I hate people who say

"I've said it before, and I'll say it again."

Please, if you've said it once, and was ignored by me, it probably means I don't give a damn to what you think.

Dirty Pretty Things

No reason for the title, I just like the way it rolls off the tongue ok?

So the day before (saturday), we went to Daniel's KR play. Was at the library when Mel called and asked if I was going. (Yes I'm studying 3 weeks into the semester. Probably the most hardworking you'll ever catch me)

'I'll go if you guys go ok? But I'm totally ok with not going. Really.'

Later Mel called WS, and called me back. I msged WS about (not) going. After the whole string of communication, all (WS, Caleb, WY, Mel and me) of us finally went because it would not be nice if we didn't go, even if we did buy the tickets. Cause you know, attendance means something, I guess. (Although you can just grab the program booklet and split!)

I thought the play was a little cliche and contrived, but hey, I probably don't even have the will power to write an entire play myself so I shouldn't talk too much right. I guess I don't like anything too overtly 'trying-to-be-artistic'. It's very pseudo.

Later we went to Coffee Club at Holland V to have dessert. (I want my country pie! Boo)
The chocolate truffle cake with mango sauce is delicious. Really. I should have taken a photo of it but I was so entranced that I forgot to.


*

Was QS's 21st yesterday, and he treated us to dinner at Pariss. About 20 people, at Pariss dinner time on a Sunday. That's mad cause it's the most expensive time slot you can get! 42+++ per person. But what the hey, I'm not the one treating, hoh.

I've always been a little awkward QS cause well, being cousins of the same age we should have more stuff to talk about right? But we never seem to talk about stuff outside of schoolwork.
And it's very unnatural cause well, I'm in bizad and he'll be going to SMU.
And I can't tell him to his face 'Bah, I think they just have a great marketing team'.

But last night was okay I guess. I love the food at Pariss, but I think I prefer Genghis Khan more. Hah! But they had a better selection of cakes! (Like chocolate truffle. Hahah)
Also I loved the goose liver pate. Yummy. And the mozellera scallops. Yum.

I didn't touch the sashimi. *shudder.
I never understood eating something that tastes like chee cheong fun with a fishy taste.

But last night was quite fun. I love eating buffets!

*

I am loving Aussino. Bought a set a sleepwear there yesterday.
Mum told me 'It looks like something a wife wears for a husband.'
What?!



Does it look like that? Erm. I don't think so.

Anyway, cheap thrill of the day. They have this really cute quilt coverwith names of guys on it. The first name I saw was his name! Haha. (I told you it was a cheap thrill)

I demand

that gift shops have free gift wrapping service like during Xmas seasons. It's hard to wrap presents, especially clothing items. It's even harder to find boxes/gift bags/gift wraps that are nice and of the correct sizes.

Thank god for ready to go quick wraps. Wrap it in tissue, throw it in a nice gauzy bag and ribbonize it. Woo hoo. They rock.

ETA - No actually they suck. Don't buy it. I have photographic evidence.

Throbbing headache

Lately I've been having pretty bad dull aches in my head, not the headache variety. It's more like, a dull pain everytime I try to move slightly vigorously. It's been going on for about 4 days already... I don't know what to do. I tried eating panadol, but it's no use, so it probably confirms the fact that it is not a normal headache. So. I honestly don't know what the hell is wrong other than the fact that it's killing me.

So yesterday I missed Jeremy's 21st party cause I was really having a hard time moving around. Pain was quite bad yesterday. I can't even bear to pick up his phone calls. Feel so bad now. Guess I'll call him back later.

Ok

Now I feel like a completely horrible, ungrateful, childish, immature person.

I really hate it when I recognise these traits in myself.

Astereotypical nerd with an inferiority complex

Yesterday I did this quiz, which reveals if you are a nerd. Apparently, I am, but I am an astereotypical nerd, which means -

You are a nerd--that is, an intelligent-yet-socially inept and unpopular
individual who exhibits excessive interest in normally mundane, oscure, trivial,
and/or otherwise unpopular pursuits--whose physical appearance and/or mannerisms are not stereotypically nerdy.

So... Is that good or bad? I honestly don't know. Actually I think it's bad, but what the hey. I think it's true actually. I actually like going to the library. I like learning things. I love to read. I secretly like exam periods when I am studying in the library with a stack of stuff, because I'm doing something useful. When I see someone carrying a brand name that I like, I feel happy and excited for them. If my film art lecturer gave me a huge stack of readings, I'd probably be happy to read it. Ditto with any literature module. I probably am not a nerd in the way that I would want to carry a calculator with me everywhere I go, or have pocket protectors, but I guess I could classify as a nerd with all my interest in the mundane/unpopular... only, like the quiz said, I don't look or act like one. So I'm an astereotypical/pseudo nerd.

And the funny thing? People don't see that. I may procrastinate, I may be really vain. I can be shallow, and little things make me mad all the time. But that doesn't mean I'm just a useless bimbo whose major aim in life is to coordinate her nail colour with her notebooks. There are people who tell me 'You don't look like the type who volunteers', 'She is such a regular clubber who like, clubs all the time' etc. Sometimes it frustrates me, because I feel like I'm stereotyped into this party, have fun, flunk hard sciences, coordinate nail colours kind of role. I'm not. I may be some traits some of the time, all of them some of the time, but not all of them all of the time.

So maybe you don't know me, idiosycrasies and all. I've also never really felt secure enough to let people know what I'm really like. I think and say the weirdest things, but when I'm with people, I refrain from just speaking what I think. Some people just don't know what to make of it when I say weird stuff.

I try to be sincere in what I say, because after some time, the truth will come out anyway. Some friends have told me I sometimes overuse the word 'best', like when I say 'You're the best!!!' but... I don't understand, cause I mean it when I say it. (Unless I'm saying it while simultaneously rolling my eyes haha)

Sometimes I want to do nice things for my friends, to thank them for just being such a great person. Many times, these plans fall through. I wanted to make cards, in the end I settled for post cards cause my cards are awful. I wanted to send Christmas greetings, but sent them late because I couldn't get stamps. I wanted to make dessert for some friends when we had this gathering... in the end it didn't work out because the jelly came out all soggy. This is enough to give a girl an inferiority complex. (Martha Steward I'm not, that's for sure) Then I feel bad, cause I could tell my friends how important they are to me.

Sigh. This entry has gone on long enough. I'm going to sleep.

Crarh!!!

I have no idea what 'crarh' mean, but I'm really frustrated now and this is what I feel like yelling. CRARHHHH!!!!!!

What has gotten me so mad?

University students.

Yes. Full grown, 20 year old students with absolutely ZERO communication skills whatsoever. If they are your project mates, you'll probably feel like stabbing them with a blunt fork. I mean, I'm sure you guys have had project mates like them. This scenario may be familiar to you. I swear I'm not making it up. (Thank god for A who was my project mate, cause I would totally have died in that kind of meeting.)

Me 'So! What topic should we settle on?'
A 'I don't mind doing question X or Y'

Silence all around
I look at A helplessly

Me 'So...?' (Looks at S1, S2 and S3)
S1 'Eh... I'm okay with anything'
S2 Grunts and keeps quiet

I turn to S3, who hasn't said anything. S3 is a guy.
Me 'So? Do you have any opinion?'
S3 'No.'

I suppress an urge to word vomit.
'You idiot!!!!! Do you have no communication skills whatsoever?! Look at you! Argh!!! You're such an non entity!!! Doesn't that kill you?!!!! Speak up like a man!'

Di 'Why don't we take a vote or something?'

... and when we vote, S3 sits on the side, mouth open, drooling, a blank expression on his face. I want to beat him up.

Later A and I were discussing about them. We agreed that S3 was the quietest guy we've ever seen. I personally thought he was Mr. Invisible. (courtesy of Jan's Get Real.) We agreed that S1 looks fierce. I personally thought, also, that she seemed pretty like a slow thought processer to me. I ask her something, she grunts. 1 minute later, she replies me. S1 is by far the best. At least she interacts, and she is actually kind of smart.

Crarh.

I'm so infuriated now I may just tell the next person to get lost, bitch.

Speaking about bitches. I met a pushy bitch today. See, the shuttle bus arrived, and a couple of us crowd around the door and wait for the others to come down before we go up right? So, I was on the side of the door where, when the door opens, it opens away from me. Which means the door was kind of blocking the bitch. So by right, I should go up first. (I don't care, I am right any way you see it.) Anyhow, she stepped up just as I was getting up, and pushed her way through! It was so damn rude! I nearly spilled my coffee... actually some did spill out a little. I hope it spilled on her... I'm not sure. So I went 'Ew yuck!' in a really loud voice. And she had to gall to turn around and look at me. Whatever. I'm sure she'll grow up and become one of those aunties who doesn't queue up and push their way through.

My new favourite t shirt! (From Urban Outfitters) Sadly, it is only sold online, so I can only e-window-shop. (Yes, I don't have a credit card. Bleah) I love this t shirt!!! *Love 

My bottle of Miracle So Magic! Haha... Technically, I got them before the launch date (It launched on the 14th, I got on the 12th), but I only received it on the 16th. It has a gorgeous scent!  

Me wearing the my dream Swatch watch 

Today + some other stuff

... would have been a GREAT day to go tanning. The weather's perfect.

Grahhh

ETA - Argh!! Each time I look out of the window and see the perfectly nice weather I get more pissed off that I didn't go tanning today!!! Weather's just perfect! It's not too sunny, there are some clouds. But not too much cloud that it covers the sun. So I can actually get a tan but not get burnt. I want to go tanninggggg!!!!! I was actually supposed to go with Moon today... but she had jury duty. Har har.

ETA2 - I have to keep writing to keep my mind off about not going tanning today.

Today I played on the electronic organ. It's been ages since I played... ever since I passed grade 8 about 2 years ago, I've played only on and off. So I guess I'm kind of rusty now. The first song I played when I hit the keys was Henri Mancini's 'A Time For Us' from the Romeo and Juliet theme. I don't really know why that was the first song I play. I've always loved that piece. It's so beautiful and timeless, and playing it makes me feel better. It's like aromatherapy, but in music form. There's a word for it. I forgot what it is.

I remember it was back in secondary school when I learnt that piece. I'll play it when I like a guy and wanted to day dream about him. *laugh.

I love that piece so much. I really missed playing the organ. I was never really good at scales and transposition and sight reading, but just playing the song... that I can do. That I love to do.

Ok, a couple of recaps.

Monday was spent celebrating Larry's birthday at Ding Tai Fung with the Weiherng, Weisheng, Larry, Val and Zhengwei. It was like we have sort of spent less time together as an OG since last semester. Weiherng was asking why we didn't get together to like send Cher off. It gives me hope that our OG has really strong underlying friendships, cause we do get together every year for our birthdays. :) Yay!

Earlier in the day I was with Joy, Weisheng and Ruben at the Heeren shops. Was picking out clothes for the next issue of Get Real. Somehow I've been roped to do the fashion pages again. Hm... I don't mind though. Oh ya!! Swatch lent us a couple of watches to feature in the mag... and I picked a bright red one although it didn't seem that nice. But when I test wore it... my gosh, it is gorgeous! (Will post a picture later) 189 bucks though... just because it's chrono. I actually have no idea what chrono means. Honest. I have an idea it means that the second hand moves differently... like those in Rolex watches you know, but I am wrong apparently.

And my new favorite shop is Kai! (In chinese characters)

Later we lounged in Coffee Bean Taka. WeiYuan called me all of a sudden and asked to meet me. I was in the area so I met up with him and Qihan. They apparently want to ask about my opinion on the 3 business schools. HAha... talk about opinionated. They should know that if they wanted a objective opinion, they should not ask an NUS Bizad student right? Haha... I tried to be as objective as I could though.

On Wed, I went to watch Kung Fu Hustle with Larry. Haha... long overdue right. It is so funny!!! Stephen Chow rocks. I lost my handphone pouch when I left the cinema but later found it. The janitor threw it in a big bag with all the drinks and stuf... yuch. But because I love the pouch, and m)phosis doesn't seem to carry that design anymore, I picked it up and washed it. Haha.

Oh ya! Went for supper with Wenyi, Caleb, Weisiong and Daniel at Chomp Chomp at night. Yay! I love supper, and I love stingray and I love sugarcane juice! Haha. We sat talking for really long till about 2. I realise that we always talk about mentoring stuff. Haha... Work minded eh. Oh ya, on the way back in the car, we found out some interesting stuff. Haha. Apparently it was apparent, but I didn't see it. Haha... I see but I do not observe, to quote Conan Doyle.

750 USD for an e-book?!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001V5VSY/104-2243280-7250313

No PSP for the Holidays: Sony Delays the PSP Launch in North America

But read the comments... it's hilarious!

My personal favourites-

...and FREE SHIPPING to boot!!, December 26, 2004
Reviewer: A. Brick

Not only was the $750 price tag too good to pass up, but Amazon.com threw in an unprecedented bonus: free shipping on this e-book! My jaw dropped to the floor when I noticed that.

I couldn't let this deal go, so I took out a consumer loan at my bank and ponied up the dough. Boy, can I say it was worth it! 27.655% interest, and I've got no regrets. The action, the suspense, the betrayal! I highly recommend this great publication to ANYONE.

Great Stocking Stuffer!, December 15, 2004
Reviewer: Schul Vedelmeyer

"No PSP for the Holidays" is truly one of the all-time greatest gifts one can give for the holidays. I saved for fifteen months and bought 20 copies for my friends and family and let me tell you, NOTHING can match the mirth and joy of their pointing and laughing at me when I tell them how much I paid and for what. I bought one of these for my wife, and the next evening, she was on a plane to Venezuala.... with my kids. Truly they were touched and would like to share the wonderful blessings of IDC's "No PSP" with those of other nationalities.

Not only does this document contain a mysterious message (*** SPOILER AHEAD *** I think it has something to do with No PSPs for the Holidays) but it's new everytime I read it. It's so deep and dimensional, that I predict they will write many commentaries and Baron's / Cliff's notes for IDC's masterpiece - it's the gift that keeps on giving! Truly one of the most amazing products to grace


My son can see!, December 15, 2004
Reviewer: Guinevere Cuthbert

All my children have been asking Santa for is the true story of "No PSP for the Holidays", so I decided that Christmas should come early this year. The $750 price tag was a bit more than my gift budget, but giving up on buying any other presents, a Christmas tree, decorations, Christmas dinner, and any new clothes the kids may need in the next two years was worth it. My feeble-minded, and blind from birth, son, Hortimer, was entralled with this heart warming tale of the Sony Delay of the PSP launch in North America from the first word - of course a gum wrapper can keep him busy for weeks, so maybe this isn't saying much. By the end of the full page of story his IQ had dropped from 56 points down to 12, reducing him to a drooling invalid, but we think he can finally see! Thank you for making "No PSP for the Holidays" available at such a difficult time in our lives, and for giving my sweet Hortimer the precious gift of sight.

The bottle of Miracle So Magic!

HEllo! You're looking at the owner of the newest perfume from Lancome - Miracle So Magic! Yayyyyy!

EXPERTISE :A sparkling fresh floral:A true olfactory miracle based on the encounter of two flowers, Rose Eglantine and Narcissus, the beauty and the rebel. The first is sweet, delicate and sensitive, the flower of flowers. The second is wild, unexpected, seductive and enchanting. Two versions of femininity that create a vibrant accord shining with freshness and intensity. An unexpected partner: Clover leaf with its crisp, irresistible green tones.A veritable harbinger of good luck!

*love

Cheers Darling

I am so hooked on Damien Rice these days. I think his lyrics are awesome -

Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Still a little hard to say what's going on

Still a little bit of your ghost your witness
Still a little bit of your face I haven't kissed
You step a little closer each day
Still I can't say what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball

And he sings in this languid, lazy manner that is so sexy!

Alex told me today -

'It's girls like you ... that's why some guys do not have girlfriends'

...regarding why I am taking so long to get myself a boyfriend. Like it's my fault. Like it's my fault I always attract guys I have no interest in, and am attracted to guys who have no interest in me. The last one was K back in July, whom mum said I would have gone out with if he had not been too persistent. I don't know about that... I think I was prepared to give him a chance, but I was scared. I was scared that he would be the wrong one for me. I was also scared that I would not be the kind of girl he's looking for.

Anyhoo. It's no big deal really.

And maybe there is someone else more special out there. I think there is. I'm not so sure yet. It's always the adorable sideways smile that slay me. HAha. Suddenly I am transported back to the Infatuation days. The infatuation part is always the best part I think. It's like a mild heart attack.

Grah! But we are only acquintances. I hate it when I get infatuated with an aquintance.

The one about Friendster.

For some reason, right after that Lonely post, I got a lot of Friendster messages. Haha... it's not exactly the kind of answer I was looking for but oh well... I just thought it was pretty ironic. HAha. I went out at 2, came back a couple of hours later, and I got 6 messages from different people! I don't know about you guys, but I never had that much people message me in such a short period of time.

Anyway, I'm going to share this message cause well... it's the most over the top and had me trying hard not to laugh. Cause it's ridiculous!!

and wat a nice smile it is too > > if i do say so myself
:)u look realli cute u > > know and since i am an ex chef i will have to
say > u > > look like a perfectly well done butter sauce as > >
butter sauce breaks all so easily when u finally > > get it right...O! wat
a beautiful sight! haha, > > am i going over board? :P sori get emotional
> > when it comes to this...not to say u r food but > > u look kinda
yummy too...haha! dun worry i dun > > mean tat in a cannibalistic
way...:P

Haha... If there's one thing that I hate more than over the top writing, it's lingo and bad spelling. :p And 'you're like butter sauce'?! I was like 'What?!' I mean, that's an interesting metaphor but it's the kind of metaphor that ellicts a 'What the hell?!' response.

Anyway, after that 6 messages, I got another 5 messages. So in 2 days, I got like messages from 11 different people. Today there were a couple more.

That's pretty darn strange. For months no one messaged me, and then what... friendster diarrhea or something. Probably they were hoarding my mail for months then decide to send all of them today. HAha.

Learn to be lonely

Was listening to the Phantom OST. Minnie Driver's track on the soundtrack 'Learn to be lonely' was really quite good. Not exactly plaintive but more of an acceptance. In a sense it's also quite scary.

I think I've learnt to be independent, in the sense that I don't need anyone to take care of me, or I don't exactly need to be in the company of friends all the time everywhere I go. I can go out shopping alone, go to tutorials or lectures alone. Actually I've even been to Coffeebean alone. Haha. *proud of self*

But the thing is, while I do want to learn to be independent, there is a fine line between independence and loneliness. I don't want to learn to be lonely because I don't want to be lonely.

When you do cross the line from being independent to being lonely?

Shilin night market! Biggest night market in Taipei. Hmm. Food.  

View from CKS Memorial Hall.  

Xi Men Ding at night. I love that place!  

I wanted to buy this top when I was in Taipei. I didn't, cause I thought I could get it for cheaper here in Mango sg. I was wrong. :/  

Area near Taipei main station. Book city?  

Outings with my best friends!

Wednesday!

Met Moon on Wednesday. Moon was my best pal during the cafe days. I almost couldn't recognise her! Anyway we went shopping (as usual. Girls love shopping haha.) I was broke so I went along to just admire clothes and wish I could buy them. Haha. Passed her her long delayed 21st bday gift.

Had dinner at the spaghetti place (L'Emozion?) at Taka ... her treat! HAha. So I treated her to Brownie Factory. Heh. I love brownie factory! Go try the tutti frutti marshmallow brownie! Alex loves it too. I think. Ha ha.

Oh ya! I got my Phantom of the Opera OST! YAy!!! Now I can listen to Gerard Butler sing all day long!

Friday

Was tanning day! Went to Sentosa with Sam and signed up for the Islander card. Now that I've paid 15 bucks for the card, I'll have to keep going back to Sentosa to get my money's worth. Haha... I must find more people who love to go tanning/Sentosa!

Was fun hanging out with Sam cause we haven't hung out for so long! There was no rain, but not much sun either. I think I got a slight tan, I mean, if I squint hard enough, there is a slight difference. I will have to go back to get a better tan!

Oh ya! We saw this caucasian woman in the washroom (near Palawan beach). I was walking to the mirror area when she suddenly just whipped of her top. And she was naked underneath! And she was like... so normal about it, walking around like that! I was a little shocked... I mean, it may be normal in their culture, but it definitely not here! (Okay maybe it is, then it will make me very conservative!) And the most interesting thing is, it's not like she's young and have a fantastic figure and she's trying to show it off or something. She's actually about 30plus, 40 years old. It takes a confident person I guess!

Later we went to Harborfront to have dinner. Oh yes! MacDonald's really stingy! They promise to donate 10 cents of every beef meal which is purchased withing Jan 7 - 11th to Red Cross. I mean, like... 10 cents?! And it's not off every purchase! It's only for the beef meal and only during this period of time?! Come on! McDonalds' I think you can do better than just a miserly 10 cents right? You probably make a 100% profit off every meal so you can even donate a little more? *shakes head.

LAla... and is it me or are the lots of shoe stores having sales?

Gah! This is temptation!

The first SMP overseas trip!

A little late with this entry :)

Went to Malaysia with the SMP ppl on the 4th Tuesday. Yay! Our first overseas trip as the BV mentors! (And I think we shd be the first school among all the other schools to go on an overseas trip. Haha. We rock.)

Really fun! We went to have lunch at this place called... erm... I'm not sure. City square? The egg tarts are delish! *loves egg tarts* And I bought shoes from Vincci (VNC in Singapore). Pretty white heels! I think they will go really well with jeans. I can't stop admiring my feet in the white heels. Ha ha.

And I found my Abercrombie and Fitch skirt! Demin with a pink scarf! But 2 is too small and 4 is too large. Crap. :/

Later we went to watch a movie! Meet the Fockers. Very very funny. Loves Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman and Babara Streisand. And the baby!

Then went to Holiday Inn to buy DVDs! Got Chicago, Mean Girls and Chungking Express (again, cause the one I bought in Taiwan is dubbed in chinese). Yay!

Seafood dinner at Da Ma Hua Yuan at night. Had lots of food, and Chompchomp style sugarcane juice! I really like their butter prawns! I don't care if it makes me fat! Haha.

What the hell?!

Happy New Year 2005!

But what a sad ending to 2004, with the earthquake and tsunami. It is honestly staggering, the numbers of deaths increasing every couple of hours. It is truly depressing.

Anyway, it was a long time since I went out for any kind of countdown in a public place. I always hated crowds. Haha. Had dinner with the parents and relative at aunt's place.

On NYE I met Cher, Xiufen and Meiling at Wheelock Coffeebean, cause Cher's friend J was picking us up to go to this house party. And yes, according to Cher, he's really cute and I concur. He's the funky type. But gah! His car is really cool.

The house party was at this place at River Valley. Some sort of bachelor's pad, with a pool table and an X Box. It was pretty cool, and I am so in love with his home entertainment system! The X Box was ran on this projector thingy, projected onto the wall. That beats a television anytime! Had some wine and basically just stood around and chatted.

Cause we were a little bored at the party (not that it was a bad party, we just didn't know a lot of people), we went to Zouk. Cher's friend was nice to drive us to Zouk cause we didn't want to spend the countdown in a cab. And how great is it to bypass the queue at Zouk? Haha... Xiufen's bf works at Zouk so he was able to get us in bypassing the really long queues! Hoho.

I want to gripe about the cover! 38 bucks!!! :/ But since 5 bucks is going to the Red Cross fund, I feel a little better. Just a little.

Shortly after we reached Phuture, the countdown started! We were just in time for the countdown! Haha... I feel kind of sorry for the people who had to countdown in a queue outside (I am so mean aren't I haha)

And we had this stupid joke... we ordered our drinks in 2004... only got it in 2005! haha. Drinks came just in time for the toasting!

Had fun, but were followed around by this group of not so interesting guys so we went to the washroom. When we came back the scene was much better (though not much). Haha... I saw Weiyuan. Hm... anyway Cher's friends joined us later. I was telling her to just go dance with J, the hot guy. But he's a really weird dancer in my humble opinion. For a while he was just standing in front of me, then staring at the wall behind me? Haha. The other people from texas were such great dancers! The people around us were positively staring at some of them cause they really danced, as compared to just conservative shaking around. Haha.

Police raided at about 3... we had to leave Phuture as they wanted to do a headcount. Hung out at Winebar a little, then went back. It was really fun, the music was good too! Yay!

Went back at about 4 plus.

Next post I'm going to write about some weird stuff. :) Nights!

The SMP bbq! aka The one where BV mentors are full of vices!

Darren's mentor's gathering was a success, so to speak. There were actually a lot of people who turned up!

Oh ya! Got a pretty notebook from Phoebe for the gift exchange. And Daniel gave me his gift cause he doesn't use L'Occitane soap (yay! Love L'Occitane) and won some lucky draw as well!

I still think that BV (or Caleb haha) should have won best food award! The tiramisu was very good and professionally done, in my opinion. But the brownies were actually quite delish! Haha. Huiching's a very good cook! In fact everything I sampled were actually very nice. Hm wait... except for the marshmellow chocolate thingy. It's very pretty to look at but what kind of chocolate was that?!

Haha... I think it's ironic that we all at BV good mentors, yet when the mentees are away, out comes the vodka and mahjong set!

(Run off to look at Alex's magic trick)

Later we went to Dan's place to play mahjong. Hey I never understood why people can play mahjong for the whole night but now I'm a little convinced! We played from 12 to 4 in the morning! It was really fun. I'm not sure about the beginner's luck part though. HAha. But ya! I'm so glad I learnt it, though mum was like 'tsk'. She doesn't play mahjong, nor does my dad. Haha.

The best friends outing!

Last week I went out with 2 of my best friends, Cher and Sam. And sometimes I really have to remind myself how lucky I am to have friends who are truly always there for you! It sounds really cliched but I just feel very fortunate to have such great people be my best friends!

Went shopping with Cher, as mango had a sale. There are lots of post xmas sale stuff but gosh! I really did spend a lot!

From MPH
Phantom of the Opera (Yay!!!)
Sex and the City (Yay! But it isn't as good as the series)

From HMV
Children of Heaven VCD (Which will be 100 times better than the Jack Neo in-yer-face version)
Amelie VCD (Yay! It was fabulous! I wanna be like Amelie!)

From Mango
Green butterfly top! (which I wore to the SMP bbq!)

Also had lunner (if breakfast+lunch = brunch, lunch+dinner = lunner hahaha!) at Cedele Depot which although isn't really expensive, 13 bucks for sandwich and soup and unsweetened iced lemon tea is really steep!

Later went to watch Phantom of the Opera (see, I do my research before hand :D). It was fabulous!!! Best film I've watched this year! (Actually it shares the spot with 2046) I loved it that the lead is called Christine and the songs were all addressed to her. Haha. Sort of a thrill, I guess, cause no one has ever sang songs for me / fought for me / sang 'Christine, I love you!' in a baritone. Haha.

Poor phantom, victim of a heartless society. :/ He was much more attractive, intense and sexy, methinks. Raoul was cute in a gentlemanly fashion.

I've got to get the OST and DVD!