Happy Birthday Cindy!

Happy Birthday Cindy!
May your wishes all comes true! Stay happy and healthy always!

The few of us (Amelia, Alex, Novia and myself) celebrated her birthday last night at Ma Maison @ Bugis... ya... After I done my shopping, went over to Bugis for the bday dinner.

Lots of chatter, fun and laughter for the few of us!

Us, girlies. Alex was the photographer, that's why no pic of him.

It's time to change

I realised I've been using my make up for a long time. Really. Long. Time. but the amount of make up left is still more than 50% for each item that I'm using and I keep having the thought that I should be changing. But I'm not quite sure.

You know. When you still have more than half left, you don't want to throw. But yet, you know, you've been using it for a long long long time and its about time to change. Just that, not quite sure if it's really time yet. That kind of dilemma. Change equals to spend $$, don't change equals to some fears if my skin will outbreak...

Yesterday, I was at Shaw and pop by Isetan after I've done my work.

I stopped by RMK counter and within 15 mins, got myself a brand new set of face items.Liquid Foundation, Pressed Powder, Loose Powder and a lip gloss. There's was a 10% voucher rebate for the first $100 spent, then 10% voucher for the next $50. I bought 3 items first and I got a $15 voucher which I used to offset the pressed powder on 2nd purchase.

Total damage: $213

But to soften the blow, it came with an array of freebies!2 packs of body and face wipes, body sunscreen, face scrub, make up remover, sample size liquid foundation and also make up base.

Pretty worth my $213 I say.

All together now...A LOT isn't it?!

Went over to Taka after that and I got a brand new eye cream. I've used this item when it was given to me as sample before. It's really effective. But the thing is, pricy too lor. But I was in an indulgent mood and I went ahead to get it for myself.

And I can't resist the Pink Coral! So I got it too.

Total damage: $167

Again, it came with an array of freebies. A pouch, an eye liner pencil, a lippy, a comb and mirror set, make up remover, mascara, moisturizer (I think) and an eyeshadow palette!

After spending close to $400 in 1 hour, my unease got stronger.... is my make up and eye cream really that old to warrant a total overhaul?! This question was at the back of my head the whole night of yesterday and even till now!

And what I did? I went to dig my old blog posts for some clues as to when did I purchase my current items..

The verdict was NOVEMBER 2006!!! Ok granted, I may not have started using it immediately on purchase so even if it's delayed, I would have started using by early 2007. That's still more than 2.5 years ago!!!!

Ok. No more guilt, I'm ditching everything I'm using now! Bye Bye.

I say it's a good thing I blog, at least I have a rough idea when I bought what and when I started using what!

Misc Lunch

Home cooked lunch... My chap ba lang lunch more like. Threw in canned corn, dried chinese mushrooms and canned buttons mushrooms, crab sticks and my ugly chawanmushi egg with yet more mushrooms and crab stick.Really looks ugly.. but hey. Not bad to eat at all. Enough ingredients... so much so that, Hub commented "I can't taste the rice".

Ah.. ya. I decided to leave a spoon and an Ikea plate in office, so I can microwave it... hot things definitely tastes better than cold things anytime!

Olive Rice from the new Thai store in Koufu from Campus. For a mere $3. It's really not bad at all! But I feel the rice is a bit hard but it's still quite nice nevertheless.

Was craving for Chocolates and I got Kinder Bueno. Is this new? I haven't seen it before.

Quite pricy as compared to the normal ones. Taste wise, more chocolate since this does not have so much wafer.

The Gentle Crackdown Theme Song

I like the catchy tune to the song!

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Just find it so cute lor.

Lyrics:

明知不知傻痴痴 - 周麗淇&陳豪

作曲／填詞：張婉兒

男: 從小至今日日記住

一生盡力為民

為了實現真理想

遇上艱辛都堅忍

女: 憑身手且機智

挾持貧困以惡為恥

所有事只要有理

想做就做天曉之

男: 從不貪 漠視名利

不倚權貴恃勢凌欺

女: 快樂人 我似人真心

將比己 冇留餘地

合: 唔知當知而先知

明知不知傻痴痴

樂觀一生 而有智慧 正氣有意思

憑良心真心做人宗旨

行惡詐騙人憎之

和我與你一起 感覺這誠意

I'm Glad.

I'm supposed to be writing my TMA but I can't resist posting this.

I happened to go into my SIM site and was shocked to see the tab "Course Registration" there. My immediate thoughts were "Heh! I'm already completing, how come there is this tab?!"

I clicked and then I was immensely glad. =)I'm super happy that table containing the "remaining credits needed" are blank.

Now, all I need to do is complete my TMAs and sit for the exams and then I. AM. DONE!

I think I look like a carrot head

I must look like a bloody carrot head to my doctor la.

For these and a 2-day MC, guess how much I got to pay?$71!

Yes!!!! SEVENTY-ONE freaking dollars!!!!

And I think it's very normal medicine lei!

I have a morning and night flu tablet, a mixture for cough and phlegm (which reminds me of kids' medicine coz of the color) and a box of antibiotics! Granted the antibiotic is more expensive, go in for consultation is $20. But my goodness, $71 just for these?!

Wah lau.. All because I lost my voice, a little sinus and a damn painful cough.

I super heart pain lor. $71!

I really think my doc is cut throat or I really look like a bloody carrot head.

Hub also down already, he went to another clinic earlier and it cost him a mere $20 with 1 day MC.

Ok. he has no antibiotics and 1 day MC, just a normal flu (his colleagues are having flu, so he got it) but VERY big difference between $71 and $20 lei!!!!

ARGH!!!!

Friday - 24 Jul

A special Friday lies in store for me and my 2 friends this evening!

But first things first, I still need to get through the day before the evening comes.

The lunch kaki and I haven't had lunch together for a really long time, with her hectic duties, and my more frequent of bringing lunches to work, it's really quite hard to meet her for lunch and so, we made plans to meet up for lunch today!

Went to J8, coz she needed to get something and I was on a buying-squeaky-boys-shoes-quest for a friend.

In the end, I did not manage to get the squeaky shoes, but instead, I got some cute outfits for her girl.So cute right! I love the small tees and the bubble pink shorts! Will look great on her girl. I would have gotten some for my God-daughter too, but the sizes are too small! *sigh*

Come evening, its time for Cindy, Amelia and myself to meet up! I've been so looking forward to it for the past week!

We were supposed to have dinner at KPO cafe and bar the new place in town.. but they do not accept reservations and we can't get a normal sit down table for dinner. Cin and I were there for a good 45 mins hanging out at the bar, hoping and waiting to pounce onto such a table when the chance presents itself. But no such luck.

*sigh*

Anyway, KPO is not the place for me. Been there. And I doubt I'll go back again.

We decided to go to coffee club express, and just nice Am arrived! Poor girl got a swollen eye, goodness knows what caused it. Hope, she's feeling better by now!

I think it's a good thing we had dinner at Coffee Club. More more comfortable and the night was breezy! We sat there the whole night chatting like old friends and we had a good time!

US!
The 2 of them turned up in white though nothing was said about dressing! I'm the odd one out!

And Thanks very much, Cin for the macroons. Jer and I enjoyed it very much!

Lunches

I've been preparing lunches for both the hub and myself more often these days...

Nothing fanciful, in fact, I think it's on the borderline of being unhealthy with the amount of processed food that I'm piling into our system!

Mixed Red, Brown & White Rice cooked with Corn, paired with NTUC's Popcorn Chicken (or chicken nuggets or chicken wrapped in seaweed), Diaso's Seaweed and Japanese Seasonings. Sounds unhealthy already, I know. But its simple to prepare in the morning la. So, I am really trying not to eat too much processed food.

A slightly healthier lunch for today...Mixed Red, Brown & White Rice cooked with Corn and Carrots, paired with steam chicken thighs.

These are all super easy to prepare in the mornings. I'm still experimenting with more variations to the veggies and meat. Must be simple and fuss free. Only food that either cook together with rice, steam or toaster oven friendly will be considered!

I had lunch with Jeff some time back and we had Sandwiches.Never heard of this brand before, but it's similar to Subway. But in terms of choices, Subway has more. Be it choices of bread, veggies or the various kinds of meat and even sauces!

I've already forgotten what I ordered. From the likes of it, some ham and the default veggies and don't know what sauce.

I also had a drink and a salad to complete the whole meal. The lettuce tastes a tad too old la.

I think price wise slightly more expensive than Subway as well. But in terms of ambiance, this place is much more comfortable with sofa seats and wide spaces.

1 thing that I find quite irritating at Subways is the way the chairs are all arranged back to back. Really is jam packed. I'm not exactly skinny la. So I find the seating so uncomfortable.

Ah... which reminds me, I'm going to Swensens for lunch with my colleagues later this week. Swensens have extended their lunch time promotion of 1-for-1 lei. Very worth ma.

Thing is got to go there early, else queue very long and then very rush to finish the food coz, service also slower lor.

Shoes

Hole in the sole of my URS...This happens to be my 3rd pair in this design from URS.. Why do I have 3 pairs?

Well, the 1st pair was stolen when it was in good, wearable condition though it does looks like it has gone through some battles so I got a 2nd pair.

2nd pair had a big hole on both sides so I got the 3rd pair.

And less than 2 months, 3rd pair is starting to tear!

ARGH!!!

So, I got 2 brand new pairs of shoes. Flatties, soft and comfortable!

It looks a little like the Crocs Mary Janes doesn't it? But it's only at a fraction of the price!

Grey Heels.
Looks black but it's grey. I don't have grey shoes heels la.

A little hard but still relatively comfy. And it looks and feel very chic. I like.

Best of all, these brand new 2 pairs costs merely $47 (storewide 20%) in total! Cheap and good!

Get it fromI think AMK HUB has another branch though I must say, I've NEVER seen it in HUB. I got both pairs at Orchard Central.

One last pair of shoes... White and Pink dress shoes, complete with sqeaky sounds. According to the SA, these sounds will encourage the BB to walk. If she says so lor. I'm not that sure lar...

Nah... not for myself.

For a little princess whose turning 1 soon.

I hope the size fits and I'll ask Mommy to snap shots with her princess in it.

2 little Indian Boys

This morning, I had a group of 13 India Indian boys, aged between 12 to 16 accompanied with 2 male India Indian teachers and 2 local India teachers for a visit to my campus.

Last minute, the Local teacher in charged decided that they should have lunch in my campus before leaving.

Hence, I went to make arrangements with one of my canteen operator for seats and tables for them.

After promising and making arrangements that I'll come back at 1.30pm to fetch them to the carpark, I left them alone and I went for lunch.

Fast forward to 1.30pm, I went to fetch them.

Somehow, something prompt me to make them do a headcount after we left the canteen. To all our shock and surprise, we are short of 1 little Indian boy!

Then began the panic and rush to look for this lost boy. My campus is huge ok! It's equivalent to the size of 60 football fields. Just where and how do we start looking for 1 boy?

None of his friends nor teachers can call him on his mobile because they don't have his number and they are from New Delhi, according to those present, they won't be able to reach him. Don't really understand.. but speaking to a group of India Indians and trying to understand what they say is tough. Very tough.

Some of the boys want to go and look for him. This gave me another shock. I lost 1, I don't want to loose another few. So together with the teachers, we told them to stay where they are and 2 teachers and I went to search.

After a frantic 20 mins search, my colleague called me, giving me some clue as to where this lost boy is.

I finally found him, seated comfortably in 1 of the admin offices in my campus. According to my colleague, he sounded ready to burst into tears.

Thank God my little Indian boy is found!

He got a bashing from his teachers and a great lot of teasing from his friends when he re-joined his group.

The poor boy must have been embarrassed.

Finally, manged to see them safely on the bus and send them on their way home.

During the tea break earlier on, another little Indian Boy came up to me and he said "Mdm, thank you for today. I would like you to have this" and he gave me gave me a little card with just 2 simple words "Thank You".

So sweet of the little boy right?!

This little boy is coming to 13 in Aug. He told me so himself.

The lost little Indian boy is not more than 15.

1 so sweet and 1 caused me to sweat.

Dinner Date

After so long, Amelia finally found a night where we both can have a leisure dinner and yak the night away kind of time.

We decided to meet up at Ikea, Alexandra, where we can have chicken wings and meatballs. whhahaha...

But surprisingly, I was not in the mood for meatballs so I went for the chicken wings instead.

Then we went on our way to Queensway Shopping Centre in a quest to find some nice sporty shoes. But, very very disappointing, the Nike Pair that I was aiming, was totally missing from the shelves!

I can't find it at all!

So, we decided to go over to Anchor Point to yak instead of walking around aimlessly since there was nothing in the shops that even seems remotely interesting.

We had some Japanese Mochi, Peanut Thick Toast and Lemon Tea in Xin Wang and yak till it was almost 10 and then we made our way home.

Amelia is so sweet! She made a little gift for me putting her new found knowledge in sewing to use. Handmade, Homemade Tissue Holder!

The print is so cute too! I love it. Thanks Amelia! =D

Oh... While I was waiting for Am at Queensway town MRT, a lady approached me. She introduced herself as a writer for some Mag and that she is looking for ladies aged between 24 to 35 (Heng, I fall into this category) on our opinions of Singaporean Men.

I failed at her next criteria. Single and UNmarried.

I honestly told her I was married and her response was a look of surprise and then "Oh. It's OK then. Thank you."

I take the look of surprise to be good. Meaning she thinks that I look too young to be married or *in my dream* looks too good to be tied down? whahahahha...

Shortly after, Am arrived and we merrily went on our way to Ikea and had a good ladies night! =)

Thanks Am again for the tissue holder. I like the color (yes, I don't just like PINK ok. I like BROWNS too!) and love the print. So cute and girly.

I think I used to have something similiar to that print but I lost it years back too. This reminded me so much of it!

Okok

THE Hub has been singing and playing this song on REPEAT mode.



So now, I hear "Annie Are You OK?
So, Annie Are You OK
Are You OK, Annie" in my sleep!

Duh....

I even heard it in my head first thing this morning, after I woke up!

Too much of Annie and if she's ok.

Overdose!

One of those days..

One of those days where I wake up in the morning and feel as though I've put on 10kg overnight, while in dreamland.

Where no matter what I wear, what different combinations that I try to come up with, or little things that try to hide that buldging piece of meat hanging in the middle, the fats seems to have congregated and all come out to torture me this early morning!

It just sticks out.

*sigh*

I guess it's a sign of PMS... also a cue for the Hub to be on his very very best behaviour else, there'll be lots of volcanos eruption these few days.

Super Chio!

After mass with Hubby at St Joseph, we had dinner at the nearby coffee shop - Food Park.

Both of us had zi char but my bee hoon was so hard. I think I have indigestion after eating it! =(

Anyway, fast forward to after dinner, we were walking to City Hall MRT so as to catch the train to Orchard, we need to get to Taka to exchange some bed linen we bought last week.

Hubby noticed that Agnes B was having a storewide sale and he nudged me. Surprisingly, he even asked if I want to go in!

Woah. Such a change in nature lei. Of course must go in to take a look. And I'm so glad I did!

I scored for myself a very very pretty item! Baby Pink and in a tube!

The packageing already won me over.

Lippy? Nah!It's a pen! =)

So pretty and I love it! I can easily bring this around with me in my purse or into my pencil case.

Hubby commented, "New semester beginning so must have new pen har?"

Actually, I did not think of that, I was just interested in getting it for myself, the rest of the other reason don't matter much, once I get it, I'll find a way to use it.

Ohh. BTW, the 2 pics is taken with my Samsung Omnia - Macro function lei. Pretty clear isn't it?! I'm suitably impressed.

And there's even a 10% off with my citibank credit card, in the end, the pen is merely $13.50! Stylish on a dime too!

We went to Taka after that to exchange the fitted sheets to quilt covers because I realised we have a brand new set of fitted sheet but no quilt covers. So went back to exchange.

After that, we went to Tangs, in an attempt to buy a normal whistling kettle. Simple item right? But hor, NO lor. There is NO normal whistling kettle in the whole of TANGS! All they have are those electrical kettles.

*sigh*

We do badly need a new kettle. Ours, the screw holding the whistling bit and lid rust and the whole lid fell apart. Literally apart. My lid is now in 3 pieces.

Not that we being high class must go Tangs to get kettle la, is coz we have a $50 voucher to be utlised ma, so go there to find our much needed item ma. Save cost.

But cannot find. Duh.

Now, I must go somewhere to buy my kettle with cash.

Does anyone know if Isetan is having their sale soon? Their household is usually quite good and I'm sure I can fin a whistling kettle there. I got my spoilt one there. For that mere $30 odd, it lasted us for about 3 years. Ok la.

But this time, I'll be more careful about the lid... hopefully no screws.. Gosh.. I shudder with the amount of water that we boiled with the rusted screw.....

That's also the reason why we refuse to buy electrical kettle, that metal bit in there will rust and it's so obvious. Screw in the lid, at least I don't see it lor.... hm... if that's the case, then I think we should just get a normal kettle, then the lid won't have screws!

Then I think the lid will not fall into bits again, right?!

a sign of old age...

I think a year ago or something like that, I had to reformat my old PC. And so, I had cut all the photos into a CD.

Now, I'm looking for some photos and I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE ON EARTH I LEFT/KEPT that blessed CD!

Then, last week end, hubby and I was in town, we got lots of bed linen... and end up, I got extras of fitted sheets when ALL I need is quilt covers!!

Argh...

I must be getting old for all these to be happening to me!

*sobs*

Back!

I'm finally back to Multiply!

Was almost sheer agony when my labby decided to retire early... I don't have access to Multiply in office and it's so tough and such a torture to not be able to come in!

Today, finally my brand new Fijitsu, L1010 in Pink Gold arrived, I'm desperately trying to install in some essentials programs and am on msn and multiply at the same time. =)

BLISS

Hai... But I din know installing the stupid Office 2007 will take soooo long. I've been sitting here for the last 20 mins and its still NOT done!

*tsk*

Cleared!

I surprised myself once again!

I managed to clear all my modules for my 5th semester, and not just cleared, I scored an amazing A- and 2 B+ for myself!

Of course, there are loads of people who helped me with my modules. Hubby, my classmates and also my friends for giving me encouragement all the way. Thank you, dear people. Really appreciated it very much.

But the most most most important of all is my big Boss up there. He blessed me with wisdom and helped me lots throughout the whole semester and especially so when he calm me during the dreaded exams.

The 1 in 3 and 3 in 1. Thank you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

I did well for all my past semesters and in my final semester, I will continue to do well with your kind blessings, wisdom and guidances.

Rave!

I've found an alternative to the Kate Eyeliner that I have been using for the past few months!

The SANA Extra Heavy Eye Liner!! I happened to be at Marina Square and I got this when John Little was having a good sale.

After all the discount, it was slightly less than $20 and it's better than Kate! At least in terms of ease of buying, I can easily get it locally. But of course, I'll wait till a good sale before I buy. =P

What I like is that, the black is really quite black and the brush is so easy to use! The brush is not round, more like flat and sharp. It draws perfectly!

2 coats and I'm ready. Best of all, it's able to stay on longer for lower lid too!

My new favourite eye liner!

The replacement.

I missed the PC show la.

The few seconds of crowd that appeared on the TV news nightly was reason enough for me to give the PC show a total miss.

The sis told me that though it is after the PC show, but there will still be worthwhile deals in the market. We made plans to go and look see and to get 1 such deal.

Hence, it is with much urgency that I really need to get the replacement, FAST.

Just before I left office (was on half day leave yesterday to go in search of that replacement), my boss came to know of my sorry plight and he told me that I can get the student/staff deal for the Fijitsu labby, which is acutally quite a good deal.. provided that I can stand the color.

The color in his mind is really offensive. And he said it with his nose wrinkled up and with sarcasm.

So I went to search for the deal thru our intranet.

And I found it!

Immediately, I placed an order for it online - even before I went to meet my sis to do labby shopping...

My new labby will have the follow specifications...
Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology
Intel® Core2 Duo Processor P8400
(2.26GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Intel® WiFi Link 5300AGN (3x3)
Network Connection with 3 Antenna
Intel® PM45 Express Chipset
Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium
Fingerprint Recognition Technology
4GB DDR3 1066MHz
250GB SATA HDD
14.1" WXGA SuperFine TFT
1.3 Mega Pixels Camera and built-in microphones
Dual Layer DVD Super Multi Writer
NVIDIA® Geforce® 9300GS with max. 1023MB;
256MB Dedicated VRAM
HDMI OutSD/ SDHC/ MS/ MS Pro Card SlotsV.92 Modem
10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
Available in Pink only
3 Years Local On-Site; 1st Year International Carry-in Warranty (Parts & Labour)

all for just $1,110.66 (with GST)

I don't understand MORE than half of the things up there.

I bought it because all the ppl I asked said that this was worth it.

Hence, my new labby.... The Fijitsu LifeBook, L1010 in PINK Gold.

Pretty right?!

It's the ONLY color under this promotion.

Luckily, it's also my favourite color!Delivery should be mid next week.

I'm Happy!

Help People!

My 2.5 yr old HP Tablet is dy-ing on me.... I got a blue screen suddenly!

My sis and colleague tells me, it's time to start looking..

I know the PC fair is this weekend. But there is mad house, can any of you tell me what in particular that I must be looking out for?

My uses of my PC:

1. Surf Net
2. Able for me to work on my studies and assignments (some additional softwares must be able to load in easily)
   
3. Watch and download Vids online (reasonably fast)
4. Some photos editing
5. Budget $1.5K

So ppl, any recommendations?