& you're a mystery i can never figure

Sunday, December 28, 2008

8:30 PM

icekimo :)

chicken house + icekimo ytd with the usual group, i rmbr its the place where enghwee first taught me how to play bridge, so there we were one year later, still playing bridge at the very same tables. :) then we went to j8 and walked around for a short while. hmm, amanda's right, long bus rides are really good for emo-ing, so i took a long bus ride before i went home!

with all the sales everywhere, queues can be found everywhere too.. queue for the fitting room, queue for the cashier and even queue for the toilet! went to town today and this was exactly what happened. nevertheless, i bought a pair of top & bottoms at mango and got some other random stuff too! retail therapy sure works. though it didnt help make my sorethroat feel better, it did make me feel slightly better, and probably made my pocket slightly lighter as well. :/

one of my new year resolutions is to cut down on shopping sprees, so just before twenty-oh-nine comes in just a few days, i better grab this chance to go shop more! besides, i doubt i'll have time to shop next year too. sigh. growing up sucks.

nvm, new year resolutions will be up in a few days' time. :)

PS : jingwen loves all her friends who care :)

your words prick just like a porcupine;

because the heart never lies.

1:42 AM

I AM SORRY.

it was a mistake right from the start;

because the heart never lies.

11:34 PM

AUSTRALIA :)

the day started out super bad today. idk whether to credit it to the two hours of sleep i had. i was late for an hour because of a stupid traffic jam, and i misplaced all my presents on the bus because i was too irritated. i almost broke down in the middle of town today because everything just doesnt seem to be working out. but im so glad i have friends that made me feel better. caught Australia with three quarters of CC today, its a pretty sweet movie so do catch it if you dont mind sitting in the cinema for three hours long.

down with gastric flu a few days back so i couldn't eat all the nice food people get to eat for christmas, and grandma had a fall so i got to stay at home to take care of her. idk why but christmas this year seems like an exceptionally awful one. perhaps i wasnt good enough so santa doesnt like me anymore. :( :( :(

everything's my fault;

because the heart never lies.

12:36 PM

nooooooo.
i dont wanna fall sick now. :(

if only you knew what our song meant;

because the heart never lies.

12:58 AM

monday

last minute shot outside the mrt station haha

lunched and shopped around for christmas presents with jessie before i went to work again. work was getting boring but i got a really pleasant surprise during dinner time. and it really made my day! :D

tuesday

taken while we shared a strawberry snow ice :)

the day i met up with all my favourite people! had breakfast with simin enid & jiaying and we were cracking our brains trying to rmbr alot of people's names. haha. i cant wait for Australia with them next week! i meant the movie, not the country. :)

then i caught The Day The Earth Stood Still with matthew. its such a typical alien movie? haha then we looked for the birthday boy at heerens! forgot to take photos though. cause i suppose guys dont camwhore like girls lah. haha.

wednesday
for the first time i finally got to work the same shift as yinshuen! but suay or what, ever since mel left, i took over her bad luck and now its my turn to get cut. THREE PAPER CUTS IN ONE DAY, then my right thumb & index fingers were all wrapped up and i have difficulty wearing and removing my contacts. haha.

THEN OVERNIGHT BAKING WITH ADEL = FUN FUN FUN :D

we made three different things, i'll let pictures do the talking instead!

1. chocolate chip cookies

see the mixer at work haha

before being sent to the oven

& tada! spot the special teddy bear in the centre! :D

2. chocolate coated croissants
okay actually we "play cheat" cause we got ready made croissants and all we had to do was just to coat them with chocolates. but it wasnt easy either, especially when we tried to coat it with two different colours instead of just one.

white choc coating first, with colourful toppings

second type with chocolate chips

finished off with dark chocolate and almond flakes on the other half of the croissant!

looks good right? but it was super duper sweet cause of the white choc. :/

3. american carrot cake
sorry for the lack of pictures because by this time, my camera died on me and it was already 4am in the morning so i didnt have much energy to record the process anymore. haha. anw this is definitely not the black carrot cake you see in food courts, its made with walnuts, carrots and cinnamon. mommy loves this! :D

so that basically sums up my first overnight baking experience. seriously exhausting, but really very fun. more to come i hope! finished everything at about 7plus in the morning. i slept for like two hours today. then i went for a haircut! and so much for being my aunt's guinea pig, i now have burnt fringe which looks horrible. :/

one last time;

because the heart never lies.

7:41 PM

some pictures! more on facebook :)

the band

a variety of batches of snsaxes :)

some of the nssn 07 group

supposed to go out with eric & jiaying but its cancelled cause jiaying's not feeling well. so here i am, blogging even though i have nothing much to say. haha. hmm, holidays are ending pretty soon, and i still have many many groups of people i have yet to catch up with. so if you happen to read this, come arrange a date with me quick! haha. :)

alright, off for dinner. i cooked spaghetti tonight! :)

you're so unpredictable;

because the heart never lies.

11:12 PM

fourth day at tangs today, and its definitely the busiest day so far. stood there wrapping gifts non-stop for eight hours cause the queue's never-ending, and i had to give up my lunch break in the end. but i saw many people today, and simin dropped by to visit me at work! haha if you might be interested, a typical work day goes somewhat like this:

alighting at the bus stop right in front of tangs
entering the mall through the staff entrance (seemed cool initially, but not anymore)
depositing my bag at the security checkpoint & signing in for my shift
stationing myself at the level 3 counter
listening to the same christmas songs (they play my favourite song once in a while!)
collecting my daily allowance of S$5 (which is barely enough for a meal in town!)
visiting the tangs marketplace during our lunch / dinner break
playing bingo / sharing lame jokes when we're bored
looking at the different boxers that we're surrounded with
getting cuts from papers and penknives & all sticky with double-sided tape :(
cleaning up the area 1m all around after each gift
waiting for time to crawl by so we can pack up and go!
returning to the checkpoint to collect our bags
crossing the underpass then HOME SWEET HOME!

doesnt sound too interesting isnt it. probably the only reward is having nice people appreciating your gift wrap (though its not exactly that fabulous) and having the chance to wrap gifts for celebrities. oh wells. :)

oh yes, attended nssn with the section last night. to think that last year this time i was actually part of the band. so i actually know many people for one full year already! HOW TIME FLIES, seriously! haha. anw it was mr tan's last concert with them so they had some farewell thing and all. sweet. but i think the end of the skit was the sweetest. aww haha.

photos & videos up another day!

trying hard to forget;

because the heart never lies.

8:57 PM

It never crossed my mind at all
That's what I tell myself
What we had has come and gone
You better off with someone else
It's for the best, I know it is
But I see you

Sometimes I try to hide
What I feel inside
And I turn around
You're with him now
I just can't figure it out

Tell me why, you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth
I'm just a little too not over you

Memories, supposed to fade
What's wrong with my heart
Shake it off, let it go
Didn't think it'd be this hard
Should be strong, moving on
But I see you

Sometimes I try to hide
What I feel inside
And I turn around
You're with him now
I just can't figure it out

Tell me why, you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth
I'm just a little too not over you

Maybe I regret, everything I said
No way to take it all back
Yeah..
Now I'm on my own, I wont let you go
I'll never understand
I'll never understand
Yeah, ohhh.

Tell me why, you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth
I'm just a little too not over you

Tell me why, you're so hard to forget
Don't remind me, I'm not over it
Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth
And I really don't know what to do
I'm just a little too not over you

Not over you, ooh.

because the heart never lies.

7:57 PM

haha decided to take down the hmwk post because its becoming an eye sore.
went for my first gift wrapping session at tangs ytd and i'm stationed at level three (beside the men's boxers section LOL)! stood there for six hours listening to the same few christmas songs playing over and over again and "looking busy" while waiting for the customers to give us some presents to wrap. haha. but luckily the presents ytd were relatively easy and it wasnt that busy yet. finished work at ten. ahh, more to come for the next few weeks and i'm pretty scared i'll screw up and get a complaint. but oh wells, its for a good cause afterall! :)

slept at four am this morning because stupid chewps and i were on the phone talking about random stuff and we ended up talking for 190 minutes. until i had a bad sorethroat lah. lol. then i had my usual eight hours of sleep which meant i woke up only at twelve! heh heh. then went to town again to meet jiaying to shop around for presents. i want to complain lah, the stupid underpass is under renovation and it takes forever to get from tangs to the mrt. no wonder more people are jay-walking. tsktsk. oh! and i saw this harry potter cluedo at taka basement, i was so tempted to buy it but i actually doubt i'll play it leh. sigh.

its such a chilly day today and my family survived the day without even switching on the fans! & i'm awake for less than eight hours but i'm feeling sleepy already. aiyoh, must be the weather, how nice & cosy to tuck into bed and rest. haha. more gift wrapping tmrw! :)

the season of giving;

because the heart never lies.

11:26 AM

little dora #2! lol.

charmaine & megane

yay so cute ;D

back from genting! in fact i was back for a few days alr, but just too lazy to update. haha. it was quite boring cause im still not old enough to enter the casino, which might actually be a good thing cause apparently my grandma lost ALOT OF MONEY in that two nights. :( oh wells, it was still quite fun nevertheless cause i had the company of the two little kids above. bringing them around the theme parks taking merry-go-rounds was tiring but they're really a lovely bunch when they don't fight and cry! haha. :)

i didnt really get to shop much this trip and i wanna go malaysia again and shop somemore! anyone anyone? :D

anw, went to chewps' house for tuition ytd, before i went to meet amanda mandice & yinshuen at macs. tried to study a little but we ended up talking & laughing more and i was seriously too shagged from the mere four hours of sleep the day before so i gave up and went home early to sleep. haha.

ooh and here's the cookie i baked last week! (i forgot to turn it around haha) :)

off to tangs @ orchard to ~~work~~ volunteer. i'll be there wrapping presents on all the odd numbered days so you can come visit me if you want, or better still, buy something and i'll wrap it for you! hahaha. :)

it's so easy being green;

because the heart never lies.

12:26 AM

retail therapy! went bugis with my cousin ytd. bought a blouse, skirt and a pair of flats! plus i bought another dress today. though idk when i'll actually wear it. haha. i guess retail therapy kind of works! much more effective than spending the money talking to a psychiatrist. and minus that sense of guilt that results from spending so much. :p

hmm i baked chocolate chip cookies ytd! and mandice & yinshuen are the only two people that got to try my cookies today, other than my family, cause the other gatherings were all cancelled. studied at macs with the both of them and i managed to do a little bit of maclaurin's. its super tedious lah. sigh. but it does help a little to know that i'm one step closer to completing my hmwk. haha.

oh and being the nice & doting sister, i brought my two sisters to watch madagascar 2 today tgt with mandice! its a really sweet show actually, though i think i spent more time taking care of the two of them instead of enjoying the show. haha. kids are such a handful to deal with, but i still love them. :D

going to my cousin's house to stayover tmrw before i leave for my annual trip to genting the day after! amazingly, i only spent arnd half an hour packing my luggage. haha. i'll be back soon! and even though its just for a few days, i'll try and use this chance to forget everything that i should and let go of what i promised to since a few months ago, cause there's no pointing holding on anymore. i really hope it works this time round. :)

sorry for the lack of photos. but i carelessly left my camera at my cousin's place ytd so i can't upload all the photos. ah wells. probably after i'm back! let's see what nice photos i can take in malaysia. haha.

oh and on a random note, i'm suddenly in love with westlife's songs once again. :)

when you tell me that you love me;

because the heart never lies.