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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CrAzY Day

yesterday 25/4/2009 was a crazy day...did alot of crazy stuff... omg ~

went back to work early in the morning only to know that the system was down. everyone got nothing to do and sat around chatting and slacking. abt 10.30am, they said we can all go off already as the system is not expected to be up anytime soon. wtf??!! made us wake up early on a sat morning, took the trouble to dress up and take transport down, but in the end we did nothing and was made to go back??!! im really pissed... wasted the damn morning juz like that!

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and so, went home after tt as hubb could only meet me ard 2pm after his tuition.. reached home abt 11.30am and there were 2 options: 1) to sleep till the time to meet hubb 2) to go jogging. and..... i did the latter! yes, jogging under the big scorching hot sun!!! shiok! i tot it's pretty cool... haha.. i think im getting mad....

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well, i mean i knew i cannot go to sleep.. cuz i know once i fell asleep, there's no way i will want to wake up and go out again.. and so, jogging seemed like a better option and im glad i did so. hiak~

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went out with hubb to orchard after tt.. went shopped around.. there'r many things which i wanna buy.. but none are necessties.. all r juz extravagant stuff which im thinking of buying to satisfy the shallow side of me. well, afterall, i havent bought anything to pamper myself after taking the bonus.

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tot of buying a bag and a watch. but in the end, did not. ended up getting 2 perfumes. been thinking of buying perfumes all the while, but tot i could do it when i next travel since DFS shops will be cheaper. but ytd, at taka, there was this bags and shoes fare and there was this counter selling perfumes at 60% discount. i know of many shops also selling perfumes at cheaper rate, but im worried they mite be fake or sub-standard goods. now tt they r selling at taka, surely taka will not sell fake goods? and so, bought 2 bottles of 100ml for abt $120. real good deal :)

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hubb was complaining the whole day tt we did nothing that interests him. he's been pestering me to watch 'friday the 13th' .. but i rejected, cuz i really dont wanna watch such movies. and in the end, when we were abt to go home, he came up with this crazy idea which i also dont knw y i crazily followed. ytd was really a nite of silly indulgences.

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we went p_ _ _ _ _ g, d _ _ _ _ _ _ g and s_ _ _ _ _ g! gosh.. i also dont know y we did such stuff.. 2 uni grads.. allowing ourselves to get carried away like that.. haiiii.. i must be so mad. but ytd, i alr clearly told him and myself tt such things will only happen once. it's really unhealthy.. spending the $$ to spoil our health.. wad r we doing??

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anyway, he paid for it since he wanted to do it. haah.. thanks hubb for paying the $$ and let me see sooo many things ~~

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i think with purchasing power, come the desires to do many things. these things, if uncontrolled, will easily become indulgences which u cannot stop doing. i don know y.. but i do feel the change in me. things tt i tot i will not mind, things tt i tot will not bother me, things that in the past i tot is silly and dumb and pointless, things tt the 'past' me will not do, are now making me think if i should do them afterall..

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issit peer pressure? or issit juz the materialistic side of every human beings? and i tot peer pressure will only affect teenagers and the weak-willed.. or maybe, im juz a weak-willed myself..

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i think this is the so-called 'growing up'. i think i already 'level-upped' le. im truly a working adult now.

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有了金钱的来源, 人的虚荣心自然就变大. 要如何控制才不会欲火焚身? 大家都应该好好地反思.
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我们又应该如何才不会成为奢侈品的奴隶呢?

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要如何才能找回那颗最纯朴,最朴实,最与世无争的心呢?

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Still SicK :(

im still sick... that cough.. it juz couldnt go away... there's always this itchiness in the throat... urgh!! i have consulted doc for 2x.. but to no avail.. well, how to recover when i only take the drugs once a day? but then again, how to take the drugs 3x per day when they will cause drowsiness while i still gotta work???? haiiii.... pai mia ahhh pai mia ahhhh !!

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and tt is w/o taking into consideration me working 5ot for this week! and... tmr still gotta work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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and of cuz, all the junkie tt i still ate despite the damn cough!

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gosh.. this is getting nowhere.. i know of this doc who can definitely cure me.. his drugs always do wonders.. but then.. it's not under the panel lehh.. use my own $$ to see doc when im covered... abit dumb rite??

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haii...

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did some mistakes at work tdy.. rather guilty about it..

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shld i confess? or shld i juz pretend nothing ever happen and in the event tt someone found out and i got questioned, i'll juz feign ignorance?

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go confess like abit dumb lehh.. wad for slap ur own face when it's possible tt no one will find out at all??? but then... if someday it's really found out, it'll reflect v badly on me lehhh... feign ignorance is a possible way out.. but then still will be blackmarked de...

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haii haiii ... and more haii....

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pls let the cough go away... maybe then i'll b able to think better....

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SiCk ~

the weather these days..... hot hot hot hot HOTTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i cant stand it.. it makes my mood foul! urghhh!!!

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and in order to be more reader-friendly, i've removed the messy backgrd. now it's more soothing to the eyes to read my blog le bahh? hiak`

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mc on thurs and fri.. had fever 38.5d on wed nite.. thou subsided on thurs morning, the cough, flu, sore throat, blocked nose still couldnt go away. visited the doc and was given 2days mc. till now, the cough and sore throat are still around.. think tmr need to see doc again as the medicine's finishing. but no more mc.. the 2 mc already did huge damage to my productivity.. think for the rest of the month, gotta OT everyday to boost it back liao ~ haii ~ and sorry bnf gang for last min telling u guys i cannot make it for our gathering.. i really din wanna miss it de.. but really couldnt make it.. sadz ~~

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actually, i only have myself to blame tt i cannot recover well. ytd still ate mac with hubb...... and recently, i have this crazy craving for frog legs. there's this eatery at chinatown tt sells really good claypot frog legs. and, i've been there almost every wk! after much persuasion, hubb relented and dinner with me there last nite, again! the frogs are selling at 3 for 2.. and hubb insisted he'll eat something else from the shop and he will not eat the frog again.. and soo..... i ate 3 frogs all by my own ytd nite !!!!! 2 cooked in black pepper claypot and 1 in gongbao claypot!!!!

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the waiters asked not once, but twice, if we want rice or porridge. now, who the hell says claypot frogs MUST go with rice or porridge??????

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seriously, nothing beats being able to satisfy ur craving when ur craving comes!!!

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after dinner was movie - handsome suit. finally ~

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i seldom fall sick.. and now tt i do.. i finally realised how impt it is to be healthy. only when ur healthy do u have the energy, the mood, the motivation, the heart to do things that u want to do.. once sick, everything is off... regardless of how much u possess, w/o gd health, everything is simply gone.... so pple, do take good care of urselves!!

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now only april, but already attended 2 weddings this year. 1st one was anthony's and the second was jane's. both anthony and wife, and jane are only 2 years my senior... o gosh.. this is soo stressing..

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anyway, the nxt wedding should be my bro's de le... hehehe ~

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so there.. tmr's monday again! a long wk ahead again. jiayou... !

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and pls... can the temperature juz go down a bit?????????!!!!!!!!!

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LonG EasTeR WkEnD

This long wkend'd been an eventful one.. so eventful tt i din even have the time to catch handsome suit..

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took hubb's parents out for dinner on thurs nite.. then fri morning, hubb treated pa and ma to breakfast b4 we headed to tiong bahru market to buy the stuff for grave-sweeping. after tt came home to sleep for a while b4 we headed to vivo to buy my new hp - LG viewty. and after tt was dinner at chinatown with pa and ma again..

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sat morning woke up at 8am+ for breakfast at mac with hubb.. after tt he went tuition while i went hm and sleep.. slept till 5pm+ and attended colleague's wedding at nite..

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and today, is the once-a-year grave sweeping again. how how how time fliessss!!!!

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tmr gotta go back to work again.. and it's gonna be a loong week cuz this sat (and next sat!), we are scheduled to work half day.. haiizz ~

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jiayou jiayou jiayou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ThouGhTs

watched a number of movies recently. slumdog millionaire, detroit metal city (dmc), shinjuku incident and nxt week, i wanna catch handsome suit ~

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think out of these few films, dmc is the best one. i think with age, entertainment will really mean entertainment. i juz wanna spend the $, go in and enjoy the aircon, the food and of cuz the movie. i think slumdog and shinjuku incident are too 'heavy'. the more i watched, the more stressful i get. dmc is different, juz go in, relax and have a good laugh. doesnt matter if it makes sense or not.. so long i dont have to think abt it and so long i dont have to worry abt gory or gruesome scenes which mite juz appear next. ~

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but thinking deeper, dmc, despite being a comedy, in fact depicts life. the story is about a shy and gentle guy whose dream is to become a pop musician. however, by twist of fate, he became the lead singer of a death metal band.

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on the stage with the make-up and costumes, he's Sir Krauser, the idol and god of countless fans. but once off stage, he's back to his own timid shy guy with a mushroom haircut whom no one had the slightest idea that he in fact, is Sir Krauser. and, of cuz, he hates being Sir Krauser.

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i feel the irony comes when he actually envys his junior who's able to pursue the route to being a pop singer and for having fans when he himself is soooo popular and has tons of die hard fans.

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isnt that life?

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isnt it very often that we envy others but failed to see wad we actually have in hand ourselves? isnt it always the case that we think so-and-so is so much better off me and how great can it be if i can be like so-and-so?

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but, in actual fact, how much do u know so-and-so? how do u know if he is happy? how do u know wad he is undergoing? and most importantly, how do u know that he doesnt wish he was someone else?

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juz like we think Sir Krauser must be a very happy man becuz he's got millions of fans, his career is successful, he's making big bucks.. but ultimately, he's not...

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juz like how much Sir Krauser wanted to be a pop musician but couldnt and ended up being super successful in something which he hates being.. life, isnt it???

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how often can we do wad we really really want to do and who we really really wanna be?

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think abt it...

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very often, ladies around me said they'll wish to be tai-tais.. but will u really be happy when u become one? how much do u know on how much it involves being a tai-tai??

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striking toto and becoming millioniare is the dream of many.. but when u really become one, will u really be happy? how much do u know on how much it involves being a millionaire?

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when u get that slim body, that sleak legs, that long hair, that extreme tan, that big bright eyes, that busty boobs, that sharp nose, that flawless skin, that perfect height............. will u truly be happy? wad makes u think someone who's slim wouldnt wish he/she is fatter? wad makes u think someone who's tall wouldnt wish he/she is shorter? wad makes u think someone with busty boobs wouldnt wish her boobs are smaller? wad makes u think someone with a good tan wouldnt wish he/she is fairer or someone who's fair wouldnt wish he/she is darker???

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we envy rich pple like bill gates, lee kah shing.. we envy beautiful pple like fann wong, farhrenhait.. we envy popular icons like jay chou, stephanie sun.. but.... how do u know they were not wishing they were like commoners like us?????

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the pasture is always greener at the other side of the hill. i think we all should learn to stop thinking abt the pasture at the other side, but start to appreciate the pasture which u are at now.. becuz for all you know, the pple at the other side, is thinking that ur side is better!!

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LasT PosT On TaiPei'08

day 5 we changed hotel from royal castle to lilai.. the room is big, but a little old and definitely not as classy as royal castle. the reception's kidda run-down too. but given the price we paid, i think we cannot complain too much ba. anyway, the locations for both accomodations were not as good as wad i read on the websites.. both require some walking.. lilai comes with breakfast though..

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*sandwich with drink for our 7th and last morning in taipei*

our 6th day was to jioufen and night time was to beitou. think only took 1 pic in jioufen.. too busy looking for gifts and stuff..... ~

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long bus journey to jioufen. think comparable to the time we took to wu lai ~~

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7th day was the last day.. one of the last few things we ate in taipei.. the "lor bak rice".. hubb's all-time favorite.. i wondered how many bowls he ate all the time he was there... and it's really cheap too! think nt30 or something like tt.. yum!

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mac was not eaten on the last day though.. eaten on one of the last few nights.. cant remb which nite liao. hehe. ~ this one is kiddy meal.. comes with a cute little xiao wan zi's toy ~ gd momento!

last day we juz roamed around in xmd.. went to this restuarant that also sells plush toys in all sizes (and prices, of cuz)! the seats are actually swings. real cool ~

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there was also this toilet theme restuarant tt we came across. i wanted to go try de, but tt boy tot it's kidda disgusting.. arrgh! i regretted so much for not insisting to go in!!! i hate tt boy!!

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back abt 10pm+.. and i spent like >1hr in the DFS shops.. heh~

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when we were finally ready to collect the luggages.. the screen on the belt was already showing another flight.. and the luggages for our flight were already moved to elsewhere.

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great effort in picking our stuff.. and then.... we realised hubb's luggage was not there at all! i was soo worried! he was already unhappy tt i spent so long in the shops when he kept reminding me tt our luggages were still lying around. if his luggage was wrongly collected by someone else cuz we werent there to collect them ourselves, he'll surely blame me!!!

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but lucky, after clarifications with the officers there, it was confirmed that his luggage was not taken by someone else. rather, his luggage was wrongly sent to HK instead! wad luck for his luggage! get to travel to HK lehh! wahhah

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okay, i don know y such a mistake occured, but i believe it's kidda common. given the number of flights coming in and going out, the tight schedules, the dozens and dozens of similar looking luggages.. it's not suprising tt things get wrongly delivered. i juz wonder y were we the 'lucky' ones.. lol ~

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i was juz glad we were coming home and not travelling out or waiting for some transit or likes. the incident did not affect us much. and lucky there were no valuables or perishables in the luggage. anyway, the luggage was delivered to his house the nxt day. yepp..

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o, and we proceeded to eat BK after the issue with his luggage was clarified b4 catching cabby home.

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think this is one of the best trips we had.. did we quarrel?? yes, we did.. but not tt bad i supposed. and the weather was v cool and comfy... something really rare in singapore.

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i really really miss those days...

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and the urge to travel...... it's coming back again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yea ~

got the letter on monday
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better than expected.
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im rather surprised.
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but then.... i guess human r juz greedy.
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if only it could be more ~
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hiak hiak ~
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TaiPeI ParT III

day 5 started at this curry house..
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then to yu-ren pier... still as romantic as ever...... *

artistic pic harr..

after tt went shopped at the danshui old street.. then saw some xmas decorations...

riding on a glowing reindeer? hiak hiak
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on the way back in xmd, many street artists were performing. and this old uncle was performing paper-cut of human sideview.. no specific cost, u just pay wad u want (but no more than NT100).. if u want it to come with a stand, then it'll be the max amt NT100. and so, i tried. good momento i thought. but many pple looking on the street lar.. so abit embarrassing ~ ha ~*

the result.. not tt alike hor.. the papercut prettier than me.. boo ~ hahaha ~

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mmmmm .....i simply miss those days...

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STanD-StilL

my previous few entries were all short n hasty... long time since i've the time (and energy and mood) to sit down and surf and post a long entry...

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life seemed to have come to a stagnant point. towards the end of the 1st-quart, i've basically achieved nothing! no plans to travel (cruise not counted, k) yet, license not obtained yet, bonus not announced yet, and the $ in my a/c is growing at an extraordinarily slow rate.... everything is going haywire and not as planned!!! S**T !!

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this is juz so demoralising.. im truly feeling the impact of the economic crunch. if the crisis never occured, i think i will not be soo low now. at least pt 1, 3 and 4 as above will not happen...

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wad to do when the industry which ur in is the most badly hit?

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but well, at least i still have a job and earning stable income huh? at least im still required to do OT and have the opportunity to earn ya? unlike those grad who grad this year... or those who kenna retrenched... or those who got pay cut... or those who are requested to go on unpaid leave... or those who have less work to do.......................

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so i should count myself lucky huh?

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if only i could think tt way.....

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sian sian sian sian sian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

i slept from 1pm till 7pm+ tdy.

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happiness and fortune is when u can juz go to sleep when u want to sleep.

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things are not going exactly the way i'd planned them to be. or rather, the way i'd wanted them to be. it's vv sad.. but there's nothing i can do.

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it's time to tighten the belt.

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HaPpY 2nd BdAy !!

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it's bloggie's 2nd bday!

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happy birthday to u

happy birthday to u

happy birthday to bloggie

happy birthday to.... you!!!

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wahahhaha
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more and more bad news coming from the bank.

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im really disappointed....

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and all that nitty gritty stuff is simply driving me bonkers

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SiaNz BiG TiMee

im soo sian.

i hate all tt r going on.
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i want to go away.

i wished i could.

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PiZzA DaY

it's a new mth! and the last month to the 1st quart of the year.

wahha ~

ordered pizza home tdy. 2 for $19.90.. to top-up to the family fav flavours will need another $1 each. and so, we top-up the flavour to hawaiian and ocean catch.

however, when the order came, it was one hawaiian and one ham&srooms. tt means, only one of the pizza was top-up, the other wasnt. and tt means, i've paid more...in addition, the receipt tt was issued to me was errornous as well..

and so, i gave pizza hut a call to inform them. im really worried tt they'd charged the wrong amt to my card. the guy who picked up, after hearing me, offered to send another pizza (ocean catch) over. i told him i've already started eating on the 'wrong' pizza, but still he said it was alrite and they will send the correct one over.

fine. but when it came, it wasnt one pizza. it was THREE! omg~ i dont know y, but when it came, it was one hawaiian and two ocean catch. stunned.. ~

so effectively, we received 5 pizzas in all.

wahhh ~~~~~

but im still a little worried on the charging to my card. better double check the net a few days later.

will be going on cruise virgo in may with pa, ma and hubb.

finally something tt im sponsoring for my two folks.

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