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Wednesday 15 January 2014

Double two

So how I feel being OLD... Rmb a year ago when I was busy with the planning of the 21st party.. And now I am another year older.
Celebrated with my family on 1 Jan. Unfortunately, I woke up to very bad stomach. For the whole day, I was so sick, twj prepared organic fruits salad but I merely had half. ): Since it was PH, my dad was free and I really wanted some family time... SO... I tried any methods to make myself feel better like taking eno, drinking HOT lemon water, forcing ginger tea/juice and whatnot. 
 Asked aunt n uncle along since they were at our place and they are my next closest kins beside my family I would say. heh! They have treated us like their own kids since young and ofc my dad wouldn't say no to having his sister joining us. 
 The bill was $400 plus , not the most exp dinner outside but I appreciate it DAD! But do not go for buffet when u are not feeling well. hah! 
2 Jan, Dinner with bball friends. A lot of them couldn't make it and apologised to me, I really don't mind! I appreciate ur thoughts. We had dinner at buffet city and I doubt we will be back again. Thankfully, I recovered. I was whinning what a 2014 to begin with but I shan't things for granted. Despite work and NS, they insisted on a dinner AND desserts which got me really puzzled. We walked from Tanjong Pagar to Chinatown but all shops were closed so they pulled all to SK Square hahaha My cousin agreed to send those (staying in bedok, punggol, amk) back because.....

 They wanted to surprise me with this slice of cheese cake. WAH I WAS REALLY TAKEN ABACK. I SWEAR. I'm so touched ok Jack. U are my best cousin. HAHAHA! It's not a whole cake that they can each enjoy one slice. They actually hid the cake from me after dinner. Honestly, u guys are not one of the sweetest friends I have but I am really touched by the gesture that night. It's funny how all of us met. I knew some of u guys for 10 years alr and I hope we can all see one another grow since the age range among us is so different! 
 3Jan
Spent it with twj. And we tried Muthu's curry at Suntec. I love the butter chicken, I love how they use spices instead of MSG, salt and whatnot.

 u see a sleepybear hahaha

 I spent my birthday morning giving tuition and I went to get him a slice of cake since his 10th bday fell on 6 Jan hahah! He remembered my bday which surprised me. He loves that gigantic pen haha! I almost gave up on him cause he was soooooo mischievious but thank god for the perseverance, I'm glad all works well now. His parents are really kind to me too! 
 Impromptu outing to Vivo. 
 Dinner @Marche missing Dad cause he's busy working 
 this is soooo good and I finally understand why almost every tables had it
 We ordered a lot of food and the total bill was nearly a $100 which wasn't unreasonable for 4A1C right. 
5Jan
Although belated, but I won't mind hahaha I held my 21st on 5jan2013 too! As long as I got my whole(not exactly) family with me, I'm blessed.
missing out gor n jie. 
I started preparing all the food at 2pm. I told mum that I wanted to cook when Dad wanted to do a buffet for me. Being able to cook for my family is not something I can do everyday so count my blessing. Too bad I couldn't get the Eldest cousinssss and family to join. I made enoki bacon, pan-fried garlic butter scallop, cha soba, miso soup, chawanmushi, teriyaki chicken, tempura prawn, calamari, garlic dou miao, garlic fried wings and popcorn chicken. Mum cooked a big pot of fried rice. The food seem so simple to prepare but I really underestimated them. 

 No matter what, I'm glad they enjoyed! 

 Gor had to 'spoil' the cake everytime w oreo tsk

 My sister obviously tiptoped
 papa wasn't wearing shirt so he said he shall hide behind hahahah 
 Thanks to my sis's bf hahaha! U all better stop getting me ridiculous charms ok hehehe 
My present from my sister will be revealed in June. *winks*
 Thank u twj's sis! She even got my birthdate engraved. So personalised I like! But I think it's quite exp! $40 in total. 
 THANK U TWJ! :D
 HAHA my first bday wish from Raphael.
 Auntie is his mum la. hahaha my daddy gave me angbao on 6 Jan even tho mum had given. I really want to cry hahaha 
 Baking at twj's place hehehe Just having some messy fun. 
 The cake tastes quite good I like! 
9Jan
 Had dinner with the girls and Kenrick @ Relish! We had so much to talk and laugh that night. AND this siewbao, it's a pity u are not joining Mediacorp. They tricked me and I got fooled. FIRST TIME. I'm always the one to trick them. hahaha! I WAS SO SHOCKED and SURPRISED. Thank u for the bag, voucher and cakes! Bao, thanks for ur handmade card! 
I am literally tasting happiness every bite cause Sze n bao got them from Holland V. I love u girls vvvv much.
I had no idea why but this year I seemed busier than last year. hahah But I enjoyed each n every outing/dinner with u all. It's my blessings and I cherish them. 
My 'break' is coming to an end soon and I dread Spring sem. HAISH. 6 freaking modules, I shall conquer u bit by bit. Serious savings begins!!!!.... After CNY. haha I need to save for Vegas and now I'm working very hard for it. I am v tired at times but I know it gonna be worthed it. Thankfully for the MOE bursary, it's freaking $2.2k pls go n apply okay my friends. If u are luckier, pls apply for the $2.8k one. That's all the taxes ur family has been paying for life. Claim them back! Today my K2 boy was really cooperating and their mum treated me to her homemade pineapple tarts! Awww today is a good day and I managed to go Vegetarian till 6pm! 

Wednesday 1 January 2014

Christmas 2013 w uni-mates

 haha I lent hy's my hand and our hands look tangled here
 Never were my classmates in TP but God makes us meet in uni and I'm happy to have these 5 girls in UNLV. 
 Kudos to one year of friendship! 

My 2 lovely girls!!! 
our gifts under the tiny christmas tree
Thanks Kenny for hosting the party over at his condo, very nice function room indeed. Had so much fun that night and gift exchange was suprisingly fun with when we have to drop hints and guess our own secret santa. We ordered catering and it was their festive menu so the food was good and my classmate solo bbq-ed all the chicken chop for all of us haha why so sweet one?
So one year has past, being in a class of 50s can be tough to bond. Honestly, i don't mix with everyone but they are all nice people. Besides being competitive, when it comes to nonsense, we can top the world hahaha! I look forward to our Vegas trip in 2014 and hope we make 2014 memorable before we graduate! 
Happy New Year and yes, one more year to the end of University! Aftermath, it's my turn to thank my parents by settling down in the working society lo! It's scary how time flies cos in half a year's time I'm flying to Vegas! 
Suayness hit me on the first day of 2014, felt terrible the whole day and since dad was free today, I was determine to get well or feel better by night. Thank u twj for taking care of me from making salad to make ginger tea and eno and forced me to gulp down all. When I'm not feeling well, my mum always looks after me as tho I'm a kiddo. She will sit by me, cracks some nonsense, applies lots of oil and make whatever drinks that make me feel better. AND she will talk to me in a damn gentle tone hahaha! So, I had my advanced birthday dinner with the family, bf n sis's bf and aunt+uncle on 01.01.2014 at Tung Lok and that was the only meal for the day. That freaking meal sums up to $400 plus, quite ex IMO. Thanks papa n mummy for the ang baos! 
2013 had been kind in terms of school loads. Beginning of school was tough but thankful for wonderful friends. My first time working while studying too. Nv expect I will do that but I managed to pull through year 1 quite colorfully. I think I became a bit more ambitious, besides working part-time at boutique, I took up tutoring too. And now, I have 3 kiddos to juggle excluding the lil monkey at home. I guess 2013 was the year I tried to manage my time among so many other commitments.