Looking back 2010

2010 ended. very very fast. it felt like yesterday when i have just graduated. this year has been a really really eventful year in my entire life.

work:
working as a lifestyle writer gave me the most fun and enjoyable working life, the great amount of exposure i have received, the things i have done, the articles i have wrote...

i promise that i will be more hardworking next year, choot more articles and work harder.

family:
i has been a calm year and i pray there everything remains the same. of course, i hope mum gets better in health and everyone is healthy and happy. i love my ah gong and ah yi very much.

i hope to spend more time with the family next year, have more regular eat togethers.

friends:
sometimes work is so hectic that i just dont feel like going out after work, or on weekends. the ones that i call "friends" are always there, no matter rain or shine.

love:
this year has been wonderful, with kai entering my life. im blessed to have such a wonderful boyfriends, one who dotes on me and loves me with all his heart. He always put me as his priority, without fail. My life is completed with him.

religion:
i want to give more to my religion, perhaps continue with my buddhist lessons next year?

回顾2010：谢谢上天给了我一份我一直向往的工作、谢谢上天让我在这一年认识了那么多贵人、谢谢上天让我感受到那么、那么多真挚的友情、谢谢上天让我的家人平安健康、谢谢上天让我在人海茫茫中遇见了你。:)

Rest? Or not?

放假的最后一天。

本来想自己一个人出门逛街，可是和公公去吃午餐时，发现天空下着绵绵细雨，看来老天想暗示我好好在家休息，为新的一年做好准备。

2011年的工作大纲和日期已经明了，大致上责任比以前多，产稿的数量也要比以前快。广告稿、活动稿和新年稿已经陆陆续续传过来，看来我今天应该开始动笔，开工时才不会措手不及。

正所谓，休息是为了走更长远的路，今天下午还是乖乖在家吧，明年会忙得不清不楚。

My nose ran away, AGAIN.

WE FINISHED THE KAMPONG SHOOT THIS MORNING! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PHOTOS!

SNEAK PREVIEW (I EDITED THIS, SO NOT THAT PROFESSIONAL LA!)

This is done my the photographer, NICE!

IM DOWN WITH A SERIOUS FLU (AGAIN!). I SNEEZE EVERY 1 MINUTE! THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE FINISHED THE PHOTOSHOOT BEFORE THE FLU CAME.

ACTUALLY IT STARTED SINCE LAST NIGHT AND I HAD INSOMNIA (I THOUGHT I WAS TOO EXCITED).

SO SAD, THE BOYF IS GOING TO GIVE A TREAT TO HIS FAMILY AND I THOUGHT I CAN MAKE IT. VERY SAD.

MY DEAR BODY, PLEASE RECOVER FAST!

(*now im craving for fish head steamboat on such a chilling weather!*)

Kampong Lorong Buangkok

Christmas ended very quickly this year. Brought the boyf to Shangri-la hotel for yummy buffet. The food is real real good. Then on Xmas day, treated my family to dinner at nan Xiang Xiao long bao @ plaza singapura. Love family eating together. (but don't love uncle and aunty quarreling with each other). The end of xmas marks the start of my break till 3 jan. So many many meetups with my friends. heypi!

The boyf and i are going for our "engagement" shoot this wednesday. We went to reccee today and kena chased by a dog. omg. we brought uniforms, shoes, milk tins, five stones, balloons... so excited! hope it turn out nice! :D

These are some of my favourites:

I LOVE THIS ONE!

SJS Christmas Dinner Shoot

Yesterday, we went Marche for dinner shoot. I had a full meal at home already so basically the boyf is the one whole finishes everything!

The smoke salmon and mushroom crepe!

The tart is really weird...not nice!

Mango with banana crepe. the mango is solid!

chocolate cake!

The cheese cake is damn chio, my fav shot!

the glutton! love!

Christmas Party with twitter friends

i didnt know twitter friends can become so close in the end. Last saturday, we held a xmas party at ellena's house. it was pot luck.

chef alvin preparing while i stand around and kpo

actually i only have ham, but idea struck and alvin gave me cherry tomatoes! so i made this! with yum yum melted cheese!

my turkey...

us with presents

we are happy people!

after talking, eating, playing, shooting etc, im tired....

group shot! :D

MFSS Xmas Gathering!

Last last sunday, all of us gathered at yue yin's house for our xmas gathering! we bought ingredients for steamboat, slack around, sing ktv and play cards!

us at steamboat! the ingredients were just nice and we finish everything. weibo bought this super yummy belachan! steamboat goes really well with belanchan!

our gift exchange!

us opening our gifts!

I love having gathering at somebody's house. Steamboat is a wonderfull dinner for us to bond together. Cheap and nice and everyone just crowds around to eat! And we go home at 8 plus, instead of 1am! if only my house is big enough to open up for such gatherings!

Weekend evening.

Long bus ride home.

Admiring the clouds in the sky.

Listening to songs.

很久没有这样了... :)

我讨厌爱花钱的男人！很讨厌！

sian

It's one of those weeks that I feel totally sian about waking up for work, that I feel totally no energy to do anything.

It's one of those weeks....

I WON!

I AM SO HAPPY!

Yesterday Oh Dear! Photography held a facebook giveaway. Readers just have to think of their dream shoot and they are entitled to a FREE 1 HOUR SHOOT with them!

So 30 mins before the closing time, I wrote in my dream shoot:

I wanted to go back to the basics, and have our engagement shoot in the last kampong of singapore: Kampong Lorong Buangkok, where things retain a delightful simplicity, devoid of the extravagances of urban life, where the cacophony of clacking heels disappears, where the fine tapping of slippers sounds in the ears, where the air is fresh, untainted by exhaust.

To many older generation people, they often miss life in village while the younger generation has very little attachment to kampong life. Hence i want us (the younger generation) to be at this memorable historical setting, to preserve the knowledge and experience beyond visiting the museum...

AND I WON! IM SO HAPPY!

So Baby and I are going for our shoot in the kampong! HOORAY!

im sick

well done. the weather is too heaty. the bestie is sick. the boyf is sick. and just as i thought im strong enough to tide over xmas, im sick. boohoo. whenever im sick, i dont feel like doing anything except blogging, so now i have the mood to blog.haha

so one of the days, i went to join a media cooking competition to design the turkey and make desserts. i have never ever done dessert before and my marketing colleague nv cook before! all cham.

our turkey. other groups put the ham and beef into different plates but we are all people with no cooking background and creative juices, so we put everything together!

i quite love the cheesecake deco i did. of course the cheese cake is originally from supermarket lah. i just have to spend $30 to buy dessert and all deco items. i wanted to use strawberries loh, but so expensive, around $9!

The judges looking at all the items. and guess wad, WE WON! OMG! OMG! damn happy! aiya, there are only 5 groups lah...

ok this is taken at another event, i made the bear.

i cant wait for xmas to arrive. i have so much things to do and 24 hours is not enough. on the optimistic side, time passes very very fast for me. seems like it was only ytd that i enter the company. now i have been here for a year! omg!

MOVE IT MOVE IT!

While shopping at AMK HUB on sunday, B and i went to a game shop and bought this PSP game!

And B bought an extra game stick so that I can play with him! YAYS!

MY BF HOUSE IS MESSY

This is the boyf's house, wah i thought mine was bad enough (looking at my mountainous table), but his was like a garang guni place!

His staffs are everywhere, on the floor, on the table, on his brother's table, on the chair, on the bed etc...gosh...!

His computer and the super chio pink keyboard which I bought for him!

And the $900 sound system which he just bought! and the dunnoe how many inch monitor screen. aiyo! so big! even the blind can see!

And i just did my manicure. My neighbour set up a manicure shop near my place called "vietnam nails". i must admit it's really not bad not not very expensive. the classic pedi is only $34! she has been doing this nail care / nail art business in vietnam for close to 14 years before she came to spore 6 years ago.

No more contract staff after 31 dec!

The buddy complained that I haven't been updating my blog frequently and she has no photos to see. Ok Ok, i shall be more hardworking and blog more ok!

Yesterday noon, we went BOSSES at vivocity for dim sum. It was a horrible experience because we can't take photos and the waitresses were all very rude and fierce! Whole table of bloggers and cameras and yet we can only eat and not take photos. This is very sad. I felt I didn't plan it well enough :(

I am on leave on Monday and Tuesday, this period is the busiest for us as we have lotsa of xmas tasting and articles to complete but there's no other days which I can take leave. And i need to clear my 5 days of leave plus 1 day of off-in-lieu before 31 december2010 and if I drag longer, it's more difficult to take leave. My work is already piling up like bukit timah hill and I presume there's even more in December.

Though Im off for the next two days, I still have to continue to do work. Oh great. But the best consolation is, I can sleep later, and rest at home, which i have always wanted too!

And I need to write a blogger competition post for my food blog before the deadline, 3 december. *pulls hair*

Time passes real fast, before I knew it, it was already december. (Oh, to clear leave, Im not working after xmas too!) -> So i will be off on 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 1, 2! great. time to do workout workout workout! I dont want to get fatter as I work! :(

Which reminds me, I have an announcement, though nothing big lah.

I AM HIRED AS A FULL-TIME STAFF WEF FROM 3 JANUARY @ 2011!

ok all my dear friends, you are not forgetten! We will meet up during my off days ok! hugs!

hellow

Yes i know i have been neglecting this blog. bobian, when xmas season is around the corner, work gets real busy. had a interview at marina bay link mall this morning and met the boyf for lunch after that.

SUSHI TEI!

HOW KYUTE! :D

His bowl of prawn and salmon which looks like worms

As usual my katsu don. maybe im too hungry or wad but i felt the katsu don here is good!

Then headed to holland village for haagen daz xmas party.

All the familiar faces! :D

Last weekend, we went to O school dance recital to support krist! :D

OK, got to go and sleep. IM WORKING TOMOLO. WORKING ON A SATURDAY. GREAT!

dont forget to browse www.misstamchiak.com for my taiwan photos!

P/S I got a ulcer in my lower lips. damnit

Insomnia

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him,
who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep…
wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats,
who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you’re just as pretty without makeup on.
One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have you…
The one who turns to his friends and says, that's her.

I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.

:(

Although I just got back from a long break and should be super energized, somehow I'm dreading my feet to work everyday.

I certainly agree that being in this job gives me lotsa perks, glamour & respect. I get to learn new things and meet many many interesting people.

But behind all the fun is the stress of constantly producing work, the fake masks by everyone, the rejection of articles for no logical reason etc. The longer I work, the more I felt so not suitable and out of place...

100 days!

第一个100天，还是很有感觉...