The Bedside Pocket

New Year's Eve - Counting down to 2012

2012-02-07T10:38:00.000+08:00

Hi again..

2012-02-06T23:27:00.001+08:00

Some of my favourite pictures from Taipei & Japan trip (17th Dec '11 - 25th Dec '11 )

I guess it's the sudden urge to blog after not doing so for many months. I don't know..after reading many blogs and all, i guess i just had this blogging bug back. Sigh, there's actually this mixed feeling in me which i don't know how to express to anyone. So i guess blogging my thoughts out would be the best. So glad that i kept this blog.. i find myself coming back to it everytime i have no idea who to turn to.

Hmm. It's been many months since i have updated about my life. I'm almost a year two poly student just a few more weeks. Can you believe... it's 2012. My last update was in mid 2011. The many months which i went missing were very fruitful i should say:) I'm thankful that there's this side of me which never died off, which is my love for capturing beautiful pictures. Probably the photos which i put up in this post is not even 1/4 of what i took during these months haha.

Alright,just for the sake of memories as usual, last December was spent in Taipei & Japan! We celebrated Christmas in Japan just like how we celebrated in China a year before. It was a really memorable and great trip:) No doubt..i'm very thankful and blessed that i get to go on such trips yearly .

New year's eve was spent with a lovely bunch of people. Though squeezing through the crowd was torturous as usual, the fireworks made up for it. It was such a beautiful sight. Honestly speaking, i'm quite happy that i'm still in really close contact with the pioneers even tho it's been a year. I guess they really mean ALOT to me especially the closer ones who i can confide in anytime. I really miss times in pjc and i guess getting into that school even it's just for 2-3 weeks, changed my entire life. While blogging this, i kinda miss my matriculation group :( sigh oh well.

It's the last day of Chinese New Year today. My CNY was great as always and i feel that the tradition in my family never dies and i always look forward to this festival every year. People say that their CNY gets more & more boring each year but i find that as long as you get together with your family and do stuff that are meaningful and fun, it would be one of the best festival that you have celebrated. Yup, my mum planned games for the family this year and all of us (cousins, aunties & uncles) participated in it just like the previous years. There's this warm and fuzzy feeling whenever i see my whole family getting together to do such stuff:) It makes me really happy.

Alright jumping to my poly life..I've been adapting pretty well there now and my term break is just in 2 weeks time!! Assignments, attachments and conducting lessons for children has been really stressful but i'm so glad that i managed to pull through... yea i know, its just the first year. Got to be prepared for year 2 & 3 which would be definitely more tough. I have a really good bunch of classmates to rely on and i'm thankful for that.

And of course, all these wonderful months that i've been through wouldn't happen for Him and His greatness :) God is good all the time. He has been sheltering and providing me with love and care despite the many times i neglected Him. Thank you Jesus.

Amazing

2012-02-06T22:06:00.000+08:00

Will be back to blog very soon.

Its been pretty long ( Updates: Birthday & outings )

2011-08-22T01:26:00.003+08:00

Kampong with Clara:)

Birthday with girls @ skinny pizza

Birthday with fam & Clara :)

Hello blogger. I don't really know whats the point of this abandoned site now since i hardly update. But still.. i'll make the effort to post at least once a month? hahahha hopefully i'll be determined to do it. Its my term break now! ( My holidays just started today actually haha and i'm really bored already. I gotta find a job before i rotttt in this 2 months)
Things have been pretty good:) Thank God for helping me get used to poly life, i guess. Had 2 papers and LOADS of assignments. Its kinda different from sec/jc since i have to be consistent in every assignment and do exceptionally well in them to get a good GPA. Its tough okay, whoever says that poly is meant for slacking is absolutely retarded. Been really stressed for the past few months and i'm so thankful for this break now heh.

Anyway just wanna update about some exciting stuff from the past few months for memories sake. I guess i'm gonna talk about outings i had recently and my really fantabulous 17th bday i had:) hehhh

Okay i forgotten the date, but a month plus ago, i visited the last kampong in Sg with Clara:) we had a really good time over there and took plenty of pretty pics. Then we headed to expo to grab some good buys from the flea over there! i luv these once in awhile catch-ups and i guess its really important for us to meet up once in a while to update on each others life.Picccas above!!

Right. And my 17th Birthday. You wouldn't believe how many cakes i've eaten this year for my birthday. Seven. yup literally. I could still remember how i swore i didn't wanna eat cakes for the rest of my life during my birthday week. heh. Okay, back to the main point. Had a really good surrpise from my poly mates in school. They surprised me with a baked alaska cake and a really beautifully drawn card one day before the actual date. Really thankful:)

& on the actual day itself, i had a really enjoyable time as well. The girls & guys did a pretty good job of surprising me huh. Okay, so i met Jerrald after school and we headed to westmall to get a cake (intended for his friend's birthday and the stupid gullible me believed him, good acting skills jerr). but somehow, he changed his mind and we headed to clementi mall to look at the baskin robbin's cake. in the end, we settled for swensen's icecream cake chosen by me hahahha ( i still dont get the hint how stupid am i) Then, he went to matt's hse to 'celebrate his friend's birthday' while i went home. Halfway through, at arnd 11pm+ he requested to go out for supper with me. I reluctantly agreed and yadayaadaaaa our noodles took so long to come and everything worked out as plan. He dragged me to matt's house at 11.55pm and reached his house exactly at 12am and TADA, the girls ( Vanessa, Jocelyn, Nadia, Sufang couldn't make it tho) and Matt surprised me. I was really shocked to see the girls there cause i had no single clue!! And they bought for me 2 cakes. HAHA i'm a glutton you see. A bakerzin cheese cake and swensen's icecream cakey!! (apparently they had a miscommunication thats why 2 cakes appeared haha) We slept over at matt's place and watched a movie. Oh, and a really pretty bag as a prezzie. REALLY THANKFUL FOR THESE PEOPLE <3<3

Words are not enough to express myself how thankful i am heh. Then, i walked home and slept for a little while and was awoken by nora's text wanting to meet me. Met her at lot one, chit chatted and she gave me a really sweet prezzie that i couldnt forget. Thank God for her as well, ranting partner:) I didnt sleep for more than 3 hours that night and had to prepare to meet Clara to celebrate my birthday in town:) We had really nice Indonesian Food and caught up on our lives again:) Walked around in town and she got me a beautiful necklace! Thanks bby:) Met my family for birthday dinner at Wild Honey after that. It was gooooood<3 That sums up how i celebrated my birthday on the actual day! I celebrated with my girlies in poly (Val,Sheryl,Prixx) in town a day after! Had skinny pizza and pigged out. Got a really nice dress as a gift!! and a few days later, met the fatties(Cy,Ch and Mq) for dinner and caught up on our lives and got so much preezzzies and a nice chocolatey cake with ' Fat for life' on top of it. Thanks babes. Another surprise from another bunch of awesome girls (Shaikah,ika,nutt,mq,serah,ph) which was quite successful as well:P Yep that sums up my entire bday with 7 cakes. (Cakes from random people too)

I had a really good birthday! I have no regrets knowing these people in my life. So, so thankful for them:)Anyway, have been popping up in PJC recently. Supported Nora in Pioneer Got Talent and yup, she sang really well! Proud of her! Its always nice to visit the school and talk to the people there. I really mizzzzz the peeps there (Classmates,mg mates and sec sch mates of course)

My gosh, what a wordy post. If you read this post successfully till here, Thanks for being such a loyal reader.

xx

A day with the horses

2011-06-12T22:30:00.006+08:00

Time to update the pocket by the bedside.

2011-06-11T03:10:00.005+08:00

Hello, it's been AGES since i've updated. I think this blogging trend is really dying down from what i've observed. Sigh. Life's been pretty mundane for me. I don't know where to start from because its been really long and i've got so many things in my mind that i just wanna pour it all out.

Its an unearthly hour of 2:47am now, but yep today's the start of my vacation break! really glad:) I needed it so baddddd. Okay, so my last proper post was before poly started. Hahaha yep it was that long. I've no idea where to start, so i'll just type whatever i can think of now.

Poly's really different from me.. i guess its an advantage for me to get to experience both junior colleges and polytechnic. To be honest, i kinda prefer being in a jc though i know i can't take the work stress. But i guess i suit the environment there much better than what i'm currently in now.

Orientation in poly was great. Managed to make new good friends from different courses, and definetely new found classmates as well. Have been coping well with my assignments too. and i've started attachment already. Yep, going to a kindergarten every tuesday and observing children ain't a easy task at all. Though the kids are really so adorable and tiny that you just wanna pack them in your bag and bring them home, they can be a nuisance sometimes too.

Hm, i guess i ain't as comfortable as what i used to be in secondary/jc. But i guess this definetely needs time.. i'll get used to life in polytechnic soon. Oh and i'm in soccer for my sports and welness which is a compulsary module. Yep, it wasn't my choice to get into soccer but i'm having fun being a soccer girl so far, which is pretty good:) I know right.. you guys can't believe that Desiree is actually exercising and playing sports blahblahblah. & I'm in tennis for CCA. I told myself i gotta join a sports cca now because it is my only type of exercise i get in poly, especially with the constant snacking i do in school every single day. It's true when people say that you're on your own in poly. No one cares what you do.. eat ,picking up phone calls, going to the toilet, you need not have permissions to do that during tutorials and lectures.YEP, totally different from secondary school. I have to constantly tell myself i can do this. I must get used to poly life. Really.Its been quite a torturous month trying to fit into the environment actually. But, its okay.. i'll be fine.

Anyway, i'm so glad i've been keeping in touch with my secondary sch mates and jc peeps. You know who you guys are.. Van, Clara & rest of the gals, Nora, Jerrald, Juven ,Peiwen, Ben,Sirjer, Mq, Cy, Ch and peeps from MG08, I guess u guys have a really special place in my heart. Please don't drift apart from me<3 i love you guys:) Really thankful for these people who i've been bragging complaining about how mundane my life has been but they have always been there for me. Yup doubt they will read this anyway, no one reads it. HAHA. okay whatever.Just wanna update because i'm bored and i need some entertainment. Who knows i'll get my blogging bug back.. yep who knows.

Anyway, if you're interested to find out more about my life, i strongly suggest you to follow my twitter because it is MUCH MUCH MUCH active in there.(Though i doubt anyone would want to know more about my life) Love you readers,come back to this blog often okay? I'll try to update whenever i have the time. hehehe.

xx

some pix & memories.

2011-06-10T03:53:00.000+08:00

Hehehehe <3

Marry Me.

2011-03-31T11:12:00.002+08:00

beautiful.

2011-03-21T19:34:00.002+08:00

omg i lost the blogging vibe.Seriously.
i would rather tumblr for the entire day hehee.
bye.

17th.

2011-03-08T00:22:00.006+08:00

Hello. It's been pretty long since i've posted a proper one.

Anyway, it was Vanessa's birthday last wednesday. I decided to bake her a cake covered with fondant and i settled for a strawberry chocolate fudge cake. It turned out not only looking like a princess cake (like what she wanted), but it also tasted fabbb.2 days of hard work doing this cake wasn't gone in vain since she really liked the cake huh hehh:)

I've never tried making a fondant cake before and moreover it's for van's birthday. So i was really hoping that it would turn out well. Only tried making fondant cupcakes last year which was quite successful as well.and i was thinking..why not a fondant cake? hm. Truth be told, i don't really like to eat fondant . It's made out of marshmellows and icing sugar but this time round it tasted prettty ok. Quite satisfied actually. And when i say hard work, it was really HARD WORK. I was stressing out on the night before her birthday because i wasn't satisfied with how the fondant texture was on the cake and i was sooooo pissed. but it turned out alright ,thank God:) from melting marshmellows, to rolling out and colouring the fondant, to baking the cake, to cutting strawberries,to making the fudge yadahhhhhh. Not bad for a first timer huh. Okay, actually my maid did help abit. (But i told her to help me as little as possible. she did most of the washing haha)

So, i gatecrashed and trespassed into school on Wed afternoon to celebrate her bday with my secondary school classmates and they loved the cake:) Anyway i got the candles from spotlight on monday night. really pretty right. and i spent almost my entire monthly pocketmoney on her little present. Got her a helium balloon, Paulfrank lipsmackers and Chanel lipgloss. gah that small little thing cost me a bomb hahaha:( but it's worth it since she loves em.

Hm i wouldn't want to bake another cake for the coming months.it's so tiring.
Alright till i post again. (i doubt anyone reads this blog anyway.it's just for memories i believe)

p/s: Gonna watch the movies i rented today, be a couch potato while i dig into my tub of yamiyogurt. let's indulge.

:(

2011-03-06T22:39:00.000+08:00

Times like this when i don't know what to do.
I feel so empty. so lost.

Alone

2011-02-23T12:36:00.004+08:00

Ever since i withdrawed from school, my life's been pretty mundane.I have to actually think of what to do for the coming weeks before poly starts.Have been trying to get a job at a vet clinic in Thomson with the help of my church mate.I pray that they'll hire me because i'm dying of boredom here. Anyway,can't believe i'm jealous of those who get to go to school. ugh. They seem to be having lots of fun and laughter with their friends if you exclude the studying part though. But i've been trespassing into pjc for the past 2 weeks ^^ and i really miss my classmates and mgmates :( oh well.

The post below was actually a mission to get my ogl's birthday present without letting her know. so thus the name. hahaa. Had a great time with these peeps. anyway you gotta try best fries forever with nachos cheeese. it's really really gooood. and yummyummy frolick.Trespassed into school the next day and i like the feeling of getting a warm welcome from my mates there. Her birthday bash went absolutely well too and she was so touched, she cried. aww. I guess i'll post the pics soon.

Anyway i realised i have overdued posts to blog about like shy's birthday picnic and how i spent my CNY. i think i lost my blogging vibe:( sigh. ok soon i guess!!

xx

Mission N Double J

2011-02-23T11:47:00.000+08:00

Tumblr

2011-02-18T11:16:00.000+08:00

Hello, i've created a tumblr..just like everyone else. HAHA. i guess it's a good way for me to pass time till school starts.

http://www.thebinbag.tumblr.com/

The Way You Are

2011-02-17T10:48:00.002+08:00

Speak Now World Tour 2011

2011-02-17T10:14:00.007+08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-14T18:53:00.005+08:00

or rather.. friendship day.

It's my last day in PJC today. 14th of Feb was actually called friendship day in this school. You know when i was younger, i've always thought that this date was only for couples to celebrate and if you're single , it doens't make sense to celebrate this day. But i was taken aback today and i really saw how this day didn't apply to only couples but also to the friendships we have made.

To be really honest, i've always enjoyed my JC life since the start of school.Though the first few days were kinda boring with many talks and all, things started to get better after that and i had so much more fun. But, i thought and prayed about it and i guess the only path that is good for my future would be in poly..

Anyway have been really busy since the first day of school. Had our orientations with our matriculation groups. MG08 was something that i wouldn't forget even after i leave the school. This bunch of people always make my day. We had impromptu outings during CNY and i really enjoy being with them.Gotta plan more outings since i'll be really free till April teeheeee:)

Other than that, we chose our subject combinations and got grouped into our classes. I was in 11S12 and the orientation camp was a blassssssst with these people too. Went to school for normal lessons for about a week. These people from my class were the ones i stuck to and i'm really tight with them now:) Anyway, my class was really sweeet to me today since it was my last day of JC. They bought 4 pretty helium balloons for me!! i love helium ballons. Their words and encouragements was something that touched me as well. Really appreciate those little items and notes i got from some of them too.
Gonna sign my withdrawal form tonight and...

back to the holidays (i feel that life's so meaningless now though)

xx

New Phase Of Life

2011-01-29T00:06:00.001+08:00

I was posted to PJC two days ago. Didn't really expect that to happen but..ohwell.Had to attend school the next day and it's been a long 2 days of orientation with talks,talks and more talks. Anyway, i appealed out to NP but would only know the results of the appeal on the 8Feb. Meanwhile,i'm mentally prepared if i have to stay in JC and take my As in less than 2 years time.

Had to choose our subject combination today and i'm really confused and i don't know what to take. I don't have many choices to choose anyway but i'm just uncertain and unsure about how things will turn out to be. You know, this feeling sucks. Scared you just can't cope in JC, so afraid that i'll just retain and waste a year..or even proceeding to poly and unsure if i can adapt to the environment there.

I've been praying..really really hard.

xx

Project Serve 2011, North Area Ministry

2011-01-24T09:45:00.003+08:00

No words could describe how much i've learnt and grew spiritually during my 3 weeks in project serve. It was sure intense and tough for me for the first week or so, but i'm glad i got used to it and even bonded so well with my ministry that i don't wanna leave them after my graduation.Going to PS was really a whole new experience for me and i had to step out of my comfort zone.I was really encouraged to see Christians from different churches so grounded in their faith , shining for God and living their lives as a living testimony. It motivates me as well:):)

Anyway, besides the enriching workshops, dicipleship sessions and learning how to evangelise, we were sent out to go Street E. It was pretty scary at first but i guess i was really glad to share the gospel to some people and thank God they were responsive. Other than that, i had great fun and bonding with my ministry. These people are aweeeeeeeesum. Hahahaa. Especially our bubbletea craze (i tried koi, gongcha and drank them consecutively for almost the entire week. FAT) we had picnics, pool sessions and jogging sessions which i dreaddddd the most. and of course, a great time of fellowshipping. Miss the bunch of them.Anyway these peeps ain't camera-shy at all. so.. pics now!

&many many more on facebook.
Yuppp, i pray that i'll continue to walk closely with Him even after PS, digest what i've learnt and put it into action;)

alrightttttt gonna meet up with the class later! Our geog teacher's treating us to seoul garden since we got fantastic results for her sub. and picnic with girls tomorrow:) how exciting.

xx

Serve

2011-01-14T18:51:00.002+08:00

HII:) Submitted my JAE form last night. I pray that i made the right decision because i don't wanna regret after entering the school.

Anw,have been caught up with serve lately. i've been enjoying my time there because of the awesome people there:) love every single one of them in the north ministry. Although the travelling is really krazyyyyyy (i have to travel to Aljunied every morning and squeeze with people in the train), its been a really enriching experience so far and i'm glad that i'm growing spiritually by knowing more on the Lord's word and how to share the Gospel etc. I'm so gladddddd:) It's my last week next week and i'm going to miz the people there really much!!<3

Okay, i'm kinda excited to start a new phase of my life! God bless.

xx

Plans to prosper you

2011-01-10T18:47:00.003+08:00

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future -Jeremiah 29:11

Though the outcome was a lil disappointing, still... Praise The Lord:)

Anyway, i was using this facebook application on what God wants me to know and i received this : On this day of your life, Desiree, we believe God wants you to know ... that there is a time and a season for everything.

It may be a time of new beginnings, a time of growth, a time of reaping the harvest of hard work, or a time of rest. Trust this beautiful order. Everything in its time.

Why does it seem so real and true?

xx

Reaching out

2011-01-04T10:05:00.003+08:00

Can't believe i'm going to say this. But yep, I miss China hahahaha.
okay, project serve camp in a few hours . God, Enlighten me please.

xx

Bringing in the New Year

2011-01-02T16:48:00.005+08:00

Happy New Year guys!

As i head on to 2011, it's gonna be a whole lot different.It's like a changing phase for me and most of my friends as we step out into different schools, making new friends, adapting to a new life and the cycle repeats again and again as we grow older. I'm not gonna deny, i'm really apprehensive and scared when i realized that time passed so quickly and it's already 2011. I felt that i didn't do much for the entire year and didn't achieve much at all.

The last night of 2010 was quite a fruitful one, though i didn't go to the usual countdowns and all, i managed to spend my last minute of 2010 with my heavenly Father and bringing in the New year with him watching me as well. This 2010 has made me a stronger Christian, a stronger believer, and it came to a point where I felt his presence in difficult times especially during my crucial period, my Os. He was the one who picked me up when i felt like breaking down, He was the one who always enlightened me and encouraging me. I have friends who don't believe in Him but one day, just one day, i would really hope to reach out to them, to bring in Christ to their life and to show them how awesome is our Saviour. I know this sounds so cheeeeeezy and all but that's how i really felt and how i changed since 2010.

I thank God for bringing in so many Awesome people in my life too. My close girlfriends where we spent most of our times together in school, crapping, laughing our asses off, being there for each other etc. My lovely class, guess you guys are the ones who made me secondary school life much more interesting and enjoyable. My Family, they are my top priority. You, for being there for me and teaching me lessons on relationships and life values. My cell group, for being a supportive group with fab people and teaching me more on the Lord's word :):)

It's been so longggggg since i've posted this long. But one thing that's still bothering me is my results. The thought of it kills me. It's getting so near that i've been dreaming of my results recently and those numbers would wake me up in the middle of the night, in fear. ( i dreamt of my results for two nights, one time i dreamt i got 48 and the other 55) Yep, I know 55 is impossible cuz the highest you can get is 54. But gosh, that's how disturbed and scared i am. I really wanna walk out of the hall on results day with confidence and in smiles, telling people how I Glorified God with my results and how I didn't let anyone down. Sigh.. i know people say "As long as you do your best, God will do the rest" One thing i gotta learn is to put my trust and faith in Him.But it's difficult and i'm still trying.

yup, that's all i wanna say for the first post of the new year. 2011, please be good to me :)

xx

Always look on the bright side of life

2010-12-31T17:25:00.009+08:00

I've so many things to do and i can't believe the holiday's ending really soon.

Time is passing toooooooo fast that i can't even catch my breath haha :( I'll post about my China trip really soon if i can find the time. Gonna be a whole lot busier from next week onwards with camp and serve's gonna take up the whole of next month.

Before i even post about anything else, it's New Year's Eve today!
Gonna post up my New year resolutions now. I think I did one last year but i guess i didn't fulfill most of it sigh. Really hope 2011's gonna be a great and awesome year ahead.

1. Start loving everyone around me

2. No more hatred and stop judging

3. Stop sinning

4. Eat less & healthily ( haha obviously i can't do that but i'll try )
5. Grow spiritually stronger

6. Be disciplined to do my QT daily

7. Stop worrying & getting paranoid unnecessarily

8. Be a really really happy girl

9. Take better photographs

10. Stop swearing ( I think i've stopped but i guess i still have to put it down )

11. Be myself and not afraid of people judging me

12. Grow closer to God

13. Improve on my handwriting

14. Be more sociable

15. Keep in touch with my Secondary/primary friends

16. Be more independent

Yup hopefully i'll fulfil it in 2011!

p/s: Random pics above after i came back from China. Netto loves his Christmas suit ey! :)

White Christmas

2010-12-28T14:04:00.004+08:00

I'm backie from China!! Okay I regretted what i said earlier on about dreading to go china and blahblahblah.The trip turned out pretty well and I kinda enjoyed every moment of it.

I got to celebrate a White Christmas this year. It was really special to see snow everywhere on x'mas day and christmas songs playing everywhere although it's in chinese hahahha.Something different huh?
But we were really lucky to have a super awesome tourguide.He was super caring and all and we countdown together with my whole family (11 of us) for the arrival of x'mas at the hotel lobby with loads and loads of food. We even got to visit a Church on x'mas eve celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. It was a really good experience.
We snow mobiled, snow jeeped, lay on the thick snow, made snow angels, saw snowman, saw freaking cute pandas( I think pandas are my new fav animal haha), climbed snow mountains, took cable cars, sat the cruise, saw fireworks, visited a Church , & 11 of us wore x'mas hats out, braving through the cold weather @ -10 degrees in the mountains, late nights at the hotel with cuzzies crapping, drinking hot chocolate ,playing monopoly deal, funny china advertisements etc

Kinda wish i was still there .Back to reality:( Have to face bullllllshit in Singapore. Being there is so carefree, i could just sit on the coach, waiting to see snow, waiting to visit the next destination and being served 3 meals a day. SIGH.

Alrighty, look out for my pictures. Took quite a number and they're really pretty hahah .These are just sneak peeeks hehehe (okay whatever.check out my pics on fb soon!!)

Goodbye!

2010-12-20T09:20:00.017+08:00

Decorated & baked cookies on Friday with sis. Turned out pretty okay right? haha

Was @ youth retreat with cell from Sat to Sun. It was really fun & everything went pretty awesome:)
It rained most of the time except during our bbq. The rain was blessing in disguise actually because we had much more fun kayaking in the rain. We kayaked all the way to the S'pore flyer, to the F1 pits, & near the helix bridge before the storm came. it was super tiring cuz we had to paddle non-stop if not we would capsize haha. My whole body's aching now & i have at least 5 blueblacks on my leg. Heh but it was all worth while i guess:)

Had bbq with loads of food & worship sessions near the beach .Played amazing race & had night cycling:) it rained which made us look really funny with raincoats while cycling but it was really fun. Enjoyed the retreat and thank God for the people who planned it. God is good, all the time. & All the time, God is good:)

I'll be flying to China tonight. Sad to say but i really dread going because i would rather spend this lovely x'mas in Singapore. Sigh oh welllllll. Here's wishing you an advanced Merry X'mas because i doubt i'll have the chance to do so when i'm there. Will miss everyone of youuuu:) Goodbye, till i blog again!

You can be the peanut butter to my jelly

2010-12-16T18:55:00.004+08:00

HIII.I hate holidays.It makes me fat:( SIGH. I think i just put on a 1000kg and have at least 10 fat rolls by now. Life's so meaningless when you have nothing to do this holiday.I've been sleeping,eating,shitting just like what a fat pig does for almost the entire week.gosh i'm a lard.(& i just ate popeyes for dinner yesterday and arnold's chicken for lunch today.arnold's the bestz \m/) So depressing to have a stomach full of oil so i shall skip dinner today haha.

Anyway, i've decided to join project serve with my fellow churchmates.A really impromptu decision actually.Handed in the registration form on Sunday morning and was late for church cuz i forgotten to take my passport photo. Whatever it is, i really hope i can commit to it and find out my giftings that God has given me and probably serve in the ministry next time. Interview today went great although it's super far @ Aljunied but i guess i have to get used to it since i'll be going there for 3 weeks!! Yup. God has a plan for every single one of us and probably one of his plans for me is to join serve. Heard it's a good experience too.ohwell:)

Youth retreat this saturday.We're going kayaking yay.Hope it doesn't rain:) Christmas's coming tooo!!
But the thought of spending it in China turns me off. We'll be spending Christmas day itself on the mountains and i heard China blocks Facebook,twitter etc so I can't share the joy of Christmas with the rest:( how depressing. On a lighter note, i wanna make a snow angel and hug a panda over there hahaha.

Okay i'm going to bake some cookies tomorrow.hope it turns out well:) Goodbye!!

xx

Sometimes

2010-12-13T17:02:00.002+08:00

I don't know what we are.Sometimes I feel like we're friends, sometimes I feel we're more than friends,but sometimes I feel like i'm just a stranger to you.
-365thoughts

P/s: Pictures taken in Europe a year ago.How time flies huh

xx

Christmas Lights

2010-12-09T20:13:00.005+08:00

What's on your Christmas list?

xx

2010-12-09T19:51:00.001+08:00

Pictures from Malacca:)

Why ?

2010-12-05T21:48:00.005+08:00

Just got back from Malacca with my family.Clara joined us this time round since my sister couldn't make it.
Rather fulfilling trip actually. Love the great variety of food there.My fav.Yummyumm.
We actually stayed in a Nyonya boutique and visited the Nyonya Museuem where they filmed the little Nyonya.Really interesting.

Okay waiting for her to upload the rest of the pictures.Meanwhile, i shall munch on all the chocs my sis brought back from Newzealand. I'm a fatty yay ;)

xx

No Goodbyes, Only ' See you Soon'

2010-11-29T10:49:00.004+08:00

(A THOUSAND MORE PICS ON FB)

Wow haven't had a proper rest since class chalet and with the lack of sleep i'm having, i think i can knock out anytime soon haha.

ClassChalet was.. Awesomeeeeeeee. Even though our chalet wasn't as big as the previous year's, it was still a blessing in disguise because we got to bond more with the limited amount of space we had. True?

This Chalet helped me to see the different sides of people, their different values, characteristics and since it was considered the last time our class could meet again, I appreciated and treasured every moment of it.
What really touched me was when i saw every single person in class having a heart to care for the other during these 3 days since it was only us and no teachers and parents were around.
I was abruptly woken up on the 3rd day by really caring guys in our class covering blankets for the girls in the room.Who ever does that? To be really honest, my parents hardly do that for me nowadays.Same for the girls, they were all caring for the guys as well..(yea i'm just writing this for memories so read it if you want to, if not you can look at the pics again hahah)

Hahah, some of the girls even pranked the guys that there were some unscrupulous people disturbing them and immediately, every single guy went out of the chalet to 'save' the girls hahaha, yes not even a single guy was afraid.we were extremely touched.

We had our BBQ> Truth or Dare>Spin the bottle> Monopoly Deal>Board games> CHUBBY BUNNY!!(Haha)> had our 933 dinner> Macs> Bonding sessions> Teary moments> Partying on the dance floor(oh we created a dance floor in one of the chalets and thank god ZZ brought his super powerful speakers it felt like we were clubbing hahahaah) > haunted moments > Sleeping on the stairs> Spamming cameras with pics and i guess altogether , we have almost 2000 pictures taken :O

oh gosh i miss those moments even though it was just a few days ago!

Anyway, been to my first flea on Saturday with Ika, Sakinah and Vanessa. We set up our store there to sell our clothes.It was sure tiring but it was a really fruitful day because sales was really good!!:)
Hahah and we decided to spend some of the money we earned yesterday, so the 4 of us headed to the flea again to shop.
I love these people &my dearest 477777:)

xx

Sunrise

2010-11-23T10:59:00.002+08:00

Some of my favourite pictures from Bintan.

Gave prom a miss because of this trip.Ohwellllll .Can't wait for our classchalet tomorrow!! :)

Amateur Photography

2010-11-18T19:41:00.001+08:00

I think this site (http://www.wix.com/) has one of the best features i've ever seen.It is not only easy to use, it has many different kinds of themes/functions/buttons etc for you to choose as well.

Take a look at my site:):)

www.wix.com/BinPhotography/Pictures

Will be back to blog soon.This holiday would be quite pack for me. I'll be heading out of the country 3 times and i'll be spending Christmas overseas.I would love to spend xmas in Sg actually.
Heading to Bintan tomorrow & i'll be back pretty soon:)

seeya!

xx

"Silly Old Bear"

2010-11-15T19:50:00.004+08:00

Just wanna share this with you guys.
Pooh's my childhood favourite. So glad it's coming back<3

Half-way Through The Battle

2010-11-04T14:11:00.005+08:00

Countdown : 4 papers left

p/s: Mango Macaron eaten prolly 3 weeks ago? Hahah I've so many overdued photos to post. Will post em soon since this battle with the books will end before we even know it :) :)

.

2010-10-07T18:02:00.001+08:00

Blueberry danish and summer berries brioche for breakfast a week ago:)
Think i'm in love with food photography <3 (visit my flickr for more photos)

Graduating tomorrow! Though life these 4 years in USS was tough, there's definitely somthing i'll miss about the school.

18 MORE DAYS TO THE 'BIG DAY' Please pray for me..I'm really scared.

Harsh words

2010-09-24T19:22:00.004+08:00

:'(

Braving through the Ulu roads

2010-09-11T10:10:00.000+08:00

Had impromptu outing with my classmates on Wed:)
Headed to Sunset Grill and Bar to try their spicy buffalo wings which claimed to be good.So anyway, we had a really hard time getting in. Hahah. It was so funnny. We had no one to drive us in and we heard that the place was only accessible if you drive. But we managed to get in anyway, it was right deep inside.

The place was really scenic, loved it. You could see aeroplanes taking off and they even stationed many jet air planes there. Ordered our food, had the level 3 buffalo wings first, and then the level 10. Anyway,we wanted to try level 20 but even the waitor told us not to because he doubt we could even take the spiciness (anyway he claimed that mcspicy was only level 2).Haha.We had fried button mushrooms, New Zealand mussles, Calamari and cheesefries. I guess all were pretty good. The wings were alright actually, but level 10 made us teary and all.

We snapped some pictures and tried to figure our way out.Hahah it was a long way out and halfway through we managed to hitch a ride on lorry. All 8 of us. We were so thankful:)

Ok. Back to the books.

National Dog Walk and Carnival 2010:)

2010-09-07T17:14:00.002+08:00

Link here!

It could be better if it didn't pour in the morning. Had a really hard time cleaning up netto with all the mud stucked to his feet by the end of the day.Anyway,all the dogs were dressed in their Sunday's best. Got Netto a cap and he managed to make some new friends.I guess all of them were treated like kings and queens that day and i even saw dogs which wore shades. Haha.But i couldn't take a photo because my cam ran out of batt ;( They even sold mooncakes, pizzas, cupcakes, eclairs, muffins, shepherd's pie etc for them. I'd like to be a pampered dog pleaseeeee hahaha:)

Saw many different breeds of dogs but we were convinced that netto was one timid dog. He didn't dare to go near to anyone of them and he was so obedient that day. We were quite surprised actually.He was the total opposite at home heh:)

Would definetely go next year. Anyway, Netto's turning 2 next Monday:)

xx

Morning meals

2010-08-31T20:14:00.000+08:00

Breakkie at simply bread with loved ones last week:)

Hay.Grass.Pony.Horse.

2010-08-22T18:38:00.002+08:00

Last week:)

Good times

2010-08-07T00:35:00.000+08:00

Fruity tiramisu. yummy yumyum.
Enjoyable day:)

:')

2010-08-05T14:04:00.002+08:00

When life is hard, just lift your head up a little because that is when the Lord is closest to you :)

(via candylove28)

Our little girl finally turned SIXTEENTH!

2010-08-05T09:10:00.001+08:00

Its been amazing how our friendship for almost 10 years still remains strong :) Hope you had a blessed birthday!

P/s: Prelim's over!!! I gave school a miss today :)

God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.

2010-08-01T09:48:00.002+08:00

PICs from Bernice:)

Hello.
It's been quite long since i've posted a proper post. I'm in the midst of prelims but i'm gonna specially take this time to blog ( tho there's like 2 heavy subjects to study for tmr's exam ugh)

I'm glad to say that i've been actively taking part in activities held by the church these few weeks and i really really enjoyed my time there:) From loudfest, to cell group meetings and to the Festival Of Praise.

I'm kinda apprehensive about joining these kind of stuffs but i'm really sure i didn't regret going.

Loudfest is an event used to promote the upcoming YOG and its organised by SYFC. Our church participated in the booths outside Ngee Ann City and we were given the night shift. Helped out as ushers but somehow my shift ended early so we got to walk around. Oh and before that, our cell group had lunch together. I see all of us growing in Christ and that's really gooood.

FOP yesterday was FAB as well.It was my first time attending it and the atmosphere there was overwhelming. They invited Planetshakers and Don Moen, talented people.Enjoyed my time there:) It was really nice seeing how Christians all over Singapore come together as a family to praise the Lord.
Headed to Changi airport to have popeyes for supper after that.

Yupyup God is good, all the time~

Okay, a few more days till prelims over and 2 more months till my O's. Persevere!!

xx

Escaping

2010-07-21T17:48:00.000+08:00

Reality.

Dream ?

2010-07-07T18:20:00.002+08:00

I love treetop houses, like the one in the video. I wish to live in one right now.
Anyway, Chinese Oral's over, and prelims in less than a month. I have no idea why i'm still here blogging, while the rest are all slogging their guts out.This is bad.
I better bury myself in books now.

xx

THANK YOU :)

2010-07-05T00:17:00.000+08:00

HIIIIIII.It's youth sunday today and there's no school tomorrow. How great.
Anyway, it has been a really fulfilling weekend for me. Had to perform on stage in church with the rest of the youths today. Think it turned out quite well.

Anyway, I celebrated my belated birthday with my bestie yesterday. But it was sure tiring because i couldn't meet her till i find her.
Yup if you don't get what i mean, she planned this 'game/race?' for me all around Singapore ( okay fine i'm exaggerating not literally all around Sg) but yes, the main motive was to find her. I only got to know what was happening till i received my first letter/clue from her at my doorstep early in the morning.

I swear it was freaking scary because i was all alone:( all by myself.But i managed to find the clues pretty easily and i realised my sense of direction is not bad after all heh. Went to coffee bean at suntec first, (& had to ask the people working there for the letter she left) so yup, then to central starbucks and finally last stop was at one of the cafe outside plaza sing. Butttttt i had to go all the way to holland v to find her after that. I was so tired by then so i took a cab HAHA.

I found her in the endddd and awwwww. She waited for me for quite some time in this restaurant/cafe called "Everything With Fries" ( thats like so me ) We had our early dinner and we talked all the way till the evening.
Food there was good, ambience was nice it was perfect.

We passed by a petshop and went up to look at the dogs there. We just randomly requested to carry the 2 Japanese spitz and the staffs there were really nice to allow us to do so. The spitz were so adorable i swearrrrrrrr.( Don't worry i still love Netto )

We walked around and we took a cab back. Headed to my grandma's place in the end and i watched my first WC match yesterday. YESSSS FIRST MATCH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE HAHAHA.It wasn't as bad as i thought it would be actually.hahah.

Okay, just wanna say, i'm so grateful for my friends around me:)Thanks Clara for the effort you've put in to make my sixteenth birthday a really wonderful one. Not forgetting my classmates, the crazy galz(van,ger,nora) and my fatass group(mq cy and ch) thank you guyss!!:)

THERE GOES MY SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY.
I'M SIXTEEN!!! Bye.

xx

Finally Sixteen!

2010-07-02T23:27:00.001+08:00

My sweet little 16th Birthday today.
It was really a fruitful day. Haha. I didn't really expect much this year but how the girls and all of you guys put in so much effort for this day makes me really really really happy:)
I appreciate all of your efforts, be it big or small, i'm still grateful to have you in my life.
Yup you guys should know who you are!! Thanks everyone for the wishes and everything.I'll post pics soon:)

I'm excited for tomorrow:)

xx

P/s: Anyway,that rainbow cake above was baked by my aunt a few days ago.pretttttty?

Food For Thought

2010-06-26T23:38:00.001+08:00

Hello! I'm back from Batam. Its been almost a week actually. ONE outing was alright, it was kinda fun at times tho i felt that the youth camps i went to previous years were more impactful:)

Anyway, celebrated my birthday in advanced with my family today. We went to The Vines steak restaurant and had loads of good food.Ambience of the place was nice too, it was in a vintage theme.My mum ordered lots of oysters and Escargot (snails). I realised as i grow older my tastebud changes. I still remember the times when me and my sis were little then and we saw fresh oysters at the buffet counter and took lots of them thinking we would like it. But we puked of it out in the end.Haha. But i begin to appreciate Oysters now and the snails were definetely gooddd!

Anyway, one more day till misery comes:( yep, school's reopening in a day. I've not finish my assignments and i've got to start my hardcore mugging already. I'm not prepared but i will try! God bless.

xx

Thursday

2010-06-24T22:06:00.000+08:00

Be right back

2010-06-20T00:33:00.004+08:00

Went to Town with Clara today. We spent some quality time together and ate really gooood food.Ate at Waraku and the octopus there is heaven i swear. Yup,wanted to catch a movie but ended up having supper at starbucks. great day:)
Okay, blog soon after the ONE camp @ Batam.
Seeyousoon

xx

p/s: Happy Father's Day! Love you dad.

Live.Laugh.Love

2010-06-18T00:05:00.001+08:00

Kina Grannis- Together

Then slowly like a timid flower
The sun rose up at just the hour
When we had slowly slipped out of my dream

Fazi's 16th Birthday!

2010-06-17T18:31:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday Fazi!

Celebrated her Birthday at Sentosa. After which we headed over to Vivo to catch Nanny McPhee.It was so-so ahha. Rest of the pics are on facebook:)

Pigging Out

2010-06-11T22:23:00.000+08:00

I've been enjoying my holidays way too much. I should do some serious studying soon. ( I know i always say that but no actions would be taken haha)

Girls came over again yesterday. We baked the instant cookies this time. It would be the last time baking anything at my place.. for now. My house is disastrous without my maid and we are just plain lazy to clean things up.Haha.Have been watching quite a number of movies these days too. Valentine's day and The Blind Side.

My cousins came over today because we suggested it was time to spend more time with each other because they're leaving one by one to study abroad soon. 5 of us orded 2 Canadian pizzas and bought almost $20 worth of food from the pasarmalam opposite my house. Beat thatttttt. We were gluttons haha. Watched Notting Hill too. It was good.

Okay, thats all for now.

xx

Sweet tooth

2010-06-08T22:21:00.000+08:00

via @ elenact

Watched The Blind Side today and indulged in an 8oz cup of yamiyogurt. Life's great.

xx

Holiday

2010-06-07T22:47:00.002+08:00

Some polaroids taken recently.

Headed to Changi Airport to fetch my daddy back from his trip yesterday. Its good to have him back, excluding the part where we don't have to wash any more toliets because he's our toliet man. Hahah.

Clara came over today. We bought chips back and laze around while watching Slumdog Millionare. Had a good time catching up and the movie was goood. ( haha i know we are laggerrrrs. We caught this movie only after a year or so. )

Okay, goodnight!

xx

Farewell

2010-06-03T19:43:00.005+08:00

Things that took place recently:
1) We changed our seating arrangement. Gonna miss my seating partners, but i'm loving my new arrangement tho.
2) The girls came over to bake cupcakes yesterday. We spent the entire afternoon baking and decorating the cupcakes.
3) I was dead beat after the whole process because my maid's not around and I have to do most of the cleaning haha.
4) I'm quite sure the house has gone haywired without my maid.
5) Had a farewell party for Ms Kom today. She was definetely touched.
6) The whole class hugged her individually.

YUP WISHING HER ALL THE BESTTTTTTTTT :)

xx

Spoiled Brat

2010-05-28T14:16:00.002+08:00

Past

2010-05-26T20:38:00.002+08:00

I was browsing through my archives and I found this photo which I took last year when we brought him for a swim.Look at how frightened he was. I can't help but laugh everytime I see this photo.Haha
Anyway, bad news. My maid's leaving for a month and I have to start doing household chores.dang.
Blog soon!

xx

Vague

2010-05-21T19:25:00.025+08:00

@ Russian Folk Houses

dee-jar-vuu?

xx

Feel?

2010-05-19T22:57:00.000+08:00

via @ blushinmuffin

An empty. lost. soul.

P/s: I would love to have one giantpeanutbutter cup like the above one right now.

@The Ice Rink

2010-05-16T09:24:00.001+08:00

Travelled all the way to Kallang with the girls to iceskate on Friday. Our feet were aching so badly. But it was fun tho. Headed to kbox with the girls after that. We sang (more like screaming actually)haha, all the way till evening.

Alrightttt, gonna head to Church soon!

xx

Friday

2010-05-14T09:29:00.001+08:00

via @ For me, For you

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T18:51:00.000+08:00

My Mom has always been one of my biggest supporters and the wisdom she has given me over the years has helped shaped the person I am today.
- Catherine Pulsifer

We DIY-ed the cake after church this morning and got her a rose. Hope she likes it. Love you mummy.

Thank God It's Friday

2010-05-07T20:32:00.009+08:00

I LOVE FRIDAYS THE MOST.
Anw, we had a retest on geography today. Before that, we girls had a crazy time together and it was then i found out how i needed to scream and laugh my ass off to get those frustrations away.

I need sleep desperately.Lack of sleep these few days zzz.

xx

P/s: Anyway pics above were taken in botanic gardens with my fam last last week. Have a great weekend everyone.

Weekend

2010-05-02T20:29:00.002+08:00

The Boys Are Back

The true story of a man who must suddenly raise his two sons alone after the untimely passing of his second wife. The ill-prepared Joe, who is dealing with his own loss, is confronted with the daily challenges of parenthood while coping with his young son Artie's expressions of grief.
They soon are joined by Harry, Joe's teenage son from his first marriage, who brings his own personal "baggage" into the mix. Without a roadmap for how to move forward, the three boys decide its best to leave the conventional rules and responsibilities of the grown-up world behind and lead a life based on the mantra 'just say yes.'
When things go terribly awry, Joe is forced to step up and behave like a parent, but must figure out how to do so without completely abandoning the joy and exuberance shared in their more child-like world.

I would rewatch this movie for a 100 times because it's that gooooooood.I've added it onto my favourite movies list. Yup, you need to watch it!!

Anyway, today i spent some quality time with Peiwen. Its been months we've met and it was so enjoyable catching up on each others life even though we could hardly meet up.We baked chocochip cookies at my place and spent our time laughing at our old photos etcetc.Aww, those times..

I'm supposed to be doing some productive stuff today like packing my table but i spent my day watching movies and enjoying myself. Haha.

Okay post soon! I'm so happy because its a holiday tomorrow.

More @ The Railway

2010-04-30T19:35:00.002+08:00

TGIF!! THE WEEKENDS ARE HERE.I'M SO GLAD.
I need a breakthrough badly.

xx

P/s: More photos on Facebook

The Railway

2010-04-28T19:21:00.001+08:00

Its been a bad week, a complete wreckkkkk. Bad results. Moody days and a really unlucky day today.
I hope everything goes well for me till the end of the week. See you.

xx

P/s: Anyway picz above were taken by Jer when we went to the railway last Friday.

IKEAAAAAAAAAAAA

2010-04-25T22:15:00.007+08:00

Love this place.I call this A house of fun because we'll go there and pretend every little showroom was actually part of our house. Hahaha it was so fun,entering rooms and more rooms. Love the designs, concepts, furnitures and everything there! Not forgetting the food. Meatballs! Hmm..

Okay, we spent our entire time there. Its one place i just love going to and i won't get sick of it.Well spent day with Clara. School tomorrow. Monday blues anybody?

xx

Jacqqie's seventeenth!

2010-04-23T23:32:00.003+08:00

HELLO. Its been a splendid day today:)
Had our school's annual cross country at chinese gardens and yep, as usual we walked. haha.Anyway, 47 won as a class for that.Love that little bunch. Headed home, got ready and prepared to meet the 2 girls without Cy first because we were planning to give her a surprise.

Headed to Fish and Co. and we passed the birthday cake to the staffs there. Yep, had some awesome western food and we gave her a surprise because she doesn't know that fish&co. has this kinda birthday rap and standing on the chair carrying a sparkle thing tradition. Haha the staffs were fab, they rapped & sang her a birthday song (Anyway there wasn't many people around) so they even played a game on her. The 3 little pigs? haha.

Hoped she enjoyed her birthday and we ate the leftover of the cakes using our forks without cutting it. SWEEEEEEEET.

Decided to head to BukitTimah's railway to find Jeremy&Zz. We had like few minutes to take photos there because it was gonna rain. But the rain made the pics look nicer anyway. Headed to PizzaHut for dinner.

Posting the rest of the railway pics next time.

xx

Back

2010-04-16T20:04:00.003+08:00

Things i've been doing recently:

1. Mugging at 6 different locations with Clara every single day last week(with the exception of Sunday)
2. Trying to think of a new skin for this web
3. Stressssing over papers that was done badly
4, Checking out songs by Kina Grannis
5. Gorging on Food ( it happens everytime anyway haha)
6. Getting a new Starbucks Tumbler and realizing it was a tad small
7. Watching Amazing Race 15
8. Rewatched A walk to remember( haha for the 101th time)
9. Updating my mixpod player. Its My Time With You (David Choi & Kina Grannis)

Feels so good to be typing this. Its been so long since i did. Haha.
This week was full of books books and more books. So glad that the exams are ending soon.

Anyway, i've been listening to Kina Grannis's music these few days.She's one talented pretty young lady. Go check her out :) She tweeted me a heart on twitter just because i said i wanted to get her album, i think i'm sucha lucky girl haha.

okay, i'm already planning what to do after the mid-year papers. I gotta bring my camera out for a spin,it's getting really rusty at home.

Image above (1st Option)

p/s: i think i'm starting to fall in love with white.

Nana's Birthday

2010-04-08T20:49:00.000+08:00

Super overdued post. Hope you loved the little elephant pinata and the fairy costume haha:)
Mid-yr's in a few days time:(

p/s: more pictures on faceboook.

A Walk To Remember

2010-04-02T00:01:00.002+08:00

"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful." -A Walk To Remember

A Nicholas Sparks film. I absolutely love every single one of his film.One of my resolutions is to watch every single film that he produces haha.

okay, i got pranked today.Happy April's Fool kiddos :)

xx

Happy Birthday Daddy

2010-03-30T23:11:00.001+08:00

and those out there whose birthday falls on the 30th March too:)

ORD @ Sembawang / Dad's Birthday Dinner

2010-03-28T23:49:00.005+08:00

Headed to town on Friday night. Met my family there and we had dinner and watched Remember me. It was not too bad, i love the twist at the end especially.( not really a twist , but the ending was good)

Had our last and final time with the scouts at Sembawang Park yesterday.
I'm throughly impressed by the girls. Love all of you. The effort they've put in for the sec4s were incredible.
Wanna thank each and every one of you. Not forgetting my little patrol which i've been with for 2 years.
Love the cake shop.(I'm still wondering how you guys did these little cakes)
Anyway, had flag day in the morning for CIP hours. It was so tiring.

Took some pictures at sembawang park, received our presents and headed for Dad's birthday dinner for seafood at Turf. Love the food there, though the crabs were quite disappointing. Headed to Marble Slap Creamery after that. Island's too pack.Had maple and birthday cake flavour icecream.Yum

Hello Monday again (on the bright side, there's only 4 days of school this week)
xx

Can't think of any title for this post

2010-03-24T17:50:00.003+08:00

I missed the free cone day at B&J's yesterday. I wanna eat their strawberry cheesecake icecream so badly now:(

Anyway the cousins came last sat. We celebrated Jw's birthday and we had tiramisu cake to eat (for the second time in this month) Dad's birthday is in a weeks time,hopefully i get to eat it again again and again.
I love my little baby boy up there. okay gotta go prepare for tuition. dreading it:(

xx

Pig out

2010-03-20T20:53:00.002+08:00

Pigging out would probably be my favourite past time. I ate my favourite local dishes yesterday. 2 of us ate Hokkien Mee, CharKwayTeow, Carrot Cake and some dimsum.Not exactly every local food but you get the flow.. two people ate all these up. And we finished them all because there were weird stares from people around us and we didn't want people to think we were some weirdos who ordered so much and wasted food in the end.hahah

Wheeeee, after that, we headed to this popcorn shop and they sold so many flavours of popcorn. I'm amazed. They even had tomyum flavour pops? hahaha. I bought butterscotch. Yummmm.
At wheelocks place, i swear i was so attracted to this shop. They had little beautiful wrapped boxes at the display panel. Its my fav chocooooooo and i ended up buying peanutbutter and lavender flavoured choco which cost a bomb, really.

We shared and bought royce choc and walked all the way to regent hotel to pass it to Arjuna and Tw.Headed home after that.

Yes i know i need to cut down. Be it spending money or food. (I'm trying)

p/s: yup the little boxes above were all choco, quite impressed by the packaging.

xx

Indulgence

2010-03-20T13:12:00.000+08:00

I love indulging in butterscotch popcorn. It makes my tummy happy.

Laughter

2010-03-18T21:03:00.000+08:00

I hated jobweek but these people were the one who kept me going on.♥

My 4 years of Scouting, has officially ended.

The week

2010-03-17T10:43:00.007+08:00

Click here (long overdued post)

Back home from the 4 days of camp. During the camp, the leaders played a movie that i've been wanting to watch for ages.I realised i have a soft spot for movies with dogs in it. Hachi : A dog's tale made me realised why the saying goes " Dogs are man's best friend " and blahblah. You should catch it if you haven't, its the most beautiful movie i've ever seen.

Anyway if you were wondering, its based on a true story.I just couldn't imagine a dog waiting for its owner for 9 years every single day without fail even though the owner wasn't coming back.That was what blew me away.Hahah okay whatever it is, just watch it and i promise you'll not get disappointed. oh and if i haven't been updating,check out my tweets ok its my second blog :) okay bye.

xx

p/s: i know i keep posting abt movies these few days but i just couldn't help it hahaaa

Nicholas Sparks

2010-03-09T18:04:00.004+08:00

" Dear John, more than anything else, I hope that part of me is out there with you too..."

Hello! I've caught several movies these days. Watched some Jack Neo movie yesterday with Shaikah and Malathe because of some stupid reasons like the rain was really strong and we couldn't go home! Hahah. I think it was so-so, nothing special. I laughed quite a bit in the cinema because of the people sitting around us and not the movie.

And yes,I've finally caught Dear John today. After waiting for ages, literally. Vanessa and Gervina and I had no choice but to catch the 2.15 movie when school ends at 2.10 Hahahaaaaa. We ran all the way up to the theatre ( Reminds me of the time when we ran up to watch Valentine's day too) I think it was not too bad, but i still prefer The Notebook though. Nicholas Sparks movies are always good. Waiting for The Last Song to come out.

okay i've gotta continue uploading overdued photos taken on Sat. Sorry girls (G and V) :) Wait for a little longer okay! anyway mum's birthday tomorrow.

xx

Hard Rock Cafe

2010-03-08T23:29:00.027+08:00

I swear i have so many things to blog about. But this post was long overdued. Shall post this in point form.

Celebrated mum's birthday at Seafood Paradise last Saturday.
Went to Regent hotel to stay.
Met Gervina and Vanessa and we headed to Hard Rock Cafe out of curiousity.
Managed to get in with the help of the assistant standing outside.
Headed back to the hotel, stayed in the lobby for ages till 3am in the morning.
Headed home the next morning.

Yep, that was 2 weeks ago. Hahaha.Alrighty, look out for the next post.

xx

Find happiness within

2010-03-07T18:26:00.005+08:00

"Find happiness within"

I enjoyed my weekend very much. Skipped half of the english compre and summary workshop because i couldn't take it anymore. It was so boring and the wifi there was distracting me all the while haha.

So, headed to bukit timah with Clara to eat lunch.Supposedly to eat at waffle town but its okay, we'll find our way there someday. Headed to coronation plaza and had cheap western food deals. Wanted to eat at island creamery after that but it was so pack so we headed to marble slap creamery instead. I love the maple icecream there. One of the few unique flavours.ihopeshefeelsbetter & look at the pretty collage she did up there! <3

Shall blog about the rest of the weekend next time.Don't have the pics with me now :)

Live another day

2010-03-04T18:45:00.002+08:00

Little house- Amanda Seyfried. Listen. Its such a pretty song.
I'm quite sick of studying. Nothing motivates me. This is bad.

p/s: Ilovemy new schedule book.

Happy sixteenth

2010-03-03T21:44:00.003+08:00

Sweet sixteenth to both Cw and Vanessa. I hope they enjoyed their birthday.
Haven't been blogging much.Will post more soon.
Oh and i need to catch DEAR JOHN.Its a must!

xx

Have a break.

2010-02-24T21:19:00.001+08:00

I feel so empty all of a sudden.

Chinese New Year 10

2010-02-18T19:01:00.004+08:00

My Chinese new year was well spent.So busy that i didn't have a chance to blog day by day.
On the eve of chinese new year eve (if you get what i mean), went to Chinatown with Clara.
Its been ages since i went out with her. It was such good company because doubt anyone will want to squeeze in the crowd with me. Anyway, trip there was kinda productive and you wouldn't get hungry there.
Theres like sweets here and there, you can stand at the sweet stall and eat all you want and they wouldn't chase you out. They were giving free samples of mushrooms there too. Love it. Not trying to be greedy though.hahahah.

Cny Eve
Ate at warren country club's restaurant for reunion dinner.Food was so good. Loved it.

Day1 of Cny.
Visited my dad's side of relatives. All we could do was greet them, get my angbao and start eating.Seriously. Tell me how to not get fat like that.haha. Oh and we brought our huge dslr out but forgotten to bring our memory card. so we lugged it everywhere for the whole day. zz.Went home, sis and i started preparing games for the cuzzies. We planned like don't forget the lyrcis , the price is right blahblah. It was so tedious to do all that planning but i'm sure they had great funn. Anyway, headed to my grandma's hse at night. We brought netto to meet muffy. Both of them were so cute i swear.

Day2 of Cny.

Cuzzies aunts uncles came in the morning, had our lunch. Mostly home cooked food, but the variety was superb. We went down to camwhore, chitchatted, played with the little kids and headed to my great aunt's house. Haha we brought netto along too. We used to play pepsi cola 123 at this corner of her block but now we used that place to camwhore. Memories i wanna bring back with me. Headed to the playground blahblah. Went home played our games for almost 2hours and we had dinner.

Day3 of Cny.
Went to visit my yeye's brother. The guys played their xbox while we ate and drank their home-made speciality lemon tea. Headed to town with cousins. We caught Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif.
Wasn't interested in it at first because the girls wanted to catch Valentine's day. But there was the first row left only. So we had no choice but to watch Percy. But actually, Percy jackson was really good and funny ( i didn't expect this movie to have funny parts) i thought it was that kind of plain boring show with magical powers ands stuffs but it wasn't. The leading actor's so cute. And they had medusa in the movie. our class should catch it..
Headed to Manhattan fish market for our dinner. Ate and they were writing crazy stuffs on the feedback form.

Caught Valentine's Day with Nora and Shaikah today.We ran all the way from school to the theatre just to catch the 220pm show.haha. The show's sweettttt :)

okay bye, i <3bakwa.

The little class that spells LOVE

2010-02-09T20:49:00.004+08:00

Looking at how the class bond is such a great feeling .From Singing L-O-V-E and having really great singers in our class, to doing Just for Laughs 47's edition (like the one we did this morning during silent reading, by stretching as a class) to having good photographers snapping each and every of our movement in class and so much more..

We had C.I.P at minds yesterday, it was alright, i communicated with really cute people there. Its heart warming to see how they're so confident in life although they are intellectually disabled.I talked to this lady who had many crushes there.She was shy and all but it was so so adorable.They did a pinky as a sign of friendship.Anyway if you were wondering why we had oranges in our hands in the above pic, its because CNY is in a few daysssss. I'm excited.Are youuuuuuu?

xxDesiree

I WANT THISSSSSS

2010-02-07T08:20:00.003+08:00

SO PRETTY!!

Hectic Week

2010-01-30T19:25:00.001+08:00

The hectic week filled with lots of test is finally overrrrrr. I'm so happy that i'm blogging now because its been a week since i did.Anyway, i just came back from a prayer workshop in church. I learnt something meaningful. Heading to Marj's house later to collect the guitar she's selling me for 20 bucks.Hahaha thanks girl.

I spent my afternoon today flipping through the newspapers and looking at some new movies. I counted and i want to watch 8 of them. I need a movie marathon some day.
Going shopping tomorrow btw. Retail Therapy~

Anyway the pics above was what i had for dinner a week ago and my fatty little dog. My sis prepared the food.

okay gotta start doing my homework now.

xxDesiree

One Special Moment

2010-01-23T18:16:00.002+08:00

Been through Adam Khoo's 3 day motivational workshop. I'm so glad i went through this course. It was one of those special moments which really spoke to me and touched my heart. We had really professional trainers training us and they made me feel that i should really cherish every single one around me..especially my angel of lights.

My parents turned up for the closing ceromony. Leroy (our trainer) was the one who hosted it and he did a really great job. We were told to write a letter to our parents the day before and we presented it to them yesterday.The letter i wrote really expressed my thoughts,feelings and those guilt that had been with me all the while.There was this special feeling when i presented to them.I'm glad my letter moved my mum. Though there was an awkward silence on the way home, i felt really blessed.

" what matters most is how you see yourself"

xxDesiree

P/s: Haha my cursive handwriting sucksss.

The Notebook

2010-01-17T15:21:00.003+08:00

Spent quality time with my family this weekend. Grocery shopping (we were so bored so we started snapping random pictures), sending netto for a haircut, cell, church and visiting grandma. Gotta have some fun before all the tests starts pouring in.

Anyway, i downloaded The Notebook into my Ipod some time ago and i finally managed to watch it yesterday night. I loved The Notebook. It was such a tear-jerker and it was so romantic. Ryan gosling and Rachel McAdams were really good in it too. You should go watch it if you haven't.

Noah : " If you're a bird, I'm a bird"
(The Notebook)

Okay, gotta finish up my homework.

xxDesiree

The back to school days

2010-01-11T22:40:00.004+08:00

Its been a week since i've blogged. That was how busy i was for the entire week.(I mean last week) From catching up with lessons, to doing overdued homework, poly open houses, cca open house etc..
Anyway during cca open house, our scouts structure collasped. I expected it anyway. Kinda? Haha. It was so hilarious. Other than that, the open house was a successful one in one way or another.

Today, we witnessed the seniors taking their O level results.Saw the different reactions. It all depends if you worked hard enough or not. I feel so motivated..but at the same time, i'm really lazyyyy. I'm contradicting myself.Hahah. Anyway received a schedule planner for a very late christmas present. I needed that. Thanks Cy!!

Hmm. Going for C.I.P at minds in February. My classmate is teaching us origami these few days and we are having this origami craze in class. We made really cute heart bookmarks.(Pic above) Hahaha. Okay. Gotta start doing my homework now.

Blog soon hopefully.

xxDesiree.

P/s: The postcard above in the pic was from my dearest Cy. Oh and if you were wondering, my bookmark states, you capture my heart.haha. I feel bliss.

Monday Blues

2010-01-03T19:01:00.004+08:00

School's starting tomorrow. Having monday blues already. Okay, what i did for the past few days.

Sentosa with Cousins.. on the 31st. My uncle paid for almost everything, the rides and all. We sat the luge and skyride twice and some eco green thing. That eco green thing was really hard to control. It was all about your body movement. We had a hard time controlling it.

Countdown at night with Pw, my primary sch besttt. We got an awesome view of the fireworks because we were offered to stand on the benches of the bridge at Marina bay by a group of Malaysians. They were really friendly. It was really fun and the fireworks were so good. After the whole count down, the whole place was really pack and everyone was squeezing here and there as usual. So the clever us went down the carpark through esplanade and we got rid of the crowd. ( Some people followed us anyway haha) Found a seat in starbucks and took the last train home.

Yesterday. Met up with cousins and we headed for lunch at prince's. Really good western food and it was reasonable. Headed to island creamery after that. Their icecream's the besttt. We didn't know where to go after that so we decided to be filial kids by visiting Ray's grandma at the nursing home. Hahah.Ray's idea. We found it hard to believe that he's such a filial boy.tsk. We bought her favourite food and i could see she was really touched. Its been so long since i've visited her. I remembered her pampering us with potato chips and lots of food when we stayed over at Ray's.Aww.Headed to angmokio to have poppeyes and lot1 to catch Avatar. It was good. (Abit slow i know) Anyway i wasn't feeling well when i was in the cinema actually.Having throat infection now zz.

okay, gotta finish up my homework now.

xx

Summarizing The Year

2010-01-02T00:51:00.006+08:00

Happy New Year!!
Its pretty scary when i read my archives and everything just seemed to happen just yesterday and its the beginning of a new year now.But whatever it is, I thank God for giving me a wondeful and blessed 2009:)

Favourite pasts of 2009:

In January, it was a changing phase for me because it was the year where my classmates were all separated into different classes and this led me to knowing a new bunch of awesome classmates. I participated in the Volvo Ocean Race, Celebrated Chinese New Year with my Classmates and had loads of fun!

In February, nothing much happened. It was a boring month for me.Even on Valentines..

In March, We celebrated Mummy's and Daddy's Birthday. I realised how much i love them. Got closer to my mum and told her about the problems i had. I love you mum.( I was in a terrible situation then )

In April, Easter day painting easter eggs, We added a new addition to our family.. Cornetto. He brought us joy and laughter to our family. Even till now.

In May, I started the love of decorating cupcakes, but really horrible looking ones, Celebrated Mother's day and was determined to improve on my baking.

In June, the death of our King of Pop, Celebrated Father's Day, Got into a closer relationship with my cousins, Went to the Zoo, Singapore Flyer with my bestie, Went for a trip to Bintan with my family, Kayaking course, Made our bridesmaid dresses and the H1N1 bizarre.

In July, I turned Fifteen, The day my beloved hamster passed on, Decorated and baked better looking and tasting cupcakes, Found my 3 spiritual gifts..God is good.

In August, It was Netto's first time to step into the pool, Michelle and Lawrences's wedding..being a bridesmaid was scary but fun at the same time, The Malacca Trip

In September, Sis turned seventeen, Netto turned one, Had a latest obession in the kitchen (baking cookies for my little dog), Created a happy list.Its good to be happy isn't it?

In October, Celebrated Clara's 15th, Class Chalet, Baked and decorated fantastic fondant cupcakes.It was an awesome month.

In November, Shifted to bedsidepocket, had a Hike around Singapore, baked rainbow cupcakes, Shifted and moved out of my comfort zone, Painted the house.

In December, Had a really memorable trip to Eastern Europe ( Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Christmas Cupcake decorating course, Celebrated Christmas (Part 1, Part 2) , Had a sleepover and picnic with best, Sentosa with my cousins, Countdown with my primary school mate and had an awesome view of the fireworks which i'm going to post about it soon.

That summarizes my awesome year.
Alright, have a blessed 2010 everyone!

xx Desiree

The Picnic Basket

2009-12-29T20:49:00.003+08:00

Clara stayed over yesterday night. We were so tired after a long walk to Fort Canning Park early in the morning. Had our picnic there.It was rather peaceful actually. Our initial plan was to go Lower Pierce Reservoir Park but we couldn't find the place.We walked to Fort Canning instead.

The weather was good though it drizzled for awhile. We sat on our picnic mats till 2 plus and headed to Citylink to eat our really early dinner at NewyorkNewyork. We paid quite a sum because the voucher couldn't be used and blahblah.Long story anyway. Pissed us off. But its okay, my dad came to drive us home which made us a little happier. haha.

Rented a dvd from lot1 and came home to snooze. Oh,not so soon because apparently someone has been talking to herself for at least an hour before allowing me to fall asleep. (I was replying her even though i knew i was really tired. and my answers were all so dead like uh..ya. yes.. and we finally fell asleep haha)

Woke up late, had our lunch and we watched Ps.I.love.you. It was so sweeeet and the movie was awesome. Right choice of renting this movie. We loved it.

Buy a new outfit. Be a disco diva. Learn to fish. Take a chance. Travel. Laugh. Love.
Sometimes there's only one thing left to say.
(Hahah taken from the back of the dvd cover)

Okay, its a new year in 2 days. Have you thought of your new year resolutions?

xx

The 25th / Christmas

2009-12-27T19:31:00.019+08:00

Headed to Church in the morning. Yup, Jesus is the reason why we're celebrating Christmas.Thank god for this wonderful season. Accompanied my family to eat lunch and rushed down to Orchard with Jasper to meet Scouter. We had our lunch at some Hokkaido Japanese Restaurant. He treated me and Jasper really good ramen. It tasted like the one i ate in Hokkaido 2 years back.Yum.

We walked around, got Jasper's sister Christmas present and had our teabreak. Had cupcakes while they drank coffee. Saw Ray coincidentally for the 101th time this year. no idea why!! hahaaaaa.

Went back home in the evening and headed to another Christmas gathering at my father's side. Ate lots of food. Our dessert contained lots of varieties. Icecream, Chocolate fondue, fruits, eclairs, logcake. Haha we had turkey that day too. Whats Christmas without a turkey? Right...
Anyway, we brought Netto along. He played with Muffy(My aunt's dog) non-stop and they were both fighting for attention. tsk, naughty boys.

Received a Christmas card in my mailbox today. A really pretty one. Thanks Meilin!! We shall meet up soon :) Oh, not forgetting the X'mas present from Jasper. i love it. & a thumbdrive from my uncle.
Thats all for my X'mas presents this year. how pathetic. Sighhhhhhh i should just get use to the fact that as we grow older, our presents get lesser and lesser. Hahah.

okay see you soon.

xx

The Christmas Days ( Steamboat buffet + Christmas Eve Gathering)

2009-12-27T13:15:00.001+08:00

Steamboat Buffet

I have so many overdued posts to blog about!
Its been weeks since i've blogged about my life in Singapore.Hahaaaaaa.
Alright, so before Christmas, i spent my days:

1) Rockclimbing with the scouts
2) Buffet :)
3) Cupcake decorating
4) Christmas Gathering on Christmas eve.

-Rockclimbing was tough. I would rather be a Belayer. Hahah. Yes, i did belay many people and both of my hands are injured now.

-Buffet was erm.. not very worth it since it was a steamboat buffet. I hate eating pork balls now. Haha. The guys and 3 of the girls(us) spent most of our time eating non-stop. We still ate slicee after our buffet.

-Christmas cupcake decorating course was alright. I had very little time to decorate the cupcakes and i had no inspritations that day :(

-The usual Christmas gathering at my aunt's house every year.We were stuffed with food. I love eating turkey..hmm. We watched Mr Bean's holiday and played with the cute little ones. Netto cried that day because my uncle brought him to the park for a walk and he was infested with big ants, biting him. Aww, poor boy.Oh, we had goose liver bought from Germany that day too.

okay will blog about how i spent my Christmas in the next post.
sleepover tomorrow. Getting excited!

xx