Mooncake Feast on 2nd Oct 09

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~!

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

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

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

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~!!!

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~!

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~!!!

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

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

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!

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...

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!

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!

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

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.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

Next, we will pass by the "Elefantentor" (Elephant-Portal),

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

the “Bauhaus-Archiv” (Museum of Design). We shall visit Tiergarten, the central park of Berlin where we will find the Victory Column, erected to commemorate Prussian victories of 1864, 1866 and 1871. If mom is game, we might want to climb 285 steps up the column to have a spectacular view over the central district of Berlin.

We shall also visit the “Haus der Kulturen der Welt” (House of World Cultures) at bus stop 16, which is an art institution presenting art exhibitions, concerts, films and academic conferences on non-European art and culture. It is also known as "the pregnant oyster".

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

At bus stop 19, we must visit the Reichstag, a must visit attraction according to my German teacher.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

Then, we will walk a few minutes to the Brandenburg Gate - symbol of Berlin.

At stop 22, we shall visit the most famous avenue in Berlin – Unter den Linden. The avenue is at the heart of the historic section. It connects Pariser Platz and Bebelplatz, crossing Schlossbrücke (palace bridge), Lustgarten and Museum Island. So I believe we can spend most of our time here.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

Perhaps we will also go pass the current main building of the Humboldt University as above.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

My brother will probably be interested in the Bebelplatz, best known as the site of the book burning ceremony held on May 10, 1933 by the Nazis.

We might also want to visit the old Arsenal, prided to be one of the oldest and most beautiful buildings in Berlin. It hosts the new permanent exhibition of the German Historical Museum.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

O I really want to visit the palace bridge between the Arsenal and the Berlin Cathedral. It's super pretty as seen below.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

On the Museum Island, we can visit one of the museums which my German teacher made us research on during the course - The Altes Museum (Old Museum).

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

There is also the Berlin Cathedral on the Museum Island.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

The bus route ends on Alexanderplatz where we can visit the tallest building in Germany - The Berlin Television Tower standing at 368m.

(Foto: Tobias Kneschke/Berlin.de)

From research, it was found that the entire ride from Zoologischer Garten train station to Alexanderplatz is only about half an hour. If we want to return to the starting point, we could just take the same bus in the opposite direction or take the S-Bahn.

Finally, we could do some window shopping at KaDaWe, one of the largest and most exclusively stocked shopping centres in Europe.

In late june to early July, festivals like Open-Air Saison (opera festival held on outdoor stages) and Landshuter Hochzeit (re-enactment of wedding feast of Georg, son of Duke Ludwig and the Rich and Polish Princess Jadwiga) are said to be worth catching.

Making baby steps towards my dream

This is my new addiction: http://bebeempire.blogspot.com/

While not bothered about the blog skin, I am trying to structure my blog with things I like to include before beautifying it.

Why do I call it Bebe's Empire?
I started out this blog because I would like to write about my life with bebe. It also ties in with my dream, having an empire of business related to dogs, pets and animals. This new blog is dedicated to things about Bebe and my other interesting interactions with other dogs.

Wonder what else I can add.

hurray.. or may be not...

the last 2 weeks have been a lil more happening...
gone for a few more interviews...
got an offer by *** finally, like everyone else...
but delayed coz i have to go europe...
hopefully swine flu doesnt spread any further in europe...
today i got another offer.. having headaches... it's a short one...
not sure if i shud hope onto this bus... wad if a real one comes alone?

anyway... i have made my specialty orange cheesecake!!
hehehe cant wait to eat some tomorrow.. but i must realli go jog or swim tml..
to burn off the extra calories... supposed to be dieting... :P
right now... the cabbage is in the tub soaking...
n shirley's kimchi will be ready tml~!!!

o liverpool is coming to singapore to play with our home team...
i wonder if it';s worth watching..
my dearie is super excited tt he's dream team is coming..
n he'll get to see his gay fantasies... muahaha...
just joking...
tickets up at 88 n 188 i think...
more research needs to be done...

i'll miss you...

alone...
alone for the next 5 days...

all thanks to my mum..
argh.....

Random

last 24h as a NUS student but i am not happy at all...
yeah it's a relief from all the tiring and demanding exams..
but graduating in 2009 is equivalent to being retrenched for most of us...
still i hope.. i can find a job I love..
a challenging and fulfilling job...
sth i look forward to everyday...

went for gathering with the tk softballers yesterday though exams arent over yet...
a lil guilty i guess..
but i am glad to see all my team mates again...
softball memories are probably the most precious in my 22+ years of life..
i was a champion...
i was a leader...
i was a fighter...
i was a sister...
i was a daughter...

glad to see coach was well and recovering..
couldnt help to be a lil over sensitive...
i tot i saw tears in her eyes...
she's like my 2nd mother...
so afraid that she'll leave us one day...
i pray that she's remain healthy and bubbly as ever...

3 years of relationships hasnt been easy...
so many quarrels..
so many break ups..
still.. it comes down to trust and faith...
change is the onli constant in life..
it's how a couple tackle it together, compromise and adjust to necessary changes that makes a relationship work..
i never believed that anything can disrupt a relationship if it was strong in the first place..
how steady r we?
it doesnt seem to look good...
4 mths has passed n i have lost count of the times we've quarreled..
trying to hold on... trying to keep my faith in u n in me...
but who's there to support me, who's there to direct me at cross roads like this?
Who's there to hold me?

Planning for Holiday

4 years of school life in NUS has sorta made me a bumble bee who cant seem to settle down and slack for a long time..
the whole reading week was quite torturing..
with one module to study for, I find myself having quite a lot of time to slacken off..
in the beginning, i was enjoying my free time after all the late nights for project work..
but this did not last for a long time..
graduating from nus, i find myself jobless...
and i noe i need to find something to keep myself on the feet during the job search process..
so i've got some planning to do here...
things I want/need to do:

1. Clear up all my junks and unwanted school materials.. (put up for sale maybe?)
2. volunteer at SPCA
3. Job search of coz..
4. Holiday at Europe
5. prepare for HPLC 2009 participation
6. Tuition
7. Meet up with KBR buddies
8. Gathering with Luna

wad else?