It's a wonderful feeling to have you guys as companions here...

lf i were to calculate myself, i've been in this work ever since A levels for about 1 year plus till date. i could vividly remember the very first day when i stepped into the office, it was a day before my birthday. The first impression of this place then was that it's a cosy small environment to work in, noisy at times for you have to handle kids but that's what that makes the whole working experience an interesting one. As compared to the past jobs which i've held, this job is much more flexible and a more relaxing one. Gradually as each month passed, colleagues that i knew in there came and left. There's this particular friend, jasmine whom i knew in there. i got along well with her and i feel that we have many things to chat under the sun. It was a nice experience working together with her. Soon, she left the company and i was back to working alone. A sense of reluctance... i don't know what was it that kept me going on back then...but still, i survived through... Thankfully for now, i managed to introduce another two good friends of mine over to this company. One being my 8 years great friend ever since secondary school and another is my really close friend from jc. i'm really glad to have their companions here. i always think it's a great feeling to work together with friends and i was never wrong.

You guys will get the hang of your workscope in no time to come. No worries. No doubt during the beginning, one would feel a bit jittery especially on the first day of work for you're new to the working environment. i've been through that as well...:) Slowly, just take your time and everything will be perfectly fine:D i'm elated to see your presence here! You make my day a happier one.

Here's some little photos that i've combined into a piece.
erm, is it the same wear by chance?!? (*laughs*)

Food Critique


Earlier was a new experience for me. i had my first ever food review over at parkmall's fish n co outlet. i came to know about it through one friend, regarding the food review sharing session at 2pm over at this particular outlet of fish n co' where we are supposed to give feedbacks for their restaurants. She helped me signed up for this. Sounds pretty cool, isn't it? For once, i imagined myself as a *professional* food *ambassador*, commenting on fish n co's quality of food, ambience, price etc. We gave very honest feedbacks to them for we would want fish n co' to further improve themselves in all ways. lt was rather a fun food review session with the PR people from the fish n co' headquarters. No stress at all. lt seems more like a relaxing conversation where we just discuss about our *likes* and *dislikes* for fish n co':D Anw, light refreshments were also served. i came to know about this new side dish they are going to introduce, prawn fritters! Tasty.

Apart from that, the coolest part of the whole session was when we were asked to sample two new dishes served hot straight from the kitchen. I can't really remember the exact name of the dishes but they are main courses which come with fish and rice. One is marinated with soy sauce, another one comes with tomato sauce. i preferred the one with tomato sauce on it cause it doesn't taste as bland as the first one. But still, i do not have much liking for these two dishes even though they are going to be introduced on the menu. i still prefer the new york fish n chip! lt's my all-time favourite there! In comparison with the decor ambience of fish n co', i still feel that they do not surpass TCC. Up till now, the best ambience restaurant which i personally think so is TCC.

At the end of the food review, my friend and I were given a $20 fish n co' voucher by the company to thank us for making the trip down and be part of this focus participation group in giving our feedbacks!:D Overall, it was a nice experience for me.

Not just that...

Rachel and me also had an belated birthday celebration with jiaqi earlier. we ordered this slice of chocolate truffle cake for her. Though she said she was full, but we still went on to order a small slice of cake for her. How can a celebration possibly do without cake? haha...

A little small gift here which i've gotten for her. i like the decorations on the paper bag. Looks kawaii. Now make a guess what's inside?!?

I shall reveal it here!

lt's NONE other than this rose honey colour lipstick.

i like this kind of sheer glossy colour lipstick. It makes me tempted to buy as well. In the end, i got myself a similar one as hers.

Stress Workloads=.=

Perhaps this is a norm when it usually gets closer towards the end of another semester. I would say that this semester is passing especially fast. In the blink of an eye, we're now in the month of march 2010. After about 8 months of university school life, i would consider myself settling quite well in this new environment, just that stress isn't avoidable. Last semester was stressful for i had 5 modules to handle. This semester isn't as easy as well all thanks to this particular module (ALS101=> Academic and Education Discourse Skills) which requires higher order thinking. i have a report for this which is due in april. Currently right now, i'm in the midst of collating my questionaires done by friends. Another chinese report of mine is almost done for the drafting part. i will proofread it again after i've transferred it over to my lappy. i hope the word count doesn't exceed more than 5000 words if not it seems really lengthy. As you can see, tons and tons of workloads! well, but i try not to stress myself out too much if not i would not be able to handle things well. Things are going quite alright for me here, so not to worry! i'm doing fine:D

i'm always finding ways to motivate myself. One such is the upcoming 3 months long semester breaks which i'm going to have soon after my exam. This never fail to motivate me. Awaiting me are my thailand trip, meet-ups with different groups of friends and many other activties lining up behind. lf i will to start counting down now, it will soon be due in another one month plus. For those who are with me, we gonna' be free soon! So, hang on there peeps!

Stay CHEERFUL each day!
Tomorrow will be a better day.

(P.S Thank you all those who've helped me with the survey.)

The Truth Shall Now Be Revealed!

We didn't mean not to wish you a happy birthday.

We didn't mean not to celebrate with you on your birthday.

we didn't mean .....

All these were unintentional! lt was a white lie!

Indeed she was caught by surprise in class when vivian presented her last slide of presentation. Yue lian was paying attentively to the presentation, busy taking down notes and she was the last one to realise that we've in advance prepared the surprise (A slide of "happy birthday" wishes) and allianced with our class peeps to sing a happy birthday song to her! lt was a random idea thought of as i was on the train with pei ling back home the other day. In the end i would say all our efforts didn't go to null.

Here's a video filmed earlier while we're celebrating with her at bakerzin.

*Note: Observe her expression!

Presenting to you, our birthday girl, yue lian!

They thought i was going to capture a photo of them, hence, they started posing. Never have they thought that i was actually going to film a video instead.

As the birthday girl starts *exploring* her presents... First gift was a Kim bum poster, her favourite korean idol that we've gotten for her. Well, you can see her eyes go *blink blink* upon receiving that kim bum poster. Definitely she likes it. Not just that, the next gift was from precious moment. The video has it all. Notice her expression as she started opening up the hard cover and tada, she found the kim bum cartoon character that i drew. we've also gotten her a jewellery box from precious moment.

This was the kim bum cartoon character that i tried to imitate. Instead of adding colours to it, i shaded my drawings. Somehow, i preferred shading to colouring.

How alike is it, you rate.

As usual, i ordered back my chicken terriyaki with rice at bakerzin. i couldn't really decide which new main course to try, hence sticking back to my usual choice. In actual fact, i only like the chicken. The sauce on the chicken is sweet, tasty. i don't have much liking for the rice 'cause its those kind of japanese rice which are sticky. eeks!

lt was yet another sweet and shocking surprise for another birthday girl.

Achievement Day
(Par Excellence)

Congratulations to brother for achieving second in whole cohort and maintaining his kranji scholarship. You did us proud again!

He owned it a lot to his own hard work, determination and passion for studies. lf only i'm as good as him. (*laughs*) well, i guess different people have different talents and we excelled in different areas. As long as we've given our best in whatever we do, there should be no regrets!

(This was secretly taken by me when he was awaiting his turn to go up on stage. Somehow, he seemed to have noticed me and mummy as he was looking into our direction when i was filming.)

(Once again, congratulations to brother and two of his class friends for their excellent academic performance, clinching the first three positions in the whole cohort.)

As usual, an award ceremony would do without these performances towards the end. Firstly, we have the kranji choir leading us with the school song as well as two other songs. Next up, comes the modern dance troupe and lastly followed by the symphonic band! lt was entertaining. Applause given to them!






Time flies, in the blink of an eye, my brother has turned sixteen this year. This is an important year for him for it's his O-Level. i believe that given his persistent hard work, god would not fail him. Most importantly at the end of the day, you've gained something through your learning journey. Put in your best effort when you're doing it and there shall be no regrets!

i shall strive hard for this semester too!

The only time when you get to *doodle*.

Have you ever done Graffiti Art before? This was my very first encounter with it. All thanks to kah neng who brought us to her booth and so, we did that for the nanyang arts festival society earlier on. Do you realise this is the only time you *throw* away your fear and worry for vandalism and doodle on the board with sprays. Whack it out! No restrictions! Whatever that comes to your mind... Get funky!

Finally, this was the combined art piece of mine, vivian's as well as yue lian's.

Biggest credit goes to vivi for designing out that L-O-V-E word. i added on a *heartshape* above it. i couldn't really capture yuelian's treble clef as the whole board is too big for the size of my phone camera screen.

Anw, check this out below,

wOw, oh my goodness! Isn't this coOl? Do you share the same sentiment as me?:) Are you able to make out what is this word here then?!?

No doubt, it's NTU. i heard from kah neng this was designed by an talented, artistic ang moh! The rest were doing their graffiti till they saw him coming over to join in the fun. Afterwhich, the others stopped doodling and merely just watched him. No one dares to spoil the artwork by overlapping it after what he did. This is really the nicest graffiti that i've seen there thus far.

Also, one other thing, this is my favourite shot for the day! A pity i don't have the built-in inner camera in my phone if not i would love it to bits. i love built-in inner camera as you can adjust yourself to the correct position and smile in the most natural way, with a nice shot captured! Somehow, our facial complexion look as though we have just applied the SK-II facial mask, tsktsk...

i'm looking forward to tomorrow!^.^ i will be going down to attend brother's awards day with mum and dad! Boy, you're doing us proud again!

Savour the Best Of Life!

lt's alright to spend on a good meal in a nice ambience cafe once in a while. Life is all about enjoyment! Amidst from the stress and the hectic life that you're in, take a breather at times and savour those yummy treats! TCC is currently having rather good offers in promoting their main courses. lt comes FREE with a complimentary drink of your choice with purchase of any main course, sandwiches or pasta. The drink that i first tried at TCC was the oreo mocha frappe introduced by one friend of mine. Love the oreo flavour:) This time round, i took a liking to something new again, the nutty mocha frappe. well, it has a strong blended taste of nuts with coffee. Nice.

lt was a good meal though, however a pity that we couldn't stay in longer to enjoy every spoonful of our spaghetti and every slip of drink for we're rushing off to shu wen's choir concert. The voice of life; the theme for her concert. She has been busy over countless rehearsals for the past few months and finally on this day, 5th of March, it's the grand day! Definitely we would go down to support her as a clique! i preferred the second half of the choir concert after the intermission. Remix songs from High School Musical, choreographed with dance steps. This is the first time i saw her dance and i think this would be the only one time which i'm going see her do that.(*laughs*) She has the groove in it.

Though i'm not a very musical type person, but i do enjoy myself during yesterday's concert. To me, the second half was more entertaining.

Night had fallen. Shall capture some snapshots with the captivating night scenery before proceeding back home. i specially like this fullerton hotel as our background! lt was well-captured with vivian's camera! Here are the few photos that we've taken,

Imagine if this was London, how wonderful would that be!!! Don't these two photos look like postcards? (*laughs*) All thanks to the fullerton hotel behind us. Night shots are really lovely^.^

(My long long fringe, off you go one day!)

Girl, you're OFFICIALLY 21!:)

Whose 21st this time round? lt's none other than SHU HUI! Well, march is indeed the birthday *fever* month! i was invited to few birthday parties but unfortunately was not able to attend all...i was joking with my friends the day before, saying when one is going to turn twenty-one, he/she will get to visit countless birthday chalet parties and make a comparison among them. No doubt! So far, i've been to the one over at pasir ris costa resort and this most recent one was held at Aloha Loyang. Aloha Loyang is much more deserted than downtown east and pasir ris chalet. Without the shuttlebus, it would be difficult for us to find our way in there. However, this Aloha Loyang resort is quite a cosy apartment to hold your chalet. The apartment is quite big; there's even a living room and a kitchen!

Shu Hui's party was a unique one 'cause i had my first ever vegetarian barbecue! i got to taste different vegetarian barbecued food and among them all, i love the spicy fish best! Rather salty though, but it tasted like fish marinated with tomyam sauce:) Yummy. And i REALLY like the durian cake that she ordered! Recently i have a craving for durian stuffs, hence the cake was to my liking:D

A pity we couldn't stay a bit longer for her 21st chalet party for we're rushing for the last timeslot shuttlebus. Afterwhich i was really deadbeat and i cabbed home with some friends in the end...