happy sunday

kuai le xing qi tian~
happy sunday!

zhien concluded that today is a great great happy sunday.

morning.
i was so glad that i finally managed to get my lazy body out of bed at 6 am.
despite the fact that i slept at close to 1.30 am.
then was church service.
which i think God really worked miraculously.
i was kind of sleepy at first but still i didnt doze off and was actually quite awake throughout the day. really thank God for taking away the weariness.
the power of prayer. :)

then service ended a little bit earlier than usual i think.
so i had some time to sit around with the cell while they have their lunch before i go off to meet some of the 6a people for lunch.

actually i expected a birthday celebration.
haha.
sounds a little thick-skinned.
but yea. i kind of guessed that it would be this afternoon.
cos yesterday was telling edwin that i wont be able to join them for lunch this afternoon.
and he was asking why. so i mentioned that i have my jc class lunch gathering and meeting them at 1.30 pm. and he was mentioning about at least staying till 1 pm.
haha.
then over lunch.
i didnt order food mah since eating with the 6a people.
but had to explain to this other guy who asked why i wasnt getting sthg to eat.
and so he actually mentioned sthg like "oh so there's gonna be a double celebration".
haha.
then after that one other brother had to go off and before he left he was like saying i heard it's your birthday or sthg. then was extending his hand to wish me happy birthday before he zao off.
so i was like. kind of expecting some sort of like a celebration.

but still it came as a pleasant surprise.
i thought i would most probably be able to spot them before i get sneaked up on.
haha.
but i guess they still managed to take me by surprise.
so jj came behind me holding the cake.
and it was a really really pleasant celebration.
haha. though the wind kind of helped me blew out the candles.
and they had to relight it.
but it was really very nice and thoughtful of them.
really really sweet.


and this was the gift from my cell group.
a book!
yay. meant to let me have sthg to read on the flight.
and they got a really lovely bookmark for me too.
man. really really feel so blessed.

then after that had to rush off to take the bus so that i wont be late to meet the 6a people.
at first was kind of lost as to where to take the bus but i was lucky to have some people near the road junction which i approached for directions.
took me only 4 stops to get to newton mrt.
so i was slightly late but definitely not the latest.
haha.

zhixuan, eugene, james, linda, sarah and i were the only 6 6a people for the lunch gathering today.
haha. a small group.
but still good catching up.
18th june will be the bigger scale one. i hope.
haha.
went the hawker centre at adam road to eat.
sarah had a craving for the nasi lemak there.


but i ended up having hokkien mee.
looks good?
i think it's nice too.
haha.
i was the only odd one out that didnt get nasi lemak.
haha.
ok sometimes i can be damn off.
haha.


and of cos such nice dish deserved to be eaten till the plate looks rather clean.
hehe.
and one good thing abt this stall's hokkien mee is dont have sotong!
which i dont eat.
so i can finish everything up nicely.


and got another bday gift from zhixuan.
which was another book.
and coincidentally by the same author as the book i got from my cell.
haha.
wonderful.
hehe.
a really big thank you to zhixuan too!


only realised that there was a card inside when i got back home.
but really thank God i didnt drop it when i took the book out to see.
haha.

after that sarah linda and i decided to take a walk around orchard.
so we went shopping around tangs.
then went far east.

after some time we got rather tired of walking.
and tried to find a place to rest.


and found this really interesting shop.
man jia le.
i wonder how long it has been opened.
it's been some time since i went to far east to walk around.


and they have quite some interesting stuff on their menu.
but the smell of used oil is quite strong there.
haha.
and they have this very cute way of assigning a "number" to your order.
when you place your order at the counter.
you'll be given a mahjong tile.
that'll be reflective of your "number" according to your order.
quite interesting.
but we didnt end up getting a drink from there.
cos there werent enough seats.

so we ended up getting drinks from yakun.
and then linda helped to take a pic of sarah and i.

i've got super bad complexion though.
i hope it doesnt worsen when i'm in london.
i want to try and look pretty in the photos.
haha.
since it's such a rare opportunity to be there.

yeap and i will be off to london tmr night.
and will only be back on the 16th.
dont know how much opportunity i'll have to blog.
but i'm hoping that there'll be enough chances for me to get online and email a few people.

and maybe even meet up with taitik, florrine, michelle and jiaying.
and with lindy who most prob will be bumming around in london some time in between my stay there.
gonna be quite cool.
hehe.

full of anticipation.
the excitement is getting higher.
but i'm so gonna miss out quite some stuff over here in singapore.

still just as much as i anticipate going to london for this break.
i anticipate coming back afresh.
hope i wont balloon with all the eating. i cross my fingers for that.

sweet saturday

the morning tuition was cancelled.
so i had a rather simple morning.
spent it watching yet another filler episode of naruto.
and seriously. the filler doesnt seem to be ending any time soon.
though the latest one seems rather interesting.

lunch was really simple.
but nice.
mum cooked plain rice before she left for work.
so my job was just to heat it up.
and then she also marinated chicken wings.
which i ate 4 of them with my plain rice.
it was nice lor.


after that went for church youth/tertiary service.
then travelled down to suntec with edwin to meet the rest of the uni people for dinner.
we ended up only being able to meet up half an hour after the appointed meeting time.

went walking around and realised that everywhere was super crowded.
finally decided to eat at nydc.
and the person at first told me it would most probably be about a 20-minute long wait.
so i left my name on the waiting list and went walking around.
looking for other possible alternatives.
decided to just wait for nydc.
but we ended up waiting for so long.
managed to only get a place after close to an hour's wait.
so sadded.

but the food was good.

i ordered hawaiian baked pasta!
hehe. my all-time fav.
yummy yummy.

peiyi, yiling and edwin treated me to mud-pie to celebrate my birthday.
they picked grandma goes nuts.
which was rather nice.
a really sweet treat.
but was kind of ex.
like they spent too much like that leh.
and i actually got so excited that i forgot to take a picture of it.
but yeap nydc mud-pies are nice.
;)
they made me very happy happy.

looking forward to trip to london on monday.

zhien's friday

yet another day when i dont really know how to put a title to describe aptly my day.
woke up later than i had to.
and i think it's really time i get some discipline in me.
bleh.
dumb dumb zhien.

went out to meet sis for lunch this afternoon at plaza singapura.
we ended up stuck at starhub for quite some time.
just to get the cable box changed to the digital one.
now it's so cool.
except for the lag and the jumping screen.
haha. the starhub people will have to come down and get them done soon.
or else i'm so gonna scream at them for ruining my tv!


and we went mahattan fish market for lunch.
kind of like fish&co.
it's a fish place.
but i think the food is great.
the prices already beat fish&co hands down.
it's slightly more affordable.
though the serving was smaller compared to fish&co.
fish&co got HUGE pans for their food.
but it was still a filling lunch.


the place has got rather nice ambience.
well decorated.
but honestly not much different from that in fish&co.
but they serve the food rather efficiently which is quite amazing.
given that it was lunch hour.
haha.


and the lunch set that i had this afternoon.
the soup of the day was cream of mushroom.
and i think it tasted good.
i almost licked the bowl clean.
haha.
and i couldnt finish the fish&chips.
but it was really nice.
haha.
yummy.
*two thumbs up*
zhien was so satiated.
btw the fish&chips pic was taken with my sis' phone camera which is of a larger megapixel.
that's why it is clearer. hehe.


went to best denki to get an extra canon battery so that my current one wont make me pull my hair while i'm in london.
but well.
the new extra battery almost made me pull my hair today.
it cost 89 bucks.
wah. heart pain.
i was telling sis how seldom i whip out my money to buy things.
but once i decide to buy sthg i really da chu xie.
burn hole in pocket. :(
sadded.
but well.
at least it's of use.
must take good care of my camera and the batteries liao.

after that walked around for a while.
before taking bus back home.
and sis left for work.


was waiting for the bus at the parkmall bus-stop.
when i saw in the space across.
that they are holding some adidas challenge thing.
guess it's cos of the world cup fever.
but yea. the announcer was calling out group names to get them ready for the match.
heard sthg like maple6. i was like -.-.
soccer freak plus gaming freak.
haha.
but well.
i guess the prizes shld be attractive for such a thing.
haha.
not much of my concern though.
given that i'm so not a soccer fan.
haha.

after that tutored.
and yea. today she cried again.
as usual.
man.
i really wonder how to deal with her at times.
gonna not have lesson tmr since she's gonna have some ballet performance.
and i wont see her for next week since i'm in london enjoying my break.

went out for prayer meeting after that.
man i really have to admit that it is super convenient where i am staying now.
the bus ride only took like 20 mins.
so i ended up being early.
when i thought i had to rush.

tonight got a load off my mind.
and really thank God for that.
:)

so concluded zhien's day.

untitled

cant think of a title for this one.
haha.

not really a lot of things today.
but shall just blog.
before i hit the sack.

today morning was workshop again.
think i'm getting the hang of it.
haha.
which is really confident boosting.

i realised i sometimes really dont know what goes on around me.
be it years back.
i'm not sure what goes on elsewhere outside of my own class.
or shld i say my own circle.
and even now.
so many things i am so ill-informed about.
time to gain some awareness.
then i'll be more sensitive to others.
i guess.
i need to be.

planned to meet sis for dinner after her work.
but the flu got better of me.
and i sounded so bad over the phone.
in the end decided that i shall stay at home.
and maybe meet her for lunch tomorrow instead.

end up having an anime marathon.
was watching bleach 82.
then watched mahouraba on channel 56.
then watched kiba 9.
followed by naruto 186.
comments.
bleach filler. sometimes interesting sometimes not.
this ep was ok. not really super exciting but at least there was some action that made the pace seem faster.
but still. i wish the filler is over soon.
mahouraba is a really cute anime. though i've missed some eps here and there. it's super lame at times. funny anime.
kiba is getting more and more exciting.
cant wait for more action.
naruto. argh. damn hair-pulling.
they give super crap eps as fillers.
it's getting on my nerves.
haha.

and then finally got down to doing the layout.
which is due on saturday.
i hope it's gonna be approved.
i did what i thought was nice.
so i can only hope my boss thinks so too.
haha.

one only really really upsetting thing.
my hard disk is in such a sorry state.


i got it back from the friend i lent it to.
and end up seeing a spoilt casing.
he was saying that the casing was already spoilt when i passed it to him that time.
but i cant really remember. yet i really dont think so.
sigh.
i'm super sadded.
that's why i dont like to lend things to people.
i dont even know if i was the one that spoilt it.
or him. now.
and i just dont like to see my things like that.
maybe i'm just purely obsessed with my things.
but sigh. just dont like it when they get spoilt.
i hate spending the time and money just to get them repaired or whatever.
it's traumatising.
bleh.

a simple wednesday

good thing i managed to wake up early today.
so i reached church office like 5 mins before the time the workshop was to start.
phew.

today's workshop was fun.
really getting down to practicing presentation with one another.
not really very fluent and smooth going about it.
but i feel so much more confident.
and it's definitely great sharing experience as we talk to one another.
really cool.
today's workshop was really a long one.
from 9 am to 4 pm. with one hour's lunch break.
sometimes the weariness sets in.
but most of the time it was really fun.
really thak God.
i guess my tuition student started taking a break at the right time.
so that this week i dont have to give the second half of the workshop a miss.
but the only thing is i'm getting slacker.

came back home since i had the time before cell tonight to catch some rest.
and slept for an hour.
hehe.
i managed to wake up.
cos ying and sis made such great effort to make sure i got out of bed.
haha.

after that went gloria's place for cell.
and i ended up being the earliest despite reaching 5 mins earlier.
the rest were all late.
haha.
today's cell was really really really light-hearted.
shared about wat basically we've been doing recently.
and i realised that i've played so much.
time to get back to work.
time to pack for the trip.
time to get my layout that is due on the 3rd done. crap.
i really hate that.
bleh.
time to really stop eating so much. the gluttony must come to a stop.
haha.

a long day.
but simple.
and zhien is happy that it is.

still. reminder to myself: get to work!

i guess there would be no more playing for the rest of the week.
sadded.
i want to watch xmen 3!

mickey-donald outing

woke up late today.
sigh.
stupid nose of mine la.
was sneezing and sneezing like mad in the middle of the night.
end up waking up at 4.30 am.
and had to try so hard to get back to sleep.
my alarm rang at 6.45 am.
but then i was so tired that i offed it and continued sleeping.
bad choice.
cos i ended up waking up at 8.15 am.
thank God that ying came into the room rushing to go to school too.
woke me up like finally.
aiyo.

ended at 3 plus and at first was contemplating if i should just go straight to walk around in city area while waiting for time to pass till the meeting time at 6 pm for the gathering.
but got convinced that i should go home first.
cos it was too long a wait.
neither am i in the shopping mood.

got home and got my bag washed.
scrubbed like mad.
and i concluded i really hate housework.
now my hands are rougher. :(
and my back ached after bending down to scrub so much.

after that felt that i didnt have enough time to take a nap.
i would most probably end up sleeping past the time.
so in the end finished up the articles that i have to write.
which i totally got so sick of already.
but really glad that i decided to get them done before i went out while i had the time.
cos now i'm kind of tired.
and i think i'm gonna go sleep soon anyway.

then after that went out.
tonight is donald-mickey combined group outing.
haha.
supposed to meet at 6pm at city hall mrt station.
but i ended up being 15 mins earlier.
so i went walking around raffles city.
and i got myself so amazed!
they had this lego sale and exhibition.
it's super cool.


pirates!
created using lego lor.
how cool.


also under their pirates series.
it's damn cool.
somemore got some figurines got movable parts.
how shiok.


this one wow-ed me the most.
this soccer stadium.
in anticipation of the coming world cup.
damn cool.
they actually got a whole lego-formed stadium.

saw this harry potter lego set on offer too.
really really interesting.
lego never fails to fascinate me.
i've always thought i'm unlike other girls when i was young.
most loved dolls.
i loved lego.
haha.
and i still like lego!
cool cool cool. super cool!

after that met my group's people and linda's group people and went to marina square's billy bombers.

dinner was superbly filling.
here's what i ate.
damn crazy.
i think i sure put on a lot of weight with this meal.


the promo set they were having.
the soup of the day being cream of corn.
oatmeal fish and fries for the main course.
banana milkshake as the drink.
and ben&jerry's chocolate fudge brownie as dessert.
damn sinful treat.
haha.
i still love the banana milkshake at billy bombers so so so much.
it's ooolala delicious.


pictures of linda and i playing with the ice-cream.
the spoon was so stuck to the ice-cream that we could lift the whole cup of ice-cream just by holding the spoon.
man.
their freezer is sure power.
haha.


and one interesting drink chiew lin ordered.
it's called spider.
it's sprite with vanilla ice-cream i think.
haha.
and it's damn cool.
when you pour the sprite into the cup.
the foam is just so fun!

and linda and i were crazily filling in the feedback form.


linda with her creative way of indicating the branch.
billy bombers at marina square.
replaced the square with a superscript 2.
haha. she was so proud of it.
made me take a picture of it.
hehe.


and one thing i liked.
haha.
the need you ask part.
with the ?!%*#
haha.
so fun.


and one other part to be filled in.
that i came up with a crazy suggestion on how to fill it up.
i would come around more often if...
... i have the time.
haha.
ok lame.
i wonder where i got all my lame-ness from.


and finally a group photo at billy bombers before we left to take a walk around the area.

my conclusion is.
next time i shall not attempt to finish off a set meal by myself.
too overkill.
damn full lor.
and it's so so so fattening.
haha.
crap la.
my whole holidays has been about eating eating and more eating!
madness.

after that took a walk around the esplanade.
and took quite some photos.


the girls.
took it by the singapore river.
meant to have the esplanade taken as the background.
but apparently the guys were kind of blur.
so had to take another one with the esplanade as the background one.


and some pictures of the night view around the singapore river.
really pretty sight.
too bad my camera's quality isnt fantastic enough.
crap la.
i would so love to save up and get a better camera.
haha.


and my group's photo taken at the esplanade.
finally we've got an increase in number of people attending the outing.
but still dominated by linda's group though.
haha.

so tonight was kind of fun.
very crazy.
laughed so much at billy bombers.
trying to outwin one another with our lame-ness.
suan-ing and then getting suan-ed in return.
stuff like that.
we created quite a din.
haha.
but well.
i guess what mattered most was the fun.
haha.
i had fun.

and before i end of this rather mad entry.

i wonder if it's me.
but recently i seem to see more stars in the sky as i walk back home at night.
i used to look up while walking pass the track over at my house that side.
yet i dont recall seeing that much stars in the sky.
maybe it's the weather recently or wat?
haha.
the rain just disperse the clouds and make them clearer?
hmmm i wonder why.

ok la.
i'm tired.
shall end of abruptly here.

slumber party

i think we made quite a din in hall last night.

to think linda was the latest.
i was commenting that i'd reach around 11 that time cos i will be out on sunday night.
and she was the one to say that 11 was very late.
haha.
she only reached around 12 la.
funny girl.

the slumber party kicked started with bubbles fun.
making use of the bottles of bubbles solution we got from way way way back from rendevous.
so we were like crazily blowing bubbles.
and i crazily snapped photos.


pictures that i took of the bubbles i blew.
hehe.
pretty bubbles.
amazing how light gets reflected off the bubbles and you see colours at the edges of the bubbles.
haha.
i can blow rather big bubbles!


chiewlin and linda happily blowing away!

i had came up with the crazy idea of wearing pyjamas while we were making plans for the party.
so we all 3 looked so funny after we washed up from playing bubbles.
when we took the lift down to get the laundry done, we were wishing that the lift doesnt get stopped until we reach the first floor.
so that we wont end up bumping into other people.
seeing us in our pjyamas.
i think we giggled so so so much.

after that we had fondue!
was at the pantry melting the chocolate.
and it was quite some funny experience.
i think i was too tired. somehow i felt sleepy even before the slumber party started!
haha.
i placed the pan on the hot-plate.
but i turned the switch for the other hot-plate.
so we could feel the heat.
but the the chocolate was still taking its own sweet time to melt.
then the 2 girls realised that i did such a silly thing.
haha.


fondue! not with the fondue fountain machine though.
too expensive to get one.
with marshmellows.
bananas.
and apples.

after that went up to our room and ate.
and ate and ate.
supposed to teach them how to get the blogskin done.
but linda was so unmotivated.
and we decided that we should catch some sleep.
haha.
took some group photos before we hit the bed.
but i decided not to post them up.
cos it looks really funny.
so close to 4 am we chatted while lying on the bed.
linda was the first one to go into lala-land.
knocked out.
haha.
then after that both chiewlin and i decided that we should get some sleep too.
cos i could sense that i was talking in quite a incoherent manner.
yes tired.
haha.

poor linda had to wake up early in the morning at 7 plus just to get to work.
chiewlin and i woke up at 8 am.
but decided that we should sleep more.
haha.
the bad thing about slumber party.
sleep late and wake up late.


the cake that linda's clique got for her.
but she forgot to take it when she left.
so it ended up being chiewlin's and my brunch.
sick lor. to have to finish gorging half a cake.
haha.
i was waving the white flag close to the end lor.

after that i packed up stuff and headed back home!
so concluded our slumber party for may 2006!

the rest of the afternoon was spent out at orchard shopping with ying.
we did quite some crazy antics.
silly girl.

and one thing to really thank God for today.
really needed to get my external hard disk drive back from eric today.
but he only will end his class at 4 pm.
but i had to go home since i had arranged to go out with ying.
was praying for a solution.
and yes chiew offered me the solution.
haha.
she's gonna help me pick my hdd from eric and pass me tmr during the outing.
which didnt cross my mind when i was panicking.
haha.
so yay!
happy happy.
really thank God.
and thanks to chiewlin too.
for being nice to help me take from eric.
next time dont want lend things to him le. gives me nervous shocks. haha.

ok. zhien is getting tired again.
for some weird reason.
ah. out of here.
end.