Soap & glory

- o f f days are quite lovely lately. Spending time at my own pace &/or w/ good friends over good laughs.
- had so much to eat at the buffet (we queued at 11.15 though they only open at 11.30! we really wanted to try it so bad) w/ the pals before the parents came to fetch us home! Had a change of phone and headed out to IKEA for some shopping (xmas shopping turned furniture shopping) before we split up by gender for a short short short shopping trip before dinner. funniest time ever at IKEA. C r a p p e s t ideas ever
- shopping for x ‘ m a s gifts began and is progressing pretty well
- my eyecandy told me, “I l o v e y o u…” HAHAHA. ❤❤❤
- ive so many plans for the next month and in the coming year! I hope they all do come true… *excitement*
- drive-thru 2 times in a day *win won won*
- rainy days rock when I’m at work or when I’m out in a car. Wishing that it rains E V E R Y D A Y!

HALLOWEEN NIGHT @ U S S

Just 2 pictures from the Halloween Night at USS almost 2 weeks back! Time flies.

& just like that, October flew by. In fact, it’s almost mid November.
Cheers to the upcoming festive season.

5 thoughts

I’ve apparently bought enough facial products in the past couple of days to have an entirely new skincare regime. Fancl Make Up remover > Laneige Facial Wash > Envie De Neuf Exfoliator. I know, every item is from a different brand so it’s kinda weird, and it might not do my skin much greatness. BUT every item is good in it’s own league… so worth giving it a try!

On my o f f day, I had dim-sum with SEIZE (16) people on the same table in Hua Ting Restaurant, footing a bill of $800. Food was ok, not too bad. Exclusivity, was kinda great. A shopping trip consisting of skin care, Tommy Hilfiger jacket & watch, TOYS (transformers), iPhone4 cover from MBMJ, & whatnots, followed. The damage: +/- $1,000. (UN)Necessity to the maximum? L U X E life not meant to happen too freq.

U S S –> Désolé, il pleuvait. But I sat almost all the rides I wanted to go on. C’était amusant.

I’ve an addiction for mad cute desktop accessories, once I start, I can’t stop. I seem to buy e’vry possible nonsense. Even my BOSS rolls her eyes whenever I show her my new buys.

Countin’ down to being E U bounded… 1 wk! MAD E X C I T E D! Living it up. The best part of it all, I get 3 days of break after my H K trip. My BOSS understands me the B E S T. ‘m gonna start p a c k i n g. Looking forward to being in the a i r p o r t 2 times in 12 hrs. Secret is… J’aime aller à l’aéroport.

T G I F">PhotoBlog: T G I F

“It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday”

No T G I F for me since both my weekends are burnt for work. But at least, I had fun the past few days meeting friends after work. And today, I’m slacking my life away at home catching up on dramas, slack on the couch, and then get ready for dinner.

awesome lunches

[chicken katsu curry & chicken chop with aglio olio]

the past 2 days…

[work essentials: hellokitty post-its&mickeyminnie KIV file / decorating an envelop for a friend's gift at work / sushi tei with Lijia! / rainy gloomy morning, thanks stranger for the shelter / overeasy for dinner / happy hour / fish sticks / cheesesteak sliders & prawn linguine / souvenir from Taiwan / mango&strawberries and milk for breakfast]

A truckload of random moments (iv)

It’s the little things we enjoy in life that comforts the soul.
(One of my) current obsession: macarons!

➹ who ever reads lengthy blog posts?

This s u n d a y, I’m gonna conclude the awesome week I just had. It’s this week that made me realize I could actually manage a work-life-balance.

Started the week having tons of yummy dim sum, and then led a tai tai lifestyle sipping tea at TWG.

Work went well as usual and on Tuesday, my manager actually queued for Koi tea for all of us! Such bliss. Watched L i m i t l e s s after work and was totally stoned by the end of the movie. It was not too bad a movie though at most parts of it, we felt crazily dizzy.

Wednesday saw my parents fetching me from work and then heading for a meal of thai goodness! Let’s see… Then came Thursday! Thursday saw me meeting up with my cousin over my favorite burger joint. Okay glad to say this time round the meat patty was juicy and tasty.

Everything at work happened in a blur on Friday. I don’t remember doing much at work cos I was so busy with the same project I was busy for, for the past 3 days. Suddenly, I was out of the office, then I was back in the office along with a few friends. Worked on my same project before requesting to leave earlier… to continue working on the same project. Yes, honestly, the project drove me crazy quite a number of times through the week. But I’m glad, I can proudly declare that I managed to pull it off with the help of many! Thank you all, you know who you are. In fact, I think I did way better than expected.

In any case, my friends accompanied me back to the office and then saw us having dinner at Kraze Burger, a kinda new burger chain from Korea! They had quite a selection of burgers… but 3 of us ate the same one while M ate another. Well, it wasn’t too bad. Not FANTASTIC, but not too bad. Onion rings, bacon, cheese, tomato and beef patty on a soft, freshly baked handmade bun. A lot of crazy stuff happened during dinner saw us stuffed till we didn’t even want koi tea, potato-phobic, and delirious.

We also saw ourselves overly fascinated by cotton floating in the air during a smoke break outdoors.

Then we felt totally great and living it up at High Society indulging in cakes and smoothies even though we were absolutely stuffed! The trip to High Society ended on a high note (internal joke). You know, I know… SHHHHHHHH! Gonna miss these great times with my fellow trainees.

On a Saturday morning whereby I am supposed to be O F F saw me back at the office way earlier than I usually arrive (many thanks to pops). Went to work to realize that it was C’s last day! Settled all that I could, helped out a little with my usual duties then indulged in beancurd from my favorite stall and donuts so early in the morning. Then, I met up with Pops agn and we headed home to get the rest and off we went for lunch. Came home to slack before cooking dinner with Mummy followed for a fruits-full fondue, koi and popcorn session with the guys and girls! Played Zhong Ji Mi Ma and had such a great laugh! Let’s see… Saturday ended well, and everyone was happy.

Today saw me at work early in the morning. I had a great & stressful (at times) time at work! The colleagues always make me laugh though. I’m so lucky to have them brighten up my days at work! And now as I type this, I’m sipping on Koi Tea (again!). Thank you guys for helping me to tapao!

I always believed in balancing between having fun and then working hard but my emphasis was probably placed too much on having fun? :\ Oops but in any case, I never believe in spending TOO MUCH time working hard and then get all stressed up. So take a chill pill everyone, and let you hair down!

PS. I need to stop drinking so much Koi Tea…

I’m very blessed, and so are you!

➹ “A Great Laugh Really is the Best Medicine…”

“… Forget Milk, A Hearty Laugh Will do a Body Good.”
-Brent Grider.

I reek of BBQ as I’m typing this. I’m tired. I don’t know where people find the energy to go out after work every single evening. I did it 2 consecutive nights and I’m beat. Thank goodness I’m not out bowling now.

Work kinda started yesterday rather abruptly! Was called up so suddenly! Work started = training begins and goes on for the next three to four weeks. Up till date, I’m enjoying it quite a bit. I don’t know how to explain this feeling I’m having, but it feels like back to school once again, in fact it feels like I’m back to MI/JC. It’s like making friends almost the minute we met, hitting it off right there and then, expanding the group instanteously, going for lunch together in a group like we-will-NEVER-ever-split-up-for-lunch, wait for each other after exams/end of lessons, and then take a stroll to the train station together and along the way, bond with each other. It’s probably cos I haven’t been doing much in the past few months that now, starting on this new phase in life makes such a huge impact on me. Nonetheless, I’m liking it so far, apart from the crazy amount of time wasted on traveling. But all’s good, I even managed to find a traveling buddy to and fro.

Last night after training, I went for dinner with my extended family. Was pretty new meeting them on a weeknight. Having to tell them that I started work feels rather foreign. I’m never huge on announcing to the a huge group of people stuff that I’m not even that sure about. I tend to wait till I confirm it once, twice and even thrice, I make sure it really is going to happen, then I’ll announce it to the world. Well, so I hope all goes well with this work thing.

Anyway, after dinner last night, we had to make a trip to the 24hrs supermarket to pick up some stuff for today’s BBQ. A bbq for 10, but we actually catered enough for 40? This is what happens when we leave the planning to the guys. But it was great time. Laugh through most of the whole BBQ session & ended up having to ask them to have more to eat. Great way for me to relax after a long day of training. I was super tensed at training today cos I was so worried I won’t make it for the test. But all’s fine, I did pretty well. *PHEW*

PS My parents are home! And Mummy’s home with a surprise for me. <3
PPS I gave up living without facebook. I don't feel the urge to activate facebook, but with my sudden lack of interest in it, I decided that with it activated or not, I won't bother checking it much anyway!

➹ an unlikely cantonese pro {gong jyuh behng}

This Canadian guy, Carlos Douh, speaks WAY BETTER cantonese than me :\ ashamed or what. Watch this video and be entertained! < :

Is he cool or what!

➹ “MOI” time

Je me suis réveillé naturally sans the alarm at 9.30am, searched around the kitchen for snacks to munch on pour petit-déjeuner before feeling all awake.

Did necessary paperwork/ ran errands before finally, discovering that all these months, we always had H B O demande télévision! Regardé deux films! J’aime l’idée de demande télévision. Je pense que I’m going to rely on it too much too soon.

Was chillin’ in the balcony avec le magazine (J’ai acheté a week ago mais haven’t had le temps de lire), le brise et quelque thinkin’.

Swimmin’ ne va pas trop bien! (>.<) Parce que the on/off showers et thunders/lightin’. Bonus being, we tested out some stuff! On second thought, It really wasn’t too bad swimmin’ sous la pluie though \(^.^)/

“Because if you were legitimately happy, honestly you wouldn’t feel the need to make a big show out of it. You wouldn’t have to broadcast it.” -He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)

when you have to look away when you dont have much to say

To hear you stumble when you speak Or see you walk with two left feet Thats when I love you I love you, endlessly And when you’re mad cuz you lost a game Forget Im waiting in the rain Baby i love you, I love you anyway

This is the kinda view I wake up to every morning since Saturday. Not too shabby? This view along with the wind makes waking up easier. The pros of living on the 19th floor?

We got most of the stuff fixed, moved and settled. Although still not used to the surroundings, the distance and the change in furnishing, etc, I’ll probably get used to it in a week or so.