Sunday, July 30 | 12:33 pm

edit: when i read my entry, i realised there was foodfoodfood everywhere! so i went back and underlined all the food that was mentioned. haha! so MANYY!

ok so it's my first week away from work! (sorta.)

so let's see.

monday, to celebrate freedom from the system, hattaboy and i went for (supposed) breakfast, which turned brunch. :D somewhere at bukit timah i think. al-azhar eh? dunno lah. i had nasi goreng tiga rasa (three spice fried rice?) and horlicks-cino! and he had fried chicken fried rice (i think), with teh peng AND prata apple on the side! then we slack awhile, and then we hit the gym! wowwee! hehe. and then, we had dinner at magic wok capitol house. omg i can never get enough of magic wok's CEREAL PRAWN, SAMBAL KANGKONG and BONELESS CHICKEN WITH THAI SAUCE! yum! also also, their TOM YAM and FRIED BABY SQUID. but we haven't had those two for some time now. they are 2nd rank. the first three rank TOPS! :D (you may think - there goes the gym workout. right? but noooo, i go gym to burn those excess calories yes, but also to get that heart pumping! cardiovascular health yo!)

tuesday, i stayed home. slept so much i felt SICK. hahahaha. i fell sick from too much resting. woke up in the vicinity of noon, cleaned up after the morning's breakfast, showered, made bed, heated up ayam masak merah (spicy tomato chicken), ate, watched tv and FELL ASLEEP. it was two plus i think. woke up four-ish, feeling nauseous and having a throbbing headache and a temperature! haha. got up, prayed and then i FORCED myself to stay awake cause i was convinced sleep made me sick. and soon, it was tuition.

wednesday was an exciting day! because it was mummyjah's birthday! (hatta's mummy.) oh i went to work that morning. (haha freedom lasted a good 2 days.) well, i had to TAKE CARE OF MY CELLS. i arrived to a chorus of "you're back??", "oh it IS you!" and "what are you doing here??". it was nice though. people missed me! ;)

i did what i needed to do and BOLTED. haha. hattaboy had to drop by his dentist, and so we did. BUT I DIDN'T GET MY FRIED FISH BAN MIAN WITH MILK from bagus IMM! boo! i've been (and still am!) craving thaaat! i thought maybe raffles hospital banquet might have, but they didn't! so i had to settle for sliced fish ban mian ONLY. they don't even have MILK! puii.

ok so we were at bugis to get tudungs! i decided to get his mummy a couple of tudungs! we spent quite a while there, choosing and considering, and poor hattaboy got bored, tired and sleepy.

ok so then that was done, it was back to the west, to secret recipe for chocolate banana birthday cake! whee! :) :) the rest as you can see, were captured in pictures! oh oh the aunt got the mummy a fondue set! so we had fondue too! :D


and theeeeen, thursday right. the plan was to STAY HOME AND STUDY for gre right? because that's what i told ibn i needed the break for. but GUESS WHAT. i got a wake up call at eleven, hattaboy was stranded and bored at ubi, you know why? he was getting his car modified!! the plan was to surprise me. but he got bored and huzer didn't pick up his calls, and he didn't want to wait three hours alone, so no choice, call me!

we had lunch at food culture century square, and i was still looking for my fried fish ban mian (with or without milk, by that time i didn't really care.), but don't have! so i settled for lor mee cause i thought they looked the same, but noooo. YUCK. disgustiiing. puii. oh i also bought a pair of u2 jeans, 50% off! haha. luckyy still got sale! :D

oh then it was back to ubi to pick up the car and complete the finishing touches! we had to search for the honda H for the front bumper and make new license plates. and then we still had time to kill, so we wanted to crash huzer's, but he wasn't home. we did however, intercept him at tj! so the boys look-see the car, examine this examine that, blablabla.. and then it was finally time to pick up the new plates, bring back the H and the plates to the workshop where they were going to fix everything.

soooo end product: hattaboy wasn't too happy. :( boo. i thought it was fine, save for a few minor glitches, but the overall look was fine by me. and over the past week, he's been asking people for opinions, and it's split right down the middle!


ok so comes friday. i spent a good portion of the early afternoon planning my timetable (aargh! so many things to consider; pre-reqs, timetable clashes, lab overloads, uni requirements, oh booo.) and then squeezed in some gre vocab words (which i scribbled onto a couple of white cards and memorised on the train), before getting ready for dinner aaaaaaaat straits kitchen, hyatt hotel!! :D hattaboy's treat, for his mummy's birthday! whoopee! hatta had to fetch his sister from home and mummy from work, so i made my way there myself, hence the memorising on the train. i reached a bit late :P (some things don't change) but a bit only! ;P

ok then goodgood yummy food, YUM! straits kitchen is a buffet with a food-centre feel to it, where they have different "stalls" for the different local/regional cuisine (hence the name "straits"). i always have the same things the few times i've been there. otak-otak, satay, bbq sambal stingray from the malay and chilli crab and oyster omelette from the chinese. so this time i decided to try something new, and i had naan with butter chicken from the indian. yuumm! :) :) and then, i hit the dessert spread! oooh mama! i had my all-time favouriiite SAGO GULA MELAKA!! omg HEAVENLY i liiiiike sweetness!! :D :D (at this point, i'm just rambling and drooling and savouring the memories.) and then i also fell in love with the kuih tat (pineapple tarts), i love their pineapple filling, so chewy and sticky!! oh oh i also tried their custard which i thought was lovely, had little bits of peaches in it. and i wanted to try the ice jelly cocktail and longan and almond jelly, but alas, i discovered that there is a limit to my dessert stomach. oh boo. :( hatta also wanted their chendol which we discovered the last time, but he too had given up. and alas, i didn't take photos of food! too busy shovelling them into my mouth, mMmmM. :D

oh oh and at one point, when we were getting food, i was arguing with hatta about something rather loudly, and the manager who was walking around stopped and asked him "are you making her upset?" haha!

aaand yesterday, saturday. i stayed home in the day, desperately trying to get more gre-prep done, but noooo. i HAD to fall asleep. and then, i woke up with a headache AGAIN. so i'm convinced sleep makes me sick. oh dear me, and sleeping used to be a hobby. :(

hatta spent the afternoon with his boys, soccer and games. but come suppertime, he was mine! hehe. i was craving ayam penyet (flattened chicken? haha!), and so to changi it was for SRI BISTARI THE FIRST AND THE ORIGINAL NASI AYAM PENYET! with all their hanging cocks on the huge purple signboard bordered with flickering lights. (i didn't take photo, so draw your own picture with the description okay?)

actually i was also craving caramel chillino from pacific coffee, so i had wanted to drop by the airport, have coffee and slack for a bit. but nope, the queue for the nasi ayam took so long, it was too late by the time we finished our meal. oh boo. :( oh yes, i also returned babytaz, after abducting him friday night, much to aunty nina's and cousin gumok's horror. haha.

omg i just realised, with all the headaches, nausea and cravings i've been having, it's like i'm pregnant! choyy! hahaha. :P

oklah, so that was my week! whee! i love recounting my days!

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| 12:32 pm


because cik jah is shy and doesn't want her face to be on the net, we shall do this photo by parts. (like integration by parts.) so here are nina and hatta!

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| 12:31 pm


and there i am, with the aunt!

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| 12:30 pm


adorned with jasmine ;)

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check out those socks!

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| 12:29 pm


uh i'm not exactly sure what look we were going for. kindaaaa greek goddess' crown meets tudung!

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| 12:28 pm


look at thaaaat chilli crab!

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| 12:27 pm


with the flower uncle! thank you uncle, i loved your flooooweerrs!

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| 12:27 pm


after a hearty meal.. YUM! :)

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| 12:26 pm


aww would you look at thaaaat..

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| 12:26 pm


kiter pun nak!

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| 12:20 pm


orang tu shiok sendiri agaknyer! kherkherkher!

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| 12:17 pm


red indians! "slap on some props and people will watch and give money." but they were good.

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| 12:13 pm


at the end of the night. after manymany walkwalk and trivia questions, shagged and having a drink at macs!

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| 12:11 pm


abang hippoboy and adik babytaz! where is cousin gumok?

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i love babytaz!

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babytaz cool!

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my two babies! :D

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Friday, July 28 | 12:36 am

stories will come later.

just photos for now! enjoy!~

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:D

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mentel-ing in the car! ;)

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palm trees in raffles city! did you realise?? i didn't!!

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happy couple! :)

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| 12:03 am


birthday cake!! secretrecipe's chocolate banana!

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birthday girl is shyyy. so cannot show her face. so tada! blur people! (but abit scary hor.)

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cut cake!

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homemade fondue!!

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Thursday, July 27 | 11:59 pm


today's generation of cam-hos! ;)

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Sunday, July 23 | 3:28 pm

ok remember the rendezvous and the women-on-a-mission i mentioned earlier? they were actually referring to daniel's (seah) engagement present! hehe.

so wednesday after work, ker yin, shalynn and i hit ikea to gather the stuff. we had decided on a baking set, so to ikea it was to get the cookie jar, rolling pin, mixing bowl, weighing scale and whatever else was relevant. :) and then, we split up the work. haha. i was to get a baking recipe book from kino (since i was meeting rozzie and sya in town that night), shalynn was to get cookie cutters and baking toppings from this place in hougang (since she stays somewhat nearby in sengkang). and ker yin was to cross-stitch their names for either a bookmark or to be sewn onto a pair of kitchen mittens. and then, since everything was so soo huuge and heavy, and i obviously didn't wanna be lugging them around town, ker yin brought them home (since her dad was picking her up from ikea), and i was to get them from her friday night. and i had to hunt for nice cloth and ribbon on friday night for the gift arrangement. and everyone had to pass everything to me by friday so i could put the gift together by saturday. yiikes! haha. it was hell of a lotta work. :P but i'm glad we did it. :) it's always nice to be giving nice gifts!

friday was my official last day at work. i will be continuing part-time, but that would mean i wouldn't see them very often (cause i'll come, do whatever i need to and go.) and no more lunches together! so we had one nice lunch at swensens! and i got a card! :) yayy! thank you guys! but boo, some people weren't there, like jia kai (away at indiana on conference yo. waahh, *salute!*), so hopefully i'll see them around sometime.

then friday night and all of saturday afternoon, i spent wrestling the gift for dan&ting! i had no clue how to wrap the basket and make it look like a hamper with 2m of organza! firstly, after i arranged everything in the basket, there was no way i could turn the basket over to tape the cloth down to the bottom. and it was waaayy too heavy to be manipulated single-handedly. and secondly, i couldn't wrap the basket like a hamper because the organza was too soft and will end up looking floppy. urgh. so in the end i just kinda draped the cloth around. haha. it was a pretty frustrating experience, you know. and it took so long i only met mars and rozzie much later! hehh.

rozzie had a farewell bbq! small scale; family and closest friends only. :) omg GOOD GOOD GOOOOD food. *slurrps* :D bbqed satay, kebab, sambal sting ray, hot dogs and cheese dogs! oOoh yuUmm! hatta didn't wanna leave. haha. i had another bbq to go to; daniel's. anyways, rozzie's had suuuperb dessert (my kinda food!) and cake (her uncle's birthday) too! whee!! :D :D aaaand not only that, i had fiza and diana for companyy!! hehe. and all of them, and i mean ALL, kept instigating me to NOT go for daniel's. including hatta. puii.

but i did go to daniel's. hehe. albeit late, very late. and i finally met the other halves! well, shalynn's, and i saw jerome's wife. hee. was fun, but we didn't stay too long lah. hung around, ate a little, talked to work people, hatta got molested by psycho angeline (wth, woman hands off!!), talked to daniel who gave much advice regarding work and the future, then we left. hehh. the kids (younger ones) had left already, and the remaining were getting drunk. :P

ok so, many photos! some are overdue from the last entry. heh.

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| 3:02 pm


can you see how embarrassed and red he is?? haha!

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the twentytwo year old!

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with the laayydies. i guess there are just too many ladies in the lab, and not enough men. ;) and since the males in the lab are still boys, there are effectively zero men in the lab. haha.

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| 2:59 pm


birthdays are happy days! :) :)

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| 2:55 pm


i couldn't resist. ;) this was at the lifts at work. the lifts are heavenly! mirrors everywhere! haha. inside and outside the lift. perfect for checking your appearance before you go meet someone important. or whenever you feel like. haha. ;)

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| 2:48 pm


lovely ladies from the lab! :)

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oooh, taking photo with one and a half mat sallehs/ang mohs! haha. daniel's only half american.

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more ladies!

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| 2:44 pm


with daniel and rosanna, my lab partner at work.

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aaand some of the other people at lunch. :)

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| 2:42 pm


i got a card! how sweet riight?? hehe. although i'm technically still going to be there, but part-time. and check out the font on the card, weweet! courtesy of shalynn. and they used my favourite photo! it's got almost everyone in the lab. :)

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| 2:32 pm


matching pink tudungs!

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| 2:31 pm


ok so this was when mars was getting ready, and i jumped up next to her to take photo, then i slipped! muker cramp sak!!translated: my face cramp sia. haha.

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| 2:26 pm


rozzie darliing! i can't believe you have to go already!! :( :( anyways, i like this photo cause you can see the back of our heads and rozzie's extended arm in the mirror behind us! hehh.

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| 2:24 pm


with marsielove!

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| 2:24 pm


bumming, eating and watching idol rerun (and commenting and criticizing like crazy) in rozzie dear's room! :) :)

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| 2:20 pm


diii!!! (finally!) hehe. finefine i take back what i said about mr boyfriend being in ns. ;) *huUgs* miss you lah! the elder harun sister. ;)

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and with the younger. ;)

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my favourite sisters! ;) *huUgs*

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my favourite girls! *hUugs* :) i'm gonna miss you so so much rozzie. :(

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| 1:55 pm


that's the gift! took a lot of effort ok. it's a baking set, complete with rolling pin, cookie cutters, mixing bowl, whisks, weighing scale, baking pan and even toppings like chocolate rice, coloured rice, sultanas and coloured sugar beads(or sthg like that)! i had SUCH a hard time putting the gift together, so many things and so heavy!!

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| 1:53 pm


for daniel&ting!!

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with our boyfriends!

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| 1:51 pm


tha's gerald, and that's shireen. oh and ME! :D

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