#1234.

I'm blogging for 2 days in a row! I deserve a pat on my back.


So anyway, I was showering a while ago and had the urge to blog. Don't ask me why. I realise I tend to think a lot while I shower. Many a times, even get inspirations. My mind is always distracted, which may explain why sometimes I shampoo my head twice, especially in the mornings. Heh.


This morning I had a good crying session. Earlier this week, Yushu & Kathy cried because they were stressed up with school work. I was shocked, because for the 9-10 years I've known them, I've never seen them cry. For a moment I hated school. I hated how University work break us down. I had been stressed up for the past few days, coupled with the fact that I was ill, I totally couldn't take it anymore.


I called my boyf and cried.


And I'm so thankful that he was there to hear me out. To offer me some advice on how to cope with the never-ending work.


I partly blame it on e-learning week. While everyone else had to go school, I was studying for midterms slacking away. Plus, there was midterms to study for. And we all know that 'have to give myself a break after tests' phase. I was never able to catch up from then on.


Ok, enough ranting. Still gotta study come what may.


Good luck to me, and all the others (except those already smart people, you all don't need the luck) who are preparing for the finals!

#1233.

Haven't been blogging for a super long time and I have tons to update. Firstly, I'm sick. Down with fever couple of days ago. The temperature went up to 38.9 degrees and I think I went into a subconscious state. I was half asleep and half awake, and I thought my boyf was beside me. In between making strange noises and trying to figure out where I was, I managed to crawl out of bed (literally). Dad gave me Panadols and put towel on my forehead to bring the temperature down.


That was about 3 nights ago but I have yet to recover. The fever has subsided. I have been taking the medicine the doctor prescribed, but I am still not well. This goes to show how weak my immunity is. Whatever it is, I will try to recover by Monday! Hopefully I can join the Animals for some fun under the sun.


I'm invited to baby Shantel's birthday party tmr. She has such a sweet name! She's my ex-colleague's first daughter and I think he sort of named her after me? Or maybe it's just coincidence. Heck, I wasn't even colleagues with him in the first place. We randomly came to know each other's existence. Oh well it's a long story. Lazy to explain.


So yup, looking at things now, it is likely that I would have to give the party a miss. And sisters are supposed to have board games tmr!! But I think it's gonna be cancelled. *cries* sis Meh is falling sick too. Hmmm, I wonder which superbug is spreading.


All the sickly news aside, I've gotten myself a smartphone! A Blackberry at $0. Great deal, even though it's the oldest version. So I'm typing all these on my BB now. The only problem is, I don't know how to type it in Blogger. Can't seem to move my cursor to the main text area. Well, not important, I can always publish to my blog when I on my laptop. BB has been really awesome because I have 1gb of data every month. So I can tweet on the go! Follow me on Twitter here. And it has a qwerty keypad which makes typing so fuss-free (and addictive)! I can tweet/sms/BBM all day long. Oh and the phone's really light as well! Weighing just 105 grams, it's lighter than boyf's iPhone. Heehee.


Ok gtg back to my books. Exams coming up in less than a month! *gulps*


P/s. Dad randomly commented "you've been dropping a lot of hair recently". I looked on the floor, there were at least 20 strands of my hair all around ):

#1232.

Tried Nando's for the first time today!


It was about 7plus when we reached and there were 2 groups of people waiting in the queue. We got a seat after waiting for about ten minutes or so. We were asked if we minded the tall tables and we said we didn't. It didn't seemed uncomfortable until we sat down. Firstly, the seats were super tall. You literally had to climb. And your feet would be dangling in midair. I didn't quite mind but I guess the guys didn't like it. As reference, you need to be at least 2m (height) in order for your feet to touch the ground, while seating.


Secondly, the tables were small. They joined 2 round tables, which obviously cannot be perfectly joined. And the condiments rack took up about one-fifth of table space.


We asked to change seats to the booth kind (seats are still tall but at least the tables were bigger, and lighting brighter), and was immediately brought to a new table. But guess what, as soon as we sat down, the waiter said "sorry but this table is already taken". Poor management.


So we went back to our original table and asked for our order to be taken immediately. Hungry already, don't wanna waste time.


One Peri Platter for the 4 of us. We requested for the chicken to be half 'lemon & spice' and half 'hot'.


Additionally, this platter comes with 4 sides, which can be chosen from a list. Here's what we got: grilled vege, peri chips, spice rice, potato lime skewer (R to L).


Price:
Peri Platter $43.60
3 ice lemon tea $10.50
Total bill 54.10 + 10% + 5% = $63.70


And time for the rating:
Food 7 / 10
Nicely marinated chicken with lots of sauces provided. Sides were tasty except that the vegetables were a little on the oily side.

Ambience 5 / 10
The area where we were sitting was dimly lit. Not to mention the small round tables (sorry I had to keep emphasising on the tables because they were really small!). It was pretty cosy but kind of noisy in a way. Plus, there was one irritating housefly that kept hovering around our food. Bad.

Service 3 / 10
We kept hearing sounds of utensils being dropped. And even one of shattering glass. We presumed it must be the service crews' carelessness. Otherwise, it had to be the small tables. Had to call twice before order was being taken. Maybe they were short-handed on a Saturday night.

Address: 163 Tanglin Rd, #01-14/15 Tanglin Mall S(247933)

#1231.

It's been ages since I last rode a bike. So long ago that I took some time to steady the bicycle before I could cycle off.


Shingzers met up early this morning, looking forward for some healthy activity, but it had to rain. Kathy brought her cousin along cos she was done with PSLE and had nothing better to do. So good to be a kid huh. I've not had 'nothing better to do' since I-forgot-when. Now it's just, I need more time!


So anyway, since it rained, we went off for breakfast at Burger King first. My favourite fast food breakfast! Super oily but worth the calories I guess. Soon after breakfast the rain stopped. So we cycled for about an hour before we all left for home. Simple meet up. Didn't talk much. But still glad we all managed to take Sunday morning off for some fresh air at the park.

#1230.

Happy 5th monthsary dear! ♥


Boyf's sick. But he was still super sweet to wake up early and make lunch for me (': I was away from the table for a while and came back to a surprise lunch box hanging by the side.


Pasta wrapped in cheese and bacon in cute strawberry box and matching chopsticks in a pink lunch bag. Love!


Doesn't look appetizing but I don't care, still yummy IMO!!! :D

#1229.

Koi @ Clementi


Queued for Koi one morning before school. It was only 10.30am and I was number 24. There were about 5 people in front of me. So you could probably imagine how much money Koi is earning!

This is my second time trying Koi. The first being the time I had in NUS (supporting some charity booth). I tried Milk Tea first time round and it was good! I was pretty impressed. This time I bought Hazelnut Milk Tea and it wasn't as nice. Maybe because I was expecting a strong hazelnut flavour only to be disappointed. Still, the pearls were very chewy! (:

Price: $4.20 nett for large cup

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Belgium Chocolate Milk Tea @ Cheers

Tried this brand of milk tea previously and it was so good! Fooled by the atas name, I decided to buy chocolate flavoured this time round.

Just one word - eeew.


Seriously, this bottle of liquid taste like diluted and sweetened version of chocolate milk. I couldn't even taste the tea at all! What a major mistake. I'm never gonna buy this again. Can't wait to try their other 2 flavours though! Both are pure tea, non-flavoured. Should be awesome!

Price: $1.50 (promotional price)

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Gong Cha @ NUS

To support some charity event at school. Recently selling Koi and Gong Cha is such a norm in school. All the students who're doing fund-raising are using the same tactic.



Tried the milk tea and I must say the fragrance of the tea is awesome. Truly Taiwanese style (not that I've drank real Taiwanese tea before, i merely hear what others say). Indeed it's a tough fight between Koi and Gong Cha, but Koi won. Just because Gong Cha's pearls were a tad too hard, not chewy enough.

Price: $3.50 for fund-raising (unsure of retail price)

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Gong Cha @ Plaza Singapura

Tried this on 50% sugar level because I didn't want it to be too sweet. But it was kinda like a wrong choice cos it was totally not sweet at all! Plus, the boyf didn't like the milk so we didn't stir it in. Alisan tea has a special taste to it (not exactly good at describing). And I had aiyu jelly instead of pearls. I guess the only thing I like is the aiyu jelly. Shall try other flavours next time!


Price: $3.00

#1228.

It's at times like this that makes me realize who my true friends are. Thank you Peisi, Kathy, SisMeh & Kenny. You don't know how much you mean to me. Even though you were all busy when I called. Haha.


The past three days had been crazy. I cried more than I had in the last three years. It was terrible. My eyes were all puffy and swollen, I couldn't focus on anything I was doing. I was stupid, really. Why must it always be girls who feel this way?


Despite clearly knowing that things are not what I perceived they were, I still cannot help but feel the way I feel. I'm jealous, I'm insecure, I feel that I'm not as important to you.


Last night was the worst night, and I truly hope it won't happen again. Maybe I ought to occupy myself with more meaningful things. I guess I should stop living my life for you. Nobody knew how lonely I was; I felt like a child lost in the woods. I really missed my mum so much. For the 4 years that she left us, I've come to terms that I'll never see her again. And I accepted the fact and moved on. But last night... I really needed her so bad I could have killed myself.


I even wished that bro was in Singapore so I could talk to him, like pour out to him. He always has the best advices for me.


Thank goodness for Keeguan, who really saved my night. He talked so much sense into me that I feel I owe him so much. We haven't really been all that close, yet I felt so comfortable telling him everything. He analyzes the situation so carefully, I'm so amazed. And the best thing is he thinks like Dennis so he knows what's good and what's not. The amount of gratitude I have for him is immeasurable.


So anyway, yes I'm ok now. No more emo thoughts. It's funny how I always mock at emo people, thinking that they really should snap out of it. But here I am, emo thoughts haunting me. I'd never imagined myself to be at this stage. I've always felt / thought / knew that I was a strong warrior. I didn't even cry at my mother's funeral, how about that.


The past three days, I just haven't been myself. I know that. Perhaps I'm suffering from mild depression or something. Like I need to seek professional help soon. But I don't want it to be the case! I really really want my old cheerful happy self back. Like I said, I need to engage in more meaningful stuff.


I guess I need to stop thinking about / for my boyf all the time. It's insane. I need to learn. Look at the crazy amount of photos to be edited?! Look at all the backdated posts I haven't publish! Look at my half-neglected food blog! I need to get to 50 posts soon and reveal it! Look at ProjectD part 2! And perhaps part 3 and 4 and 5?! Look at my messy desk that needs tidying! Look at all the school work that needs to be completed!


Great! I just somehow listed out my to-do's. I should get to work now.


P/S. Sorry for making the people around me worry. Like Peisi, Kathy, SisMeh, Keeguan. And you, my love.

#1227.

Photo booth madness from boyf's macbook! Took lots of crazy ones in the study room but this is my favourite.

#1226.

Omg I'm feeling silly as I type this out. But yes, it was an emotional roller coaster ride for me one morning. All started because bro said my photog skills sucks. He didn't use those words but you get the drift. I was so upset I cried. Because I tried and put in so much effort into taking nice pictures but bro always criticize me. Boyf got fed up by how bro is treating me and went to send him a FB message. Wrong move! Both capricorns started arrowing each other until I forgot how they stopped. But yes, I was so afraid that this will spoil the relationship between all of us. Glad it turned out ok.

#1225.

Tried chicken cordon bleu for the second time. We tried it first time here. And I must say it's nicer than before! Tender juicy chicken wrapped in crispy bacon, with lots of cheese in the middle. Slurps.



The boyf and I had been working on 'ProjectD - D for Doodles', for almost a week now. And we finally published our work on Facebook today! I can't stop beaming with pride when we uploaded the picture onto his album.

We drew them by hand, and scanned into the computer. Added colours and shadings using Photoshop, and up onto FB as a belated children's day gift to our dear friends (: