5000 years later

Oh my god, words cannot express how ashamed I am that I have not updated my blog for three weeks straight. Assignments have really started to pile up and while the workload is thankfully still manageable, I really don't have the motivation nor energy to blog during the little free time I have.

I also joined an after school club of sorts (more on that next time) which steals away even more of my time and energy. I'm gonna try my darndest to set aside time for blogging because honestly, I miss it. A lot :(

The great news is, most of my big assignments are due next week so after that, I'd have more time to blog! Yay!!

And one awesome announcement: I'M GOING TO PERTH DURING THE JUNE HOLS!!

YAYYY OMG YESSSSSSS.

The awkward moment when I've only posted five out of the 17 Perth 2012 posts lmao FAIL.

Well that's it for now, I'm gonna go procrastinate some more by watching danisnotonfire vids and rushing out my Intro To Business essay in the dead of night.

Here's a blog post that I drafted ages ago (before the school work set in...sigh) and somehow totally forgot about. Enjoy!

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Look what I spotted at OG...

STOP WITH THIS MADNESS!! Parents, DO NOT buy this for your children to play with!! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN MAKE SUCH A TOY!!!!!!!

My gorgeous infinity ring. This photo doesn't do it justice!! It's super sparkly irl. I've been looking for a nice infinity ring for a long time now, mostly because I'm a fangirl for INFINITE hahaha (Sung Gyu ❤) and this one only cost $3! YAY FOR ME LOL.

Satay!! *drool*

I freaking love prawn crackers. I'd eat like three bucketfuls of them at one go and don't you try and stop me.

SHIT I AM HAVING MASSIVE FOOD CRAVINGS NOW.

Uber delicious cereal soft shell crab which also starred in this post. Has a nice spicy kick to it :D

Okay I'm basically just torturing myself now...I CAN'T STOP STARING AT THE FOOD PICS THEY'RE SO DELICIOUS BUT I'M ALSO STARVING.

Okay moving on to desserts...

We headed over to Swensen's to try out their special ice-cream Flavour of the Month! Which was called Aquanova and coloured blue-green. Don't even try to convince me that an ice-cream like that doesn't pique your interest!

We ordered that as well as a scoop of Chocolate Peanut Butter for a waffle thingy which I think is called a Golden Gate Bridge.

Not worth my usual raving (SO YUMMY OMG WHYYYY) but not horrendous either.

The Aquanova ice-cream had a mildly pleasant taste to it that I just can't put my finger on. Like seriously, I couldn't identify the flavours even if my life depended on it! But still it was fun to experiment with new, wacky ice-cream flavours :)

Aaaaaand now I'm craving ice-cream and waffles.

HALP.

Fly Me To The Moon

Week 2 of school has come and gone. Assignments are slowly but surely being doled out. I would love to be blogging during the small window of free time I have not spent on recharging my batteries, but Tumblr always seems to commandeer my sole attention the moment I go online.

Nevertheless, here I am now. Weekends, I love you. *hugs*

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Last Saturday I decided to join my family as they went on yet another late-night trip to Changi Airport (this has almost become a weekly affair, we go there so often just to lepak it's a bit ridiculous). We went fairly early which means I got to go shopping~! Yay!!

My mum and I spent nearly an hour picking out clothes at SPell (a fashion store which is actually helmed by the Business students from my school, how cool is that?!) much to the dismay of my bored and hungry father :P They were having a sale (YAY) so I got a handful of pretty neat stuff at great prices! Hooray for new stuff to wear at school~!! *confetti*

The shopping made us a little peckish so my mum went to get cakes and cupcakes at this cute new bakery called The Butter Studio! (I forgot the exact name and almost typed The Butter Factory which, for your information, is a dance club hahaha silly me)

I was supposed to be on a diet (I've been saying this same sentence for the past three weeks and upon completion of reciting this phrase, I'd shove a boatload of unhealthy food down my throat. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!) but their cupcakes were so delish that I just couldn't resist them! Just one bite will have you hooked!!

These were SO good you have no idea!! Definitely my favourite out of the bunch. I ❤ salted caramel!!

Sickeningly adorable design. I'm sure little kids and cutesy girls would love this :)

Sooooo cuteeeeee~!!

There was one glorious Red Velvet cupcake left but unfortunately it got swept up by the customer before me. CURSES!! I'll get you next time, oh delectable Red Velvet goodness~

Afterwards we went to Aston's (they close at midnight, hence being our regular late supper choice) and I ordered a big plate of fats.

LOOK AT IT. It's all deep-fried, carb and fat-loaded goodness. So bad, yet so good. Sigh.

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Well I'm off to go contemplate my diet choices and continue putting off exercise like I've been doing for the past month or so. Pretty soon I won't even be able to fit into my pants anymore :(

*gently weeps into a bag of Doritos*

Big Days

Hello friends!

I'm actually posting on a school night, WOW! It's because I only had one class today which ended at 3 PM so I rushed back home, showered and had a wonderful nap. What's even better? My first class tomorrow starts at one in the afternoon! Yippee~!!

Since I'm not in tired zombie mode, I thought I'd write a little update on how school life has been so far :)

You are NOT going to believe how my first day of school started off. It's just so disastrous and dramatic that up til now, I actually still can't fully accept that it really happened.

Well picture this: On Sunday night, I was all prepared and excited for school. I had packed everything in my awesome school bag (it's a gorgeous pink floral Billabong limited edition backpack so I love it very much, please pardon my bragging), picked out what outfit I wanted to wear along with the accessories to go with it, familiarised myself with the timings and venues of all my classes the next day. The day ended with me going to bed with a heart brimming with happiness and excitement.

My first class on Monday was at 10 AM so I set the alarm on my phone to go off at 8.30, plenty of time to eat some brekkie before getting ready at a nice, leisurely pace!

I woke up at one point when it was still dark and did a quick time-check on my phone, 6.50 AM. Alright, I still have almost two hours to snooze in my über comfortable bed! So I happily turned around and drifted right back to dreamland.

Fast forward through time...

A while later, I was awakened naturally and saw that my room was now filled with sunlight. I stretched my well-rested body and a satisfied smile flashed across my face. But I was wondering why it felt like I'd been sleeping for a really long time, why hadn't my 8.30 AM alarm gone off? I didn't have much time to ponder about this because I turned my head to look at the clock on my bedroom wall and saw that the time was 10.05.

In a split second, my heart starting beating furiously at my chest and my mind was in a whirl. I frantically searched for my phone lying somewhere next to my pillow, all the while repeating in my head, "please don't be ten, please don't be ten, please don't be ten..." I pressed the button on my phone and the screen lit up. Sure enough, it was 10.05.

I groaned in a defeated manner, why did this happen?! On the first day of my school journey, for the first lesson ever? Seriously?! It just seemed too unfair.

I don't know what happened. I'm not sure if the alarm didn't go off as a result of my phone deciding it was a good time to start getting faulty or it could be because I was in such a deep sleep that when the alarm rang, I just switched it off and continued sleeping. All I knew was, I was deeply angered at how such an important day was getting off to a crumbling start despite me having done all that I could for it to go smoothly.

The school attendance system states that students who turn up to classes more than 15 minutes late will automatically be marked absent. Which basically meant that I would be put down as absent for my first class ever, since there's no way in hell I would have been able to magically teleport to school in less than ten minutes.

And that upset me so much that I was actually wailing while getting ready.

Yeah now that I think about it it's actually pretty hilarious lol. In a pathetic kind of way.

But yeah, I was filled with a horrible cocktail of emotions. Anger, frustration, disappointment and anxiety. I kept wondering why the Universe decided to mock me by throwing me into this predicament. And on a day which was supposed to go so splendidly! I also became a nervous wreck after thinking about the inevitable doom I will face when I waltz in to the classroom an hour late on the first day of school. I was sure that the lecturer would rip me apart, chastising me for not being punctual and being put down as absent for my first class of hers. And the thought of having to walk into a room full of your peers who are all amused by how ridiculously late you are...I'm sure people who have been in similar situations know how humiliating it is.

So I ran around the house like a headless chicken. Performing my morning ablutions, throwing on clothes and generally getting ready full-speed in an attempt to get myself to school as fast as possible. All the while, emitting a noise reminiscent of a dying whale. I can't believe I was actually crying lol. No tears came out but I was a blubbering mess.

*At this point my laptop decides to crash, which it has been doing quite a lot lately. THANK YOU Blogger for your autosave function!! If I had to type out all the above words all over again I'd probably smash the wall next to me with my bare fist. Just kidding that would hurt.*

I got to school at around 11 AM and I had to navigate myself through a completely new environment to get to the classroom. It felt incredibly stressful and I got more and more anxious as each minute went by.

I finally found the room I was supposed to have arrived in more than an hour ago. I went in, apologised to the lecturer and stated my reason for being late. Turns out it wasn't such a big deal after all. In fact, compared to the worst case scenario I had anticipated in my head, it was nothing at all. The lecturer just nodded and I took a seat. Nobody in my class actually gave a rat's ass so. That's good lol.

Of course, I still had to be marked absent. I remained pretty upset about that at first because I was striving for a perfect attendance record and it just sucked that my education journey start off on such a sour note. Luckily I was able to gradually get over it as the day progressed.

And guess what? I actually enjoyed the day much more as compared to the previous week where I was on time every single day. Despite coming off to a truly terrible start, I had a great time getting to know my classmates more and making new friends. So yay to that :)

The day got even better when my mum said she'd bring me for ramen after school. I'm on a very tight student budget right now so free food is always welcome! Even better if it's extra delicious food!

Shoyu chasu ramen from Ajisen Ramen.

I'm glad I tried this out because Ajisen's regular ramens have reeeally salty soup stocks. The shoyu version (meaning it has a soya sauce-infused soup stock) is perhaps just as salty but way more flavourful and aromatic. They were pretty generous with the chasu, considering how the pieces are pretty big. I love lean meats!! Yummeh~~~

My nails that I had painted with the set of polishes I talked about in my previous post. They turned out to be more of a honeydew colour, significantly lighter than the mint green shade that is seen when it's in the bottle. I still love it anyway :) So melon-y and sweet~!

Gosh I'm so tired now even though I took a nap to recharge earlier in the evening. I'm glad I managed to hammer out this post though. I've been meaning to write it since Monday, which was the day on which these events occurred, but I keep procrastinating since it's pretty wordy and also because I'm just so tired all the time haha. Yay for being productive!

I'll be watching the new episode of How I Met Your Mother in bed (SO STOKED THAT THERE'S FINALLY A NEW EP, IT'S GONNA BE HILARIOUS OMG SPAZZZZZ) before conking out til 10 AM tomorrow. So thankful that classes start in the afternoon :D

Gonna end off this post with a photo I took of the seating at Ajisen:

The cushions have cellulite lol.

Oh So Frivolous

My mum bought these sets of nail polishes during our Perth vacation last year. They're just so pretty that I couldn't bear to even take them out of their beautiful packaging!

Oh by the way Chi Chi is an Australian cosmetic brand and it's also my affectionate name hahaha. Because Chi is the second part of my Chinese name :) It's pretty awesome to see my name (kinda) printed all over the nail polishes rofl.

I love the pastel colours so much!! I'm not a big fan of neon but I suppose the bright shades would be good for days when I'm feeling extra vibrant, hehe :P

OH MY LORDY EVEN THE BOX IS SO B-E-A-UTIFUL.

Rainbow paisley, WHY SO NAISE?!

Sorry, pretty things make me lose my mind a little bit.

Hello, my pretties. I've been saving you for a special occasion ^_^

My favourite one is a tie between the rose and the mint green, both third from the left on the top and bottom row respectively. WHY ARE THEY SO PRETTY ERMAHGERD.

But I guess I'll be decking my nails out in the green first, in celebration of the official start of school. So excited!!

My family went on yet another late-night trip to Changi Airport last night and I had to give it a miss because I was so plum tuckered out from Orientation Week. The first two days in particular threw me into a coma every night. Anyways, my mum picked up this month's issue of DOLLY and the freebie was a makeup basics kit!

Wheeeeeee~~!!

I don't care much for the cover girl (don't follow Brit musicians or any angmoh musicians, for that matter) but the magazine itself is gonna be an enjoyable read! I miss Aussie mags :( Ever since Seventeen Singapore ended their run (WHY?! I need answers!!), I've lost my go-to monthly magazine.

Okay that ends this short and rather pointless post of me basically squealing in excitement over nail polishes, teen mags and free makeup. You know, just girl stuff.

Looking forward to the first week of school! My timetable is actually pretty fantastic, apart from Tuesdays which require me to get up at like, six in the morning and attend lectures and tutorials all the way til 5 PM. But other than that, I'm really happy with my class schedule! I guess it helps that I wrote it down in my beloved cupcakes and donuts notebook which I mentioned getting in my previous post hehe~

Alright, see you guys in a bit!

xoxo

Sweets With My Sweet

About three weeks ago I went out with my baby girl Steffi ❤. We headed to Liang Court which is one of my favourite spots in Singapore because it holds a lot of my childhood memories and is also a nice quiet place brimming with Japanese culture, food and people as far as the eye can see. I learned that Steffi isn't a big fan of crowds, just like me! I know some people are quite the opposite, they thrive on the atmosphere and liveliness of crowded places. But I hate it. Especially places crowded with gangs of YOUTHS! They scare me...which shouldn't be the case considering the fact that I am a youth myself >.<

We went to have lunch at Saizeriya, which I simply adore! Casual restaurant which serves decent Italian cuisine at superbly affordable rates. What's not to love? One of the things which I really enjoy about dining at Saizeriya is the drink buffet. For a reasonable fee, you get to go back and forth to the drinks station countless of times, filling up on soft drinks, coffees and teas (I simply LOVE playing around with the coffee machine), there's even juices and milo! It's perfect for when you want to just chill and have a nice long chat with your friends with no worry of getting thirsty from all your gabbing :)

Steffi presented me with not one but two gifts which she very kindly got for me while on her trip to Taipei. How sweet is this girl?! The fact that she even thought of me while she was on holiday makes me so happy, and the things she got me are so magnificent too! She got me a pair of gorgeous ear studs which I'm really excited about wearing (I seem to have become disinclined to wearing the long, dangling earrings which I used to be highly fond of when I first got my ears pierced a number of years ago) as well as the prettiest Anna Sui-inspired card holder I've ever seen. It's got a red floral design and it's just soooo pretty ahhhh~~ And this Steffi is so smart, she bought me a card holder just as I was starting to go on a lookout for one! Sista, seems like we got some telepathy thing going on ya? xD

After a satisfying meal and confabulation session, we jalan-ed around shops at Liang Court. I found a wonderful treasure at the two-dollar store (one of my favourite shops haha). An adorable notebook with a cover that has cupcakes and donuts on it. CUPCAKES. AND DONUTS. Ahhhhhhhh~~!! It is so sweet!! Lol #notfunny

But yeah I'm so madly in love with it and I can't believe it only cost me two freaking dollars. Every time I see its cute lil cover a smile just flashes across my face :)

Steffi and I adjourned to The Central thinking that there would be more interesting stuff to see there. Nope. We were wrong. The Central literally has nothing. Well, okay they have a small handful of clothing stores and whatnot but it's mostly just services outlets like slimming centers and spas. There are a few cafes there which look quite promising, including one which serves Japanese-style pasta. I love Japanese-style pasta :D

We decided to rest our tired legs and get some ice-cream too. Also, we wanted to chill and talk even more hahaha. Steffi and I went to this quaint little coffee and dessert stall situated facing the river, sat our bums down at the nice sheltered area and tucked into to our sweet treats.

My milk tea flavoured ice-cream. I'm a huge fan of iced milk tea (or teh ping, which I recently learnt is better to refer to when at local food courts and coffee shops so as not to appear dumb/pretentious) but it's always risky to drink it because it seriously keeps me up all night. Coffee doesn't seem to have such an effect on me, weirdly enough. But once I have milk tea, sometimes even just a sip, my eyes will be kept wide open the whole night.

Steffi wound up not having the cheesecake-flavoured ice-cream she had wanted, but a slice of oreo cheesecake instead. Clearly a fan of cheesecake, a woman after my own heart :')

This puny slice of cheesecake actually costs quite a pretty penny. After Steffi let me sample a bite of it, however, I thought it was pretty worth it. The excellent taste and quality of the cake was easily distinguishable. It was so rich and creamy throughout, and it had pleasantly strong oreo accents too. Definitely worth a try if you're a cheesecake lover :)

It was a pretty hot and humid day (in Singapore, what else is new?) and at times I wondered why I chose to wear my hoodie on that day. It did rain a little bit though, which was nice because it cooled things down. Coupled with the smell of asphalt after rain, the environment became wonderfully tranquil :)

Steffi and I had a great time chatting and we later strolled down the row of booths shown in the picture above, which were set up just as we were about to leave. They sold stuff like novelty T-shirts, kids' toys and accessories, hand-crafted jewellery and some pretty eye-catching fashion pieces which unfortunately didn't fit well with my budget :\

All in all, it was a fantastic day spent with my beloved Fifi and I can't wait to see her again. Hope it won't be too long til then, what with our upcoming busy school schedules and all. Steffi, if you're reading this, I love you and thank you once again for your marvelous pressies~! Stay toned and fabulous ya! ^_^

xoxo