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Thursday, July 02, 2009

the MINI experience :)

AWESOME. i simply love it! the moment i opened the door, the 'new car smell' practically swept me off my feet and brought a megawatt smile to my face. i'm still in the midst of getting used to the car size, the turning angle, the changing lane angle etc though...

i just got back from a MINI gtg at timbre old school and got to know a couple of the forummers from minisg.com... and i bumped into this SIM guy who used to drive a MC! but he has upgraded his ride to a MCS la... i thought back about how we got to know each other. it was such a funny incident. on this particular night when i was driving home from zouk, i bumped into him and his friends outside the hotel. they waved at me and i waved back. next he left a note on my car and yada yada... :p oh i also got to know this CCHS junior (2 years younger than me) who is driving a MC. what a small world... :)

okay it's late and i should go to bed like now! i aim to reach office at 7.45am tomorrow. good night world :)

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

"just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean that they don't love you with all they have."

can't you feel my heartbeat?

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

1st upload from my red 100!

23rd june 2009 - grandpa's 90th birthday celebration

it was the 1st time grandpa's birthday celebration was held on a weekday after all these years. according to my uncle, grandpa would be unusually 'alert' on tuesdays, unlike other days... it turned out to be true! at some point in time, he was playing with the youngest family member, nat nat, and both of them were smiling away while gazing into each other's eyes!

i guess when the family size increases, especially with more children, it is harder to have a group shot of the entire family, unless there is a professional outsider around...

the other children were reluctant to let me snap a shot of them! :/ i so wanna take many, many photos with my red 100! love the photos! :)

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i think i've really aged. i get tired so easily nowadays, but it is also probably due to lack of exercise :/

i just got home from dinner and ice-cream with daniel. we had bakerzin at paragon followed by ice-cream at dempsey. the initial plan was to go to timbre for drinks but upon reaching there and seeing the crowd, we decided to change plans.

the traffic back home was really bad. it took like slightly more than half an hour back to my place! TSK TSK TSK.

amid the jam.

etched in her mind @ 11:52 PM

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"i hope this is the last weekend i'm gonna be car-less..."

yes, the above message is for you, jeremy. i wanna go shop for fixtures and furnitures! :p

i spent my friday night at home chatting online and packing. i only managed to pack the long table in my room. i am too embarrased to blurt out what i found... :/ anyway it was uber gross!!! YUCKS. it made me clean a second time with dettol wipes! so much more to go... i'll have to pack section by section. i'm such a messy girl. i can't believe that i've been living in my untidy (and somewhat, dusty) room with freezy for so long... i thought i didn't mind a messy room but after clearing the long table last night, i figured it is probably more therapeutic to have a spick and span room. so the cleaning continues later in the afternoon... BOO~

i spent a great deal of time renaming music file names in itunes last night too! i'll probably take a really long time... sobs :(

hee i hope i'll find some time to upload the photos from my red 100. the family celebrated grandpa's 90th birthday on tuesday... :) :) :)

i realize i need that sense of belonging. at some point in time, i thought i belonged there, but i guess, i never did.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

what's the point of having wings when you can't fly?

i feel like an ostrich :/

well, i just have to keep telling myself, "it's okay, it's really okay..." i can choose to feel what i want to feel.

etched in her mind @ 11:42 PM

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scaredy cat.

i ran out of the cinema which was screening 'drag me to hell' and some of the people who saw me (i think they probably heard my hurried steps because of my heels!) LAUGHED! :/ BOO. it was so embarassing.

that will be the first and the last for us, okay? :)

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

i detest/abhor/loathe people who are selfish.

now i know why i don't look up to you. for the simplest fact, you don't deserve it.

etched in her mind @ 11:18 PM

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

i was supposed to meet my uncle at 11am this morning but i woke up at 11am! BOO. when i called him, he was still at home la! so we met up at a later time... well like the usual times, he asked his friend (the camera salesperson) for good (value for money) recommedations. his friend recommended me this nikon one which has the wide angle feature... and honestly i only wanted to get a canon camera so it was eliminated instantly. i had a hard time deciding between ixus 100 and ixus 110... love the design and sleekness of the 100 but 110 seems better for self-shots, though i thought it was harder to use comparatively. "red 100" was my eventual buy :)

i was supposed to head home for lunch and then cook kong ba... i got my mum to teach me how to cook that yummy dish! in the end, i tagged along with my uncle to meet my aunt (whom i've not met for like a decade?) and we went for lunch at asia grand restaurant. i felt like their kid when i was out with them... it has been so long... my aunt was telling me how much i love eating when i was young, and that i could eat the same portion as an adult though i was only 4 years old! wow, i didn't know that. my mum only told me that i was very greedy and would throw tantrums when the food took too long to be served :/ we were there for 2 hours plus... chatting. that's a record for me, because i often have quick meals...

speaking of which, yesternight's dinner at 天信 took over 2 hours plus! what a record for us! HAHAHA. tempura dinner was uber delicious! i am not a tempura lover but it was an enjoyable meal... :) heh. up till now, i'm still thinking of the batter's 'yellow special secret sauce' joke... :)

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

i was just thinking to myself, maybe it's better to feel 'normal' than to feel 'alternating ups and downs'. now that the day is almost ending, i am glad it is gonna end with me feeling quite 'up', contrary to what i expected. well, when i received my mum's sms in the late afternoon, i was so sian diao... i even calculated my unrealized loss! sheez, just top up alittle more and i'll be able to buy my prada bag :/ BORING.

it didn't help that i feel broke (because i'm gonna be very broke come july) because COE prices shot up and i have to top up money... :/ but i suppose it will be worth it when i see the final product then :) i met jeremy this afternoon for lunch as well as to pass him LTA's notification for carplate ownership transfer. somehow each time when i meet him or receive any sms updates about clover, i feel so gawddamnfarking excited because it means the collection day is nearing! :) what a long wait! hee. since the colours of union jack don't go very well with clover, i'll probably go for blackjack instead, as what jeremy has suggested. by the way, sk me didn't know about blackjack previously! :s

i spoke to my uncle awhile ago and i should be getting my new camera this saturday! canon cameras, second to none! i'm still undecided on the colour though... red? black? silver?

top of the world.

dinner was great though i had a bite of uncooked kani sushi and basically the sushi was quite yucky. i figured, it is because of you :)

etched in her mind @ 11:06 PM

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interesting card which i bought yesterday. the sender is supposed to highlight the intended messages to say to the recipient.

i realize i'm quite fussy, not just in terms of food but also in other stuffs. i was at taka the other day and i didn't buy a card on the spot though the range of selection was plentiful. instead i spent a great deal of time reading the messages inside the cards, of which, i really like the following message (my slightly modified version which i saved in my sms drafts) and i planned to pen it in the card:-

today i'm remembering when we first got together

and all those happy times we've shared since.

today i'm appreciating you for all the happiness you've brought me,

for the strengths i knew you had from the beginning and the ones i didn't recognize.

today i'm celebrating all the good things about our relationship,

the things that never seem to change even with life's ups and downs.

today i look to the future with such happy hopes and dreams for both of us...

because i still think fate brought us together for a reason

and i'm still glad you're the one i'm on the beautiful journey with.

isn't it beautiful? :)

sometimes efforts and little gestures are not meant to be made known until the time is ripe. perhaps i'm alittle too late this time round. i feel misunderstood. afterall, it shouldn't be about me, me, me or you, you, you. it's our thing and we're in this together. have you forgotten?

etched in her mind @ 6:27 AM

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

short girlie session at ingrid's :)

MJ session didn't materialize afterall due to unforseen circumstance! BOO~ nevertheless, it was nice to see the girls :) a picture speaks a thousand words... hmmm, ingrid wasn't in any of the photos though.

kievan's version of 'twist'. heh.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

it was late and the shop has already closed. even so, i deliberately walked over to the other side just to sneak a peek through the window display to see if it was still around...

BUT IT WAS GONE!!!!! oh wells... :/ and i grumbled while walking away.

"so will you love me forever if i manage to find it?"

i totally ignored him, thinking he isn't those romantic sort who will pull a surprise for me.

the next thing i knew (and honestly least expected), i saw it hanging there! RIGHT OVER THERE! not sure what to react at that instance so i acted as though i didn't see it! HAHAHA. i was at a loss of words though i kept smiling, silly, to myself. heh :)

my union jack (look-alike) bag :)

(i guess clover started me on having this 'thing' for union jack. it is highly unlikely she will have any obvious union jack stuffs on her though... grins.)

thanks dear for the surprise and the wonderful day :)

wow it is already morning :/ i can't remember the last time i slept at such unearthly hours. this is the usual time i get up for work every weekday morning! hee. good morning world and have a trigger happy weekend :)

etched in her mind @ 7:17 AM

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Friday, June 12, 2009

what an awkward coincidence it was this morning. nevertheless, good to know that he is well and happy :)

etched in her mind @ 6:41 PM

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Sunday, June 07, 2009

i'm in an especially chirpy mood now even though i will probably buang my paper again! it was tough... :( unlike last june's paper whereby i randomly shaded any MCQ option to my liking, i thought quite hard for some questions which i was stuck and miraculously arrived at an answer! aiya but it's not enough for me to clear the paper la, so i'll try even harder the next time. plus it's not like those answers are definitely correct... :/

for the past few days, the thought of going for the paper again (because i know i would definitely fail today's paper!) made me feel so down... i feel stupid and lazy :/ thanks to BRONTO and my BFF who made me realize that it may not be a bad thing to fail again afterall. the crux lies in picking yourself up, to really repent and find out what went wrong, which i (should) already know (by now). reaching the destination eventually is more important than having an extended journey.

and dear, thanks for the wonderful evening :)

list on things i want and/or need to do

1. kickstart consistent mugging momentum. hopefully with kakis, like guochang (*hint hint*) and augustine! (bro i know you will read this, i miss good ole' mugging (coaching) days! STUDY WITH ME!)

2. shop for my 'room' without spending too much

3. pack my room and clear my wardrobe

4. tennis please! (yay federer won french open! WOOT~)

5. spend time with my loved ones :) :) :)

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oh wells, it's back to work tomorrow after a long break. better start rationing on my remaining annual leave! :p

good night world :)

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Saturday, June 06, 2009

aren't we supposed to keep to what we promised? especially so when it's something that doesn't take much effort?

i can't help but question, do you actually mean what you say?

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Friday, June 05, 2009

D.E.F.E.A.T.E.D

*raises the white flag*

i feel so lousy now!!! :/

i guess i am gonna fail this time around as well. most of the stuffs are new and my head can't seem to absorb them very well? it is so demoralizing to do the practice questions because i'm getting really crappy marks. BOO :(

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

i'm gawddamnfarking stressed! sighs :(

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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

photo credits - www.saksfifthavenue.com

prada tessuto gauffré flap bag. this looks like the bag which i'm lusting for currently, provided it's made of nylon on the outside and leather in the inside. i love the chain! so so so yummy!

when i woke up yesterday morning, the craziest thing which struck me was to go for some much-needed retail therapy (like, buy a bag?) to make myself feel better. but on second thoughts, i can't really do that because i need to watch my spendings. BOO :(

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Monday, June 01, 2009

i am physically tired though i had an accidental nap of 4 hours just now! *gasps*

revision progress is dead slow. fixed income, derievatives and alternative investments and i'll be done with going through the whole syllabus... just once. faints. i still have to attempt the practice papers and online mock exams... :/

i shouldn't be thinking of what to do after next sunday now because it kinda retards my progress. i have a whole list of things which i want to do and the thought of it just makes me so excited :)

mahjong, mahjong and more mahjong. movies. sing. drinks with friends whom i've not see for ages. maybe party abit. pack my room and clear my wardrobe. yada yada yada.

note to self: hang in there.

etched in her mind @ 2:18 AM

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

i haven't been studying the way i should for the past few days after all that has happened. i feel guilty but it is pointless to brood over it now. i have to move on and focus on my revision with the remaining time.

just as i sat down at the study desk and opened my organizer, i realized it is already the end of may. how time flies. this year has passed exceptionally quick and i consider it to be a pleasantly nice one so far despite the recent unhappy stuffs. i turned to the next page and saw a line which i penned a few days ago...

when i crossed that line out, i thought to myself, 'love without regrets...'

etched in her mind @ 11:58 AM

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"then we would have wasted 30 years..."

i held on to it like a glimmer of hope, only to realize it wasn't exactly what i thought. silly eh? perhaps when that time comes, he would have forgotten he ever said such a joke.

如果不能够永远都在一起, 也至少给我们怀念的勇气, 拥抱的权利, 好让你明白我心动的痕迹.

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