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CNY's like tmr..
and yet im not even feeling the mood of it.
it just feels like its just another day and a pretty long weekend for all who are working.
i didnt even get new clothes this year. ha.
anyways. im looking forward to meeting the cousins n relatives still.
reunion dinners have started last week for me.
ytd just had it frm mum's side.
the usual steamboat.
this yr's a lil different.
we're having reunion dinner as a family of just the 5 of us (including aunty) at home tonight.
it just is actually another family dinner since we usually have dinner tgt anyways.
btw.i really had fun on friday.
met the 2.2 peeps up for dinner at Sushi Tei in paragon. :)
we were just reminiscing and its been 9 years since the friendships were made.. and we're still feeling the same camaraderie. awesome! we're planning a major reunion next yr.
celebrating 10 years of friendship. and of course including everyone we can still manage to contact other than our usual clique.
we dont meet very often esp since im in aust.
and the girls always joke that they dont see the guys till i come back for holidays.
but it still feels familiar :)
we went to catch Red Cliff 2 aft dinner and surprisingly the movie's pretty good.
i caught about 4 hrs of sleep and i had to be at the IDP pre-dep briefing at Orchard Hotel.
the briefing was pretty good in the sense that we've managed to get a quite a no. on the list for OCF Caulfield :)
was good meeting up the group again.
church today was great tooo!
i want to hold the hand that holds the world for U hold my world in the palm of Your hands :) awesome message. awesome revelation.
Here's wishing one and all a blessed happy chinese new year! :)
2009's gonna be fantastic!
the newtown poseurs.
&the beauty.
Dempsey's like my supper hangout place.
been going there quite a bit.
but i would say i really like the atmosphere there.
very lovey dovey for couples yet very good chillout for frens too. :)
so i finally managed to meet up the SA peeps for supper on friday night.
we met up at Holland V where some of them had dinner before we drove to Dempsey for B&J's ice cream :)
yummy!
we shared a 'merlionster' and it was good having the band there that night.
the lead singer had a powerful voice. she sang out many dedications as well as bday requests.
the guitarist did a good job at singing 3 doors down too :)
had a good catchup n photo frenzy session too.
next day was Careers@Singapore fair in Marriott Hotel.
Hui and i went to check out the job prospects and basically just suss out options.
we attended one of the forums and decided to skip the rest. was pretty boring considering the topics touched on were very superficial and nothing much new to be known.
we went shopping instead at far east :)
i had Reunion dinner w Dad's side later on in the evening.
we then adjourned to check out the CNY flowers at Sunset way.
business is pretty bad this yr. definitely affected by the recession.
anyhows. uncle adrian got some for his family while mum&dad just KIV-ed some.
Sunday was the usual.
church. lunch. home for most parts of the day.
today.
i finally got down to get my camera traded in.
did some shopping at Vivo. before meeting up w Raymond to go to the night safari.
met Justin n his fren there. the night safari's a good experience. but i would say it stayed pretty much the same as i went when it very first opened.
haha. not much changes other than surrounding eateries and atmosphere. :)
all in all. the weekend's been pretty good.
im up for a busy week. tmr's spring cleaning at grandparents' new place so they can move in before CNY :)
till then!
pictures from Dempsey night out...
&the beauty.
medical went alright the other day.
hope my visa gets approved soon.
everyone back from melbourne are having free afternoons and super packed night life. ha
most of us are either online or slacking in the day. judging from the MSN statuses and just random calls to go out tgt.
and tt's y Jan Vince and i met up one afternoon when we were all bumming arnd to go catch 'Yes-man' together.
thumbs up for the movie by me :)
i always liked Jim Carrey's movies. something out from the usual and yet the storyline was pretty deep amidst the jokes and funny antics by him.
went for coffee after the movie at DOME.
next day i met Jan to go shopping at Substance for shoes initially.
but sadly. they dont stock my size. =(
anyhows. we just went window shopping instead.
at least by the end of the day. i got my pair of CNY heels at a steal.
well worth it. it was just 9 bucks at C&K outlet store in Anchorpoint.
seriously i can go shoe crazy there.
ytd..
i met up Charity's family and lunched at Marina Sq.
was a nice japanese lunch and we then decided to go for a round of Bowling too.
lol. it was really fun.
hung arnd and i then had to be back for dinner.
later was supper w Des n Raymond.
back at M-Sq .. Xin Wang Cha Chan Teng
had a good catchup considering i havent seen raymond since i got back.
and got updates on Des' trip to NY and LA. oh man.. he's tempted me so much to go NY for crazyy outlet shopping.
i wanna go NY nowwwww.!
i totally enjoyed the ride in Des' new baby :)
Porsche GT3 in my fav colour white.
took it for a spin....
we sent raymond home and was in a part of Spore that we both didnt frequent often.
had to then made our way back to my place.
upon reaching home. we decided to circle Cornwall rd a bit where Des used to live. right opposite my place.went down the ulu and pretty creepy road that led to his house.
i never dared walk in alone. driving alone in there must have alr took much guts.
it was this area of nice colonial houses that are kept for conservation and rented out by the govt.
huge houses with nice surroundings in the day actually. very cut off the usual style of houses in Sg.
he used to live so close by. we actually used to be neighbours when we were much younger. LOL. then much as i was nearby home. we detoured to Portsdown to check out One Rochester too.
went to check out the restaurants and bars there.
i find it to be a pretty nice chillout place. but i reckon Dempsay still sits better w me.
OneRochester is good for chillouts but yet its more for the office crowd i reckon. gave me a more atas feel and not as casual as Dempsay.
and so by the time we got to my place it was alr abt 2.30am.
looking fwd to catching up with the whole crew again when Justin's here or when Darrell's back.
gonna miss all heaps when im back in Melb. =X
i thank God for wonderful times like this etched as great memories. Always.
&the beauty.
i had my haircut ytd in town.
gosh .. it took the longest time ever and pretty much the whole of my saturday afternoon.
i reached there at 12pm and was only done with everything (waiting for mum, etc.) at 4.30pm.
i had my lunch then and just took a walk arnd town before heading to meet the girls.
met Hui at JP.
the place is so different now after the renovations but its still packed w as much people.
super crowded and now CNY is round the corner too.
but i quite like the new JP. nicer restaurants and shops worth checking out.
i had a good chat w the bestie at Bakerzin before meeting Tabitha at NewYorkNewYork.
was a great meetup w tabi.
i always loved it. it never felt like i've been away for a year and we still hold that special bond.
coming back and meeting up.. it just feels like i havent been away at all :)
i always loved tt when meeting up old friends.
so aft dinner and drinks, we just went to hang out at the nearby park.
reminiscing abt being in NewTown, being in e2/2, having the great bunch of classmates and just the awesome memories shared :)
got home only at abt 2am.
the night before i wasnt home any earlier too.
was out w the OCF peeps.
we had dinner at Imperial Treasure which burnt a hole in most of our pockets.
food was great though.
aft tt we went for drinks at No. 5 on Emerald Hill.
nice place. had quite a bit of peanut throwing too.
liked their martinis and food actually :)
went to catch a late night movie after too.
'Milk' was some movie talking abt Sean Penn who made it to be the 1st homosexual minister and sparked the gay movement.
pretty good portrayal done in the movie and i would say the storyline was pretty good.
got home n i was pretty much gone once i hit the bed. lol
im reeally enjoying the hols back home.
meeting up frens have been the bulk of my dinner times and supper outings.
but its been all good. :)
gonna go get my medical done tmr morning.
till then!
&the beauty.
Happy 22nd girlie!! :)
we celebrated fel's 22nd in Batam this year.
its becoming a yearly affair for us girlies to make short getaways.
it was great fun spending the day at the resort having jacuzzi spa and having foot reflexology as well as the massage.
awesome. felt superbly relaxed after that.
nua-ed the afternoon away enjoying the sea breeze and just tuning in to the slower paced of life and just the simplicity of theirs.
made fel go AWWwww.. with our bday surprise for her. haha. glad she liked it =P
took loads of pictures too.
i really enjoyed my day. :)
im really hoping my cam didnt die on me.
the waterbottle in my bag leaked and now the camera doesnt wanna get switched on. =(
im praying hard it will work tmr. the photos are in there.. arghhh..
God, save my camera!! LOL XD
&the beauty.
