Hush now.

Rest Assured

2012-01-31T01:58:00.001+08:00

the safety one feels when in one's own bed..

haven't had the mood, energy or motivation to blog properly recently.. with proper photos and everything.
this week is flooded with heavy assignment due dates :(
plus there's an exam next week
PLUS i think my drawing teacher hates me because i was from another teacher's class. (whom he hates)

in recent years i have been scowling and frowning much more than any other healthy and happy person should.

i can't stand people blogging non-stop about how happy they are with their boyfriends and what they did today, yesterday, last week, and what they're going to do tomorrow. omg. not saying they need to stop or anything. because it's not my blog and i don't control what they want to express.. but i just can't.

i need new directions.

hi, i'm still here

2012-01-28T19:18:00.002+08:00

not everything is always about you.

other people have this thing, it's called 'feelings'.

2012-01-27T21:50:00.001+08:00

okay okay must rmbr blog about
-CNY
-short story
-those dreams
-art work
-buddhism/beliefs/karma
-food review on french restaurant, coffeebean @MBS

Food Review: Prive Bakery

2012-01-27T21:48:00.002+08:00

i have mentally noted down a thousand and one things to blog about while i'm anywhere else but my blog and suddenly it's all gone. >_>

seconded your thoughts, miss beats. haha.

so.. here're the drool-action pics i promised a couple of posts ago.

i am currently dance-painting in my room. it's a new hobby really. and it sure makes me feel good.

starting off with an extremely appetizing starter: cyrus ala fierce disabled pose

from top: chocolate milkshake, iced coffee, bailey's milkshake, mushroom cream linguini, seafood aglio olio, chilli crabmeat linguini, fish and chips, eggs benedict, pancakes with pecans and strawberries.

the food was ooooooookay only. like, nothing memorable. best was the fish and chips, to be honest. and the pancakes were rubbery :'(((

drinks were good though, so will definitely go back if i want a simple chillax session with my peeps or alone by the bay overlooking the sea :)

location: keppel bay

ambience: 10/10
food: 6/10

AHA. now i rmbr what i wanna blog about.

my birthday this year.

was pretty good :)

for some reason i received alot of presents 0_0 and some surprisingly sweet gestures like hand-made cards (thank you meowrrr <3) and graphical wishes ._. case-in-point, jambu)

i got a..
scrapbook
pink fountain pen
a dessert recipe book
starbucks tumbler (yay!)
laptop cover
batman tee
calvin klein hot pink underwear (mom got this lol. I FEEL SEXAY BENEATH)
french lunch treat
keppel bay brunch treat

and soon-to-be-present from jiacong, MUAHA.

the fly guy

2012-01-26T22:40:00.001+08:00

Signs

2012-01-21T17:43:00.003+08:00

my auntie's son (quite a distant cousin), got into an accident. he was already almost reaching home, when he felt dizzy and just concussed onto the floor on his motorcycle. 6 days under intensive care up till today, conscious but can't talk and can't breathe on his own. he has a 7-month-pregnant wife.

another cousin of mine, gave birth to a healthy baby boy a few weeks ago. suddenly she has kidney problems, and is now hospitalized. it's weird because she is such a healthy person, strict with her diet and regular exercise. yet, death is very possible at this point of time. she has plans to be married in a month's time.

happy new year.

TRIANGLE SALLY!

2012-01-21T02:26:00.000+08:00

oh triangle sally, you light up my day.

RANT #4, #5

2012-01-21T02:15:00.002+08:00

1. i'm tired of my mom bitching about dawn not living in this household. i honestly feel like telling her to suck it up. because firstly she's not being unfillial or anything. in fact she's the most supportive of and communicates with my parents the most, in my opinion. and it's obvious that she loves them very much and nothing, not even living in another household, can change her feelings even the slightest bit. secondly, you're not doing anything to MAKE space for your daughter. it is honestly not practical at all to put me and her to live in the same room because it's really really really too small. there's not enough room to do both of our activities together and both of us have alot of stuff, being artsy people. we just do. mom keeps putting the smallest of problems on dawn not living here.
"see, if she stay here won't have this problem.." and that problem and this problem blablablabla
and all i do is roll my eyes (in my head) and say nothing because she's constantly making a mountain out of a mole hill (ooooo look at me looking idioms and shit. lawl)

just.. could you accept the fact that she wants her own apartment at the age of 27?

2. sometimes i question my friendship between nick and myself.
all he ever did as a 'friend' was treat me to fancy meals, turn up fashionably late for meet-ups because he was sleeping, ask me for presents worth over $500 minimum and when i had my heart shattered to bits last year, all he told me was 'eh don't cry leh.'
so far there have been no efforts of trying to 'redeem' or try to fix back our friendship since last friday. no apologies, no acknowledgement of my birthday. most times i feel like i've been taken for granted.

on a lighter note, today i:
had really good french food with dawn and mom
discovered that mom bought me cute new oven mits
and baked finish my new year goodies

ta.

2012-01-18T23:58:00.001+08:00

that's me right there

Click & Drool

2012-01-18T19:05:00.002+08:00

i smile everytime i see this

2012-01-18T18:22:00.001+08:00

told ya to hang on to your pants!!

YOU HANGIN' ON?!?

okay.

picked a couple of my fave pics from the 200++ photos taken sometime last week during crazee time with my raffles girls :]

we were on a photo rampage.

creating themes and captions for each other to act according to.

definitely a must for camwhoring with peeps next time!

THAT UGLY GIRL YOU USED TO KNOW IS NOW HOTTER THAN YOU

you're FLYING ON RAINBOWS

you got a heart attack

you're on that new 8pm talk show ;D

YOUR FAVOURITE MAKEUP STORE JUST CLOSED DOWN

you realised you're in love with each other

YOU ARE A FLOWER AND YOU'RE BLOOOOMING!

-plop-

you're an icecream and you're melting....melting..melting.

eye pain (lol jannnnn model eye pain)

THAT HOT GUY YOU'VE BEEN EYEING ON IS GAY.

(story of my life)

lovely :3

quirkiest and funkiest group of girls ever hahaha i love them!!

MAYHUI GAVE THE SHITTIEST/FUNNIEST INSTRUCTIONS!! we couldn't even act it out cuz we were too busy laughing and too busy being very disturbed by what the hell she was thinking

examples included...
YOU'RE AT AN OLD FOLKS HOME AND YOU'RE HORNY
YOU'RE AN ICE CREAM CONE. NOW I THROW A FIREBALL AT YOU
YOU HAVE FOUR HANDS
YOUR HAIR JUST GREW 2 METRES

hahaha..

i will remember that night for the rest of my freaking life.

20 and DRUNK

2012-01-16T00:24:00.005+08:00

i wish everyone could see how bloody red i am right now

I'M DRUNK/HIGH RIGHT NOW LOLLLL

but it's not funny man i'm never gonna do it again cuz the feeling sucks so damn baddddddd

i can't stop laughing at everything my head hurts i'm dizzy i can't stand up properly

it's weird how i can still correct myself for grammatical errors and shit

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

i just puked a bit before i started typing this post lolllllllllll and somehow it's funny

too much vodka and 7-up raspberry and sprite

seriously never ever gonna do this again. it sucks.

but on a side note, way to start my first day as a 20 year old teeheee

drunk anthea is not very nice

i just made a post on facebook and self-commented on it cuz i can't bother to give 2 shits

ROLLERCOASTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

LIKKA LOBSTAR

'Alcohol burns my throat...'

2012-01-14T11:08:00.000+08:00

OKAY SO..

LAST NIGHT.

hahaha dayum, where do i begin?

i'll put it in chronological order (as usual).

1. received instructions to be dressed up and ready by 7pm. i waited and waited.. till 7.50pm. and then the doorbell rang.

2. i opened the door and expected to see both eunice and denise there. but what the shit, this random stranger, this random CUTE stranger was standing outside the door and introducing himself. jameson, he was eunice's friend...bla bla bla. couldn't really focus on what he was saying. (lol)

3. THIS WAS THE WORST/BEST PART OF THE CELEBRATION. HAH.
okay so jameson was supposed to take me somewhere,. and i was alone with him the whole time- waiting for the lift, inside the lift (shitting 24 storeys srsly), walking to the main road, inside the cab and the long long journey to keppel bay... the most awkward moment of my life by far. (worse than jambu farting, worse than elevator strangers, worse than old man not taking up my seat in train) conversations between us came in short sentences and usually stopped very abruptly because we both have nothing else to say. i expected more from him, but shit luh damn awkward. BUT HE IS CUTE so i can't be upset. it's like ivan seah all over again. cute but we can't click.

4. so we reached keppel bay. and we walked to some really dark area. and then i turned a corner at the bushes and... 'happy birthday to you.... happy birthday to you....' :)

5. and then i had to hit a pinata. a pinata. with real candy!!! i can now safely tell my (future/non-existant) kids that i hit a white and pink unicorn pinata with an umbrella, YES FOLKS AN UMBRELLA, when i was 20.

6. a romantic dinner followed. a local picnic fare on the floor under a dim dim light. and then i received my awesome birthday present. a photo collage album :') it's so well put together i swear. and you can really tell the amount of time spent putting it together. i was really touched at this.

7. and then a few very painfully slow rounds of murderer and detective, and then charades, all under the dim dim dim light.

well spent night with my girls! then again what time spent with them is ever not well spent?

there was.. an episode that followed shortly after but i'm over it now. was damn pissed about it last night tho. made me feel kinda miserable ending my night on such a shitty note right after having fun. was supposed to rant about it but whatevvvvvv.

anyways here are the pics.

firstly, my 'date', jameson.

HE'S QUITE CUTE RIGHT? :/

some of my favourite pages from the photo montage/album

and lastly, watch this video. i shit you not, he has the voice of an angel. plus he's quite cute so..

LAST ONE, PROMISE

2012-01-13T00:47:00.001+08:00

think i've overloaded the number of posts for today but just one more.
jim sturgess.

think all 3 of us can agree on this, no?
eu, dee? lol

Matt Lanter

2012-01-13T00:15:00.001+08:00

oh fuck.

i'm not sure if i passed out.

Live

2012-01-13T00:04:00.000+08:00

things like this remind me that i have so much more to live for.
i'm only afraid i will never to get to see the immense beauty of nature before my time comes.
and the thought of it.. honestly makes me wanna cry.

ice skating.

all i want to do, more than anything else in the world right now,

above going to spain, italy, rome, turkey, new zealand, argentina, paris, france etc

above sky diving, water-rafting, scuba diving and bungee jumping

above finding my 'one true love'

above meeting ulliel gaspard, jim parsons, johnny depp and ryan gosling

is to lie down, and watch the stars.

THESE kind of stars.

just lie there, think about everything. talk, sip some tea/soup. lie down again. and just.. admire nature in all its glorious beauty before it's too late.

hang on to your pants

2012-01-12T23:25:00.001+08:00

LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN.

2012-01-12T22:33:00.002+08:00

All photos taken by Jan Kwek

That glorious day at Dempsey Hill (Jan 3rd 2012) with the ladies who are responsible for my over-revved engines of funness and retardacy of today.

love em to bits.

fun phail

2012-01-10T23:33:00.002+08:00

posted about a month ago:

my post-exam-and-other-art-shit schedule!

bring buns to the vet
~~dye and cut hair~~
do a mini lion king play
make icecream
make macaroons
~~plan the december birthdays~~
get a pair of cheap wellingtons and play in the december monsoon floods
~~cameron highlands with soccerettes~~
shopping and malaysia eating trip with CY and gang
~~book shopping and chilling with bea~~
aussie trip with raffles babes (tentative)
myanmar with jc and co. (tentative)
beach with rachel
watch ALL the films i've been dying to watch

the piano

fight club

big fish

the lovely bones

requilm for a dream

rear window

don't look now

last life in the universe

the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover

the rum diaries

starwars

star trek

and

rewatch x-men:first class.

~~eat desserts and have teatime likeaboss~~
have brunch at harbourfront likeaboss
RUN
~~horse ranch~~ with eu and dee
~~GET A JOB TO EARN THE MONEY FOR ALL THIS CRAZY SHIT~~

LOL HOLIDAY PLANS MEGA PHAILLLLLLLLL

GARHGH

2012-01-10T12:03:00.003+08:00

omg omg omg i don't know ANYONE from my drawing class today!! :( majority of the class is from G7 and i'm the ONLY one from G6 so i'm like a total new comer. shitz why am i so scared!?! D: shitzzzzz. feel so alone.

School Reopen Sem 2

2012-01-09T21:35:00.000+08:00

1. last thursday with the raffles girls was a blast :D
can't wait for dinner again on wednesday babeh.

2. mm so my birthday's coming up.. the big 20 :/ not particularly excited for it tho. i'd like to just spend the day with my family and friends. nothing fancy.

funny.. the other morning i was just thinking..'damn i really wanna eat brunch at keppel bay for my birthday :(' and the next thing i knew, BAM, whatsapp from beata: 'hey babe you free for brunch on saturday 14th jan???'

YESSSSSSS. hahahaha. dayum son, some powerful telepathic communication goin' on.

i am also looking forward to that fishing trip out on the open seas in the sampan very very soon.

3. badass rolex-y kind of watch and a pair of headphones. which one to splurge on!?!? :(

4. i wanna go overseas during the summer holidays. where to go? sad thing is i can only pick one :(
-gold coast with them raffles babes
-myanmar with nick and peeps
-new zealand backpacking with (??)
-bulgaria/denmark with borislava

kelong with soccer girls. this is a must must must.

5. i have a crush on a girl i saw during the netball match last week. okay fine not a crush, just an eye-candy cuz i think she's pretty hot. she's in the same hall as me. pretty face with kickass hair (red,orange and blonde streaks with a solid black underlayer) and she plays netball AND basketball like a mega pro :( NOT JUST THAT, that gurl got swag and charisma (from the way she talks to her friends) :( aiyah she's just damn cool.
these are pics from facebook, sincerely hope she never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever finds this page.

ever.
her name's jayne.

gonne go now before this post gets any weirder.

can i be mrs. anthea ulliel please please please

2012-01-07T02:50:00.000+08:00

whattttttt?!? what...what stupid kind of motto is th-

oh.

okay.

pink fluffy unicorn dancing on rainbows

2012-01-07T02:42:00.000+08:00

me after coming out of the shower

this.... this is just adorable.

me at the back. i'm always the retarded friend.

Unfolding

2012-01-07T02:35:00.001+08:00

alright so everyone in the world has been blogging about 2011 being a good year and all.

i beg to differ. actually one of my best and worst years at the same time. it swung to two extreme ends that i'm really not sure if it's a considered good or bad year in general :/

for one, i think i spent more time than i ever did with the soccerettes, making consistent effort to plan outings and hang out and shit. and it always end up being really worth :) spent a great deal of time with eunice first, coming up with new lingo and WINS almost every other day, and then shortly after with denise doing all of our crazy activities. i think we can do EVERYTHING together (except club cuz me no like club), seriously.. talking about everything under the sun, enjoying food, exercising, cheap-thrilling, doing retarded things, chilling out, movies, dancing, shopping, even overseas trips. it's been a heck of a fun year this year.

the first semester and the new life in school was also pretty hectic but fun. my classmates are a cheery bunch, made school life so much more easier and motivating. also, i ended up doing something i really love doing. (btw i got 4.5 for my GPA!!)

met new people and made new friends.. :) rachel the unicorn on mushrooms and brownies, borislava my dear bulgarian roommate, ian the turquoise-haired diva, martin the eye-candy joy, jun yi the big brother, lychee the creepy nice guy, su huan my many common-interests classmate... and many more whom i'm too lazy to type out..

BUT, on the other hand...
now on to the bad,

first breakup takes the award for worst feeling of my life thus far. i never want to go through that shit again. the rollercoaster rides, the random breakdowns, the emotional torments, the fear of being alone or doing something alone, demoralised, demotivated in life, sense of loss and loss of faith and hope in finding 'mr. right'. it came to a point where i lost interest school entirely because i kept asking myself 'for who, and what for?'

and also losing myself a little bit by bit in a sense that i'm not being myself as much as i should be. getting more angry, more impatient, frowning way more and swearing more, and slightly bit more judgmental, which i really hate the most.

so that's 2011 for me.

a list of some very memorable events.
getting high on helium
trampoleen jumping
burying a dead bird at the beach
almost lost a friend who contemplated suicide
party in martin/ian's room
ADM orientation camp
hitch-hiking rides out of turf city
westlife concert
virgin trip with friends: cameron highlands
first taste of eggnog
walking the most deceiving dog i've ever met
the night we watched korean variety game show vids and laughed so hard till i almost peed in my pants
MBS chocolate buffet
malaysia road trip where i could've died

please watch this. i swear it won't waste your time.
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sorry i lied.

oh well.

2012-01-04T16:24:00.001+08:00

MARTIN WHY U GAY WHYYYYYYYY D:

Like Peas And Carrots

2012-01-04T00:08:00.000+08:00

I'd think a lot about Momma and Bubba, and Lieutenant Dan, but most of all, I thought about Jenny. I thought about her a lot.

yup.. alot.

RUN, FORREST, RUN!

2012-01-02T13:21:00.001+08:00

30th Dec 2011

had a lovely day with miss beats :)

accompanied with lovely glass of milkshake and plate of fries..

and FORREST GUMP.

such a wonderful movie. if you're like me, still living under a rock, please do yourself a favour and watch it.

Food Diary 28th Dec 2011

2012-01-01T16:21:00.001+08:00

sooooo on the 28th...

chicken rice

teh bing

awfully chocolate ice cream

tomato cream soup spaghetti

pork cheek ramen

katong laksa

gong cha

mango froyo

and some bbq labradoodle (nah...i kid)

everything. was. so good. this, i kid you not.

i'll go back for those pork cheeks.

2011-12-31T16:29:00.002+08:00

went to see the horses again :)

Thanks Universe.

2011-12-30T15:57:00.000+08:00

and suddenly the universe is getting back at me for bitching and ranting by making the people who i wanna hang out with occupied or already fixed with plans. and yesterday when everyone was hanging out together i couldn't make it because of the reason for my bitching. thanks universe, thanks.

Rant #2

2011-12-30T15:39:00.002+08:00

shit i have to rant so badly. i'm frowning as i type.

i JUST came back from MBS and dammit there was alot of unpleasantries exchanged throughout the 2 nights and it just reminds why i don't really enjoy holidays with my family (apart from the fact that food is paid for)

and for sophistication's sake i shall censor the word F**K with 'firetruck'

i shall bitch in no particular order

i think mom going through a firetrucking menopause. it pisses the shit out of me because she rushes EVERYTHING. not just outside but even at home. hurry reach here faster. later late then how? aiyoh so late already. hurry up. hurry up. hurry. hurry. hurry. and calls every firetrucking 10 minutes to check where the shit we are. she even hurried me and the cousins to cut short our lovely food adventure day at katong to hurry our asses over to MBS on the first night because DAD MISREAD THE DATES FOR OUR CHECK IN. i mean.. seriously !??!?!

when we were eating at a coffee shop dad suddenly got up from his seat and took out his muscle spray and sprayed his firetrucking arm right outside the shop for a good 3 minutes. WHAT THE FIRETRUCK ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?? poison everyone in the shop?? omg... we were so damn embarrassed, you had no idea. thank goodness there was hardly anyone in the shop, because all the aerosol spray went into the shop and permeated the entire space in which everyone was eating their yong tau foo. and the smell was so PUNGENT. the shop keepers gave us a look and complained about our dad in teochew.. smth along the line of 'what's his problem ah?' which, i really don't blame them.

then everytime we want to eat something he goes 'okay sui bian sui bian' when we asked what he wants to eat or doesn't want to eat. and he says anything. okay, fine. and then we eat something. it ends up with some shitty service (which, is not our fault?). and then he complains in the end 'see la, so expensive, so lousy. if we had eaten at _____ it would've been so cheap, so good, don't have this lousy service..blablabla'. and then he complains and bitches for the next 15 minutes. i don't really have to explain what the problem is here.

(I HATE IT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS 'ANYTHING' WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. YOU SAY THAT TO ME ONE FIRETRUCKING MORE TIME I SWEAR..... DON'T SHIT WITH ME.)

and then VIVIAN leaves all the cupboards open and lights on and slams the goddamn cupboard doors at 8 in the morning (she couldnt take leave from work so she still had to go to work from the hotel) and didn't pack her shit up before she left for work. during checkout we had to pack her crap for her.

me vian and dawn shared a room, mom dad and cyrus shared the other room. mom went ahead first to buy something from the mall, she says she has already packed her stuff, so all we needed to do was carry her stuff down. when we had to pack up to leave cyrus packed only his stuff. and ONLY HIS STUFF without combing the area. as a result, the stuff left behind were our precious TWG bags, the tea which i bought from cameron highlands, and the kaya we bought together. okay, it's fine.. they're all pretty cheap stuff. fine.. then later when dad was checking out he paid without checking the bill. (SERIOUSLY??) and that was AFTER i reminded him 'hey careful sometimes they charge us for stuff we didn't touch'. true enough, the hotel charged us $18 for a tiny bottle of jack daniels which i have accidentally touched but not opened (they go by some electronic sensor paymeny shit) and they only found out about it when we were all on the car home. what the flying firetruck. how is that even......

and what the firetruck i am so god damned pissed at myself for forgetting to bring the firetrucking packet of soup spoon soup THREE TIMES.

when all this is over i will look back at this and feel guilty for everything i bitched about.

but not for now.

2011-12-27T21:56:00.003+08:00

this movie...

another tear-jerker :'(

no matter how many times i watch it.

I don't believe in true love. Just.. love.

2011-12-26T23:59:00.000+08:00

because all those stuff about finding that one true love is utter bullshit.

Christmas Eve

2011-12-25T14:49:00.005+08:00

1200 bake red velvet cupcakes with cyrus in preparation of dinner party for bea and chris, the 21st birthday kids.
1530 bought oolang tea with red bean (so. damn. delish.)
1600 mad rush to buy ingredients for dinner with dora and cyrus
1700 mad rush to cook dinner with dora and cyrus
1900 dinner celebration for beata and chris. together with a very stuffy-nosed shawn. we bought roast lamb, pumpkin soup, and roasted our own chicken with garden root veggies. it was. awesomeeeee.
2000 attempted to construct and fly a cheap pirate kite
2130 went into neighbours house (who went overseas for the holidays and passed us the house key (!!!)
2200 had a nice long chat with an old friend. we click, instantly, and as always, on boundless of levels.
2300 later night chicken wing supper with nick and azri. i tried on azri's bike helmet.
0010 caught sherlock holmes with jc nick and azri. which was amazeballs by the way. worth every penny spent.
0230 finished movie and was amazed
0330 sleep :)
1100 wake up, drink hot chocolate

and later, christmas with classmates at leonard's house! can't wait!!! the votes are in and the people's choice is... eggnog and rum. yessss.

AND I HAVE CONCLUDED.. that life is too fucking short to suppress my feelings, which, who am i kidding, have been lying to myself to. so i shall no longer hold back. the only thing i might ever feel is regret if things aren't set straight and the way it was supposed to be.

it was a great way to spend my christmas eve :)

We Make Cameron Highlands Look Fun

2011-12-23T15:36:00.000+08:00

:D

3 days and 2 nights up in the lush mountain tops with the loveliest bunch of retards you could ever ask for:
cameron highlands with the soccerettes.

just a couple of the things we did..
- strawberry picking
- strawberry dessert explosion
- tea drinking and scone eating
- trekking up the mountain
- exploring a mossy forest
- farm-hopping
- steam-boating!
- pictionary
- christmas music video greeting
- face mask pampering session
- street food feasting
- photo-shooting

ahahaha. this cameron highlands trip beat the last one (when i was pri 3 i think) by .. i dunno.. 103829 times?

the most fun i had was during the trek in the mossy forest.

we geared ourselves up with sports shoes (well, at least the most of us) and our jackets and ventured into a vine, moss and mud filled forest. it was so fun omg. i felt like a true nature explorer. we had to use hands and feet to hoist ourselves up onto higher ground, jump over logs, carefully avoid deep mud puddles, and at one point we even stood on the freaking giant tree branches/roots. PLUS, our trek guide was a pretty cute-looking indian who had this jason-mraz vibe all over him >_>

the second best activity i enjoyed the most there was actually all the meals we had there
from little make-shift meals in our hotel rooms to cafes, coffee shops and restaurants.. everything was pretty good.
my goodness.. and the street food, everything was delish. the ramly burger, the cup corn, the pumpkin and sweet potato balls.. CHEESY WEDGES FROM KFC, plus the bustling crowd and chilly air, with the company of your friends. it just felt awesome.

and i think i had nasi lemak like 3 times there. one for each day.

i shall allow the photos to do the talking now. enjoy:)

Santa Can You Hear Me?

2011-12-23T13:03:00.000+08:00

i was listening to the words over the radio.. 'santa can you hear me? i have been so good this year..'

and i was thinking hmm.. was i a good girl this year?? i thought i was and i was happy, and then it hit me that i did do a couple of bad things i guess :/

good things i did this year
-significant increase in number of seat-giving on public transport that it is now second nature to do so
-became more financially independent
-got pretty good exam results from hardwork :)
-became emotionally stronger from a hard breakup

bad things i did this year
-gave a REALLY mean 'wtf do you want face' at a random girl who glanced at me
-became more anti-social and clammy
-made use of a friend without realising :( (i'm sorry.)
-said WAY too many 'fucks' and 'shits'
-got mad at my mom for worrying too much over me :(
-neglected my bunny's illness for a long time :(

soooooo......

i dunno if i should be getting pressies from santa ._.

for this christmas, i wanna chill at home. switch on the aircon, wear a sweater, read a book/sketch and drink eggnog.

HAHAHAHA this is shitting funny.

the stuff I say:
'hey where're you?'
'over here, i'm waving!'
'so good right??'
'could you do me a favour?'
'hey are you on your computer? could you look something up for me?' (LOL forever and always, doing this to my bro)
*gasp* 'did I lock the door?.......................yes.' (in hall. sometimes when i don't i just pray that no one burgles my room)
'i know right?!'
*shuffles through bag*

Back from the Top

2011-12-22T01:34:00.001+08:00

arrived home at about 10.30 pm after a dreadfully long 12-hour ride from cameron highlands. i have just finished transferring and editing some of the photos. God, please give me the patience to edit everything tomorrow morning. for now, toodles.

P.S. the trip was awww summm.

Let Food Do the Talking

2011-12-17T21:40:00.003+08:00

rose, panna cotta, black rice, champagne and pistachio gelato

the bloody god-forsaken mall which took a 4.5-hour mega epic journey through JB

blondies gone blonde

cakes for taste-testing for the soon-to-be conrad cake shop

WE

ATE

EVER...

REEEE....

THING.

happy faces of the people who ate everything

i know in the previous post i said i wanted to talk about the mini JB trip. i just realised there really isn't much to talk about so i'll just skim through it.

so,... we took like 4.5 hours just to get to the mall (which wasn't even the mall we planned to go to in the first place). we got lied to like 3 times by 3 different bus uncles, at one point got left behind by the bus, at another point got stranded on the roadside, met an old uncle whom i gave my seat up to, who then later saved our lives for the rest of the day. william wong. must remember this lad. and then at another point in time realised that we arrived at the border of singapore and malaysia after 4 hours. which meant we took a round trip around JB. uh yeah.. so that was our epic journey.

but

FRET NOT FOR WE ARE NOW WISER.

from this i have learnt that
1. i am never going to risk my life again in JB unless i'm dying to eat awesome cheesy wedges from KFC and catch a show not worth my money in SG but worth my money in JB e.g. breaking dawn, tangled.. (i caught 'apple of my eye' there, which was good, and probably the highlight of my JB trip.)
2. malaysia's sense of fashion is just... just weird.

I AM GOING TO CAMERON HIGHLANDS TMR WHOOTSZEEDOODAH

2011-12-15T12:46:00.002+08:00

Cocoa Shortage Could Send Chocolate Prices Soaring

i'm more worried about the cocoa shortage than the prices.

Bob's 19th Birthday

2011-12-13T22:15:00.002+08:00

and yes ben, we won't forget your contributions :]

dayum son, eunice's 19th birthday was such a wonderful success!

this was the plan (after much planning)

celebration venue: vivo rooftop

1. get ukulele. draw batman on guitar pick.

2. bake chocolate rootbeer cupcakes with personalised icing.

3. text her that me her and denise were going for a simple birthday celebration, a movie and a dinner.

4. tell her that we're on our way and instructed her to wait outside page one (where she was waiting)

5. get random hot ang mor guy to pass her one of our cupcakes and a note that read 'go to the rooftop and walk till you see the cruise ship', and then wish her happy birthday.

6. when she arrives, we sing her 'you don't know you're beautiful' really loud, make her feel awkward and pass her the cupcakes and gift.

7. observe reaction.

8. da bao dinner, eat and chill on the rooftop :)

so.. there were the things that went well and the things that didn't go too well.

the things that went well:

- she wore bright turquoise pants, which helped us help the stranger identify her easier. 'the girl standing outside page one with the turquoise pants'

- she got to the venue quite promptly and with ease.

- everyone had a good time.

- she was VERY happy :] for the full details of her reaction please view this page -> here

the things that didn't go too well:

- we couldn't find a hot ang mor guy so we settled for an average-looking singaporean guy, who, on top of that, was pretty awkward.

- not everyone made it

- i messed up my singing during performance. it was perfect when i was alone with glor and ben :<

oh wells. but all in all we still had a great time together. mini jamming session and chill out with the soccerette babies.

oh and i'll talk about the JB trip in another post. it was a major let down for me. tsk : /

NEXT STOP: CAMERON HIGHLANDS.

well spent

2011-12-08T23:21:00.001+08:00

today was well spent. must blog about it soon!

Turquoise

2011-12-04T16:41:00.002+08:00

a stone that protects and heals.

sometimes i still try to find that turquoise ring for you.

i absolutely love this stone.

love my new necklace! it comes with a matching pair of turquoise ear studs :D
and it totally reminds me of pocahontas lol

Photos

2011-12-04T15:30:00.003+08:00

The impromptu class night at timbre.

All photos above taken by Chin Li Zhi and Leonard Yang

The Board Preparation and Constantine movie screening

2011-12-02T01:14:00.000+08:00

i wish i could talk to you.

Fragmented

2011-11-28T20:55:00.005+08:00

i dusted this one for myself. looks like a freaking chinese gold nugget.

from top to bottom: sunset at home, fullerton bay hotel, beautiful bird, spinach ravioli and pasta carbonara w cordee, i really want that sweater, bazinga shirt, around conrad, my gold-dusted cream puffs, very cute and fat french man who is my boss i.e. executive pastry chef, 5.5l tub of mnms, my golden cream puff

the entire period after my exams/projects ended felt really weird.

i'm supposed to feel liberated but truth is i feel more trapped.

the hectic life and constant bombardment of assignments fulfilled its purpose to keep me occupied, all the time. now with it gone, i dunno.. there's nothing and yet so much going on. i keep thinking. revisiting memories. rebuilding old ones, regrets. the future. happiness. sadness. purpose. life. fulfillment.

revisiting memories. so many wonderful and painful memories.

i feel like i'm getting disconnected from people more than ever. more hatred. increased intolerance. less intimacy. of people in general. BUT not those whom i already know; no, never my friends. it feels like there's a boundary i've deliberately set up to exclude new people from entering my life. it's so selfish, yet so satisfying, and yet so lonesome, all at the same time.

i'm disinterested in class activities.

i shun away my work partner (aka lychee/jambu).

i'm reluctant to reply my senior's messages.

i avoid colleagues.

i barely spoke to anyone apart except my siblings in the latest family gathering.

i hope it's just a passing phase. i don't wish to push people away from me like that.

on to a lighter note,

gonna work till mid-december. at least till i have money to go out and do what i want. like have afternoon tea at fancy exquisite places, and being able to afford a fuzzy wool sweater for cameron highlands, and buying beautiful hard cover books while breathing in the subtle wafting scents of of hazelnut latte. oh and, the work also helps to keep me occupied.

today:

- piped icing on about 7 trays worth of gingerbread men and christmas cookie ornaments

- made 3 types of chocolate fondue (rum dark choco, orange milk choco, lavender white)

- ate about a bag's worth of mnms while working on the gingerbread. my hands felt like they were moving at their own will, i swear.

it's a really love-hate relationship tho cuz i enjoy and hate work at the same time. i love it cuz i get to work with desserts and pastries. but i hate it because i am working with desserts and pastries.

simply put... 'a moment on the lips and a lifetime on the hips.'

i feel my waistline getting bigger.

P.S. i don't wish for people on facebook (mainly just my current classmates) to know about my job at the hotel. so if you're reading this, nothing regarding my work on facebook. thanks. twitter people know tho (cuz you guise are exclusive!) , so it's fine.

The Break: Day 4

2011-11-22T23:58:00.003+08:00

i would like to just blog about my day...

went back to conrad to start working again.. to earn some spare cash for the hols.

first person i ran into early in the morning was... (talk about an ominous sign for the day man) chef william >_>

chef william is the fiercest executive chef in the conrad kitchen. oh wells. thank goodness he was just leaving tho. and nothing really bad happened in the day la. haha.

work today felt like the longest work period EVER for some reason. my god... i stayed there for 8 1/2 hours to earn $48. but it felt like i was in there for the whole goddamn day. my back was hurting like mad too, for some reason.

it felt nice to see people happy to have me back. i felt so missed :')

and then on my home i had a sudden craving for something really deep fried and salty.. like shilin xxxl chicken, or mcnuggets or mcwings or rock and ash's awesome fries and mushroom fritters... so i called mom to ask what was for dinner, and it didnt exactly sound appetizing so i asked if i could bag some mushroom fritters home. and she said NO and i was arguing on and on about how much i crave for the mushrooms.. BUT SHE DON GET IT and told me no no home alot of food and it's much healthier dont spend money unnecessarily.. GAH. i left clementi mall fritter-less :( i should've followed my instincts to get them anyway cuz as it turned out.. dinner was pretty unappetizing upon first look (i was late so i had to deal with leftovers) and it wasn't really good..

my dear deep fried mushrooms with wasabi mayonaise dip..... :( i want choo so so bad

true love needs no signs

2011-11-21T21:18:00.003+08:00

My little sister came home from school one day and demanded i take her to the library so she could get books on sign language.

I asked why? She told me there was a new kid at school who was deaf and she wanted to befriend him.

Today, I stood beside her at her wedding watching her sign... 'I DO'.

The Break: Day 2

2011-11-21T00:45:00.003+08:00

(it's still sunday to me)

i just spent the last few hours of my sunday night thinking about whether i should be working or not because i was so torn between working or relaxing for the rest of my hols..

if i don't work, i won't have enough money to play, but if i work, i get the money but probably won't have as much time to do all the things i want to do. so.. in the end i opted for the latter.

before that i kept trying to find ways to earn quick cashj (but of course there's no such thing in reality. though i can donate my bone marrow and earn $125, but eunice says no to it) on top of that i've been trying really hard to find a suitable place for all of us to stay in cameron highlands at a cheap price, and waiting for replies so that i can even go ahead to plan it.. and i think i've stared at the calendar for god knows how long, planning every frikking precise detail when i can or can't work, thinking of which job to take up: baskin robins or conrad, thinking of the pros and cons of working at each, thinking of what to say to my chef to request for a less tight schedule, researching on the transport fees that might offset my pay, then back to researching for cameron highlands shit again, only to find out that it rains every freaking day up there from december to feb, and also finding out that most of the rooms are booked and running out fast..and trying to think up of designs for cy's photobooth thinggi.. and and and ....

aaargh why so stress

this wasn't how i planned my december hols to be :(

can i just continue taking money from my bank account and then replenish it when i graduate?

:'(

Jim Parsons

2011-11-20T12:43:00.002+08:00

not sure if i'm in love with sheldon or jim parsons himself... hmm.

For the Love of Indie

2011-11-19T00:47:00.004+08:00

you know you can trust my music taste. go on, listen to all of them >:)

this guy reminded me of jhameel! :] love love love

i love the fact that this band has the ukulele, a harp, and drum sticks in the form of weird feather thinggies. you gotta be patient with this one. the good part comes in at about 1.15. but you have to listen throughout to slowly feel the transition.

the two songs by the good natured were found awhile back but i wanted to share!!

'BE MY ANIMAL, HUNT ME DOWN.'

for those of you who've already known about these 4 songs, good on ya! share with me your song titles! PLEASE.

Play time

2011-11-18T18:41:00.003+08:00

kinda how i'm feeling right now.

my post-exam-and-other-art-shit schedule!

bring buns to the vet
dye and cut hair
do a mini lion king play
make icecream
make macaroons
plan the december birthdays
get a pair of cheap wellingtons and play in the december monsoon floods
cameron highlands with soccerettes
shopping and malaysia eating trip with CY and gang
book shopping and chilling with bea
aussie trip with raffles babes (tentative)
myanmar with jc and co. (tentative)
beach with rachel
watch ALL the films i've been dying to watch

the piano

fight club

big fish

the lovely bones

requilm for a dream

rear window

don't look now

last life in the universe

the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover

the rum diaries

starwars

star trek

and

rewatch x-men:first class.

eat desserts and have teatime likeaboss
have brunch at harbourfront likeaboss
RUN
horse ranch with eu and dee
GET A JOB TO EARN THE MONEY FOR ALL THIS CRAZY SHIT

PASEO

2011-11-15T21:01:00.002+08:00

here's my video for my final project! cyrus a born actor i swear.

i weep for humanity

2011-11-12T21:34:00.000+08:00

listen well.

Food Review: The Landing Point

2011-11-12T18:31:00.005+08:00

oh look one of them fancy sugar pots!:D

best cheese crackers evarrr

the awesome trio

the landing point- at the fullerton bay hotel.

going to a high tea buffet on a school afternoon.. felt surreal. in a good way :D

the place stinks of rich air, srsly. i don't know if that's good or bad but it definitely achieved its effect of making the place seem fit for only the rich and glamorous.

so we settled at the landing point. a cosy place lined with fancy velvet couches and chairs, overlooking the marina bay. the ambiance was great.

food was good, and honestly pretty worth it. we were served with a 3-tiered tray of little goodies- including both savoury and sweet bites. after which you can refill whatever food you want. of course there were the exceptional good few which was the 3 beautiful tarts you see up there: creme brulee tart, lemon curd tart and salted caramel chocolate tart. for the savoury side, the lobster cones, cheese crackers and egg mayo sandwiches were great. the egg mayo sandwiches had white truffle in it o_O

there was also free-flow of TWG tea. you can order as many pots and as many flavours as you want (provided you can finish it all), which, to me, was the ultimate take-away of the buffet hahaha. 'TEA PARTY' TEA IS SO DAYUM FINE.

service was also great. everyone was very friendly, polite, helpful and prompt to serve. tho there was this korean girl who didn't get my order entirely right, she was still really nice :]

at one point of time me and nick were discussing why they called it 'the landing point' and i was giving really stupid suggestions out loud like 'the landing point of AWESOMENESS'... 'the landing point of THE UNIVERSE'...'the landing point of HAPPINESS'... and then the waiter came up to (politely)say 'actually it's called the landing point because the exact spot where you're sitting used to the port for migrants coming into singapore.' lol whoops.

The Verdict

anthea: 4.4/5 (could use bigger tables and food can be better)

nick: 4/5

A is for

2011-11-12T03:07:00.001+08:00

Anthea's Music Timeline

2011-11-11T14:57:00.004+08:00

timeline of anthea's taste in music [2001 -2011]

*all discoveries were personal discoveries and not based on the time the music was actually released to the world.

2000- 2003 : lower primary

during this infant stage, anthea has not yet developed a distinctive preference for music. thus she follows the sounds of her two sisters i.e. dawn and vivian, instead. with the sounds of westlife, backstreet boys, A1, s club 7, atomic kitten and britney spears. the boyband, girlband and pop era.

2003 - 2004 : pri 5-6 (upper primary)

introduction of new-found bands by classmates, the start of finding her own sound. bands like Busted, Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne belong to this period.

2005 -2006 : sec 1-2 (lower secondary)

mild addiction to the songs of Aaron Carter, Jesse Mccartney, Jay Chou and even more Avril Lavigne. the individual singers period. also the time of japanese anime watching, hence theme songs from the series also appeared at this particular stage.

2007 : sec 3

anthea starts off her life-long love for rock at this stage, starting off first with rock bands like All-American Rejects, Blink 182, Simple Plan, Nickelback, Yellowcard, Linkin Park, The Starting Line, Lostprophets, 3 Days Grace and Avenged Sevenfold. this was the angsty period. she picked up her first guitar during this time as well to further her appreciation for guitars and rhythms.

2008 : sec 4

continuation of rock, with little inserts of mainstream radio hits introduced by ZhiQi and J-rock introduced by Annabelle.

2009 : j1

the high renaissance of her personal discovery of music. over here, anthea is suddenly opened up to the entire world of music. the number of songs in her ipod increased exponentially almost every other week. it now includes a wide spread of genres including pop, rock, old school rock, classical piano pieces, indie rock, electro pop, club, movie theme music, and even korean pop. over here she fell in love particularly with owl city, anberlin, lady gaga, hans zimmer and the goo goo dolls.

2010 : j2

the pace of discovery slows down, but continues to increase. more 'mature' styles of rock are added. bands like the hives, yeah yeah yeahs, Jet, Muse, Phoenix and Morningwood.

2010-2011: transition

the period from the end of a levels to the start of university gave anthea all the time in the world to discover more music. more bands and singers (all indie), of mostly 2-3 songs each were introduced into her ipod. mambo songs from the retro era was brought into the picture by Denise.

2011 - uni freshie

a lot more electric sounds added in this period, mostly introduced by Dawn, Jonathan En and Nick. bands include LCD soundsystem, daft punk, (i know it's nothing new) uh huh her, Is Tropical, The Gotye and Jeans Team. backtracking was also evident as she re-added in songs from her childhood and lower primary period i.e. track from disney movies and boybands respectively. at this point of time, her ipod is fully loaded with songs of almost every genre imaginable. though the majority of the playlist is still rock (ranging from old school rock, classical rock, punk rock, electro rock and indie rock), there are snippets of almost every other genre of music available in the ipod, except R&B and raggae.

halloween sluts

2011-11-11T02:06:00.003+08:00

SERIOUSLY WHAT IS WITH THE FUCKING SLUTTY OUTFITS ON HALLOWEEN?

SOMEONE ENLIGHTEN ME.

seriously.. the want to please guys..... the need for attention....

it absolutely DISGUSTS me.

don't go around parading your slutty whoreish asses in my face, and all over facebook.

your fishnet stockings, fluffy bunny tails and lacy underwear belong in the bedroom with your guy. STAY THERE.

lion king sweater

2011-11-10T16:00:00.001+08:00

for eunice's winter holidays.

I LAY MY LOVE ON YOU

2011-11-09T12:25:00.003+08:00

THIS GOES OUT TO MY BABES (i know a bit late la but you need to know)

BENITA, DENISE & EUNICE.

A LITTLE SOMETHING TO PUSH YOU GUYS ON THROUGH THE A'S.

think of this song when you don't know the answer or get stuck. reminding you of the good times, here's i lay my love on you.

because i lay my love on you. :D (LOL CHEESY MUCH)

The Big Ad

2011-11-07T03:13:00.001+08:00

so freaking funny i swear

i forgot who showed me the sadistic panda but it's still funny today lol.

When you find yourself lost time and again.

2011-11-06T01:54:00.008+08:00

some random photos from the past 2 weeks.

fom top: cordi & i in the 3D lab at 1am// my 3D sculpture//planet narcissism//halloween party//classmates at marina bay

1. inspiration suddenly hitting both of us at 1am, stayed in school till 3am.

2. my lightbulb tree which i am very proud of. it's supposed to be my intepretation of what a tree in the future would look like. cold, chromed, wired. though i didn't get much of a response, i love it anyway because i put so much work into it.. and i felt so incredibly smart when i was wiring everything up on my own. twisting and taping cables together, analysing which cable connects to which, unscrewing the plug...etc. green sparks flew the first time i plugged it in O_o that was insanely scary, i could have died. had help from andrew montag (my kewty american friend/roomie's friend) who taught me the basics of electric wiring. it's made of coffee cans, wires, cables and bulbs. and silver spray paint.

3. i like my jawline, deal with it.

4. my last minute makeup for ADM's halloween party, done by B. used some leftover silver face paint and a hell load of eyeliner to do it. i was supposed to be some sort of mime. i stayed there for like 40 mins for rach & ryuu and then left, cuz as usual, i don't like partying, drinking and all that shit. jo called me lame :/ whatevs. and she wrapped her arm around my waist and then sort of grinded me as i walked past. i think i had every right to be thoroughly disturbed.

5. my class, i dont talk much about it nor do you see them much on facebook, but they're a really nice bunch of people, connected in our own little ways. we have our own private group page and that's where all the crazy funny online shit happens, where all 3000++ photos are, where all our 'themed' clothing days are created... tho there're little cliques already formed, we're still very much together as a class :) people i'm closer to now are ming jia, celeste, leonard, jedidah and (quite surprisingly) li zhi.

i need my inspiration back..

landscape painting

final foundation drawing piece

& video, all due next week. i am...so screwed.

i can chill once all this shit is over...

but i'm also afraid that when i have nothing to worry about, i find things to worry about anyway. and my mind leads me back to * again.

i miss jas, syah, eu, dee, dora, bea, ella and *.... i really do.

Reblog: The Kaleidoscopic Bang

Of long lessons and right choices.
Sigh, please tell me why I’m here again.
Running out of creative juices.
Every time I feel like I’m almost there, i always realize afterwards that there’s actually a lot more to be done.
Like… WAYYYY WAYYYYYYY MORE.
So stone and unmotivated.
I really need a break.
I guess everyone goes through this phase when the end is near.
I’ll hang on.
Yes, I will.

2011-11-05T01:03:00.001+08:00

Immortal

2011-11-04T01:05:00.003+08:00

I always wanted to go to Japan.

To stand by a mountainside, watch the sun set, and bathe in its dying glow. Water running down a brook behind me, and the cicada play their cacophonous symphony. I feel the moss with my bare feet and breathe in the autumn.

It kiils me.

In a good way.

So it saddens me that now, that I am finally here, that I am going to watch it all burn to the ground.

But I'm not going to watch it from here. No, I must get as close to it as I can if I am to hope that it will work. It takes hours, but I finally make it to town. No hurry though, time is not a problem for me. Not since I became a time-travelling immortal.

I know what you're thinking, and I cann tell you that you couldn't be more fucking wrong. Its not great, or awesome, or anything like what you and your friends, huddled together discussing what superpowers you'd want if you could have one, thought it would be like.

Its the worst thing thats happened to me. For one, I can't go further in time that that day.

Believe me I've tried, and I always end up in the same place in time.

I'm sitting on the rooftop, with ____ sitting next to me. I can smell her hair. Sun-dried linen. It glows aroung the edges, as the sun goes down behind her, and she starts to go down on me. She leans in to kiss me, and I know. I know at that very moment that shes the one and I will never need anything or anyone else again. Shes an inch away. Our noses almost touch.

We never make it.

We never make it hundereds of times, but I keep going back anyway, because up until that moment, I didn't have much to live for. I always felt so far away, that an inch away was the closest I had ever been to anyone.

So after each time I try to kill myself and fail, I go back and sit beside her again, and we, players on the stage, play out of roles, and I smell her in the wind, she sees the glint of the sun reflecting in my eyes, and she leans in to kiss me and time stands still.

I've tried pretty much everything. At first I was scared. I cut myself, drank beach. Then I became desperate. I got ran over by a truck, stuck my head in a wood chipper.

It never works, and I can feel all the pain, but I never, ever get hurt.

So I've come back to 1945, hoping that the atomic bomb aboard the Enola Gay will be enough to do it.

I walk through the city gates, past the armed guards. They don't stop me because they don't see me. No one can. I can touch them too. Kill them if I want to, but I wake up the next day to find that I'm re-living that day ____ tries to kiss me, and that nothing has changed.

So I sit in the town square and wait for it. The cicada sing louder in the distance, until the rythm of their song breaks into a single continuous note. Then, silence, and a sound for which there are not words to describe. The whistling, ringing, sound in your ears as you die is the closest thing you can compare it to.

A shadow passes overhead, and in the street all eyes are cast upwards.

A mother holds her child.

And then I know, I understand what must be done.

So now I stand, in a church. A man and a woman stand next to each other. I can see her mouthing the words slowly.

"I do"

I didn't.

I didn't ask to be born.

I never wanted this to happen, but theres no other way.

I'm sorry.

My hands are shaking. I can't hold the pistols right.

click

I love you both.

------------------------------------------------------------

a short story by Philip Ho

i know i shouldn't be checking up on him but i couldn't help it. it's a good story.

WE'RE WATCHING YOU, EUNICE.

2011-10-31T00:04:00.001+08:00

In Time

2011-10-30T23:03:00.003+08:00

ah yes and i watched 'in time' yesterday with jc and co.

not bad at all, you guys should go watch! the whole idea was really interesting.

especially if you wanna see really hot guys/ladies (more guys) and bullet-proof cars.

(dee, you'll like henry cuz of the goatee and classy look. and eu you'll like the lead mafia guy cuz he's like buff and blonde and absolutely gorgeous)

:D:D:D

plus, so many puns you can take from the movie >_>

'hey, got a minute?'

'we're running out of time.'

The Lion King Musical

2011-10-30T19:10:00.003+08:00

finally went to watch

and it was so fucking awesome i can't even....

i was so MOVED and i felt like my childhood dream came alive before my eyes.

everything was so good omg cannot tank.

costume, makeup, vocals, choreography, lighting, set and decor.

THE PROPS AND SET WERE DA BOMB

THE VOCALS WERE SO MOVING

seriously nothing beats live music. i've said it before and i'll say it again- MAN, black people can seriously SING. it's like in those african churches and you hear this perfect-pitch harmony of voices coming together to create magic and rainbows :']

i cried when all the animals came to the stage in the circle of life i.e.the opening scene.

LOVE THE PROPS. all the simple mechanisms to make the animals..

connected once again in the circle of life.

i didn't like just ONE thing tho and that was how simba suddenly became british when he grew into an adult -.- the kid had a normal accent (i found out tht the kid actor was filipino) but suddenly adult simba became an african-brit :/ go figure.

i am so so so so so dying to check out behind the scenes.

wouldn't mind paying a few hundred for a tour of backstage.

The BFG is working its magic

2011-10-29T12:26:00.002+08:00

i just had another weird/cool/depressing dream!

in my dream i was late for my own wedding dinner. i dressed in jeans and a t-shirt to the dinner and when i reached the hotel everyone was seated on the floor like kids watching the chiched video-slideshow thing with me and phil in it! i was even in a wedding dress at one point of time in the video >_>

i looked down at everyone, and then i spotted sitting beside mom was (somehow i knew) my wedding dress. my face literally went =_= and i whispered to vian 'hey, you all know that we broke up right?' then mom overheard and she told me 'yeah i know, i just miss the 2 of you together so i prepared a fake wedding'.

"WHUT THE FUUUUUU-"

i went all wtf and then i chilled and continued watching the video, and sorta shook it off. the whole thing was so damn bizzare i can't even.. like, ALL my relatives, watching (mostly me) videos and pictures of us in the past and tearing tgt, i didn't know how or what to feel.

then suddenly the videos became a me-and-cyrus thing. the front screen was playing me, and the back screen was playing cyrus. it was really funny cuz the clips will switch back and forth and everyone would turn their heads back and then to the front again and then back again. weird, weird.

what's even weirder was that the clips of me and cyrus were of both of us performing solo on stage >_> with mikes, lights, and an audience. we were stars for some reason.

i remember one of them was me dressed in this sleeveless-biker-trench-coat-cloak thing (it was so frikking cool i swear. being fashionable even in my dreams HAHA) and i was OWNING THE STAGE LIKE A MOFO. singing my lungs out and walking across the stage likeaboss and flinging my cloak everywhere. then there was one of cyrus playing a 20-keys keyboard and singing with backup dancers around him O_O the shit man.

and then the dream evolved to something else..

BFG WHY YOU GIVE ME WEIRD DREAMS

God+Photoshop= Win

2011-10-27T13:07:00.000+08:00

damn i think i just pissed myself.

DUSTY

2011-10-26T13:52:00.001+08:00

play with my new dog dusty in the profile page! :D
with thanks to jc for intro-ing me to penguins which led me to the dog.

LONG LIVE THE KING

2011-10-25T23:22:00.005+08:00

dammit, stupid eunice got me surfing the lion king wave out of a sudden for no freaking apparent reason!!!

the past few days has been like this:

-my mind kept replaying random scenes from lion king 1, 2 and 3.

-during some of the replay scenes i'd even voice them out loud when no one's around.
'how can i go back!? i'm not who i used to be...'
'remember... who you are. you are my son, and the one true king.. remember....'

-i rewatched lion king 1, 2 and 3.

-i freaking CRIED at some scenes even though they've been rewatched a million times over. e.g. the scene when simba's dad died in the stampede// the scene where simba conversed with cloud-form mufasa// the scene where kovu and kiara were reunited in a love song// the scene where simba had to run away and never return// the scene where they played 'we are one'// the scene where simba ascended the throne in the pouring rain with epic background music

-when i turn on my ipod the lion king soundtracks are the first songs to be played.

-google for images of the voice actors whenever i suddenly think of the character.

-i'm already planning when's a suitable date to go watch lion king 3d in cinemas (HI EUNICE).

-i bought tickets to the lion king musical (FUCKYEAH)

-oh yes, and did covers of some lion king songs with eunice

THE SHITZZZZZ MAN I'VE GOT ISSUES.

some personal thoughts on the lion king trilogy.
- kiara's a freaking flirt. watch it again, she always makes the moves and does it in this overly flirtatious manner. geez what a flirty lioness.

-WHY WOULD YOU NAME ONE KID MUFASA AND THE OTHER SCAR?!? it's like, he's bound to have some sort of hate from being called such a name. it's like if i have 2 kids and i name one jason and the other rashes, obviously rashes is gonna hate on me and/or his brother. do you get what i mean!? Lol

- for brothers they look pretty darn different. i mean, a black mane and brown skin vs. golden fur and a red mane? one's malnourished and the other fed like a king (tho technically he's a king)

- lion king 3 is really hilarious, though there are some loopholes that dont really link back to lion king 1.

- i'm pretty sure simba and nala made kiara during the 'can you feel the love tonight' scene.

two of my favourite scenes
under the stars

the one true king

'everything the light touches, belongs to us.'

simba and nala's LURVE

timone and pumba in human form. i think it's pretty accurate!

timone and pumba :3

i intend to paint this when i'm free.

LOLLLLLLLLL.
it's the voice actors btw

The Empty Think-Tank

2011-10-24T01:05:00.003+08:00

damn.. i don't know why.. but i've been feeling really lazy unmotivated recently. all i think about is 'how i plan on chilling out today'.

my work is stagnating.

i have like 3 major projects to work on at the moment for finals, and most of them are due in 2-3 weeks, and i haven't even started or gotten the slightest clue as to what i plan on doing. classmates are already planning on where to get their materials, doing experimentations and drafts and i'm here stoning and thinking 'everything's chill yo.'

i'm not even doing my homework for crying out loud. i have a colour palette painting and assignment draft due tomorrow and i'm still here typing away and venting my frustrations.

damn what's this? what's happening?? where're my creative juices? D:

you go gurls

2011-10-23T22:36:00.003+08:00

i wanna give a big big shout out to DEE EUNICE AND BEN to GIVE IT YOUR ALL for that last mile in this long and treacherous marathon :)

no more regrets. it's gonna be worth it in the end.

don't think about what you're gonna do after a's like going overseas and shit. think about the bigger motivations, like 'being rich enough to hire a chaffeur for your parents and grandparents'. :)) i believe in ya'll!

see you guys at the kelong with big big smiles on your faces.

I'M NOT KIDDING.

2011-10-23T12:45:00.003+08:00

toast with hummus and avocado

grilled fish naan wraps
oven baked peaches with honey, almonds, and vanilla ice cream

from this moment on are pictures from the world of the unglam and the unknown. i swear, exclusive to blog readers. only. so you better feel lucky!

the tay family cousins welcome you to the parc.

last night i invited the cousins over to our new home and we had a pretty good time just eating chilling catching up and of course, playing the telepathy game. pity they had to leave early tho. :/

cyrus gave really weird clues to all the word guesses tho. all of us either stoned or went 'whutt..'
e.g. SMILE! (ans: glee)
ANTHEA, I'M NOT KIDDING. (ans: serious)
machine, friction, solution? (ans: grease)

like wtfffflollll?!??

oh and, the food looked better than it tasted, thanks to adora's fantastic little camera >_>
my bad.

MUNKIT WHY U STILL SO HANDSUM

2011-10-23T01:36:00.002+08:00

omg he grew taller and buffed up!!

okay dont judge me.

hi i'm bob

2011-10-23T00:37:00.004+08:00

little chill time with my home girls on friday night. we went to west mall coffee bean for a salads and water and i intro-ed the telepathy game to them! :D

and then, i have no idea how, but suddenly me and eunice began acting like (real) retards.
and we gave each other geeky names like bob and eugene. and gave really stupid faces.
cordy joined in much later and we decided to name her 'harry'. lol. and so we spent a significant amount of our time talking and acting that way while walking on the streets, with alot of random bursts of laughter in between.

1. *all of us starts to pretend to dig our noses*
'eh let's see who can flick the furthest.'
'hur hur hur hur. i win.'

2. 'eh harry like the harry's bar leh. ha ha ha ha'
'eh harry your bar ah. ha ha ha. you, you treat us la. hur hur hur'
'ha ha ha ha'
'hur hur hur hur'
'huh huh huh huh'

and then i took some financial lessons from cordy. lol.

and then there was a stayover with bob. (again, no idea how) and we spent the night covering lion king songs and posing with boxing gloves and hoodies.

sidenote to UU:
oh and, just in case you/we forget!
tree lane/ three lane
ceylon
the mint pot
bob's (LOL)
tinkerland (DOUBLE LOL

2011-10-21T15:27:00.001+08:00

LOLLL when the hell was this?!? but holy shit it's mother funny

eunice poppin' the collar and pimpin' up herself

more random thoughts

2011-10-19T23:26:00.003+08:00

i would like to ride to school on a horse.

i want to host a fancy dinner party one day for my friends with a theme and everything.

i'm gonna make the perfect macarons.

i want to be a chocolatier one day

would you rather have the ability of teleportation or the ability to go backward in time?

i want a date with either captain america/young charles xavier/tony starks.

i want to go to maldives to swim with the turtles and save corals.

i want to go to europe to see all the architecture that i've learnt so much about in school.

i've thought about it, and i would like to go backward in time.

2011-10-17T00:29:00.001+08:00

oh my god i feel like i don't know you anymore..

Food Review: La Petite Cuisine, 3 Inch Sin

2011-10-16T19:28:00.004+08:00

before all that jacuzzi shit happened, me glor eu and dee went for dinner at this little french restaurant at serene centre.

it felt kinda weird cuz the setting was really formal but we had to go up to the cashier to order and pay on the spot. and we had to get our own water from a dispenser in plastic cups.

no gst
no service charge

the food was not too bad.. considering the prices.

dee had grilled prawns with salad. good sauce, prawns a tad bit overcooked.
glor and eunice had pasta carbonara. good sauce but got a bit too gelard towards the end.

i had ravioli with foie gras and prawns
and escargot.

and honestly that's the only two dishes worth going back for.
we wanted duck confit but that was sold out. it was one of the recommendations from other food blogs. also, the bread rolls with butter (complimentary) was really good cuz the rolls were soft and warm :3 i also liked the food presenation alot.

when my ravioli came to the table, gloria was like 'WHAT IS THAT?? WONTON??'
LOL~

there was also this bipolar waiter wtf. shant dive into that, but service was bad in general.

i really dont have much to say for that restaurant. i was a little disappointed because i expected better. will eat there if i'm craving for good and cheap escargot or if i'm in the area.

my verdict: 2.5/5

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3 inch sin was good. nuff said.

portions were perfect.
consistency if batter was good.
ice cream was good.
service commendable.
ambience good.
prices reasonable

we ordered 2 plates of mini threes. we tried raspberry, orange, coffee, hazelnut, white choc and original. i really liked orange and original. eunice liked raspberry and white choc. :)

all images taken from ireallylikefood.com

my verdict: 4.5/5
haven't found the perfect molten cake yet.

FOAM WONDERLAND

2011-10-16T18:45:00.003+08:00

DAYUM SON.
THAT WAS ONE HELLUVA NIGHT.

another epic adventure with dee and eunice. we were just about done having dinner and dessert at (once again) cluny court when we decided that the night was too young to end just yet. so while munching down the last bits of our dessert, we decided to have an impromptu hangout at my house. at first we were gonna build fortresses and weapons out of newspaper and have a mini battle war amongst us three. but somehow we ended up with a hot tub club night at my rooftop. :D:D:D:D

we went all out thinking of what club people do at clubs.
so we prepped ourselves up with

pear vodka
ice lemon tea
peach tea
ipod
ipod player
soap
swimsuits
and a jacuzzi

damn i can't really describe how epic it was cuz you have to be there to experience it. just 3 fun-deprived people up on a rooftop at 12 midnight dancing like retards in the hottub and on the deck to club music under the moonlight, with ice cold drinks on the rocks.

it was the virgin use of my house's jacuzzi so it made the night even more special haha. there were like, flashing lights and colored lights and colored light transitions too omg i was SOOO psyched when my dad helped me turn it on.

and then we poured tons of hotel soap gel into the tub to create a bubble foam wonderland. i'm so damn sad we didnt take pics. no hp cam, no camera :( but here's a youtube vid that best represented what the jacuzzi looked like last night:

i think it's pretty close.
except that my tub was a foamy wonderland and it was much smaller.

because we didnt have cameras, we decided to make use of the laptop's webcam. pretty shitty so we still couldnt take pics of the tub, so we just took us. haha.

somewhere towards the end of the night dee and eunice took a shot each and they immediately became high and danced like mad to 'like a g6'.

also one of our conversations went like this:
dee: HOHOHO i'm santa claus! hello everybody! i will grant you three wishes! what's your first wish?!
eu: MORE WISHES!!
dee: i'm sorry but that wish can't be granted. your first wish is done! and what would you like, anthea??
me: i want FOAM!
dee: alright here you go! -pushes a ball of foam to me- okay how bout ur second wish?
me: i want the MOON!
dee: alright here you go! -pushes another ball of foam to me- okayy santa has to go now! merry christmas everybody HOHOHO

something along that line. there was more but i can't remember. and throughout the whole conver everyone was talking in this high pitch bimbo kid voice.
(i was sane but playing along. they were both very very happy)

lol and then they went home at 4am.

Neoprint Nostalgia

2011-10-15T02:00:00.006+08:00

me and cord were talking today about neoprints..

it was the IT thing back in early secondary school days. and people would paste their neoprint stickers all over their phones, wallets or even keep them in a tiuny photo album or collage them in a book. haha.. fun times.

back then it was considered an outing activity in addition to a movie, a meal, shopping...etc. the outing planning would go something like.. 'okay so we meet at 12 for lunch, then 2pm we go movie. the movie end around 4.30 then we go take neoprint till 5...' HAHA LIKE WTF IT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF A ROUTINE.

we would go crazy in the booths (depending on your company) and of course go even crazier with the decorating- adding stars, hearts, emoticons, faces, glitter, sparkles, and all that girly shit. and then we wait for the print, go to a stand to divide them equally among the friends and split the cost and collect money from each other. and then we laugh at our overpaid and expensive prints. LOL. of course now it's super ex to take one neoprint.ten freaking bucks just to take a TINY photo :/ i guess as time passed we have moved on to better/more advanced things like the camera and photo booth.

for me, taking neoprints was like a at least once every month thing. be it with schoolmates, cca mates, or cousins. i think i took the most prints with choonyan and annabelle separately. hahaha.. gosh.. i'm looking at my centre parting right now with the 'brahmins~' and i can't believe i was allowed to go in public like that without being killed.

haha..maybe i should scan in the rest of my neoprint collection in someday.

p.s. omg eunice, i vowed never to drink zesta BECAUSE of the over-advertising. but now that you tell me it gives extra burping power, i am SO gonna try it. with you in my presence to burp into, of course.

PONG!

2011-10-15T01:39:00.002+08:00

meow. last night i had another dream. it went smth like this..

we bumped into each other at the mall.

'hey long time no see! come let's sit down and talk.'

and so we did.

and then he started with

'so there's this girl that i've been eyeing..
we met a month ago through jean. she's from nus studying business and she's really pretty. and she looks especially hot when she wears her cheerleading uniform.'

'uhuh..'

'i'm gonna ask her out soon. we've been hitting it off really well. i've got a feeling she might be the one.'

'wow.'

and then the scene switched and suddenly i was in some open area in school. suddenly ian appeared from the crowd and i went over to hug him and 'sa-jiao'ed 'IANNNNN... :((((' and he patted ne on the back saying 'it's gonna be okay..' (lol, so ian.)

-------------------------
so me and jon went to art friend to buy art stuff today.. and during the train trip we talked about stuff we hardly ever talked about to each other or anyone else in class for that matter.

i just got to know some relationship history from jonathan..was pretty nice of him to open up to me. and i found that the statement 'there's always someone out there who's worse-off than you.' is so true in every part of our lives.

so anyway i ended up buying a..
watercolour set $26
acrylic set $23
additional tube of acrylic paint $6
wooden palatte $2
A3 watercolor pad $9
masking tape $2

all the prices are estimated but i know my total expenses today was $68.
68 freaking sing dollars. ouch. now i know why most artists are poor. shucks man.

being a businessman or any other person in the corporate world you only need paper, your handphoen, a laptop and some pens. T_T

also today i had a lovely evening with clive choonyan yien jun christine and lilin, to celebrate clive's birthday:) had sushi tei at holland v, followed by island creamary ice cream cake. photos and polaroids are all with choonyan. and i also learnt how to play mahjong for the first time in my life at choonyan's house and it was so mega fun. even though i vowed to myself and my family that i will NEVER EVER like or play mahjong. shucks man how to tell them now?! i really wanna play with my family now cuz everyone knows how to play!! gah.

toodles

i choose you

2011-10-13T21:38:00.002+08:00

charmanders are red
squirtles are blue
if you were a pokemon
i'd choose you

your smile is stronger than a hyperbeam
like jesse and james we'd make the perfect team

i'll stay by your side
like pikachu and ash
and i'll love you more
than level 80 rapidash

you're more legendary
than a zapados, entei or mew
but out of all 450
i choose you.

awwwwwwww <3

metal fetish?

2011-10-13T00:01:00.003+08:00

"do exactly as i do"

LAST NIGHT WAS EPIC.
me and a few of my classmates decided to take a impromptu trip to jurong point to watch real steel cuz we all wanted to watch the movie and destress.
2 of my friends actually had other things like their hall stuff and cca but they skpped it to wactch the movie after MUCH persuasion. hahaha. bad influence, we were :P

all of were high on adrenaline rush trying to escape ntu and trying so hard to avoid people we knew in case they found out what my 2 friends are up to (apparently consequences are pretty bad). also we faced problems like not being able to get tickets and rushing from one mall to the next, and me giving directions to my friend as she drove (cuz NONE of them were from the west wtf??) and literally swallowing down our MOS burger meals cuz we were late for the movie. and after the epic movie we all felt so....liberated.

haha okay so it was a helluva night. now on to the movie.

yeah, it was pretty epic.
i dunno, maybe i have a thing for robots.
the only times i felt the same way for real steel was during
x-men first class, transformers and ironman.

like....omg. there's just so much...awesomeness...and metal...and beautiful graphics and music. omg... when the bot got punched i felt the pain,when the boy cried i felt his tears of pain/joy, when two bots fought in an epic battle i was clapping and cheering on the edge of my seat, and gasping for breath. omg omg omg.....i loved it so much i wanna watch it again D:

after i left the cinema i got so depressed going back to reality and i really wanted my own mega epic titanic majestic beautiful undefeatable robot, with shadow and voice recognition function, of course.

lol disney

2011-10-08T16:05:00.003+08:00

i just noticed something about my few favourite disney movies.

the protagonist goes out to venture, gets into trouble, and then finds the love of his/her life. but after all the shit they go through together, the couple somehow ends up happily ever after.

beauty and the beast
belle is bored of her provincial life, went out to search for her captured papa and found the beast.

aladin
aladin was sick of being a street rat, wished to be a prince and got jasmine.

tarzan
tarzan wonders about creatures like him out there, kaypoh when he heard the gunshot, and stumbled into jane.

the litte mermaid
ariel wondered about humans and went above the surface cuz she was curious about a ship, and voila, she found eric.

pocahontas
pocahontas didn't want to follow a path already set for her and went around exploring and shit and found john smith. yay

mulan
mulan crossdressed, enrolled into army and got herself a piece of general shang (what kind of shitty name, who, what, i don't even....)

LOLDISNEY

i also love hercules, lion king and ALL the pixar films but they don't follow this story.
and i dont really give two shits about sleeping beauty, snow white and cinderella cuz these princesses suck.

2011-10-07T19:57:00.002+08:00

Good cooking is trouble.

As with all things crafted by the human hand, cooking involves a fair bit of labour. And if the cooking is good, the labour in question was no doubt a labour or love. In every cook's heart of hearts resides a sincere desire to please others. Besides sustaining and nourishing, the food one has taken the trouble to cook should, hopefully, make others happy. And fortunately for those who love to cook, the trouble one has taken is often also the source of one's enduring pleasure.

- 'Nostalgia is the most powerful seasoning' by Jocelyn Shu

avocado sandwich

2011-10-06T23:30:00.003+08:00

my brilliant and health-conscious roomie just introduced a really tasty and healthy sandwich recipe to me. i am thankful :')

-avocado
-lime
-sea salt
-bread

additional toppings:
-cucumber (i love the japanese ones)
-cherry tomatoes
-goat cheese/feta cheese
-minced chicken mayo

slice the avocado.
arrange or mash it on bread.
squeeze lime juice over.
sprinkle with sea salt.
voila!
best. bread. ever.

i had mine while munching on cucumber :D

This Society

2011-10-06T22:35:00.001+08:00

reblogged from euniceandtheflyy

A frikken men.

I'm (still) Flying Without Wings

2011-10-06T21:44:00.005+08:00

mark's piercing deep blue blue blue eyes and nicky's cute grin.
and that CLOAK. MAMA LIKE. dayum, son.
it's been 4 days since the westlife ocncert and i've been listening to this song and singing the verse out loud everyday. i tell you uh, when my future husband proposes to me.. this song. THIS, FRIKKIN, SONG.

by the way i totally failed at owning the westlife concert because:
1. i fell sick. my throat was not at its optimal condition and i choked everytime i yelled.
2. they played songs from their latest album, which i've never heard of.
3. because i didn't know their latest songs, i was forbidden from competing against the 6 bitches who went up on stage to HUG THEM ALL.
4. i didn't know they released a new album. (ultimate fail)

MARK FEEHILY IS GAY D: SHEEEEESH. the cosmos and the universe just had to do this to me.

okay i didn't come here to just blog about that.
been reading things of some people's stuff (trying to be very ambiguous as you can see) here there and everywhere
and i realise that i'm not as connected to some people as i thought i was.. and it kinda saddens me wondering if they've ever felt close to me too. they share so many secrets with their friends which i don't even have the slightest clue about and i'm just..outside looking at it all.

and my friends are all blogging about emotional stuff like about life and God and friends and understanding and purpose and appreciation of people and i'm here like

"cake. i like cake." ._.
and
"MARK FEEHILY WAI YOU GAY?!"

don't get me wrong i'm not making fun it or anything, i'm just admirable of how much more closely they look at people and the world in general. and how they write down every single detail of how they feel about something. i really like it and i wish to write about stuff like that but somehow i'm never in a psycological/philosophical/emotional mood to blog about the world through my eyes, apart from the ocassional rants about how idiotic some people can get.

let me end of with

x-men forever and ever.

These Words

2011-10-02T18:05:00.001+08:00

The woman I love.

a part of me dies a little everytime i look back.

Food Review: Svelte

2011-10-02T13:08:00.002+08:00

let me first start of with.. i'm having a shitty runny nose and bad throat right now. and i can't taste anything properly :( what a way to end the recess week. gah.

alright. so.. svelte. a little private dessert cafe tucked into cluny court. the cafe only accepts reservations and there's never more than 5 tables of customers in there at any one time. last night was gooood :)

so, as i mentioned before in some previous post, there was a 4 course-dessert meal.

-tiny tiny soup
-bread rolls with butter
-grilled cheesy portabello mushrooms with a balsamic vinaigrette salad
-4 desserts of thy choice

the portabello mushrooms were great. juicy and cheesy and earthy. the only problem i had was the portion of it. just 2 mushrooms. and they weren't very big.

i was still really hungry so i ordered a lasagne..which tasted pre-made or processed for some reason. the pasta was overcooked, hence way too soft, and the beef tasted like corned beef from a can. the tomato sauce was superb tho. so, don't order the lasagne unless you don't mind spending $7 to fill you up.

and then there were the desserts. the 2 that i wanted to try SOOO badly were out of stock!! D': how convenient ey?
so we settled for creme bruleee, not quite black and white, black cow, and strawberries and cream.

creme brulee with frozen berries. i love how the berries are like little balls of sorbet explosions in your mouth :D the creme brulee custard was really smooth, that was good. i would've liked it hot tho, and a slightly thicker sugar crust.

next was the not quite black and white. black sesame ice cream on sourdough bread and pastry dough. i liked this for the different texture..other than that, it's...ish. when we assembled it, it looked like liver pate spread on bread with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.lol

black cow was a play on the classsic rootbeer float. I LOVED THIS.
vanilla ice cream with chocolate fudge and wait for it.....rootbeer sorbet. whoosh! just imagine how it tastes like. the sauce was so mother good i can't even...

strawberries and cream was not bad:) i enjoyed the crispy tuiles at the side. pineapple and apple. actually the desserts were all pulled well together because of the quality vanilla ice cream that they made.

yuzu ice cream. it was supposed to come with the chocolate molten cake that i wanted so much, but since the chef heard of how disappointed i was, he gave this bowl of ice cream to us ON THE HOUSE! so nice right?? :') i liked it, yes i did. i love yuzu so it can't go wrong.

espresso double shot ordered by nick.

service was really good, even though it was just one person serving the cafe. it's really homely, like we all know each other. her, us, the chef. the chef comes out occasionally to talk about his dish, to apologise and to even say bye :) it's a nice and cosy little place to enjoy good dessert in a very private setting and catching up with your buddy/ies

ant: 4/5
nick: 4/5

just thought i should write this down

2011-10-02T02:01:00.003+08:00

38 likes for the profile pic. that's a new record O_O

i will not deny that i'm happy about it lolololol~

i honestly don't think it's THAT fantastic to earn that many likes tho o_O

Cameron Mitchell

2011-10-02T01:30:00.004+08:00

SIGH.

the voice. the moves. the charisma. i want.

i want this nerd.

THE F!@(#&^KHBk&@!>/!?ING KISS AT THE END RUINED IT, DAMN YOU LINDSAY.

SIGH~

you were right after all eu. hahaha

Recess Week

2011-10-01T00:58:00.005+08:00

a quick review of my recess week:

friday night: chill at home

saturday: swim, tan, study overnight with eu at nus starbucks

sunday: work, dinner with 4/6 of family

monday: work at home, dinner with mommy

tuesday: went around taking pics, dropped by eu's place to lunch and hang for a bit, esplanade and shabu with nick

wednesday: omni-theatre, snow city, k-box (fyeahhh!!)

thursday: work in school, stay-over in hall

friday: work in school in morning, badminton in afternoon, dessert and starbucks with sis

saturday: cluny court dessert with nick

sunday: chillin at home with all mah homies. cuz that's what homes are for.

WHOTT???

2011-09-28T23:19:00.001+08:00

this was how my wednesday was spent with eunice, denise and syahirah.

snow city was mega fun and we actually managed to stay in there for 2 whole hours just experimenting with different formations and positions to optimize our slide magnitude and speed (lol scientific much?) . our aim for that day was to slide all the way to the end such that we hit the barrier. this was actually achieved TWICE, and it hurt but who cares :D

and then we spammed westlife songs at kbox later at chevrons. what's new ey?
there is the awkward moment every freaking time when the kbox waiters/waitresses came in to take orders/serve drinks/give the bill/ when we were at our most unglam moments.

photos are not v interesting for that day, but i'll post it up anyway for dee n eu soon.

Food Review: Suki-ya; NZ Icecream; Bubble Tree

2011-09-28T13:02:00.009+08:00

another food escapade with the big ball of nick. (JIACONG WHEN IZ YOU COMING BACK D:)

this time at marina square+esplanade.

this picture above is neither lime nor macadamia.

1. i'll talk about the ice cream first since we had that first. nick has been looking for lime sorbet at every ice cream stand/stall he's been visiting and VOILA, there it was at SAUCE, who happened to have NZ ice cream for some reason ._. so he was so excited he decided to have that as his appetizer. and i followed suit -_-

he had the lime sorbet
and i had the macadamia nut icecream.

AND BY GEORGE THE MACADAMIA ICECREAM WAS HEAVENLY.

light and creamy with a slight nutty taste. it was so good we went back there after dinner for a second round. and we never wanted the ice cream to end D':

anthea: 5/5
nick: 5/5

2. after the icecream we went for some japanese shabu shabu at suki-ya:) $19.90++ for weekday nights. it was pretty worth it.

soup was packed with flavour (you can choose any 2 from the 3: plain, kimchee and sweet). we chose kimchee and sweet but i didnt like the kimchee too much. was a but too overpowering :( unless you really love your spice then you shouldn't order it.

apart from the good soup, all the ingredients there were so FRESH. veggies were crisp, meat was fresh and cuts were good too (can see really good marbling in the beef). we loved the mushrooms from the 'buffet' spread, too. and may i ad that everything there was free flow including drinks, meat and soup?

ao all in all, it's a good place to eat on your slightly richer days (and hungrier days) with a group of friends, or even just 2 people:) and if you're looking for something healthy. i would bring my family there..

probably the only problem me and nick had was the table space. so goddamn small we couldn't really lay out all our food nicely.

and the verdict?

anthea: 4/5

nick: 3.5/5

3. BUBBLE TREE'S 3.8 BUBBLE TEA IS AWESUM, MA. IT WAS AWESUM.

by far the best milk tea i've ever had. better than KOI, which, by the way is sooo overrated?

it was creamier and tastier than other milk teas, and the pearls actually tasted good and had a great texture! not too chewy, not too over-boiled, not too hard. love it.

i had it for the first time with va earlier this year, but i tried it again only recently so i decided i NEED to blog about how delicious it is. second time was with eunice and we had grass jelly milk tea cuz they ran out of pearls. also equally yum.

my rating: 5/5

yes it's a perfect milk tea.

here's the menu which i stole from the internet.

Losing Me

2011-09-27T21:38:00.003+08:00

was playing with cameroid.com as suggested by a classmate >_>

recently i have constantly been reflecting on myself....

i keep wondering in what ways i have changed. i keep wondering if i'm still attractive anymore. the way i behave, being less lady-like than most other girls, do guys find it 'repulsive'?

and because of those thoughts i realized that the past few weeks, i have become more conscious, or aware of myself, around guys (schoolmates and classmates)... trying to burp less, trying not to swear, trying so hard to give a 'favourable' impression. i don't know why i'm even trying so hard. a sign of desperation? insecurity?

argh.

how on earth did you lose yourself, ant?

and also i've been reading 'message in a bottle' and i can't help but feel a little like garett. and reading the book is reminding me of things again. sucks balls.

it's just one of those days.

hope tomorrow's snow city and kbox will be one helluva day to bring me out of this 8)

soccerrettes vs. JC and co.

2011-09-23T22:54:00.002+08:00

okay i had a new random thought.

i have an entire group of girl friends... the soccerettes.

and an entire group of guy friends... JC and co.

what if....

...

....

.....

i blended them together.

okay blend is an odd word.

what if i paired them up together!?! OMG EXPERIMENTATION TIME.

i'm thinking of some workable pairs in my head already hahaha..gosh.

Poetic License

2011-09-23T22:11:00.004+08:00

what i worked on for like... 9 hours i think. it's called imaginary space and it's on a freaking mahjong sized paper.

the past 24 hours was really fun cuz the class seriously went through hell together trying to finish up this imaginary shit. so we did it in the 3d lab.. on that night we spoke everything in rhyme just because we can. here're some examples..

(freaking funny omg. you dont have to read all of them, they're just for my personal future references when i wanna see all this again lol)

The day has been long,

but the battle not yet won.

Work still to be done,

but I am not torn.

A few laughs and some smiles are all I need.

To get back to work again G6,

Which do you prefer?

Coffee or Tea?

-ivan

mess with a scholar,

and you are playing with fire,

for he will grab your collar

and wrap you in wire

-lizhi (after hearing that ivan is a nanyang scholar)

it's 4.50 in the morning

i'm finally done

the charcoal's all used up

,leaving the box with none.

sandman my friend,

please put me to sleep

i have done what i needed to do

so now let me rest in peace

-anthea

‎3:15 in the morning and from ADM I'm going back to hall.

Realized I haven't completed my 1 point perspective so I'm gonna have to shade some more.

-jonathan

why did you trick me

i feel like a fool

running here like an idiot

with nothing to DO

-jonathan (we made him go answer the door when no one was there)

one whole roll of them is mine

don't use them and pretend its fine

-jonathan (someone used his masking tape)

Where's Jean Tan at this hour,

often missing without trace,

easily distracted and dour,

even when 2D is in her face.

- lizhi (jean was missing)

omg guys i'm so proud of all of you

for spreading these poems like a contagious flu

wait for me please i'm coming over to the lab

to create literature together

and make people go 'what the fack?'

-anthea

that was a terrible poem jon,

please reflect on that.

you should have been better by now,

you bespectacled brat.

-anthea (commenting on jonathan's badly composed poem)

Procrastination is the enemy.

An enemy that I've befriended so willingly.

No no I tell her, I must go on.

But she wills me back to her like I'm her pawn.

So here I am on this so called facebook.

Reading them poets and you crazy lot.

This poem thing is really strange.

But I enjoy it so,Here we go again.

-ivan

Form, wires, cardboard and Patrick.

How can I think of 3D when I can't get his logic?

My 500 word essay on Ling Nah awaits.

Please let me complete it by tomorrow or I'm dead.

-jonathan (patrick is our 3d teacher. ling nah is our 2d teacher)

I can't say I like being awake.

Dreams seem so sweet, my eyes, they say.

3d, 2d, I'm leaving for another day.

Go to sleep now before it's too late.

-ivan

i feel no guilt

for not shading tonight

tomorrow's daylight will arrive

and save me from my plight

-anthea

Layer by layer, shading and shading (Jon)

Why do I feel like this has no meaning?

-anthea and jonathan

lines and curves

i face black and white

i shall summon my strength

to finish this by tonight.

-anthea

Make me your radio

Turn me up when you feel low

This melody was meant for you

Just sing along to my stereo

-zhi quan (LOL NO LINK

lol so yeah that was the fun part. and then at one point of time zhiquan suddenly decided to make me his shifu because i taught him a few charcoal blending tricks. hahaha, must say i am honoured. and then during class the teacher was like, "you see zhi quan's work, the blending is consistant with the gradual tones.. very good. use his work for reference." and then me and him made eye contact and gave each other the 'bruh's fo life' look lol~

and then our class had a mini badminton gathering at jurong west sports stadium.. :]

and i'm still awake and alive now with (barely) 2 hours of sleep from last night. hallelujah!

WESTLIFE CONCERT TRAINING

2011-09-22T19:01:00.002+08:00

WESTLIFE CONCERT TRAINING

training sessions will be on the following dates:

monday/ 26 sept/ 2-3pm

wednesday/ 28 sept/ 8-10pm

friday/ 30 sept/ 8-9pm

Location: The Parc Condo, Function Room 2

Training Fees: -NIL-

monday

- practice screaming like a banshee

- lyrics memorisation

wednesday

- singing in tune

- lyrics memorisation

- westlife members' biography studies

friday

- singing in tune loudly

- singing in tune in harmony

- clapping and screaming practice

Note: you are required to bring along your notebook and pen, and waterbottle at all times. laptop is optional for wednesday's training. looking forward to see you all there!

Regards,

Anthea Tay

Certified Westlife Concert Attendees' Trainer

i'm kidding, eu and dee.