boom shake shake shake da room!

hk ngor lei lah!

2008-12-08T23:14:00.003+08:00

now we're nearly done with packpackpacking.
phew. finally. it isn't easy to match especially when most of my tops are with prints.

aunt j just gave me an ang bao for me birthday. that's an early one. yeeey! more $ for shopping! :) i don't remember the last time i've shopped happily.. maybe last year?
imma eat alottt and shop allotttt. nothing's gonna hold me back, as long as it's within budget. haha.

i miss the hk mango dessert and food! me mouth's watering already :p

i could feel the heat. must be the weather. hope i would wake feeling all good tmr. :(
hate to be sick when on a holiday!

peektures soooonnn...imma turn in now.

goodnighty singabore.
hello hkg! :D

the last lap.

2008-11-26T00:57:00.006+08:00

yesyesyes!
i could see the light.....
although i'm still half researching for theories/ journals and in the midst of starting
my bloody major essay.
can't wait for 12 am tomorrow to come....

i have 4138574655943454 things to do when all this is history.
and that includes giving this blog a facelift.
it's been 2 years since i've bothered to edit the content box(on your right)
and the blogskin, which you're staring at now.
can't wait, can't wait! :)
i pray i'll get this done by 6pm tomorrow,
to celebrate littlemissvixen's birthday!

Happy 23rd Birthday littlemissvixen!!!

i promise the next post wouldn't be this shoddy,
when all shite is O-V-E-R.

happy halloween! not.

2008-11-01T01:19:00.003+08:00

so i'm spending halloween home alone.
okay, not literally alone but everyone else is out partying!
if you know me well enough, you should know that i'm not a fan of parties
but it's halloween! it would be fun!
sigh.
all that coordinating and planning of outfit is a waste of time and effort.
and the worst part?
oh well i know i could join others but i would wanna party with my own group of friends.
wouldn't it be more fun?

maybe i ought to be more sociable.
try to mingle with everyone else.
roarrrrr
and too bad my friends are either not bothered with dressing up or are just plain busy.
but isn't halloween all about playing dress up?

the sad part? people who said they aren't celebrating ended up partying! :(
or they assumed i am partying with some other friends. -_-
i'm so sore.
i told myself and others that staying home is good for the soul and pocket(which is true considering how much i have left in the pathetic bank account).
but fuck, it's halloween!

urgh. and this weekend is gonna be bad.
project meeting this sunday.
i'm already dreading it.
thought i could throughly enjoy myself tonight after steve's portfolio assignment and the numerous PR blog postings.
damn was i wrong.

maybe i should just stay home tomorrow too.
my weak attempt at trying to save the already little money i have.
it's so miserable to be poor.

camera obscura on wednesday was awesome!
merci botak for accompanying me,
despite not being very keen on catching their performance.
but i know you thoroughly enjoyed it! and i'm glad you did! :)

tonight is so quiet without Y around.
i wanna go Grenoble too!
smell the fresh air and take in the beautiful nature...
i just wanna get away from singaBORE.
le sigh.
now i'm just gonna catch my favourite tv shows/films online.
gossip girl, down. ugly betty next!

pleasant surprise

2008-10-22T02:13:00.002+08:00

je received a text message the day before,
".....i hope u like it!......Because i really love to see u happy!......"
awwwwhh...
the flannel shirts i wanted were all sold out at uniqlo! :(
but he managed to get me another flannel shirt with similar plaids.
of 'cos i will like it! it's filled with so much <3! :D
pa is awesome like that :)
although i can't stand him sometimes.
but i still love him of course!
can't wait for him to be back tomorrow!
now i wish i'm having my vacation already.
then we could pop by hkg and vietnam(next week) with him!
it's always a case of bad timing.
le sigh.

time to turn in.
peektures up the next time!
bonne nuit!

the past week was tiring but great!
thanks to abs with her new ride, we could film (almost) anywhere we wanted to!
i'm still so tired.
marde. think i'm getting older.

2008-10-11T18:05:00.002+08:00

finally managed to get plenty of sleep last night!
but i wonder why i'm feeling so tired still.
i think the past few night's sleep deprivation is taking it's toll on me.
i prolly need 24 hrs worth of rest to recharge. =\

boys noize is at zouk tonight. should i go?
damn, getting bad at managing my own finances. or shall i say bad at refraining from spending.
beat yesterday was too short for too much! should have went sheesha instead and spent less :(
siggghhhhh. totally forgot about boys noize yesterday! :(
now back to the question: to go or not to?
boo.

let's wait for the dust to settle.

2008-09-21T15:52:00.002+08:00

we're waiting.
hoping desperately for all bad things to come to an end.
please grant us our wishes.

fucked up day

2008-09-15T01:24:00.002+08:00

now i know how it feels like and what is it like inside.
being there was excruciating.
never thought i would ever encounter this in my life.
disgrace and embarrassment.
sadness and fear.
regretful and humiliation.
never ever felt all that in one night.
and awaiting for the aftermath was just as worst.
it was like waiting for death.
i think i could tell fortunes now. with my fb status predicting my weekend!
i'm feeling the guilt.
so many "if only"s that popped up in my mind.
and i spoilt the day for my family.
fuck.

hope everything's gonna be back to normal.
that's all i ask for.
yes please, god.
help us.

i'm wise after all.

2008-09-13T17:05:00.007+08:00

the long dreaded visit to the dentist finally came yesterday. and i thought the worst was to have a bad tooth plucked out. bud made me feel better before the appointment. "aiyah, prolly you'll need to fill the gaps lah. the metal bits might have ran out so the gaps caused the pain." so i thought, goodie! maybe we just needa fill the gaps. NOT.
the dentist gave me a surprise.
"wah, bad news.you have a rotten wisdom tooth."
omg fuck. what i was most afraid of has happened! the bloody tooth.
"and it has touched your nerves, which is even worst."
yes, the dentist is quite a sadist.
not even mentally prepared for these.

and my mum(who was having hers checked too) and i decided to go ahead and have the op even though there's a risk of having permanent numbness on one side of my jawline. =(
340 freaking bucks to have 1 wisdom tooth and another (normal)tooth removed. thank god i only had one. i did kill myself if i had 2. total waste of money! =(
i hate spending money on medicine and health, so not necessary.
the pain last night was excruciating but the painkillers did its' job.

now i'm mulling over whether or not to have buffet later.
francois and the rest are here tonight and we're supposed to have buffet.
BUFFET!
damnit.
you know how much i love food, if you know me. =(
maybe i should just cop some sashimi and soup? so much to eat so unfair.
urggh. and i think i can't have ice cream?
maybe i'll have some dessert but exclude ice-cream from the list. =(

the new school term isn't that relaxed after all =(
again, blogging on PR issues. oh man, how i hate it.
tonnes of readings to do.
was down with a bad throat, flu and fever= no snacks.
and now this, even before i've fully recovered.
i want me snackssss!
i want fooood!
gah!
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been skyping with abs and y recently. skype is fun! =)
the shot when her com stalled.
priceless- emo expression. =p

good bye fj king!

2008-09-09T00:10:00.011+08:00

i almost forgot how it felt like to get sick.

annoying running nose and sore throat gave me a disturbed rest last night. i found myself waking up in between my sleep. argh! and surprisingly, i woke up rather early, considering how late i slept last night. disturbbbeedd.

think maybe popeye's did make it happen. but what's a trip to the airport without popeye's?

and so we bid goodbye to our dear fj king yesterday who left for 'little britain'. we're gonna miss his crap and crazy ideas for the next 4 years. wow, that's a really lonnng time. i could understand why he didn't want us to send him off. turning back and seeing your family, relatives and friends bid goodbye to you behind the immigration counters ain't easy.

i couldn't imagine myself leaving for somewhere sooo far away yet not breaking down. "i think i would cry like crazy. it'd be soooo embarrassing", i told s.

can't believe time flew by so quickly. remembered he was just discussing the options available few months ago and now he's gone.

so we're all waiting to hear from him now.

good luck and bon voyage my friend.

weekends had been too busy for me to blog. the one week holiday was too short!

nonetheless, i had fun. went to the zoooo(peektures on fb!) with my classmates(thanks to abby's free passes!) and slacked a lot at home. i missed doing nothing. =( and of course, staying home= scrimping!

now we all can't wait till the next looong break which everyone has planned to go on holiday and work. now i hafta think up a brilliant idea to maximize my savings! although it is kinda minimized now. =(

i need to go on a bloody holiday. if only i've planned earlier with aunt j, we could have visited paris for a week!

free accommadation and the chance at living in a french apartment! merde!

i miss paris! =(

i wonder if we're traveling anywhere this year end. can't wait for it to happen! =)

i shall now wallow in nostalgia.

le sigh.

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goodbye fj king!

we'll miss you!

farewell 'party'

sometimes talking to a. and b. can get pretty confusing....

lol

aunt j brought this back awhile ago from south africa.

it's yummilious! now i'm hoping her next trip would be SA soon!

was browsing through my pictures and i saw this!

despite the nick being annoying. lol. <3

been meaning to post this since months ago.

our identical pencil boxes. let the powers unite!

thanks to abby=)

chanced upon this the other day. the open-book test i didn't study for.

steve is atill keeping us in the dark! i wonder how much i've scored for that, especially after i randomly chose 1 out of the 4 options for the last (20?)questions. =(

i need luck here.

i think i need to visit red dot museum to seek the cure and get them to sing friday, i'm in love!

2008-08-12T19:47:00.007+08:00

that red dot in my eye isn't leaving!

everyone's been asking what's that but i really don't know.

maybe the blood capillary in my eye has burst?

hope it isn't detrimental. i thought it was getting better,

but after days, it has remained the same size!

but you know what? i've got the eye of a devil now.

and everyone thinks it's due to, "you've had too much porn is it."

actually, not everyone but malv.

don't get scared off if you ever see me. since it's the you-know-what-month of the year.

i'm still pissed from that utterly pointless conversation.

what's the point in not being honest with your friend?

i see a crack now.

more water's gushing in, expanding the crack even further.

"its about your own life, you choose to do what you want to do."

"letting a nobody make u angry is not worth it!"

indeed.

am mugging for my first paper tomorrow, not exactly free to upload all the other peeks i've promised! till next week! and of cos, peektures of bern's bday are uploaded by malv already,

all on fb.

i'm glad you had a happy birthday love. =)

that's most important, albeit not on the actual day.

but i know you understand, all because of bloody school assignmentssssss.

can't wait for friday to come!

here i come, my dear holidays- a pathetic one week!

try to mug hard in the meantime effie.

sigh.

..........................

going berserk- too much stress

too much of working on the cure's website brings on such side-effects.

or maybe i just wanna meet them.

devil's eye

happy twenty3 love!

my favourite peekture. minus the devil's eye.

august, fly by quickly please.

2008-08-06T05:29:00.005+08:00

okay maybe not. in mid week. and so i'm in the midst of my busy two weeks. 4 more tasks to go:

Web Project
Media Structure and Practices Essay
Public Affairs Exam
Media, Law and Ethics Exam(open book.woohoo!)

After all these, imma have the time of my life. oh wait, time of my one week vacation. yeah how good can a week's worth of vacation be right? it's just like a one week study break. duh.

So sad, missed Singfest this year. really wanted to go. and many said travis and jason mraz were good! sigh. but it's always held at the wrongest times or either when i'm brokeroos. but since when am i never? oh well, hope better acts come soon! maybe the one next year? should be bigger and better(if not best)? imagine if bloc party comes... woo hoo! and vampire weekend and yeahyeahyeahs and cut copy and feist and hot chip and radiohead and kitsune and we are scientists and...

oh fuck. i forgot, this is spore what do i expect?

or maybe just bloc party?

i can't stand people who think they're the best. like hello, who are you to tell me what to do? wake up! even my best friends don't tell me what to do, what makes you think you could? and seriously, we aren't even that close- like share things and the whole story on our lives, not keep everything to yourself and try to be so hush-hush about it. maybe you gotta reassess this friendship? see if you're treating it as well as you put it or as you think so? you see, hanging out together and having fun is a completely different thing from sharing everything about your life together- going through the ups and downs in life with a friend and really talk(and i do mean really talk) about things. and being rude? that's worst. i think it's so wrong to be rude after saying all that nonsense.

the stress and late nights gave rise to many pimples. literally. it's as if it's free, popping one after the other after the many late nights. or rather, mornings. whoever says nothing comes for free? pimples do. le sigh. my bloody mentality has gotta change. sleep early, sleep early! start work early and not in the last minute! it's so irritating when you've set your entire day for concentrating on your work but you wake in the midnoon and start procrastinating online. and skipping your regular outtings at that. damit.

only we few know this feeling right abs? haha.

okay i really gotta start on web project tomorrow. YES. i hafta. it better be a breeze! hope my html will work well.

and...HAPPY 23RD DARLING Princess*b( i know you want me to call you that)!!!!

have a brilliant one with alv today yeah? sorry i couldn't be there with you today. =( nvm after this bloody web project okay? hope your wish(score a dream job soon) comes true. it will, i'm sure, i can smeell it. it's coming soooon!

erm again, too late to upload peeks. shall do it next time. i'm lazzzyyyyy bussssyyyy efffyyyyyyy!! tee hee hee. wow that rhymes.

goodbye!

fuck shite fuck shite fuck shite fuck shite

2008-07-23T19:27:00.006+08:00

think 'harold and kumar' was still in my mind on monday morning. that's what i said repeatedly that monday morning(although unlike them, i didn't get arrested) when i woke up tooo late.

class was supposed to start at 1030 and i only woke at 1030 after that call from abby. thanks abs for calling me! i would have slept till afternoon if you hadn't. and the worst part, waking to pouring rain in the morning. urgh. mummy said she woke me at 9 but i told her i've submitted my assignment and went back to sleep. wth is wrong wit me?! i hate spending money on cabs and i had to book a cab that morning. urgghh. the cautious cab driver drove too slowly. great. thank god i was in time for my presentation!

oh beatnik this friday! are you going? i think i am, since b has already decided for me. just kidding, don't kill me! i must get those 2 newstories done by thursday. yes, i must. or at least one of them. now how am i gonna produce that 15 page website. i wonder...damn.

as denise says 'the shite is about to hit the fan'. oh ya tell me about it.

last weekend was awesome. great company and activities spell awesome! laid back saturdays are good. too bad we didn't have time for games! or rather, we were all too tired for it. haha. game session soon okay b! and i love the prata in the morning, shiok! haven't had prata in the morning before. thanks to b's mama. haha.

beat! was great except for the small crowd turn out. now 1234 and pogo is on replay in my mind! finally met kit there but he wasn't his usual high. haha. haven't seen gwen and malvin since a looong time ago and it was great catching up wit 'em. pictures were uploaded on fb, courtesy of b.

i'm getting lazieeerr when i should be the opposite. dang. will upload the peektures when i feel like it.

time for my bath and dinner. toodle-oo!

I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans, excuse my manners if i make a scene.

2008-07-17T23:23:00.002+08:00

oh yeah, i see the busy days knocking on my door. can i just keep it shut?

3 more weeks cramped with a presentation, essays, quiz and the exams.

fuck.

i think the list consists of at least 6 items.

i think i would rather just die.

will someone save me? =(

last weekend was fun. the surprise for liang was successful. no birthday surprise plans thought up by effie has failed so far. never. oooh wee! haha. okay, must be the late night has got me cranky. anyways, last friday we turned up at liang's office and surprised him with a teeny weeny lil cake(cos non of us wants any), and he really wasn't expecting the whole bunch of us to turn up, except rong.

the blindfolding part was fun too. blindfolded him from toapayoh station all the way to guth's place, where hotpot was waiting for us. short friday, but a well-spent one. could see liang was really touched and happy by the surprise. =D makes me a happy girl to see me friends happy =)

finally met up with sara, for a short shopping trip, and people for dinner on saturday. haven't seen 'em for a looong time. then the party starts at rong's as a post celebration for liang. it was homecooked supper and booze booze booze over guth's silly card game. not forgetting the virgin experience with mary. too bad it didn't really work. dang.

it's t.g.i.f like finally! maybe meeting rong and liang for lunch.

hope i could grab some time for that, gotta lend some support to my bud.

yeeey it's beat! tomorrow again with my fridaylover! <3! tomorrow =")

have a great weekend you sillys!!!

pictures will be uploaded the next time. soon i hope.

tribute to conversations

2008-07-08T23:57:00.012+08:00

the weekend was brilliant.

spent it with my friday lover and her bf, aka my friend.

spent it beating(like finally!!!) and pimping my iphone. really missed silly dancing with my love! glad she could make it and that alv made a point to come along too =) we barely got high, but they played our favourite tunes when we finally did hit the dancefloor.

definitely too short a session, we must be back for more okay! alvin has agreed already!

but not this friday unfortunately. maybe next friday? hehe.

kit, you hafta make it okay! didn't sing and silly dance with you last friday!

b brought my scrabble and cluedo on sunday but too bad, we didn't get to play our boardgames. =( too stressed over pimping the iphone. haha. but we had our bitching session, which was good enough. any time spent with her is good time.

scrabble and cluedo when we meet again okay!

this week is good, with zero assignments and two off days! yeeey! that's just 'cos allan was sick, so he cancelled tue's class. hope it's not gonna be postponed to thursday! i needa tan on thursday but the gloomy weather seems set for the next few days. argghhh.

i needa exercise actually. think i've began putting on the pounds. too much late night binging on snacks, resulting from the sleepless nights the past few weeks. 1 hr sleep(or rather, naps) before heading to school sucks. mental blockage. and my brains shutdown by mid-noon.

not good.

this week's gonna be busy peasy. research for PS skills seminar, needa get my iphone back from b, get liang's pressie, celebrate liang's bday, workout?,etc.

if only we have 48 hours a day!

peeks from last weekend uploaded on fb.

too lazy to do the same here.

time to sleep!

*conk out*

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wow. it's the first time i was the first to post on bb.

but that could be because noone wants anyone to see what they posted.

as if it makes any difference -_-

sometimes we need friends to stop us from procrastinating.

appreciate it, abby =)

yes 'mum'. ok 'mum'. haha.

sometimes we need a listening ear to stay sane.

came across this while researching for journals.

'to confirm that you are a real human' wtf?!

you mean there're animals logging on this site too? amazing!!!

friendster and fb give rise to stalkers.

i nearly forgot how nonsensical the malay boy could be at times.

all that talk about inspired. basket.

so much has changed. have you?

2008-06-22T17:08:00.043+08:00

all that conversation about mess.

and this was what triggered that conversation.

i kinda like how the iphone captures the pink and green vividly despite it's always poor quality images.

first it was handmade cupcake brownies from abby....

then, brownies from eugenie for us.

thank you you two! i can feel the love!

all that stress from school was gone after =)

a piece of the night, we get to keep.

first row bending with trembling legs by the 7th cam. ahha.

charlie's angels, we say. haha.

our favourite shot =)

end of the party but still popping

we're ready, we're ready for the floor...

Steve looking slick

wit Gian

camwhoring on timer mode....

i don't know what happened to abby here!

i love the yellowish tinge here

the committee members minus hazel!

balloons make us all happy kids again.

before the night rolled....

oooh so many sighs.....

shite happens. and it triples when you're in the midst of an essay...

the green girl found in the sashimi

surprisingly, you could find sucha pretty tree blooming in tpy.

girl's kicks and boy's kicks? nah, it's my kicks and mum's kicks.

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i kinda miss the old times with weekly gatherings and truckloads of fun, laughters and happiness.

before we had enough of that, it ended all too soon.

but the fun times are never enough, are they?

too bad all good things must come to an end.

i still remember him asking me, "do you think this will remain forever? like our weekly meet-ups, having fun, hangout as a gang..." and " do you think we'll be friends 10 years down the road?" now that things have changed so much, i really don't know anymore. at the moment, it seems like everyone has their own lives to lead. everyone's......separated.

so like we said s,

it's just you and me....and no other people.......

putting death cab on really makes one wallow in loneliness.

sigh.

a week has passed since the UoN ball, and tonnes of other shite like the quiz(which i didn't even have time to study for), 2 presentations, and an esssay. omg so much shite in one week. can't believe i got through all that. except the quiz of cos, which i'm soooo gonna fail.

double sigh.

i kinda miss that night, partying with my classmates and the others. having fun despite the mad rush prepping for the night.

no better chance to get everyone in the class together, minus the few not so spontaneous boys in my class, of cos. peektures of the ball up on fb. random peeks above.

and i just hear from steph my daddy got me some glasses/sunnys frm shenzhen. or vietnam? cool! can't wait to see 'em when he's back! haha. =)

back to school(stress)

2008-06-08T20:08:00.002+08:00

suddenly 24 hours never seem enough again. i need 48 hour days! so much to do but no time! =(

i miss drama marathons. i wanna catch gossip girl! and kyle XY(stopped eons ago) and that last epi of The L Word! #R$#^&^%&

my folks are coming back today. kinda miss em actually, despite dad always being ever irritating and fussy around the house. i seriously think he's suffering from some 'the fussy syndrome', which has yet to be discovered by some great doctor. how the hell can anyone get to this level of fussiness man?! urgh.

im still quite upset about missing my chance to travel with em. but i'm so proud of myself for not skipping school for hk! but then, i would think that we're skipping hk this year since the folks went there this year. =(

congrats to bud for ORDing! like finally! so sorry i couldn't celebrate that important event of your life with you. Blame it on aunty char! so much for celebrating her driving. no free treat! LOL. just kidding.

im still done with Flash! and there's a UoN ball meeting at 1715 tomorrow. someone kill me please. needa slog the 5 hours break away. sigh. i am sucha slooooowww worker. although im dreading tonight( the deadline for flash, i set for myself) but i can't wait tonight to come too, cos my folks are returning! so excited! but dad's gonna do spotcheck later(i know, like wth right?). hope nothing in the crib is outta place!

this weekend was a super packed one. met bern, alv and dilys on friday night for din and 'supper' over scrabble and flash at airport, met s,c and sw on saturday and to JB with sis and her bf in the morning. phew! still going stong after 4 hours sleep last night. every trip to JB is a fruitful one, with cheap buys! i think i had a really good deal. haha. minus the bloody jam of cos. and the 40% increase in fuel. eek.

the gang is splitting. i'm kinda worried, don't know why. it might be selfish but i didn't expect things to turn out this way. it's getting from bad to worst. sigh. disappointment came twice. but this time, i ain't going through shite alone. finally, someone feels the way i do.

disappointment doesn't come easy.

but it is easier this time.

why do we even care?

2008-05-20T23:35:00.002+08:00

what a drama-mama weekend.

maybe you're right, dicks win over pussys. or maybe not?

the first mambo on a sunday was boring, or rather the crowd was boring. the whole world was at Steve Aoki's RSG session last saturday except me. damn. i reaaalllly wanted to go badly. =(

bad girl, bad girl, shouldn't be spending bad money on a bad night. stupid 11pm validity rule. gah!

i want those gladiators real badly, should have used that bad money on it instead. sigh. now imma drool over those pretty gladiators i see. and need too, of course. =(

abby baby, don't be upset over the driving test okay! You will PASS the next time. i guarantee that! =)

will upload peeks the next time. time for bed now. we're all complaining about early 9am classes but yet we were the ones who chose(and even fought for) that slot.

how ironic.

iphoned

2008-04-30T02:02:00.020+08:00

the peeks you see below were all snapped with the iphone. truckloads of other peeks to upload from my cammy but this bloody keyboard is getting in the way. i dislike uploading peeks without captions. am gonna get this fixed tomorrow. hope it's only the keyboard that's faulty otherwise, it's gonna cost me a bomb.=(

i'm so broke but i need to go on a holiday!! everyone's away! including b! i miss you babe! come back soon! bring an aussie hottie along with you alrighty, mate!

james's just back from poland and a few of my classmates are away! i need a break, really. if only dad left for hkg yesterday, could have tagged along! why did he hafta fly to hkg last week?!=(

happy birthday to the APRIL babies!
SHI WEI
JERRY
and..... dearest BUD!!!!!yes, thank for lunch! i know you had a great bday party right? haha! glad you loved it! and i love you too!=p

daddy's bday's coming real soon. i think i'm so broke, i can't get him anything. orh ohhhh!

some conversation we had last week which made me =)
*pardon moi for the missing letters.

02:44:03] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
I just decided that I have to tell you how highly I regard you as a friend
[02:44:07] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
I love yooooooo
[02:45:18] ★Effie★ says:
all of a suddn?strang...˙mmmm
[02:45:46] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
i just felt the need to
[02:45:51] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
no particular reasons
[02:45:53] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
really la
[02:48:11] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
and im sorry if i ever got outta hand with my jokes and stuff =(
[02:48:47] ★Effie★ says:
lol ont be
[02:49:25] ★Effie★ says:
jut be nicer to me!
[02:50:34] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
i'll try!
[02:50:34] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
^^
[03:07:14] Guth Maybe Tomorrow. says:
i just want you to know that i think of you as my closest and bestest female friend, and that during any time of need, i'll be there to help and anytime you feel a certain way, just tell it to me. -ULTIMATE BIG HUG-
[03:11:40] ★Effie★ says:
=) im sooo touched n surprised to gt that frm you=)
[03:11:57] ★Effie★ says:
BIG HUG tooooooo
[03:12:49] ★Effie★ says:
thånks giant dino!

now, to prove that, stop bullying me okay! lol.

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mahjong over at granny's some time ago...winning tiles!

isn't the packaging cute? just like the chinese takeaways in the US.

two weeks ago

tim sum at red star, where my folks held their wedding din eons ago...awww =)

old skool billing system

check out the magnificent ceiling!

tim sum trolley

very john lennon. but more perv. lol

din at oasis last fri. teaches you how to use your chopsticks.

Yeyyy!!! but fuck

2008-04-23T01:04:00.003+08:00

im so relieved all the shit's over but my freaking mac's keypad went cranky. now imma spend a bomb on it. i type retard now. arg!!!

"w e h s d x c 23#@" no, they'r not the da vinci code but the keys that are faulty!!! and most of them are what i use most of the time!! =(

and posting of peeks isn't allowed now. just great! gaaah!!!!

With hearts on fire I reach out to you tonight

2008-04-07T18:18:00.025+08:00

It wasn't sunny this morning! and so i've yet to get my back tanned. why back? cos that morning of E's bday, i only managed to get my front baked. gah! and that left char and sara laughing.

i've never managed to catch the scorching sun in the afternoon ever since. jinxed really, jinxed.

"Text me whenever you're free again Aight?"

beamed at the sight of that message.

that sounded sweet, like saccharine. :)

yesterday was a lovely sunday. spent it with me loves. had lunch with my folks in town before meeting my boys. bud wanted to hunt for a newsboy cap and vest but as usual, bagged something else instead. shopping was followed by the drive down to T3. i love long drives with them(although missing guth), our own karaoke sessions in the car to our favourite tunes. it can be dramatic believe me, but always fun! even 'the driver' stages his own gig. hahaa. long drives are never boring with them around, or rather outings with them were never a dull, what with our shite crap nonsense. haven't done that with them in awhile. must do it soon again okay!!

love 'em to bits=)

today i'm feeling slightly more hardworking. so you're seeing more peektures. teeheehee.

suntan tomorrow? or morning breakie at the airport?

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23March

creativity holds no bounds.

as demonstrated here with a popular shopping bag.

2April

brought me pinkies out for a walk.

it's been 2 years since they stepped outta the shoe closet.

'dear' abby was laughing at my shoes all day. gah!

1April

after a swim.

check out me twin bruises. talking about the right balance...

6April

dinner at the usual haunt...

and that would be... popeyes! couldn't find the new one at T3 though.

the driver who always leads the pack to sing along...

possessed by michael j.

"so beat it..... beat it!!!!"

and we decided to do some camwhoring in the car.

something we haven't done in a loong while...

moolah ka-boolah!!!

2008-04-06T04:15:00.004+08:00

this trimester is sucha killer. i'm constantly filled up with assignments, assignments and more assignments. but all that's coming to an end soon! like erm, in 3 weeks time. damn PR plan. okay, what should i suggest to SEC? if only it was for some label, things would have been much easier! which journalist to interview? i hate interviews! gah! especially phone interviews. doesn't help that i get all jittery when talking to strangers especially intelligent and adept persons, like the many journalists i gotta pick from. =(

i have been a healthy girl these past 2 months and i'm so proud of that! weekly gym sessions and frequent swims. yeeey! gotta push myself to work out no matter how unmotivated i am. although the real reason for going for most swim sessions were to suntan. haha. darn the dark clouds which rolls in after scorching mornings. i really need to start sleeping early and waking early. start with turning in by 0200 maybe? yeah rightttttt and i'm still up now, at 0439. weekends are exceptions, gotta sleep early on weekdays. and so i tell myself.

and so tonight was a exciting night! cheap thrills or rather free thrills awaited us after Definitely, Maybe. hahaaa. oh my. the film wasn't fantastic but pretty heart warming and sweet, i thought. and the soundtrack is great! with nirvana and other 80s-90s hits. good music makes me happy. i was humming along to the tracks more than concentrating on the conversations the characters have with each other.

no booze nor good music tonight to entertain us but yet, so much fun with spying. haha.

no school on monday, i can see the long weekend lying ahead! yeeey! =)i really need to get baked. yes. wake early on monday!

time to turn in!

i spy,

effie.

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i spy with my naked eye. i think we're qualified full time PIs now. hahaha!

i really shouldn't be lazy and start uploading my humongous collection of peektures. yeah i will, perhaps over this long weekend?

hi, i'm the zombie. meet my new bestie-macbook.

2008-02-21T02:13:00.020+08:00

chinese new year is waving us goodbye already! i'm kinda missing it. it's just a joyous occasion for me. especially catching up with my maternal side of relatives. CNY would be tiring of course if you hafta make small talk with relatives you bearly know yearly. hmm and the red packets, although i would think isn't enough to fund my monthly expenses, does help a little? wouldn't hurt to receive moolah right? tee hee hee. i'm kinda missing CNY already! of cos being a public holiday itself makes us happy already.

happy yuan xiao jie people! din at granny's tonight...yumyum!

many were pretty down yesterday at the news of Lydia Sum's death. For someone who has entertained the people for many years and with her long list of accolades, to die young is really such a pity. This year doesn't seem like a very good start, is it? with 3 deaths we've witnessed just within 2 months..

finally, i'm taking a short break amidst my supperr busy skool schedule. this tri has made us work like a dog, man, work like a dog, really. assignment deadlines every week, the PR blog which i haven't been updating. and journalism readings to do weekly. omg, so much reading that i kinda swear off texts already. now i feel like i'm in the army myself. anticipating every weekend + every weekend seems so shortlived!

last weekend was spent on visual comm assignment, entertaining relatives visiting(maternal&paternal,busssyyyy) and my only dose of readysetglo. oh boy. i need my 8 hours rest, where has it gone to? the worst part? procrastinating the whole afternoon before settling down and concentrating on assignments after the evening. the(or rather my) mind never seems to be working in the afternoons. urgh. my bestie's my mac now. never am i online for leisure purposes anymore. it's always workworkwork. boo hoo hoo. i need to R&R! can't wait to say hello to friday!

truckloads of peektures taken over CNY and the weekends. will upload only when i'm free. which might only happen this weekend. sighhhhh. peeks taken below are fresh from the oven! snapped just today after lunch with aunty c. and bud.

hope you ladies are feeling better already. no emo-ness okay please.....life's too short to be emo. okay, that sounds like crap, but yeah, you get my drift...

i really should try sleeping before 2am on days with lighter workload. like today.

p.s. i'm blogging cos aunty c. says she needs entertainment at work.

"i know lah, this ain't very entertaining(i'm boring) but might be wordy enough to while your time away? hahaa!"

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the surprise one afternoon 1 month ago....my belated bday pressie!

the usual handmade agnes b. calendar amongst the other pressies =)

polka dots overdose.

sweet desserts despite our cough!

from left: mudpie, teh tarik rootbeer float, atlantis(or was it atlanta?) and nutella icecream

candies overload.

now would you like one of our handmade short necklace?

or the long one?

this isn't how you should look like when you receive new wristlets...

while this is!

it's been sunny in spore..

piecing the wristlets together.

wristlets candies. how convenient.

the evil girl with a ribbon pinned to her hair

we are young

loot of the day

when beat!?!

2008-02-02T04:48:00.000+08:00

I MISS beat!!!!!

it's been postponed again to....god knows when? next friday i hope?!

it's been 2 weeks since i've been yearning to go! and keat didnt make me feel any better! he messaged me awhile ago, "Ginette played hot chip! Ready for the floor! Do it do it do it do it do it now!" Now i'm hoping CNY arrives real soon. but then, deadlines would come...and that would also mean no more public holidays to look forward to. boo hoo hoo. I need to work desperately. hope this year's ang bao earnings gonna aid the financial crisis i'm facing. Yes, financial crisis.

but Sweeney Todd did make me happier. hello Mr T! =) gruesome it is but it's a brillant musical-film. we all just love johnny don't we? Fridays are not fridays anymore without my friday lover. but i'm pretty pleased with myself, we didn't stay out till the wee hours of the morning, tonight. =) keep it up!

had din with fam before the film. mummy's bday today! =D

oh my, look how much they've aged =( i think bdays aint important after your 30s since there isn't much to celebrate your getting older...

hope you're feeling better after your friday night out. i think i'm lousy, nothing i say seems to make you happier or better. sigh. i'm a lousy friend.

on a lighter note, J and daihark's arriving this sunday! although not at the rightest of time, but still yey! herman lied, he changed his mind. tsktsk. no taiwan this year lah! too broke!!

this week's gonna be busybusybusy. yet to change the sheets and clean up the room. and i've got 23432543656 assignments lining up and fucking school has yet to get back to me with regards to the exemption issue. arggh. 3 freaking weeks has past! should i get down to completing the mktg assignments as well? but i don't waste my time doing unnecessary modules! grrrr. this is so frustrating.

okay time for bed. freaking tired. goodnighty.

CNY's gonna be good. i hope.

GONG HEI FATT CHOY.

where's my friday?

2008-01-15T18:43:00.000+08:00

so skool has started and classes resumed but am not feeling the skooling vibes yet, if there's even sucha thing. late for class on monday. GREAT. missed the intro class, so i actually went for nothing. i better get the exempted from marketing otherwise effie's gonna be an angry girl. and i'll just do what sporeans do. complain.

i'm so sore that mr yap is covering us for Public Relations. damn. he better be good at it. can't believe he's back with us. argh. save us, please.

the weekend was lovely. busy with fun. homeclub on a friday was near perfect, as usual but they didn't spin bloc party! it ain't a party when there's no bloc party. =( so happy that sara joined us! the very first beat! for her!

blueberry nights with sara, kenny and erasmus was pretty good, i thought. my mind was silently doing film stills and i thought it's pretty sad. erasmus kept rattling on his love for wkw after the film. yes we know! hahaa. had our din after and cab down to homeclub to join my fridaylover and friends.

Saturday was lazy initially but it got better after the walk to haji lane.

across the universe was even better than blueberry nights. you should really catch it, if you've yet to. the film's tastefully done. strawberry jams'- my favourite part. with a cute lead, who'd be complaining? it's accompanied by cover versions of beatle's timeless soundtracks. brilliant.

timbre's where we went after the film and then, supper over silly mind games which are an insult to our intelligences(haha). but it is fun when you don't know how the game is played until you understood it...

too late to upload saturday's peektures. tomorrow perhaps.

why are you talking to me now? years have passed, what is it that you want? maybe a simple friendship again? nah. still feeling disgusted by your antics. don't come ruin happy me. oh, i nearly forgot, you'll never be able to do that. today is a day full of 'omg's.

some people just utterly disgust me.

goodnight people. time to sleep.

i'm sooo looking forward to fridays all over again!

mat moves?

running?

keat, that hair is fo real okay!

imaginery fingers...

this gesture reminds me of the ah lians in sec skool. lol!

Malvin!!!

just dance

kenny: i'm tired!

erasmus: i know, me too!

sexy dancing gets em up on their heels again...

boyband material!

with candice and vera!

it's a riot, really.

wide smiles please

and more wide smiles

prop of the night: K's headline trucker

b's so cute here. haha

they, who're busy singing away....

now i'm in love wit beat! all over again.

but i've to tell myself 'stop partying! Before CNY!'

school tomorrow. i dread totally. =( at least abby's back frm bkk. =)

have a great week ahead people!

new beginnings

2008-01-11T01:43:00.000+08:00

Yes once again it's friday again!

i know i'm a lil late here, but HAPPY NEW YEAR! i'm hoping this year would be better than before. not that it was bad before. nope, no new year resolutions cos they never happen within a year, or at all.

school's starting monday! yawwwn. how very smart of them to replace Public Affairs with Principles of Marketing. so not a mass comm module. and i've took that up in poly ALREADY. replacements done few days before the new trimester? how 'brilliant'! it got me so pissed when i first read the e-mail of notification. damn. time runs really quickly, it's the end of the hols before i know it. =( the festive season was fun. i'm missing it already, xmas and all...

i'm fucking broke but yet i'm not working 'cos school's starting and i'm fussy. hate to go through the job hunt and interviews. i don't mind working though. argh.

i definitely hafta change this attitude of mine. but working on CNY? oh man....i hate it when you gotta return to work on CNY. =( in a dilemma now. what to do?

am gonna shelf that thought this weekend and enjoy the LAST weekend before it's back to 'no play but work'. hope this trimester's gonna be good and fun since we're gonna work with different classmates this trimester(and the many more to come).

2thousand8's gonna be goodgreatmarvellous. yes. and it's starting today! FRIDAY!

happyfridays.

everyone deserves good fridays.

we're heading to homeclub tonight! i'm actually missing beat! already.

and before that, My Blueberry Nights. Across the Universe tomorrow. can't wait!

have a great friday people! =)

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first friday of 2thousand8

sleepover at b's.

nice hair!

overcrowded

with our lil friends

she's clueless

frumpy and grumpy

breakie made wit love

she suspects i'm at her place solely for a home cooked meal

tee hee hee

sneaking around on her couch. lol

film marathon: jeux d'enfants and happy together

the other peeks are up on fb. too lazy to upload allllll.

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a few of the 211 peeks we took on NYE!

the wonderful party at butterfact.

me and me friday<3er

salute!

cosying up to santa

no idea how we ended up promoting postcards

postcards from italy

with the boys

kungfu moves on the dancefloor

some grinding action

groupie

i still have no idea who's the one behind the halo.

bud joined us finally!

distracted.

new year's kiss to my lovely gossipbox

me darlings

im glad we had a cosy mini party at my poolside =)

first one ever!

vanilla, ice ice baby!

the rest of the NYE peeks are up on fb. far too many to upload here!

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xmas 2007 at soho, central, HKG

i cant upload the other peeks cos the guys has yet to send me!

the very cute 'ol santa who brought me my pressies.

thanks, herman! =)

2007-12-29T22:58:00.000+08:00

MERRY XMAS!

the past week had been funfunfun. let's see, had a birthday celebration before i left for hk. so happy that my darlings had plans for me. a surprise which i spoilt, cos i opted for butterfact's SWITCH instead of chinaone(which they planned a lil surprise already). needed my fix of indie music but more of electro and nu rave that night, but still had lots of fun! some hk dj was spinning RnB at art bar while adrian and dave.does was spinning at main room.

had a good and quiet dinner at tuck shop before heading down to Butterfact. i like the place! perfect, besides the fact that it was empty, the food was not bad. my darlings got me a raspberry chocolate cake n sang me a birthday song..awwhh so schweet! haven't gotten a bday cake from friends since a looonnng time ago, infact i think i've never. so schweet of 'em to go through the trouble and of cos, to sing me a birthday song! i felt warmth at that very moment. i have always wanted a cake on my birthday. what's a birthday without a birthday cake right? haha. pity bud couldn't join us though, you cheapskate! hahaa! but he came down, supposedly to join us but ended up sending us to butterfact. thankyou! haha.

i got forced to get my face painted by some neon painters. but it was all for the name of fun(since we managed to force the others into it as well.tee heehee). downed b151, flaming lamboghini and samoua something? downed it despite noone wants to tell me what it is exactly. 'thanks' bud! for suggesting graveyard. had this other baileys shot before all these which i thought was yummmmmy! and then it was sober me running between art bar and main room. i think i've become a good drinker! woo hoo cheers to that! adrian spinned bloc party woo hooo! and bon jovi, which everyone could rock to. and then it was sexy dancing for james and the hottie, entertained us a lil bit. hahaaa.

well, it was a merry birthday thanks to my darlings=) we snapped truckloads of peeks that night! and supper at macs after that with us looking like we came from some halloween party. hahha.

the next day it was to hk i gooooo. i must say 4 days is hardly enough to finish everything. especially when you're with your family. 5 days or more would be great. didn't do alot of shopping this time round, budget budget! and everything's thick, winterwear. missed out a few malls, wasn't able to get my regular fix of accessories. siggghhhh. and my Central eggtarts! siggghhh. it was still pretty fun though, at least i got to catch up with the guys. thanks so much again for running around with us and tolerating all the long waits while we do our shopping! =) oh and for lugging all our heavy shopping bags. haha. you guys can really stand the long hours!

however birthday this year didn't really feel like a birthday. it was more of shopping, shopping, shopping. it felt like a typical ordinary day. but of cos, it's just my birthday, not the king's birthday. we had dinner at some regular cha chan teng in TST that served bad and over-priced food with a really bad-tempered and impatient waitress. urgh. would have told her off if we were in s'pore. supposed to do din at this posh-looking restaurant named The Sweet Dynasty(which we planned to the night before but due to time constraints and the impossibly long queue, we didn't), but that plan kinda got screwed up with meeting location and bad timing. siggh. but at least i'm glad i had a great time with my darlings to celebrate my bday before that. =)

yesterday was funfunfun again. did dinner with B and J at subway, Central. strolled around clarke quay after and then J sent us to home club. i know, it's very near, we're crazy but we thought he would join us. lbb was GOOOD, GREAT, infact. they were very entertaining, making jokes and comments about nearly everything from politics to real life issues, inserting them in lyrics and conversations with the audience too. home club was packed! but most of 'em came for lbb and sat outside drinking instead. so it was beat! after with indie! i missed indie soooo much! glad to see keat after sucha long time too! =) i missed silly dancing with him to wake up, morrissey and others. it's so right, booze+goodmusic=merry. we had sooo much fun last night just us, 3 girls and keat and company. it was crazzzzy. high but sober at the same time. hahaa. we even headed to MoS after 4ish but by the time we reached there, it was 5 already. no idea how the hell did we take so long to reach there. lol. i only remember talking bullshite to the bouncers and they were nice enough to entertain us. i don't know why, they let us in when they were closing. strange. crazy us even wanted to get in too. we went in just to wait for V to finish her cigs. hahaa.

actually, i think we were talking shite the whole night. b says i pretended to be sober and was desperately trying to protect 'em. but i am sure i was sober, still remember the events last night. so funnay. can't stop laughing when she and keat told me the things that happened last night which i totally forgot. we left MoS and settled at the dining area by the river. it was nice to sit by the river and have good talk with friends. =)

B was the lucky girl last night, lost and found her wallet. thank god!

okay now i'm talking shite too. am freaking tired. 8 hours sleep last night isn't enough. yawwwwnn. good night.

more peeks will be uploaded on facebk. too lazy to upload all of them here.

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aunt J bought me lunch at Kuriya. Japanese, i <3!!

salad.

beef shabu shabu. yuummm

proud of her fish(literally) and chips.

elated =D

smiling widely at the sight of my very own bday cake =D

thanks for the lovely cake! i love cakes! =)

warmth by the fireplace. hahaa.

i heart the background! so cuttee!

those shots were great!

b frowned cos she couldn't have 'em all to herself. hahaa.

see the neon glo?

i am not that freaky lah!

she tricked me into having my face painted!

was it really that scary?!

the sport

after much pulling and tugging we got him..

and her.

yoshitimo nara lookalike. at least you only got your arms painted!

RRARRRRRR!

only the 3 of us got our faces painted.

you did never lost him in the club.

ready for SWITCH?

they got me a flaming lambo which i haven't tried before..

it was gooood.

and they forced me to dance with some random, enthusiastic rnb dancer. lol. 'thanks' ah!

but i just wanted my indie!

i like the fedora!

they got me b151 and some other shot which i can't remember what.

but i was still very sober! haaha! you guys couldn't get me!

thankyou darlings for celebrating my bigday with me!

i love you all! <3

under my umbrella...ella, ella, a,a,a.......

getting it on with some girl. wee weeeet!

to show my <3>

a Dalek action sampler from gossipbox, aunty char, adel and paedophile. =)

paedophile actually thought of getting me this, surprisingly.

pressies frm b*: a pretty dress(she says for me to wear to hk),

a handmade card and notebook, anna sui rouge and rockstar studs, tucked within a cute graphic tin.

and a beautiful handmade notebook. i can feel the <3!

snippets of happiness of 2007 tucked within the notebook.

so schhwweett =)

bday pressie from aunt J.

thought it was shopping vouchers but it was actually...

cash is king!

so thoughtful of her to get me hk dollars for my hk trip!

mad rush to xmas

2007-12-19T02:03:00.000+08:00

i love beautiful gift wrappers. adds to that excitement

she just got me a CK one last birthday. haha.

and just the next day, she got me my xmas pressie.

XMAS and bday came early when i received my first gifts of the year. Actually it's my bday's followed by xmas's. =) she really thinks i'm obsessed with agnes b. tee hee hee.

i'm so broke this xmas, don't complain if you think i haven't splurged enough on your gifts okay, people! tighter than ever budget! no xmas pressies for myself this year =( more xmas shopping tomorrow, only got 2 outta sunday's trip. the crowd is so crazy, it's a love hate feeling to do xmas shopping.

now i wonder, how am i gonna do shopping in hk. maybe it's not sucha bad idea to travel during the winter season, after all. am gonna soak up all that xmas spirit and make merry =) mustn't miss that Santaland at Central this year (still remember i didn't make it last year)!and of course, to meet my lovely friends. it's been awhile. it'll be nice to do a warm xmas dinner with your loved ones at the comfort of your cosy home but i guess, that's not possible this year. i'm gonna have a feast there this year! i miss the yummy food there, the milk tea, ice lemon tea, egg tarts, dim sums, 'cha chan tengs', ...... too many to list out! how so different they are, compared to the ones offered in singapore. sigh.

now i'm hoping nothing screws up saturday. and hope it's not gonna be jaded since we've been doing that for practically every birthday. boo to a dry bank account.

2007-12-13T01:16:00.000+08:00

xmas is coming! are you feeling the vibes yet?

the sale has started and it's shouting at me from everywhere! oh my god.

resist! even if i don't, i've got nothing to spend off. =(

i'm happy bern's one of the winners of notime! go check out her masterpiece here.

i know she's a talent and i'm so proud of her. =D

a little more confidence for her please. =)

now we hafta decide upon xmas eve dinner.

what's the plan, what's the plan?

let's hope we can sneak in a 'members only' club after dinner. why aren't they open to public?

eeek. hk clubs suck. zouk is good. hope i didn't offend anyone.

time to hit the gym tomorrow. too many sumptuous buffets means time for a workout! and will the sun please shine? i need a tan, but i ain't getting one. argggh.

caught 2 epic films the past 2 days- lust, caution and the warlords. both pretty good films. surprisingly, warlords' quite emotional. it is a mix of brotherhood, love and breach of promise, i would say. didn't wanna catch it initially, but free sneaks are good for health! tee hee hee. caught the heartbreak kid too, but it wasn't as funny as i expected.

next, 2 days in paris.

p.s. aunty char, please send me the mambo peeks soooooon!!!

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1.12.2007

Chinaone to Mos

feeling peace in your inner self now, J?

experimenting if you could see through those shades in the dark.

like some other stranger did.

effie: eh, look there lah!

char(to doubleJs): eh, come take together lah!

siggh... sara wasn't here!

rockstar or gangsta?

hitting on indians now, paedophile?

while we wait for her poor feet to recover...

we what else, but camwhore,

talk,

camwhore again,

and sleep. in the club.

aunty char's lethal weapon which taught her a lesson. tsktsk

you meditate when your killer heels killed you.

dancing shoes

caressing 'russell peters'. hahaa

after party dessert. reminiscent of hk's xu liu shan.

2007-12-09T03:15:00.000+08:00

and so i finally met my mates today. haven't seen 'em since like what, one month? back to the full-of-crap world for a night. i'm sorry bud, you couldn't attend zoukout this year. haha.

i can remember vividly every zoukout I'll always be away in hk. but this year i am still here, yet i didn't go for it. not the least interested, don't know why though. and town's busy like crazeee today. the horrendous jam in town cost us 1 and a half hours!! and no midnight shopping left us spending too much on food- supper shortly after dinner. not that i have the moolah to shop either . the crazee rainy weather left the crowd stranded.

thank god we managed to run back to the car before it started pouring! and the old skool $1 ice-cream under the drizzle made me happy, albeit the slow eater me had to gulp it.

tomorrow's most prolly gonna be fam day since her bf is away. yes, that only happens when her bf is away.

sometimes i really wonder what are we to her...i hate it when the whole fam has to accommodate to her needs. are we substitutes or what?

but i wouldn't let that spoil my sunday. nope it shouldn't. it has already spoilt my friday. i can't put my frustrations and embarrassment into words. sucha plan spoiler.

yes sunday's gonna be good. soak in the xmas spirit, minus the money spending part.

it's pathetic to be broke.

.........

10th november

3 locations in 1 night.

my place -> sara's bro's -> char's

doing what she does best. lol.

moi looking miserable.

was nursing a blocked nose and bad flu that day. eeerrkk.

she got so irritated with A,

she plotted to push him into the pool,

yet A looked happy...

but, she didn't succeed of course. haha.

sorry, A...

and J.

busy modelling...

the birthday girl didn't had any wine,

although she looks like she had too much here...

our staple of the night

(but we already had some at my place. tee hee hee)

our dearest birthday girl

goodbye essays! hello holidays!

2007-12-05T01:27:00.000+08:00

and goodbye to sleepless nights too. now it's time for some schweet xmas <3ing.

all the essays last week really forced my brains to repulse any reading or writing activities. it had too much of words i suppose. poor brains of mine. 5 deadlines in one day really kills. lecturers should revise the number of deadlines in a day! i hate procrastinating but it loves me. in fact, it stuck to me the entire week before the crazeee deadlines! i could literally shout out, "help! i hate academic writing!"

i can't believe i can even talk to abby about paris while listening to 'Cherish' on class 95 at 4ish in the morning when we've barely started on our 2500 word essay which was due that very evening. hahaha. gaaawddd. but listening to class95 and mugging together at the same time gives me good vibes. it left me in a relaxing mood, no panicking, strangely.

Cherish, by kool and the gang, really brings back fond memories whenever i hear it. those times in the car going at the speed of 160 and F windling down the narrow and quaint streets of paris with my sister and i singing to it...it really brings me back to that exact moment.

so now that the assignments are over, what next? i needa job of course! to fund my spending! i need to shop! can't remember when's the last time i did! 3 months maybe? =( i seriously need moolah! stop being fussy effie, and start hunting for a new job! if only i'm rich. damn. i soo wanna enjoy this holiday and just be a homebody, haha i know, how exciting right, enjoy my holidays by staying home. haha.

i miss doing that actually! go for an occasional swim, gym, read, sleep in, watch my favourite shows online...sounds good to me.

i constantly tell myself to quit partying but it doesn't seem to work! instead of spending the moolah on booze, why not spend on a new top? urgggh. partying has gotta stop soon, or put at a minimal. =( but that shall start on thursday onwards since we have plans for tomorrow already- mambo, but of course!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my 2 loves! =)

gonna have a great lunch with 'em tomorrow!

what do you do when you feel too lazy for work? blog.

2007-11-25T02:17:00.000+08:00

serene outside, noisy inside

the service was pretty impressive,

but the same can't be said for the mains...

nice & cosy ambience but it's too noisy indoors...

i had fish and chips.

a case of too much 'chips', but not much fish.

finally tucking in!

Mr Bean really made us laugh alot with his silly antics.

the happy boys

caught by surprise

it was lovely of em to get most of the staff to

sing along together.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

and no they weren't drunk nor high. haha.

the fact sheet. they have another one on pork.

so cute and informative.

although it's renowned for it's steaks, the ribs there were just as good.

this was how dark the restaurant was.

the food's pretty yummilicious, actually.

aunt J's bday lunch at dian xiao er.

and then, shopping with the aunties after. haha.

gaypride! fly that rainbow flag!

we walk walk

walkwalkwalk.

our favourite vintage VW!

what's your idea of a magical space?

could it be your secret garden where you listen to your favourite tracks

while reading a good book?

or floating pretty up in the air?

camwhoring within the premises

we all heart our cardis/ sweaters! so nice to feel chilly for 1 day in sg...

discovering s'pore at URA. i didn't know sucha model exists!

A Supposedly anticipated trip to Maxwell Mkt.

disgusted with her lousy wanton mee.

too embarassed with her yucky curry rice.

the only one who enjoyed her food.

AisforAndy

2007-11-24T03:39:00.000+08:00

Finally! got to try the soups from saybon! bon indeed!

couldn't get a prettier color. unfortunately.

the addition of a 'write Hindi' feature tells me that i really haven't been blogging very much. freaked me out when my texts were translated into Hindi! why this 'write Hindi' feature? strange.

oh yes, the deadlines are back to haunt me. the worst part is when you don't even feel like getting into the motion. =( but i had an enjoyable week or two- the pre-deadline short holiday. with a pinch of assignments of course. dinners, a drinking cum pigging session overnight, crazee shopping for xmas gifts(for daddy's friends not myself) and birthday celebrations. this month alone i see 8 birthdays. can you believe it? i'm sucha poor girl now.

soooo many things to do. not enough time. and to constantly remind myself not to procrastinate, wastes time too. that's how often i remind myself. as if it helps. after next friday, woo hooo! can't wait. but this week is gonna be a loooooong one. =(

oh and Andy came to town. not literally, of course. caught 'lars and the real girl' which is a really sweet and heartwarming film. lars is a cute, honest and geeky boy. getting a blow-up doll as your girlfriend might not be that bad of an idea after all. if only blow-up dolls of boys are available, i might just cop one, pretend he's my boyfriend and make my family and friends accept him. i like. geee, doesn't that sound fun?

no hk this year. all flights are fully booked already! okay, not all, but cathay and SIA. dad's fussy with his choice of airline companies. =( maybe somewhere else? but where? and everyone's travelling outta town this holiday season. and once again, prices of air tickets has raised exorbitantly high. urggh.

hello crammed weekend. goodbye fun.

till next friday....

photobooth-whores

2007-10-22T01:21:00.000+08:00

how ironic it is that sundays are happy when it's supposed to signal the end of the weekends.

and this particular sunday spells happy and sad. happy, cos it's the first sunday in weeks when i can spend quality time with my folks. sad 'cos it would mean quiz on wednesday and more assignments due soon. boo hoo hoo =(

why didn't you turn up that day? half of me was hoping i might get the chance to talk to you again after all that drifting apart. half of me thought it might be pretty awkward to see you again.
like he said, 'expected lah'. didn't expect that initially but after he said that, i thought to myself, 'yeah. why didn't i expect that in the days before that?' why did i think you would even bother to come?

i'm so glad i'm finally done with that essay after all that procrastinating.
oh, how i wish for careless, idle time. haha. lazy me. i need a job. i'm fucking broke. i need moolah.

get a job after this semester. let's hope i can find a quick one to earn me enough keep. can't wait for vacation! minus all that stress from me please.

hope this week's gonna be a smooth one. no arguments or fights. i'm still feeling angsty about the whole argument. am not gonna give a fuck anymore. even thinking about it frustrates me now.

smooth operatorrrr..smoooooth operator...now this song's replaying in my mind.

we photoboothed so much in class during mathew's lab sessions. that's what you should do when your lecturer doesn't bother to conduct lessons in class. too many shots taken, upload the rest next time.

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1/2 + 1/2 = 1

that's what will happen if you trained your right shoulder too much.

okay, this is funny. hahaha

ever seen a human-monster?

now, who has bigger biceps?

doublechinned

this will be good for enlarging my slit eyes.

reminiscent of Abba. lol!

flash your pearlies!

hairsprayed

'ethel, were you a national swimmer?' that explains that glum look on my face. lol

baked comic

shite!

click

the third attempt.

it's fun to photobooth in a group! of 10 prolly... =p

and wide-eyed

trying to look angsty

and lester came in..

ben filled in the gap, unknowingly. haha.

normally abnormal

us in the right face

and we were saying denise looked like she haven't slept in a thousand years. hahaha!

i was in a trance

abby the funny

THE SECOND ATTEMPT
denise looks like she's in braces. lol

with denise

the first lab session

oh why, hello friday!

2007-10-04T19:44:00.000+08:00

busy busy busy bee. finally got a thursday off to spend some ethel-time alone. it feels strange, not having to face any submission datelines for Steve's class tomorrow. it feels like something's just amiss. haven't slept in on a weekday for a long long time! it felt like last weekend was just yesterday.

goodbye to Steve tomorrow and welcome the return of Ben after his rejuvenating Nepal trip. hope i can say good bye to mathew forever. he can't lecture for nuts. total waste of our school fees. damnit. see ya in 3 weeks time, Steve!

last weekend's ftv yacht party was a bore but the after party was fun, with who, but my lovely girls of 'cos. i still think about how funny it is that the caucasians assume singaporean speak with their 'lah's trailing at the end of each sentence. how amusing it is, to hear them repeat it after every sentence in a bid to fit into us. it sounded weird and funny, definitely.
what was supposed to be a fashion show ended up more like a gawking-at-hot-girls-party. all the caucasian men coveting after the models. yawn. and the fugly dresses the models adorned didn't make up for it. we spent our time there camwhoring most of time there. haha.

after party was at chinaone(our favourite haunt now) and arena(which was a first for us) with 4 darlings and fun fun fun. and 2 silly geeks from outta nowhere. lol. many weird people that night. many. soo many peeks taken the past 2 months yet no time to resize and upload here.

i smell fun tomorrow. gonna check out :phunk studio's Universe exhibit and then head for some good food after.

stop partying ethel. stop late nights. turn in early. now that's gonna be my bible for these 2 weekends.i hope.

i'm so broke now but i needa change of wardrobe. i need moolah!!! im extending my requests to you people.
please donate to the effie fund generously.

thank you. and goodbye.

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DAY 11(yes, i'm still not quite done with this)

the F3 circuit. couldn't get a better peek though.

patterned

it might be perfect for a game of hide and seek

dad was trying to tell us about lavenders. lol

my happy 'ol man

The Cure was there too

wouldn't it be nice to plant your own fruits and vege?

missing piece

lost in translation. so he's using the francais-englais dictionary

including mum who was so enthusiastic

everyone started hunting for four-leafed clovers for some good luck

dad's full of <3 too

camwhoring alone is no fun. =(

they're all with crowns on the top of their round heads.

quiet haven

the love seat

mum is trying to say, 'an apple a day, keeps the doctors at bay.'

my secret garden.

experienced love. literally.

little busy bee

do this and you get a really pleasant and fresh after scent. if only i could bring a few stalks back and tuck em into my book. =(

flowery stripes

this is how quickly the weather changes

peace at the plains

hello. can i make friends with you, Confident?

2007-09-08T02:43:00.000+08:00

i know i'm taking forever to post up all the peeks taken at france but mon stubborn fingers still want to do it. i'll post the remainings as soon as i have the time to. school's draining me out. prolly just cos my body ain't used to it. too much dosage of bumming around can do you bad. tee hee hee.

monday doesn't seem so bad anymore. ain't experiencing any monday blues no more. school is great! it wasn't as daunting as i thought. with new friends(despite me being grouchy on the first day of school and not talking much) and silly yet funny lecturers, time passes pretty quickly. 3 hour breaks can really be spent on quality bonding. we did just that over the five 3 hr breaks we had over the past 2 weeks. yeah, time wasting i know but at least we get to hang around a little bit with our new classmates. shuttle buses are a saviour indeed.

our lecturers ain't as experienced compared to poly which worries me a little. so far, we only met 2 lecturers one of whom flew in from aussie. too young to make a lecturer i think. but he's pretty talented judging by the solo piece he did last week. the other's warm and friendly. he seemed wise, with his age but doesnt act like it. haha. imagine youself asking your lecturer, 'how do you do this?' and to that, he replies you 'i don't know either! i'm bad with dreamweaver, we're all learning together!' what the hell right? omg, i feel our class is doomed. unless, we get the guys who're supposed to be geniuses with IT to help us. hahaha. they come in real handy i must say. with lecturers like that, we can only photobooth to waste a little time away. haha. so we happily photoboothed like half an hour away last friday. shall post the shots up soon.

well hope our class's gonna remain just like it is in the 2 years to come. cos you never know what will happen in the coming months even. now we gotta think what to do over the next 3 hour breaks. the home song stories? hmmm...anyways we're gonna cam whore tomorrow. it's gonna be fun and merry. wheee!

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DAY 10

it's their anniversary after the stroke of midnight. aren't they sweet?

everyone danced and sang

it was drinks again after din.

din with the best wine sommelier in france. it was fun listening to his past experiences with celebs- the fugly and beautiful.

dessert: chocolat cake of cos!

main: some fish. can't remember what. the potatoes were delicious too.

they actually wanted me to finish the bottle just cos i'm of the same age.

starters: scallops! yum yum.

hannibal 3?

we popped by erik's place for some drinks before heading for din.

where's wally? i mean effie.

romeo, romeo, where are thou?

damn! it was too cold to swim even with the pool's heater on!

this is the closest you can get to a watering hole

now that's a 7 seater.

with cute puppies to go with it.

even the pharmacie's with interesting window displays in la chatre

peacock at the entrance

my mind's exactly like this having not attended school for soooo long. rusty.

the old workshop still intact

the moat surrounding the castle

these boots are made for walking..

ain't that stool with a heart cute? wished i could bring it home!

we were in the chapel and he started saying 'ethel! come! sit here! why you eat beef?' which triggered a sea of laughter after

who knows what lies beneath...

don't you shudder to revisit an old castle with it's remains and furnishings intact?

narrow spiral staircase again

danger lurks everywhere

a portrait

picturesque

entrance to Sarzay

it was chilly outside but it was freezing inside! strange...

imagine splashing hot oil onto unknowing enemies.

ambush

traditional way of building roofs with these wooden frames. hardy, they say.

castle with pretty houses lifted from children's storybooks.

baby shrubs growing at the fire place?

people of medieval times seem to cramp in really small beds or are they just petite?

babies in the cradle. of cos you see em no more. but it's kinda creepy isn't it?

in Sarzay Castle

my poor dad couldn't have beef and had this instead.

haven't had steak for a long long time...didn't really some parts with the rubbery texture

luncheon at an authentic french restaurant.

calmness and serenity

horsy horsy! or rather little boy on pony. ain't this cute?

the playful kitty

solitude

happy sunday!

2007-08-25T17:52:00.000+08:00

it's sunday which means i'm going back to school tomorrow! time really flies by so darn fast. i'm ready for school, i know it, but it doesnt really feel that way. i'm just nervous about meeting new people and mingling in a new environment.
i'm hoping the new classmates are gonna be nice people and not people difficult to work/deal with, otherwise i'm bloody stucked in this school. better to be reticent to new people.
of cos, it's gonna be rather exciting as well, to pick up a new course and learn new stuff. damnit, i missed the orientation, didn't get to meet new faces. they better be good people good people goood people!

wednesday's mambo was lovely, they put on Friday, i'm in love! but my friday lover was nowhere at sight! =( i think i was the only crazy woman singing and dancing silly to the cure. they put on blur too! girls and boys! but the crowd weren't moving to that. unfortunately that made me the only lunatic there again, singing along and doing robot dances. grrrr. of cos aunty, j and gossipbox entertained me by dancing along. hahaa.

how can we not do a little rnb when aunty is here right? that's when all the joke rolled in, at phuture. =p

time to get a suitable part time job to support my overspending expenses. i foresee bussssssyyy times ahead.
well, if the new sem ain't too packed, i might just be able to upload the truckload of peeks we took the past month. many many to post! phew!

enjoy your weekend while it lasts. and wish me luck with school.

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DAY 9

marinated beef.
f: this is very good in france! you should try this!
e: erm...no, it's ok. hahaha. merci!
more like mercy me. haha.

forgot what's the name of this fish. it's popular there though. tastes pretty good. dishes always come with boiled mixed vege which i heart. the rice tastes like thailand's pineapple rice.

we drove out for dinner in the town area
starter- escargot. but cooked in a different way. i think i prefer the conventional method although this is interesting.

finally settled in for the day

admiring a 'painting'

it's always orangina, orange juice, or wine. nothing else is better!

spiders here aplenty. me thinks they don't dust their house that often

i felt like i was on an excursion for wine tasting

then he brought us to the place where fermentation takes place

xmas trees! and pretty flowers in thw wild

baby grapes

a visit to erik's vineyard

the oldest maison in La Chatre

it would be nice to be sipping tea on the balcony amid all the serenity

felt like putting on that gold frame

the oldest chapel in town

Citroens like this model aplenty here

and we're in La Chatre

quick stopby for lunch

in the country where wine is produced. indeed.

look at that cute little thing on the van!

to Lyon for some gastronomic pleasures or Bordeaux for some fine wine?

caravans spell vacation! i think they're so cute and cosy to be in.

holy cow!

i've lost count of the number of les pont

one of the few more modern structures in the city of old world charm

not enough photo opportunities at the louvre

1 last yummy breakfast in paris before we hit La Chatre

can't wait can't wait.

2007-08-21T00:29:00.000+08:00

mambo tomorrow! can't wait to strut the moves! as if.
can't wait to have fun with my darlings! haven't mamboed with the gossipbox before. finally, tomorrow!
despite being down with flu and cough(again!damit!), i'm gonna recover tomorrow! i'm crossing my fingers.
We're gonna have Anatolia for dinner tomorrow, which we all have been missing since the poly days... yey!

few more days left of bumming around. i'm so gonna misss this feeling. but well, i had my fill of lazy afternooons and days of just doing nothing. it has been WONDERFUL nonetheless!

now, i need a job. i'm broke! =(

Continuation on day 8. Again, the first post is the last one of today, so read upwards.

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DAY 8

ping pong in the basement. we kids didn't have enough fun before the adults wanted their turn. tsk tsk.

we went down to 'mr bean's' place after. everyone started working out after all that binging on unhealthy fd and drinks...

i wish i can have a basement like that too. it'll be pretty cool to hangout there. and maybe get wasted? lol.

chin! more ricard!

everyone's chilling over small bites, drinks and talks except dylan's...stoning?

swordpick instead of toothpick. of cos they're for finger food only, not for picking your teeth.

dad never got this high before. just kidding. he's always high. lol.

Alex got so excited when i wanted to capture a shot of the cute crackle. it's tasty too! every bite makes you happpy man!

few remaining buildings of the chateau which are out-of-bounds to public now.

fear not, we've got our 'parapluie' with us

see what i meant by we didn't see much of the bleu skies?

more pretty flowers. it's amazing, the amount of effort the gardeners put into maintaining the garden and all greenery.

everyone were busy trying to make the little doll smile. haha

cute manicured shrubs pepper the compounds.

we are all minatures here

row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream.....

i actually resisted ice-cream this whole time(it was freezing most of the time) but finally gave in to temptation...

yummy club sandwich

finally, lunch! we starved souls!

such huge compounds, we didn't manage to finish strolling. they say you need 3 days to do that.

and the show is on....

this is what i call, a real garden

the crowd waiting for the fountain show which happens only during Summer

facade from the garden

unkle has to do a trick or two to make her smile =)

not too happy from all that walking, is she?

fluffy clouds look like they're falling from the sky

more intricate carvings and chandelier

the King with the King

made in 1850?

we were tired and starving after that whole long walk

spot Napoleon

everyone's snapping everyone else.

there's so much to see everywhere. even small teeny details are meticulously carved out.

can you imagine how huge is Versailles? it's spreads on endlessly.

opulence

glaces chandeliers exhibition

cutesy bedframe

marie antoinette's sweet pinkish room with super tall bed

the huge ballroom

i still can't believe people from the medieval times can actually build these with limited technology.

Royal Chapel fit for a King

extravagant art on the ceiling

i reckon it'll be pretty scary to be walking down this hallway in the dark. alone. not advisable for cute babies.

a peekture in itself

every single thing in here is so enchanting.

isn't it perfect to wake up to this every morning? greenery, sound of birds singing and fresh air, nothing else..

Versailles during the medieval period

the King's concubines

Louis XIV who mum says is quite a goodlooker. hmm, i kinda agree.

beyewtiful bleu bleu sky. it was a pity we missed most of it.

phoa, look at the long queue! thank god it moved really fast.

baby hates sunhat!

horsy horsssy.......

to Versailles Chateau we go!

Continuation

2007-08-14T16:14:00.000+08:00

DAY 7

dinner at one of the restaurants along champs elysees. starved by the slooooow service and to make things worst, i didn't order appetizer. had to wait for an hourish for my main.

you never miss out the intricate carvings beneath and peppered around the facade.

soldiers of the different troops under Napoleon who sacrificed at war.

giddy spells. if you think this is tough, try walking up! we nearly died. imagine Napoleon walking up and down this spiral staircase everyday. no wonder he's Napoleon!

the only few tall skyscrappers of la denfense amidst the densely populated paris

cleancut sidewalks

the busy stretch of Champs Elysees

the inside, before we hit the roof. feels like some secret tunnel.

this time we went up arc de triomphe. yey!

i like the concept. individual works by different artists housed in each concrete cube.

one of mum's fav. audio tapes really make the tour much more interesting.

designed by the man behind Effiel Tower. see the stark contrast?

i'm so glad that my folks actually enjoyed emselves. never expected us to be appreciating art exhibits together.

the many glass domes allowed natural light in

the Vespas there are so cool with the extended windscreens.

supposed to check out the interiors of grand palais, only to find out it's under works and Monumenta 2007 was on instead.

weird mix of the monument and marche. we bid sis goodbye!

a stalk of sunflower came with every copy of the paris phone directory. they really are good at pleasing the ladies.

lunch

chocolat galore. you can literally drool at the shopfront.

ain't chantal thomass adorable?

finally found colette

where's me?

the sight of those colorful chairs can make one's morning a brighter one.

mac's again for breakfast

even the men look good with longchamp totes. and check out the aunty's cap! cute!

erm, the lift's not here yet.

finally got to put on the lovely dress my darlings bought me =)

DAY 6

ferris wheels always look stunning in the night.

we strolled to the louvre after din. it's mysterious and divine in the night. nope, it wasn't snowing but drizzling.

mum was saying the manager of the restaurant resembles Paul McCartney while we think he exudes Hugh Grant. lol.

the strawberry panna cotta was swell.

squid ink over cod fish mashed with varied vege. yum yum.

din at a homely and cosy little restaurant. just what we need =)

nope, they ain't sausages but bolsters.

perm installation by Annette Messager.

japonais version of david copperfield

back again

we were pretty sick of these while we were there but i'm missing it now.

sweet colors in the metro

all these hard-to-resist pastries in the morning and sumptuous desserts, thank god we didn't gain weight!

lobby library