indulgence

ate quite a fair bit today.
hehe.
glutton zhien on the eating spree!

this morning had tuition.
and again she cried.
sigh.
i wonder how i can stop her from whining just because i gave her 7 pages of homework.
eeks.
i think i need to instill some discipline in her.
hehe.

i need to instill some discipline in myself too.
i've been cheating on that few hours more of sleep each day.
which is a big deal honestly if you see it as a lack of discipline.
a total sloth attack.

anyway.
afternoon was youth service.
and seriously looking forward to youth rally.
i think it's gonna be a truely refreshing experience.

after that went to makan with fish and zhanming.
went to the prata place near church office.
and shared ice-cream prata with fish.
hehe.
wat a new thing.
haha.
ice-cream prata.
can you imagine?


well it's not hard to imagine. especially when i'm a total photo freak when it comes to food.
tada. a picture of the crispy side.


the ice-cream under the crispy prata!
nepolitan ice-cream with this really crispy prata!
hehe.
quite cool.
yummy!
and this is what both of us called appetizer.
haha.

after that zhong, geraldine and eddie came along.
at first decided to go to suntec to eat.
but settled for ikea in the end.
hehe.
convenient for me anyway. so i dont mind.
hehe.


saw this really cool thing.
it says "why did 244051462 people visit IKEA worldwide so far this year?"
saw this while we were queueing for seats at the cafe. it was near the staircase.
i must say the way they get seats for people was quite an efficient system.
at least dont have to go searching for seats on our own.
and having to fight in those kiasu manner.


we managed to get a window seat.
and so this was the view i took from where we were.
hehe.


chicken wings.
hehe.
yummy.
my main dish for the night!
i simply love them.
hehe.


and for dessert.
this triple layer cake.
chocolate!
hehe.
sweet.

after that walked around ikea for a while.
then we walked all the way to queenstown mrt where some of them took the mrt.
i walked back home.
i guess that little exercise was necessary given the indulgence.
haha.

think the indulgence stopped here?
think again.
hehe.
since when is zhien so NOT gluttony?


walked to the hawker nearby with sis when she asked if i wanted to get dessert.
haha.
and i got myself chengteng!
haha.

enough of the indulgence for the day.
now i've got to really start working.
cos. i realised i've way past the deadline.
and one thing i've got to really be glad of is that my boss is in a good mood recently.
he has been rather lenient.
and i think i should more or less be done with one of my articles.
hehe.
zhien got to start her engine and work!

20 years 20 days

a day with quite some things on compared to my past few days i suppose.

finally got to go kbox with ying for the first time.
haha.
amazing how silly we as sisters dont get the time to go out together that often.
sometimes i think i'm a failure at being one somehow.
haha.
anyway.
it was quite some rush.
went collecting the photos from the trip before getting down to cineleisure to meet her.

but well.
klunch was singing.
haha.
and quite some crap.
the aircon was super cold though.
haha.
sent me blowing my nose after some time.
bleh.


our lunch.
i thought the food served at level4 which is the japanese bento was nicer though.
ying had bee hoon and i ordered lemon chicken rice.
a photo that we took there.
and the cheng teng that i got myself at the food court after kbox-ing.
cos the food wasnt filling.
and cos i felt so cold that i needed something warmer.
haha.

at first thought of spending time outside until i meet chiewlin and linda.
but in the end went back home first.
since there was 3 hr and 45 minutes to the time i was meeting them by the time ying and i were done walking around.

after that reached on the dot to meet linda and chiewlin.
hehe i was the latest among the 3 but not late.
haha.
phew.
had planned to eat at kenny rogers at marina square.
but decided not to when we looked around from the outside.
hehe.
a little fickle on our part.
and decided to peek at the directory to find somewhere else.
settled for breeks cafe in the end!


breeks cafe.
from the outside.
took it with my phone's camera.
so it isnt really clear.
hehe.


this was what i had.
baked fish. with some cafe de paris butter.
cant really remember the name.

their food was ok.
the service hmm. was rather disorganised at times.
haha.
but the place looks rather nicely decorated.
haha.


went walking around marina square.
and saw this shop.
i wonder what they have to offer though.
hehe.
shall go take a look next time maybe.
hehe.


at first we were about to leave marina square.
but decided that we should get ourselves some dessert.
and so we went to the nicely decorated andersons!
it's kind of cool.
cos we went swensen's to celebrate chiewlin's bday after dinner.
went bnj to celebrate linda's bday after lunch.
and today andersons to celebrate mine after dinner!
haha.
3 different places!
shared happy brownie.
which was rather nice.
haha.
ice-creams are forever yummy!
took photos.
and linda and chiewlin imitated the bunny on the packet of chocolates i got for chiewlin from my trip.
hehe.
funny girls.


and today i got really wonderful things from the 2 girls.
haha.
linda created this card.
so cute.
personalised with zncl2 written there.
so lovely.
how sweet.
hehe.
thanks girl.


and as my bday gift.
the girls got me this pair of pink ripples slippers.
haha.
cos the one they got from thailand got so worn out.
haha.
but now we dont have all 3 of us having same slippers!


and also! a bath towel.
of course it's with winnie the pooh design.
very very cute!
haha.
how lovely.
hehe.
really a big thank you to you two. for the nice celebration. 20 years and 20 days old!

i'm kind of tired.
hmm.
with the week coming to an end.
i foresee the deadlines i've got to meet.
seriously got to do some work.
but i'm so so so lethargic.
eeks.

nothing

nothing much for the past 2 days.
but i shall just blog to sweep some dust of the page.

it's the 2nd day of the 2nd week of the 2nd special semester.
haha.
and there are only 4 weeks.
looks like my project is due soon.
haha.
got to start working on it this week.

i've got things to do.
yet i'm a little lazy to get them done.
and plus i'm running low of ideas.
so i have super low momentum in starting work.
high inertia maybe.
haha.

anyway.

this week i am not in hall.
just when people can visit me!
haha.
just my luck i guess.

yesterday could have had something interesting to blog about.
but lazy me decided not to make a trip down to rj with some of the 6a people.
out of the way also.
and plus i feel super super lazy.
for some weird reason.
i slept for slightly more than one and a half hours after i got back from school.

today had project meeting after class.
hopefully i get back to the efficient mode.
and get things done soon.
got back home and was kind of tired.
but was doing some editing some stuff and updating my group mates with stuff discussed during today's project meeting.
then after that went to visit a brother who got hospitalised.

now i'm kind of lethargic.
haha.
but i want to watch tv.
after that i shall go sleep.
hehe.
tonight zhien shall go sleep early.


been munching on this the past few days.
thanks to imran's treat.
haha.


and i took this when i was early for class on monday.
haha.
quite a nice view from the classroom i think.
hehe.

ok la.
enough crap.
out of here. shall go watch tv.
enjoy a bit then go sleep.

superb sunday

as usual there was sunday service.
the sermon was about how God clothe us when we come back to Him.
the robe of righteousness. the ring of authority. the sandals of readiness.
of course i believe God has provided more than i could ever imagine.
but three things of such great importance in our walk with Him, He gladly provided.

after that managed to get home and slack a little.

and finally after so so so long.
the class cell finally got to meet up.
which was really a good time of sharing.
hmmm. we should really meet up as much as we can!

and of course.
the long awaited class outing.
made plans for so long.
and finally. we managed to get it settled.
it got postponed from 3rd june to 4th june to 18th june then to 25th june.
dinner was at cafe cartel.
which we made so much noise at.
it was really so so so cool to meet up with so many people.
was really glad that the turn-out was good.
haha.
in fact 15 of us came!
super duper cool.


this was what i had at cafe cartel.
seafood macaroni.
had wanted to try the chicken and mushroom macaroni.
but i made a mistake in writing down the item number.
doesnt really taste fantastic though.
think they've got other nicer dishes.

after that we walked to cathy picturehouse.
settled down at ben&jerry's.
and i think we totally brought the house down.
we made so much noise.
but it was a super fun time there.


the ben&jerry's at the cathy.
have a lovely layout.
they had this corner with comfortable cushioned seats.
and of cos this drumset and keyboard in front.
hmmm. i wonder when they've got performances.
how cool.


and we set out to conquer the vermonster.
20 scoops of ben&jerry's ice-cream.
10 scoops of chopped walnuts.
4 bananas.
4 scoops hot fuge.
1 fudgy brownie.
3 chocolate chip cookies.
2 scoops m&m's.
2 scoops reese's pieces.
fresh whipped cream.
not a very accurate description they gave though.
i recalled seeing rainbow sprinkles.

but yea it was a huge chaos while we finished the whole tub.
initially had some problem with what they served us too.
but shant elaborate.


and in the end.
joseph and zhixuan came up with a weird idea to add water to the leftover melted ice-cream in the tub.
creating our very own "milkshake".
zhong ji mi ma set everyone going high.
having to gulp down the mixture.
hmm. i wonder if they still would crave that much for ben&jerry's ice-cream after this experience.
haha.


and a photo with jiaying.

hmm took a group photo at cafe cartel but it is with lindy's camera if i'm not wrong.
shall have to get it from her.
hehe.

it was a really fun time.

it's back to school tomorrow again.
and i guess it's gonna be another simple day.

another 6a gathering next sunday!
hehe.
how splendid.

of my thursday and friday

didnt really make good use of my thursday.
i woke up super late.
only woke up at close to 2 pm in the afternoon.
i totally hated that day when i woke up.
was so totally put off by my own serious lack of discipline to wake up.
set my alarm at 6.15 am so that i could have breakfast with mum.
but end up ignoring my alarm. sleeping till 7 plus.
then i lazed on and continued to sleep.
woke up at 9 plus and went back to sleep again.
got up at 12 plus and as you figured.
i slept again.
crap.
i seriously ought to make sure i wake up early.

after that spent the day online.
was discussing with junjie about the possibility of going on exchange and stuff.
it looks vaguely possible though.

and i really wonder if it's gonna be a wrong move taking up the role of being a sub-com head.
i needed to figure out if i should take it up.
i really needed it.
but i couldnt find it.
and tonight during prayer meeting it dawned on me that at times.
i turn to God and i expect Him to give me answers immediately.
only to limit what He can do with me.
and one thing that was said was that God looks not at the need, but the faith.
i guess i do take God for granted at times.
that simple faith i failed to keep when i just get so overwhelmed.
a huge lesson learnt today indeed.

but right now. i think i'll go ahead and take up the challenge.
afterall it's the only activity outside curriculum that i'll be getting myself involved in.
there's a lot of things that i dont think i know how to handle yet.
but i'm just gonna take up the challenge and i guess it's a good time to stretch myself.
wont pile up more things for myself to do definitely.
i think i'm gonna keep to that.
and most prob i'll just keep to having one tuition student.
if that wednesday student doesnt confirm with me by next week if she's continuing or not.
shall not be compromising my commitment to God also.

anyway. thursday night went ikea with sis.
and had dinner at the cafe there.
after that went getting myself plates to put in hall so that i can cook if i stay there during intersem.
hehe.
since now got fridge.
and to make myself less bored.
even popped by bloomington and i simply love their stuff there.
so sweet.
hehe.

today morning had bible study.
and after that was kind of tired but still dragged myself to travel down to my aunt's place.
had promised to drop by to play with my cousins.
it was a short time there.
but definitely fun.
hehe.

some of the photos i took with my phone.

me eunice and sean.
sean was really hyperactive.
he kept moving so it was hard getting him properly into the picture.
and of course the mischievious look on eunice's face.
she was damn cheeky.
i had wanted to take a photo of sean and i only.
but she squeezed in.
haha.
jealousy of little kids.
haha.


look at how cute the two of them are.
sean looks shocked though.
haha.
i think eunice just hugged him so suddenly when i said come i take a picture of you and your little brother.
haha.
sweet.


the cute little baby boy.
man. i sure hope he grows up to be a handsome chap.
gonna be some eye candy.
hehe.
oops.
dont worry i am no paedophile.


and finally a pic of eunice and i.
a sweet little girl.
but took me a lot of trouble just to get her settled down to take a nice pic.
a lot of those i tried to take with her had her screaming right into the lens.
haha.
kids sure get overly excited at times.

one thing my aunt commented was that i gained weight coming back from the trip.
goodness.
how freaking.
haha.
i sense a more urgent need to get my exercise regime into place soon.
yes. soon.
ya. soon.

anyway.
would like to also congratulate joel on getting baptised.
really sorry that i couldnt go and witness you getting baptised.
i would really love to go. but i had prayer meeting.
and thanks for understanding.
continue to grow in the Lord, brother!
i'm so happy for you!

i'm looking forward to the weekends.
tomorrow nothing much planned.
but there's service to go to!
and sunday there's gonna be so many enriching things.
service. then gonna be class cell get together. it's been so long!
and there's gonna be 6a gathering.
hope the venue gets confirmed soon.
:)

finally back at home

after 3 days of confinement.
i'm finally back at home.
haha.

anyway.


this is the state of our room now linda!
hehe.
i still kept it neat.
looks clean and pretty right?


but now, we've got a bar fridge under your table, roomie!
thanks to eric.
but we can use it.
haha.
do come back and make good use of it k?

and tonight's cell was interesting.
looking forward to the rally.
and bringing people to go for the rally too.
think it would really be a great experience with God.
hehe.

extreme boredom

slept all the way till 11 .30 am this morning.
had set my alarm to go off at 10 am but i slept on.
how lazy.
i seriously need more discipline.

a really really boring day.
i spent it entirely on my own.
watched anime until i didnt have any more to watch unless i rewatch.
tried doing some of the layout assignments and end up stopping halfway cos i was going brain-dead.
how crappy.
was around in my room the whole time.
when i got out of my room at 6.30 pm to get dinner from the canteen.
that was the first time today that i see human beings.
yes you wonder if i'm living on earth.
hall is so quiet.
so liveless in a way.
i am contemplating if i should stay in hall next week still.
i think i'll go crazy at the rate i am confining myself here.
unless sis is around to stay i might seriously consider just travelling everyday for mondays to wednesdays for class rather than stay in hall.
it's just way too miserable.
else i'll have to get myself some materials for the next semester to read up to pass time.
argh.

and my right arm is aching.
i think cos of the badminton yesterday.
cant imagine how unfit i've become.
haha.
that i can actually get an aching arm for such a short duration of exercise.
sickening.

i think i can really sleep early tonight.
there's nothing to do anyway.
unless i find a ball and start doodling on it and call it some name.
then talk to it as my companion.
bleh.

need to get some opinion on something from my dearest roomie.
but she doesnt seem to be online.
haha.
sos. sos.
hehe.

i'm so terribly bored.