it is such a long... long day.


mom gave me a box of chicken essence to last me for a few nights during the exam period.
for the first 2 nights, the chicken essence didnt work. i kept on yawning during my revision and ended up sleeping like a log.
i told my mom the chicken essence didnt and will never work on me.

Last night, i took one more bottle of it, without even having the intention to revise through the night. i took it for fun, since i've already finished my revision and was ready to go to bed.

and Damn!
i was awake for almost the whole night!!

i lay on my bed awake till around 4-5am. my mind was still active but i forced myself to sleep because i knew i needed the rest before my paper. At 7am, my classmate rang to say she was going to school already.


YAY!
i took time to make up -_- instead of revising, haha

Today's paper was alright i guess. i managed to 'vomit' out all that i've memorised. Models, diagrams and charts included. Even if i didnt answer the questions correctly or to the point, the examiner should at least give me some credit for duplicating the whole diagram from my notes.
bah!

after my paper, i rushed home and had 3 sessions of tuition from 3pm till 9pm!
i nearly died
Work just ended not too long ago and i went s'goon north to get mealworms.
the stupid bus took so long to come, so i took a cab instead. i was afraid i would not have enough cash so i went to the atm to withdraw 50bucks. When i reached s'goon north, all the petshops were already closed except for one. and the uncle said the mealworms were sold out! :(

i was sooo upset and totally exhausted. Groggy-eyed and in need of a warm shower!
Took a taxi home and the cab-uncle didnt have 50dollars change. in the end i dug out all my coins for him.
and the 50dollar note is still in my wallet-_- shouldnt even have wasted the time to go withdraw it...

anyway, sorry for ranting.
and for such a blogpost...it is totally how i'm feeling now!
cranky and grouchy! haha

good night!

yay!

one paper is down and i think i am 70% confident of it =)
thank you for your well wishes and prayers, hehe.. i know the divine Lord is good =)
2 more to go!
i have one day break before my next paper.

on the bus home after 3 gruelling hours of brain-damage!

i slept 2 hours after i reached home!


On Saturday night, i decided to spend some time before bed to finish xin's wedding ring pillow. She has passed me this soft toy which would be used to hold her rings in her march-in. Normally, the usual ring pillows you see are lovely white pillows with some floral decorations, but since xin's wedding is of a garden-theme, she would be using a turtle! haha.. not a real one of cos, but this...

It's cute, but honestly, i had quite abit of brain-racking trying to find appropriate colours to match it. i can say im pretty good at drawing, but definitely not at matching colours or decorating stuff you see.. especially if it's for a wedding!! i'm less than confident!

i sought opinions from my family members, jayen and even the auntie who sold me ribbons..

grandma suggested putting a big RED flower.
but red obviously doesnt go with green, especially when the turtle is a dark green. she says wedding must ANG GONG GONG -_- yes ahma, but hor, this one is garden theme, not the traditional bai tee gong kind

the auntie at the shop where i bought the flowers and ribbon suggested yellow ribbons with beige flowers cos she told me for her son's engagement, he used green and the yellow ribbons. They go very well together. When i took the ribbons home, i found out that the colour was quite off :((

In the end, i consulted jayen and we went ribbon-shopping at spotlight. He is definitely better with deco-work and after countless attempts to match different ribbons, lace, flowers, he decided that a white ribbon with silver words over black chiffon ribbon is the best to match a dark green shade.
simple yet classy.


that's jayen helping me match the ribbons at spotlight 3 weekends ago, hehe. thanks baby! we spent almost 3 hours there, haha! it's quite fun work though =)

i got some lace and sewed it over the turtle's back, so it would look more 'wedding-like'.. then i pinned the ribbons down at one end and left the other end of the ribbons hanging loose. Lastly, flowers and some pearls which i reused from a bouquet of flowers were glued onto the ribbon.

the end product


this is the best that i can do liao, haha.. i was hoping that xin would be happy with it.

and when i passed it to her last night, she loved it so much. i was so relieved! Her friend who was with her kept saying it was so cute and pretty, wahahhaa... i was so so so happy!!!

=)

=)
im so glad i can do a little for her wedding, cos due to my exams i couldnt join her for her Hen's night last friday and couldnt help much either. Her wedding is this Friday!!! i cannot wait! wahahaha...

geek

it's the weekends and weather is perfect to be in the outdoors!
and i have to be grounded at home :(

monday is the start of my ordeal!!! muahahaa...
:(


i quite enjoy studying actually.
i know it's sick, but i like having alot of self-discipline to do so. i hated studying when i was young becos my mom forced me to do it everytime. i dreaded it totally!


these help make my 'weekends-but-mugging-at-home!!' not so depressing...
1. aircon
2.cheese balls
3.bubble tea with LOADS of pearls!

im still in love with the new kid in my room -- the portable air-con! teeheehee..
ever since the stupid air-con (that's stuck to the wall in my room) stopped functioning many years ago, the heat is always unbearable as the morning sun shines straight into my room. Anyway, my mom would nag at us everytime we switched on the air-con and so we stopped using it. It's as good as not having any at all.

but now, i dont care! and she doesnt nag as much already, so... :)

and of cos when i need a shut-eye later,

my bed always look this welcoming! haha! but i hope i dont have to waste my time sleeping later

ok, back to my books.
sorry for whining again, wahaha..


have a great saturday!

this afternoon, i was waiting for my bus at the bus-stop near my place. There came this chinese national clad in a brown translucent top with leopard-print dress underneath.
She approached a middle-aged uncle and in my skeptical mind, i was telling myself, "wah.. now they infiltrate the neighbourhood, seduce until here.... "
they exchanged a few sentences and then the lady approached me -_-

she asked,

"实龙岗路上段购物中心在哪里?" (where is "shi long gang lu shang duan gou wu zhong xin"?)


HAH.. ???

it took me awhile to register and mentally translate what she said...
实龙岗路= serangoon
上段= upper
购物中心=shopping centre

and i asked, "upper serangoon shopping centre 是吗?"

she smiled sheepishly at me while shaking her head, i realised immediately silly me shouldnt have asked her that. She obviously didnt understand english.
so i pointed to the direction of the shopping centre, but she seemed abit doubtful and carried on asking the people at the bus-stop.
but NOBODY seemed sure what 实龙岗路上段购物中心 is.

in the end, she walked off in the direction some of us pointed towards.
and left all of us at the bus-stop discussing which building it exactly was.

i cant believe this.
im staying here for more than 10 years, i didnt even know Upper serangoon shopping centre is called 实龙岗路上段购物中心 -_-

As much as i'm fretting over my upcoming examinations,
the parents are fretting over their kids'.
:(

i know it's 'unethical' to take leave due to the nature of my job, and more so at this crucial period when my kids are going to have their mid-year exams soon. i know i cant leave them in the lurch.

My exam papers are scheduled in the morning which means i wont be able to coach them like as usual. So i had to reschedule the sessions to the weekends and the evenings :( and that translates to lesser time for studying! sigh...

how i wish i can take exam leave like my classmates :(

anyway,
my tag board is filled with you pple wishing me good luck for my exams, haha, thanks alot!
no, it's not here yet, i will need more luck now, haha

i hate it.

my neck is stiff after an afternoon nap. i can't turn my head.

i accidentally cut into my flesh while cutting my toenail,
and i lost count of HOW MANY TIMES i kicked the sore toe into something hard, aggravating the pain :(

my phone dropped right onto my second toe and now it hurts like hell.


:((((((
yes im whining

but im so happy having a new small aircon in my bedroom! teehehee =)

went IMM yesterday to collect my bridesmaid dress for xin's wedding, hehe..
im so excited for the girl! she's getting married on the 1st of May! wooot.. my blog song is for u, xin, haha!
and yue is flying back from U.S. today!!! im terribly excited toooo!!!!

BUT I SO HATE MY EXAMS!!!!!!
i wished i have all the time to be busy with the girls and the wedding :(

at IMM...

it's our second time at IMM, cos it's so darn far!! we both got sunburn riding from our place to jurong :(
but i love the sky cos it's really beautiful despite the warm weather!

had ichiban sushi

after i collected the dress, we decided to explore the west of singapore which we hadn't have much chance to do so.

we found Little Guilin!
we're sooo excited!!!

breathtaking right?

so like china! haha

great to film period movies here..



jayen is taking photos with his i♥phone too



YAY!!! we've got a nice one here! *happiness*


checked out Topone ktv (very tiong kok we dont like)
and caught movie "17 again" after that. Nice show!
:)


ok. back to reality.
i.n.t.e.n.s.i.v.e.m.u.g.g.i.n.g.s.t.a.r.t.s.n.o.w.

♥Loving online retail therapy



i just received my Imagine and Puffy spree items!!!!
and im sooooo HIGH, wahahaha.... i love every piece of it!!!

check out zen's spree site!
;)

mom's birthday was a simple family affair.

grandma ordered pizza from PizzaHut,
i bought daisies and a birthday cake,
daddy bought a pearl pendant for her.
He is forever the sweetest man to mom and never forgets special dates like anniversaries or valentine's day. He still gives mummy valentine's day presents now! but he always buys jewellery!
and the ironic thing is, my mom is one who doesnt make or dress up kind. so she keeps all of them...
very soon, she can open a jewellery shop


sorry for the au natural us, haha.
me in my specs without make-up and dad in his singlet, haha..tats why we're all hiding behind mom.

too bad bro's not home to celebrate with us cos he's always working late! but he chips in for the presents! hehe..

Happy 59th birthday mommy!
may all ur wishes come true!

i'm not amused



:(

i bought a tank top this morning

it's from japan and has cupcake prints all over. i think it looks really cute!
i was so happy when i bought it!

but when i met baby for lunch, he said it looks very AH MAH :((((

wails..................*
he even calls me min-mah and still laughed very loudly! :((((

i'm so Angry!!:((((((

i got a dress from jayen as a present, and wore it out the next day :)

no, i didnt wash it, haha

from Miss Selfridge
i loved it alot!
the shopping bug in us is back, tsk tsk tsk....

tried this on too.
i quite like it cos it's bright and cheery, jayen thinks it looks good too but the ruffles is abit too much


had some fun at vivocity last night.

im wearing my 4 dollar top and flip-flops, hehe.. baby got his hair cut and we went DAISO for shopping =)
Caught the movie, Handsome suit, later in the night. Resembles '200-pounds Beauty', and it's rather entertaining =)

i love this shot!

=)



and i really, really, really, really, really need to START mugging for my exams :(

last night, i tried baking cookies.

because it is Jayen's birthday today, and i wanted to surprise him. He knows i cant cook for god's sake.
my plan was to bake something and bring it to his place when the clock strikes 12 so i could be the first to wish him a happy birthday :)


ok, i cheated. cos i bought the pre-mix, BUT STILL, i had to add oil, water and egg to make the dough.
my house didn't have a proper baking oven. we've only got an oven toaster, but dad said i could bake with it.
and so i did.

I painstakingly moulded little heart-shapes, but the dough expanded and went out of shape the minute it went into the oven :(
the instructions said 8-10 minutes, BUT at the 7th minute, i saw smoke billowing out of the oven!!!
it was too late :(
my supposedly heart-shaped cookies were burnt! *wail....

it went the same for the second batch of cookies, and the 3rd, despite lessening the time taken for each.
These burnt cookies look like shit! and my dad suggested i should make a shit-shape one.
:(

i was running out of cookie dough and for the last batch of cookies, i made sure i sit infront of the oven to switch it off before the cookies get burnt again.
In the end, the cookies were a tad soft, but at least they weren't burnt!

the cookie mix can supposedly make 3 dozen cookies leh, but i only managed to make 6.
sad :(

but Jayen should feel very honoured to be able to eat them!
becos it's the first time i baked.

with a little card...

i hope he finds them tasty :)

anyway,
i didnt go to his place at midnight cos at 11.30pm, we were chatting on the phone and he told me he's gonna sleep.

me: "but it's your birthday! you are supposed to be very happy at 12 midnight."
him: "yah i know, but i will be more happy if i can sleep now."

-_-
and so i rid my plan and gave him the cookies today instead, heh..

Normally during his lunch-time, he would come over to my place to meet me for lunch. Since it is his birthday today, i decided to buy a tiny birthday cake from the neighbourhood bakery for him.

it's an astroboy cartoon cake.
When the auntie at the cake shop took this out from the fridge, she was talking.
she said, "来,来... 搬家了, 好开心"

???
... and i realised she was talking to the figurine. Yes, to the astroboy figurine -_-!
and she continued, "来, 去美女的家了"
-_____-'''
i pretended to laugh.

when i paid at the cashier, the auntie was still smiling at me and so i asked if she could give me a small candle.
and that totally wiped that smile of her face! haha!!
why? 美女 cannot be yao-gui mehh?
anyway, she reluctantly gave me a candle cos the cartoon cake only costs 2.50!
haha


after that, i tabao Yoshinoya bento sets and waited for Jayen at the void deck near my house.

we ate, sang a birthday song, made a birthday wish. Even though it's just half an hour's of lunch break, it was simple and sweet, hehe



me gotta go!!! we're heading either st.james or clarke quay for a second round!!!!
PARTY!!!!!!!
YAY!

i went on a shopping spree again, heee...

bought

recommended by my classmate, tried and tested, and i love it! :)

i love the texture and hands feel really moisturised after application, teeheehee...

my classmate has been using it for awhile and i can see that her fingers are so smooth!! as compared to mine :( it didnt help that she's 7 years younger than me, but tat's besides the point. cos i dont remember having such smooth hands when i was her age. so it must be the cream! haha

anyway, the main reason why i bought it was cos i like the smell.
Lavender did smell abit weird at first, but i've grown addicted to it after awhile =)

one tube for myself, one tube for mommy and one tube for baby... but he didn't want it cos he thinks guys shouldnt even be found applying hand lotion!


bought books :)

the one on the right is a bday present for my tuition kid.
The one on the left is MINE :)
The moment i picked it up from the shelves, i knew i had to get it. i could identify with the author's style of writing for i love the way she writes. It looks like a funny read and true enough, it had me giggling to myself while reading it. heh... i just love indulging in clever writing.

and when i flipped over the cover, i saw a date.

MY BIRTH DATE! wahahaa...

so i knew i have to buy it. hehe


last but not least,
baby and i walked past this candy store at Central Mall last week.

we've never seen how candies are made, and here at this candy store, you get to see how they make those cute little candies by hand!
we bought 2 packets

see?? they're so cute!

There are even words on the candies!!!

Still got candies with the Singapore flag imprinted in them, heh
who buy ar.. PAP lor

When darlin' shikin texted me to say she has given birth,
i couldn't wait to see Baby Elisya!!!

so i went over to her house on the day baby got home and i was terribly excited!
hehe!

isn't she such a sweetheart?
she's soooo cute!!!! and she weighs around 4kg!

Presenting her wonderful and still sexy mummy... Darlin' Shikin!

=)

although i was afraid i would accidentally drop her, i still cradled her in my arms. It was a wonderful feeling!

you really have to believe in what they call 'motherly instinct' in all female species...
give them a newborn baby and see how they gushes over it, haha

i got a basket of baby clothes for Elisya!

cute right, hehe!!

now darlin has 3 beautiful kids :)
well done, hot mummy!!!

met little cousin, kaya for dinner at White Tangerine Cafe =)

i've been wanting to go there but i couldnt find the location of the cafe though it's situated a stone's throw away from my previous flat. When kaya brought me there, i realised it was actually INSIDE PayaLebar Kovan CC. No wonder not many people knew about its existence!


it has quite a nice ambience.. and the best thing was...

THERE WAS NO SERVICE CHARGE!
wahaha... everything was NETT!
(ok, i know i have to curb the 'auntie' in me)

i had my hair trimmed before meeting her, and my hair stylist was surprised to hear i was meeting my cousin for dinner. Is it really so weird to meet cousins for meals?? haha

had a great time bitching and laughing together! i love her, she's so cute! haha

more cam-whoring before our chocolate fondue dessert! :D

:D:D:D

it's the weekends!!! YAYYYYYYY!!!!!

exams is 3 weeks away :( Nahhhh...