Within the blink of an eye, we are now 7 years older. Oh yea..and that also means I have just revealed my age. Haha. Here’s presenting the yummy Awfully Chocolate banana choc cake, courtesy of Elsa:

Marcus also performed a very lame magic trick, but I have to admit it was very entertaining. It was so hilarious we were in stitches. Check it out here:

First, JW & I had a gathering with my ex-colleagues at Seow Yuin’s house, where we indulged in pizzas and all things sinful, such as my favourite dessert, Baked Alaska, all thanks to Hsing! SY’s hubby, a very jolly fellow, entertained us with home-made videos of their holiday trips in 2007.

Regardless of whether they are miners of saboteurs, they are all dwarfs. Silly JW wasn’t aware of this, and he thought he was a saboteur when he was actually a miner! Hahaha so you could imagine, he helped the saboteurs win the game when he was actually a miner. My bf is such a joker man. Hahaha.

After the game, we attended a funeral of a climber’s dad. Her dad passed away due to cancer of the blood vessels, a very rare type of cancer. It was very unexpected as he only felt unwell 2 months ago, and the doctors couldn’t find out the true cause of his ailments till recently.

Such is the fragility of life. So much can change in so little time. Incidents like this always make me ponder about the transience of life, which in turn emphasizes the importance of living life to the fullest, a life filled with love and meaning, not one that is consumed by work and materialism.

Surprisingly, I didn’t shop much. I just couldn’t find anything to buy!! Let’s see now… I bought a pair of Roxy slippers, a ring from Diva, 2 tops from Mango sale, 2 hairclips, 2 pairs of wide-legged pants, 2 lipglosses and 1 lipstick from The Face Shop (slightly cheaper in Msia!!). Erm, now it sounds like I bought a lot of goodies.. =X

I climbed a little too. I completed 3 routes and everyone said that I am a natural ok…don’t play play Hahaha. But given my laziness and lack of motivation to exercise, I doubt I’ll actually pursue climbing as an interest.

If anything, I’m more likely to pursue sleeping as an interest. Haha. Hey, that’s something I can do with JW too, cos both of us enjoy sleeping! 😛

The cobra king was in town!!! Don’t JW’s ropes resemble snakes?

Two Spidermans on the wall.

Oh and that’s me..posing with the tiles. I exemplify the true qualities of a Singapore Idle.

Group shot. I think this was taken on the 3rd day, the day when I finally decided to don sportswear to shut the marshals up. See..it’s more difficult to spot me now right? 😛 This was also the day that I completed 2 routes. Haha.

To his utmost relief, the box contained a colourful paperweight, and not nappy rash cream.

My present to Shumei was a cute cat stuffed toy. The cat was holding on to a dead fish. The dead fish refers to Yap. Hahaha.

So as to save Yap from any embarrassment, I shall not reveal why he is a dead fish. 😛
Jess gave didi a nice muji photo album
JW gave Ruixuan a NDP chalkbag and a swiss army knife. I got 3 bottles of bodyshop shower foam from Ruix — perfect for overseas travel!

I made JW use a facial mask. Don’t ask me why he looks like Hannibal. I think it’s just him. Hahaha.

Pretty christmas decor at Mid-Valley Shopping Centre

Cute little hamsters posing for the camera

We stopped by Malacca on the way back to Singapore. The food was finger-licking good!!

Chicken rice balls. The rice balls were not as tasty as the chicken rice, but the meat was delectable.

Savouring authentic chendol. I’m still salivating at the thought of it.

The right side of my cheek is very sensitive now, and I’m using Avene’s soothing mask to calm it down, in the hope that it’ll recover within a week. 🙁

I’ll be travelling to Malaysia in a couple of days’ time with my bro, JW and his friends. They’re going there to rockclimb, while I shop and do my girly stuff. I’m too lazy to exercise, much less climb.

I’m not particularly crazy about shopping there, so I guess I’ll go for manicures/pedicures and maybe a relaxing spa session if it’s not too pricey. If not, I’ll probably just laze around there :P. I could do with some hair treatment too.

I fell in love yesterday. With Chanel. But once again, I couldn’t bear to part with my money. Between the 2 Cs, Cash and Chanel, I’ll always choose the former, but I can’t deny that my determination wavered yesterday when I tried on the gorgeous bag.

I’ve known Nana since primary school, and it’s a miracle how we ended up working at the same organisation last year. Although we have since left for greener pastures (greener for her I think, as she can now embark on her journey to “taitai” hood!! haha), we managed to keep in touch all this while.

I wish I could have a cosy and personal wedding dinner, just like hers, but I doubt it’ll ever materialize.

We’ll be having all our distant relatives at the dinner..eeks!!! I pray none of them ever stumbles across my blog *keeps fingers crossed*. Seriously, what’s the point of having 50-60 tables when you don’t recognise 60% of the faces in the crowd? Sigh. We can’t complain since we aren’t footing the bill (psst…I’m immensely grateful for that!). 😉

At Nana’s solemnization 🙂
JW & I were the emcees. I can’t help but notice how sincere he looked while delivering the oration. Hahaha. I looked like I was trying hard to memorize the entire speech. 😛

This time around, I stayed at The Regent. Unlike some people who fear staying in a hotel room all by themselves, I love staying by myself when I am overseas. Thankfully, in my organisation, we all get our own rooms when we travel overseas.

I embrace freedom, and having everything all to myself. 😛

Check out the bathroom’s open concept. Perfect for the exhibitionists. The blinds are automated, so if you have guests over, you can shut the blinds.

I had the 8-course dinner set while JW took the 4-course. No photos of the food though. Both JW & I agreed that while dining in such an ‘atas’ restaurant was an interesting experience, we are certainly no connoisseurs when it comes to food. We much prefer the simple pleasures in life, such as char siew rice, duck rice, salted duck soup and mango sago dessert Hahaha.

If I really had to pick an upmarket restaurant to dine in, I would still choose The Cliff over Au Jardin. Nonetheless, I cannot deny that the service at Au Jardin is impeccable. The waiters made sure that I was treated like a princess, and all of them wished me happy birthday at one point or another during the dinner.

Stealing a shot of my beloved bf

The movie started off well, but the ending felt incomplete. We both felt that the plot lacked substantiation and was seriously lacking in many areas.

Camwhoring in the car while we were stuck in the Orchard Road jam.

It has been a while since I last spoke formal Mandarin. Thankfully, I was still rather fluent although we did not rehearse the script at all (right, Nana?? HAHA).

JW & I literally rushed down from work at 615pm, only to reach Raffles Hotel at 645pm. The CBD jam was horrendous and the cars were travelling at snail’s pace. I hurriedly changed out of my office attire at Raffles Hotel before proceeding to the ballroom at 7pm. Fortunately, we arrived in the nick of time, if not I think Nana would have lapsed into a state of panic hahaha.

Nana’s wedding was a very warm and cosy affair. She had about 10 tables in the Casuarina Suite and there was a lot of mingling and photo-taking with the bride and groom, very unlike the usual wedding banquets, where the wedding couple darts from one table to another with hardly any interaction due to time constraints.

The ballroom was illuminated by glowing chandeliers and tastefully embellished with textured ornate draperies and plush seats, adding grandeur and elegance to the occasion. As a guest, I was very happy to be able to share the ceremonial bliss of my lovely friends. Needless to say, the bride looked gorgeous in her stunning Victorian-inspired gown, complete with intricate embroidery and beading details. On the other hand, the groom, beaming with pride (having won the heart of his fair maiden :P), wore a radiant smile on his face throughout the evening. It was one of the loveliest wedding ceremonies I have attended so far, and I thoroughly enjoyed basking in the glow of the wedding couple.

Nana, I look forward to receiving the photos from you!!! 😀 I want to post here can? 😛 I don’t dare to post the one that we took together using my camera because you insisted it was very ugly although I swear it’s not 😉

Just to share some photos that I took during the banquet:

Casuarina Suite

JW & I

We’ve heard many raves about Barfly, but we both thought that it was just above average. Perhaps we should try out the food dishes next time. 🙂

I don’t always go for the finest things in life and as some of you may know, I do not have very deep financial resources to tap into. Besides, I am definitely much friendlier than your other so-called “atas” people, some of whom could be very arrogant. I’m not as “princessy” as I look lah pls, and neither am I very prim and proper. 😛
Don’t believe? Ask JW Hahaha. He claims I am very fierce, violent and that I behave like a boy. 🙁

Looks can be deceiving!! 😉

Her mum, Reyna, is one of my good friends. Until now, I still can’t quite believe she’s a mum. Haha!! She ‘s still so youthful and slim. Ah..the perks of being a young mum. 🙂

I can’t imagine ever being pregnant though. The thought of giving birth scares the daylights out of me, not to mention the aftermath of pregnancy, which involves weight gain, stretch marks, sleepless nights.

Come to think of it..the young mums I know don’t seem to have these problems actually. If anything, their weight gain seems to go to their bust!! 😉

Hmm..okay..maybe I’ll think about giving birth within these couple of years. Not until after marriage of course.

Huifen is a friend I got to know through my translation course. It has been 2 years since we graduated from the course, but many of us remain close friends to date. Sigh..I miss those times!! Every time we meet up, we can’t help but reminisce about the good old days in Beijing. I guess the Beijing leg of the course really brought us closer together. We had so much fun despite the grueling classes.

We did our assignments together, cooked our meals together, went out to play together and went to school together. They even celebrated my birthday with me!

Late one night while we were doing our assignments in Yoke Hui’s room, bare-faced and clad in our dowdy pyjamas, we got bored and decided to play with my make-up. I literally brought over my entire stash of cosmetics (ya i’m like the vainest of them all) to her room, where we unleashed the prowess of our make-up skills. Karen tried her hand at blending bright clashing shades on her eyelids. Sounds strange I know, but we all agreed the look suited her very much!

I did smoky eyes for Yoke Hui, which turned out really well in my opinion. However, when I tried it on Tung San, somehow she turned out looking like a panda hahaha. Thankfully, the Beijing zoo keepers were fast asleep at that unearthly hour, if not our poor Tung San would probably never have made her way back to the sunny island of Singapore! For all we know, Tung Tung could have become the next big thing in the Beijing Zoo *chuckles*.

We all had such great fun doodling on each other’s faces till the wee hours of the morning that we forgot to take photos. But evidently, the fond memories that remain etched in our minds never fail to bring smiles, laughter and endless chatter to the table. 🙂

I love these people!!

Lub,
Ribena

The servers were quite the jesters, and their service was immaculate. The steak, though rather tasty, paled in comparison to the steak we had at The Cliff@Sentosa (which also had a better ambience even though the price is about the same).

I also couldn’t help but notice that the servings at Morton’s were large enough to feed an entire village in Ethiopia.

Haha just check out the generous steak portion and the gigantic asparagus!! It was a waste because I couldn’t finish eating my portion. I was quite tired after a hard day’s work too and I looked like a wreck next to my ever so youthful bf haha.