Friday, June 29, 2007
~Summer~ 9:59 PM
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
When you lose something, you gain something else.. =)
Have you heard this before? Often, when the door of happiness closes on us, we spend so long looking at it that we don't realise that another has opened. It's very true, I feel. Sometimes, what we just need is the courage to let go and move on.
Just like the pic above, which I'm sure all of us have seen it before, there's always two sides to everything in life. Are you the half full or half empty type of person? I think I am still the hall full type. Keke. Let me tell you why I suddenly tot of saying so.
SO, I lost my phone on Friday rite. Yeah although I didn't tear or wail over it, but definitely I felt heartache deep down. But, these two days, I've not only overcome it, but suddenly I feel that the ill wind blew about something good too! Keke.
On Monday, I met my dad at Tamp central to go to Hello shop to get a new phone. Hehe. He can get it for free since his plan is over 2 years liaoz and can upgrade. Yeappie Whoopie!! But the happy thing is not that I managed to get back the same model phone, but because I actually spent quality time with my dad!! MY DAD!! Oh my gosh, the last time we went out together alone, was probably more than 10 or even 15 years ago. No joke. But dat nite, we had dinner at TM foodcourt together. We talked about our work, & that was when I realised he works in Kembangan and he realized I work in Tanjong Pagar. & he started telling mi about what are the good food available in my work area. Keke. Yar. You can tell how long we have not talked to each other like this.
We talked about working OT, and he was shocked at my hours. Haha. and no OT pay. He then started to tell mi not to go drinking too much, and reallie behaved like a dad and say that he and my mum have given me alot of freedom since young (which is very true), and they want me to know how to think for myself. Yes, daddy. I will!!
We then took a walk together as we headed for home. That felt SO GOOD! Side by side with my daddy. Again, there's no memory recollection of whether we did this before, but as far as I know, NEH. We didn't. So that Monday nite became one of my most treasured nites ever. Daddy also insisted on paying for half of my 2GB memory card, despite I dun tink he earns alot. That was just so sweet, although he was very fierce when he insisted. Keke. I know deep down inside, he dotes on me alot. So happie he managed to buy a phone casing and pouch also, after so many months of wanting to buy. Seeing daddy using his old fone, somehow I felt guilty for getting another new one. Haiz. Maybe I should start to be even more easily contented with my life.
Aniwae, moving on, I've been trying to recover my contacts these days. & what's a better way then to speak to my frenz directly to get their contacts? Hee. So, tonite I decided to msn some peeps whom I seldom tok to liaoz. & WELL, it feels good to have a chat~~ Shiling from Olive (who updated me so much on the happenings), Shu yi from Hall 6 (who gave me much of the gals' contacts and shared wif mi on her final year), Zhiwei from Hall 6 (realised he and Cuishan are working so near me and Diana and we can all meet for lunch!), Sihui from Onine (my bestie in JC days and it feels gd to catch up with her again), Kailin from Hall 6 (My junior date! so good dat we are still in contact and promised to have dinner someday), and I also caught up abit with Junxian, Wayne, Xiaoling, Jingxian. Keke. Feels good!!
Like I said, there's always different ways of viewing things. Keke. Just for fun, do you see a frog, a horse or both? Well, I see both. and most of us should see both bahz. So, once again, I'm energized and prepared for whatever life has in store for me. Everything in my life happens for a reason, either to teach me to laugh louder or not to cry too hard. I now laugh about the worst Saturday of my life, and I am thankful for the things I gained out of it. Precious moments with my dad, realisation of my dad's love for me, chance to catch up wif old frenz, chance to download new songs into my new fone, realisation of the need for stronger sense of responsibility as a teacher, more determination to be a role model for my students, what more do I ask for... =)
Lalala. Positivity rulez!! Thanks to all those who helped me to recover my contacts. Muakz!! Have a good week ahead everybody..
~Summer~ 10:42 PM
Monday, June 25, 2007
The Worst Saturday of my life..
You know what? I'm starting to believe that the year of the pig is not a very good year for me after all.. Haiz..
Had the worst Sat of my life, when I sprang up at 9am and realised that I was late for my teaching. Totally dumbfounded. To make it worse, I couldn’t find my handphone. GONE. VANISHED. Oh my gosh. Tried calling and it didn’t get through. That’s it. I knew I had lost it. & to top things off, I can’t remember how I got home the previous nite from St James. Fwah. Finally got my just desserts.
I always laugh and don’t believe it when jw says that he forgets everything he says after he drinks quite abit. Like, there were a couple of occasions where we quarrelled badly. We fought (oh yeah, reallie fight), we sumo-ed, (u shd see the way we try to slam each other onto the floor at his HDB elevator), we pushed each other, we raised our voices, we play ‘catching’ on the public streets. The next day, he will say he can’t remember a SINGLE thing. Scary rite? I would still have bruises on my hand, although not very serious lar. But I never did believe 100% that a person can function normally, can talk, can walk, can go home, can open door, can change into home clothes, can eat, but yet not remember anything the next day. Well, I’ve just been proven wrong. Because I DID IT too. Oh well.
Weihan said I shared a cab with her, and while she was puking in the cab, I still went to get a plastic bag for her, pat her back, and directed the cabbie to where we stay. Dropped her at her house first before I went home. Everyone tot I was perfectly ok, though we downed 2 bots of chivas amongst the 5 gals & 1 guy. Maybe I was Ok? But if so, how cum I don’t remember anything, until she reminded me and I had a tinge of memory seeping back into my head. Amazing. It feels like I'm a robot. Can go home, can pay for the cab (absolutely dun recall this), can find my keys, can change out of my clothes and put the dirty clothes in the pail, can put myself to bed. Did EVERYTHING except set my alarm. If I had done so, I would have known my fone was missing. Sob Sob. Well well, that’s it, I learnt my lesson. The hard way. Losing my new fone, losing my coy pass ($25 to replace lor), my hp pouch, all my precious picture/videos (some were taken in Tokyo Disneyland lor), & suffering the guilt of not gg to teach, the fear of not being able to face the music next week, WELL, it’s more than enuff for one weekend.
Amazingly, I still managed to go out on Sat with Huimin, who accompanied me to replace my SIM card. Then we met Haz and Ah Stan and headed to Haz’s house for 2 rounds of mahjong. Haha. Get my mind off the unhappy things mah. & I still talked a lot and tried to liven up the atmosphere cos everyone seemed to be ston-ning after the 1st round. Huimin Ah Huimin, you reallie must ganbatte ne and take less than 10sec every round to tink which tile to discard k. Keke. So ke ai, 10 years later you still play at quite the same speed.
Sunday was a better day for me. Slept till noon and woke up to eat wif mummy & popo, who came over to dye her hair. As usual, popo wanted to play mahjong. So well, it’s MJ time again. 3 kah mahjong. Popo was the big winner this time round. Even won $$ from my super professional mummy. Waha. That’s good. She was so delighted and thrilled.
In the evening, I met cak at Marina for dinner. We were supposed to have a 4G KTV session tonite!!~ & I was quite looking forward to it. Hehe. Despite the unlucky happenings yest, life moves on and I was determined not to let negativity get the better of me. Neh. Not worth it. There’s ALWAYS a solution to every obstacle in life. So, I had a happy chatting session wif cak, and we talked about his bro who unfortunately kanna dengue, about my loss of phone, about anything we could think about. Then we headed to Kbox for our KTV, thinking that at least two more 4G-ians will join us. Haha. & the result?
Oh well, only Miss Chang turned up eventually. Dino sick, Haz rashes, Sisi no reply, Leslie had to pei fren, Tianlu had to pei gf. Oh well. Down to 3!! Haha. But the 3 of us are KTV siaoz and amazingly we sang for over 6.5 hours!! FWAHHHH. From 7 plus to nearly 2am. Haha. Time seemed to fly past. We sang so many so many so many songs! Cantonese, Hokkien (cak’s tan lui songs not bad!!), old Grasshoppers songs, new duets, new releases, everything. Cak keeps saying that every song sang by Huimin becomes a sad song. Haha. Was so entertained that I think I was laughing the whole nite, till the point that I couldn’t sing anymore because once I opened my mouth I will giggle. Keke. But dat’s good. Means that we enjoyed ourselves to the max and had loads of fun!!~ Despite the low turnout. Hehe.
So, as usual I got home at nearly 3am. Caught a flu because the air-con was freezing at the Kbox room. Couldn’t sleep well because of runny nose and kept sneezing. Well well. I dun wanna fall sick. Grrrr. Muz endure!!
Guess wad I dreamt about last nite? I dreamt that I reported for half day MC today because I was sick. Keke. Which seemed logical and real since I'm really feeling under the weather. Then best, I had a dream within a dream. This is cheem. I dreamt that I found my handphone in huimin’s bag. Somehow. (-_-‘’’) Let me try to explain this weird phenomenon. First, I dreamt that I found my hp. Then I think that it’s a dream, so I woke up, and my HP was really beside me on my bed. THEN, i REALLIE REALLIE woke up and all the above was nothing but a dream. Haha. Get it?? =p First time I had this, a dream weaved within a dream.
Hope your Monday blues are gone.. If you have not given me your hp number, pls do so in my chatterbox k? Don’t lose contact wif moi!!! =p Buaiz buaiz..
~Summer~ 2:07 PM
Friday, June 22, 2007
So soon, another week has flown past. Yeah, it's Friday!~ Don't you simply love it when the weekend hits in.. Keke.. Even though I still need to teach on Sats, but I always feel elated on Friday nites. Hee. Yippie. So it's down to St James again tonite. =p
Just watched Spider Lilies yesterday. Ci Qing. The lesbian show by Rainie Yang. Wooooo. Very exotic and very daring of her. Muz give her the credit lar, for giving up her good old girl-next-door and cutey pie image for this show. But I thought the story can be more exciting though.
Tmr I'm going to Hazel's house again!~ Woohoo. This time it's for mahjong. Wahaha. Me, Huimin, Ah Stan, Haz. The bored souls with nothing to do. Keke. Wonder if Dino can join us though, & so sadz Sisi can't come again. It's been a month since we last caught up lor. Haiz. Her work is really keeping her and her hubby busy ever since marriage. Hope they have more time to relax and enjoy the simplicity of life every now & then. I miss Sisi.. & Jen.. & Jas.. But SOON, the badz gals will be reunited. I hope. Woohoo. Then we can play badminton again. YAY.
& oh yar, Sun it's 4G gathering again! All thanks to Mr Chew Aik Kah, who will help organize a mass KTV session. Heehee. Such a happening weekend. How can I miss it for the world.. =) I love my weekends!!!!
Sorry for my rojak post. Just jotting down whatever that flies into my head. Hehe. Have been wanting this share this song with you. It's called, "Never Let You Go" by Janice Wei. It's VERY nice and sweet and touching. Linlin was the one who intro it to me back in hall 6. & I still love it up to now. SO, here's the lyrics and the video for you to share it with me.
Have a good weekend everybody.. =p go party go play go nua go relax go enjoy k!!!
Pls take a moment to listen..
Never Let You Go
The rain just never seems to bring the joy,
I feel the same
Everlasting pain of my loss remains
My heart can't seem to learn to part
The hold you left your mark
All that I dreamed of now it seem so stark
Though I told myself
won't hold my breath
A part of me was dying
There is nothing left for me to do now, but give in
If you gave me one chance to tell you how I was feeling
I would sing to you and tell you I won't live my life without you
If you gave me one chance to tell you how I was feeling
I would hold your hand and look in your eyes
And you know I'd never let you go
The way you left me on the train
I don't know what to say
I remember everything of that day
I can't believe we'd never dance
I just need one more chance
To share the sunset
Our one last romance
~Summer~ 3:26 PM
Monday, June 18, 2007
Woo, we had a simple daddy's day celebration at upper east coast road. Kor kor drove the family to upper east coast road to eat the famous Beach Road Prawn Mee! Hee. Yummy yummy.
This time, i ate the da xia! N gosh the prawns are really huge n fresh! Hee. Even a non prawn lover like me muz admit dat they are delicious. Keke.
This is a precious pic taken discreetly of my mummy n daddy when they were eating. Hee. Well, my parents are not really close n loving, thus these shots are gems n wonderful memories for me. Hee.
Hope daddy will stay happy n healthy always. :)
~Summer~ 10:01 PM
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Happie Birthday to you!!~
Had a fantastic gathering at Hazel's house on Sat nite. 11 of the 4G-ians turned up!! Hee. Weimin, Xingguang, Leslie, Yijia, Ah siang, Jacob, Tianlu, Diana, Huimin, Haz & mi! It was a long awaited gathering & also meant as a Bdae celebration for Xingguang & Daniel (who couldn't make it in the end, sigh). Brought back alot of memories, because back in secondary days, we used to tawn over at Haz's place all the time! Tai tee, mahjong, sega, blindman bluff, poker cards, we did so many things together last time. Which is why it felt damn good to relive it all. =) well, I guess, you don't get decade long friendships as solid and as deep rooted like ours too often.
Had a nice dinner with Haz at Tampines, before we headed to get all the mixers, drinks, snacks and brought it all the way to her house. Omg & I cut my hair again! Haha. Cos' after the last haircut, it grew again and became bu san bu si, neither long nor short. Decided will cut it another time before trying to grow it back. Now I have a round bob and it feels so light! Can save up on shampoo & conditoner liaoz. Keke.
Played one round of mj wif Haz, Weimin, Jacob as we awaited patiently for the rest to arrive. =p & guess what? We actually ended up playing Truth or Dare for half of the night. From 12 midnite to maybe 3 plus 4 am. Waha. Doesn't dat sounds like a game we played only when we were in our younger days? Hehe. But hey, this was the most fun Truth or Dare I've ever played. Because we are such long frenz, & so open to one another, so we could ask about anything under the sun & do alot of things dat we might not do in front of others. From 'pole' dance, 'bartop' dancing, writing IC no. wif butt, sing Cha Shao Bao in sexy manner, acting like sia gia, to admitting our fantasies, well well, we entertained ourselves to the max!! Haha. It was really very fun and a whole new dimension added to our relationship. Like what we always say, 4G rox!! I loved the AHS sports class days. It helped me build up such a strong foundation to my frenship wif this bunch of pals now.
After the games, we had a good long chat together. All 11 of us. Amazing!! We chatted from dusk till dawn, from career to stocks to diamong rings to bgr to love life to everything!! It's like, there's no topic we can't talk about and no way we will run out of things to talk about. This feeling is so warm, so endearing that I wish we can always stay this way whenever we meet.
As always, I believe that friends are such an important aspect of life. The growing up process eliminates alot of the friends who stepped into our lives but were not fated to stay, and all that remains are the essence, the real true friends whom we can always count on, no matter how old we are, no matter how far apart we become. Should we be glad for this? Well, that depends on whether we prefer to have a Big group of network of frenz but few that are close to the heart, or a Small group of frenz but you know these are the pple you will never let go of.
Well well, influx of tots again today on a Sunday nite, despite the lack of zzz from last nite. But it's a beautiful tot, because once again, I know I've been blessed with wonderful frenz in my life. & I'll always cherish this.
Badz gals rox & 4G rulz! Yeappie yay..
Dino, Huimin, me & Haz. Gals power!!
~Summer~ 11:05 PM
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Laughter is the best medicine..
~Summer~ 1:23 AM
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Aloha! Question of the day: What's your favourite past time in Singapore? Keke. Let's see, ain't that many choices to start off with in the first place too.
1) Clubbing/Chill out
2) Movies
3) Mahjong/cards
4) Sports (Blading, gym, kayaking blah blah)
5) BBQ
6) Shopping
7) Bowling /Arcade
8) KTV
9) Pool/snooker
10) La Kopi (& eat peanuts ;p)
11) Be couch potato and watch DVDs/drama serials at home
12) Blogging/Surf net/Online games
If you had to choose, what are your top 3 picks? Hmm. For mine, I think they would be Movies, La Kopi, & NUA (waha, which wasn't listed, but I've decided to add it in). I like watching movies because there's something new to look forward to for every single one, be it the cast/the plot/the effects. La Kopi is a good time to catch up with my old pals and just enjoy the peacefulness of the moment as we chat about everything under the sun. No work stress, no qualms, just plain friendship. Woo, & of coz nua-ing is a good hobby. Waha. You don't like meh? =) Hmmm. & I like KTV also, esp with the badz gals.
Lalala, today is a Tuesday, and it's 8 days since I came back from Tokyo. & guess wat??!~~ I'm going to watch my 4th show tonite! all in 8 days. Yippie!! It's reallie popcorn week for me!! (neh, I didn't reallie eat popcorn, just nachos & hotdog, waha) & I'm lurving this feeling. Hee.
Legend of the Sea
10) La Kopi (& eat peanuts ;p)
11) Be couch potato and watch DVDs/drama serials at home
12) Blogging/Surf net/Online games
If you had to choose, what are your top 3 picks? Hmm. For mine, I think they would be Movies, La Kopi, & NUA (waha, which wasn't listed, but I've decided to add it in). I like watching movies because there's something new to look forward to for every single one, be it the cast/the plot/the effects. La Kopi is a good time to catch up with my old pals and just enjoy the peacefulness of the moment as we chat about everything under the sun. No work stress, no qualms, just plain friendship. Woo, & of coz nua-ing is a good hobby. Waha. You don't like meh? =) Hmmm. & I like KTV also, esp with the badz gals.
Lalala, today is a Tuesday, and it's 8 days since I came back from Tokyo. & guess wat??!~~ I'm going to watch my 4th show tonite! all in 8 days. Yippie!! It's reallie popcorn week for me!! (neh, I didn't reallie eat popcorn, just nachos & hotdog, waha) & I'm lurving this feeling. Hee.
Legend of the Sea
Finally managed to watch show wif Huimin! Hehe. After so long. Cos she always works till very late and can hardly make it for shows which start earlie. (& yesh, even 8.00pm shows are considered earlie)
Since this show was 9.30pm, we went to eat our long-awaited dinner at Dian Xiao Er. Keke. The famous duck was indeed not bad lar. =p Too bad Hazel dun eat duck if not she and Weipin could have joined us. Oh I hao bu rong yi managed to kapo a pair of tix for the loving couple. keke. Cos haz wanna watch the show too. =) too bad sisi & di could not come. I wanna pass them their gifts from Tokyo! Kawaii ne~
Aniwae, me & huimin laffed quite alot throughout the show. Cos their songs are really weird & farnie. Haha. The plot wasn't dat exciting though, and the ending quite abrupt. Weipin was saying he dun even noe how the journalists are gg to review, cos there's nothing to review. Fwah. But not dat bad lar. One pleasant surprise was that we saw JJ Lin, Jin Sha & Lin Yu Zhong there at the premiere. Keke. They are the main voiceovers for the show. & they stayed in the theatre to watch the entire show wif us. The song JJ sang in the show was not bad though, but can't rem the title. Keke.
Ocean's 13
Since this show was 9.30pm, we went to eat our long-awaited dinner at Dian Xiao Er. Keke. The famous duck was indeed not bad lar. =p Too bad Hazel dun eat duck if not she and Weipin could have joined us. Oh I hao bu rong yi managed to kapo a pair of tix for the loving couple. keke. Cos haz wanna watch the show too. =) too bad sisi & di could not come. I wanna pass them their gifts from Tokyo! Kawaii ne~
Aniwae, me & huimin laffed quite alot throughout the show. Cos their songs are really weird & farnie. Haha. The plot wasn't dat exciting though, and the ending quite abrupt. Weipin was saying he dun even noe how the journalists are gg to review, cos there's nothing to review. Fwah. But not dat bad lar. One pleasant surprise was that we saw JJ Lin, Jin Sha & Lin Yu Zhong there at the premiere. Keke. They are the main voiceovers for the show. & they stayed in the theatre to watch the entire show wif us. The song JJ sang in the show was not bad though, but can't rem the title. Keke.
Ocean's 13Oh yesh! The show I've been working so hard for. Ocean's 13 is finally here!!~ I love watching shows with casino related scenes inside, like the Casino Royale, so I was really looking forward to Ocean's. & of cos, their cast never fails me.
It was in fact better than I expected! Keke. Humourous lines, smart plot, exciting flow. Yeay. I have a feeling this show will do well, & I sure hope so!
Had supper wif ah stan at ECP after the show. Had a good talk over ore lua, fried kway teow & stringray. You know, I've always thought it gets harder to make new & long lasting buddies as you grow older. Friendship becomes more superficial and hearts become less true to each other. But I'm so glad pple like stan, jb, alv (uncle po's bros) & joanne (robin's gf) stepped into my life this year and proved me wrong. The fact is you still can make new frenz no matter how old, as long as you are willing to bare your hearts out, be true to each other, & tata, you suddenly can clique well! Of coz, I tink fate plays a large part in all this too. Friendship rulz!!
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - At World's End
It was in fact better than I expected! Keke. Humourous lines, smart plot, exciting flow. Yeay. I have a feeling this show will do well, & I sure hope so!
Had supper wif ah stan at ECP after the show. Had a good talk over ore lua, fried kway teow & stringray. You know, I've always thought it gets harder to make new & long lasting buddies as you grow older. Friendship becomes more superficial and hearts become less true to each other. But I'm so glad pple like stan, jb, alv (uncle po's bros) & joanne (robin's gf) stepped into my life this year and proved me wrong. The fact is you still can make new frenz no matter how old, as long as you are willing to bare your hearts out, be true to each other, & tata, you suddenly can clique well! Of coz, I tink fate plays a large part in all this too. Friendship rulz!!
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - At World's End
I like Johnny Depp! & I tot Orlando Bloom & Keira Knightley looked sooo good in the show. Much as critics (and even jw) were saying this show is not good, I kind of enjoyed it and quite like the story. Ehhh, but hor, blame myself for not doing research, I didn't know the show was 168 mins and went to watch midnite when I had to wake up at 6plus am for the 1.6km Anlene Orchard run the next morn. Fwah. But then again, my lifestyle has always been like this since hall hasn't it.. wahaha..
We still went for supper at HK Cafe after the movie. Me, huimin, alv, stan. The whole session was on how to help hm find her xing fu. *winks* mr lee, you know what I'm tokking about rite. Keke. As one of my best best bestest pals since a decade ago, I honestly pray with all my heart that one day hm will find the love she deserves. =) Jia you gal! No matter wat, you'll still have me okie. For life!
But for now, we can still indulge in 'singlehood'. Wahaha. LDR. *shakes head* Aka Long Distance Relationship. Sometimes I dread it cos it makes me feel so lonely, sometimes I welcome it cos' I have more time for myself & my frenz. But hor, LDR is not healthy for a relationship. It's always either Make or Break.
Shrek 3
Alritey! Now for the show I'm watching in an hour's time. Keke. SHREK 3! Honestly I can't remember what 1 & 2 were about, (except the Eddie Murphy donkey that kept me laffing), till Elv reminded me about the story. Wahaha. Talk about good memory, I tot mine wasn't bad!! Alamak. Let's blame it on the lack of sleep this whole week lar. Wahhaha.
I wanna see how cute the ogre babies are. Keke. If they ARE cute. I guess so. Ain't all babies supposed to be Cute? Hehe. Lalala. Watching this show wif my OMD buddies, Elv & Mitch.
Till the next popcorn week for mi.. =) Hope there will be more great movies line-up for this year.. Up next should be Fantastic 4 bahz.. =p Wun miss it.. Buaizzzzz!!!
We still went for supper at HK Cafe after the movie. Me, huimin, alv, stan. The whole session was on how to help hm find her xing fu. *winks* mr lee, you know what I'm tokking about rite. Keke. As one of my best best bestest pals since a decade ago, I honestly pray with all my heart that one day hm will find the love she deserves. =) Jia you gal! No matter wat, you'll still have me okie. For life!
But for now, we can still indulge in 'singlehood'. Wahaha. LDR. *shakes head* Aka Long Distance Relationship. Sometimes I dread it cos it makes me feel so lonely, sometimes I welcome it cos' I have more time for myself & my frenz. But hor, LDR is not healthy for a relationship. It's always either Make or Break.
Shrek 3Alritey! Now for the show I'm watching in an hour's time. Keke. SHREK 3! Honestly I can't remember what 1 & 2 were about, (except the Eddie Murphy donkey that kept me laffing), till Elv reminded me about the story. Wahaha. Talk about good memory, I tot mine wasn't bad!! Alamak. Let's blame it on the lack of sleep this whole week lar. Wahhaha.
I wanna see how cute the ogre babies are. Keke. If they ARE cute. I guess so. Ain't all babies supposed to be Cute? Hehe. Lalala. Watching this show wif my OMD buddies, Elv & Mitch.
Till the next popcorn week for mi.. =) Hope there will be more great movies line-up for this year.. Up next should be Fantastic 4 bahz.. =p Wun miss it.. Buaizzzzz!!!
~Summer~ 2:05 PM
Friday, June 08, 2007
Remember Where's Wally? Now it's time for the Where's Summer game. Keke. Right. I'm being boliao. =)
Anyway here is a very nice group pic of my coy taken in Tokyo. (ehh, bit blur cos' I shrank it ;p) Where we had our fabulous ALL CRAB dinner at the crab restaurant. Started off wif raw crab, BBQ crab (can cook your own!), then deep fried crab, then 3 kinds of crab sushi, then ended off wif the super satisfying dessert - muchi ice cream! Yum yum. Makes my mouth water again.
Till the next coy trip then. =p Elv, we muz be roomies again okieee.. yippieee..
~Summer~ 5:11 PM
Ohayo!!~ I'm back from Tokyo! & boy did I have alot of fun!!
Went to Mt Fuji on Day 1, and although it was raining and we didn't have a a good view of the mountain, but at least I caught a glimpse and guess what, there was still snow on it! Fwah. At night, I had an enjoyable and comfy stay at Kofu Fujiya, a ryokan on the 5th station at Mt Fuji. Dinner was good, with a very wide spread (well, they tend to go for variety more than quantity =p) and I LOVE the CHAWANMUSHI. Ate 3 in total during the trip, and all were yummy-licious!
Dressed in my yukata (japanese summer cotton kimono), me, Elv and Mitch plucked up enough courage to try the onsen (hot spring) at the resort. Why nid courage ley? Haha. Cos if you wanna go into the onsen, you can't have any clothing on! Nothing. Which is why some of them were turned off by the idea that you have to be bare naked in front of colleagues whom you are gg to see everyday in office. Keke. But well, maybe 3 of us are the new gen pple, (of cos lar we are the newbies lor), so we didn't give much tot about it, and we still behaved like obasan and sit on the miny stools to bathe & scrub ourselves after the onsen. Keke. Dat was farnie. We can see ourselves in the mirror!
Shopping at Gotemba was fun with all the factory outlets, although most of the stores are still too way beyond for my humble pocket. & I also not gian for branded goods. Fwah, my colleague bought a Gucci wallet for $600! Which they say was considered cheap already. Hmmm. I don't think I can do that. Haha. Just not cut out for tai-tai life. Huimin says if we have the $$ to splurge, we will think differently. It's because we don't have the means, dat's why we not tempted. Haha. Maybe bah. But I always think nice-looking and fashionable clothes, bags, accessories etc dun have to necessarily be expensive. Sometimes cheap things can be mixed and matched in a superb way that carries off your character and makes you shine.
Moving on, we went to Ueno to buy the local food products. Spent a fortune here again. Keke. Pistachio nuts, dried scallop (2000 yen for one pack! which is S$25), preserved sotong and cuttlefish etc. Ooooo and I tried black sesame ice-cream here too. Yummy yummy! Then I went to pray at the Asakusa temple. Prayed with all my heart.
A trip is never complete without checking out the nightlife, to mi. Waha. On the second nite, I went Rippongi (the famous night entertainment area) with a bunch of my colleagues. Their streets are really happening at nite! Crowded with pple, and full of bright neon lights, and music blasting from everywhere. We checked out a couple of clubs, but they are basically ang moh clubs and very similar to what we have in Singapore. Boring. Wanted to go to a Jap club to satisfy my curiosity, but after searching for half an hour and getting varying directions from the passerbys, we gave up. Sob. & I had to help my gd fren back becos she got drunk from ONE diluted glass of vodka cranberry. Alamak. When i tried their long island, I tot zouk one is even better. So it was quite a sight to see my fren drunk & talk gibberish on Tokyo streets. Keke.
My free & easy day on Sat was spent at TOKYO DISNEYLAND!!~ I've never expected that I will have as much fun as I did, because if you know me, I'm not that kind of gal who digs into all the cutesy little stuff, and idolizes mickey/minnie/donald/stitch/goofy. Keke. But I love the fact that somehow when you stepped into Disney, there is a sense of happiness lingering in the air and it's contagious. =p Everyone warned me not to go Disney on Saturdays because you have to squeeze with the crowds and queue up for ages for the rides. Surprisingly, I was happy that there were alot of pple. Because when I see the little kids with their Daddys Mummys, the little prams nicely parked in the 'pram lots', frenz having fun onboard the rides and giggling with each other, it just makes Disney a wonderful place to be in at that moment in time. I kept smiling, and thinking no wonder some pple have annual gatherings at Disney wif their families.
Keke. I love watching the parade, esp the night one with the sparkling beautiful lightings and the magical feeling of the floats. I love watching Cinderalla dancing with her Prince Charming. Romantic sia. =) The only regret was that my long-awaited fireworks was cancelled due to 'rainy weather', which in the end din even have a single raindrop. Haha. All the wait for nothing. =) & we didn't get to taste the smoked turkey leg after all our high hopes seeing others devour it because the last turkey leg was sold out to the person RIGHT IN FRONT of me. Talk about sueyness. Keke. BUT, as I've always believed, everything in life happens for a reason. Maybe to teach you to laugh louder, or not to cry too hard. =) Maybe it's meant to be that one day I'll come back to Disney, & witness the fireworks while holding a gigantic turkey leg in my hand. Keke. Positivity rulz!!
The last of of shopping at Harajuku was fantastic too. Although I didn't have the chance to take pics with the cosplay pple and see for myself, BUT I was ultimately happy because I managed to buy a few nice-looking and not very expensive tops. Keke. Everyone told me I missed out on alot of good food and good shopping places. Like I didn't eat any Ramen or Teppanyaki, didn't drink sake, didn't go to famous areas like Shinjuku or Ginza or Shibuya to shop, didn't get anything from the all famous 100yen shop (like our Daiso), didn't get anything from Uniglo (like our Giordano which alot of them went crazy shopping here) blah blah blah. Oh, & sadly I didn't do much sightseeing.
But you know what, I don't have any regrets. & I'm glad I went to the places that I went and bought the things that I bought!~ Hehe. There's always a chance for next visit. Lalala. Now I shall focus on saving up for my Europe trip so that I can finally finally meet up wif Junwei dere. Keke. Tata!!
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