UPDATE

OK, sitting comfortably at Renena blogging all the outdated updates…Be prepared as it’s gona be a long post.

Last week of work was more food and more food. My editor treat me to a super expensive Japanese BBQ meal which cost $120 for 2 persons.


Oh mine…I nearly fainted. Then went to Muthu Curry with Mee Hong, Edwin and Adeline to eat the yummy fish head curry.



And gona meet up with Xiao Hui soon for our lunch cum pedicure session.

Only took 3 photos on the last day as my table was in horrible mess and I need to get rid of all the things in one day.

Xiao Hui and ME!

Corrine and ME!

Siti, Hajar and ME!

Cant bear to go actually. But I think I need a break after 1 year there. Thanks for everyone for the wonderful internship experience. Everyone.

Though my official last day was Friday, I still got up early the next day to help out in SXW carnival at Bishan. It was tiring and sweaty but fun!

Nice backdrop isn’t it?

Then dinner was with family at porridge steamboat in AMK, it was also a father's day celebration with my grandfather.

Dinner with my parents the very next day was as usual, not a nice topic of discussion here.

Birthday Celebration for 2 Aunty was next! She took leave to prepare her own birthday treat! Shall i call her individualistic? haha

She wants Coffee Cake -_-
Highlight: Black Pepper Crab

And I FINALLY bought a NEW BAG! Happy!

I bought a top from Xiao Hui, she asked me take a photo with it. It was damn difficult to take something stylo. The first pic is taken by I, ME, MYSELF, using timer, at home, with the electric fan. i know it looks kinda hilarious with the fan. Hey, but u gotta admit it's cool ok!

Ok, subsequent shots are done by Chris. I MUST GIVE CREDITS TO HER LA! She was like taking so many shots, and at the end of it telling me:"Now I know the difficulties photographer faced to get a good angle." WTH right! -slaps- ANYWAYS, becoz she work so hard, so i will post more photos to make her happy. haha, but its hard to choose nice ones. OK LA, I ADMIT IM NOT A GOOD MODEL! HAHA, here u go:

Anways, for those interested, please visit http://xquisitelyu.blogspot.com
Say recommended by me, she will give u discount.

DJ COURSE ended with a blast! Thanks to liang peng lao shi and jie ling lao shi for their guidance! The class has 44 students and gosh, all from u noe hur...-non-locals-majority-脱颖而出简直不容易啊！~

SPOT ME!

Decided to prepare dinner for my family before my malaysia trip. but it was very rush as i ended tuition at 330pm. then rushed to supermarket to buy ingredients. (and i haven't decided what to cook). Reached home at 5 plus and started preparing, thanks to grandaddy who helped mi out. dinner was finally served at 730pm, 1.5 hour later than the original time.

Frankly i think one of them looks gross. -_-

22-23 June 2008: Malaysia Trip with SXW Editorial Team
Thanks to my editor who allowed to go for this trip even though i was no longer part of them. And even allow a partner to go with mi. I m sure Lishan ate till she feel like vomitting. haha.

It was really a relaxing retreat. I consider it as a reward for my hard work. Sometimes, if one were to think too much for the reason behind these kind of vacation, its gona be complicated. Editor's hubby really drove like no government, with a amazing speed of 160km/h on average. It was 惊人 in the beginning, but we got used to it and the fast and smooth ride made all of us sleepy. Poor Uncle Albert, he was facing the storm alone, while all of us knocked out!

Tasting place was somewhere in Msia, bear with me cuz im bad with names. (Die, if they were to sell mi to a ulu part of Msia, i bet i will die there!) Let the photos do the talking!

Of cuz it was yummy, OBVIOUSLY. -_- with Buddha Jump Over the Wall as the highlight and other interesting dishes such as dong po meat(above). Well, i shan't elaborate, for details, please read the upcoming issue of SE XIANG WEI.

The chef owner is very good with food carving...look at these cute lil' pandas!

Then we drove a few hours more to SRI BINTANG...to Nourish tech Chinese Medical Centre, where they provide holistic services. it is seperated into 3 centres: 生活雅方、养正、红曲馆。

i had the privilege to try out their 推拿 at 生活雅方. They carry out 精心舞蹈 in the morning which is believe to improve the overall wellness of ur body. No wonder the lady in charge looks so young! haha

Their 推拿.. the only think i can say was, P-A-I-N-F-U-L. The lady merely uses her 'qi' to add pressure to some of the accupunture points, paying attention to my slanted backbone. ouch! but i felt better after it. Or rather, the rest say i look 容光焕发 after it.

Then we went to 养正 to try their accupuncture. it was interesting as the sinseh has invented his way to using pendulum accupunture to 打通身体的气.

Dinner was at 红曲馆 where we were served healthy but yummy meals, for example:

SALAD!

Sinseh said i 气弱, wanted to give mi some herbs and medicine to eat, but i rejected politely. instead got some of their boil soup packets home. i used my 'saved money' to night market nearby and bought a pair of fake ADIDAS shoes in less than 20 mins! How amazing women are right! haha..it was RM 48!

it has got mickey mouse prints! so cute!

Then we drove another few more hours to somewhere near genting...to a bangalow...which is also opened by Nourish tech Chinese Medical Centre. Machiam like chalet or camping like that...anyway, this is where they called 森林疗法 and we did some basic healing techniques in the middle of the night. it was a really nice place for meditation and all...but i have not get accumstomed to be friends with insects as yet. -_-

visted another nice place the next morning, with this friendly dog called xiao huang. but well again...i m scared of dogs...haha

Then drove to satay club to have satay before we head back to singapore. on the way, i bought some food and DURIAN back! slurps!

Ok yes! finish updating!

She is simply amazing!

DJ Course

As some of you have known, I have signed up for a DJ Course organized by FM95.8. It started from yesterday and will end on next Wednesday. It will be a tiring week for me again cuz I have to rush to attend the lesson after work. The class starts from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.

There is 44 students in the class, ranging from 18 years old to 50 years old. Majority of the students, I would say, are all speaking like they come from China! And there is this ongoing pressure that: Hey, you shouldn’t be in this class if you can’t even speak proper Mandarin!

I sat with the youngest in the class, the 18 year old girl, who is taking her A Levels this year. She speaks perfectly, and I thought she is from China or Taiwan. BUT SHE IS LOCAL! And she is a DJ in Singapore Hokkien Association, participated in a lot of DJ competitions, a FM95.8 DJ found her and invited her to work in FM95.8.

I met a teacher who dresses like she is going Ge-Tai, with mini skirt and blink blink clothes. She speaks with a Taiwanese accent.

I met a Language School instructor who comes from China. She reads well and fast. And while other students are reading, she will like to read along loudly to compete.

I met another PRC man who has a perfect voice.

These people are all carrying a dream of becoming a DJ. Some of them seems like they are coming for Superstar competition, heavily make up, pretty clothes. Everyone tries to speak proper Mandarin.

And me, wearing a T-shirt and a pair of jeans, putting on spectacles, carrying a Converse bag, seems like the most sloppishly dressed person there.

After yesterday, I didn’t feel like going anymore.

STRESS.STRESS.STRESS.STRESS.STRESS.STRESS.STRESS.STRESS.STRESS.

Everyone is trying to 脱颖而出. And damn my running nose, I speak weirdly, and my 绕口令speaks so slowly, with so many dunno-how-to-read words.

Well, just take it as an experience bah. SAY BYE BYE TO MY DJ DREAM!

I can’t be a film maker, I can’t be a DJ, I can’t be a writer, I can’t be a scipt writer.

I CAN’T BE ANYTHING!

Then I dunnoe why am I studying this course. -_-

Perhaps, I just have to sit beside the Director and be the Assistant Producer by holding 2 time watches.

Or perhaps, I just have to go back to a hotel and be a receptionist.

Oh wells…

Blackforest GIG

It was Dumpling Wrapping Day last Saturday! Everyone got up very early to help out. Then I went for my piano lesson. Supposed to have tuition after that but the student cancelled it last minute. Great, I can head home immediately.

You cannot imagine how many dumplings I ate that day. Unlike the dumplings in the market, we used charcoal to boil them one bundle by one bundle, so it is really time consuming. For the whole day, I ate 4 small ones, and 3 big ones. Oh mine, I think I can break another record apart from the lovely pineapple tarts. The whole thing ended at 9pm and we were all drained. I think I dreamt of dumplings running after me that night. -_-

On Sunday, went for tuition at 9.30am as usual. But was really tired coz I have been mapling late the past few nights. Haha. I bought dumplings for Chris and Eve and Eve also bought dumplings for us! How sweet!

Cancelled my afternoon tuitions as I had to rush down to Timbre @ Substation to watch Blackforest Gig. AIYO! The taxi uncle doesn’t know where the place was, even though I told him it so many directions. In the end, I volunteered to help him check it out in the directory. But he still lost his way. So we toured Fort Canning like 4 times….

I called Shuli and Mel for help, and Mel was in the taxi too. Apparently, a lot of taxi uncles doesn’t know where is timbre @ substation. During my 3rd round of touring the Fort Canning, I saw Mel and Zhentong, so I picked them up and toured the Fort Canning for the 4th time. The taxi uncle was damn kind la, he stopped the meter, asked me to pay $10 only and he will help us find the correct place.

And finally, we found it! It was already 1.15pm. -_-

So managed to hear the last 15 minutes of the Shigong’s gig. It was my 1st time hearing the blackforest band perform. Now I know why Eugene and Shuli are their NUMBER ONE fanz. 

Went KTV in Chinatown after that. Sing Sing Sing till 6pm and I left to meet the CS girls for dinner. Dinner was at Sun with Moon at Wheelock, they had a new Kyushu promotional menu which was not bad, to me.

That basically ended my day.

I cancelled tonight’s lesson cuz I had a very bad cold since last Sunday and my nose has been running away consistently. TAHAN TAHAN TAHAN for 1 more week and I will have a long long break!

Anyways, we posted an ad. If you receive a booklet by ur doorstep, check us out!

Birthday Celebrations 2008

29th May 2008:

What a WONDERFUL weekend I had! Full of birthday celebrations, good food, good company and pretty presents!


The enjoyment started of on the eve of my Birthday, where Chris whipped up Curry Chicken and Oat Tofu (because she said prawns are too expensive -_-) for all of us! It was YUMMYLICIOUS, I think the main reason is because I am hungry.

Anyway, I thought it was a planned birthday dinner, but it wasn’t. The good friend didn’t realize that 30th May was the day after. -_-

30th may 2008:

Woke up in the morning and saw this pretty UOB Debit Card on my table. A pretty card and a good one to start my day. WOW, now they have more offers and dining privileges!

Then went to the kitchen, sadly to find no food. Because Grandaddy thought I would sleep till 12pm and wake up in time for lunch. But I automatically woke up at 8am and he was not at home already. But, I found this!


Red eggs are our tradition for every birthday! No, the birthday person don’t have mee sua, but many many red eggs! Hohohoho!

Then FINALLY, rush down to Angel’s salon for my long waited hair cut! Still felt apologetic over the forgot-to-put-credit matter, but she was more meticulous than before, and very professional. I showed her the latest S.H.E lyrics book and told her I loved Hebe’s hairstyle. Perhaps due to the hot weather that I am starting to love v short hair.

So here it is:


Then went to Oasis @ TPY for a nice teochew porridge for dinner with my family. IT IS REALLY GOOD! Mush better than the one at Wah! Nooge Noodle House.


Then went home to cut my birthday cake. As usual, Goodwood Durian cake 


I wish…

I blow…

I cut…

And 2 Aunty, 3 Aunty and Tony Uncle got me a portable hardisk! Muacks! Love them all.
I thought it was a wallet or something cuz it was a Goldlion paper bag…
But it turns out to be this!

On my way home, Chris asked me where am I, and I smelt something amiss…Nothing happened till 11.30am that night, she messaged me the following:

“I dun wan to be the first but the last to wish you, hey cha bor…Happy Birthday! Please take note on the following sentence, you have ½ hour to solve it: A special day, a special surprise, you are surrounded with surprise within 100th steps, a pathway filled with ‘scents’ to home is where your surprise lies. Don’t look upon surprise, cuz surprise are always low profile. Find your surprise now and you will be blessed with eternal surprise and wishes!”

OMG!

The first thing I did, was to change clothes, coz I was in my Hello Kitty pyjamas! Then I rush to the kitchen to find a box, so that I can give her a durian birthday cake! But in the end, I couldn’t find a box.

Then I msg her: “WTH! I am in pyjamas!”

The good friend replied: “No need to change, you will be running out of time.”

My 1st instinct was RUBBISH CHUTE! Cus she put ‘scents’ but bloody hell, there are 3 rubbish chutes around my house! And my walking steps are so BIG that even the one near Peirce Secondary can be reached within 100 steps.

But it was 1145pm at night and there wasn’t a single soul at the void deck. It is really eerie!

So I went to the rubbish area near AMK Secondary…See No One
Then I ran to the rubbish chute neat Peirce Secondary…Not a single human!
In the end, I rush back to the Food Centre near my house cuz I thought they will be there to wait for me for supper. In the end, I only saw ah-bu-neh-neh drinking beers. -_-

It was already 1150pm. She then msg me to ask me read the msg carefully…

Pathway…Scents…

I am like a siao cha bor running in the streets…

Then ran back to home and started finding flower pots for all the houses! By then, my granddaddy has woken up and while he grumbled, he was looking for it too.

Then in order not to let him spoil the fun, I coax him to sleep. Sneak out and find again.

IN THE END..

TADEH! AT 11.58PM! I FOUND THIS!



What a lovely surprise to end my birthday…hahaha…Thanks for the effort!

31th May:
Was supposed to have tuition with barnabas today at 10am. But when I msg him the night before to confirm the tuition, he said he will try to wake up. Then I ask him what if he cant? And he replied dunno….5 mins later, he msg and ask if I can postpone the tuition cuz he haven’t finish my homework. I got quite pissed, cuz the last time I went for his tuition was 2 weeks ago, and up till now he hasn’t complete any. 5 mins later, he msged me again and ask me what’s the homework cuz he cant recall.

A student who has no heart in learning is not worth the time. So I msg his mother, told her that I want to stop this tuition. Feeling really pissed. It is his O LEVELS this year. God Bless Him.

So I spent my morning practicing my piano, and left house in the afternoon to meet the MFSS gang. OH MINE! Such a huge group! Had lunch in bugis, then headed to partyworld in somerset. After 15 mins or so, the whole Partyworld system broke down and we waited for like ages to get it fix. In the end, we decided not to waste time and walk off without paying anything, and after drinking and eating their snacks! Hohoho!

So here are the photos:




It’s a $70 Top Shop Card and a cute t-shirt. Thank you Weibo, Jun Yue, Tommy, Fucai, William, Xiaoling, Khin Khin, Yue Yin and Fungie for this present! Cheers!

Left for Pop Piano and then waited for Fungie to end her Keyboard lesson too. Shopping continues after a nice dinner at MOF. Both of us are so hungry and tired.

And we took neoprints! That’s our common place when we meet every time.






Hope this machine last till we grow old. Haha

The night ended off with me trying to download Maple patch but failed -_-

1 June 2008:
Went for tuition on Sunday from 930am to 230pm. I was having a very bad and serious cold. Chris told me her horror dream and it send goosebumps to my nerves. Haha.

Khin is back from Myanmar and she got me a nice decoration pic with a packet of red pens! Their red pens at Myanmar are really nice to write! I need that desperately man! Went home after that. Ate panadol and took a nap, damnit, SICK LIAO. -_-

Woke up unwillingly, shower and left for my last celebration for the week. HAHA! Was initially on time, but decided to make a detour to visit the YAC friends who are performing in the evening. Unfortunately, I am unable to watch the concert. But I am sure they had fun yea?


Then rushed down to Blue Ginger for dinner! Must thank Lishan for coordinating and making all the arrangements and traveling down to Jalan Kayu to collect the durian birthday cake. And also coordinating with the other groups to get me a IPOD Nano, although the plan failed. Haha



The yummy durian cake from Jane’s cake station! It is so nice that even Michelle, who doesn’t eat durian, loves it. haha

Thought of watching Sex and the City, but we were all too full and 2 of us are still having internship today and the heartland cinemas has no more time slots, so we decided to give it a miss.

So Jie Ying and Lishan got me a Levis voucher!

And Michelle got me different facial masks from FACESHOP in Korea! Gosh, she is having so much fun in kOrea that makes me so tempted to go back there!

Thank you all sweeties! 