Yuxin and I saw this dead bird sprawled on the floor, with its two legs showing from behind the tail. We were both grieving for the bird when Yuxin blurted out, "Eh... So sad... It lost its two front legs."
?!?@(?*&%$???????
(No kidding, upon further probing, she did think that birds have four legs! And her defence was, they are aways flying, so who would notice how many legs they have... Right... And we thought Jessica Simpson was a bimbo.)
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After sharing some sex trivia I found in this month's issue of Cleo, Tian'en and I were talking about homosexuality in dolphins. I was interested in knowing exactly how dolphins engage in such behaviour, more specifically, which hole was used as a substitution. My darling went, "Snort?"
(I still don't know the answer. Finally something that you can't find online. If you know the answer, I am VERY interested.)
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Ok, so today's "Mind Your Body" confirmed the century-old myth that eating soya food decreases sperm count. Since we all know that a large proportion of the protein in a vegetarian diet comes from soy products, Tian'en had to rub it in, "So maybe male vegetarians are infertile?"
Distasteful, my dear!! Now we would have no more vegetarian friends!!!
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Disclaimer: These people seem smarter than they really are.
29 July 2008
Days of my life
The past few days have been spent meeting up with friends.
On Friday, I met up with Alvin Tan for tea. Alvin was my NJ friend, whom I meet every morning before morning assembly. Till this day, I still don't know what possessed me then to wake up at 545 every morning, just so that I could go to school half an hour earlier to meet this group of friends in the morning. I would give so much now to sleep half an hour more!!! But dearie, if you read this, I think you have matured a lot:D
At night, I went for the pre-departure talk for the IC freshers. I can kill Zhiyang for making me change my family schedule, just to accommodate this, only to find out that Fiona and Michelle were coming. So my presence wasn't needed! Heh... But we had supper after that, before a small group of us proceeded to a TINYMINI TGIF at Abiel's place, with 5 ppl. Abiel's parents were amazing and cool! OOSH!!
On Saturday, I met up for dimsum with Yuxin, my touch rugby teammate. We updated each other about our lives. It is nice to know that no matter where I go, and how infrequent I reply her emails, Yuxin would always be a good friend! Met WanXuan, another teammate. Too bad I had to rush off for another outing, and couldn't stay long!
Me Yux and Wanxuan
The next outing was with my classmates. As usual, every1 except Min Tze were late. I was late from trying to look for plasters in watson (ok, excuses... "But my new shoes which I bought from H&M were killing me," squeals Cheryl indignantly.) It was funny how I rushed to the train, opened my sms inbox to find 3 smses telling me they would be late. Some things never change. We ate at Shoduko (I THINK TT's what it is called?), some japanese marche thing in Raffles City. Too bad I was too full from dimsum and couldn't eat much. But I think I would like to return again. And after that, we couldn't find anything to do, and ended up standing at various spots in Raffles city while deciding what to do (for at least an hour!). I think we should do something more productive next time, like mahjung or sth!!! Chun Hao already offered his house rite?
5 of us idiots who stood around, after the rest have gone.
Found our way to Long John Silver in the end.
On Sunday, my family and I went to this restaurant called "Tao's Restaurant". THE FOOD AND SERVICE WERE AMAZINGTOPNOTCHEDUNCOMPARABLYGOOD! Basically, you pay a fixed price for a 7-course dinner set, from which u can choose the starter, main course, desserts etc. Eat the steak! Medium rare! UMMMMM!!! The waiters were also very meticulous, offering to give us extra bowls when they saw that we were sharing our food etc. I cannot stress how much importance I place on good service. I would recommend it to anyone!!! It was a treat from my sis and I to our parents, so I am glad everything turned out fine.
Today, I met up with Ade, my neighbour for 9 months in London in the afternoon. Wanted her to try this Chilli Ginger Chicken rice from Thai Express. It set me on fire the last time, so I was really curious in finding out whether it would do the same to her. I could only bow my head to her in respect. Tian'en had set a challenge to her to not drink any water while eating it (this guy had to dunk the chicken in his soup to rinse some of the gravy off before eating). She took up the challenge and only sip some water when she was halfway through. Plus, she finished the gravy. I had to scrape the gravy off the last time I ate it, coz it was too much for me. That was quite a feat.
My evil look, before Ade consumed her death sentence. Never did I realise I was really giving her pure bliss with that poison.
Ade looking pretty (Sorry, Ade, that I have to rip it off you coz u din send me this pic.)
I tried the Olive rice, which I remembered her recommending last year. I can't believe I never ordered it before. IT WAS SO GOOD. Even better than the curry soft-shell crab, if you ask me. I am going to try the one at Addie's, if I can.
Me with Olive rice!!! Love it!
Had a great chat with her. She is a good listener. It is funny how we stayed so close to each other in year 1 and 2 in college, but never really gotten round to knowing each other well. I really should reach out to more people, so that I won't regret never knowing a good friend-to-be.
On Friday, I met up with Alvin Tan for tea. Alvin was my NJ friend, whom I meet every morning before morning assembly. Till this day, I still don't know what possessed me then to wake up at 545 every morning, just so that I could go to school half an hour earlier to meet this group of friends in the morning. I would give so much now to sleep half an hour more!!! But dearie, if you read this, I think you have matured a lot:D
At night, I went for the pre-departure talk for the IC freshers. I can kill Zhiyang for making me change my family schedule, just to accommodate this, only to find out that Fiona and Michelle were coming. So my presence wasn't needed! Heh... But we had supper after that, before a small group of us proceeded to a TINYMINI TGIF at Abiel's place, with 5 ppl. Abiel's parents were amazing and cool! OOSH!!
On Saturday, I met up for dimsum with Yuxin, my touch rugby teammate. We updated each other about our lives. It is nice to know that no matter where I go, and how infrequent I reply her emails, Yuxin would always be a good friend! Met WanXuan, another teammate. Too bad I had to rush off for another outing, and couldn't stay long!
Me Yux and Wanxuan
The next outing was with my classmates. As usual, every1 except Min Tze were late. I was late from trying to look for plasters in watson (ok, excuses... "But my new shoes which I bought from H&M were killing me," squeals Cheryl indignantly.) It was funny how I rushed to the train, opened my sms inbox to find 3 smses telling me they would be late. Some things never change. We ate at Shoduko (I THINK TT's what it is called?), some japanese marche thing in Raffles City. Too bad I was too full from dimsum and couldn't eat much. But I think I would like to return again. And after that, we couldn't find anything to do, and ended up standing at various spots in Raffles city while deciding what to do (for at least an hour!). I think we should do something more productive next time, like mahjung or sth!!! Chun Hao already offered his house rite?
5 of us idiots who stood around, after the rest have gone.
Found our way to Long John Silver in the end.
On Sunday, my family and I went to this restaurant called "Tao's Restaurant". THE FOOD AND SERVICE WERE AMAZINGTOPNOTCHEDUNCOMPARABLYGOOD! Basically, you pay a fixed price for a 7-course dinner set, from which u can choose the starter, main course, desserts etc. Eat the steak! Medium rare! UMMMMM!!! The waiters were also very meticulous, offering to give us extra bowls when they saw that we were sharing our food etc. I cannot stress how much importance I place on good service. I would recommend it to anyone!!! It was a treat from my sis and I to our parents, so I am glad everything turned out fine.
Today, I met up with Ade, my neighbour for 9 months in London in the afternoon. Wanted her to try this Chilli Ginger Chicken rice from Thai Express. It set me on fire the last time, so I was really curious in finding out whether it would do the same to her. I could only bow my head to her in respect. Tian'en had set a challenge to her to not drink any water while eating it (this guy had to dunk the chicken in his soup to rinse some of the gravy off before eating). She took up the challenge and only sip some water when she was halfway through. Plus, she finished the gravy. I had to scrape the gravy off the last time I ate it, coz it was too much for me. That was quite a feat.
My evil look, before Ade consumed her death sentence. Never did I realise I was really giving her pure bliss with that poison.
Ade looking pretty (Sorry, Ade, that I have to rip it off you coz u din send me this pic.)
I tried the Olive rice, which I remembered her recommending last year. I can't believe I never ordered it before. IT WAS SO GOOD. Even better than the curry soft-shell crab, if you ask me. I am going to try the one at Addie's, if I can.
Me with Olive rice!!! Love it!
Had a great chat with her. She is a good listener. It is funny how we stayed so close to each other in year 1 and 2 in college, but never really gotten round to knowing each other well. I really should reach out to more people, so that I won't regret never knowing a good friend-to-be.
27 July 2008
Thank yous...
This was meant to be published on 29th June, but due to the crappy internet, I couldn't uploaded my pictures. So this is published only now. Apologies for the delay!!
29th June 2008
So I am blogging this right after I blogged about Borough. Sorry that the chronological sequence was wrong. I thought that I would have time after my exams to type this entry but having to evict outta the house the day after my exams end took more time than I thought. I ended up spending the entire night packing my room.
Anyway, what struck me most was the difference between this year’s revision period for exams compared to the previous ones in my life. Somehow, I felt the love and support this year from my friends more than previous years. It is probably due to the fact that I am staying so near to everyone this year, so it makes it easier for everyone to give support to each other. It is really a tough exam period this year, despite me being more prepared compared to last year, due to LOTS of unforeseen circumstances which I would not elaborate here. It had been a bad week and I hope it would be over soon.
So, in no order of importance, can I thank the following people:
PS I am going to try to insert random pics of these people at the same time to remind myself of the times we had during the year.
Jin Yang
Thank you for cooking for me after your exams. I know you tried to clear as much of the house as possible so that I didn’t have to rush too much and I really appreciate that, otherwise I would still be packing now. (But it’s your own fault that you left your ginseng behind, so it’s not my fault that I forgot to help you pack it too!! :p ) You gave me honey and fruits when I was falling sick, and offered to do all the dishes after my exams. THANK YOU!!!
Gabriel Cher
Thank you for settling our new house stuff during our exam period. Must have been tough on you. I always look forward to the times when you knock on my door to just have a chit-chat about everything. Although it had been significantly less frequent than last year, just talking to you kept me sane. You chased those lonely nights away. Now that you have a bigger room than me next year, maybe it would be my turn to pop into your room^_^
Gabriel during JY's bday. He looks like the bday boy here.
Zheng Yuan
Thank you for doing all the random things whenever I don’t expect them. Buying a full pack of Wangwang from 
This was the picture taken from the famous "ZY got drunk" night at Gardening Club. You'd think he was sober from this pic.
Kenneth
Thank you for the support you gave during the revision period. You are such a wonderful coursemate, always assuring me and standing by me. The bitching sessions we had, the strolls home to and from school, these formed a structure around my days which helped me push through. While we may not be exactly coursemates next year, I hope we can still maintain the same intimacy we share this year.
(Now that I have finished complimenting you, can I see your dog when you return please?)
Kenneth's CUTE DOG. Now can you understand why I want to see his dog? I used to own one of these dogs, making this dog extra special! (Btw, I am not saying that Kenneth is not worthy a picture here. I just want a particular picture of us sticking our faces to a balloon, which I can't find on my com. So this will have to do while I wait for Kenneth to come online.)
Adeline and Chong U
Thank you two for the sushi on the night of the last paper eve. Really made my day that day, since it was THE day I needed emotional support so badly. Luckily both of you were still around, since most were gone by then. I am sorry I didn’t show much gratitude that day as I felt, because I was still numbing myself from the pain I was going through that evening. Thank you Ade, for cooking dinner for me when you could and allowing me to take refuge in your house during construction period. Thank you Chong U for buying that yummilicious hor fun for me when I was with Ade (Love house, love crow.).
They even put the sushi in some nice packaging and wrote on it! So sweet and thoughtful right?
Daryl
Thank you for popping by sometimes to spice up my mundane life. Exam period would have been different without you, since you were the only one who didn’t give a damn about exams. You have the uncanny ability to make one forget about their exams. Urgh… I already dread next year’s exams.
Daryl licking the sweetest apple I can find in London (from Manila supermarket, btw). Looks a bit wrong, but I would like to think of it as appreciation of the apple (compared to JY who had, by then, finished the apple)
Francine
Thank you for making pancakes for JY and me! They were delicious!!
Francine and Hong'en, together against all odds.
And of course there were so many of you who sms-ed me words of support. Those msgs I kept in my phone (for reference next year, just in case I receive none.)! Shitty week I went through this week, but nevertheless, I am glad I had good memories of friends to pull me through!
25 July 2008
CABS!!!!
Been back for a few days now. URGHHHH!!! Took my 1st cab ride since the price hike. OH MY GOOOODNESSS!!! I think I would leave my house earlier from now on, and take the bus!! It was really a combination of bad luck and the price hike really, which caused the cost to come up to a hefty $20!!!! The last time I saw that amount, it was when I took from Bishan to Changi dock. I was only travelling from Holland Rd to Hougang this time round!!! It was really bad luck, because the radio broadcaster had just finished mentioning the MASSIVE traffic jam when we just turned out from the slip road right smacked into the MASSIVE jam. However, we made it out at the next exit, thankfully, much to my wallet's relief.
Yes, I have made TE promised me to eat only hawker fare when we are out together for the next few days, to punish myself for spending that amount just because it was raining.
On the other hand, the trip was for him!!! So it wasn't really senseless wasted money. In the history of our relationship, CABs have come in handy when I needed to give my boy a surprise. I love receiving surprises. And because of that, I love giving surprises. Always do what you want others to do to you (although I have learnt the brutal truth that this is not always the case).
Anyway, back to the importance of CABs.
In dec 06, when I returned to Sg for the 1st time, TE couldn't come meet me at the airport coz he was in NS. So I decided to catch him at home before he went to work. Unfortunately, NS guys have to start work at unearthly hours, and my dear boy had to leave house by 0615. So I had to wake up at 5am, to take a CAB to his place to surprise him. It was rather horrible, given that I only had a measly 4hours of sleep before my alarm clock went off, waking both my mum and me up. I can't remember what I told my mum I was doing up at that hour, but I must have been lying, since she didn't know I was attached at that time. When I reached his place, it was drizzling. BUT ALL MY BOY THOUGHT ABOUT DOING WAS BRUSHING HIS TEETH B4 OPENING THE GATE, WHILE I STOOD OUT THERE GETTING WET!! I think I gave his family a greater surprise than I gave him.
Cab fare: ~$12 (due to midnight surcharge)
OKOK!! The next one is a classic drama scene... DRUMROLL...LL...LLLL
In summer last year, I decided to pop by his place to surprise him at night, since I was already out. I was really excited meeting him, since I bought some cookies, cheesecake and a ~*~pretty~*~ (I have been called a bimbo by two ppl separately recently, so I thought why not live up to my name) heart-shaped cake for his family and him. There was really nothing that could go wrong, the worst being me catching him in bed with another girl. Or so I thought. After spending $5 taking a CAB from AMK to his place, I called him only to find him asleep. His dad had to wake him up to pick up the phone. So picture this- I was outside his house, with my bag full of goodies and excitement, while he was in there knocked out to the world. When his dad passed him the phone, TE was still in a semi-conscious state. It took me 5 minutes to get through to his head that I was waiting outside for him. When he finally got the message, his first reaction was, "Huh, why you come at this time? " (This time being 2230. WHICH IS NOT VERY LATE!!!). Of course, the now-rational me knows that he was knackered from his NS work, and just said that out of exasperation. BUT the excited lilo chick wasn't expecting that, and the sense of disapointment just came crashing down on her. The only thing she could do was muttered, "Sorry... I shouldn't have come." into the phone and walked off. Crying.
And of course, TE was desperately calling her, while she rejected his calls. Finally she sat down on the curb and picked up his call. He found her. He apologised. She apologised (NO, she din apologise for coming unannounced, because that is the definition of surprise. She apologised for not understanding that he didn't mean what he said when he said those -!@#^%#- words.)They ate ~*~pretty~*~ heart-shaped cake. They played on the swing. She took CAB home. He paid.
Cabfare: $5 to get there
$10 to get home
And today, I decided to pop by to surprise TE again. We hadn't met for about 20hours, and I missed him. We were not gonna meet tmr either, so I thought it best to try to see him today. Had tea/dinner with Michelle (which went quite well!! Miss her so much!), and bought this crunchy blueberry tea cake for TE and family. It started raining before Mich and I reached the bus stop, only to find that we were at the wrong bus stop!!! URGH!!! I don't know what possessed me then, but I decided to ignore ALL warnings which my friends gave me before I returned to Singapore and hailed a CAB. These friends had warned me that the hike was a steep one, one that bordered on madness BUT they didn't say that it would SHOCK me. I would have waited till 8pm before hailing the CAB if I knew that it is 35% surcharge for peak hours now. I boarded at 1955=( And the rest is history...
Cabfare: $20
Yes, I have made TE promised me to eat only hawker fare when we are out together for the next few days, to punish myself for spending that amount just because it was raining.
On the other hand, the trip was for him!!! So it wasn't really senseless wasted money. In the history of our relationship, CABs have come in handy when I needed to give my boy a surprise. I love receiving surprises. And because of that, I love giving surprises. Always do what you want others to do to you (although I have learnt the brutal truth that this is not always the case).
Anyway, back to the importance of CABs.
In dec 06, when I returned to Sg for the 1st time, TE couldn't come meet me at the airport coz he was in NS. So I decided to catch him at home before he went to work. Unfortunately, NS guys have to start work at unearthly hours, and my dear boy had to leave house by 0615. So I had to wake up at 5am, to take a CAB to his place to surprise him. It was rather horrible, given that I only had a measly 4hours of sleep before my alarm clock went off, waking both my mum and me up. I can't remember what I told my mum I was doing up at that hour, but I must have been lying, since she didn't know I was attached at that time. When I reached his place, it was drizzling. BUT ALL MY BOY THOUGHT ABOUT DOING WAS BRUSHING HIS TEETH B4 OPENING THE GATE, WHILE I STOOD OUT THERE GETTING WET!! I think I gave his family a greater surprise than I gave him.
Cab fare: ~$12 (due to midnight surcharge)
OKOK!! The next one is a classic drama scene... DRUMROLL...LL...LLLL
In summer last year, I decided to pop by his place to surprise him at night, since I was already out. I was really excited meeting him, since I bought some cookies, cheesecake and a ~*~pretty~*~ (I have been called a bimbo by two ppl separately recently, so I thought why not live up to my name) heart-shaped cake for his family and him. There was really nothing that could go wrong, the worst being me catching him in bed with another girl. Or so I thought. After spending $5 taking a CAB from AMK to his place, I called him only to find him asleep. His dad had to wake him up to pick up the phone. So picture this- I was outside his house, with my bag full of goodies and excitement, while he was in there knocked out to the world. When his dad passed him the phone, TE was still in a semi-conscious state. It took me 5 minutes to get through to his head that I was waiting outside for him. When he finally got the message, his first reaction was, "Huh, why you come at this time? " (This time being 2230. WHICH IS NOT VERY LATE!!!). Of course, the now-rational me knows that he was knackered from his NS work, and just said that out of exasperation. BUT the excited lilo chick wasn't expecting that, and the sense of disapointment just came crashing down on her. The only thing she could do was muttered, "Sorry... I shouldn't have come." into the phone and walked off. Crying.
And of course, TE was desperately calling her, while she rejected his calls. Finally she sat down on the curb and picked up his call. He found her. He apologised. She apologised (NO, she din apologise for coming unannounced, because that is the definition of surprise. She apologised for not understanding that he didn't mean what he said when he said those -!@#^%#- words.)They ate ~*~pretty~*~ heart-shaped cake. They played on the swing. She took CAB home. He paid.
Cabfare: $5 to get there
$10 to get home
And today, I decided to pop by to surprise TE again. We hadn't met for about 20hours, and I missed him. We were not gonna meet tmr either, so I thought it best to try to see him today. Had tea/dinner with Michelle (which went quite well!! Miss her so much!), and bought this crunchy blueberry tea cake for TE and family. It started raining before Mich and I reached the bus stop, only to find that we were at the wrong bus stop!!! URGH!!! I don't know what possessed me then, but I decided to ignore ALL warnings which my friends gave me before I returned to Singapore and hailed a CAB. These friends had warned me that the hike was a steep one, one that bordered on madness BUT they didn't say that it would SHOCK me. I would have waited till 8pm before hailing the CAB if I knew that it is 35% surcharge for peak hours now. I boarded at 1955=( And the rest is history...
Cabfare: $20
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