A Lazy Sunday

mood: Lazy (wat else :P)
music: Lisa Ono - Tea For Two

A lazy sunday indeed with the torrential rain and dazzling lightning display coupled with rumbling thuinder. My bed is just beckoning me back into its warm embrace so that it can lull me back to sleep under the warm coccoon of the comforter.

Supposed to be hunting for Charity's bday present, but ML and I just can't be arsed to get out of our respective homes. HAVE to get it by today though as her big day comes along this wed, 1st of June.

Guess what, I'm half man, part woman! (look below)

Your Brain is 46.67% Female, 53.33% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female You are both sensitive and savvy Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve

What Gender Is Your Brain?

Happy Bday ML!!!

So ML's bday gathering finally came and went. All in all, it was a pretty nice evening. The main point being ML enjoyed it very much (mostly cos of the great cake). Some not so nice, but interesting, things happened like MR's car batt dying on him, the poor guy, and RB wasn't feeling very well either. He's STILL under the weather. That boy seems to be falling ill rather frequently recently. Maybe having to take care of a gf is stressing him out too much :P Anyway, here are the pics LITERALLY ripped off from WX who was smart enough to bring her digi-cam. I think she did quite well with the captions too! Enjoy

















Wishing you a great 22nd yr ahead bro~



Now to crack our heads over RB's bday next... :P

Coming of age

mood: Apprehensive
music: Metallica - Stairway To Heaven


It's Jintao's 21st birthday today (best wishes to you buddy, hope you've received that card by now) and in just 2 more days, ML turns 22 as well. Got a simple gathering lined up for friday and hopefully it'll be a time well enjoyed with good food and great company. I really wonder if this coming of age is significant to them and what goes through their minds as they blow out the candles on the cakes. Their birthdays actually served as a reminder to me that a very big step is looming ahead of me in just 3 months.

Things have been moving along in spurts for me and needless to say, the gaps of stasis in between have been the more unwelcomed part. Applying to UCAS.... WAIT for UCAS to reply... Confirming my choices... WAIT for the universities to reply to me with their offers.... choosing the offer I want... WAIT for the university to accept me... WAIT for the school's available accomodations... WAIT for the British High Council to approve my student permit... WAIT for school to start. I feel like I'm being grinded by all the red tape.

That's not even the part I dread the most! It's the start of lessons I'm dreading and pining for at the same time! So eager to start life as a student once more, yet so worried I'll not manage to fit in or revert back. So eager to get back to U.K yet so reluctant to say goodbye to my dear friends and family. I think it's mainly due to the fact that I don't foresee myself coming back to Singapore as often as I did back during "A" levels. Maybe once a year during summer break. Tops.

Target flight date: 9th September 2005

How is it possible to feel so elated and yet so miserable about something at the same time?

The Image of Indulgence

As an additional treat for my mom, I got her this: mini-chocolates from Haagen-Dazs. It's the branch in Orchard Forum and interestingly, I didn't see a single scoop of ice-cream for sale there. Only cakes and chocs

The nice little carrier it came in....

There, the box out of it's carrier. Getting closer to the main character liaoz :)

Tada! First look at the 4 nuggets of bliss I bought for mom. You can only see the "Vanilla Sublime" on the top right. Do you see "Perfect Tea Harmony" peeking out on the left?

A top view shot of all 4 pieces.

The taste test: "Vanilla Sublime" as expected, had a strong does of vanilla essence nicely encapsuled in the thin crust of chocolate outside. So thin in fact, you hardly taste it over the vanilla cream inside just waiting to explode on your tongue. The pistachio nuts on sprinkled on it adds a nice crunchy texture to it as well.


Last but not least, "Perfect Tea Harmony" - as apparent from it's appearance, it's a green tea based praline in a bed of green tea infused (again) cream. I would say it was refreshingly different, but not something I would choose normally.



Made the choices for these flavours as my mom doesn't have a sweet tooth at all and rarely enjoys chocolates in the first place. Was hoping the somewhat different tastes of these ones will suit her palate.

Yes, I tried them at the shop first before deciding on my purchase :P



ps - Laura~~ thank you so much for finding out how to post multiple pics! It's a breeze now! :)

Sums it all up

mood: lethargic
music: John Mayer - Daughters


No, this blog has not fallen into ruin and banished to be forgotten in the recesses of my flagging memory that this sorry excuse of a brain of mine has. It's just been a wretched week for me and posting on this blog just wasn't that high up on my piorities. My apologies. I am back now, aren't I :)

First things first, my sister and I finally decided on a crystal bead necklace/belt and a box set of bird's nest for my mom. The necklace is quite elegant and is different from the common jewellery available at Lee Hwa or similar jewelleries. It is quite long in order to serve as a belt as well and so has to be tied a certain way when worn around the neck. Goes without saying that this "fashionable" side of the gift was decided upon by my younger sister. I chose my half of our gift as a little something to help bolster my mother's health since she is always zipping around the world in airplanes and exposed to both extreme ranges of the weather.

Dinner plans were left up to me as well and I decided on a vegetarian restaurant RB brought me to before: The Whole Earth Vegetarian Restaurant
As most of my family members prefer vegetables over meat, going the way of the vege wasn't that hard of a choice. Furthermore, this place doesn't rely heavily on MSG to season their dishes as most other places do. I understand, MSG helps add more flavour to vegetables which can be somewhat bland at times, but adding HEAPS of that (as is the common practice) just sucks. We finished dinner without feeling thirsty as camels in the desert for once :)

On a totally different note, I was waiting to check out the facilities at the newly renovated Chinese Swimming Club in the footnote of the previous post. Went to play badminton with RB and Charmaine. RB's gf was supposed to come along as well (doubles) but she unfortunately fell ill. Poor girl. Overall, the club is now very nicely done up - well, the last time I visited was years ago - and mayhap I'll be popping by more frequently now.

My sinus is giving me problems again! That's why I haven't been in the mood to post recently. It's been so bad, I'm worried I might have my first migraine attack in 3 years. *head throbs* ML is pissed at RB and me too. Over some small matter (at least it seemed small to RB and I) concerning basketball and tempers. Hopefully it'll blow over soon.