To Be A supErwoMAN

2010-02-22T18:38:00.003+08:00

I miss school days. I just watched the video Bernice sent to us through email:

Teenage was probably one of our most memorable times. So much happened. For the 20 year olds, we're probably who we are right now because of all the things we went through during that age. I kind of miss my nerdy times: the silliest things which I have done are the most unforgettable ones... Skipping school, climbing over fences to play pool or to hang out with friends.. boys... Ah I miss the ignorant days...

Closing down Bebe's Empire

2009-12-22T00:50:00.002+08:00

It's getting a lil tough to blog about my dear son lately...
I think I might as well just merge it...
To bad I havent started capturing everything about him since young..
I wud have had so much to share..

Just yesterday, I took some videos of him doing the lil tricks I have been teaching him. Here's a compilation of the videos:

Slow & boring weekend

2009-11-29T13:42:00.002+08:00

Have I become a workaholic?
3 days of weekend seems pretty long and painful.
Not that I am really looking forward to work, but I havent got much to do this weekend yet again.
Dear is forever busy studying for tests.
It's just never ending coz his success rate is just so low.
It's so hard to match up my pals schedule ever since we started working.
Sometimes I miss school days. Not the exams but the fun times we shared, doing projects together, hanging out in k box etc...
I think I have tried to arrange for mj session for almost 10 times. Success rate is 0!

Jason is right. I am tough to keep up to.
Always looking forward to something new, fresh or challenging.
Weekends are no different. Slacking at home, rotting is just not my kinda weekend.. not for more than a day.. even when I am super tired from work...

Thank god there's Michelle. Meeting up with the KBR pple reminds me of my happy internship days. The American working culture I adapted and assimilated into so easily. Catching up with them and laughing at the good old days meant quite a lot to me.

I need a good vacation. Xmas may be?

Losing it

2009-10-27T17:42:00.003+08:00

oops.. it;s hard to commit to this...
hahaha... havent keep track for so long..
but i have been trying to keep to a more healthy diet..
except for just now...

leading a tai tai life...
woke up at 8am to make myself breakfast- sinful pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausages.

then i went for dental appointment..
the NDC dentists are really lazy..
they give me such a late appointment and they failed to finish my 2 fillings in the appointment.. and then ask me to come back again next time to do the other one.
gimme so many stupid excuses... it;s just their lunch time... -.-zzzz
and i actually took 1 day off for this...

then, went orchard to window shop.. didnt get to buy anything.. nothing was realli on sale...trying to keep my wallet tight until the xmas sale season is here...
at 2pm, i caught up with dear for lunch in ion..
there's this new jap restaurant opened by a guy who claimed to be HK's top jap chef..
it's kinda odd... or i find it no big deal since he's from HK and not japan.. -.- bla....

dear had to go back to work... so i landed myself in cafe cartel - my fav mugging spot during uni times... i can never give the tea time deal a miss... onli $5.20 for a cup of cappuccino and a yummy slice of cake.. i tried the brownie cheesecake - new item in the restaurant... loved the chcolate and cheese combi... sinful but super yummy!

What's for today?

2009-10-22T20:47:00.002+08:00

It wasn't a very smooth day for me today. I almost wanted to scream at someone~!
Ahhhhhhhh~!!! Hence I gave in to the lil devil in me ... boohoo

1. Breakfast: fruit bar
2. Lunch: Malay rice
3. Dinner: Porridge
4. Snack: 4 squares of milk chocolate :p opps~!

Opps I forgot again!

2009-10-21T23:14:00.003+08:00

Hahaha... and there I forgot to keep track of things again..
but I think I have been doing quite well for the fact that I have successfully stayed away from chocolates, cheese pie, KFC and western food for these 2 days. Hehehe...

So wad did I eat for the last 2 days?

Tuesday:
1. Breakfast - fruit bar (onli 88 calorie)
2. Lunch - Fish Beehoon Soup + Ice Milk Tea
3. Dinner - ban mian
4. Exercise - nil

Today:
1. Breakfast - 1 Half boiled egg & fruit bar (onli 88 calorie)
2. Lunch - 9 dumplings + Ice Milk Tea
3. Dinner - Yong Tau fu (lil beehoon soup)
4. Exercise - 20min jogging + 5min brisk walk since ****** came... -.-"

I think I still need to cut a lil from lunch and dinner eh?

My quest to shed 6kg

2009-10-19T13:30:00.003+08:00

4 years of uni life has caused so much stress that I have gained 8kg.
Can u imagine that? Looking through my old photos, I kinda miss that slim, muscle pack girl.. hahaha... Not the scary biceps which made my junior's eyes popped in our beijing trip though...

3 months into a hectic working life, I have sucessfully lost 2kg by jogging 2 to 3 times a week. It's really hard to follow the regime. After falling sick for 1 week +, I started falling out from my plan. I have failed to keep up for the past 2 weeks or so.

Motivated initially by me, my dad followed my path. He lost 10kg in 1.5 mths!!! He eats oat for breakfast and in-between-meals, fish and soups as far as possible for lunch and jogs 3-5 times a week! He only "sins" for dinner because my mum wont let him eat too little. He's far more disciplined than I am and it's really paying off. Though I think the rate of weight loss is too fast to consider his plan a healthy one, at least he has gotten rid of 80% of his tummy and 2 of his abs are showing! -.-

I need to do something.. I am already 1 mth behind my plan to hit sentosa in bikini! From this afternoon onwards, I am going to try to start my quest again... And may be I will update what I am eating or any exercise I have done everyday on the blog to keep track of my progress eh? May be my readers can help.. hahaha...

So far for today:
1. Breakfast - Cereals + 1 pkt of HL milk
2. Lunch - Tom Yam Fish Beehoon Soup (only ate half the beehoon)
3. Dinner - chicken rice (peeled out skin to reduce damage!!!)
4. Exercise - swimming!!!

Mooncake Feast on 2nd Oct 09

2009-09-21T19:48:00.003+08:00

Today I went for food outing with Yimin & gang.
we were at bugis and there were a lot of mooncake stalls..
hehehe 6 lil gluttons went around the stalls together to try the different flavours of mooncakes they have..
On my way back, the lil sinful devil in me came up with an idea:

Want to enjoy losta mooncakes but worried about the calories?

How about having a mooncake feast where we can buy one of each kind that we want to taste and share it with others? In this way, we can just have a lil small bite of each sin and not feel guilty at all!

Itinerary as follows:
6pm to 8pm - Potluck dinner / dinner @ chomp chomp
8pm to late - enjoy a great variety of mooncakes, play board games & catch up with others

*pls update your mooncake wishlist in the following manner: (flavour), (source) in facebook~! (see my profile)

I'M oN A fever, I'm Hot! I can't BE stOpped~!

2009-09-15T17:18:00.002+08:00

it's so sickening...
bene trying to call the clinic since 3pm..
either no one picks up or my call is diverted to the fax machine..
ARGGGHHH~!
cant they make it easier for a sick person to see doc!!
crap... wad a loser clinic!
Btw it is Comfort Clinic & Surgery

I'll be your love by Nicole Scherzinger

2009-09-07T22:36:00.000+08:00

I'll be your love
I'll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday blindfolds your eyes
I'll bring you tomorrow

There's a time
You feel like you're lost
Feel the night will never end
Through the daybreak
It's hard to hold on
But there is tomorrow
Brings you to your senses
As the sun will make it's way

You'll make it there
To the place where reality and dreams
And love will be together
I'll keep the light from fading
If the clouds blind your way
And the wind sways your faith

I'll be your love, I'll be your light
I'll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday blindfolds your eyes
I'll bring you tomorrow
Let me see you smile

Don't you cry
Over the past
Some days might be gray
And dreary
Not easy to leave
To leave it behind
'Til the rain stops in silence
I'll be there to hold your heart

I'll be with you
'Til you find the reason for love
We take it for granted
We'll keep the time from fading
''cause the world is here to stay
Your hope is deeper than pain

I'll be your love, I'll be your light
I'll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday blindfolds your eyes
I'll bring you tomorrow

If you would believe
Believe in the world
A vision of love
And the strength inside your heart
You'll find a way

I'll be your love, I'll be your light
I'll never make you feel, feel alone
If yesterday blindfolds your eyes
I'll bring you tomorrow
I'll be your love, I'll be your light
I'll never make you feel, feel alone

The blessings we have are often what we take for granted

2009-08-29T10:26:00.004+08:00

Being taken for granted, that's one of my greatest fear for all these years..
by frens, by my family and by my most loved one...
i've heard and experienced many of such cases
years into their relationship,
we forget the strong passion we had when we first felt our heart beat so fast for our loved one...
we forget how dearly we hold our loved one...
we forget how much time we could make for our loved one..
we forget that he/she is our one and only one...
Happy and blessed, we start taking all our loved one is doing for us for granted..

Here I share an old poem i found from the web:

Do not take my love for granted,
for it passes like the seasons
into its different phases.
Unmindful of attentions,
adornments and praises
and entirely without reasons,
it is because it has been.
I love because I am.

Do not take my love for granted
with subtle abuses
and things kept well hidden.
I too can have secrets.
And in some moment, unbidden,
when tired of excuses,
I'll search for an answer
and remember my roots.

Do not take my love for granted
as though a flower of summer
never would fade.
Remember, seasons have lingered sometimes
but not stayed
beyond their hour.
Sorrow comes not from absence, but neglect,
and I was not lonely when we met.

An old song that has touched my heart

2009-08-24T22:04:00.000+08:00

HAVE YOU EVER? (Brandy)

(Chorus:)
Have you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry?
Have you ever needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night?
Have you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out right?
Have you ever?

Have you ever?

Have you ever been in love
Been in love so bad
You'd do anything
To make them understand?
Have you ever had someone
Steal your heart away?
You'd give anything
To make them feel the same?
Have you ever searched for words
To get you in their heart
But you don't know what to say
And you don't know where to start?

(Repeat chorus)

Have you ever found the one
You've dreamed of all your life?
You'd do just about anything
To look into their eyes?
Have you fin'ly found the one

You've given your heart to
Only to find that one
Won't give their heart to you?
Have you ever closed your eyes and
Dreamed that they were there

And all you can do is wait
For that day when they will care?

(Repeat chorus)

(Bridge:)
What do I gotta do to get you in my arms, baby?
What do I gotta say to get to your heart
To make you understand
How I need you next to me?
Gotta get you in my world
'Cause, baby, I can't sleep

(Repeat chorus twice)

Have you ever?

My Playlist is Gone~!!!

2009-08-23T14:37:00.002+08:00

AHHHH~! I can't play any of the songs on my playlist~!
So i had no choice but to scrap it~!
zzzz -.-"
back to my boring blog...
no music = no soul!
how irritating~!!!

trying to personalize my blog... more pictures of me and my friends...
too free on weekends nowadays...
doing all these nonsense.. ahahaha...

yesterday was a slow and relaxing day...
went to ECP for a double bike cycling with dear..
wad an alternative for gym day..
think i hardly used any effort to cycle..
left dear all the work most of the time..
so i prob burned 0 calories
:P feeling guilty...
but drinking my green tea latte... :P

it's kinda amazing to know tt some pple still read my blog since i hardly update it most of the time..
lol... as u can see the affiliates list is also getting shorter coz many of my frens have closed theirs too..
no time to maintain and update..
everyone's into facebook now.. all the catching up is done there...

I am soooo bored~!
thinking of picking up something new...
Let's see:

1. guitar? dear say i will look super cool playing one.. haha gothic + rocker style
2. japanese... prob next year..
3. brush up and recall german
4. proper roller blading
5. tennis?
6. Dreamweaver
7. Photoshop
8. how about a dance?

anyone got lobang?

I wAnNA go HoLiDay~!

2009-08-20T21:39:00.002+08:00

lalalala..... life is getting stale..
feel like gg for a holiday already....
so routine... weekdays r all taken up by work..
time flies in manufacturing.. which is a gd thing most of the time i guess...
i try to make my weekends more exciting but sometimes it;s hard to mix everyone's schedule..

where shall i go for next trip?
anyone onz for the following:

1. Hanoi
2. Taiwan
3. Hongkong
4. Social work in some third world country, may be Cambodia?
5. Thailand
6. Australia

I wANna ClUb~!!!

2009-08-02T10:46:00.000+08:00

oohooo! notti shirley has surfaced!
after watching last sun's liverpool match, somehow I just had the urge to go club..
the music they were playing before the match was sooo groovy~!
ahahaha... almost felt like dancing on the spot...

bday coming! hopefully i will get to go wala on 8th...
luna seems pretty busy though... may be needa postpone to 15th.. belated...
anyone else for wala on 8th?
anyway gotta drop by coach's house coz there's supposed to be softball gathering.. hehe..

n i shud go club some day too.. may be 9th? ahahah so happening...
i am pretty excited counting down to the day..
may be when i am 29, i wont be so excited anymore... :P

Grad Trip + 1st job

2009-07-13T22:05:00.001+08:00

finally have time to do some blogging...
grad trip was not bad..
too bad the excitement has subsided..

most of my energy is spent adjusting to my new job
new culture, new pple, everything's new...
things r getting a lot better now...
i hope it's the right job for me..

Plans for new stage in life

2009-06-15T09:49:00.002+08:00

i'll be leaving for Europe in 15 hours...yippee!!
when I am back, i'll have to start work on the following day..
wanna fuse exercise, chill out sessions with frens to my daily life...
n i still got tuition!!! zzz like damn busy when i look at my weekly fixed schedule:

mon: work - gym - tuition
tue: work - tuition
wed: work - tuition
thu: work - gym
fri: work - chill out with frens
sat: family day / meet up with frens
sun: gym - dating day!

2009-06-12T16:55:00.000+08:00

Shirley took the Are you romantic? quiz and the result is:

Your sweetheart is your everything when you two are together, and with that feeling comes to do almost everything for them. You're a firey one, and without a doubt, that fire keeps things interesting.

Flashbacks of interesting posts...

2009-06-12T09:08:00.002+08:00

Wow I've had the same blog for like 5 years!! hahaha..
since I have all day to do almost nth..
I started reading my old posts and laff at my past..
this is also y i wanted to keep one...

Sth I posted in long long time ago... for those who have been hurt so deeply, perhaps this will help u like it has helped me:

Forget his name
Forget his face
Forget his love
His warm embrace

Forget the love that you once knew
Remember that he has someone new
Forget him when they play your song
Remember when you cried all nite long
Forget how close you two once were
Remember he has chosen her

Forget you have memorised his walks
Forget the way he used to talk
Forget the things he used to say
Remember he has gone away

Forget his laughter
Forget his grin
Forget the dimples on his cheek
Forget the way he held you tight
Remember he's with her tonite

Forget the time that went so fast
Forget the love that moved it's past
Forget that he'd leave you never
Remember that he's gone forever

The onli comment i can make about my old posts is CHILDISH! ahahahaha.... super lame...

Girls Outing Day!

2009-06-12T08:51:00.006+08:00

Yesterday I met up with Cheryl and Daphne..
Finally! No sch, no work!
As usual food, followed by shopping..
but it was a lil intimidating walking into the branded shops with them at Taka and Paragon..
never realli tot tt i wud enter these shops so soon.. lol...
n the best thing is my shoe tore.. so there was this hole in front of my right shoe for my big toe to peek-a-boo :P
kinda paiseh..
n we took neo-print!!! ahahaha like how old already!
cheryl treated and insisted..
neoprints are in pics column~!

time passes by realli fast.. it seems tt marriage has become a common topic nowadays...
daph was right...
in sec sch, we started counting down like "10y later we'll get married"
then was 8 years.. 6 years...
n now... 4?
getting married at 27 seems ok... but the tot of getting tied down n having more responsibilities in 3 years seems scary... wud i be ready? i still feel like a kid.. haha...

Excited! Wee!

2009-06-10T00:55:00.002+08:00

It's 5 days to my long waited Europe Trip..
somehow I got thru a long 1.5 mth while all my frens are flying off to enjoy their grad trip..
now it's finally my turn!!!

I wonder how a conference is like..
I m gg to present my FYP with all the researchers!
how cool eh...
ahaha a lil nervous.. just sent my poster for printing on fabric so tt i can keep it in my luggage...
wonder if anyone will come ask me questions.. hahaha

Yipee~!!!!

still counting down...

btw, i am officially broke n trying not to spend anymore..
just gotta resist till i fly off to Europe...
credit card bill came.. n i was shocked!!!
GSS caught me!!! got a big hole in my pocket now~! :(

Planning for tour in Germany

2009-05-29T14:07:00.009+08:00

As 2/3 of my graduation trip is taken care by the tour group, I will only need to plan the itinerary for our remaining time in Germany. I am in charge of Berlin and Dresden. We are still considering whether to go down all the way to Munich.

Anyway, for our time in Berlin, here's the plan:

Food we must try include traditional Berlin meatballs, currywurst (sausage with a curry sauce), Eisben (pork knuckle), Berliner Weisse (specialty beer)~! OoO.. Thinking about them makes me drool~!!!

Day 1:
According to reserach and advice from my German textbook, we can get a good overview of Berlin's central district easily and at a budget by taking public double decker bus 100.

The bus runs from Zoologischer Garten train station to Alexanderplatz train station. Not too sure where we will start off since we have not confirmed hostel stay yet. So I can only come up with places to visit for now. Well, I doubt my mum and brother would want to visit the zoological garden.

So first, we will pass by the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Emperor Wilhelm II Memorial Church), a neo-Romanesque church built from 1891 to 1895 but heavily destroyed during World War II.