I’m going for a holiday trip to Taiwan and Hong Kong with Dear and his parents this Saturday. I had planned it in June on purpose coz I wanted to avoid any seasonal change in weather which we had encountered during our Taiwan trip last August. But it looks like the weather is not going to be kind to us when we are there! There are high chances of thunderstorms in Taipei and a typhoon in Hong Kong. I just msn-ed a friend who’s working in Shenzhen now and he said the typhoon ‘Fengshen’ just arrived this morning. Strong winds is sending his windows to rattle and he is forced to work from his apartment. Scary~ I just want to have a sunny day while we do our shopping! Got to arm ourselves with raincoat & strong umbrellas!
Praying hard that the bad weather will be gone soooooooon!
I know it’s not good to compare with others.
But people who are not in my shoes, will never understand how I feel. Not that I don’t appreciate what I have now, but it’s the people around me who’s forcing me to feel that way.
And it’s hard to ignore and live the way as I am now…
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Yippee~! Today I just found out my uni mate is working at the same building as me! I saw him this morning on the bus but didn’t call out to him for fear that I might recognize the wrong person as I have not seen him for a year or so. This morning I msn him, and yes, I just verified that it’s him and he’s working just one level above my office! It’s just so amazing that I didn’t see him around my area here coz he just moved office 2-3 months ago.
Now I have a lunch kaki! But not everyday as he lunch with his boss. Well, it’s better than nothing coz I lunch alone now. I’m just so elated to hear that I have a friend here..hee…
What did I do on my birthday?
Woke up at 1pm+. Headed out to Orchard Rd coz I wanna go to the branded shops sale and had a packet of Fried Japanese Noodle with omelette @ the Taka foodcourt. Been to the big brands, hoping I can get a Gucci or Coach bag but then, it was still too expensive for me to part my money with.
Left Orchard at about 3.30pm and going towards The Patissier shop. Was so disappointed coz it didn’t have my fave cake there. Dear and I shopped at the Audio House @ Novotel, checking out the fridges there.
We decided to go IMM coz I recalled there’s an Akira sale near there. We wanted to get a fan with remote control. I was overwhelmed when I got there coz it’s so crowded! We had missed one hourly sale special on the induction cooker which was selling @ $68 during the hour. It was back to $89 and we were kinda hoping it will have that hourly sale again. So in order not to waste any time, we went to IMM for dinner and we had Jap food again.
It was 7.30pm when we went back to the Akira sale. Dear and I were like two aunties, waiting near the stage for the emcee to announce what sale it will be next..hahaha! After 1 hour later, the emcee announced that there won’t be any sale for the induction cooker, much to our disappointment. Nevertheless, we still went home with one cordless home telephone and one cordless steam iron. No..those are not my bday presents hor!
Date: 30 May 2008
Meeting venue: Vivocity
Agenda: Clubbing!
6pm - Knock off time, went home for short rest.
9pm - Reached vivo for dinner with her and her.
10.30pm - Heading towards St. James, went into one of the rooms, had a ‘tour’ inside.
11.30pm - Decided to go MOS
11.45pm - Reached MOS
3.30am - Out of MOS
3.50am - @ McDonald’s, waiting for the breakfast to start at 4am!
4.50am - Dropped off her
5.15am - Reached home
5.40am - In dreamland….
I just want a better job with better paying salary. But this is not coming true no matter how hard I tried. Where is the opportunity?? When is it going to be my turn??
I’ve been feeling quite down lately, no thanks to PMS.
I have two favourite cake shops: one is Jane’s Cake Station, famous for its durian cake and chocolate cake. I prefer durian cake but lately I had too much of it. So for my birthday, I want a cake from my 2nd preferred shop: The Patissier. My boss always buy cakes from this shop whenever one’s birthday is here. The mango mousse cake is one not to be missed! Price is slightly steep but it’s definitely worth it!
Doesn’t this look yummy?
I got my first branded bag: Burberry Blue Label! The bag even comes with one small carrier bag.
Pearl and Nick went to Japan so I tompang her to help me get it. At first this bag was not in my list coz when I first went to the site, it was not in the catalogue. It was until when she sent an email to me telling my first choice was out of stock, I re-choose my selection again. This was bought with our leftover of 30K Yen from our Japan trip in 2005. I still have to pay the balance to her since this bag is more than 30K Yen.
Apparently, this bag is a gift from Dear, who claimed that it’s our wedding anniversary gift cum my birthday gift cum last x’mas gift cum valentine’s day gift. YEAH RIGHT..this is a all-in-one gift… o____0″
Did anyone catch last night’s episode of ‘Find Me a Singaporean 2′ on Ch U? I nearly missed this wonderful episode. It featured a woman who has lived with her husband and kids in Brazil for the past 20 years, only returning back to SG every 5 years. They ran a chinese restaurant over there.
This lady has very strong Chinese roots in herself. She tries to teach Mandarin to her kids, who only know how to speak fluent English and the other language (don’t know what is it called). During chinese new year, she creates the mood in her house by displaying new year decorations and inviting fellow singaporean friends over for steamboat dinner. I must say she put in a good effort to keep the chinese culture alive especially she’s in a foreign country.
The host Belinda Lee handed some foodies which the lady’s mom had made for her. That part of the show is the most heartwarming. She was crying and I could tell she really missed her family back home. Even I cried a little too. I could somehow relate to her feelings coz I’ve been once stayed in Australia for 1.5 years. Only difference is I could return back home every 4 months, and my experience is nothing compared to hers.
It takes a strong woman like her to continue staying with her family in a faraway land, even though she really missed home alot. I truly admire her courage and the love she has for her family in Brazil.