Open Stadium

Same old but new

2007-10-26T22:10:00.000+08:00

Moved...

http://milkshakemonday.blogspot.com/

Speak of the devil runaway bride

2007-10-26T19:20:00.000+08:00

I laughed so hard today. Thanks Di. :P Double dose of you this week!

Totally forgot to take pictures though. :S

Anyhoo, more Jenny-ness soon.

we'll feel so alive

2007-10-25T23:53:00.000+08:00

Throw it away

Forget yesterday

We'll make the great escape

We won't hear a word they say

They don't know us anyway

Watch it burn

Let it die

Cause we are finally free tonight

you completely know the power that you have

2007-10-23T00:21:00.000+08:00

Saturday Night & Sunday...

Strength in numbers 4s.

2007-10-20T21:28:00.000+08:00

I had a jolly good time house-hopping for raya with the girls together with their other halves, Yazmil, Nassier and Fir Kas as my buddy for the day. Yadz wasn't able to join us because he only booked out at 7pm. :S Anyway, as I was expecting guests over at my place, I had to head home after making it to 3 houses only and right after Suhailah joined in the fun. :S Well, though it was short-lived, it was certainly fun-filled. :D

Let the good times roll...

I love this candid shot. My girlies rock my socks, big time! :D

Ok, I better go down because I think more guests are coming and Yadz is on his way. =)

Sometimes I just go crazy

2007-10-20T00:23:00.000+08:00

This week's been crazy. Work's just piling and piling. It's never ending no matter how much time I invest in work. :S The clock ticks at a crazy pace but sadly the week still seems to be slow-moving. Weird. Anyhoo, it's finally Saturday and Yadz will be back in a couple more hours.

I want to go Bangkok. It's just a sudden urge.

I miss homeboy.

In other news, Jenny from the block finally popped me a text. Nothing to hide anymore and yes, we both shared a good laugh. :D

Feel Good Inc.

2007-10-19T04:17:00.000+08:00

After spending about 7 hours in school, I ended Thursday with dinner at Simpang with my schoolmates (Elithia, Mango, Khai and Louis) before meeting the threesome (Farah, Shakir and Sheikh) for a session over at Mak's place followed by desserts at Swensens to wrap up the night. :D

It's one of my feel-good days. :D I'm just glad that I turned out to be this way and not that.

In other news, Happy 20th Birthday Aisha! Many more to come. :D Will see you soon ok!

A Shot at love

2007-10-17T00:01:00.001+08:00

This is such a smoking show!
http://www.mtv.ca/?vid=180844

I'll see you soon

2007-10-16T22:01:00.000+08:00

You're always by my side. Always. =)

Better off seeing myself win won already

2007-10-16T18:43:00.000+08:00

So what's next homie? Holler me since you have my number. I'll wait.

Actually, I can't. :D No siree.

Pick my hair soon.

I'm still smiling. :D

Winner!

Bolly Jolly times

2007-10-14T20:55:00.000+08:00

Eid Mubarak - 2 days of jolly good times with tons of great food, a whole lot of laughters and positive cash flow. :D

Saturday

Sunday

Let me light up the sky, light it up for you

2007-10-13T02:13:00.000+08:00

Friday..

was faboo though I'm now tired and sticky-icky after paying Geylang a visit. :D

Here's wishing all my fellow Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya. May this Raya bring us many more happy returns. Insya Allah. Maaf Zahir Batin. :) By the way, my doors are always open. :)

What happens in Vegas the car Stays in Vegas the car

2007-10-11T00:12:00.000+08:00

Last weekend..

Tuesday night was an escapade. Nadirah came to my rescue after I got lost for a full hour. Though we were still lost for another hour after that, it's always way better to be lost with a companion. I think Nad's intuition beats mine. Hands down!

Finally picked up Nab, Rab and Suhailah and found ourselves stuck in reverse again. I have a street directory in the car all the time but it's just too bad that neither of us can understand maps. :S Getting lost with 4 others wasn't so bad after all. Actually it was a whole lot of fun especially since we made optimum use of the time spent in the car crafting our versions of mtv viddys. :) Too bad that my camera decided to die after its 1st shot for the night. :S Finally made it to Geylang after totalling 3 trips to Orchard, 2 trips to Kallang and a series of wrong turns. Parking on the wrong spot was another episode on its own. Hurhur. I think the girls know this better. We shared a good laugh. :D Oh well, despite the screw-ups, we still had a jolly good time. :)

This is random but the cake's just smokin'..

Table for 4

2007-10-07T03:19:00.000+08:00

Weeks ago...
Yadz suggested fine dining for dinner to celebrate our 1st anniversary but bearing in mind that it's the fasting month, I foresee that every restaurant would be crowded on a Saturday night and though making reservations would secure us seats, that doesn't necessarily mean that we'll get our orders on time. Then two Mondays ago, for some strange reason, I had great ideas flowing one after another while in the toilet of all places. With that, I told Yadz to rest his case and allow me to take charge. =)

Since Aisha and Nas recently celebrated their 1st anniversary, I thought that it'd make the occasion merrier if they could join in the fun too. Spread the news to Aisha who instantly became my partner in crime. =)

Before anything else, bear in mind that both guys had no clue that they were actually falling for the same surprise. All they were told before hand was to be dressed with a white top. With that, let the magic begin…

Saturday 6/10

5.30pm: Did some last minute shopping for dinner with Aisha before heading back to my place to set up the dinner table.

6.30pm: Picked Yadz and Nas up, blindfolded them both and made as many rounds as possible around the hood just to mislead them into thinking that dinner would be miles away. Aisha and I got the thrills looking at them at the edge of their seats, anxious. =)

Let's meet..

Hostage 1

Hostage 2

7.20pm: Finally reached my place. Aisha dropped first to ensure that the dinner table was at its dandiest while I was supposedly parking at the 'car park' with the guys still in the car.

Then finally...

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Surprise!!!!

I found it really cute that my brother, my sister and my brother-in-law were all hiding behind the curtains, peeking to see the fun. =) Without their help, the night wouldn't have turned out this well. Many thanks to them for everything.

Anyway, it didn't take us long at all to begin dinner... =)

In case you're wondering, that green bottle doesn't consist of wine. It's just non-alcoholic sparkling apple juice which I got from NTUC which also got a Muslim lady looking at me strangely when she saw me holding that, especially since I got it during the fasting month. She probably must have thought otherwise. Lol. That aside, thanks to good membership privileges and my dad, I was able to redeem a new digicam (more user-friendly and better than the one I used to use) which pretty much explains why the pictures seem enhnaced for once.

Anyway, to top dinner off, Aisha and I got our boyfriends a little something as well.

That made suprise no. 2

I found the 2 rings attached to the frame really sweet. :)

Anyway, Yadz broke his watch weeks ago and so I thought that it'd be the perfect 'timing' to get him a new one and since he's been eyeing on the Unforgivable perfume for months, I decided to add that as well. I'm aware that my purse is now slightly ripped but I know that the damage will soon be mended because raya is just days away. =) =) Lol.

Dinner was splendid. We ate to our hearts delight, had a couple of good laughs and shared an experience that was once in a lifetime. Dejavu-ing the whole thing would be fun but will never be as special as last night. =)

Moving on now, our night didn't end just there yet. Just to make the night a little more special, my brother allowed us to take his car out. =) And so we were on our way to Surprise no. 3.

We've been wanting to visit the Mind Cafe ever since moons ago and finally got the chance to do just that last night. =) That was when an avalanche of laughters and a whole lot of fun started. =) Hurhur. What a great remedy to detox all the stress. :D

I recommend playing the game First Hand. We had a rolling good time laughing so hard at our foolishness.

All good things have to come to an end. After two hours of gaming, we finally ended Saturday night on a great note. =)

Before ending this entry, I'd like to extend my heartfelt thanks to those who helped. Without you all, the night wouldn't have been one of those nights we'll never forget.

Special thanks to my mum who was the chef for the night, to bibik who was the assistant chef, to my aunt who specially made us her delish steak sauce, fruit salad and whipped potato, to my sister and my mum again who went gift-shopping with me, to my brother for lending the car and clearing the front yard, to all those who shared their ideas and last but not least, to Aisha, my mafia.
Much appreciated.

We got both guys saying A-yo. =) And so Mission Accomplished! Kudos to us.

Here's a toast to many more happy returns. =)

Cheers.

2007-10-06T01:43:00.000+08:00

Why do I keep spelling surprise as 'suprise'? Lol.

=)

Joyride

2007-10-04T19:21:00.000+08:00

So far, this journey of ours turned out to be more beautiful than I've ever imagined. Here's a toast to many more donuts, cupcakes, plates of Tong Seng Chicken rice and everything else that the army doesn't offer. Happy Anniversary and many more to come.

I suppose distance didn't stop him from suprising me and I appreciated his effort very much for that.

Anyway, I happened to get 'access' to one of his platoon mates who kindly agreed to help me out with my suprise for him. I've arranged for the parcel to be delivered to him at the end of the day, before lights out. Homeboy will be one happy soldier. =)

I can't wait for his return because I've got another suprise for him. =)

Who let the dingbat out?

2007-10-01T22:46:00.000+08:00

I was supposed to leave for school at 11.20am today but only got up at 11.05. :S I still made it although I left at 11.35. =) Anyhow, Monday ended off well despite the disastrous start, all thanks to my cupcake. =)

I dreamt of Acapulco

2007-10-01T00:44:00.000+08:00

I've been busy with readings, tutorials and school lately. Was practically on the tips of my toes last week but the bad news is that I don't think it'll be any different this week. :S Looking at the brighter side though, I had a faboo weekend to compensate for the rather demanding weekdays. =) Finally paid Geylang a visit on Saturday night with Yadz, my mum, my sister and other relatives of mine. It's the same old same old every year. Aisha came over to my place with her family too to break fast together. =) =) And I'm smiling twice for a reason. You know why gf!

That aside, our anniversary is just days away. Mission 1 accomplished though I was so close to failing it. :S

Head over heels

2007-09-27T17:04:00.000+08:00

Mum : I thought of going back to school. Your school offers a course for people to upgrade themselves.

Me : But going back to school means tests, exams and studying.

Mum : Actually all I have to do is to pay attention in class and I'll understand everything. That's the most important thing what.

Me : *Giggles* Oooook, but there's still tutorials. You know, "homework". So ultimately, you have to spend some time with school work.

Mum : It's ok. All I need to do is write.

Hurhur. If only it was that easy-peasy-simple-pimple. Lol. My brother and I shared a good laugh though. My mum's so cute sometimes.

Speaking of cuteness, the stray cat decided to pay us a visit for a siesta. =)

Gym Class Hero =)

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Did you miss me much

Why'd you make me wait

You're so out of touch

I wanna see you

This is all we got

Baby don't be late

This is all we got, alright.

My fav scene has got to be from this epi, http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1569664&vid=176034 @ -01.50minutes. I'm so hooked to that song. :) And LC's so gorj! =)

I love this fast song

2007-09-24T23:41:00.000+08:00

What better way to spend my least favourite day of the week with my most favourite girl. :) Our adventure started when we found ourselves lost in Little India. Well, we sure shared a good laugh. =) Headed down to Bugis after that before ending the night at Orchard.

Thanks to her, Monday went well although my mission wasn't accomplished at the end of the day. My sole purpose of paying Orchard a visit was to satisfy my cravings for pancakes. The two blueberry cheese pancakes I got from Mr.Oban Yaki had to go into the bin after I carelessly dropped the plastic bag into the toilet's sink filled with soapy water. :S Went back to the stall to get myself another 2 but all were sold out by then. What luck. :S And so we (myself, Aisha, my mum and Yadz) concluded that, like all those times I got my pancakes, I should always get them with Yadz. :)

Before all that, we had dinner at Far East's Nana Thai because that was the only place that wasn't at its maximum capacity. It's been a while since I last enjoyed a serving of Claypot Chicken Rice all to myself. :D Anyhoo, over dinner we had a long good chat about the things we both know but are not supposed to know. :D That's why we're best friends.

In other news, it's just days away before our 1st anniversary and I hope to blow his mind away with the suprise I have in mind.:D

Love's like this sweet

2007-09-23T01:18:00.000+08:00

I must have perked up that lonely stranger's night after making a total fool out of myself when I attempted my 1st parallel park. :S And just when though I wasn't last to arrive, I ended up being last one way or another. :S Minusing that, Saturday was fabby faboo.

My brother-in-law turned a year older on Friday but we decided to save the celebration for Saturday night instead. :) Initially we were supposed to pay Centrepoint's Pizza Hut a visit but had to screw that because that outlet was closed down. Headed down to PS next but realised that we had to wait for an hour and so we scratched that too before we ended up at El-Sheikh. Thankfully our orders came in a jiffy. :)

Now, let's meet...

My brother

Shaheedah

Meself

My Sister

My brother-in-law and

My brother-in-law's BFF.

Not forgetting the delish food..

Most of us ended up ordering the same dish. I didn't regret ordering the mixed grill myself. Though its serving is large, it's simply to die for. :) 2 thumbs up!

When the night has come

And the land is dark

And the moon is the only light we'll see

No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid

Just as long as you stand, stand by me.

How many angels fit on the tip of a needle?

2007-09-20T23:01:00.000+08:00

Technically it's one hour away from Friday but I'll take it as Friday. That means, I'm just one week away. :) On top of that, Friday and the weekends will be fun. With that, time will certainly fly.

Anyhoo, I'm surviving well. :) Been on my toes, keeping myself busy with school and a whole lot of readings. And after countless moons, I finally paid the gym a visit. I called cardio quits and in the name of fun, opted to try out the classes instead. I think I ended up giving Yoga a bad name. Hurhur. Before I forget, after many centuries, I caught an episode of the Malay news for a reason. :)

In other news, this is one of those I-want-to-go-to-the-sun-but-it's-too-hot-so-I'll-go-there-at-night situations. My brother & I...
Me: How do I get to school from Bugis Junction?
Him: Where's Bugis Junction? Anyway, never mind. You know where Seiyu is and...
Me: You don't know where Bugis Junction is? Seiyu (now BHG), Topman and Swenses are all located there. That's Bugis Junction.....

Guys can be he-bimbos too. :) That's a 6 pointer for O's, straight As for A's for you. Don't we all feel better now that there's something we finally know that he doesn't. Lol. Well, I had a good laugh and it's not the first time. And even after that, I still think he's the brilliant-est and bestest brother ever. :)

And so all's good. :D

Never thought I'd love a guy this much

2007-09-18T00:42:00.000+08:00

Sunday night like any other Sunday night was well spent with Shaheedah. :) We intended to break fast at Tong Seng but had to scratch that after realising that it was closed. Anyhoo, we finally settled for Swensens. :) It's been ages and moons since I had a towering ice-cream all to myself.

Moving on, Monday wasn't too bad either. Bearing in mind that I'm Monday-unfriendly and this time with Yadz absent, I say that I handled Monday pretty well. Spent some time studying at home before meeting Nas and Sayuri at about 5 to pay Aisha a visit. We had dinner at her place too and I must say that her mum's chicken wings are to die for. :) Anyway Aisha, get well soon sweetheart. :)

I've sinned not to have taken pictures in the past 2 days. :S

That aside, I think I'm coping Ns-ism fine.

To those who will eventually go through this sooner or later, I say spent as much time as you can with your boyfriend though it inevitably means you'll end up missing him more but at least, at least, you won't have any regrets of not spending time with him when you actually could.

No one else can feel this for you

2007-09-16T07:50:00.000+08:00

My first boyfriend-less Saturday wasn't so bad. In fact, it was a day well spent with my mum before I ended off the night with my girlfriends.

Waking up on Sept 15 was no way easy, I must admit. To my suprise, my mum greeted me in the morning with a whole lot of support. She was more 'in depth' about the situation and I appreciated that very much. :) We spent some mother-daughter time as well. We went to Carrefour for grocery shopping and because I'm down with flu, I didn't help myself to any junkies. :S Boo.

Anyhoo, when I got back, I unloaded everything, went to the toilet and was about to leave home after that when I got a panic attack. It was already 6plus and I was supposed to pick the girls up for break fast but the car decided to fail. I didn't know whether to be scream in frustration or heave a sigh of relief since the car failed when it was strategically parked inside the house and not somewhere else where it needs to be towed away. No way was I gonna drive my sister's car nor my dad's and so with that, I was left with my brother's since his car is the smallest out of the 3. Oh boy, never a good idea but I had no choice. If my brother actually trusted me to take good care of his car last night, then he'll trust everyone, anyone and nobody to do the same. Lol.

So I picked Rad and Yus up before we made our way to Mak's place. And yes, I've sinned to have stopped a pedestrian to give me way at the crossing instead of the reverse. It's one of those I-give-you-way-but-then-you-slowed-down-to-give-me-way-so-I-took-it situations. Then again, we all know that pedestrians have the right of way, always. Lol. My bad. :S

Moving on, Hudy joined us at Mak's and we four had a good time feasting together. :) We were supposed to join the 97809213 others over at the bazaar but gave that a miss because it was way too crowded.

Was then supposed to spend the rest of the evening at East Coast Park but aborted that too because the car was almost out of fuel and so we had no choice but to pay the petrol station an urgent visit before we aimlessly ended up at Bedok Corner for a visit. Well, that didn't discount the fun we had. :)

After dropping Hudy and Yus off, Rad and I went to Adam's place. Rad drove his car and we both ended up racing our way back. I was leading for a full minute before I lost them and eventually lost the race. Hurhur. I give Tuscani a bad name.

With that, here comes the pictures from last night and a couple of overdue ones as well.

In other news, Yadz called me last night. It was tough job holding back my tears but I managed to. Deftly great to end the night with a phone call from him. And he's doing fine so far. Am staying strong here for him. No reason why I should fail this test. No reason at all.

PS: Thanks to all who showed me great support. Appreciated it very much. :)

Do it once, do it good

2007-09-15T00:59:00.000+08:00

So where was I?

I shall start with school. School's good so far. I must admit though that a week of school got me a little worn out especially after months of just bumming around. I didn't regret spending my hols that way especially since I spent it with Yadz. As wasted as I may seem because all I did was to eat, sleep, spend, eat, sleep, spend, sleep, but I'm young not for long to be that carefree. And yes, I enrolled myself in one of those socities in school just for leisure. No harm expanding my social circle I suppose. :)

Moving on now, it's only the 2nd day of ramadan and I'm already counting down the days to raya. This same old same old thrill in me doesn't run old year after year. :) Anyhoo, I'm deftly not gonna skip the bazaar.

That aside, Yadz is gonna be enlisted in a couple of hours time. We both dread this phase but going through this hand in hand will only make our relationship stronger. I'm not gonna lie that not seeing him potentially means some sleepless nights and probably a couple of nights crying myself to sleep. Then again, I keep telling myself that life is not so bad after all. You know, if I were to compare myself with other girls out there whose boyfriends happen to be studying abroad then I'm still considered very lucky. And it's not like I'm the only person who has to go through this shizz. 1188689 other boyfriend-ded girls survived it well and another 1188689 others have to go through it eventually before another 1188689. Lol. To those who've been there and done that, I salute you all. Now, it's finally my turn.

PS: Will post pictures soon. :D

MySpace

2007-09-12T00:48:00.000+08:00

It's back to school and so far my first day went well. :) I hope that's a good start to my 2nd year. Anyhoo, I suppose I'm gonna be busy, which means lesser time galavanting and more time studying. Well I shouldn't deprive myself from some good fun along the way. :) Will suffice. Wish me luck. :D

And yes, Yadz is becoming a soldier this weekend. I'll do fine so long as I don't listen to Hey There Delilah. :S Right? No. *Suicidal suicidal* Just, wish me double luck then.

In other news, Happy Fasting to my Muslim friends. :)

And to my favourite-est couple, Happy Anniversary. Many more to come. :)

Chivalry is not dead

2007-09-10T00:45:00.000+08:00

My last Sunday before school starts and technically my last Sunday with Yadz before he becomes a soldier went faboo. :) I was all bouncy when I rose from bed, eager to begin the day. :D

Shaheedah started Sunday with us as well. Went to town because she wanted to get herself a black cardigan. We famished 3 finally left Orchard at 6 plus with Shaheedah's mission unaccomplished but still happy since we both got a top each. We didn't skip paying Chippy a visit for fried mars bars. :) Drove straight to Lau Pa Sat after all that, ordered our regulars from the same old stall and pigged out. With a tummy that overloads fast, I was first to declare game over. :S People like me are missing alot when it comes to buffets.

Anyway, we didn't end the night just there yet. We made our way to Bugis after that to walk but Shaheedah and I ended up shopping as well. And she finally got what she wanted. :) I usually don't post what I buy unless it's something really worth it. Probably, something worth my every cent, like this..

That got me saying A-yo at first sight. :) Works 2 ways, as flats and a mirror. :) Lol.

Moving on, we saw a couple of exhibits outside Bugis Junction and I must say that I'm pretty impressed with what the design students came out with. My personal favourite has to be..

We dropped Shaheedah home at 10 and went back to Tampines because Yadz wanted his daily dose of double cheeseburger. Yes, it's been many many days in a row. :) Bumped into Syima and it was nice to see her after so long. :) I like your hair color ok.

In other news, I got my monthly dose of cuppies this week. :) This time, they came cuter. :)

A week ago, I got myself a keychain of The Count. I'm not a big fan of the Sesame Street but I like the very adorable cast they have. My mum had warned Yadz not to get me flowers because it's a waste of money and so he came up with a smarter plan...

A bouquet of keychains of 3 suffocated Sesame Street's characters. Suprised was I. :D

Now my bunch of keys looks complete with the addition of the rest of the gang. :) And yes, my mum had a good laugh. What can she possibly say now? :D

PS: School officially starts on Tuesday. Wish me luck.

renaissance

2007-09-09T01:21:00.000+08:00

Starting Saturday with a good dose of fast food was a brilliant idea. :D Yadz and I went to Orchard with the intention of getting my brother 'something' which I'd rather not mention here because it's just too funnily weird. Lol.

Our trip to town was a fast one because we had other plans lined up, namely Ayu's wedding to attend to and my dad's birthday dinner. :)

Yadz and I reached Elias CC at 7ish. There, we joined Nadia and Edroos for dinner. It was nice to finally see them in person. :) Saw a couple of familiar faces as well. I must point out one thing about the wedding. Make that two. :) One, I was quite impressed with the wedding singers. Dressed in a retro code, the 2 talented Chinese guys did a faboo job in drawing the crowd's interest with English oldies. :) Two, I must admit that it was really sweet of the groom to have sung Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight especially for his wife. That's classic. :)

Ayu looked gorgeous by the way. I know I should have said that way earlier. :) Anyway, I'm happy for the newly weds. Many happy returns.

Moving on, after the wedding, I rushed back home, changed, picked Shaheedah up and headed down to Jalan Kayu for dinner. Good thing Yadz tagged along for if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be able to find my way. I was filled and so I didn't have anything more than a bite or two. The company was great, with more than 30 of us having a rolling good time. I've sinned not to have taken any pictures. :S Shizzle Dizzle.

Dunzo with dinner, the entire 'troop' headed back to my place and lazed around. The girls came up to my bedroom to hangout. We caught a couple of viddys on youtube before watching the younger ones turning my bedroom into a playground. Amazingly, I can never get mad at them for that.

If there's ever a power I could have, I'd wanna be perfect. Perfect for my dad, for I've always had this phobia of disappointing the best dad in the world. Of course I'd wanna be perfect for everyone but perfect in this context would mean doing my dad proud. I'm glad he liked what we got him. Happy Birthday to dad once more. :)

And the feeling's right.

2007-09-08T01:21:00.000+08:00

I was in all perky this afternoon when I couldn't reach my school's admin department even after calling them a gazillion times. The grass only got greener when Cherie ringed me up to inform me that the student's portal is up and functioning well. In a jiffy, I did what I had to do before leaving home dunzo with my worries. :)

My very late lunch came in next when I met Yadz. Made our way to Arab Street's Al-Majlis. Aside our regulars, Steak Sandwich and Mixed Grill, we ordered an additional plate of Mixed Sausages to share this time round. The whipped potato is really one of a kind. :) Though the aftermath of a heavy and sumptuous lunch got me sluggish, I didn't regret pigging out. Yadz found it fascinating that I could sleep instantly and I wasn't even walking straight for heaven's sake. You don't have to drink to be not sober after all. I make one living example. Lol.

Anyhoo, we went to Taka after our long after-meal-walk in town. Our sole purpose to pay Taka's basement a visit was to get more food. Lol. No prizes for guessing that right. Yadz got himself Gogo and Mr Oban Yaki's pancake while I disqualified myself from joining him and bought more junkies to stock up at home instead. I digg Japan's Meiji snacks biggie time. And my current addiction has to be Fran. :)

Another reason why I love the Japs. :D

In other news, my dad turns a year older today. I'm sure looking forward to the gathering later and Ayu's wedding of course. :)

PS: Pardon the slightly smudged edges of the pitchasss. Evidently, I'm plain lazy. :S

Never too old to be young

2007-09-07T01:39:00.000+08:00

I was running a little late today after waking up past noon. The past two nights were long ones and as a result, I'm on a lag now. Late was I but never too late for a a jolly good time with 9 others. Good thing Yadz was free to join us and was kind enough to drive half of the group around.

At 2 plus, once we've picked all of them up, we headed down to Tampines Mall first to get the tickets. I guessed it right. There was a long queue and tickets were selling fast. As a result, we got tickets for the 4.25pm show instead of the 3.40pm one.

That was given to me by my little-est cousin when she greeted me with a warm hug. :) Her masterpiece made a great gesture of appreciation. That's very sweet of her. With pleasant kids like her around, I don't mind being a teacher myself. :) A decent job that gives alot of satisfaction indeed.

Anyhow, since we had plenty of time to spare, we made our way to Simei's Banquet for lunch. :D Over lunch, we 10 chatted, laughed and savoured our dishes. :)

Though we were one of the last few people entering the cinema, we were on time for the movie. In case you've not guessed yet, we caught Ratatouille. :) Another movie with an unexpected ending. :) Besides, anything Pixar is guaranteed good. If you're up for a good dose of humor, then Ratotaouille is the movie to catch. In fact, it has the same happily-ever-after ending as that of No Reservations. I hope that wasn't a spoiler.

Moving on now, after the movie, we didnt forgo paying Macdonalds a visit but before that, we gave the youngest 2 a little treat. :) The $1 ride that gave them the thrills.

Our outing ended well and it was great to see a smile on each of their faces at the end of the day. Well, there's deftly more to come so long as I'm young at heart. :)

That aside, Yadz and I didn't end the night just there yet. Since he was craving for pasta and it was only 8 plus, we decided to pay town a visit. After he got his dose of that, we walked from Somerset to Orchard. I've came to realise that we make one couple that loves to walk. Anyway, after walking for a good hour or less, Yadz decided to pay Vil'age a visit with the intentions of checking out their cakes. I was least suprised when we left Heeren cake-less but with Yadz's tummy filled with ice-cream and crepe instead. :D

I don't blame him for being hooked to that. It's good stuff. :)

As for now, I shall put my good read on hold for something better. That's none other than The Hills!

Saga

2007-09-06T02:11:00.000+08:00

I'm tired but I think I can still afford a decent entry.

Anyhoo, the last few days were faboo. :) I caught No Reservations, ate sufficiently and got myself a little carried away with retail therapy. The perfect combo before heading back to school. No Reservations is also another flick that revolves around chefs and good food. :) I must admit that the ending wasn't exactly predictable. Meaning, I initially listed a few possibilties of the ending amidst watching the movie itself. Bottom line, catching that movie was indeed a good investment. :) With that, No Reservations deserves 5 popcorns. :)

I'm gonna rewind a little now.

I spent Sunday and Monday with my mum and Yadz. We started Sunday at Tampines before joining the many others over at the John Little Mega Sale at Expo. My mum did most of the shopping. After sending her home, Yadz and I spent the rest of the night in town.

As for Monday, we three went to town because my mum badly wanted to get new plates for the kitch. No ordinary plates but those that come with a life-time guarantee and are deemed unbreakable. I joined my mum when it came to shopping. :) Did the same old same old of sending her back first before Yadz and I ended the night in town again.

Moving on to Tuesday now.

I spent Tuesday at my aunt's place with my cousins, siblings, Shaheedah and Yadz. :) After our hearty dinner there, we three (Shaheedah, Yadz and myself) made our way to Bugis where we both girls ended our night with something new to add to our closets.

Wednesday was a long one. After giving my mum a lift, I joined Sayuri and Aisha over at Orchard for a hangout. I finally got the top I've been eyeing on after the girls approved that it's worth the money. :) Paid McCafe a visit, sipped on our drinks, cam-whored a little and had a good long chat before we parted at about 6 plus.

Met Yadz and celebrated our 11th month of togetherness. We were supposed to do that the day before but decided to postpone it because we felt obliged to pay my aunt a visit since she was nice to cook for us. :) And although Carousel came later, the wait was deftly worth it. :) You be the judge!

Our night didn't end just there yet. At 10, we made our way back to my place and picked my mum up before we three made our way to Mustafa Centre. This is an old saying but I must add this, yes, I replenished my stash of junkies, from chips to candies. :)

With that, that's what's been, though expired and overdue.

As for now, I can't wait for later because it's only gonna be another kick ass fun filled day with Shaheedah, 6 girl cousins and 1 reliable bibik. I'm never too old for them and a whole lot of fun. :)

PS: Pardon my previous mal-picturified entries.

And like finally. That's for you both. :) Thanks to Dirah our pictures are more 'enhanced' now. Lol. Aisha, your ringtone's stuck in my head.

life in cartoon motion

2007-09-05T04:17:00.000+08:00

I've not been under direct sunshine (without an umbrella) for more than 15 minutes ever since my last PE lesson in 2005 back in college.

And I've came to realise that only now, 2 years later.

My mum once scared me by saying that the sun causes pigmentation in the long run.

Ella, ella, eh.

Punch lines!

2007-09-04T01:34:00.000+08:00

This is gonna be a wordy-durdy entry because I've not uploaded the pictures yet.

And so life has been the same old same old. Good.

Well since I'm already here, I might as well do a proper entry and not just leave a vague statement.

Before anything else, my 1st confession for this post: I'm too lazy to update these days.

Anyway, so here's what's been. It's been two consecutive days of Banquet visits and shopping with my mum and Yadz. On both occasions, we moved around in a trio till 7ish. Once we've dropped my mum home, we'd then stretch our night till 11ish. I feel much geared up for school now although at the expense of a slightly stuffier wardrobe. :)

Confession 2: I'm high on prata these days. It's plain weird because prata has never been on top on my list when it comes to food. Weirder that I usually consume prata once in a few months but this week's an 'odd' exception. Tell me, when's the last time you had a piece of crunchy prata slapped in oil? :D

Confession 3: It's been 11 good months! :D

Confession 4: I calculated my monthly expenses and I've came to realise today that....... Yes, sirree! No. siree?!

Confession 5: Twisties' Chipster Hot and Spicy Potato Chips is the new addiction! :)

Back to white

2007-09-01T23:35:00.000+08:00

I'm way too lazy to update. Let the pitchasss speak for themselves....

Here's Friday and Saturday..

Friday with Yadz...

Saturday: The girls came over.

Saturday night : Aisha & Myself boogie-ing.

Here's what's new : Yadz is high on Crepes, School's gonna start real soon for me and I did some shoppa shoppa. :)

PS for the girls: I gave up photo editing and we all wonder who's foolish enough to ask what time 7-11 closes. :)

When the pirates came..

2007-08-30T23:16:00.000+08:00

I ended Tuesday night well and ushered the early early morning of Wednesday better. Got food for the guys before making my way to the airport. Waited, waited and waited patiently before exchanging my patience for a good dose of humor when they arrived. :D Heading to school on Wednesday for the workshop was painful especially after sleeping at 3 the night before. Pressed on but didn't last till 4.30pm.

The rest of Wednesday was spent at Bugis and town. Yadz and I lunched at Tong Seng before window shopping at Orchard. School's just days away and that spells pre-new-semester shopping. Yes? Yes. :D

Before anything else, pitchasss: 2 gone wrong and 1 right...

One of the not so bad shots from an unreliable self-timer.

He got his kicks from one of my caught-in-the-middle moments.

And finally my good hands on the camera. :)

So where was I? Paid Taka a visit and got ourselves muchies. My boy sure missed his local goodies. :D

After telling him about Crepes, he decided to give his 'aroused' sweet tooth and taste buds a treat. :D Lol. So that's why we ended up at Heeren before wrapping up Wednesday.

Was dang tired by the time I got back. :S

As for Thursday, we intended to pay Vivo a visit to catch 4 of the Heroes cast members. Unfortchly, I only got back from my facial appointment at 2.31pm and I couldn't be the heroine I wanted to be to be dressed by 2.32pm. :S Scratched that and had a late lunch at Delifrance. My plate of spaghetti with meat balls sure hit the spot. :)

Was our call to pay Donut Factory a visit for our dose of donuts. It's been some time. Actually, it's barely a week since I last chomped on their Strawberry Heart. Too soon but I needed that. :)

Anyhoos, since it was only early 7ish, we decided to spent the rest of the night at the fair over at Suntec. Since Cherie's working for Dopod at one of those booths, I didn't forgo paying her a visit. I bumped into a couple of my friends today just from that fair alone. It was really crowded for a first day but I suppose it's worth the visit if you're looking for better deals.

I'm bored bored bored so much so that I wanna cut my fringe. Bang, bang, bang!

To the left, to the left?

2007-08-28T19:04:00.000+08:00

Before anything else, here's a birthday shoutout meant for someone close to my heart.

Happy happy birthday Rad, May this year
bring you even
more joy. Many more to come sweetheart.

In other news, I was high on Super Ring yesterday. I toasted my bum alternating between reading my book and watching random viddys on youtube. Another reason why I decided to stay in was because it was one of the holier nights. My family and I agreed to gather at home for prayers at night.

As for Tuesday, it's been a long long one so far. I attended a 9.30-4.30 workshop in school where I almost died of boredom. Thank God for Cherie. The bad news is, it's a two-day workshop. One down and one more to go. Suicidal, suicidal, suicidal. :S

Things got way better for us when we paid Heeren a visit for dessert. :D We shared a plate of heavenly crepe topped with chocolate ice-cream and sliced bananas. Comfy and a lot more relaxed then, we girl-talked for a full 40 minutes before we waved goodbye at 6 when she left for her job training.

I was supposed to pay Donut Factory a visit to suprise Yadz with a dozen of goodies when he comes back in 4 hours time but I was such a goner by then and so I headed home instead. I came up with another plan though that revolves around his favourite food as well. :D

Yes, you bet I can't wait for later.

6 days of independence sure did unleash the better driver in me. You wouldn't believe how many times I've lost my way in just 6 days. The best damn thing is, I get the kicks finding my way back each time. :)

:D

2007-08-28T01:59:00.000+08:00

I spent Monday at home. Thanks to youtube viddys for the good dosage of humor.

Happier Again

2007-08-26T22:28:00.000+08:00

A-yo, I got lucky today. :D After two weeks of sole-searching, I finally found a gold pair of shoes better than the one I've been eyeing on. :) It fits perfectly as though it's made for me. Bought myself a pair of flats on top of that which got me at first sight. Shaheedah couldn't resist the flats either and got herself a pair too. The best part of the spree was the fact that I came back with my purse undamaged, all thanks to the sale going on. Hohoho, Santa came early this Christmas. :D

Before all that frenzy, we had an early dinner at Puncak. Shaheedah and myself had a plate of beef fried rice each with added chilli. Requesting for more chilli was a bad idea to begin with. I'm a chilli fanatic but that was an overdose. :S 15 minutes later and a half empty plate, I called it quits.

I wish for a wish for...

And here's the remaining shots from last night...

6's never a crowd for a joyride. :D

I've came to realise that that pose of mine is similar to that of Pokemon's. :S

Who's bringing sexy back when sexy never left? :)

That's us crazy for you, strategically outside Raffles Hospital. :)

In other news, I can't wait for Yadz to be back on Tuesday night, just a couple of blinks away. :)

With that, it's gonna be an earlier night for me.

The female empowerment joyride II

2007-08-26T00:07:00.000+08:00

Singapore's as tiny as can be but I still think I need one of those GPS navigation systems in the car to direct me. Boy, I'm baddy bad with directions. I rest my case. :S

Saturday was hella good experience. :D Meeting point: Raffles City's Donut Factory where 6 of us queued for a hefty amount of donuts. Saved them all in the trunk first and made our way to Bugis where Nad joined us. 6 of us in the car wasn't a bad idea after all so long as the music's great and the company's fabby faboo. :) A joyride indeed.

When we reached Al-Majlis, we realised that we were only permitted to dine outdoors since it was already full house by an early 7ish. With that, we 7 shared the 2 carpets and feasted to our hearts' content. Our donuts came in for starters. :)

Say hello to Aisha, Ad, Sayuri, Fylzah, Nad, Nana and myself...

Then, the good food rolled in after a series of snapshots and laughters. Over dinner, we chatted about everything under the sun, from our Mums to this, that, he, she and the list goes on.

After toasting our bums for approximately 2 hours over dinner, it was time to say goodnight. Dining al fresco on the carpet with a wide spread of Middle Eastern cuisine hinted a touch of Aladdin to dinner but what was better was the fact that I shared that feeling with 6 other great people. :D Saturday Night was indeed a kick ass one thanks to them.

Back in the day..

2007-08-25T00:34:00.000+08:00

I was on my toes right after my late shower. I ran a couple of errands before meeting up with the girls. :) Our initial plan was to have dinner at Tong Seng but we scratched that and settled for Simpang instead. I picked Nab, Nad and Rab up from Tampines and they directed me to Simpang. Suhailah was first to arrive but last to join the table because she didn't realise that we were at the other end. Poor her.

Anyhoos, dinner was a shorter one this time round but it was worth every bit. Over dinner, we reminisced our secondary school days, from boo-boo moments to Mr Chng to... It was indeed a good remedy laughing so hard with them. We've came such a long way and the best part is, there's still more to come. I love this precious bunch. :D

Friday night didn't end there for me. After sending Suhailah and Rab home, I picked Shaheedah up and we made our way to my aunt's place to celebrate my cousin's birthday. :) I had to give my grandmother's cooking a miss since I was still filled. I forwent the cake as well. :S

The night was still young when we reached my aunt's place. The bouncy hyperactive kids were singing and having a jolly good time. I didn't disqualify myself from joining in the fun. :)

On my way back, a dude tried to race me. Road rage. :S Bad choice, I'm a goody safe driver.

Friday's just different without you.

The female empowerment joyride

2007-08-24T14:24:00.000+08:00

Thursday

I woke up at 11plus, went to the toilet, helped myself with Super Ring after washing up, caught a couple episodes of The Hills, read my book and bounced back to bed only to wake up at 4.30 when my brother barged into the room.

While he was fixing his hair, taking full advantage of my cool room from hours of air-condition, we asked each other about our weekend plans. That conversation of ours soon diverted to another topic and that's when I realised that...

Moving on now, I dragged myself out of bed, showered and got ready. Made my way to White Sands with my mum to shop for groceries and other kitch needs. Managed to get a chocolate cake for Rad's birthday suprise as well before heading home.

Not long after I got back, Hudy arrived with a clueless Rad. :D We 3 lazed around in my room, 'exploited' Rad's camera and had a good chat. I realised long ago that I''m deftly blessed to have friends like them aoround.

Anyhow, at 8pm, we left to pick Yus up. I was supposed to give them a ride but I didn't feel like driving so Rad drove the car instead. Unfortchly, it was raining and so we had to abort the original plan of paying East Coast Park a visit for the suprise. We settled for dinner at Vivo's banquet before putting our new plan into action. Rad was still clueless about the suprise by the way. :D Went to the toilet right after our dinner and that's where Hudy and I made the great escape. Lol.

While Yus used the cubicle, Hudy and I 'waited' for them outside. Well, that's what Rad thought and that was the plan. :D What Rad didn't know was that as soon as we left the toilet, Hudy and I ran to the carpark to fetch the cake and goody bags. :) Boy, it was thrilling because we were that close to getting caught by Rad. I felt like a theif making an escape. Lol. Hudy and I sure had a good laugh. :D We make a great tag-team, don't we?

While we were making our way back to the carpark, Yus told Rad that we 'actually' went to pay Dippin Donuts (previously known as Vinco donuts) a visit. That wasn't hard to believe because Rad knows that I digg donuts big time. Everything really fell into place making Rad uninformed about what was really going on.

We took some time to make our way back but Yus distracted Rad by putting the camera to good use. While they cam-whored, Hudy and I struggled with our pants and almost lost our way. Once we found them, Hudy blindfolded Rad while I cornered myself with the cake in hand and watched them. Once Rad was temporarily blinded, I laid out the mat, set the cake and lighted the candles.

It didn't take me long to do all that but we blinded Rad a little longer in the name of fun. :D I got the kicks disturbing her. :D We even told her to face down when she was supposed to look up to the camera. Lol.

Finally finally finally, we merciful 3 took off the blindfold. And so, it's mission accomplished. :D Rad was all smiles and full of glee. We all sang Happy Birthday, she made a wish and then cut the cake. It didn't take us long to help ourselves to a second slice. By 11, we left Vivo as a happy bunch and an even happier Rad. :)

Our girly night out didn't end just there yet. Hudy drove back this time. With great music and windows down, we did our version of Sweet Escape. :D

It was indeed a night worth remembering. Here's to many more rolling good times; :D *toasty toast*

carpe diem

2007-08-22T23:32:00.000+08:00

This is a bluff. A bad example I came out with but try to get the gist of the idea I'm trying to imply here.

Hmm, what if I told you that I'm actually ang-moh?
You'll probably lol first, then you'll find my saying really really strange and crazy, but nothing bad at all. :D

That's how my life is, strange, crazy too but nothing bad at all. I'd like to equate that both to perfect and special. =) That's the simplest I can give for now.

Reality check time...

Yadz left for Bangkok earlier this morning with 3 other lads, all 4 hoping to optimise their freedom before serving the nation. One day down and a couple more days to go before his return on Tuesday night. My agenda for the next few days couldn't be any better. Promised fun with great company will cheer anyone up any time and banish the blues. With that, here's what's been...

Tuesday was well spent. Yadz ensured that he fulfilled his cravings from a to z before flying off. We started out with Mcdees for cheeseburgers. Since we were already at White Sands, we didnt forgo paying Yummy Donuts a visit for a Feather donut as well. :D

Cake-searching for Fareez's 20th birthday came next. We headed down to Tampines and it didn't take us Yadz long to finally find the perfect cake. Evidently, a pick like that must have been his. :D

Went back to my place after that to collect the 2 boxes of curry puffs my mum got for his family. We then paid Central a visit for donuts. No suprises. :) The dozen of micro-donuts from Marcial Kobe really made his day. :D He's high on them these days. As for Donut Factory, it's now officially his 2nd best.

Proceeded to Mustafa Centre after that with the intentions of getting his toiletries and other essentials for the trip. Before ending our day, we had supper together with his family. By the end of the night, my feelings juggled between happy and sad. We ended the day perfectly well but end wasn't what I was looking forward to.

He did call and text me though. And I'm most glad that he's having a jolly good time on the other side. He deserved it. :)

Moving on, Wednesday was good. I spent the afternoon with my mum and my grandmothers. Did the usual routine of picking up and sending my grandmother home from the mosque. While my grandmother was having her 2 hour session at the mosque, my mum and myself paid my other grandmother(mum's mum) a visit and had lunch after that as well at Lion City's Banquet. I love my grandmother's new place because of its 'therapeutic' feel.

Shaheedah ringed me up me up for a hangout since she was done with her e-learning-from-home tasks. We settled for dinner at Tong Seng where she had roasted chicken rice and we both shared a plate of Prawn Tempura. Since we were steps away from Raffles City where Chippy awaits, she thought that it'd be great to wrap up the evening with a dose of Fried Mars Bars.

Long walks are made shorter with great company. I've came to realise that our convos are never-ending. :)

I happen to know what others dont

2007-08-22T04:02:00.001+08:00

When I was looking back at my older posts, I came to realise that what I've been writing all these while only depict the crust of my life. Not to mention the many careless typo spelling errors I've spotted as well, but that's secondary. :S

I've asked myself before and I'm asking myself again, what's the point of having this site when I can't tell a little bit more?

So, why not just let the world wonder then?

In other words, putting an end to this site.

I'll save that thought for another time.

But the best part of this craze is the fact that Yadz is the only person who knows it all.

=)

I believe we're lucky to be born this lucky.

Three octaves above high doh

2007-08-21T00:02:00.000+08:00

Monday was smooth-sailing until a cabby driver almost gave me a heart-attack. :S My smile turned upside down and I was flustered for a full 30 minutes. Fortunately though, I'm uninjured and the car still remains as a piece without any damages.

Moving on now, I collected my speckies before heading down town with Yadz. Popped by Topman first to make an exchange of my brother's purchase. Dinner came in next at River Valley's Spicez where we had our regulars, namely Fried Chicken Rice and Spicez's Special Burger.

I must say that my plate of good food did play a part in perking me up a little. :)

Great food aside, we managed to do our rounds around town before leaving for Pasir Ris. Paid White Sands a visit with the intentions of getting Yakult only before calling it day but ended up with donuts as well. No suprises! =) I tried the Feather Donut for the first time and I must say that it makes the best substitute for the Double Chocolate that I digg biggie time from Donut Factory. Only major difference is that the filling of the Feather is not chocolate but with a high content of butter cream instead. One bite is enough for the cream to overflow. :D Sounds perfect for 2nd best. :) And the Strawberry Heart tasted a lot like Pocky. Lol.

In other news, I've came to realise that the fresh new semester will be starting soon. I'm left with barely 20 days to fix my 3pm-4am body clock back to normal. :S It's about time I say goodbye to bumming.

No. :S

What do you call better than the best?

2007-08-20T00:07:00.000+08:00

I've decided to devote my late nights solely for reading at the expense of surfing celeb-paparazzi-fied webs. I only came to realise today that there are good books (2 of which are overdue and renewed twice) lying around in my bedroom but the probby with me is that I just can't sit still with my eyes on a book. I'll give myself a couple of days to try this resolution of mine. :)

Anyhow, Saturday was faboooo. Yadz had his dose of Marcial Kobe's donuts first before we carried on with the day's plans. We went sole-searching but left town empty-handed, just like the previous week. :S Dinner came in next, this time with his family at India's Kitchen. :D I've met his parents and only brother a couple of times but we've all not settled down for dinner together until Saturday night. Initially slightly jittery, I was full of glee by night when dinner turned out to be better than I pictured in mind.

We had a jolly good time laughing and chatting over dinner, from cars to Japanese CanCan magazines. :D The night was indeed a 'kaleidoscope' of laughter and bonding in the presence of delish food.

Yadz and myself didn't end the night just there yet after his family left. We didn't know where else to go since it was already 11 plus and so we decided to pay the airport a visit. Got ourselves drinks to go before we made our way from one terminal to another just for the skytrain rides. :)

And so, Saturday was splendo. :)

As for Sunday, I spent more than half the day in bed and finally got out of the house at 4plus. I was craving for fast-food and so we paid Shaw Centre a visit for an early dinner. :)

We went sole-searching again and I finally spotted a pair of shoes that got me at first glance but realised that it comes with a hefty price tag. :S It's gold and gold is what I've been looking for. We'll see what my Mum has to say about the tag.

That aside, we paid Borders a visit and I got myself a book to add to my dusty-and-not-read collection of books.

With that, my weekend went better than well. :)

And reading starts in 2 minutes time.

My old-aged fetish

2007-08-17T23:56:00.000+08:00

When I was in the kitchen earlier today...

Bibik: Aiyah, kenapa miss taruk bubur di atas?

Me: Bukan bubur la bibik. Ini memang untuk cupcake.

It was icing and not porridge. :S I don't blame my maid for thinking that I'm such a screw-up in the kitchen. I spell disaster when I attempt to put my hands to good use in the kitch. :S The last time I cooked was 6 years ago, back in the day during Home Econs. :S I think I've got another 6 years to master all the skills I need before I play wifey. :)

Anyhoos, I was just coating the ready-made cuppies with icing before topping them with M & Ms. Yadz said they were delish. :D

Moving on, we met at 4pm and had our late lunch. I was hankering for Pizza since days ago and I finally fulfilled my cravings. :)

I can never get enough of the Cheesy Bites Fondue ever since it got me at first bite. :)

Next up, we paid Central a visit since we havent been there before. Managed to find Marcial Kebo there, a donut parlor which offers micro-mini crunchy donuts. Marcial Kebo isn't like our typical donut parlor but their goodies aren't too bad either. 12 bites for $4, I say it's deftly worth the try. :)

Since it was still early, we spent the rest of the night exploring the mall. I noticed that it's very Japan-ified. There's a Jap supermarket, ice-cream parlor and so on. And a good excuse to bag home some Japanese candies. :)

That aside, we also stumbled upon Gobi, a 'boutique' for desserts, macaroons, cupcakes and all. I was more fascinated by the interior than their goodies. The showcases and lights made the place cosy indeed. :)

Friday was full of discoveries. We enjoyed every bit of it except for the fireworks screw up. The fireworks was scheduled at 8.20pm according to sources from the web but we only got to see them an hour later when we were driving along the expressway. :S Sigh. But he tried to cheer me up by altering my sleezy-cheesy line I created one year ago during the National Day period.

Him : I don't need to see fireworks because you are the fireworks already.

And I smiled and rolled my eyes before saying this...

Me: Copy cat...

Him : *he continued* Kiss the rat.

I gave him a peck and we bought almost died laughing :) Ok, I was mean but he knew it was an unintentional pun. Shizzle.

Step aside and I'll press rewind

2007-08-16T22:41:00.000+08:00

We started the day early but morning-unfriendly people like us were unusually perky this morning. Maybe it all depends on who you start the day with and perhaps what you consume..

We digg the Blueberry Baby Chiffon from Prima Deli. Light and soft, the way we like it. :)

Lunch came in next. It was our call to visit Tong Seng. :) We had our regular dishes that always keep us coming back for more. That aside, I got myself more junkies. A packet of old school Haw Flakes and a bulk worth of 30 mini packs of Super Ring that summed my bill to less than 5 bucks. I know 3o sounds way greedy for one person but not all 30 are meant for me. I just have this habit of stocking up goodies at home, partly for my cravings and rest aside for whoever who comes over, be it my cousins or friends. :D Unless no one comes, then all 30 would be for my hands to hold. :) Actually, I'm left with 25 to be exact, after giving Yadz 5.

I went for a spree after lunch, solely on underclothing. I have this bad habit of shopping for them only when there's a malfunction going on in my drawer. :S Anyhoos, since Yadz was craving for donuts, we headed down to Suntec after that and queued thrice for them...

and more actually. :)

After that galore, we headed back to the carpark but was slightly delayed when we came across a couple of exhibits at Millennia Walk.

I must say that, though I'm not a fan of such 3-Dimensional miniatures, I was very fascinated by them. They'd really look as real as those out on the roads if they were to amplify in size. And so, that's my closest encounter with transformers. :)

Went to PS' Carrefour where Yadz got two doses of sushi for the price of one since it was happy hour.

And that's Thursday for you. :)

He becomes my mum's good friend

2007-08-16T00:30:00.000+08:00

Here's a run of the past few days...

Tuesday:

Went to the bank
Then proceeded to another bank
Dropped something off at my aunt's place
Collected my grandmother's medicine
Sent something else to a different aunt of mine
Went to Parkway Parade's Banquet for lunch

We 3 had all of them for lunch...

I disqualified myself from the seafood and rojak though. :S

Then Giant came next

Headed down to my Grandmother's place, tried figuring out what she said but scratched my head and afforded a smile. Yadz was as clueless as I am but my mum translated the Cantonese to us later

Sent my mum home

Yadz and I carried on. Spent the rest of the evening over at PS before wrapping up Tuesday

Wednesday:

Sent my grandmother to the Mosque for her religious class.
Went down to Little India for lunch.

Lunch couldn't have been any better...

After lunch, my mum did some shopping alone while we both picked my grandmother up from the mosque and sent her home.

Headed down to the optical to order myself a pair of glasses. Was devastated to find out that my eyesight is deteriorating. :S My mum met us there too to collect her ready pair of speckies.

Sent mum home before Yadz and I headed down town.

Went to Taka, bagged a couple of things before we got ourselves our all-time fav Jap pancake. It was happy hour and thus, we got a discount for that. :)

Did our version of Sweet Escape and drove to the airport of all places.

Ops, forgot to add that Tampines' Giant came first before that.

At the airport, while waiting for 'someone' to arrive, I mastered parking in a jiffy. All thanks to Yadz.

Despite our tight schedule these days, we didn't forgo glorious food, a whole lot of laughter among us 3 and a pinch of shopping along the way. I feel like a Super Woman this week. What's the saying? Behind every ~~successful~~ Super woman is a man. :)

PS: Pardon this sloppy entry. :S

Banish the blues.

2007-08-13T23:00:00.000+08:00

Waking up this morning took a toll on me. I started Monday at 11.45am with the blues. :S Everything in my wardrobe suddenly didn't look fine on me and as a result, it took me longer than the norm to finally get dressed.

The ball started rolling and things didn't look as bleak after I set foot out of my place. As promised, I saved my day for my mum. Yadz joined us as well since I figured that he would be of great help and company too.

First stop, the clinic. After my mum picked up the medication for my grandfather, we left for Little India. My mum suggested lunching at one of her fav restaurants. Yadz and myself, though new to that place, enjoyed our serving of goodies. :) Over lunch, we three had a good chat about this and that.

Then came the sole purpose of our trip to Little India: shopping at Mustafa Centre. While my mum was helping herself at the 4th floor, I was busy grabbing junkies from wall to wall with Yadz. :)

We spent barely an hour there before we headed down to Arab Street where my mum got the religious books she wanted. She ended her day at an early 6 plus when we sent her back home. Monday didn't end just there yet for the both of us. We continued our evening at Orchard where we spent a full hour browsing through magazines at Borders. While I kept myself busy flipping through issues after issues of Cosmogirl, Yadz occupied himself with the lastest scoops of WWE.

Randomly decided to pay Marks & Spencer a visit as well and couldn't help getting a pack of butter mints to share. :) I'm high on candy-shopping today.

Paid Isetan a visit too hoping to put the vouchers to good use, specifically on underclothing. Just my luck that each one I happened to pick costs a bombshell. Left Isetan with my dropped jaw back in place before making our way back. My mum called amidst our journey and asked us to grab the Ezyhealth mag for her from the pharmacy along the way. Made a stop at Tampines for that before a hungry me craved for nuggets from Macs. Made another stop at White Sands where we had 6 nuggies and conveniently took the chance to book drop our well overdue books.

Monday didn't turn out so bad after all. :)

On a random note...

At this moment, I'm craving for donuts, pizza and satay. I hope to start tomorrow with one of them. Perhaps a combo of two would hit the spot with donuts as compulsory. I'm not suprised if I'm craving for something else instead when I wake up. :D

I love this cycle of 3

2007-08-12T23:15:00.000+08:00

After waking up past 1pm, I was last to leave my place today for my aunt's place. Yadz, Shaheedah and myself went over to Bukit Batok where we had lunch as well. Did some catching up with the others there before we left for Plaza Singapura. Yadz wanted to pop by the Starhub centre there but we ended up going to Spotlight as well. The pimpster gurus put on their caps and gave me a couple of good suggestions which left me leaving PS not empty-handed.

Thanks to them...

We headed down to Bugis first to collect a couple of things. Then, Gloria Jeans came in next since Yadz was craving for a slice of his all-time fav Tuxedo cake. We three ended up at Raffles City where we got the couch seats for the first time. :) Suprisingly, it wasn't crowded on a Sunday.

Hot White Chocolate

The Tuxedo Cake

Our trip there was a rather short one because Shaheedah wanted to grab a bite since she was hungry. Initially, we were supposed to head down to Simpang but we had to scratch that because it was raining heavily. We finally settled for Century Square's Food Culture instead. Yadz and myself shared a chicken wing set since we were still filled while Shaheedah had herself fried noodles. With that, we ended Sunday on a great note. :)

I love Sundays because of them. We make a great trio. :)

In other news, I'm satay-deprived. :S

Good things come to girls who wait

2007-08-12T00:02:00.000+08:00

There's much to update and I just don't know where to start. I'll skip the details this time. Pardon this entry because I'm letting the pictures speak for once..

Two weeks after being granted my license...

Over at Yadz's place. I'm getting the hang of picking him up. :) I miss the vice versa though.

Many thanks to my Dad. I couldn't be more grateful for that. Anyhow, I think I owe some people a ride especially Rad, Hudy and Khaily. :)

Anyhow, here's what's been....

THURSDAY - DONUTS, CHICKEN RICE & FIREWORKS FOR 3

FRIDAY - TABLE FOR 2

SATURDAY - JUST US 4

Over at Aisha's place...

It's been...

300 days and many more to come..

300 days/7200 hrs/432000 mins/25920000 secs

2007-08-11T01:54:00.001+08:00

Click to play | Make your own Smilebox

I'm over the moon and high on smiles. More updates later. Gonna be an earlier night for me now.

Cupcakes & Donuts,
Shab

I will have the last laff :D

2007-08-09T00:02:00.000+08:00

This is gonna be a short one on what's been..

Been ages since we last had fast food. My mind's pretty narrow in the sense that fast food equates to only Macs and not KFC or BK etc etc. Went to Marina Square's Macs first for lunch where we spent about an hour with the intentions of transferring files and games aside dinner since Yadz brought his lappy along. We were hoping to catch the 7pm Rush Hour 3 show but decided to scratch that and save it for another day which I believe will be for sometime this week. Yad-z simply can't wait to catch that. No suprises that we ended up at Donut Factory where we got ourselves 4 dounts. 2 for us to nibble and share with the other 2 for Aisha. Popped by Aisha's place where we sticked around for an hour or so before we left for home. Poor Aisha, she's ill. Get well soon dear.

Anyhoos, for the un-informed, Donut Factory recently put a halt to the production of Strawberry Heart donuts. Boo. How heart-breaking.

On Wednesday..

My my, Wednesday passed faster than a bullet train. Does that make sense? Anyhow, I smell good fun around the corner. :)

Missing my girlfriends muchos. Catch my hugs and kisses in the air.

Giggle before laughing out loud

2007-08-08T00:03:00.000+08:00

I love public holidays but when it comes to National Day, that's not the case. The roads become congested and certain routes become inaccessible. Then the trains become jam-packed and we'll all never reach to wherever we wanna be on time. :S The cycle I dread every 9th of August.

Sigh.

Tuesday was fab minusing the encounter I had with my brother's car. A poor ~~bugger~~ stranger had to spare me a full 4 minutes so that I can park the car parallely which I ended up failing badly. My kama sutra of driving revolves around 3 things : forwarding, right and left Never reversing. :S Good thing my hands were off the steering right after that when my brother took charge.

I met Yadz at about 5pm and we headed down to Bugis for dinner. No need for clues, dinner was at Tong Seng. :) Decided to pay Orchard a visit after that where we galavanted for 2 hours doing sole-searching. Picky me eventually left town without a pair of shoes because every other pair was either too small or too big or something's just not right, not that I was trying to find fault with each pair. :S

Putting that aside, let's roll the happier times...

We were both not as energised today but tried our best to keep our spirits up. Finally left town for Raffles City at 7 plus where we decided to take a breather at...

Gloria Jeans

I had my regular dose of Hot White Chocolate...

while Yadz had himself a slice of Mud Cake since the Tuxedo Cake wasn't available. He felt that it was rather rich for him but I think it's delish! Highly recommended for chocolate fanatics. :D

Savouring my first bite. :)

The first thing I'd always do when I reach Gloria Jeans is to find for vacant couch seats. And each time I do so, I'd end up with a frown because those seats are always taken up. :S Oh why. Anyhow, we spent our visit there planning for the rest of the week. 'Armed' with my camera, Yadz took the pitchass below.

He get the kicks each time he catches me offguard,

during my boo-boo moments and...

when I'm not looking. :P

Perked up after snacking, we did our rounds whilst waiting for my sister to pick us up. Ended up at Aldo where I got myself satin headbands. Not a big fan of Aldo but there's a sale going on. I got 2 pairs of colored satins for the price of one. :D Worth checking out Aldo, for this period at least.

Soon after that, my sister picked us up and we left for my granny's place where a mini-celebration was held for my girl cousin who just turned 5.

The Karaoke Set Yadz and I got her was indeed a perfect gift. :D Happy that she's happy.

Then the kids got fascinated when I showed them the funny-looking spectacles. One by one, each of them waited in anticipation for their turn to try them on.

Yadz and myself had a good time lol-ing at each other when it was our turn to try. Hilarious. I still think that the bushy eyebrows look better on guys though. :P Then it was time to cut the cake and sing Happy Birthday. :D

Don't we all just adore Disney Princesses once upon a time. :)

Dinner was served as well. A wide spread of dishes, from curry to pizza to satay. :) Was a pity that I came over with a filled tummy.

Galorrre

It's time to meet...

My mum who looks dashing for her age. She 's 54 by the way!

My ever so crazy sister. Young at heart and at times mischevious, we both spell double trouble! :D

The least I could do if I couldn't join them for dinner was to sit and engage in their conversations.

We were supposed to share that but a bite was enough for me and so he..

tried his best to finish up both although he was filled to brim. Hee.

Happy Birthday to the adorable one. :D

Been a long tiring day for us both but deftly a blossoming one. :)

Sugar is only sweeter with them

2007-08-07T00:01:00.000+08:00

I slept like a log, woke up twice, went to the toilet once, used the lappy twice, helped myself with a cuppy, slept again and finally woke up at 3.15pm. I potentially make the laziest person on earth on Mondays. Period.

Went to Little India with Yadz to get the pressure cooker fixed for my mum. Sometimes people find it hard to believe that I'm Indian until I start flashing my IC. Maybe I just resemble my mum more, who happens to be a Chinese. But then again I don't look Chinese. ?? Anyhow, we settled for an early dinner at Little India since we were just steps away our fav vegetarian restaurant. :)

Vegans for the day...

The last time we paid Little India a visit for a meal was months back. That pretty much explained why we enjoyed dinner and the fact that he had double the dose. If I counted right, I had 3 servings of the reddish-orange gravy. It's spicy, the way I like it. I believe it's their secret recipe. Deftly the best gravy for me when it comes to dipping my goodies. :D

Since we were already in Little India, Yadz said that we should maximise our trip there. A good excuse to visit the candy shop. 2 servings of his fav candy to go before we left for Suntec.

Went to Suntec with the sole purpose of visiting Donut Factory. The fact that we both can get 2 donuts each within 10 minutes made it easy for him to fulfill his cravings. Since I was filled and wasn't craving for any, he had all 4 to bring home. :D

Spicy Cheese & Almond

Double Chocolate & Raspberry Chocolate

Then came McCafe. We spent a solid hour or so just talking about our families and sipping on our drinks. We knew long ago that one of the things that complemented us was the fact that both our parents brought us up the old school way. Meaning, our parents didn't spare the rod and we saw their underlying wise intentions now. :)

After our heart-to-heart conversation, we joined the other tourists over at the fountain. My my, times have changed. Never knew lights and water worked beautifully together. :D That looked far better in real life especially when enhanced with great music.

We didn't skip visiting the book fair where I got myself this book for 6 bucks! That's practically a steal. A new addition to my existing collection. :)

Since it was rather early, we spared the remaining time for Bugis. Paid the comic store a visit since Yadz wanted to check out the latest comics. While he was caught up with that, the sight of a bobble head Marilyn Monroe got me fascinated. It's so cute but not so cute when I learnt that it costs 24 bucks. :S

In other better news, we bumped into Di and Nadiah at Topshop. It was a pleasant suprise to see them after so long. Spent a good 5 minutes on updates before making our way back to the carpark. Monday still turned out fine though it started out with a drag getting out of bed. :)

Sometimes I wish to tell the world everything but everything means a complicated 7-dimensional picture. My life revolves more than just around what you see here. Complex but nothing bad at all. :)

Les Sunday!

2007-08-06T00:05:00.000+08:00

To cut the long story short, I would simply put that we couldn't make it in time to catch the 5pm show over at Marina Square. We were still in the vicinity of Yadz's home at 4.50pm! Came up with another plan almost immediately. With that, Yadz, myself and Shaheedah, headed down to Suntec to catch the 5.30pm show instead. We reached the counter at 5.34pm but lucky us that tickets were not sold out yet and luckier us to have gotten good seats. What was better was that the trailers ended lesser than a minute after we took our seats. Bravo, all in time to catch...

Alone..

Apart from a couple of sudden appearances made by the ghost, it's not heart-threatening at all. In fact, the flick had a twist to its tale. One of those movies that got me leaving my seat more than just satisfied. You're in for a treat if you love movies that end unexpectedly. Alone gets 5 popcorns from mua! :D

I suddenly recalled a friend mentioning about Donut Factory's new outlet over at Suntec. Nosy us decided to pop by to take a look but ended up joining what I call the 'Express Queue' to get ourselves 2 donuts each.

Mine

Shaheedah's

Yadz's

That's us happy for you after chomping on our donuts in the car. We practically glowed in color after that, flowers, sunshine and all. :)

I know this sounds so old by now, but dinner came in next at Lau Pa Sat. Satay is so addictive, it's officially a 'drug' that we need to have at least once a week. Deftly no, no, no to rehab! :D

We digg the satay from this stall. Indeed, the best. I promise you that.

Me & Shaheedah (My Sunday Kaki)

Yadz & Myself

A blurry shot of us which I found to be magical in its own way. :)

After that and on top of the 2 donuts I had earlier, I was filled. :) And happy too.

Going strong &...

still kicking.

We left Lau Pa Sat with delighted tummies, secretly knowing that we'll be making our return soon enough. :D Remaining pitchass now.

Of all places, I just realised, why next to a roll of toilet paper? :S

She's 13 and I'm 20. Me short or she tall? Ok, she tall.

Dropped Shaheedah home at about 9plus. Didn't end my Sunday just as yet. Yadz and I paid Giant a visit with the intentions of getting Yakult and doing some walking. Purchased a bar of Crunchie too. :D It's been some time since we both shared that. We were both all smiles on our way back as we thought about the upcoming week. I can't wait! :D

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It's already Monday! Wohoo!

Good friends make the best remedy

2007-08-05T00:56:00.000+08:00

Here's Saturday for you...

I wasn't at the best of moods when I woke up slightly frustrated as a result of my disrupted sleep. I was sluggish until after a refreshing shower. :) Refreshed and ready to go, my Saturday started out late with Yadz picking me at about 4plus. He claimed that he had to drive down to Kembangan to run an errand for his mum. Clueless that he actually had a suprise planned, I fell for that. We were lost initially but with the guidance of a couple of helpful strangers along the way, we finally found Jalan Sentosa. While I waited in the car, he collected what he supposedly had to collect for his mum but I soon learnt that...

I was foooled. :P Cupcake Momma recently moved to Kembangan and he actually ordered a box of 20 cuppies for our 10th.

My stomach was already singing to a tune and I noticed that I haven't had anything for the past 20 hours from my last plate of Tong Seng's Chicken Rice and Japanese Pancake. Call me weird but I never eat at home and thus my source of survival depends on what I eat outside. I think it's because I don't take mutton too often but my kitchen offers mutton all the time.

It was that yummy. :D

Anyhow, the cupcakes came at a good timing. :D Helped myself with 2 cupcakes before we drove off to Taka to have our first meal for the day at Delifrance.

Strawberry Diablo

Baked rice

Beef Lasagne

We didn't want to spoil our appetites for dinner at Nad's birthday gathering but we were famished and thought that it'd be best to feed ourselves first. He had baked rice while I had my usual Beef lasagne. It's been some time since we last had their goodies and celebrating our 10th monthsary there couldn't have been a better idea. :D I double enjoyed my plate since I was hungry. :D After which, we walked for an hour or so before leaving for Costa Sands where Nad's birthday gathering was held.

It was great to see familiar faces there. Met a couple of bloggers there as well as secondary school and primary school mates. Did alot of catching up and cam-whoring was a must. :)

The fudge cake was really delish! It didn't take long for the entire cake to vanish and settle in our tummies. :D Nad's aunt was a great sport. She got the guests hyped up before the cake-cutting session. I was quite filled from our early dinner and as a result, I had to forgo having the yummy-looking chicken wings. :S Anyhow, pitchass now.

Meet..

Ally & Shasha..

Fylzah, Ally & Shasha and..

Shikin.

Unfortch, some of the pictures taken were blurry, so I'm hoping to grab the rest from Nad soon. Anyway, when the remaining primary school mates came over, we got together and snowballed laughters all night long. We reminisced our not-so-cool days and poked fun at each other. :D Those were the days where catching was the 'in' thing to play in school. Be it during recess or while making transitions to our mother tongue classes. Boy, I miss those carefree days.

This bunch makes laughing a remedy. See that guy in red, Aqil, he looks insane but in actual fact, he's so bright that he'd be flying off to London to further his studies soon at the prestigious LSE. And the guy with the cap on, Rushdi, will never fail to crack up when Aqil gives the camera that million-dollar pose of his each time. And I've known the white-specky guy since kindergarten.

They're nice people with good hearts. And I love them for that. :) With that, Saturday went better than I thought.

My ode to you

2007-08-04T00:08:00.000+08:00

While I was dressing up, my mum filled me in that there's a new donut parlour minutes away from home. Forwarded that news to Yadz and we both decided to pay Yummy Donuts a visit.

Got ourselves a dozen to share with the remaining saved for his family. I was suprised that every donut is charged according to their listed pricings. As a result, we had to pay $14.30 for all that. :S Only plus point was that we queued for less than 10 minutes. :D Then again, I don't think it's fair to judge it's number of patrons now because that place is still very new and unheard of. Yadz diggs their donuts though, claiming that they're better than Vinco's. That, I don't think so. But we all still know that nothing beats Donut Factory. :D

After which, we headed down to a toy store over at Arab Street to get Nadirah's birthday present. Lol. Ok, that's not true. Don't worry Nad, we've got something better for you. :) Anyhow, we went there with the intentions of getting my little cousin a birthday present. I ringed her up the day before and she hinted that she wanted a 'microphone'. And so we began our quest, but instead...

we found ourselves caught up with...

big girl/boy toys??

But we finally remained focus with our task and found the perfect gift. :D

Just to be assured that it's in working condition, we tested the toy before making our payment. And boy we had a good laugh when the uncle resorted to using his Cantonese/Hokkianese cassette for a demo. Told him to sing into the mike but he's sure one shy man. So that's our rather hilarious trip to the toy store. :) Following that, we went down to Tong Seng for an early dinner. That sums up to another plate of heavenly roasted chicken rice within 24 hours for me. :)

Continued with our post-dinner walks after that before leaving Bugis for Orchard where we shopping centre-hopped from Wheelock to Wisma to Taka.

Started out with Borders first. Was looking through the postcards when I realised that the price of the postcards have doubled. Bad news. I'm a big fan of their postcards you know. :S That aside, I finally decided to get the pencil tin I've been eyeing on before it increases in price.

Moving on, Wisma came in next. Topman and Topshop are having great sales these days and Yadz got himself a top at 1/2 the original price. :) My happy man.

Taka was last. We visited Mr. Oban Yaki and shared our fav blueberry cheese pancake. :)

I ought to try one of those fish-shaped ones soon. I just find it really thick though.

Anyhow, we decided to join 73238 others at Taka's crazy Toy Sale...

Yep, it was that crowded. I must admit that the toys there are amazingly cheap. Lucky lucky kids man!

I have no idea what that thing is doing there among the mind-enriching toys. :S Isn't it supposed to be M18? But still, I found it cool though. :P I got myself 2 pillows for the car that summed up to a total of 8 bucks only. :) With that, we ended friday at about 10 plus. It was indeed a fun-filled day for us both. I especially enjoyed our trip to the toy store. Putting aside more present-hunting trips in the future, I hope to repeat toy-shopping with him in 10 years to come for obvious reasons. :)

In more random news, I was surfing the web and found a way to simpsonize myself...

to this. I think I make an ugly Simpson. :S Then again, all Simpsons look out of this world. :D

It's been 10 months of priceless memories but I still think that the best way to put it is by saying..

Here's a toast to us both.

It takes 3 knocks to say hello

2007-08-03T01:54:00.000+08:00

When I was making my way out of my place, my brother came back just in time for my random but bright idea. I begged him for his keys and for a moment he thought I was going to drive. But all I wanted to do was to take a picture....

since I happened to be in yellow. :D

The best slogan I can come up with for this is: "Always do whatever it takes to check your blind spot". Lol.

Happy was I. :D Yadz and I left for Simei after that to get our fav blueberry waffle. Initially we were supposed to head straight down to Tong Seng but felt that it was about time we shared a good crusty waffle. :)

Made our way to Tong Seng for an early dinner. We haven't had their goodies together for weeks and the uncle was pleased to finally see us again. He mentioned that he was asking another one of the uncles about us coincidentally the day before. We were touched when we heard that. Never thought that he'd think of us. Hmm, I suppose that Yadz and myself have been high on Satay lately that we've unconsciously 'neglected' Tong Seng for awhile. Lol. Anyway, here's what I digg at every Tong Seng trip..

Roasted Chicken Rice....

with a hell lot of chilli. The $3 that makes me happy each time. The best-est and cheapest pleasure I can think of when I'm broke.

Yadz's Mee Siam &...

The side, Prawn Tempura. Though it is equivalent to the cost of 2 plates of roasted chicken rice, it is still worth the investment. I can never have enough of this golden and crunchy delight ever since day one.

Right after dinner, we went to Topman to get my brother the top he wanted. Then we did our routinely after-food walks where I got myself a top at a minimal cost. Headed down to PS with the intention of catching 'Vacancy' but we couldn't make it for any of the listed timings. Saving that flick for one of these days hopefully, we spent the rest of the night at PS and Borders following that. Before ending our night, he got himself his dose of Hot Vanilla and Banana Muffin from Starbucks. With that, I'm inviting Friday and the weekends with arms wide open. :D

We made the great escape

2007-08-02T01:12:00.000+08:00

Keeping in mind that I slept past 4am, it was a miracle that I woke up at 6plus in the morning with difficulties getting back to sleep. Failing to slumber after 2 hours of tossing and turning in bed, I called up Yadz and we both came out with a better plan. Headed down to Mohammed Sultan Road to have breakfast at....

tcc

To be honest, I haven't had breakfast for ages even at home, simply because I keep waking up way past noon, taking maximum advantage of my term break.

Moving on now, we had a plate each of Salmon with Bagel. On top of that, Yadz ordered himself another serving of Banana Toast. :) Tcc is the only place I happen to know that offers fresh salmon without the expense of ripping a wallet. Our picks were fab but what made it better was the fact that the place was peaceful and quiet, giving us a getaway-holiday-mood. I know that may sound weird but it's just not everyday that we get to find a place which is bustle-free in Singapore at 11am.

Bagel with Salmon

Banana Toast

It's so odd to be out earlier than usual but nevertheless, we needed our regular after-meal walks and so we decided to explore Mohammed Sultan Rd. After which, we left for town and spent an hour there before we left for home. By then, we were both sleepy.

But we could still afford a slice each of ice-cream cake over at my place.

Once Yadz left, I slept like a log and woke up before 5pm to meet up with my girlfriends for a get together session after Rad's return from Umrah. They came over my place to hangout first before picking Salwa up from Tampines. We 5 headed down to Arab Street at the comfort of Rad's car. :)

No suprises. We ended up at Al-Majlis for dinner. Rad's great idea. :) She read my mind well. Three days in a row of Al-Majlis for me and I still am craving for more. Simply can't get enough of that place. :D Anyhow, we had a jolly good time feasting to our hearts' content and certainly enjoyed the great company we had. We managed to do our rounds of updates over dinner but I must say that they were all brief due to the lack of time.

Anyhoos, here comes the pitchas together with captions that only they understand best. :)

Hudy & Me: The revenge of the undone collage.

Hudy & Rad: Combo gone...........?

Salwa & Myself : The Mystery of the Pencil Box's Return.

Hudy & Me again : Famous again.

Rad & Myself : We parallel park the best. :D

Hudy, Yusrina & Rad : Rad's the luckiest for that day.
After all that galore, I met Yadz who did my after-food walk with me. Wednesday went well with double the dose of great food and double the dose of him. :)

This one's for you both

2007-07-31T23:17:00.000+08:00

Yadz gave my mum a lift before we both headed down to the ICA building at Lavender. He had to renew his passport because he intends to fly to Bangkok before he's off to NS. And we've also been thinking of... but we'll see. Cruise to no where would still work well as a last resort. KIV.

Randoms now...
I must say that I enjoy seeing Yadz and my mum clicking so well. I'm sure any girlfriend/boyfriend would feel as delighted as I am if they happened to be witnessing the same thing. My mum has established a certain degree of rapport with Yadz, so much so that she's very open with him. She even tells him the serious issues like my grandfather's health and so on. And something funny happened a few days ago that got me applauding when Yadz came over my place with flowers...

Mum: .......Next time, don't buy for her flowers. It's sincerity that comes from the heart. If she doesn't accept that, then it's not real........

Yadz was speechless and only afforded a smile in return but I was giggling away. That's typical of my mum, very tight when it comes to her wise believes. We knew that my mum meant well and I appreciated that. So, no flowers for me ever. Lol.

Moving on now. it's been moons since I had myself a cup of old school ice-cream. Another one of those cheap and good treats on the go. :)

Always have more chocolate and strawberry. :)

Over at the ICA building, we had to wait for almost an hour before it was his turn. Good thing we were geared with our PSPs and my current read came in handy too. :)

Right after that, we left for Arab Street for an early dinner. :) After telling him much about one particular place, he decided to try it for himself. And the place I'm talking about is none other than...

yesterday's Al-Majls.

No points for making the right guess. :) I'm getting the hang of their wide choices. :) Minusing the wedges, I think whatever that was on my basket can be considered as healthy. Not that I'm health-conscious but taking into account that I'm a junk-food-junkie, it's rare that my taste buds enjoy something yummy which is at the same time healthy as well.

It got a little cold with the air-con right beneath us. :S

Blueberry Tea

Side : Falafeh

My pick: Steak Sandwich

His pick: Mixed Grill
We were both filled after dinner and had to walk badly before we get any more sluggish. Spent some time at Bugis before we left for PS. Sadly, there's nothing much to do in Singapore apart from anything that involves money. :S Be it movies, shopping, eating and the list goes on.

That aside, we ended Tuesday with our dosages of Starbucks. :)

And for no reason, I'm thinking of switching to Livejournal with a locked account. I hear it's not as user-friendly. Still thinking.

I miss ending with this, dunzo. :)

The revenge of the prom

2007-07-30T23:43:00.000+08:00

Went to school as soon as I left home with Yadz to return some overdue books. I didn't skip visiting my school's cafeteria to get...

a slice of my fav chocolate brownie. Heavenly. :D

Then we popped by town where he got his daily dose of sushi while I watched him in fascination. My my, he diggs them big time. After which, we went to Bugis where I was supposed to meet the girls for dinner. Since I was way early, Yadz accompanied me for some rounds around Bugis. I got myself 2 tops, both at snatching prices. :) :) At about 7 plus, once the girls had arrived, I joined them while Yadz left for Sim Lim Square in search for PSP games.

Initially, we 4 couldn't decide where to eat but eventually settled for dinner at...

Al-Majlis

I finally made my return there after ages. I must admit that Al-Maj is by far one of the best places which offers delish food, without causing any damage to your purses. :) How fair! :)

Say Hello to...

Rabiatul and Me..

as well as Nadirah and Suhailah.

Rabiatul and myself both had a plate each of Grilled Chicken Steak,

while Suhailah had Crispy Chicken and

Steak Sandwich for Nadirah.

Dinner was faboooo. :) The great company together with the mouthwatering spread we had couldn't have been any better. :) The meat was juicy and tender, better than what I had in mind. Our 20-minute wait for our orders was deftly worth it.

Over dinner, we 4 updated each other about the latest scoops. I'm so proud of my girls. Suhailah's working in a prestigious learning centre, Nadirah's being offered a permanent post at the bank she works at after only a month there and Rabibi is going to fly around the globe with SIA very very soon. I couldn't be any happier and prouder for them :) They make living examples that good karma comes to those who are nice after all. :)

Anyway, after our sumptuous feast at Al-Majlis, we made a lap at Bugis Village before Yadz picked us up. He dropped the girls off before we both spent a little more time out. Got ourselves a drink each from Starbucks before wrapping up Monday Night.

Blurry

Better now :)

I thought Monday was going to be an ugly one for me after waking up with a sudden tummy ache but it made a U-turn and ended on a perfect note. :) Sweet.

PS: Nab, we see you soon ok! :)

This is how I detox

2007-07-29T23:29:00.000+08:00

Saturday

Not long before I woke up, I was keeping myself busy with the balloons and deco for Shaheedah's chalet.

Taking into consideration that we all haven't showered yet, this happened....

Mum: Shabbir (my 21 yr old brother), go and clean yourself.

Me: Mummy, he's 21 and you have to tell him to clean himself? *giggles, giggles, giggles*

Mum: *Laughs* No talking.

I'm just pumping air into the balloons and not a 7 year-old doing homework. Lol. Next time, she'll playfully tell me to put my finger on my lips. Oh well, I will still love my mum for that.

Meet Bob the cat. :D

At about 3.30pm, Yadz picked me up and we went to town. I have no idea why, but sushi is now his staple food. A dosage a day keeps the doctor away. Sometimes, double the dosage. I don't usually join in his sushi galore other than a bite or two.

Didn't leave town empty handed. Got that masterpiece for a good deal. Perfect way to accessorise my room.

Anyhow, we left town after an hour or so and Yadz dropped me at Costa Sands chalet where the party was held. Yadz spent the rest of the night with Iss at the Indoor Stadium where they caught the WWE show.

What's a party without goody bags for the kids. :)

Chocolate Truffle cake, simply delish! :D

The gathering turned out well. It was one of those get together sessions that I enjoy all the time. We had a wide spread of sides to go along with the rice and desserts as well to wrap up dinner. Plus the heavenly cake, sinfully yummy. :) I'm looking forward to next week because I know 4 others who are turning a year older. :) More celebrations to come. I sure can't wait for that.

Moving on now. My Saturday didn't end just there yet. I decided to ask my dad whether I could stay out later for a midnight movie. Actually, it was my mum who forwarded my intentions to him. Lol. Yep, my dad's strict but it's a good thing. I've experimented with freedom once and I have to admit that it can be damaging.

So Yadz picked me before midnight and off we went to Cineleisure to catch...

Disturbia

We had to catch the 1.25am show as the 12.40am tickets were selling fast. Since we had time to spare, we had supper before the movie.

Seafood Pasta for him together with..

Chocolate Milkshake. What a combo.

Strawberry Milkshake for me. :D Luscious.

The director of Disturbia must have been really smart. :D I had no clue what was going to happen next. Deftly one of those rare flicks with an unpredictable ending that keeps you on the edge of your seat. With that, Disturbia gets 4 golden popcorns. :D

Sunday

My Sunday was well spent with Shaheedah, my cousins and Yadz. We headed down to Suntec first to check out an exhibition.

Dinner came in next. Since it's a Sunday, where else to have a perfect dinner other than at....

Lau Pa Sat

We had our regulars and the satay newbies enjoyed every single bite of the delish juicy satay. :) No regret for sure when you're eating with us. :D Despite Yadz being the only guy around, we 5 enjoyed each others' company and had a jolly good time feasting together. :)

After sending the 3 girls home, Yadz and I went to town for a stroll. Did some shopping before ending the night with this...

Starbucks Hazelnut Hot Chocolate. No other better way to put it, but imagine drinking aqueous ferrero rocher. How gratifying. Gloria Jeans was closed by the way, so we decided to try something new, which we didn't regret at all. :D

Staying away from September

2007-07-28T00:33:00.000+08:00

I badly wanted a license but after getting it, I just didn't feel like driving. Weird. I suppose all that jitters I got from the pre-test week got me this time, just like the first time. :S With that, I think I'll enjoy being driven for the next couple of days at least. :)

I had my 1st drive today though for a good 15 minutes before I gave up. My first was with a low-lying Tuscani. I can hardly see the kerb. My brother's bad bad idea. He's thrilled that I can finally drive and decided to check out my driving skills. His verdict, I'm slow and I make turns like an apek. :S Yeah, that's because he drives at 100 and above.

Anyhow, my friday started at a late 4pm with sushi buffet on the go again. Yadz is high on sushi these days. Sushi pushes his buttons big time!

I had myself a bite or two because something better awaited me. :D

I went over to my neighbourhood's bakery with the intention of ordering Shaheedah's Chocolate Truffle birthday cake and ended up discovering this cupcake as well. It's not rich and creamy like those I've ever tasted before but this light one didn't taste too bad either. What's better, the bakery is just steps away from my place. Meaning, more of such treats in the future. :D

We went to Peninsula Plaza after that to check out the WWE figurines there. Yadz will be catching the wrestlers later at the WWE SmackDown SummerSlam Tour. I'm especially thrilled for him because he gets to meet them backstage. :D Thanks to the Power 98's I am WWE contest.

Moving on, dinner came in next at Pizza Hut. Double the celebration since we celebrated Shaheedah's 13th birthday together with the birth of my license. :D

Simply delish! :D

Say hello to Yadz & my brother

and to my brother-in-law & Yadz again

not forgetting my sister

and then finally me. :D

My cam died before I managed a shot of the birthday girl. :S Well, I'll get it recharged for her party later. Over dinner, we 6 cracked up about everything under the sun. From holidays to common people to us and even to illegal cheap fags. Lol. I love them muchos. My precious bunch. :D

Before we wrapped up the night, we made a lap at the Pasar Malam over at Tampines. Yadz and I have a thing for Pasar Malams. Believe me. :D Though there's not much to shop apart from good muchies, we just love visiting them for no better reason. With that, I'm looking forward to the weekends. I smell promised fun. :D

Gimme a break brake

2007-07-26T22:43:00.000+08:00

Wednesday

Since we had a couple of things lined up on that day, we skipped a proper lunch and had sushi as well as a waffle to go. :D

The bakery located nearby Simei's MRT station offers the best waffles ever. Crispy and light, just the way I like my crusty waffles to be. Just look at the pores of the waffle. :P

After our quick trip there, we left for Victoria Street to look for bulks of snacks/junkies for Shaheedah's birthday gathering this weekend but we couldn't find the ones we had in mind there.

We had trouble making our way there but thanks to my mum for giving us clear directions and boy, it was very humid. :S

We had to make a run to another unfamiliar place, Joo Chiat, hoping to get the munchies there. Fortchly the wholesaler there had everything we wanted.

Once dunzo with that, Yadz dropped me off for my driving lesson. Met him again after that for our much anticipated dinner at Simpang.

We digged dinner, just like any of our other Simpang trips.

Since it was still early, we spent the rest of the night roaming around town before heading home. That said, we ended Wednesday as exhausted people.

Thursday

Called Macs up and we had lunch over at my place together with my bro. :D

I wasn't ready yet and so the guys got themselves busy while I dressed up.

Once ready, Yadz and I left for Vivo to catch....

The flick had the right dose of humor. :D I truly enjoyed watching the movie. We both had a good time LOL-ing our buns off. :D With that, I give The Simpsons 5 popcorns.

Dinner came in next. It was our call to visit Lau Pa Sat again, much sooner than I thought. Our cravings got us this time and I see that coming again pretty soon. :)

And that's us fulfilling our cravings of the day. Satisfaction guaranteed, no doubt about that! :D Right after dinner, we left for Bugis and I got myself the two tops that I've been eyeing on. Strolled for another twenty minutes before calling it a day. :D

In other more suprising news,

Earlier today, before everything else, I was made legal to drive. :D Thanks for the support all. Congrats to Mas who got hers as well and Lulu who passed her FTT. :D

Cheers!

When butterflies come and go

2007-07-25T23:11:00.000+08:00

I need 24 hours but I'll wanna return with double the dose. :D

In full throttle

2007-07-24T23:21:00.000+08:00

2.04pm: Still in bed, un-showered when I'm supposed to be all ready by 2.30pm.

3.15pm: Yadz came and we left for White Sands. KFC for brunch instead of our initial plan of having Macs.

4pm : Did a round of walking before we left.

4.30pm-6.30pm: Driving lesson with Mr Teo. Eventually, I'm gonna miss his funny-sounding Cantonese (or maybe it's Hokkianese) ringtones. And I still can't get over the fact that he complemented on my pink jelly shoes moons ago. Never thought that a shabby man like him actually appreciated fashion. Lol. Anyhow, I'm sure to miss that bloke if I ever were to pass.

Yadz picked me up after that and we headed to Bugis.

7.30pm-8.15pm: We shopped for party props for Shaheedah's birthday gathering this weekend. I'm thrilled! I sure it's gonna be fun because I'm the one planning it. Not entirely but I'm the master-planner. :D Oh well, it better be my best shot if I want everyone else to be all smiles.

8.15pm-9pm: Since the library was just steps away, we decided to spend its last 45 minutes for the day. It didn't take us long before we got ourselves a book each but I shall put that on hold first since I'm quite engrossed with another one I borrowed days ago. :D

The ultimate slogan for tai-tais. Anyone with me? :D :D

He's just trying to act all macho with that book. Trust me, I know my man.

9pm-10.15pm: Before we ended our day, we paid Gloria Jeans a visit. Going there for two days in a row proves that Gloria Jeans is after all something. Had our daily dose of cupcakes together with our new fav, Hot White Chocolate. This time though we had an additional slice of cake since cakes are going at 1/2 the original price in the evenings. :D

Glorious Gloria

Say hello to the Tuxedo cake. The deftly no-no thing to munch on if you're on a diet. But I wasn't on one, neither was Yadz and so...

3 minutes later...

5 minutes later...

That's a good investment. :D We double assure you on that. The cake was in fact quite filling. I think it makes a good choice for meal replacements, in the evenings of course when there's the 50% discount. :D

I was sleepy and so I tried vandalising just for kicks.

But knowing Yadz, my stupidity is still brilliant in his eyes. If only everyone else had his pair of eyes.

I kept myself busy with a couple of plannings to do while he transferred files, games etc etc. That's my trusty organiser I bring along with me wherever I go. Very conventional and old-fashioned for this era but deftly works best for me. :D

I tried figuring out but....

clueless was I.

And no, that's not his for heavens sakes. :P How metrosexual of him if it really was. Lol.

10.30pm-10.50pm: Listened to the Muttons on our way back. :D

That's a wrap!

It got us at Hello

2007-07-23T22:45:00.000+08:00

I'm exhausted but I think I can still afford an entry. So here it goes...

Been on my toes ever since I got up. Started out Monday with my driving lesson before anything else. Yadz picked me up after that and we ended up at Geylang of all places. Bozoo us for getting lost for a good 20 minutes but that turned out to be quite an adventure for a Monday. :D

I felt like a foreigner. My ang-moh moment. Lol.

Bargains!

Pawn shop.

Yadz got me at random. :P ~~Glam~~

Time to rant a little here. My bag costed more than that purple skinnies. Yep, sounds like a stupid investment to have gotten that bag in the first place but I badly wanted it and I couldn't find a cheaper alternative. I went to the shop thrice before finally getting the bag on my forth visit with an insignificant waive off from the actual price. I think the owner recognised me from my previous visits and pitied me a little. But well, at least I'm happy. Ok maybe not entirely. Boo. :S

Moving on, I woke up later than the norm today, wayyyy after breakfast. I had to leave home without lunch as well just to make it on time for driving. And that's an excuse to treat myself to a sumptuous feast for dinner which I deftly enjoyed. :)

Viva Italia! :)

After our dinner at Bugis, we walked down to Peninsula since Yadz wanted to check out the action figurines there.

While walking..

Reaching..

Reached..

Unfortch, the store was already closed by then but our trip wasn't wasted as we took the opportunity to check out the skinnies at one of the Penin stores. I'm waiting for the green pair to arrive but I'm still considering whether I should get GREEN. So Live Earth. Lol.

Funny that I was already tired by 8plus, so we decided to take a breather at Gloria Jean's. Tried their Hot White Chocolate and had our usual dose of cupcakes. I still think that the yellow cupcake is the yummiest, then comes the pink before the white. Give it a go, deftly worth the try. :D As for the drink, we tried it for the first time and I must say that it's the best vanilla-flavoured drink I've tasted so far. I suppose we don't see the need of popping by Coffee Bean for their Hot V anymore.

Refreshed after our trip at Gloria Jeans, we made our way back to Bugis and did our rounds before heading home.

Boy, I'm so fagged. It's gonna be an earlier night for me. ^_^

PS: For those who are wondering, there are no more cupcakes at Bugis because the fair is over. :(

hunky-dory

2007-07-22T22:35:00.000+08:00

Started out Sunday with Bugis first. Managed to collect my reserved items after paying for them. We didn't skip the fair going on at Bugis Junction. :) No prizes for guessing that we got ourselves cupcakes for 3 days in a row already. :)

There happened to be Hula hoop competition for kids going on at Bugis Junction. I must say that I'm quite impressed with both the qualifiers. They can just go on and on without much effort needed. We didn't stay till the show ended but I think the kid in pink won.

Our dose of cuppies. :)

We left Bugis and off we went to Lau Pa Sat for dinner. I left home with an empty stomach just to save my appetite for dinner. I say it's worth the wait because this time, we found a better stall which offered juicier satay.

Best Satay stall is the place to order the best satays. The name says it all. :)

I'm not a fan of mutton but their mutton satay is an exception. Simply put, to die for. I can promise you that. :D

Looked good up front but tasted better.

Still fresh!

Chicken's yummy too but mutton got me at first bite! :D

Fortchly, we got seats once we arrived and lucky us not to be trapped in the rain since it only started to drizzle when we were chomping on our last few sticks of satay. In a nutshell, dinner was splendid and we're planning to pay Lau Pa Sat another visit next weekend. In fact, I can safely say that Lau Pa Sat is our fav new spot.

I have no idea why but we ended up driving to Borders after dinner. We're not bookworms to begin with but we somehow love that store. Deftly one of the places in town left to visit after 9 when most shops are closed.

On a random note, I'm high on chocolates these days though not in large amounts. In fact, M&Ms is right next to me now. :)

I hate Mondays!

Three doors spring open with one closed door

2007-07-22T00:28:00.000+08:00

My day started out unorganised. Scratch that. Well, since my saturday turned out fine and I managed to carry on with my original plans, I shall not jabber about the initial mess. :)

Met Yadz after my driving lesson and we left for Bugis at about 5. I was torn between Qi Ji and Macs for a late late lunch but we finally settled for Macs because I still think that the only Nasi Lemak worth eating would be the one made by my mum. :) How loyal.

After a quick meal, we went back to Bugis Junction and got ourselves cupcakes from the same place we went the day before. This time, we got the larger ones. :) It's chocolate and anything chocolate is worth the money.

And we found a headless bride who's rather pregnant. :)

Though Bugis was really crowded, we decided to join the crowd with the intention of window shopping. I quote, "window-shopping". But a couple of things had to catch my attention when I'm almost cashless. Sigh sigh. With that, I resorted to reserving the things I wanted by paying tiny sums of deposits here and there. As much as I wanted to come back a few days later and pay for everything in full, I'd rather not take it for granted that my wants will always be there. I've learnt well from my past lessons.

Moving on, we paid the library a visit and I got myself two books. We wanted to borrow another 2 audio books but realised that such a privilege is only applicable for premium members.

After our Bugis trip, we dropped by Zouk for administrative purposes before leaving for town.

That's as close as I can get to nightlife. Lol. It's been some time.

Did a round of walking and then got ourselves seats at Spinelli where we had Hot Vanilla. :) Energised after a 20 minute rest, we walked down to Borders and read the last page of Potter's new book to find out whether he's dead or alive. Lol.

That said, Saturday turned out fabby fab. :)