hey blog, last week was supposed to be a holiday, but apparently it was nothing different. guitar called me back from tues to fri. session durations ranging from 3hs to as long as 9hs. yeah, it was nuts, considering that we already prac 3 days a week on normal school days, each 3hs. some more today i spent 5hs at republic poly, just to familiarize itself with the syf venue. haiz, i wonder how much more of my time will be munched off by guitar... argh, it's all because of syf.
sad things aside, looking on the brighter side... on tues, the women in my family, i.e everyone except my dad (we kept him in the dark, lol) went out to 'celebrate' my b'dae. okay, it was more of a treat given by my sisters. da jie treated us on the dinner and erjie, on the movie. mom, da jie, er jie and i headed to ps. walked around, couldn't find a decent western restaurant (western food was what i requested for), and we ended up in the dreaded cafe cartel... lolz, i've been there a substantial number of times, but i never had good encounters (food was expensive and a particular sandwich i once ordered was too salty...), and thus a bad impression had formed. anyway, since all of us were females and in constant pressure not to get fat, we ordered 3 main dishes (although there were 4 of us) and a side order of cheddar fries. this time, somehow, the food was better, n i didn't feel the pinch as da jie was paying for it all. :) after that, we walked to the cathay to catch a movie, marley and me. oh btw, mum didn't want to join us as she felt that movies are a waste of time and money, and felt that she wanted to shop for necessities. that's my mum for u, she didn't bulge despite us persuading her a little. marley and me was pretty cute and FUNNY at some parts. certainly heart-warming. :) at the end of the day, i was a little exhausted, but i had a great time with my sisters and mum.
skip forward to the weekend. on fri, i was soooo sad, why? cos survivor was not aired... on sat, i baked a batch of pretty successful oatmeal+walnut+choc chip cookies! apart from what i did, i've received 2 new things that i hold very dear to me. they are my bible and my TABLE TENNIS BAT! yay!!!!! yippeee! for the bible, i have finally an old king james bible, not the new king james version (which was the one i was having), it was a little hard for me to follow my pastor, who uses the old kj, and my congregation too. also, my table tennis bat! im so in love with table tennis now, and i can't wait to spar with my dad, lol, he represents his club in table tennis, but i believe that with my perseverance, i will beat him one day. :) anyway, an update about my sports profile, i love table tennis, soccer and tennis. :) hehheh, can't help but profess it here. :D
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
6teen!
yeah! im 16! haha, growing older means more burdens and miseries in life.. nevertheless, i will try to face life with optimism, which is a high order for me, someone who often feels suicidal. gah, life is soooo hard... but i will survive, erjie said so. she too had felt more or less this way when she was my age, so i will press on!
here i am, sitting in front of the computer and eating my aglio olio, cooked by mum!.
i shall recount significant things that have happened to me since last week
1. on wed, eating with my beloved sisters at shokudo, the heeren. we wore erjie's treadless shirts. haha, try to spot what our shirts are saying! (mine isn't shown but it shows birds and bees, yup.. mature theme, hah, but i was almost 16 then, can lah!) erjie's was counting sheep and dajie was a cow and a chicken staring at an egg with cow spots, wondering whose offspring it is. haha, very interesting designs huh.
this event was speical to us as it was our first official outing together, with only the three of us, with the aim to spend quality time with each other. and sure we did! erjie han a $30 voucher (haha, from spending over $70 eating there with her 'bf' during chinese new year) so we ate without much constraints expenditure wise. dajie had sashimi avocado sushi (my FAV!), erjie had some noodle, i had soft shell crab and rice. these dishes were shared among us, and on top of that, we had a pork dish and a desert, honey butter waffle. the bill came up to $50 and i treated them for the remainder that was not covered by the vouchers. haha, how sweet of me! oh man, after the meal, my stomach was almost bursting at its seams. yeah, i was that full. hehe, after that, i played a little with a choc saleswoman, ate her samples (i couldn't resist chocs!) and then got my sisters to reject her offer to purchase a box of choclates. haha
2. on sunday, after church, my family and i went to bliss, a western restaurant at pungol park. we had a blissful dunch there, but at the end of our meal, it started to shower, then it stormed! it was quite terrifying as there was a lightning bolt, so powerful that it crippled the restaurant's electricity. good thing my family was leaving already. outside, at the carpark, there was torrents, so it was extremely inconvenient to get to the car. and the water was getting threateningly high, so high that it could wet the engine and then spoil it. fortunately, we managed to hop into the car safe, thanks to the good service the staff had. in the car, mum thanked God for protecting us, it was an experience but definitely not one pleasant.
3. today. my birthday. school was normal, however, i was severely disheartened by the results i got for chem and phy.. surely not good enough for me! hah, and lemme tell u about my deceitful clique! during recess, janice apologised in behalf of the clique, saying that they haven't gotten a present for me cos common test just ended and they had no time, and that they promised to get me one by next week. (i should've realised that she was a 'sneaky' one and there was something fishy). anyway, i thought that was the end of the story, so i said it was okay. i was a little disappointed, but sort of expected it, haha, some 6th sense. so i didn't show my disappointment.
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skip to the time just before chapel.... while i was doing a maths ws with elyssa, one of them (janice or diane or sam, or maybe all of them!) placed an enormous orange bag in front of me. and the alarm in me rang. MY PRESENT! haha... the surprise was good, haha, partly also cos i was an easy bait. it was a beautiful basketball! oh man, i refused to shed tears, though i was a wee little on the verge to, haha, im too tough a nut to crack. the ball had their signatures, very complementary to ball, it made it feel as if it was a prized ball which had a collection of 4 famous stars! very ingenious to me. and there was a card too! heh, not so ingenious here, but it had their sweet notes for me. the content was basically the same, just expressed in four different manners and ink colours. haha, the content obviously was their immense love for me.. of course.. haha, ego...
okay, that's all for now, i had durian! (mumsy bought my fav food!) n later i will be having crab and a birthday cake! yeah! will tell u another time!
now for the pics!
at shokudo:
3 sisters and our spread. background gives the oriental feel, great atmosphere
spastic! haha. the food was SHIOK!
at bliss:
me here with my chicken + corn + baby potatoes + cheese + ham + onions. it was very rich food, i abandoned the thought of getting fat!
mumsy with her alaska king crab and rice. alaska crab tasted really unique, flaky(in a good way)
dad and his shank with mashed potato! haaz he ate it to the bones and then start going a little obsessed with the socket. haha, he said that it was ball and socket, er jie rebutted, said it was something else, hah, i forgot...
erjie and her aglio olio seafood, she LOVES it... almost always ordering this whenever we come to western restaurants
here i am, sitting in front of the computer and eating my aglio olio, cooked by mum!.
i shall recount significant things that have happened to me since last week
1. on wed, eating with my beloved sisters at shokudo, the heeren. we wore erjie's treadless shirts. haha, try to spot what our shirts are saying! (mine isn't shown but it shows birds and bees, yup.. mature theme, hah, but i was almost 16 then, can lah!) erjie's was counting sheep and dajie was a cow and a chicken staring at an egg with cow spots, wondering whose offspring it is. haha, very interesting designs huh.
this event was speical to us as it was our first official outing together, with only the three of us, with the aim to spend quality time with each other. and sure we did! erjie han a $30 voucher (haha, from spending over $70 eating there with her 'bf' during chinese new year) so we ate without much constraints expenditure wise. dajie had sashimi avocado sushi (my FAV!), erjie had some noodle, i had soft shell crab and rice. these dishes were shared among us, and on top of that, we had a pork dish and a desert, honey butter waffle. the bill came up to $50 and i treated them for the remainder that was not covered by the vouchers. haha, how sweet of me! oh man, after the meal, my stomach was almost bursting at its seams. yeah, i was that full. hehe, after that, i played a little with a choc saleswoman, ate her samples (i couldn't resist chocs!) and then got my sisters to reject her offer to purchase a box of choclates. haha
2. on sunday, after church, my family and i went to bliss, a western restaurant at pungol park. we had a blissful dunch there, but at the end of our meal, it started to shower, then it stormed! it was quite terrifying as there was a lightning bolt, so powerful that it crippled the restaurant's electricity. good thing my family was leaving already. outside, at the carpark, there was torrents, so it was extremely inconvenient to get to the car. and the water was getting threateningly high, so high that it could wet the engine and then spoil it. fortunately, we managed to hop into the car safe, thanks to the good service the staff had. in the car, mum thanked God for protecting us, it was an experience but definitely not one pleasant.
3. today. my birthday. school was normal, however, i was severely disheartened by the results i got for chem and phy.. surely not good enough for me! hah, and lemme tell u about my deceitful clique! during recess, janice apologised in behalf of the clique, saying that they haven't gotten a present for me cos common test just ended and they had no time, and that they promised to get me one by next week. (i should've realised that she was a 'sneaky' one and there was something fishy). anyway, i thought that was the end of the story, so i said it was okay. i was a little disappointed, but sort of expected it, haha, some 6th sense. so i didn't show my disappointment.
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
skip to the time just before chapel.... while i was doing a maths ws with elyssa, one of them (janice or diane or sam, or maybe all of them!) placed an enormous orange bag in front of me. and the alarm in me rang. MY PRESENT! haha... the surprise was good, haha, partly also cos i was an easy bait. it was a beautiful basketball! oh man, i refused to shed tears, though i was a wee little on the verge to, haha, im too tough a nut to crack. the ball had their signatures, very complementary to ball, it made it feel as if it was a prized ball which had a collection of 4 famous stars! very ingenious to me. and there was a card too! heh, not so ingenious here, but it had their sweet notes for me. the content was basically the same, just expressed in four different manners and ink colours. haha, the content obviously was their immense love for me.. of course.. haha, ego...
okay, that's all for now, i had durian! (mumsy bought my fav food!) n later i will be having crab and a birthday cake! yeah! will tell u another time!
now for the pics!
at shokudo:
3 sisters and our spread. background gives the oriental feel, great atmosphere
spastic! haha. the food was SHIOK!
at bliss:
me here with my chicken + corn + baby potatoes + cheese + ham + onions. it was very rich food, i abandoned the thought of getting fat!
mumsy with her alaska king crab and rice. alaska crab tasted really unique, flaky(in a good way)
dad and his shank with mashed potato! haaz he ate it to the bones and then start going a little obsessed with the socket. haha, he said that it was ball and socket, er jie rebutted, said it was something else, hah, i forgot...
erjie and her aglio olio seafood, she LOVES it... almost always ordering this whenever we come to western restaurants
dajie and her codfish dish. very fresh fish. :)
today:
mum's very own attempt on aglio olio, she did it a few times before, but they were freaking healthy, im glad that today i have a succulent serving of mussels and other shell fish.
my presents!
the spalding basketball my clique bought for me! and the card. haha, here are elyssa's and sam's signatures.
and here are diane's and janice's. haha, diane told me to take shots at every angle of the ball, so that i will still remember how the signatures were, if not they will be gone forever when i start playing with the ball and all the ink will be 'scratched' off. hawh, but i shall only take 2 pics, if i do what diane suggested, i would have to infinity shots!
and lastly, a surprise from reaiah! haha! a photo frame or rather a 3-in-1 photo frame. i guess she hopes that i will always have memories of her. heh, i see her almost every week when she comes for tuition...
once again, i wanna express my heartfelt thanks to my family and friends for making my birthday special! :)
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