December is the month for me!

Received lots of goodies and gifts in the month of December♥

My birthday gifts!!!!! Wonderful celebrations with different groups of friends which left an indelible mark in my mind. Thank you friends♥ Hopefully next year's 21st will be a BLAST!

My christmas gifts and souvenirs!♥

The lucky me who got chosen as one of the lucky winners in the draw. Anddd i received this Philips Toaster, lol.

The kao hamper i received from the Liese Bloggers' challenge! Once again, expressing my gratitude to all those who voted for me♥

Not forgetting the 4-in season Narnia movie tickets that i've recently won from InSing.

This is a lucky month for me! Anddd i just got myself my desired baby canon dslr to pamper myself with the bonus, tsktsk! i'm so eggcited to use it during my TAIWAN TRIP!!!!

Love the month of December 2010. Time flies. Year 2010 has come to an end and here we are welcoming the arrival of 2011. HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL! May 2011 be a better year ahead! LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!

That's for now.

Keep the fun spirit alive!

It was hell loads of fun last Thursday. We've got activties lined up for us from morning till late evening with different groups of companions. Early morning, the trio met up for movie at GV Plaza Sing. I've got the priviledge to purchase 1-for-1 movie ticket during my birthday month 'for i'm a Golden Village member. With this fantastic offer given to me, i extended out my invitation to wk and sok. Together, we proceeded down to Plaza Sing to catch the 11.30am show- *HELLO STRANGER*! It has been ages since we last watched a movie together. The very last one was *Alvin and the chipmunks*. And that was quite some time ago...

We boarded bus 190 and headed down to plaza sing. We reached our destination on the dot and soon after purchasing the tickets at the counter, wk went to buy nachos cheese munchies.

Our row numbers.

*HELLO STRANGER* is a thai movie. BUTTT, it has got both english and chinese subtitles so you don't have to worry that you can't make sense out of the entire show. To me, i feel that it is a nice, touching romance movie with some comical essence. Though a hilarious show, some parts are really touching when both the female and male lead come together. Sparks Fly* I shall not reveal too much of it here! By the way, the male lead is kinda' good-looking and he's a funny chap inside the movie. You know something, throughout the whole show, we've still yet to know their names in the movie 'for as the movie title goes: "HELLO STRANGER", haha!

As the synopsis goes:

A love story about two strangers who know nothing about each other and fall in love.
He is a football fanatic, videogame nerd, social butterfly, comic lover, tired of love stories and a cynic of love while she is Korean soap opera fan, beef lover, devout radio station listener, avid book reader, and homebody. Together, they are perfect strangers who will travel, eat, share a room, and talk about anything and everything including each others top secrets.

Soon after movie, Sok got to rush down to meet her secondary school friends. Wk and me continued with our own activities for the day. Firstly, he accompanied me down to some ulu places in Chinatown to collect movie tickets 'for i've won 4 narnia in season tickets by InSing. It was difficult finding our way there but we managed to get the tickets at the end. Thank you wk for your company. After that long search and we finally got hold of our tickets, we went on to settle down at a dian xin restaurant, somewhere in Chinatown to have a tea time break. This dian xin restaurant recommended by him is simply terrific! Love the egg tarts and the fried shrimp dumplings to the max!!!!! The thought of it now simply makes one drool. Anddd we've yet to try their claypot which also seems good.

You have my guarantee! This restaurant seriously sells yummilicious dian xin. You've got to savour. The photos alone are appealing, don't you agree?!

we've also got koi to pamper ourselves under this hot weather.

That is not the end to it. Towards late afternoon going to evening time, we met up with another group of companions, our seniors (eileen & michelle)!!! Michelle is finally back from Aussie, not permanent stay here but just for a short summer break. She's flying back soon next week. Still, we're glad we get to have this rare opportunity to meet up with her. Thanks eileen for informing us that she's back! And yet again, it's FOOD!!!! we just love to pamper ourselves and indulge in different varieties of foodiessss!!!! The next stop was Soup spoon.

I recommend you the chicken soup here in Soup spoon! It is the best among the rest we've ordered. Inside the soup, it has got lots of tender chicken chunks and it seems like there's no end to it!

And nowwww it's CAM-WHORE TIME!!!

wei kiat and michelle

eileen and me

How could we have missed out taking photos with the seniors when we don't often see them? Definitely phototaking is a MUST here! haha.

As we continued to walk along Orchard, we chanced upon this christmas tree right outside Ion Orchard! A good time for another cam-whoring session! The bling bling christmas tree makes a nice background during the late evening. Anddd coincidentally that day, my friends and i bumped into 陈罗密欧 at Ion Orchard. He's one of the finalists in the Star Search Competition in case you guys don't know who he is, lol.

It was a nice session out with the seniors. Hope to meet up with the seniors once again after the next semester for there is always laughters, joys and fantastic memories left behind when we are with them!

CDS simply rocks! It brings us all together! Common Dreams Shared♥♥♥

That's for now.

we're already in the festive mood♥♥♥

This year's christmas was a special one to me. Frankly speaking, i'm not the one who often celebrates christmas. To me, 25th december is just another ordinary day of public holiday. This year's one was different. I had my first ever gift exchange with flowers over at Bugis's TOPONE. It was unique in a way for that was the first time i had a formal gift exchange with the girls whereby each one of us drew lots and buy a christmas gift for the person we've chosen. On top of that, to make it more exciting, we're supposed to come up with a word, phrase or a sentence to describe this secret person we've chosen! The task given to the rest was to guess the identity of this person during each round!

Let me just share with you what we girls gave individually! This is FUNNY!
Ling took the ball rolling and she started with *ACCESSORIES*- Guess who?
Next up, followed by Vivian and she said:"这个人通常很少生病!"
Shu hui mentioned "这个人一出身就和我有关系!"
Me: "This person has strong principle!"
Yue lian: "简单就是美!" - wOw, just 5 words phrase to describe this person.
Lastly, followed by shu wen who gave this description: "不男不女!!!" (All of us couldn't help but burst out into LAUGHTERS!!! LOL. This is way too funny and we were all hoping this person she described isn't us!)

That's how interesting we flowers can go to the extent in making our Christmas gift exchange a more interesting and exciting one!:) I totally enjoyed that session!

So in the end, i was that lucky one picked by vivian and shu wen was the one picked by me. Both ling and yue lian was the lucky pair 'for they managed to choose each other's name! On top of that, they also gave each other facial stuffs. What a coincidence! Vivian got me a black bag hanger which matches the black bag they gave me during my birthday! Thank you, girl. For myself, i got shu wen a cherry body lotion & shower gel from bodyshop.

Not forgetting yue lian's christmas card which she will never fail to give us each year, tsktsk!
Shu hui's souvenir from taiwan and vivian's ezlink card sticker!
Thank you babes!

This time round, k-session lasted as long as 7 hours continuously. From 11.00am till 6pm. And with mastercard, we get to enjoy 1-for-1 offers! That's so FANTASTIC!

You know, i actually fall sick at such an untimely period when i've activities lined up for this whole week. Despite that, i insisted going k-session with the girls yesterday. i wouldn't want to miss out the fun with them! To my surprise, it did not worsen my condition, but rather, help to unblock my blocked nose and clear my throat, LOL.

Now, i'm sooo looking forward to meeting deb and xiangna later at Orchard!!! woOhoO! i shall enjoy my life to the fullest during this short three weeks holiday before the next killer semester commences.

LASTLY,

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE TO ALL! Share the joys of this festive season with your love ones♥ GOD BLESS YOU!♥

HOHOHOHO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!♥♥♥

That's for now.

J.E.S.H premediated a surprise plan for my advance birthday celebration. With the intial thought that we would be meeting one another @ lot one, wk and joyce popped out of nowhere and shocked me. Sok was with them. She all along knew about this 'for she was part of this secretive plan, lol. Thank you j.e.sh, i'm touched by your appearance outside my workplace!

Soon after that, i was told to choose a place to settle down for dinner and i suggested pasta mania. Guys, thank you for that fulfilling and yummilicious dinner treat. i love my bacon fusilli. That's not the end to it. As i was busy talking away with wk, joyce handed me a handmade birthday card, followed by a j.e.s.h strap during the later part of the day. i always love handmade stuffs. Appreciate your efforts in decorating the card. The one and only handmade card by j.e.s.h in this world. tsktsk. Not forgetting all your heartfelt wishes.

yum!yum!

In good and bad times, i know you guys are always there for me, to be my listening ear, to share my happiness and sorrows. Our friendship wouldn't come thus far without one another's effort and commitment. Thank you for always been there for me. May our friendship last for many years down the road.

Cheers to our close to four years friendship:D:D:D

Thank you for this birthday surprise.

That's for now.

This day has come. Not doomsday, but our long-awaited freedom.

Yeshhh!!! Exams OFFICIALLY over!

With that, it's time for me to first blog on my birthday celebration. Sorry netizens, this entry is delayed but still, it is within my birthday month. i promised to blog about it to thank the efforts put in by my lovely girls in their secret planning of an advance celebration for me amidst our stressful exam period. Thank you girls.

Coincidentally on that day which happened to be the submission of our last assignment, the girls secretly planned a surprise birthday celebration for me. Frankly speaking, i wasn't up to any suspicion 'cause all along we've already said we will be going for a mini celebration to reward our hard works in accomplishing ALL our assignment tasks. Near to 12 assignments in a semester... phew! we survived not just that but also our exams.

Anyway, we proceeded to jurong point's Ding Tai Fung for a lunch celebration. Yanni joined us as well. The more, the merrier. And it was there where the girls celebrated my birthday. ARGHHH! i was rather touched and taken aback at the same time when the cake was being served by the waitress. Vivian also offered to take a picture of mine with her polaroid and afterwhich we took turns to take pictures with the instant films. Thank you vivian and ling for bringing your polaroids♥ Love the photos♥

These photos above are not the actual ones captured with the instant film. They're my self-edited version. lol.

well...but the below ones are!!!

my birthday cake!♥

At Ding Tai Fung, we ordered their famous xiao long bao!

Yummilicious! Sometimes, it is time for a change of western to chinese delicacies! The xiao long bao reminds me of the time when i was away on a hongkong trip and my family and i went to this restaurant for DIAN XIN! i love dim sum! And hongkong sells the BEST dim sum, haha!

Here's a full clique photo.

Thank you flowers for the lovely bag, sun block and birthday card:D Thank you yanni for the handphone strap with my name:D I ♥ them all!

Girls, you made my day!

That's for now. Next up, i'll be blogging on another birthday celebration by my lovely j.e.s.h clique. Stay tune.

Goodnight peeps.

Shoo away, blackheads and dark circles!

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Sincere thanks to all those who voted

The Liese Bloggers Challenge has officially come to an end couple of days back. Announcement of winners is published on facebook and i'm saturated with happiness upon receiving this piece of good news. Screams* I'm one of the top 20 winners, still couldn't believe it at first sight. First and foremost, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who voted for me and even some friends who went to the extent to vote for me daily during this contest period. Without your votes, i wouldn't be one of them.

This made my day:D
Congratulations to the other 19 bloggers!


It was an enjoyable first attempt participating in this competition under thesamplestore. Thank you ling and vivi for introducing this "samplestore" to me:D

Thank you once again for all those who voted. Every vote counts and i sincerely appreciate your help for that.

That's for now.

(P.S. Anticipating the arrival of my kao hamper, tsktsk!)

Start up your day with a hearty morning breakfast♥

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. we believe that most people must have heard of this saying: 早餐吃得饱，午餐吃得好，晚餐吃得少.

Breakfast is the secret to staying healthy. It is important to take your breakfast for you wouldn't want to feel lethargic for the rest of the day... Eating a good breakfast sets the tone for the day so do not overlook this important meal despite how busy you are in the morning!

As such, I was out early in the morning with sok and wk for a kfc hearty breakfast. We ordered a variety of breakfast meals. With a.m platter meal, a.m american twister as well as a.m waffle meal! On top of that, we also shared a box of 6 egg tarts to complete our meal! (tsktsk) Anyway, this was my first time trying the egg tarts. Just one word to describe KFC's egg tarts: OMG! It's thumbs up!

Sumptuous breakfast meals to welcome your day!

Piping hot egg tarts!!! it wasn't that hot though when we ate it for we didn't eat it straight when first bought. Yummy kfc egg tarts which are finger licking good!
we were preoccupied in our own conversation that we forgotten to capture a snapshot together. Nevertheless, below is an old photo of ours to complete this entry.

That's for now.

i'm like a tourist...

Apologies netizens for this late entry... i was kept busy with school assignments and preoccupied with some other stuffs for the past 2 weeks, thus having no time to update this blog of mine. Dated back on 6th November, i went on a learning journey with my uni class. We reached our destination early in the morning. While waiting for all to arrive, my clique and i were busy snapping away right in front of Victoria Memorial Theatre. It's nice having Victorial Memorial Hall as the background. With famous Sir Stamford Raffles statue standing behind us...

Nice shots captured with vivian for the day! I always love taking photos under the sun because somehow it makes one's face appear flawless in these photos.

That's with Shu wen & Shu hui!

oOps just realized i've forgotten to take a photo with ling here. Well, but we do have our full clique photo taken with Sir Stamford Raffles, haha.

Along the way, we stopped over at different sites. We were told about the different history sites in Singapore. There was a story behind each of them. For once, i feel as though i'm like a tourist. Fancy having lived in Singapore almost near to 20 years, i'm rather clueless towards the history of my own country. (i'm not a history student, tsktsk!) However, given my short attention span when it comes to the talk on history stories behind Singapore, my attention was easily turned to something else in our vicinity, haha! Frankly speaking, the one thing that i'm anticipating right from the start is the tea time break at yakun whereby we'll get to savour traditional coffee/tea and toast bread.

Still, i paid attention to some parts which interest me...


BREAK TIME! Time to chill @ Yakun:)

As we moved from one site to another, i captured some nice captivating shots along the way. Below are the ones...


My friends feel that this photo doesn't look like it's somewhere in Singapore. It looks more like England though... If only...

Guess where was this taken?
Right outside of yakun.

The whole learning journey took about 3 hours plus from morning till noon. Soon after that, me and my classmates proceeded to a nearby shopping mall for lunch. We went into this Japanese ramen restaurant and there we have a variety of side dishes (as you can see from below pictures) and shared a bowl of AKA Ramen among 7 peeps. Personally, i feel that the side orders are only so-so, well but as for that bowl of ramen, it tastes good. i love its ramen soup!


Here's a photo of our small class. There are still few other classmates seated at the other table...

CHEERS!!!

It was a tight schedule for me that day. Soon after lunch, i've to rush down for tuition first before meeting up with my besties during evening for our usual chill-out weekend's nights... Can you believe it? I actually had ramen twice in that day. One from that Japanese restaurant and another one from Ajisen. In comparison, i prefer the Japanese restaurant's one to Ajisen's. On the flipside of the coin, i feel that Ajisen's side dishes taste much better. I'll definitely go along with either my favourite white fish or chicken wings. HOWEVER... Too much ramen in a day actually makes one puke! lol.

That's for now.