Eating time again!

Yesterday, again had lunch at Lao Beijing, this time with bro and Sally, my bestfriend :) I was actually craving for dimsum, but they don't serve dimsun on weekdays! Ended up having La Mian.. Well it was pretty good as well..


Dad and Bro


Sally and Moi :)

Had KTV in the evening. Real impressed by bro's voice.. He impersonates Jay Chou real well! Recently he told us how serious he's about singing and he wished to practice with a professional in US! Surprisingly, my dad supports his idea! I thought my dad will against it though.. Hmm can't really understand parents nowadays.. :p

Today had great dinner at Tokigawa in La Piazza! The food was *slurppp delicious!! Great ambience, great place, great service, friendly staff, great food, reasonable price! What else you could ask from a restaurant?!

La Piazza is a great eating place! It's an open concept design surrounded by restaurants. The idea is similar to China Square central though.. But they have great live band performance there.. Perhaps the combination of Esplanade and China Square.. Too bad I forgot to bring my camera.. But well it's a place worth visiting :)

Blackout

It's been real long since the last time I experienced blackout in my house. Apparently they are conducting a review on electricity usage in my area. Ridiculous eh! haiz..

Anyway just checked out the archives that Indonesia is running out of electricity! The government has lost Rp 2.02T in 2004 and Rp 5.9T in 2003! I wonder how they survive man! We're running out of fuel too.

*sobs.. My poor country.. :(

GodSis' Wedding

It was a real tiring day.. Moreover we had meals like there's no tomorrow! -_-"

Not feeling well now, I guess still too tired.. Well have fun viewing the pics though


Update:

Wedding preparation has never been easy, esp. chinese christian traditional wedding! Yes I agree with you Fiona. It's really taxing! Tea ceremony, church reception, wedding dinner.. *phew.. NEVER!

My godsis and her hubby had to wake up at 4am. The crew showed up at their premises at 5am, filming the make up process etc! Tea ceremony in the morning, church reception in the afternoon, lunch and make up late afternoon and dinner in the evening. The whole thing ended at 11pm! I wonder how could they enjoy their first night after the whole day event!

If I ever got married, I would make it real simple, skipping all these stupid tiring events. Perhaps just a normal simple dinner with family and friends? Anyway, what matters in the end is the love between me and my hubby. After all, we are the ones who will spend the lifetime together through goods and bads.. hopefully though..

Spent my whole days wearing high heels and had sore feet afterwards! Moreover I fell sick the next day. Haven't really recovered from the past illness I guess. I slept my Monday off basically while my family went to have delicious padang lunch with my godparents *tsk tsk tsk.. *sob sob sob..

Precious Thoughts

Just some thoughts about family..

Ever since my Mom's death, I realize how small my family actually is, left with only Dad and Bro. I learnt the pain of being left and regrets of not being able to do something for my Mom. To me now, Dad and Bro are the most important people in my life.

I remember how caring my Dad and Mom were when I was young. They showed their cares in different ways, but I know they love me lots. Even up till now, I still feel the care and love from my Dad and Mom :) I'm really grateful to be their daughter *hee.. :p

I'm real proud of my Bro too! He has grown up well and become a nice gentleman. Still remember how we used to quarrel and fight a lot back then. But well, things changed after my Mom's death. We understand and share with each other more. I really love him lots and lucky to be his sister..

For the past four years, I learnt the importance of family. Whenever I felt sad and real down, it was my family who lifted me up and gave me new hope in life. They were the only ones who stood still beside me through good and bad times. Well, I'm not saying that they'd still defend me when I'm at fault, but they guide me back to the right path.

Today again I experienced my Dad's love. I woke up in the morning with gastric pain which turned out to be gas in my gastric. Seeing how terrible I was, my Dad massaged me to help me let out the gas, but it was to no avail. I slept for awhile and woke up with nausea.. When I stood up, suddenly I felt dizzy and lost my conscious. I fainted.. Luckily, my maid was around so I didn't knock anything when I fell. My Dad was real worried and brought me to doctor..

I still remember the last time I fainted when my Mom was around. I was having 39deg fever. Fainted when I was walking to the bathroom. After I regained my consciousness, I saw her crying and calling my name to wake me up. It shocked me to see her crying as I know her as a very strong woman..

Mom, Dad, Bro.. I love you aLL!! Thank you for everything..

ShoppiNg DaY

*phew! I'm real beat! Spent 6hrs shopping today.. earned myself a new pair of sandal, a nice blue-green clutch, five pieces of clothes and a set of taz car accessories :) hehehehehe.. But then the price here is pretty ex! And the goods are mostly from Thailand or China! Darn!

Who ever said that Indo is cheaper?!! I enjoy shopping in Singapore more esp around this time, Singapore Great Sale.. Bought this nice FCUK top at CK Tangs for only $24.50!! Saw real nice bargains at Changi Airport! Like IPod mini for only $165.50 or Fuji FinePix for only $250!

I find it pretty tough to shop here.. perhaps due to different fashion and style? I guess the fashion in Jakarta follows those in HK or Korea mostly. They are not wearable in Spore. I'd look totally out of place!! *haiz.. really feel that I've lost my identity somehow..

Anyway I had my first home-cooked dinner yesterday. It was real great! Grilled fish and fried praws! *nyumm slurpp.. My maid is real good at cooking. Shan't let her cook too often.. I tend to overeat when eating her dishes.. Can die really -_-

Bought a nice PC games Law & Order II: Double Or Nothing. It's a detective-attorney game thingy. Kinda interesting though. Too bad it only has one level. Took me 2days to finish the game :) Looking for other series now :) hahahahah.. Yeah I'm kinda geeky now I guess :p

29

It's amazing how I see no 29 so many times in a day! And 29 is my birth date too!

First, I had lunch at Eaton with Dad and the table we were sitting at was 29!

Second, I went to Taman Anggrek Mall to shop. When I came out from the mall, I saw a car with license plate 1029. And when I entered my car, I saw another car with license plate 7929! Too good to be coincidental? I think so too!!

I asked Dad to buy no 29 and 9, and it came out 1292! Darn! If only it was 1929! I would have won more man! But well I earned $60 :) heee...

Tadaima :)

It feels great to be back at home really! I miss my room the most! As the saying goes, room sweet room ;) The feeling of sleeping in your own bed is real good J I had a very good rest that night.

Been eating lotsa good food for the past 3 days! Huaaa.. Moreover, there are so many new restaurants here! F&B biz is really booming I guess.

First day, dined at Banana Leaf Curry House. It should be the branch of Malaysian Banana Leaf restaurant. The rating was good: nice place, nice ambience, reasonable price and importantly nice food!

Second day, had dimsum at Lao Beijing Restaurant with Dad. The Xiao Long Bao was real good, even better than Crystal Jade’s one. Great service and real reasonable price. In fact, it was pretty low for such grade restaurant. Well, I’d come back again for sure J They should improve on food variety though.

Yesterday, had lunch at Sari Bundo Sati, the new Padang restaurant in Pluit. The food was not really good and price was ridiculous! It’s the first and last I eat there trust me.

Pampered myself in saloon with hair treatment and manicure-pedicure J Here is so much cheaper compared to Singapore! I couldn’t believe that it only costs me $10 for manicure-pedicure and the service is so much better! I spent like $55 for manicure-pedicure back then! Stupid moi!!

Longggg Dayyys

*phew* I'm beat! Been running here and there for the past few days. Went to submit my deferment application to MOE yesterday. Fudan has finally faxed me the admission letter after long difficult conversation on the phone! Now I can finally go back to Jakarta! Yeah! :)

Just got my medical check up results today and everything was alright! Only my blood pressure and my body's fluid are pretty low. I was advised to drink more water :p Well that's good news I guess!

I watched Mr & Mrs Smith today. The show was real interesting. It was a romance action movie which focused on the Smith relationship :) I would recommend you to watch it though :)

Been really tired. I guess I'd just stay home tomorrow and relax before flying back home. Really really exhausted..

Finally Busy!

Just had my medical check up at Raffles Hospital yesterday. It was fast, smooth and painless :) The staff there were really friendly and helpful! I enjoyed the hospitality that was given. Going for my review on Thursday. Let's hope everything will be just fine :)

Yesterday I blew up like $500 in a day! Paid for medical check up fee, gown, shopping etc -_-" Saw this great bargain from FCUK, a nice sweet red top for only $24.50! Hell yeah it's the brand that matters! ahhahaha.. ops! :p Anyway when I told James about my spending, he was like 'WHAT?! you have spent like my entire trip traveling expenses' Now kinda feel guilty :( *sobs

Not really feeling well today. I guess it was due to the blood test. They took pretty much blood there man! Been feeling dizzy and feverish the whole day. Went for swimming and now I feel even worse.. Haiz! Thought that a little bit of exercise might help..

Well finally I got something to do! In fact, I'd be running few errands starting from tomorrow onwards! Gotta change my mailing address at banks etc, go to school for some admin stuff, go to MOE to apply for bond deferment *phew* and finally, going back to Jakarta on Sat! Let's pray everything goes well else I have to stay another 2-3days!

Love Me

Apparently I'm pretty bored now. Been doing nothing much today. Wasting my day playing stupid pirate game and browsing the net. Haha.. yeah what a way to waste my time eh.. Gosh! Life is too short to be wasted this way man. Really I just have NOTHING to do!

Well I found this great singer, Janice M Vidal (Wei Lan), mix of Korean Chinese Phillipino who grew up in HK. She has this unique charismatic voice. Just released her debut album in April 2005. All the songs in the album are Leon's popular songs. Same songs different lyrics. I kinda like her version though :p

Check out her songs at http://www.amusic.hk/

This is one of my fave :)

Love Me (Acapella)

Wish you'd bring me candies
when I feel lonely
dream that you were my husband-to-be
in 365 all I ask is one name it after me

Wish you'd write my name
on your favorite palm tree
look in my eyes love is all you can see
night and day I dream that things are the way
before will you love me more

Where when and why did you make me cry
Loneliness has become another part of life
Tears running strong and angels have gone
Don't know how to carry on

Baby I need you now
I need your arms to hold me tight tonight
Please turn the lights down low
and feel my body glow whisper and flow

Baby I need you now
I need your strength to hold me down tonight
the world is out of sight
cause you are all that I've been searching for
the way you make me feel adored

Thanks B35!

Results are out! YaY! I cleared everything! Miraculously! Actually I was hoping for better results, but I have to be content with the current one as I didn't put much effort into my studies. Well, my study in NTU has ended. Au revoir mon ami! :)

Time flies eh! It seems as if it was only yesterday when I enrolled into NTU. Look at me now! I'm a graduate! Officially an engineer! Electrical and electronic engineer! I wonder what I have learnt so far tho.. hmmmm :p

Still remember my first week in NTU. I was always late for classes as I didn't know my way. Running here and there from North Spine to South Spine to attend lessons. Come to think about it, I was truly diligent and hardworking in my first year. Sadly, it only stays for one year :p I wonder what happened to me though heee..

My first year class was real great! We spent lotsa time together, be it lectures, lunch, dinner, revision, outings. They are great people! Without them, I wouldn't have been who I am now I guess. Thanks Jenson, Dexin, Ji Yan, Chin Khye, Fang Qing, Cindy, Dong Ting, Tanna, Wei Ling, Lawrence, Damian, Doreen, Esther and everyone whose name I missed here. Sorry not that I forgot you, but I guess it's too long to write 21 names inside :p

Remember the outing we had at Clarke Quay? You guyz brought me to pub as I just reached 18 that time. We had great time there. Chit chat and play by the river side which I mistook for drain! Yeah still remember the stupid G140 exam question regarding Singapore River. I was stupid enough to ask 'Singapore got river meh?!' hahahah.. I couldn't forget that outing man! It was when I found out that liquor causes rashes to my body!

I really had lotsa great time together with you guyz, esp Jenson my great buddy! Thanks for showing and bringing me to lotsa places e.g. all sort of farms behind NTU, Boon Lay market, Johor Bahru etc. Remember we went to refill fuel and had durians in JB after our G140 lecture? hahaha.. it was great man! We spent lotsa time man really! Lunches, dinners, suppers, late nights in your hall! You're my greatest buddy! I'm so fortunate to know you :) All the best for you and Yingyi yeah!

I learnt that you can't judge a book by its cover. Although Dexin looks real big and scary, but he's actually a very nice guy. He's always full of smile, helpful and gentle towards girl. He has a very kind and sensitive heart despite his built :) He's B35 big teddy bearz! Thanks for being my guarantor Dexin. I wouldn't disappoint you I promise ;) I won't runaway lar :p