photo diary; the past week

> addicted to baking once again. received pretty positive feedbacks for the chocolate mint cupcakes i’ve baked and i’m pretty excited to continue baking, probably once every week! Next up: Cheese & Bacon Muffins







> had a feasting day where the girls and i went from Maxwell Market (laoban beancurd & chicky rice)) –> KKi for tea & cakes –> PS Cafe for fries –> Buttercake N Cream for seafood aglio olio & warm chocolate pudding. the outcome? an incredible throat.


> unwell for the past week but… turned up for work every single day. no, it’s not like i love my job that much, but i just can’t bring myself to not turn up for work cos while ill, esp if i believe i’m capable of turning up for work & make minimal mistakes. so, it makes me wonder. while i’m really ill & at work, is my colleague who took 2 days mc genuinely ill or taking time off to study for her upcoming exams?







> had the most awesome weekend. also probably cos i haven’t had an entire weekend off in so long! sometimes i really think it’s pretty unfair, but that’s besides the point & work sucks anw. i had dim sum w/ the family at one of our favorite restaurant. we were assigned the same table 4 consecutive times. starting to wonder… maybe it’s meant to be hahaha. & as part of mother’s day, for the family gathering, we prepared a stalk of carnation for all the mothers. & it was very sweet that my mum, received a cake for mother’s day inclusive of special delivery, her favorite chocolate banana cake! hahaha… thanks ll! of course, not forgetting the night ended with lotsa laughter with my dearest cousins & w/o sleep i rested for a bit before dressing up and headed for Gwen’s place for her wedding!





> Sucha pretty bride. we had a simple yet fruitful day. it was my first time as a bridesmaid/jiemei, but i learnt a lot! we made the gatecrashing simple, sweat-free, yet fun, i hope! they got in in no time, and even had to wait around for the bride who wasn’t ready but all was good. it was a long day of no sleep from the night before, but it started and ended well. they managed to source for a bunch of warm photographers, videographer, editor, etc. the wedding singers they hired, & not forgetting, the food served at the wedding lunch was pretty fab! I slept for 11 hours straight & still couldn’t recover from the fatigue. but, it was all good fun. Congratulations & happy marriage! ♥ ♥ ♥

BATAM ’12

It’s been a while since I last went on a trip. Thankful for BFF who planned us a trip for a little getaway to an island just 45 mins away by ferry. She did all the bookings and all I did was… follow. A major hiccup for the entire trip… a massive jam from Tuas to Harborfront. It was majorly congested that day, Poppy was late to meet a client, and I was VERY late to meet my dearest BFF! But thankfully still made in time for the ferry and even had time to drop by DFS to get a bottle of ICE WINE.

Of course, I knew that our trip was gonna be no where close to productive, but I was completely fine with that, and was in the mood to chill and just relax, in our terms… N U A. We refused to join the city tour, and insisted we get off at the hotel. We checked in way before check-in time, and NUA-ed & napped while waiting for J, BFF’s friend. J and mum came to fetch us and off we went to Mega Mall at Batam Centre, first meal… A&W. Was horribly disappointed cos the machine was down and they couldn’t serve us ROOTBEER and we had no stomach-space for Waffles… We went shopping, yes shopping at the hypermart, bought a whole lot of crap :\. Then we drove to the kampung for seafood. SERIOUSLY f r e s h. O M G yummy. We even had the time to drop by J’s place to look-see-look-see, chat and whatnots, before they drove us back to our resort where we had ice wine.

Next morning saw us up earlier than expected, watched 500 days of summer, had breakfast, watched spiderman, went for a massage, watched a good life, before checking out. Went for some yummy pizza, a chat with J and mum before they drove us to the Terminal.

It was all good.

Looks forward to more travels…

“eat well & be well for life!”

I spent the 2nd of my 4 days off having lunch at paradise dynasty, shopping for my face and now, while sitting in the middle of cedele, with a chocolate truffle cake and my shopping loots as company, I type this.

Certain things happened and it got me thinking. How unfortunately these has to happen? But it’s all in the name of fate and no one to blame. And I start to wonder what exactly is gg on in the mind!

I’m gonna meet my colleagues after I’m done chilling and enjoying some ”me” time. I’m gonna get scolded by my friend for meeting my colleagues on my off day, again!!! but fortunately for me, I do enjoy their company!

Till then…

dim sum joy

Spent the afternoon having 20 custard buns, 20 egg tarts, 12 siewmais, 12 hargaos, 12 charsiew paos, 8 glutinous rice, 10 bowls centuryeggporridge, 20 pieces of luobogao, etc etc etc! We had a lot to eat. Dim sum with the family……….. Definitely a joy!

Truckload of Random Moments

An attempt to perfect the Oreo Truffles saw me making them agn!

Happy, shalalala!

There’s something about whatsapp group chat that puts a smile on my face (at least once) everyday!

Truckload of random moments

I’m a true blue fast food junkie!

The day between Friday and Sunday.

Hatched at Evans Road for brunch with the ECDC one Saturday

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

The day spent shopping at Sephora during lunch, followed by dinner in TWG after work. Been having too many lunches and dinners in MBS. Dinners are so expensive (but yummy)!

A truckload of random moments (vi)

Being so “anything” still saw us making decisions we don’t regret! That being said, we had a hearty meal over a warm conversation.

Unfortunately after feasting on these yummy food and 2 sinful desserts, and a last minute trip to the north for teh, my cough/flu combi didn’t improve a single bit. Sad to say, it got worse!

yums

I like setting short term goals. I like planning and having an itinerary that encompasses fun amidst being on a budget, but most often, fun > budget ! ( ^.- ) Thus… when it comes to being on a tight budget VS. having yum yum food to eat, I definitely go for the latter.

As much as most of them think that having lunch in RASAPURA MASTERS everyday can be a rather costly affair, I still choose to have my meals there cos my short term goal for myself is to be able to try at least one item from every single store. And, I think I’m actually progressing well. If you guys do make a trip to Marina Bay Sands and have no idea what to eat, actually RASAPURA MASTERS has a wide array of choices, and all that I’ve tried so far, they actually tastes good.

FYI. Rasapura Masters is just like your ordinary food court in major shopping centers. The only difference, Rasapura actually has yum yum food :\

PS Craving for fast food (McDonalds / KFC), roti prata and… sashimi right now.