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met up with dear ntu gals on fri.. dinner at vivo dian xiao er.. and then starbucks at hfc till we were asked to leave by the guards as they were going to close the mall le.. think we went home after tt?? no way!! we proceeded outdoor and chatted till 2am! i think we can continue till 4am if not for the tiredness. lol ~

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here'r my dear ladies.. jo, yy, ah yan and glo :)
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sitting outdoors chatting w/o drinks, w/o food, w/o comfy seats and to top it all with the hot weather.. i wouldnt have bear tt all if not for them! hhehehe ~

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and of cuz.. per previous practice.. to compare with pics taken N years ago.. keke. *

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more or less the same ba?? hiak hiak. thanks ah yan for the very efficient forwarding of pics. and thanks gals for the great company! see u all on our next meeting!

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despite sleeping late on fri nite.. i woke up early on sat morning to catch K Lunch with hubb. long long time since we sang KTV in the morning..

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caught Night in the Museum 2 at Cathay at nite. think Cathay really better than GV. the seats r more comfy and spacious and the variety of food is sooo much wider than GV's.

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anyway, was at Plaza Sing and they have this dinosaur exhibition or somthing like tt.. interesting view so captured it down..

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and... my self-reflection and evaluation made me realised tt im a v impatient and short-tempered person. arhh.. okok... forget it.. it has got nothing to do with self-reflection or evaluation... i admit i knew it ALL THE WHILE tt i have low tolerance and quick tempered.

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and so, im trying v hard now to train patience. and i gathered that jigsaw puzzling will be a great way to train. im also surprised at my sudden interest in jigsaw puzzles. i used to hate it soo much.. all those tiny pieces simply make me fed-up!

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anyway, was at this puzzle shop in PS. i wanted to try a 300-pcs 1st cuz i know most prob, i will give up 1/10 the way.. but that hubb actually insisted and bought me a 1000-pcs! *faintz* together with the frame, everything cost $110! omg.. it never occured to me tt puzzles are so expensive!

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after the movie, we went home and started to work on it.. managed to complete the border after abt 2hrs.. gosh..

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tdy, i spent the whole afternoon working on it myself.. frm 12noon to 7pm..
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juz a tee-wee bit of progress but im quite proud le.. it's really not easy okay! and.. im juz a newbie in jigsaw puzzling horr..

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wonder how the end-product will look like??? hahaa.. it shall be a secret! i will constantly post my progress though.. one day, u guys will get to see the end-product! but then perhaps.. it'll be 3 years later! hahahaa

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i can only say it's going to get tougher and tougher.. i hope i wont give up.. afterall, it was a gift from hubb... i must jiayou and complete it asap!

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and hopefully by the time i complete it.. im truly a patient and calm person le. mmmmmmmmmm .............

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RemiNisCE

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simply reminds me of how mom used to tie my hair when i was as young as miss cute

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got to know something frm a colleague tdy.. looks like there are many eyes watching... silently.. latently.. i better watch my back...

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and.. I SIMPLY DETEST THE WEATHER THESE DAYS!

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FrEnx EvA

met up with ntu bnf gang last thurs.. sushi-tei @ raffles city and starbucks after that.

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introducing the bnf gang - qiuyan, anthony and xiuhui..... and missing in pics: jasmine and yinghan ~ *

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was looking thru the pics in my com when i came across this pic tt we took N years ago in one of the ntu canteens...the same 3 characters, juz diff positioning b/w me and ah yan.. whahahwa..
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this fri will be meeting my dear ladies from ntu marketing class :) ~

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thank god i still managed to hook them all during my uni life.

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BacK

woo... back.. im soo tired.. slept real late and woke up early for past 2days. but overall, it was a great trip. slow and relax. own time own target. no need to carry anything or take transport or follow large tour group or look for washrooms or walk and walk and walk non-stop.. i think the folks enjoyed it too :)

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sis brought miss cute along to send us off on fri.. haha
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hubb took my camera away.. these were taken with my phone. will blog in details when i get back my cam.

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now thinking back, i really wonder how much it takes to operate the cruise. juz the amt of food to prepare is enormous. juz the buffet alone, they got to prepare 6meals - breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternn tea, dinner, supper. let's juz zoom in on tea-time alone. basically tea-time r the snacks like muffins, cakes, puffs, pies.. how much of each do they prepare? how do they estimate how many pple will come into the buffet restaurant to eat the buffet? wont the food be insufficient? or on the other hand, cooked in excess and cause wastage? how long before hand do they need to start baking/cooking the food?? i really cannot imagine how much food r stored in there.. how many pple r busy preparing the food in there.. it's juz amazing..

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and how abt the water supply? for cooking and for usuage? where does it come from? the ship can store such large amt of water???

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i think it's really incredible. out on the sea, there's nothing at all. everything has to be prepared and stored in the ship beforehand for the survival of the thousands of pple in there for a couple of days. cool.

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is there a course on cruise management? suddenly im soooooo keen!!! i want to know more!!!!

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BloGGiNG FroM CruiSe VirGo

haha.. amazing.. managed to come across the internet surfing area.... but they are charging at $0.23/min. ahhh..
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tmr morning coming back.
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time flies huh.
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enjoying myself here... basically juz slack and eat, eat, and eat!
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i promise myself to work out at the gym later at 11.30pm.
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jiayou!!!
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k.. blog more when back
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ThE HaTeFuL Me

i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
i hate myself
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I HATE MY COMPLACENCE!
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I HATE MY OVER CONFIDENCE!!
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I HATE MY IMPATIENCE!!!
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I HATE MY PESSIMISM!!!!
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I HATE MY STUPIDITY!!!!!
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I HATE MY CLUMSINESS!!!!!!
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I HATE MY INABILITY TO CONTROL/CONTAIN MY FEELING!!!!!!!
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I HATE MY LOW EQ!!!!!!!!
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I HATE MY GUTS!!!!!!!!!
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IM JUZ A DAMN FREAK HOPELESS IDIOTIC BLOODY SUCKER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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can someone juz slap me in my face and wake me up????!
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WaiTinG vS PaTieNcE

can someone please spare me the ordeal????!!

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seriously, it's not about the ordeal itself... it's really about the waiting time before the ordeal takes place..

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how should i put it? it's juz like taking a v impt exam, say for example A levels GP paper. it's not abt the GP paper itself but the process and preparation and waiting towards the taking of the paper. the paper will only take 2hrs, but the whole process b4 tt will take years of hardwork. similarly, say for example ur waiting for a health report. it's not abt the result of the report, but the process of waiting for the report to be out. u will only need 1min to look thru the result, however, the waiting time b4 that can kill. that kind of anxiety, tt kind of fear, tt kind of worry.... omg.. i cannot breath.

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i hate to wait.. especially when it's waiting in fear and nervousness. i juz want everything to be get over and done with, regardless of the result (ok, tt's not true. of cuz i will hope for positive result). but too bad, tt cannot be done. i will juz have to learn wad is P.A.T.I.E.N.C.E ....

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havent been sleeping well these days.. been having weird dreams ALL night long. even when the alarm goes off and im juz enjoying tt last few min of snoozing b4 i truly wake up, a dream can occur. amazing isint it??

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i feel sooo disturbed and i wake up eveyday with shoulder and neck aches. wad is happening? am i thinking too much in the day? if not, y am i dreaming so much at night????

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ugrrghh... i dont like it this way!

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HaPPy MoThErS' DaY 2009

happy mother's day to all mamas in the world!

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miss cute has fallen sick, not advisable to go out.. and so no big celebration for mum this year.. but nonetheless, i still brought her out and treated her to manhatten fish market @ ps :)
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the platter for 2... yummy!!! i love the garlic rice and the prawns.. and im glad the folks enjoyed it too.

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happy mother's day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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FOOD FOOD FOODDD !!!!!!

out with colleagues on wed for dinner. initial plan was steamboating at crystal jade, but tt did not take place as the menu is not tt fanstastic given the price tt we have to pay. was already on the way to seoul garden @ bugis when i suggested this jap buffet restuarant at chinatown. been wanting to try all along as the restauarant looks good and the food looks good too. and so, we went ahead.

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there'r 2 kinds of buffet - bbq or sushi. real disappointed tt it's not all in 1. anyway, we went ahead with the bbq buffet.

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the food variety is not that great though there r expensive stuff - scallops, mackeral fish, sashimo fish, pork, beef, chix wings, veg, ice cream, miso, rice.. tt's abt all i tink. but the mackeral fish, it comes in 1 whole piece. unlimited supply. we ate 3 whole fishes in all. but somehow, the fish did not taste as good as those that i ate outside. think it's really not easy to bbq one whole fish by ourselves. the surface too burnt while the inside is not tt cooked. urgh ~
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each person cost abt $21. i wont really recommend the place cuz the variety is really too little and the food a little too salty. if lemme choose again, i will go for seoul garden even though the ambience here is much better.
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another buffet restaurant but this one is highly recommeded - rajah inn. i think there's a sister brand - hotpot culture.
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this restaurant is one of the most frequently visited restaurants of me and hubb. we go there almost once every month. each person abt $25 but the variety of food is well worth the money. besides the food for steamboating, they also serve cooked food. juz chicken alone they already have a few kinds - sambal chix, spicy chix, fried chix wings etc etc.. comes in small portion, no need to worry cannot finish or too full to try other stuff.

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for dessert, they serve fondue!
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yummilicious!!! real value for money. in the 1st few visits, we always go for the ala carte. u get to choose b/w the few sets - beef set, chix set, pork set or seafood set - then wadever extra that u wanna order, u gotta pay. after that the staff recommeded us the buffet and we realised how silly we were to go for the ala carte! the price is slightly higher, but the food that we get is soo much more! and since then, we only go for buffet. and each has one small pot, no worries abt hygiene prob if ur eating with pple not tt close. and the food r served by staff, u dont have to move and pick food urself.. shiok ~ 2 thumbs up, highly recommeded. :)

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yesterday was out with hubb to orchard and we ate at the food court at PS. din know the foodcourt nowadays also serve 'restuarant' food. at work most of the times will eat at coffeeshops or fastfood restaurants. when outside, mainly will go for restaurant food to pamper myself. so seldom eat at foodcourt..

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look at my salmon sukiyaki from the foodcourt. looks great yea?

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nowadays food at foodcourts also not tt cheap.. looks like the foodcourts are going more and more upstream. luckily there are many coffeshops around workplace.. i still get to eat relatively cheap food :)

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and maybe tat's why, when im out with hubb or frens or colleagues, i will always end up in restuarants. esp with hubb. when we meet, we always head for restuarants. looking thru my credit card bills, a large portion is made up by restuarants. sometime i feel guilty abt it.. if eating a plate of $3 chix rice can fill up my stomach, y should i go for something that is $15? nowadays, almost every meal that we eat, it costs >$30. juz 2 person, do we need to spend so much on food? y cant we juz eat at coffeshops and keep it below $10????

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but then again, mon to fri, im already eating coffeeshops food. im working hard, it's juz natural that i want to eat things that i want to eat right????? i dont buy expensive clothes, shoes, accessories, jewelleries.. so y cant i juz eat expensive food? afterall, i always believe 吃是吃进自己的肚子.... im always more willing to spend on food than on anything else.

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ahh, im juz finding excuses for myself. the way i eat is not helping me save $$$.. im such a spendthrift!!!!!!! or maybe deep down, im juz a miserable miser. if im not a miser, y would i think im a spendthrift???? shit... this is getting sooooo ironic!! and im getting confused myself!!!!!!
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anyway, i juz know i got many many things that i want to buy... but i juz 舍不得花那些钱 .... 天呀 !!! 我真的好矛盾噢 !!!! 我不喜欢我这种扭捏和婆妈!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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anyway, one last pic....

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i kenna beaten up.... ahh.. something to remind me wad i've told myself... i think i really do have the tendency to self-destruct. that also explains y there r so many holes on my ear. gosh... am i going mad? do i need to see a shrink soon? arrrrrhhh ~~~~~

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InComE TaX NOA

got my income tax notice of assessment le..

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my 1st time paying tax... so now im officially a taxpayer le (except paying for GST of cuz).

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thank you for ur contribution towards nation building

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so am i supposed to say 'ur welcome' or wad???

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LaBouR Day WkEnD

there goes the long wkend.. and monday'd passed too.. wheee....

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fri stayed hm and slack till dinner time. had dinner with hubb and his parents at dian xiao er, jurong point. tried it once at vivo, but din remb the food was as nice as the one at jurong pt... wondered if the menu is the same..

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sat was out whole day.. and nite time was to hubb's family gathering.. in the day finally got to try out the pasta place by sakae sushi.. the jap spag shop i supposed.. and.. they serve cold spag!!! arghh! but well, the taste not tt bad lar. quite exotic with abit of wasabi taste.. v diff from the traditional italian spag. i tot the portion was rather small.. given the portion, i think the price is rather steep.. think the $$ we spent there can get us more filling food elsewhere. anywayz...

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above 3 items plus a latte cost us nearly $60. ahh ~

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after the gathering at his relative's house, it was pubbing time...

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AT MY HOUSE!!! wahaha.. the much cheaper way to pub? lol~

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sunday was spent entirely at home. caught a few movies on cable channel 62.. want to sleep but in the end din slept much.. wad a waste...

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o, and i wanna intro this new burger @ mos. erm, im not sure if it's new, but then, it's new to me.

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TADA!
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it's rather disgusting at 1st sight and u wonder how to go about eating it cuz basically, there's no bun and it's the plain leafy tt is wrapping up the piece of meat and tomatoe (veg again!) and the sauce...and u'll feel like a caterpillar while munching thru it. but then, the taste is good! and it makes u feel good after eating as it's really a healthy food. i wonder who came up with this brilliant idea to have burgers made tt way. healthy and yummy! i was told carls junior has similar burger and bigger in size.

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shall try it out someday :)
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