kiddy's Day celebration was "Storybook Characters" and the kiddos did dress up well. We had all sorts of characters, like a witch, a pumpkin, Minnie Mouse's, Power Rangers, and lots and lots of Fairies. All of them had wings on and carried lil' wands diligently. I guess Barbie's Fairytopia has done wonders. Oh yea, we had lotsa Princessess' too. Woah. Can't believe these parents actually spend money to buy such costumes, complete with accesories and all. *gdness*
This little Russian Pumpkin is my pumpy-umpy yumpkin...His mum actually drew little brown spots across his nose and cheeks to make him resemble more of a Pumpkin...awww....soooo cute!!
There are more pics up on my FB. Go lookie look.
So the next day, 1st Oct (Thursday) was the first dry run rehearsals at the concert location. Argh. I was oh-so-tired tht day. To the point tht, aft I returned home I didn't even have the mood to watch my usual Zee TV dramas. I actually fell asleep by 9:30pm. Before tht, I told my mum to wake me up at 10:30pm so tht I could wash my face and all...But of curz la, as predicted, when she woke me up, I tossed away and slept more. Tht was how tirrreeedddd I was.
Not to add tht Friday, there was no Kindy. Only Childcare. and Guess what??!! The K2 Childcare tchr was away on leave. So poor me and my partner. Left alone with 2 classes. Damn it. Haiya.
I'm learning and practising the art of Patience. P.A.T.I.E.N.C.E. And also of gritting my teeth and bearing it all. Grrr...
Like now, in the midst of typing for this blog, I'm transferring some pics tht were taken in the centre from my thumbdrive to my pc and am gonna start looking at them soon. I'm also listening to videos tht are playing on YouTube and very soon I'm gonna start surfing thru tht page for more songs....Heh. Argh. Ok ok...FOCUS.
Its been an awfully tiring past 3 days for me. On Wednesday, we celebrated Children's Day with the kids. The confusing thing is tht, Wednesday was 30th Sept but we celebrated den curz on 1st Oct we were having our concert dry run rehearsals at the venue.
Venue being the Lee Foundation Theater at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts [NAFA]. high class location ah.
Newayz, the Kindergarten part of our centre had to have their Children's Day closure too...so they had tht on Fri, 2nd Oct. LUCKY them. Sigh. Childcare not lucky la.
Soooo....the theme for our Kiddy's Day celebration was "Storybook Characters" and the kiddos did dress up well. We had all sorts of characters, like a witch, a pumpkin, Minnie Mouse's, Power Rangers, and lots and lots of Fairies. All of them had wings on and carried lil' wands diligently. I guess Barbie's Fairytopia has done wonders. Oh yea, we had lotsa Princessess' too. Woah. Can't believe these parents actually spend money to buy such costumes, complete with accesories and all. *gdness*
This little Russian Pumpkin is my pumpy-umpy yumpkin...His mum actually drew little brown spots across his nose and cheeks to make him resemble more of a Pumpkin...awww....soooo cute!!
There are more pics up on my FB. Go lookie look.
So the next day, 1st Oct (Thursday) was the first dry run rehearsals at the concert location. Argh. I was oh-so-tired tht day. To the point tht, aft I returned home I didn't even have the mood to watch my usual Zee TV dramas. I actually fell asleep by 9:30pm. Before tht, I told my mum to wake me up at 10:30pm so tht I could wash my face and all...But of curz la, as predicted, when she woke me up, I tossed away and slept more. Tht was how tirrreeedddd I was.
Not to add tht Friday, there was no Kindy. Only Childcare. and Guess what??!! The K2 Childcare tchr was away on leave. So poor me and my partner. Left alone with 2 classes. Damn it. Haiya.
I'm learning and practising the art of Patience. P.A.T.I.E.N.C.E. And also of gritting my teeth and bearing it all. Grrr...
Its been a long and tiring albeit fun weekend for me. I had a sensational Saturday, with my tuition and den visiting 2 of my relatives all the way in the West. Ah. Finally aft a long time, I returned to the ulu West. Memories came flooding back. Ah. The utter self-control and wild things I did in my mind to keep those memories and thoughts at bay. Gotta give me an F1 trophy for tht alright.
As for F1. this year is crappy one for me during the F1 period. Last year I was totally in the loop abt it all thx to u-all-know-who. This year, since everythg has officially screwed up and I'm supposedly [according to ALL my friends] better off without u-all-know-who, I was totally out of the loop abt anythg in regards to the F1. And in fact, I made it a sincere and concentrated effort NOT TO read or question or find out anythg abt F1 this year. Because it would only have opened the dam of unwanted memories and thoughts. Sheesh. so much curz of one person is a bit extreme, even for someone like me. But heck...I had it coming la. Like totally.
Neway tht incident has made me reflect on myself as a person and my characteristics. I think I'm not an easy person either.Neway I shall all those deeper analysis some other time when I deem it fit.
Here are some pics of sensational Saturday [only the glamorous ones!]:
She my sweetie pie...She always calls me Didi, butttt, the wrong one!!Alamak.
Cake feeding time...Oh so indian.Haha.
Forever talking.Feeding time also gotta talk!!
But my Sunday...Oh...I had an OPEN House, after a hiatus of one year. It went well. I woke up by abt 8:30am to help my Mum with the cooking. Boy oh boy...for someone like me who doesn't cook [YET], it left me with an aching back...I was pretty tired but the excitement of ppl I wanna see coming over and me dressing up and all took away all tht lethargy and pain.
Hence, I got showered and dressed and did more housework. Ah. The Domestic Princessa I evolved into for tht day. Wonderful. Haha.
Newayz, even as I was hoping tht all the things would be ready before my 1st guest arrives, tht was not the case. I was still prepping smthg and Kirsten walked in...ANd followed very soon by Ms Leu, etc etc...
All the pics are up in my Facebook account. Go check it out. And to top it all off, my mum left halfway to attend some wedding. Grrrr!! These ppl. Just 2nd week of Eid and they wanna hold their wedding???!!! Come on la. No common sense ah? Ppl wanna enjoy themselves, visit families n friends, conduct Open House, etc etc..and they hold it NOW??!! The couple can't wait to get hitched I supposed. *rolls my eyes widely*
But we all managed to control the situation...for all of 10 mins..before my Aunt arrived [Thank God!!!] and I roped her in to help me. Hehehe. Hence, thts how my Uncle ended up frying the battered prawns and I was happily entertaining my guests. Well, serving them food la. =))) I played a good hostess job okie! *so proud of myself*
Thts all folks...
As for F1. this year is crappy one for me during the F1 period. Last year I was totally in the loop abt it all thx to u-all-know-who. This year, since everythg has officially screwed up and I'm supposedly [according to ALL my friends] better off without u-all-know-who, I was totally out of the loop abt anythg in regards to the F1. And in fact, I made it a sincere and concentrated effort NOT TO read or question or find out anythg abt F1 this year. Because it would only have opened the dam of unwanted memories and thoughts. Sheesh. so much curz of one person is a bit extreme, even for someone like me. But heck...I had it coming la. Like totally.
Neway tht incident has made me reflect on myself as a person and my characteristics. I think I'm not an easy person either.Neway I shall all those deeper analysis some other time when I deem it fit.
Here are some pics of sensational Saturday [only the glamorous ones!]:
She my sweetie pie...She always calls me Didi, butttt, the wrong one!!Alamak.
Cake feeding time...Oh so indian.Haha.
Forever talking.Feeding time also gotta talk!!
But my Sunday...Oh...I had an OPEN House, after a hiatus of one year. It went well. I woke up by abt 8:30am to help my Mum with the cooking. Boy oh boy...for someone like me who doesn't cook [YET], it left me with an aching back...I was pretty tired but the excitement of ppl I wanna see coming over and me dressing up and all took away all tht lethargy and pain.
Hence, I got showered and dressed and did more housework. Ah. The Domestic Princessa I evolved into for tht day. Wonderful. Haha.
Newayz, even as I was hoping tht all the things would be ready before my 1st guest arrives, tht was not the case. I was still prepping smthg and Kirsten walked in...ANd followed very soon by Ms Leu, etc etc...
All the pics are up in my Facebook account. Go check it out. And to top it all off, my mum left halfway to attend some wedding. Grrrr!! These ppl. Just 2nd week of Eid and they wanna hold their wedding???!!! Come on la. No common sense ah? Ppl wanna enjoy themselves, visit families n friends, conduct Open House, etc etc..and they hold it NOW??!! The couple can't wait to get hitched I supposed. *rolls my eyes widely*
But we all managed to control the situation...for all of 10 mins..before my Aunt arrived [Thank God!!!] and I roped her in to help me. Hehehe. Hence, thts how my Uncle ended up frying the battered prawns and I was happily entertaining my guests. Well, serving them food la. =))) I played a good hostess job okie! *so proud of myself*
Thts all folks...
Eid Mubarak everyone!!
I hope everyone's Ramadhan has gone well and filled with full of prayers. I know mine went well. Now tht I look back, I realize tht the past 29 days have flown by. In the first week, I was quite tired due to work and was wondering when I could get over the feeling of lethargy and all [all the lethargy was due to the dance practice with the children for the concert]. But as the last week of Ramzan descended upon us, I wished tht it wouldn't be so soon curz I wanted to pray more and fast even more.
This year, the fasting month has been great for me after soooo many years. I spent the entire month fruitfully and properly.And sought repentance and solace from many many things. I'm truly glad tht Allah gave me a chance to redeem myself aft all these years. And of curz the last day of Ramzan has been nicely wrapped up with my birthday. Hehe. Tht was one more reason why I looked forward to the fasting month this year. Curz I knew tht I would spend my birthday fasting. Truly wonderful.
And what more...an hour before my birthday (yesterday night), Amanda told me the final results were out. And I have graduated with an Upper Second Class Honours. wooohoooo!!!
Thing is tht, for the degree I was doing,before our last 2 terms, they will choose the best students, i.e. those who have a high GPA and also those who submitted a very good proposal topic for the thesis, and these students can opt to undertake the last 2 terms under the "WIth Honours" accolade. I got chosen and I accepted...but it was super-dee-duper hard.
Oh well, all tht hard work has paid off!! =)))
Okie, I shall return to more blogging soon enuff. I do hope so I can find the time amidst all these busy thingys at work tht I'm occupied with. Curz for now I'm living, eating, sleeping, dreaming, [and having nightmares] only of the year end concert and graduation!!! Argh.
Newayz, everyone enjoy the Eid. Be merry. And I shall end with this sweet pic I swiped off the Net.
Okie...today I had planned my day. And part of it was to head back from terawih prayers and den blog. But other things cropped up,so here i am sitting at 12.20am at my lappy, just tpying this ONLY.
I shall get back to this another time.
Nitez....~~~
I am soooo gonna faint of fatigue very soon. I've been Exercising and exercising. Heh. Preparing for Sports Day which is to be held in my centre. Last yr, when I was working in my prev. ctr, it was kind of like the 1st time they were holding a Sports Day, and I had been unwillingly chosen to head the organizing committee. But like they say, God has a reason for everythg. Last yr, it was super tough for me curz I was juggling studies, hectic work load and fell sick in between. BUT, I learnt alot. And thank God for all tht.
Curz this year seems to be kind of like the 1st time they're having a Sports Day, albeit after a long time. And guess what? Me and my big mouth had mentioned earlier how I did this and tht previously in my old ctr. Luckily they didn't ask me to head any committee or whatever, but I've been a major idea-inputter and manager of things. Of curz I was unanimously [and without being asked] chosen to lead the warm up exercise. Haha.
Guess my madness over benefits of exercise for children and etc caused me being chosen. Newayz, gd la. Since I'm procrastinating like nothing at home and NOT exercising, this is a gd enuff way for me to lose weight!!
=)))
Den today, we were supposed to have the Dry Run to prep for the actual day. We were supposedly to start at 9.30. But by 9.25am, all classes and tchrs were lounging ard the dining area and asking each other "Is the Dry Run still on?" "How ah?" "Who to ask?"....blah blah blah. Of curz everyone was reluctant to ask Big Boss. It was all due to fear of being scolded or smthg along tht lines as to why we didn't know what to do. Guess who decided to go ask? Always me la. Somebody instill the fear of hierarchy in me pls!
I assessed everythg and just asked if we cud do this and tht instead of asking "What to do?". Heh. Learnt tht tactic before.
Ok la....enuff for tonight. Tired and keep getting phone calls from friends. Gonna go answer them.
Ciaozz.....~~~
Curz this year seems to be kind of like the 1st time they're having a Sports Day, albeit after a long time. And guess what? Me and my big mouth had mentioned earlier how I did this and tht previously in my old ctr. Luckily they didn't ask me to head any committee or whatever, but I've been a major idea-inputter and manager of things. Of curz I was unanimously [and without being asked] chosen to lead the warm up exercise. Haha.
Guess my madness over benefits of exercise for children and etc caused me being chosen. Newayz, gd la. Since I'm procrastinating like nothing at home and NOT exercising, this is a gd enuff way for me to lose weight!!
=)))
Den today, we were supposed to have the Dry Run to prep for the actual day. We were supposedly to start at 9.30. But by 9.25am, all classes and tchrs were lounging ard the dining area and asking each other "Is the Dry Run still on?" "How ah?" "Who to ask?"....blah blah blah. Of curz everyone was reluctant to ask Big Boss. It was all due to fear of being scolded or smthg along tht lines as to why we didn't know what to do. Guess who decided to go ask? Always me la. Somebody instill the fear of hierarchy in me pls!
I assessed everythg and just asked if we cud do this and tht instead of asking "What to do?". Heh. Learnt tht tactic before.
Ok la....enuff for tonight. Tired and keep getting phone calls from friends. Gonna go answer them.
Ciaozz.....~~~
- Music:Right Now (Na na na) - Akon
Wanna know what I've been occupying myself with recently?....
Yep. The Stephanie Meyer's vampire saga. Hehe. Well, like what my sister said "Ur reading it after the entire world has read it!!"....It Doesn't matter. Curz when the entire world had time to read it, I was busy studying, and doing other things which gave me no time to sit down with a book. But the moment I completed the draft of my thesis and submitted to the professor via e-mail to be checked, I immediately went to Borders and got the entire series. WHY?....Curz I'm a Borders member and decided to utilize the discount to the maximum. Hahahaha.
Actually I dunno why I decided to buy this series despite the fact tht the authors I read write books of a totally different genre! Nevertheless, buying the books seems like a gd idea. I will sell them one day. Hahaha. Newayz, so far I've completed "Twilight", "New Moon" and "Eclipse". Wow. For a teenage romance novel, it is quite intriguing and kept me hooked. There were days when I just couldn't wait till I got home from work or till I ate dinner or washed up, just so I could resume and find out what happens to darling little Bella and oh-so-sweet Edward. It soooo romantic. Hahahha. Oh well. I would give anythg to keep myself occupied.
Hmmm....Any recommendations for any other good books?...Next, my aim is the Dan Brown series. Truthfully, I've never been a fan of his books nor movies....Tht is till I caught "Angels & Demons" at the cinema. And oh boy! I think I won't mind reading it.
Oookay...Till the next time I'm back to blog.
Cheerios...~~~
Yep. The Stephanie Meyer's vampire saga. Hehe. Well, like what my sister said "Ur reading it after the entire world has read it!!"....It Doesn't matter. Curz when the entire world had time to read it, I was busy studying, and doing other things which gave me no time to sit down with a book. But the moment I completed the draft of my thesis and submitted to the professor via e-mail to be checked, I immediately went to Borders and got the entire series. WHY?....Curz I'm a Borders member and decided to utilize the discount to the maximum. Hahahaha.
Actually I dunno why I decided to buy this series despite the fact tht the authors I read write books of a totally different genre! Nevertheless, buying the books seems like a gd idea. I will sell them one day. Hahaha. Newayz, so far I've completed "Twilight", "New Moon" and "Eclipse". Wow. For a teenage romance novel, it is quite intriguing and kept me hooked. There were days when I just couldn't wait till I got home from work or till I ate dinner or washed up, just so I could resume and find out what happens to darling little Bella and oh-so-sweet Edward. It soooo romantic. Hahahha. Oh well. I would give anythg to keep myself occupied.
Hmmm....Any recommendations for any other good books?...Next, my aim is the Dan Brown series. Truthfully, I've never been a fan of his books nor movies....Tht is till I caught "Angels & Demons" at the cinema. And oh boy! I think I won't mind reading it.
Oookay...Till the next time I'm back to blog.
Cheerios...~~~
Remember tht song?...Quite an old song...Where, oh where can my baby be?....La la la la la....Forgot the lyrics la.
Right now I gotta sing tht about my ipod iTouch. See, I have a new baby, adoringly called "iTouch".
And den today...ME,of ALL ppl, left it in someone's van. And right now my darling baby is nestled in a CAP and sitting in the van's glove compartment! Gosh. My poor baby. Sitting all alone and sad. Its my 1st time being separated from my iTouch since I got it, and due to my own stupidity somemore!!! By the time I managed to call and get thru to the line, my iTouch was away on the highway. GRRRR!!!!
Den I come home, undergoing extreme attacks of separation anxiety and worry for my hundreds of dollars worth baby, and I read an article in Yahoo! News abt a man committing suicide due to a lost Apple prototype. Oh how wonderful!!! Such motivating news ah??
bleargh.
Nah...I won't think like tht. Just worried till I get my baby back in my hands. ASAP.
Work is awfully TIRING!! I need a break. Esp since I'm over with my studies. But I can't go anywhere till Ramadhan is over. Now is not a gd time, what with H1N1, terrorist attacks, etc. Talking abt terrorist attacks, since the attacks in Jakarta last Friday, I'm actually having panic attacks whilst travelling to work. Esp. when I see men dragging trolley bags with them. Surprisingly, yest and today I saw quite a few men with trolley bags. Urghhh.
Its scary living on planet Earth now. So dangerous everywhere. Especially since I take the MRT to work everyday. Hmmm....
Gotta go sleep. Nitez.
Right now I gotta sing tht about my ipod iTouch. See, I have a new baby, adoringly called "iTouch".
And den today...ME,of ALL ppl, left it in someone's van. And right now my darling baby is nestled in a CAP and sitting in the van's glove compartment! Gosh. My poor baby. Sitting all alone and sad. Its my 1st time being separated from my iTouch since I got it, and due to my own stupidity somemore!!! By the time I managed to call and get thru to the line, my iTouch was away on the highway. GRRRR!!!!
Den I come home, undergoing extreme attacks of separation anxiety and worry for my hundreds of dollars worth baby, and I read an article in Yahoo! News abt a man committing suicide due to a lost Apple prototype. Oh how wonderful!!! Such motivating news ah??
bleargh.
Nah...I won't think like tht. Just worried till I get my baby back in my hands. ASAP.
Work is awfully TIRING!! I need a break. Esp since I'm over with my studies. But I can't go anywhere till Ramadhan is over. Now is not a gd time, what with H1N1, terrorist attacks, etc. Talking abt terrorist attacks, since the attacks in Jakarta last Friday, I'm actually having panic attacks whilst travelling to work. Esp. when I see men dragging trolley bags with them. Surprisingly, yest and today I saw quite a few men with trolley bags. Urghhh.
Its scary living on planet Earth now. So dangerous everywhere. Especially since I take the MRT to work everyday. Hmmm....
Gotta go sleep. Nitez.
- Mood:
cranky
*dust dust*
*sweep sweep*
And away fly the cobwebs.
Heh. Finally. I am blogging again, and this time I'm ready to resume on a much regular basis compared to the past one year. Surprisingly, my last entry before this was exactly ONE month ago. Henceforth I shall endeavour to blog regularly.
My studies are finally over. Over in the sense tht I've already submitted my thesis. And now its prob in Aussie, getting ready to be assessed, analyzed, critiqued and graded. Wow. It has been an exciting 18 months (technically 19 months actually!) of study. Added with doses of work issues, life issues and my own self issues, I've finally completed my bachelor's degree in education. yeay yeay! Of curz, aft my thesis is graded, den I shall uncover the truth of which level I pass at. But, the happy news, which most ppl dunno is tht, I had been chosen under the Honours programme to do my thesis. Heh.
Unlike other University's which automatically dish out "with Honours" grading, the Uni of South Australia is much more stringent. They only pick the better ones, based on our thesis proposals and our overall GPA based on our module grades starting from the beginning of our course. I feel oh-so-honoured & lucky to have been chosen. Thank God, Amanda got chosen too. So we went thru thick and thin tgthr, juggling the hectic work life [since we're working in same place].
And I had wonderful wonderful classmates cum friends, Sarah & Aza. I think the countless smses we exchanged throughout the process of the studies, especially when our deadlines for assignments were looming overhead, and sharing in the joy [or sometimes misery] of getting either good or bad grades caused some kind of unique bond to be established. Its been a great 18/19 month of study. I was quite sad on our last day of class, and even right now kinda feel nostalgic...But oh-well...life has to go on. We'll keep in touch, Insha-Allah.
Other than tht, now tht my studies are over, I'm beginning to start preparing for my future. Which I had promised myself I would once my studies are over. Let's see how tht goes.
Oh, work is starting to be utterly hectic....Concert coming up!! Gosh. Gonna have to become Task Mistress and Dance Choreographer to them kiddos of mine. I think after watching almost every episode of Dance India Dance on YouTube shd be of enuff help. Hahahahhahaha....Okie...Gtg. Stay tuned for MORE.
Adios....~~
- Mood:
relieved
I've been away from this blog for the longest. I wonder if anyone even reads this anymore? Anyone there?....
I've visited the site to type entries now and then but I always get distracted with other things or work to do.
In the past few months, I've come to realize more and more about the mysteries and intricacies of life.
I realized tht people are NEVER what we ASSUME them to be. Most people are just down right arses. And my biggest regret? Making a number of friends online. I realized tht I had been too naive and unassuming and made friends with some people who shd never had had the opportunity to know me nor about my life.
Alas, I discovered tht too late after being hurt and all. Which is why I am glad that I have more or less severed all ties with most of my online "pals". Some people just pretend to be concerned and emphatetic just to DIG for information and have fodder for gossip. Very sadly, I wonder if all tht I had shared with them had just been NOTHING to them other than gossip food and I feel sad to think I had bared my heart.
Like what Shahida said, "No wonder they are called "online friends""...The worst things, all those who hurt me were Females. Urgh. Makes me wonder why women/ladies are like this!!!
Ah. Goodbye to you all. Eventhough there had been nice moments, I doubt I would actually feel sad for walking away from such dumb friendships.
On another note, I've ceased talking. Seems like I'm so changed now. Thts alarming. Initially I was shocked but just grown used to it now. Seems like the path to destiny is an intrinsic web of confusion.
I've visited the site to type entries now and then but I always get distracted with other things or work to do.
In the past few months, I've come to realize more and more about the mysteries and intricacies of life.
I realized tht people are NEVER what we ASSUME them to be. Most people are just down right arses. And my biggest regret? Making a number of friends online. I realized tht I had been too naive and unassuming and made friends with some people who shd never had had the opportunity to know me nor about my life.
Alas, I discovered tht too late after being hurt and all. Which is why I am glad that I have more or less severed all ties with most of my online "pals". Some people just pretend to be concerned and emphatetic just to DIG for information and have fodder for gossip. Very sadly, I wonder if all tht I had shared with them had just been NOTHING to them other than gossip food and I feel sad to think I had bared my heart.
Like what Shahida said, "No wonder they are called "online friends""...The worst things, all those who hurt me were Females. Urgh. Makes me wonder why women/ladies are like this!!!
Ah. Goodbye to you all. Eventhough there had been nice moments, I doubt I would actually feel sad for walking away from such dumb friendships.
On another note, I've ceased talking. Seems like I'm so changed now. Thts alarming. Initially I was shocked but just grown used to it now. Seems like the path to destiny is an intrinsic web of confusion.
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