Hiatus

Sorry i have been away for a bit.

Finals are coming and i am SO GOING TO PERISH!!!

Seriously, this is the stupidest i have ever felt in my life. I can't even be bothered anymore because no matter how hard i try, i will never be good enough here. SCREW YOU NUS!!!

Its been a great semester though. Gained lots of friends, lost some in the process. Learned who my real friends are and who are just two-faced retards.

But i am really glad for everything because i am SO MUCH MORE in touch with my beloved friends than i ever was. Especially in F6, i seemed to have shut everyone out. Now i am letting them back into my life and i am SO SO SO grateful for them. Without you guys (Adeline, Eileen ,Esther and Olivia), my life here would be a living nightmare. I am exaggerating but you get the gist.

Especially Adeline. I pity how much crap she has to hear from me for these few months. So much its not even funny. I am SUPER DUPER grateful for her. And i love the way she can make every crap situation SO FUNNY. You know you've done well chong when you made me laugh like a loony in front of the screen. 

And my brothers in NUS. Love them so much. Never thought i could trust anyone in such a short period of time. Alisha, Nitya, Samira, Shaniya and Raniya are my darlings. My sisters in NUS. I can tell them anything in the world and i will know that they will be there for me.

Alisha and Nitya are inseparable. I love how they complement each other. FUNNY SHIT when they are together. Never fail to make me laugh like an idiot. Boisterous though they might be, they are AMAZING FRIENDS. Never fail to give me good advices and make me feel better about sucky stuff.

They are also wonderful on their own.

Alisha, never fails to look past my facade into me. Not many people can do that.  And i appreciate that.

Nitya, childishly mature. Amazingly genuine.

Samira , the elder sister that i never had. Incredible how much sense she makes of everything.

Shaniya, amazingly experienced. Winks.

Raniya, contagious laughter and passion. Bundle of joy

All in all, NUS is a rather amazing place after all.

Hey!

OMG.

PAINSTAKINGLY TYPED OUT A POST.

ALL GONE.

SUCH IS LIFE.

IT SUCK SO BAD!!

summary of my idle days ( Part 5)

Okay people, this will be the last post about my idle days. In fact i am SO lazy to do this but i shall persevere.

This time it is about ROLLY POLLY OLI's BIRTHDAY BASH!!!!

Olivia suprised by her gift

The confused giraffe had a birthday celebration/ reunion at Pondorosa. Lovely eileen provided me with the transport there. I love eileen, she always offers me transport. Otherwise i'll be stuck at home!

The food was yummy. If i remember correctly, we had butter rice, rendang chicken, fish cooked in sweet sour sauce, veggie and fruits. We also had the YUMMYLICIOUS CREAM PUFFS!!!! Thank you SHUPEK for the treat.

Waiting for food

After the makan session. We just chilled at the lounge. The deejay cum waiter put on some REALLY BAD SONGS.  We then took matters into our own hands and VOILA , the party begans.

Group picture

The girls!!

After a while, Leroy suggested that we play this game where we have to impersonate the people in the MTVs. If the crowd is not satisfied by the performance, the person performing would have to answer a question. Kind of like an ADVANCE truth or dare.

We gave up on the game after a while and just partied to the songs instead.

Finally, Confused Giraffe cuts her birthday cake. Yummy stuff but we had an argument about the flavour of the cake.ROFL.

Too lazy to go on.


P.S : Sorry about the pathetic post. I felt really lazy to post this but i had to get it out of my system.

P.S.S : No pictures of elfie as i am blogging with my laptop.


Toodles

summary of my idle days ( Part 4 )

I LOVE MY FRIENDS AND I LOVE SHOPPING!!!!

So when i get them both at the same time, its WHOHOO!!

When Adeline aka Budak Chong came back from Malacca, we NEEDED to SHOP. Its in our blood. But where shall we go? Anywhere in JB is just sad. Well i know. SINGAPORE!! Now we have found our destination, we round up our shopping kaki, Nithya the poor monkey that was eaten by a man.

So the 3 of us went on a shopping spree!! As i had something to do in NUS, the two lovelies accompanied me there and on our way back , we overheard the most PECULIAR and INTRIGUING conversation. Something along the lines of  " I have been to almost all the Starbucks in Singapore. So i know which are the best ones to study in. If you need to know i can tell you. I will recommend the best studying spots for you! ". Like what in the world??? The 3 of us suppressed our giggles and gosh, i think i felt a couple of capillaries bursting.

We went to Takashimaya if i remember correctly. SHOP SHOP SHOP! TILL WE DROP!! Budak Chong and Nithya the Monkey were sobbing silent tears in Cotton On because the stuff that they bought earlier are ALL ON CRAZY SALES.

Had MOS burger for lunch. For dinner, we ordered carrot cake, Singapore prawn noodle, popiah and shared among us. I love sharing food. Some may hate it but i LOVE IT. Makes me feel closer to the people i am sharing with and the food taste better!

Budak Chong and I.

Cam-whoring over ice-cream

Chong + Monkey

Whatever.

Girls, please stop.

Sorry we CAN'T!!

Adeline decided that the trip was not enough as we were regretting about the things we did not manage to buy ( insufficient funds). So the next week , both of us invited another shopping kaki, Sharmilipede to join us in our shopping!!

This time round we went to Taka again to get the stuff that we missed out. BUT all GONE. POOF. FINISH. NO MORE. Feeling disappointed , we went around scouting for Subway for lunch. DAMN HARD TO FIND !! Walked like crazy before we located our morsels. YUMMOS!

Then we ventured to Bugis. I introduced Sharm and Adeline to the wonders of that place. Both of them SHOPPED LIKE CRAZY! Me. Not so much as i just went to Bugis a couple of weeks earlier.

Both of them had Pepper Lunch for dinner. I ate the leftover Sub i had for lunch.

Sharmilipede and I.

 NICE!

I HEART MY FRIENDS SO MUCH!!

THANKS TO BUDAK CHONG, NITHYA THE MONKEY AND SHARMILIPEDE FOR THE WONDERFUL TIME AND MEMORIES !! LOVE YOU GUYS TO BITS !!


NEXT UP : Outing with long lost KL lovelies and Olivia the Confused Giraffe's birthday bash and more!

Toodles.

summary of my idle days ( Part 3 )

Usually i am a skeptic about marriages. I will have dozens of arguments about why one can be NOT married AND enjoy the company of  your other half  AND still be very happy. To me, marriage is fragile. We cannot keep two people together FOREVER just because they have a marriage certificate. Things change. People change. Feelings change. Nothing is forever. Not getting married just simplifies the process that one has to go through when changes come.

However for this SPECIAL occasion, I am willing to stash my cynical comments away and bask in the beautiful ambience of marriage.

History : This cousin of mine, Charmaine is my best cousin ever. Her mummy, my beloved aunt takes care of me since i was a little baby. They are like my second family. LOVE THEM LOADS!!! Anyway, Charmaine always bring me to places and shower me with gifts ( i promise i will do the same to her children when she have some) We care about each other and are very close.

AND SHE IS GETTING MARRIED!!

Usually, i kind of hate it when people get married.  Its not that i am bitter and hate all happy things. It is just that i hate being dragged to wedding ceremonies of people i barely know (eg : some cousin i barely spoke five words to for my entire existance), acting like i sincerely care when i do not give a damn. Wedding receptions are good though, food changes everything!! XD

This time round. I am really excited !!

Reasons:

• I like my cousin's husband-to-be. 

He is Jason. He is nice and sweet to my cousin. He is also very filial to my uncle and aunt. He hits on well with everyone in the family ( i've got an uncle who act as if he has got diamonds in his mouth, when he opens it the diamonds will drop out ). And, he brings me to places!! Once he brought us to have a ride on the " Eye of Singapore " . Whee!! Generally , he is a great person.

• I get to be the maid of honor.

Okay, its only right get excited as it is my FIRST time ever becoming a maid of honor. Great honour!! WHEE!!

• I love my cousin!!

On the BIG day, i arrived early at my aunt's place to get ready. All the bridesmaid were there . I arrived the latest, big shot. HAHA. Nolarh, my dad's problem. Always slow. Anyway, got ready and the groom finally arrived!!

Dressing up.

My uncle and aunt putting on the veil for my cousin.

Arrival of the bridegroom, Jason.

What would a wedding be without pranks by the bridemaids.

Leg waxing so that guys can understand the pains of being a women.

Drinking sour, sweet, bitter and spicy juices ( " suan tian ku lak " in chinese) symbolises the ups and down in their relationship.

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Putting fresh cream of the chest of a guy and asking another guy to LICK IT UP!! GROSS BUT SUPER FUNNY. Laughed till i teared. I suppose this is just for the sake of fun?

Groom writing or rather , scribbling messages to the bride using his mouth.

Rolling hot eggs through the pants of one of the guys by the groom. This look so wrong!!

Declaration of love in ten languages.

YAY!

The groom kisses the bride.

Fyi, the groom was let in easily as my great-grandpa (GGP)  arrived after the groom and well, obviously  my GGP cannot wait outside as he is very OLD (but healthy). So the groom conveniently came in after my GGP. Oh well.

Tea ceremony.

Serving tea to my uncle and aunt.

My cousin putting on the golden necklace that he bought for his sister. Sweet!!

OMG. Something happened to me during the tea ceremony. I was seriously tearing up. DUNNO WHY!! I was so touched by the entire ceremony. Never in my life had it happened before. I quickly stashed my tears away before anyone notices and laughs at me.

Girls' Power!

Then i followed my cousin to the groom's place. Tea ceremony there.

Jason's parents at the tea ceremony.

My cousin's friends then dropped me back to my aunts place . Charmaine's friends are as whacko as my friends are. Jokers. Went home from there to get ready to MAKAN at the reception at Straits View Restaurant.

Nice decor!

Writing wishes to the newly-weds

My aunt look so gorgeous right?!

Happy Happy

Oh the cake looks GOOD.

Group picture.

My family attended the wedding reception in Ipoh too. Gluttons. We travelled around Ipoh eating all the good and famous stuff. I realised that those restourants love to put up pictures of celebrities that visited their place before. Could the pictures be photoshopped?

Group pic in Ipoh.

We also went to Penang's Kek Lok Si and Gurney Drive. More yummos. I could literally feel my arteries clogging by eating those yummy but sinful goodies. On our way back, went to Malacca for Capitol Satay. YUM!

NEXT UP : Singapore trips with Budak Chong , Sharmilipede and Niya The Monkey and more!!

Toodles.

summary of my idle days ( Part 2 )

Woohoo!!

Its travelling time!

After i stopped working in Citibank,  I received the invitation for some NUS reception in KL. I also needed to go for a Japanese Scholarship exam (which i sucked in, duh!!) in KL . So i called lovely esther and asked her about any cheap and nice accomodation in KL since she had been residing there for years. LOVELY esther ACTUALLY OFFERED ME TO STAY AT HER PLACE !!  How AWESOME can this friend be???

So i took her offer up and OFF TO KL !!

Travelling there was rather tiring but it was alright as the seats are rather spacious. Fyi, esther insisted that i travel using Causeway Link and it was a great choice. I later found out that there is an art of selecting the correct bus company to travel with.

I waited for esther and melissa in the Bukit Jalil bus station for a while as mel had an interview and then they were caught up in a jam.

Then, YAYNESS!! Finally met them. I felt really glad as it has been a long long time since i saw my old friends. XD

WE had dinner at Kenny Rogers. After that, we went for grocery shopping in Jusco.

I stayed in esthers and mel's place. Three of us bunked in the same room. FUN! Esther and i chatted till we fell asleep leaving mel to check out the routes for the next day.

CLEVER MEL!

Three of us manage to arrive at the NUS reception savely. No comments about the reception. Tsk Tsk. For tea , the hotel served wonderful cookies that we KEPT eating. We regretted not bringing tupperware to tapau those lovely treats. Esther suggested tissue paper though. How typical of us, right?

After the reception, we had a walked through Petaling Street. Drank the wonderful Lor Han Kuo drink and had fantastic beef noodles (recommended by mel ) for lunch.

I look funny, i know. Just wanted to show you guys the drinks okay!

Esther and I

Beef noodles!

Three monkeys!

Showing off my new shades! Mel sure knows how to haggle for a good price.

On our journey to Sungei Wang

Then, we WALKED to Sungei Wang. Yes. WE WALKED. Not a good suggestion though. Our legs nearly snap into two when we reached there. Miraculously, all our fatigue melted away when the shopping began. We shopped and shopped and shopped. Bought lots of stuff. Obviously. Ouh ya, esther treated us to  yummylicious durian pancakes. SEDAP!

We then travelled back to Sunway Pyramid for our movie. We were almost late so we didi not have dinner. We were to tired to feel fungry anyway. After the movie, the girls brought me for a treat in Italiannies. Had lagsana and a great cappacino dessert (cannot remember what it is called). Mel also suprised us with Krispy Kreme. Yums.

The pie!

Went back to hostel and chatted about everything under the sun. From religion to spooky stuff back in Convent. I even remember the last conversation with esther before i conked out was about Elvin Ng and his body. Muahahaha.

The school. Had a hard time locating it.

The next day, esther accompanied me to the exam place. SHE WAITED FOR ME THE WHOLE TIME OUTSIDE THE HALL. LIKE FOR HOW MANY GODDAMN HOURS. Poor esther, such a nice friend. After the exam, she brought me to the bus station, made sure i was save and then only she leaves.

I am so grateful for a friend like esther. So selfless and kind.

YOU"LL BE MY BESTFRIEND FOREVER ESTHER!!!


NEXT UP : My gorgeous cousin's wedding and more!

Toodles.