Swei came on Sunday night to play and be our professional manicurist... She always bring nice cheesecake for us.. this time, she bought Tau Sar Piah for us! I like this Singapore version of tau sar piah (actually prefer the salty version but this sweet version is just as nice)... The few of us watched "Stepford Housewives" together... It was a rather enjoyable movie though the plot is so-so and maybe a little absurb... But the perfect house and lawn and kitchen.. and the mountain of colourful muffins! :)
There was no class on Monday but I went to school to do my FYP and study... Khim came in the afternoon and brought us a bag of chocolates from her cafe :)
Some of the chocs we took out and the pack of strawberry-flavoured chewy sweets WX bought... Met Xue Hui and the HO gang for dinner.. Haven't eaten with them for a long time... Kinda miss the time when we were in the EXCO... always eating supper after harmo practice.. and the cycling trips we had.. Now, nobody wants to go cycling with me anymore (or actually nobody is free to go..)
Came back to study for Chinese test on Tue morning.. The test was more difficult than expected.. or I did not study hard enough... Only practice all the characters once.. :(
Promised Thunder to watch piano concert that evening but I was too tired.. almost fall asleep in Pharmacotherapy class... went home to study for dispensing lab instead... At 9PM, dear housemate-Birdie decided to cook green bean soup.. I don't like beans generally but her soup was rather nice! :)
It's great to have housemates who can and likes to cook... Feel pampered:)
Today was my last dispensing lab ever!! (^_^)v
Our dear lecturer mentioned in class that he will give bonus points to students who turn up in Halloween costumes! The normal dress code for dispensing lab is formal (to look as much like a real pharmacist as possible)... Well, a pharmacist can be considered rather scary... Our dear class rep decided to plan for a costume theme. So, everybody was supposed to wear all black.. black top and black bottom.. Many people adhered to the costume code and she went to ask the lecturer for extra points for those in blacks but he did not agree :(
After lab, CM and I rushed home and then to Macpherson Road to meet Agnes... Agnes was going to treat CM to a birthday dinner and CM asked me along :)
It's an Italian restaurant called "Finalmente gastronomia"... the restaurant had opened for only about 2 weeks... The design inside is rather simple.. with minimal decorations on the wall-1 very nice big photograph of a lady and 1 colourful wall painting by a pizza chef... There are 2 sections, one at the front and another private area behind the curtain... The Italian boss and chef can be seen walking around in the shopfront, entertaining the customers... With such great service, there is NO service charge! and NO GST! The prices of all the food are nett prices! Save up to 17%... The nett price is not even expensive in the 1st place! The food? Great!! (even forgot to take any photos as we just start to dig in and almost lick the plate clean..) We had 1. salad- 'finalmente' antipasto with Focaccio bread and chicken slices 2. Pasta of the Day- ink pasta with squids and clams 3. 5 Cheese Pizza with cured ham 4. suckling pig with shredded cheese and mushrooms 5. dessert- tiramisu and chocolate cake
The 3 of us shared all the above.. the chef was nice enough to cut the 2 pieces of cakes into 3 portions and decorate them so nicely for us! It was just great :) I personally like the salad a lot cause the bread, the chicken and the vegetables go very well with each other... The ink pasta was special and the suckling pig was something different... The 5 cheese pizza was nice too! especially with the thin slices of ham on it.. The dessert was superb! I like the Tiramisu more than the chocolate cake.. the mousse was very light and fragrant... But if you are a chocolate-lover, the chocolate cake is wonderful! and very sinful! :P
We felt sooooooooooooooooo full after the meal... There were 2 pieces of bread left so we asked the chef to pack and he kindly add 2 more pieces for us-packed nicely in 2 separate boxes for CM and me! :)
When I get bored in the library, I just whip out my camera phone and snap all the things around me... Thank you, XH for the Jap biscuit :) Had Americano from Starbucks today (the new outlet opposite Bugis Junction)... Happy! ^_^
"Turn Back Time" by Aqua
Give me time to reason, give me time to think it through Passing through the season, where I cheated you
I will always have a cross to wear, but the bolt reminds me I was there
So give me strength, to face this test tonight
If only I could turn back time If only I had said what I still hide If only I could turn back time I would stay for the night. For the night...
Claim your right to science Claim your right to see the truth Though my pangs of conscience, Will drill a hole in you
I seen it coming like a thief in the night, I seen it coming from the flash of your light
So give me strength, to face this test tonight
If only I could turn back time If only I had said what I still hide If only I could turn back time.. I would stay for the night
The bolt reminds me I was there the bolt reminds me I was there
If only I could turn back time If only I had said what I still hide If only I could turn back time I would stay for the night
Yesterday, I decided to be alone and away from everyone for a while. So, I decided to skip lecture and be at home alone. It was rather nice. I did some studying and then went to take a long afternoon nap. Just doing things at my own time, own pace. Met CM after her lecture to go to Ikea to buy frames for our puzzles. The puzzles had been occupying one whole long sofa in the living room. So, to avoid further complaints from fellow housemates, I decided we had to get the frames! Had dinner at 4.30PM :)
Chinese class this morning was as boring as usual. The lecturer decided to show us a movie while waiting for the rest of the students to come. There were only 4 students initially! I actually helped the lecturer who was having trouble using the computer to play the movie (with CM's help, actually). The lecturer was rather impressed with my computer skill leh! :P At the end of the class, she showed us some very old chinese books and she said we could keep them if we want. I took one :) Bought a G2000 shirt from Bazaar for S$3!! Ridiculously cheap :P
Today's weather was really really very good... The temperature was just nice with a slight cold breeze and calm wind... How I wish the weather here is ALWAYS like today's! I told CM I could walk anywhere with such beautiful weather :D
When we came out from lecture, the weather was still nice but a little more sunny... Then we realised the clouds were white and puffy! like white cotton floss :) We seldom see such nicely formed clouds here...
The long stairs we take to our secluded seminar room almost everyday. Not as bad as the one in CUHK though... The CM with bright orange bag waiting at the bottom of the stairs :P
I woke up late this morning maybe cause I was drained out yesterday. The first thing I did was to jump up from my bed and on my computer. Without taking a breath, I signed in MSN to check my hotmail. I wrote an email yesterday night, after thinking for the whole day and discussing with YJ. He even gave me some poetic lines to start my email with. I finally decided to put in all my questions and thoughts into the email and hopefully get an answer. I told YJ I don't want to leave this feeling bitter and I want to clear my doubts before I can be at peace with myself. I wrote, deleted, wrote and deleted. It was harder than I thought. I read and re-read to make sure what I want to know are all inside the email. Although I did not expect a reply, I hoped there would be one.
This morning, there was only 1 email in my inbox and it was THE reply. It was as long as my email itself as answers to each of my questions were stated out. After reading it about 3 times, there is a weird mixture of feelings inside me. Can I really be at peace now that I had cleared my doubts? Can it all go back to normal now? I found out that I actually knew what had gone wrong! I found out what is the problem with me, something that I had not fully accept myself because nobody had confirmed my suspicion about it. Then I realised, these are lessons in life. Each lesson makes me understand myself more. I want to be a good person to everyone, and maybe in the process had tried to conceal too much of my own feelings. I am scared of commitment and yet I want to feel the sense of belonging. Maybe I am such a confused soul who had yet to learn enough lessons in life.
What am I going to do next?
I guess it's time to end this life tutorial continue to the next class...
The 19th Singapore Pharmacy Congress was being held on Friday till Sunday.. We signed up to be volunteers so that we can attend the congress for free.. :) We took turns to go and today was my turn... CM and I woke up at 6+AM to take the 7AM bus to Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel...
We were so blur when we reached there but a nice lady directed us to breakfast .. HeHe! :) Breakfast was great! Various kinds of dim sum was served.. with nice coffee :) After breakfast, we attended a few talks and it's break again! There were nice doughnuts and missed my second of coffee.. i guess pharmacists are all coffee addicts! they practically grabbed all the coffee cups there.. After break was a few more enlightening and interesting talk.. especially the one by Prof Ian Bates, Head of School of Pharmacy, University of London.. Why don't we have such interesting and inspiring lecturer?! Lunch was great! Birdie came back from the Congress yesterday and told us the food was horrible cause it was too DELICIOUS! yea, my friend has some problems with expressing herself :P There was no salmon today but in place of it was mullet (just as nice)... and the chocolate mousse was superb! nice mango pudding too.. But my stomach wasn't feeling too well, so I didn't eat as much as I normally could.. Sad.. We left after tea break... Too tired -__-
Met many NCC pharmacists today.. and the pharmacist from Guardian where I worked nearly 2 years ago! Nice :)
Anyway, one interesting thing today while we distribute certificates to the congress delegates was this piece of cert below..
Lucy Liu (actress famous for her role in Charlie's Angels) was at Singapore Pharmacy Congress!! HaHa .. didn't see the real person though cause she hasn't come to collected her cert when we left.. :P
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digressing from the educational stuff, below is a personalised Milo made by my employee, Swei.. as you can see, I am "boosy"- an affectionate variation of the word "Boss". Yepz, I'm the Boss! :)
Our house was very fortunate yesterday as our neighbour gave us a huge tuna pie and Swei made us a cheesecake... Both were EXTREMELY DELICIOUS! I feel very fat today cause of the over-eating.. :)
And my friends had been really patient to listen to me yesterday... I re-told my story to a grand total of 5 people yesterday and another one this morning... Got scolded by CM cause I kept everything inside me instead of sharing with them..
I am terrible to myself... Really
I didn't want to disturb my roommates, thus decided not to tell them even though I was feeling terrible... and I think a lot...
Took a long bus ride home alone just now and on the way, I thought of a lot of things... There are things that I want to do but don't know is right or not... Who should I consult? My friends? I don't know.. It's so hard to express myself sometimes I just decided not to explain them... and keep it inside till maybe one day I just explode and kill myself.. suicide bomber o_O
There's some thing about dates and time that is rather mysterious and intriguing.. Like how a certain date is your birthdate and it's very meaningful to you... Like how a certain date is your first time attending a live concert...
I remembered watching a Korean drama and the leading actor told the leading actress that whenever she sees the clock and it shows 11.11 (PM/AM), someone is thinking about her at that exact moment... Isn't it such a nice thought? The next time you glance at your watch and it shows exactly 11.11, you may realise that a small smile had just formed across your face. Why? Everybody (almost) loves to be missed once in a while...
I haven't been posting on my blog for a while now... Many things had happened.. Did some crazy/ unbelievable stuff with the girls... Bought something I had never imagined myself wearing yesterday... Volunteered to do presentation... Many birthday celebrations.. Resumed swimming at the Clementi Swimming Complex :)
But why am I posting so early on a rainy Saturday morning?
My initial plan to go swimming was ruined by the rain which started at the exactly same time that I was to wake up and get ready. Plan B to sleep in was disturbed by this tugging pain in my stomach, probably due to the mooncake we ate late yesterday night. I woke up not feeling like doing anything at all today. I felt like sleeping my day away and hiding in my secluded bed under the blanket. But I could not! I could not sleep well after what happened last night (early this morning to be precise). It's exactly 3 months where everything started and on the exact same date 3 months later, it's official gone. It was clear and I cut it totally clean, which in the process had broken my own heart. You always think you can do something until you are really in it and you realised all that advices you had given your friends are all rubbish. It is ALWAYS easier said THAN done!
You're a mystery, you're from outer space, you're every minute of my everyday
On Wednesday, the pharmer girls and guy went to watch "LustCaution" at Vivo City. Singapore is showing the censored version also showing in Malaysia and China.. sianz.. The past week's newspaper were filled with arguments about showing the censored version instead of the full version here.. Some said it was to get more ticket earnings, some said the distributor only submitted this version to the board for ratings... Sigh... We were rather disappointed to miss the much anticipated sex scene but then the movie was still quite good without that climax...
Both Tony Leung and Tang Wei were great! They were practically talking with the eyes in the movie... I still can't really get over the seducing effect of Tang Wei's eyes... It was innocent yet seductive... There were a few classic moments in the show... Like when Tang Wei told Leehom, "You could have done it 3 years ago, but why didn't you?" That was painful! Really!
Leehom's performance wasn't really convincing as everytime he appeared on screen, it reminded me of a pop music video instead of a serious movie...
Other than that, the movie is quite well done with much attention paid to all the tiny details.. like suitable background music, scenes, and languages... -there were Cantonese, Shanghainese and English on top of the main Mandarin dialogues...
Go watch it if you haven't... It would have been even more emotional if it was the uncensored version.. =(
The 4 housemates and I went to eat dinner at Pizza Hut yesterday... Haven't eaten at Pizza Hut in Singapore for a long time.. It seemed like their pizza quality had improved... and they have this nice Ice Peach Tea (with peach cubes in it)... Since the Pizza Hut was located right opposite K Box, we were so tempted to go over and sing karaoke after dinner... But, we are all kinda poor, so we came back home and sang K in the room! Got the MVs from Youtube and blast it while we sing along! HaHa...
But, I'm depressed... My singing had been critised a lot these few weeks... It seems like I really CAN'T sing in tune at all! =(
When I sing this song at home, my friend said I made it sound la-la even though it's such a sweet song... --"
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything
I'm OK, really :D
Yesterday night the girls and I went to Holland V for dinner... ate Katong Laksa... was suppose to eat Xiao Long Bao after that BUT only WX and I were keen! :( So, we decided to buy bread instead and then we saw this 30% discount for cakes at Crystal Jade Bakery (after 8.30PM).. We bought a Black Forest Cake.. For what? Just cause we wanted to eat cake --"
Then, we had this BRILLIANT idea of celebrating Winson's birthday earlier! Cause he lives very near us... although his birthday is on the 15th and yesterday was 6th! HaHa... So, we celebrated Winson's birthday 9 days earlier.. He thought we remembered his birthday wrongly :P
------------------------------------------------------- Today, Birdie decided to make custard for us! I volunteered to help.. So, the custards are made by Birdie and me :D We just tasted it a while ago, and it's surprisingly OK! (^_^)v
Practising my Chinese now.. going to have a test on Tue ...
Some time ago, I posted this photo in one of the posts...
A few days ago, I decided to try imitating that photo... The only round mirror I found is this ugly blue one.. and the "Life of Pi" book on my table... Taken with my 2MP phone camera...
Definitely not as nice, but not bad for a first try =) Since this photo has been displayed on my friend's MSN pic, I guess this is a rather successful try (^_^)v
The few of us watched "Stepford Housewives" together... It was a rather enjoyable movie though the plot is so-so and maybe a little absurb... But the perfect house and lawn and kitchen.. and the mountain of colourful muffins! :)
Some of the chocs we took out and the pack of strawberry-flavoured chewy sweets WX bought... Met Xue Hui and the HO gang for dinner.. Haven't eaten with them for a long time... Kinda miss the time when we were in the EXCO... always eating supper after harmo practice.. and the cycling trips we had.. Now, nobody wants to go cycling with me anymore (or actually nobody is free to go..)
The bread inside for the housemates :)
Monday, October 29, 2007,12:17:00 PM
Bought a G2000 shirt from Bazaar for S$3!! Ridiculously cheap :P
We seldom see such nicely formed clouds here...
The long stairs we take to our secluded seminar room almost everyday. Not as bad as the one in CUHK though... The CM with bright orange bag waiting at the bottom of the stairs :P
Lucy Liu (actress famous for her role in Charlie's Angels) was at Singapore Pharmacy Congress!! HaHa .. didn't see the real person though cause she hasn't come to collected her cert when we left.. :P
Go watch it if you haven't... It would have been even more emotional if it was the uncensored version.. =(
Definitely not as nice, but not bad for a first try =)