Wednesday nite’s Freak Storm was pretty scary, with all the banging and howling going on even though I was in the comfort of my room. When I looked out the window, the trees were swaying like mad and really looked like they were gonna be uprooted. But thank god I wasn’t out on the roads. I wouldn’t want a tree to come falling on Little Red Riding Hood. After the storm was over, I went downstairs for awhile to enjoy the very cold weather until it started raining and got heavier and heavier.
Today was shopping day with my bitches. We went to Tampines One and it felt like forever since I last went shopping so I needed to spend some money pronto! Bought some clothes for tubs and after that when we went to Tampines Mall, I bought a dress and a top for myself. It made me slightly happier. Haha. When we were done shopping, we all came back to my place for dinner downstairs, slacked for abit, then everyone went home cos Jane was oready stoned from lack of sleep.
Later at nite, I went down for a breather and talked to tubs on the fone, equipped with a full bottle of water and my ciggies and I was just complaining to him how humid it was tonite, compared to the previous nite. And then, with no warning at all, the winds started blowing at full force, and my water bottle which was full got blown to the floor. I wasn’t sure if it was gonna get worse or if it was gonna start raining so I made a dash for home, trying to avoid all the plants that were bending in the wind til it was in my way instead of being beside/ above me. Freaky shit. But today’s is nothing compared to yesterday‘s. At least there wasn’t much howling and banging and by the looks of it from my window, it has more or less clamed down oready. I guess what I was complaining to tubs about was called ‘the calm before the storm’. Haha. I think the east side is quite dangerous now. Haha. It doesn’t help that I’m just beside the sea. And people staying at other parts of Singapore didn’t even feel anything. Damn. I hope it doesn’t happen again man. I can’t take the excitement. Haha.
And now da chix is telling me about the email that’s circulating about Singapore being hit by a tsunami come 22July, asking people to stay away from beaches during the month of July. Thanks ah. Is it only ECP or every beach? Should I, for the month of July, stay in Tuas? Or town? Haha. But hoax or no hoax, we shall see what happens eh. The next time something happens, I’ll be ready with my videocam. Hur hur.
Anyway, every once in awhile, I'll chance upon a song stored in some deep hidden corner in my computer which I have long forgotten about. Here's one. I used to love the Goo Goo Dolls. Their songs just manage to stir up some emotions in me. Maybe it's just 'Iris' from City of Angels that really did it for me. But here's 'Name'. Enjoy~
Asphyxiated at at 2:50 AM
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
10 April - Friday
Good Friday! Public holidays are oways nice. But instead of going to church, we had to wake up bright and early to head down to Mandai for Qing Ming. It’s been a long time since I last went to visit grandpa. The jam there was BAD. The heat there was even worse. After we were done, it was lunch at the old skool restaurant nearby which grandpa loved. Food was good and the place was air-conditioned but I was still so hot that I didn’t have any appetite at all.
Later that night, it was Punggol Park to meet my bitches and the BFs for Jane’s big 26. Haha. Even though it was just a simple dinner, I hope Janey had a good time.
Good Friday! Public holidays are oways nice. But instead of going to church, we had to wake up bright and early to head down to Mandai for Qing Ming. It’s been a long time since I last went to visit grandpa. The jam there was BAD. The heat there was even worse. After we were done, it was lunch at the old skool restaurant nearby which grandpa loved. Food was good and the place was air-conditioned but I was still so hot that I didn’t have any appetite at all.
Later that night, it was Punggol Park to meet my bitches and the BFs for Jane’s big 26. Haha. Even though it was just a simple dinner, I hope Janey had a good time.
Chix left after dinner so the rest of us hung around abit more before dropping by a petrol kiosk to buy snacks, drinks and such and slacked at the lobby at my place and before we knew it, it was damn late oready. Or more like early in the morning. Hur hur. I hope she liked the present I gave her. Haha. It’s as useful as a rubber duckie can get.
11 April - Saturday
Feeling the heat of not being packed and totally not ready for the trip. Ran around pretty much most part of the day, waking up early in the morning for an appointment only to find out I’ve been played out, going last minute trip shopping for sunblock etc, getting my nails done, going to Bryan’s place to get some info and maps, finding a replacement for my morning appointment, it taking a long time to be done, then it was to An’s place for MJ session til morning. *yawn*
12 April - Sunday to 16 April - Thursday
Bali Trip!
I think I’m not gonna blog much about Bali for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, Mandy’s Bali post is as detailed as it can get oready. So go read her blog instead! Haha.
Secondly, Bali fotos are part of a little gift for tubs so I shall not post any photos here before he can get his present.
Thirdly, I’m kinda lazy and have mixed emotions about this trip. I went with people I love, there were many reasons that would make me wanna return, but there were oso hiccups along the way - bad service at a restaurant, con men at a money changer, touting everywhere, scary hotel rooms etc etc etc.
But here’s just some of the photos.
11 April - Saturday
Feeling the heat of not being packed and totally not ready for the trip. Ran around pretty much most part of the day, waking up early in the morning for an appointment only to find out I’ve been played out, going last minute trip shopping for sunblock etc, getting my nails done, going to Bryan’s place to get some info and maps, finding a replacement for my morning appointment, it taking a long time to be done, then it was to An’s place for MJ session til morning. *yawn*
12 April - Sunday to 16 April - Thursday
Bali Trip!
I think I’m not gonna blog much about Bali for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, Mandy’s Bali post is as detailed as it can get oready. So go read her blog instead! Haha.
Secondly, Bali fotos are part of a little gift for tubs so I shall not post any photos here before he can get his present.
Thirdly, I’m kinda lazy and have mixed emotions about this trip. I went with people I love, there were many reasons that would make me wanna return, but there were oso hiccups along the way - bad service at a restaurant, con men at a money changer, touting everywhere, scary hotel rooms etc etc etc.
But here’s just some of the photos.
- Our vices
- The pool at our hotel rooms' doorsteps.
All Seasons Legian @ Legian, taken at 6am
- The beaches
Sanur Beach
Nusa Dua Beach
Kuta Beach
Legian Beach
Ok that's about it. Haha.
And while we were there, there were 2 birthdays-
Aunty Corina’s birthday on the 12th~
My bitch Jane’s birthday on the 13th~
17 April - Friday
At night, together with Chan and Jes, tubs decided to go across the causeway for some bloody shiok zhi char for dinner. After years of going to that particular place to eat, it’s still as good. It was damn shiok man. Piping hot and cooked to perfection. After that was tub’s regular car wash before heading back to Singapore.
Aunty Corina’s birthday on the 12th~
My bitch Jane’s birthday on the 13th~
17 April - Friday
At night, together with Chan and Jes, tubs decided to go across the causeway for some bloody shiok zhi char for dinner. After years of going to that particular place to eat, it’s still as good. It was damn shiok man. Piping hot and cooked to perfection. After that was tub’s regular car wash before heading back to Singapore.
The jam to and fro took so long that by the time we got back, it was about 4am oready. -faint-
18 April - Saturday
Somethings you can never get enuff of. Even though tubs and I had TJZ just before we left for Bali, and Bali was only for a couple of days, but it felt like forever since we last had it so once again, we went and satisfied our craving. This was the pretty sky that greeted us once we parked the car.
18 April - Saturday
Somethings you can never get enuff of. Even though tubs and I had TJZ just before we left for Bali, and Bali was only for a couple of days, but it felt like forever since we last had it so once again, we went and satisfied our craving. This was the pretty sky that greeted us once we parked the car.
After dinner, we dropped by tub’s grand folks’ house to visit them and his uncle and aunty were there as well so after chatting for awhile and promising that we‘ll drop by their house after we were done, we headed to Mandy’s godfather’s wake. I hope my babe and everyone in the family is feeling better. A death is never easy but time definitely helps ease the pain.
After the wake, as promised, we headed to tub’s aunty’s house which was really near Mandy’s place and it was drinking, smoking and chatting the night away. It’s really a wonder where these older folks get all their energy from.
19 April - Sunday
Went with tubs and my girls to Bessie’s daughter’s 1 month celebration. Baby Shania was so cute and very well-behaved even with all the fuss going on around her. It was like a mini mummy’s club at Bessie’s house man. So many babies around. Haha.
If 1 full month celebration wasn’t enuff, someone closer to home was celebrating her full month too at granny‘s house when we went over for dinner! Baby Ellie was a bundle of joy as well and somehow her older brother seemed to be better behaved, now that there’s some serious competition for attention.
At nite after we got home, tubs and I watched ‘Taken’ on DVD. I thought it was quite a good show. Fast-moving throughout which was a good thing if not I would have fallen asleep considering how tired I was.
20 April - Monday
Tubs left early in the morning for his reservist. It seemed like forever since I last saw him in army uniform. Anyway, the family brought Laura to RTC for dinner at the Dining Room.
I do feel quite bad that even though she’s been staying at our place for quite awhile, I haven’t been around much to entertain her simply because our waking/ sleeping hours are pretty different, plus I have been in Bali for the past week. She’s leaving in about 2 days’ time so we’ve got another dinner planned with her the next day. She’s really a nice woman but she’s just a little particular about some things and sometimes I really can’t figure if she’s speaking English or German. Yeah, at times it’s kinda hard to understand her, therefore the minimum conversation. Haha.
21 April - Tuesday
Dinner was at Ricciotti~ (Minus the asshole this time round *cheers*) Laura loves Italian food and I love the pizza and dessert at Ricciotti so I guess it wasn’t a hard decision. Dad went by Mandy dear’s office so I could pass her my Bali pictures and then it was dinner time! Tuesdays are 1-for-1 Pizza days at Ricciotti. Yum yum~ I was near puking at the end of dinner. Other than sharing 2 pizzas, we had set meals which consisted of appetizer, main, dessert and coffee/tea.
21 April - Tuesday
Dinner was at Ricciotti~ (Minus the asshole this time round *cheers*) Laura loves Italian food and I love the pizza and dessert at Ricciotti so I guess it wasn’t a hard decision. Dad went by Mandy dear’s office so I could pass her my Bali pictures and then it was dinner time! Tuesdays are 1-for-1 Pizza days at Ricciotti. Yum yum~ I was near puking at the end of dinner. Other than sharing 2 pizzas, we had set meals which consisted of appetizer, main, dessert and coffee/tea.
Tubs could book out so he came to pick me up. That night, he was so tired but still wanted to talk so I recorded a 17min sound clip of him talking rubbish which was damn funny. Haha.
22 April - Wednesday
The family had one last dinner with Laura at Connie's and the mother just had to piss me off. I think it’s been too long since she last spoke to me cos she was busy gallivanting in the day, entertaining Laura when she’s here, and me being away during my Bali trip. Just a simple dinner, just a couple of minutes, she just had to find trouble with me. I was oready pissed with her last nite so today I was having a hard time keeping it in but because Laura was there, I held back just a abit more, but I’m sure she got my hint. She’s a really stubborn woman. And a trouble maker. And a real hypocrite. And thinks too highly of herself. And oways feels she’s right. And she’s as insensitive as a person can be. And when such a person is stuck in stone age times, there’s only so much I can do before I throttle her to death.
It's a good thing that the pretty sunset outside my window made me feel abit better.
Asphyxiated at at 9:39 PM
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Mum’s bday and the birthday girl got to choose her preferred dinner location. After reading a review in the papers, she decided to go to The Black Sheep Café at Mayo Street. For starters, I didn’t like the location. Go find out for yourself where it’s at. It was as dodgy as a street can get. But anyway, I was hoping for abit more once we stepped into the restaurant but even ambience wise, it wasn’t much. It’s a very small place, probably sits less than 25 people. Décor was sparse and I think they wanted the place to have the antique feel but it just looked anyhow done up at a low budget. But it’s all about the food eventually eh? For starters, we ordered foie gras and brie cheese. Both were good and I was so glad to see some decent sized foie gras cos I love that shit to death. The menu was very limited though. There were just 3 main dishes to choose from - fish, duck and lamb. And 1 daily special - beef. So the 6 of us ordered 2 fish, 2 duck, 1 lamb and 1 beef. Other than the beef, I tried everything else. I think only the duck was quite good. The fish changes daily and I was told for that day, it was NZ fish in batter. I expected it to be deep fried but it came out I don’t even know what. It looked a cross between being steamed and grilled. And it was tiny. It was about the length of your palm, and the width of your fourth finger and your pinkie together. Pathetic and the fishy was so damn fishy it nearly made me gag. The lamb shank was quite a good size and I’m not someone who’s really affected by the lamb smell but this was bad. Moving on to dessert, we had soufflé with ice cream, banana crepes and flourless chocolate cake. My fave? The ice cream that came with all the dessert. The soufflé really wasn’t very good, the banana crepe was far too soggy and the flourless chocolate cake was not bad, but it seemed to be trying to be molton lava cake and it’s not a good sign when once I tried abit of the cake, it made me crave for Ricciotti’s Sofiato. Haha. Lastly, service wasn’t bad. But it wasn’t good either. To order 1 drink 3 times cos they either got it wrong or they forgot to write it down or whatever and still get it wrong, when it came was pretty hard to understand, especially when they write down everything and the whole place had no other customers. So it was really hard for me to understand why. So after all this complaining, I’m definitely not returning there a second time and let me complain here lah. Can’t possibly complain to the mother cos it was her bday and she was the one who chose the place. Haha. Anyway, went home to sing her a bday song, took some fotos and had cake (cookies and cream cheesecake from Bakerzin. I hate to complain so much but I really didn’t like the cake either. Haha.
* Photos with the boy~
Anyway, later that night while I was at my place’s lobby, I saw a man get out of a cab and as he walked, he waved at the cab or whoever was in the cab and just that few seconds of not looking where he was walking, he tripped and fell into the pool/ water feature/ whatever you call that. He caused such a big splash it gave me a shock and he didn’t just step into it. He was dripping from head to toe after he stood up. I’m not sure if he saw me but I sure hope he didn’t cos the poor chap must be embarrassed as hell.
WEDNESDAY
A night was supper at XDL with my bitches. I love sitting outside for supper cos not only can I light up as and when between food, it’s more cooling outside than inside! And we sat there til everybody else left and the shop was just waiting for us to leave before they close up. And that was probably close to 2am. And as we were talking, we started talking about secondary school because somebody decided to put our sec 4 class photo on FB. FaB. Sec 4 was 10 years ago. And somebody suggested we get the entire class together once again and get everyone to stand in the same position as the picture and take another photo. Haha.
THURSDAY
Mel’s birthday! She insists she’s turning 21, ignoring the additions sooooooo HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVE CUZZIE OF ALL TIME!!! I love this girl to death and I’m looking forward to her birthday bash this weekend! Love, Hugs & Smoochies~
In the evening, drove down to Wisma cos Bryan invited us for FCUK’s event and not only was there free booze, discounts off merchandise, cute guys, a fashion show and goodie bag, I got to meet up with all my lovelies, Gong Wen included! Of course Mandy dear couldn’t join us cos that girl is in Greenland! But I’m sure once she gets back, either before or after our Bali trip, we’ll plan another meet-up with full attendance please!
* Whoever has the other picture we took outside Wisma, please send it to me~
When I got home at about 5am and turned on my com, I found out that Mandy had lost her luggage. It’s a terrible thing to happen, especially when you’re in sucha freaking cold country. I hope my dear girl is not too affected by that and I’m crossing my fingers that she won’t have a problem getting or replacing the necessary stuff.
FRIDAY
Watched Fast and Furious 4 at night and I liked it! Cars not as impressive and flashy as the previous ones, but story was pretty good. Worth watching! But Gran Torino still ranks high in the skies. Had some Macs with tubs before the movie and I love the new Chicken Munchees. The 6 piece set consists of 2 nuggets, 2 McWings and 2 spicy chicken fillet. Yummers. I love it all and because it’s only 2 pieces each, it doesn’t get boring.
SATURDAY
Around 6pm, tubs and I set off for his birthday dinner surprise from me. I had requested for good seats and that’s what they gave us. Everything was great except for the mosquitoes and the lack of a sunset cos it was too hazy that day. I brought tubs to Barnacles at Rasa Sentosa and we had a great view of the South China Sea. In fact, we were sitting in front of it with nothing in the way to block us. Thank god I booked it early cos the sun went down really quickly. We had seafood and more seafood and I enjoyed the French Onion Soup and the lobster the most! And the people there were nice enuff to bring out a complimentary Tiramisu cake for the birthday boy and before we left, a group of people came round playing some music and it was nice just sitting there watching them while drinking beer. I hope my baby boy loved it and I’m not going to post a lot of the pictures we took there over here cos he has a special request for his bday present which I shall not reveal.
Ok.. maybe just a teaser.
Dropped by Mel’s party after we were done at Sentosa. I loved her room. Even though the Jacuzzi turned out unexpectedly small, but the whole place was nice. I love big toilets. It even had a couch in the toilet. Even though the room I had for my birthday was pretty big and had a big Jacuzzi etc, Mel’s was really luxurious and cosy at the same time. We didn’t stay for too long though and I forgot to take a picture with her lah. *sigh*
Tubs didn’t want a celebration so after we left Mel’s, we went to pick Chan up and we went to JB for Kway Chup, ILT, ciggies, petrol and car wash. By the time we came back, it was oready close to 3am and so we met Alex at the block to slack.
SUNDAY
Darl’s birthday! Happy birthday baby boy! I love you to bits and hope you had a great time on your birthday. Come to think of it and what you requested for your birthday present, it’s more like celebrating your birthMONTH cos your present/ presents are split up throughout the whole month lor. How sneaky of you eh. Haha.
Anyway, we tapaoed some food in the afternoon and then we went to his grand folk’s place to visit them cos his granny had a fall earlier in the week. We stayed there til it was time for dinner with his family. Dinner was at Honjin.
Everyone used to love the buffet there but this time it was terrible. Everyone barely ate and it was an absolute disappointment. It’s crazy how much the standards have dropped. You know it’s bad when someone can say the best part of the dinner is the fresh fruits. Haha. Went PS to walk around for abit and then it was back to his place.
That’s about it for the past week folks. I think the upcoming week is gonna be quite busy as well, with Jane’s pre-bday celebration, Good Friday, Qing Ming, Mandy dear coming back, Bali trip etc.
It was great meeting Jes for dinner, walk walk and slacking session at Tampines just now man. It seems like forever since I last met her. Hahaha. And now being sleepless once again, thank god for Ling who’s online too. Haven’t had a proper conversation with her in a damn long time man.
That’s about it for the past week folks. I think the upcoming week is gonna be quite busy as well, with Jane’s pre-bday celebration, Good Friday, Qing Ming, Mandy dear coming back, Bali trip etc.
It was great meeting Jes for dinner, walk walk and slacking session at Tampines just now man. It seems like forever since I last met her. Hahaha. And now being sleepless once again, thank god for Ling who’s online too. Haven’t had a proper conversation with her in a damn long time man.
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