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Nov. 14th, 2009

a part of me always

This wk was rather lovely. Other than my baking stint, a few tuition sessions with the kids at auntfaith's which is normally rather enjoyable. Except I hate it when the kids dont respond to my questions!!! (now I know how redmundlaw must have felt about 305. What exasperation.)Also netballed and also squashed with cel amongst other things, which left my shoulder and back screaming in protest for the following two days. But then I discovered the wonders of the OSIM back massager the mother bought. Though of course, some things just cant be replaced by machines. I think my auntie's massages are still imbaaaaa to the max - she used to massage me post contact rugby training as part of restoration purposes. Mmm.

Hopped around to a numerous places for interviews too and part of the reason why I am pleased is because I pretty much have got the wks right till the end of the year planned. I think! In a few wks, I should start working at this kids science camp I used to go with lulu and pam when we were p5 p6 kids. Its simply wonderfulllll, life really does come full circle.

Also, took up the florist job. Yay I get to wrap up flowers into pretty bundles and (very indirectly) make someone happy. (: Okay I think im mad. Anyhoo, while I surprised lunny the other day by turning up with the lemon meringue in hand after lugging it all around and doing a 100metre mad dash for the damn bus with the fragile pastry piece in tow, she in turn surprised me with this little gerbera!



Surprise surprise, this little pink thing is rather hardy its still alive after more than a day! My auntie saw the flower, and then conjured up this nice little porcelain vase from godknowswhere and demanded I put it in to 'decorate' the table. So there it is sitting prettily. It makes me happy.

Another happifying moment of the week - RGS nite. Its back, yes. Lunny and I were just about the only people from our batch I suppose. The sec4s black name tag prefects when we were just puny sec1s were sitting directly behind us and also saw a few random other teachers like tk wong and yeosooling and shirleytan and a few others i uhh forgot their names and OH OFCOURSE HOW COULD I FORGET AZAHAR!!! I was so excited when I spotted him that I immediately jumped and grabbed lun's arm and practically shouted AZAHAR AZAHAR and guess what he turned in our direction. (okay now i know im not as discreet as i think i am) AND THEN HE WAVED AT US!!! Being ultimate disgraces, we slunk away to a random corner to feast on our salads, still feeling bemused at the fact that he waved at us, when he most likely hardly remembered us. Oh azahar!

Watching the rgs girls perform onstage, hugging each other post performance tugged at my heart strings and triggered Reminisce Mode. Those happy happy rgs times with 305/405 the most united class ive had, with pb when we were all just so pure and innocent and safe under the wings of School and where things like JOB CAREER INTERNSHIP didnt mean a shit. The musical about a clique of 5 ex rgs girls reuniting after spending many years developing and leading their lives all around the world and then finally having the chance to all be in singapore for a nice little reunion was apt and entirely foreseeable in the coming future.

Well, its quite nice to see rgs girls going to all sorts of different fields and excelling and rocking the world everywhere they go. It wells up a sense of pride everytime someone zai is an ex rg girl, and like what lun pointed out, I think that night was inspirational for us as well - to want to uphold this tradition of excellence and be a part of it.

I think its safe to say I've had my best years of my life in RGS. JC was fun, but rg was simpler. And every time I see a rgs girl on the streets, I feel like telling her that that is most likely the best years of her life.

So we sang the school song with utmost pride -




Green black white balloons donated by the RGSPB batch of 1986 apparently -- (poksters, when we become rich and famous nxt time HAHA lets do something like donate balloons too. And, dont you think these balloons remind you of RCIP balloons??)




And these are happy rgs girls (:

Nov. 11th, 2009

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Hi ho,

Today was such a nice and self sufficient day, save for one little blemish. But ignore the blemish I shall (like a small harmless but irritating pimple) and contented I will be. Anyhoos I didnt make plans for today and I am surprised at my ability to find things to do out of nothing. I baked a Lemon Meringue Pie! Can you already see how pleased I am. I LOVE lemoney stuffs!

So off I cycled to pick up some baking necessities and squashed them into my trusty crumpler before heading back. I must have looked rather chui - It was a terrifyingly hot humid day, and I believe there were these two punks sitting on a lorry zooming past me as I was trying my best to trudge up the stupid hill on my bike.

Before it got sent into the oven, after toiling in the sweaty, mosquito-ey (its rainy season now) kitchen for 2-3 hours --



Final Product . If nobody eats it, im gonna gobble it up all by my hungry self!!



my fantabulous maid, who helped a great deal. whever i wasnt sure of something/couldnt locate a particular baking equipment i'd go auntieeeeeeeeeeeee....



So right now its safely stowed away in the refridgerator to be ready chilled for brekkie tmw!

Nov. 4th, 2009

happy housies skype

hellooo its almost 4am now but i feel very happy cos i just skyped the lovely london housies. skyped echua first, who then brought down her lappie to the kitchen where i watched them cook while getting updated about life there and then to sherrie's where i watched them eat dinner. i miss them <3 skyping with them brought back happy happy thoughts (:

YAY






 

Nov. 1st, 2009

snape, snape, severus snape!



Watch please if you need some cheering up! Highly recommended for people who had had a bad day. (:

Oct. 30th, 2009

dumdum deedee

my mum wasnt home at 1am today, and nobody in the house knew where she and her car disappeared to so i decided to be funny and to turn the tables. So I texted her to chase her to come home. XD

anyways, i collected my holga photos today. im quite sad about them cos i didnt think they turned out very nicely. ): but its okay. press on i shall.


'
'Only the guy who isnt rowing has time to rock the boat'


 

Oct. 27th, 2009

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Right now I wish I could teleport to London, just for a bit. The photosharing mechanism on fb is a bad bad baddd thing, primarily because it perpetuates the Life is Greener On The Other End thing. Ah, it must be the flurry of photos the london peeps have put up on the other end thats making me feel funny again. What more its autumn now, and its SO pretty with the falling maple leaves and the still-not-too-bad-relatively-sunny weather. I still think that London presents a lot more photo taking opportunities than Singapore. Although of course, STB spokesperson *ginang may vehemently disagree, haha! The other day I was trying hard to think of things to take photos of, to finish up the two remaining photos of my holga film but I realised I should have really just finished it over there...

So, its taking a little more effort of processing on the brain to reason out why I am here. Why I am here finding things to do whilst most of my peers are having it the exact opposite. I knew on the plane back then, that the moment I stepped off the plane would be the start of the real journey already. This very trecherous and foreseeably rocky journey that would need constant reminders from self or various other people why i am doing what i am doing.

Yet, after all these fleeting thoughts I reason with myself and at the end of it all, manage to come to a very heartening conclusion that I am pretty secure with my current position right now. I know what im doing, im not lost, and in fact, I have an aim and a dream! And like I said before, I am ultimately, and finally still at peace. For now, that is. If i ever do get disillusioned somewhere down the road, perhaps a few mths later or even years or decades later, please do remind me why I set out to do all of these in the very first place. Okay? (:

Though I miss London, )</div>

 I am happy to be back still! (:


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I feel gross now mostly because I've been sleeping at god forsaken hours and then waking up at equally god forsaken hours, and then start the day when half the day's already gone, and feeling horrible as a result of that.

Seeeeeeee, thats why I hate being free, I want to be busy! I want to be like super duper busy, rushing from one place to another. Last wk was perfect, after I got over my jetlag the first two days, I immediately started work and like had to wake up IN THE MORNING and I actually felt accomplished and tired after getting back late in the night. (: So, here I am trying to fill up my days, while the kids have exams this wk, and hopefully aunty faith will hurry and call me back to go for work after the kids return!!!! I dont mind the travelling to god forsaken tanah merah!

I shall attempt to wake up in the mornings from now on. It'll do good to my mental state I guess. So off I am now to go to the polyclinic to have my blood sucked by bloodsuckers. ): And then to cell.

Oct. 26th, 2009

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I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.

And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

But more than anything, more than anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.


Awesome song, courtesy of gina ng. (: so empowering! I miss London friends. <3  I am always reminiscing about the things of the past I should stop looking at the past so wistfully.

Good week it shall be... (: By God's grace.

Oct. 22nd, 2009

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I thank God for:

# The past year in London.
Learnt and grew tremendously and its an experience I dont regret. Note to self to do a proper reflection of this. Yink also suggested penning my hopes for med at this instance, when im still fresh eyed and full of dreams. In future when the going gets tough, I can look back at what I've written and remind myself on the things I once set out to achieve.

#A good first day at work today. (: Cute kids + great boss. I hope things will get better.

Thank You. (:

Oct. 20th, 2009

phone in lunch

My phone is in the ICU right now, somewhere along the ulu land of Telok Blangah Road.

Phones have something against me, the last time my equipment got into contact with something liquid was equally memorable and more embarrassing - recall: phone fell into toilet bowl in jc. Thats way worse okay, at least my phone fell into MEESUA SOUP this time, not some gross bodily fluid.

So anyway when the phone dropped into my lunch today, I was surprised to find it not working anymore! Afterall, it was only, like 6cm worth of soup? My phone wasnt even fully submerged! LG phones are crappy.. if it was a Nokia, I bet it would have survived. Nokia phones are hardy phones.

So anyway I cancelled some plans and decided to rush the phone for some emergency resuscitation. LG mobile service centre, however, chooses to be at some god forsaken place so I actually trekked a good half an hour before arriving at the centre perspiring from top to toe.

And, I found my o2 sim card that I apparently lost over summer! Not like it will be of any use right now, actually. Its just pretty annoying to not be able to find things when you need them badly AND THEN find things hidden safely somewhere only AFTER you dont need it anymore.

Thats a shiway for youu gahhh

Oct. 18th, 2009

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Heavy Heart

Oct. 13th, 2009

I asked God

I asked God for strength that I might achieve. I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health that I might do greater things. I was given infirmity that I might do better things.
I asked for riches that I might be happy. I was given poverty that I might be wise.
I asked for power that I might have the praise of men. I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. I was given life that I might enjoy all things.

I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I hoped for.

Oct. 11th, 2009

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I feel horrible. not like sad upset horrible, but like horrible person kind of horrible. gah.

But oh hoho today was totally UN-horrible at least (: Weather was PURRRRRFECT, blue cloudless skies, bright sun rays. And scones with jam and clotted cream with a pot of tea at Cambridge. ME LIKES.

Oct. 4th, 2009

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Sometimes I *really* cant stand my mum for being such a kanchiong spider, what with her nagging and uptightness about every single thing.

But just yesterday, it randomly dawned upon me while talking to a friend, that I do have very very very much to thank my mum for. And i do thank God that my mum is being Very Cool and un-uptight about the very thing that she has all the right in the world to be kanchiong about.

I dont think I can ever thank my mum enough.

Sep. 25th, 2009

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So this is the morning of my last flight to London (ever?). Feels strangely familiar, going about all the packing, fretting of overweight baggage.. soon i'll be back within falling leaves and cool weather (if its a gd day, stormy if its bad). Soon my eczema wont be flaring up much again due to the heat and humidity, and then soon, i'll be saying bye to my londony friendssssss ):

Off to do last min packing

Sep. 20th, 2009

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I feel like I need to stop being online so much. on msn, or facebook. its diverting my attention from doing other more important and intellectually meaningful things, like qt, reading a good book, guitar, or lying around in bed undisturbed. if i cant do stuff without feeling this compulsive need to check my lappie for orangey blinking msn windows, it means im addicted, right?

Sep. 17th, 2009

SOURSOP SNOWSKIN MOONCAKE



LOVE all things soursop - Soursop drink, soursop sorbet (LOVE the island creamery one).. 

Featured in Life today -
 Soursop Snowskin mooncakes from Goodwood Park Hotel!!!!! 

AAHHHH DROOLS I WANT TO GET MY HANDS ON A PIECE!



And THIS looked pretty yummeh as well, 
 


Mango Snow Skin Mooncake with Pomelo Bits. Sounds like mango pomelo no? :D

 

 




 

Sep. 16th, 2009

Cookie Monster!

Woke up with a red swollen sore eye today. Must be that old uncle on the train that day.. 

So...







Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies anybody? (:

Sep. 15th, 2009

Mid afternoon musings


PERVERT ON THE LOSE yesterday on the NEL train home whose fly was completely undone. At first I thought it was unintentional, but after much (sneaky) observation my sharp minded friend pointed out it was probably on purpose and looking at his standing posture and se bei bei face, I decided she was right. Gross.

# Some friends are growing up/changing too fast for me ):
# 30% of my friends broke up over summer, another 30% got attached/going to be attached/attached but refuse to admit over summer, 10% attached since god knows when and the remaining 20% are still on my side of the river. :D
# The only place I can walk back home along a street so ulu and quiet as mine is singapore.
# To you, you and you - I really dont need your sympathy or approval and I really dont care what you think, im perfectly secure in His plans. (:
# I am slowly losing my shopping khakis - kw to school, lun to sch and her 1001 other commitments, justina to errrmm. (HAHA)
I have an itch to shop. Urgent appeal for new shopping khaki!!! Pre requisities - Not too atas, good fashion taste, patient (i am slow) :D

Current food obsession: Egg tauhuay. Somehow egg tauhuay > normal beancurd tauhuay?
                                             DURIAN!!

Sep. 9th, 2009

wabbity foodie

I want to go here!!


Its a restaraunt set in a former chapel, which is a pretty cool concept but me thinks it is slightly too atas for my normal poksy self and beyond my pocket range acc to reviews ):

But I could always head over for dessert!! Apparently they have Really Nice Baked Alaska dessert!!

And I really like the way the alphabets overlap in their billboard :D  

Other gastronomic delights I wld like to check out
#Jones the Grocer, after seeing a friend's very yummy brunch photos
#La Fondue - I fink julie will like this place muchly. With choc fondue and all mmm

FOODY FOODIEEE :D



 

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