Today, I had to go back to school for campus observer meeting for the interns. On the way to school, I popped by Provence to get some bread as I was afraid I would get hungry as the meeting was from 12-2. I tend to go overboard when I buy breads cos of the sheer variety and yumminess of it that makes me spoilt for choices.

The meeting ended at around 2 and I headed to Wisma to meet Stephen and we proceeded to have lunch at the Food Republic. Between us, we shared the very yummy and very unhealthy hokkien mee, pad thai and red ruby. After walking around half-heartedly, I decided it wasn't a good day for shopping cos I was feeling poor. Thus we headed to Ya Kun at Far East Plaza for a cuppa and we shared a kaya toast between us. It was irresistable lah. There is nothing like the combination of kopi and bread So we sat there and chatted and chatted for quite some time before going off to meet HP and mum for dinner while he headed home.

For dinner, we went to Fosters. I had the Fish & Chips after deciding that there was nothing else on the menu I wanted to try. I loved it. The fish was super duper fresh and I liked the crispy batter and the accompanying tartare sauce. I had the cream of cauliflower that no one wanted, and I had the bread butter pudding that no one wanted either cos they both came with the set dinner that HP ordered.

I felt close to bursting after that. Tell me how am I supposed to not get fat. I never have the willpower not to eat. I used to be able to resist hawker food and I used to be able to resist roti prata and I used to hate carbo like rice and noodles. Sigh, bad influence at work here...heh. Guess it's gym for me tmr..

A day that started off with a Coffee Bean breakfast consisting of poached eggs atop melted cheese and ham on toasted foccacia bread with rich hollandaise sauce..

And ended with dinner of swedish meatballs and chicken wings and Daim cake. And a walk and some romantic stolen time with mb can only be a good day. I just wish it could have been longer...

I went to Cedele at raffles city today alone. Surprisingly, I deviated from my normal chocolate cake and went for a carrot cake instead, having heard alot of good things about it. It was quite a satisfying cake. It was moist and studded with walnuts and raisins and topped with a rich layer of cream cheese icing. Pretty divine for a non chocolate and relatively healthy cake I would say.

After the cake, I headed towards the library and got my hands on some novels(for when I have time to read, which I surely will make time..heh) and Nigella Lawson's How to be a domestic goddess filled with so many recipes that I want to try them all, but I am kind of getting tired of having to type out recipes or write them out onto my notebook. How nice it would be if I have a big baking book, then whenever I want to bake, I can just refer from there. But I am too cheap to buy a baking book and besides, there are so many good recipes to be found online and also in food blogs which I frequent.

After library, I headed to Bugis Junction. There were so many things that caught my eye, crying out to be bought. But I resisted the temptation. And I fell in love with a fragrance by Anna Sui called Dolly on the Beach. Its so light and floral.

So many things I want..heh

I waste two hours of my time. I am tired, I have many things to do. I go and pick my mother up- and her friends and send then home. What do I get? A thank you? No, just scoldings a plenty. There are just times I feel invisible and unloved and unappreciated. Then she scold me because I am tearing. What does she expect. A robot with no feelings? I am human and I do get emotional

Its been quite a restful weekend where I totally laid off books. It just felt so good to let down my hair for a while. But I havent gotten enough of it yet, but its time to start studying. Actually, not even studying, but more like endless projects and homeworks to be completed.

I have been drving around quite abit, since mum went to bangkok and HP gave me permission to drive. Its really fun to zip around in a red car. I've to admit I am a little reckless at times, but no way am I going to let people call me 'ka-you'.

Today was officially back to work day and I had an interview with someone for my media writing assignment and that person was none other than my executive editor at The Campus Observer. I felt so nervous before that, afraid that my questions were not competent enough and all that. I found scribbling quite a chore, especially since my handwriting is so bad and I tend to scribble all over the place. Also, I realize that sometimes I can't write fast enough before forgetting what he said and I didnt really want to interrupt him. Oh well, I learn. The interview was at Munchie Monkey. He bought me a mango smoothe(though I think I was supposed to buy him) and he did an amazing job of talking and eating at the same time.

After the interview, I drove off to meet Stephen for a project discussion and we went to the Macs at West Coast. It was my first time there and I rather like the secluded-ness of the place. Plus parking was free, which is a big bonus. The project discussion seemed to go on and on, I just felt so brain dead. Guess both of us felt quite stressed and somewhat clueless. We ended around 5 plus, and stole some time for a walk around the place before I had to rush home.
After dinner with HP at Ichiban Boshi at great world, his bleak mood must have influenced me. We ate very little, which left me craving for something sweet. Thus I made a cup of super thick milo and steamed egg custard which was one of my best attempt ever. It came out trembly and eveyr mouthful was smooth and soft. It so difficult to make a good custard as the amount of water must be just right, as well as the time for steaming it.

And soon I have to go pick mum up at the airport before I start on my work. Its never ending..sigh. And I know that from now till the exams, it would be an escalation of work and stress. I am just so dreading it..Why did the weekend past so quicly??

Best pizza ever from Spaggedies- 3 meat combo 

Max brenner waffle and suckao 

Me and mb  

Don't mess with me ;) 

When you have to study for a test on friday and have to submit and essay on friday and when it is a hot humid day. And you feel a bout of cravings just envelop you, making you unable to do anything else. What do you do? For me, I go cold storage The cold storate at Great World city, having been revamped recently. I just love going shelve by shelve. Its such a good way of destressing. My spoils for the day..

Clodhoppers. I have never even seen it in my life before. But when you combine graham biscuits with chocolate(two of my favourite foods), you get an extremely delicious concoction which I so loved. At the price of $5.20 per packet, it was kinda expensive though. Probably it would be an occasional indulgence.

There is a range of Lindt chocolate out in the supermarkets. 65% cocoa dark chocolate. I have yet to try it, but I have no doubt it would be promising.

As I walked back home, savouring a chococone from Macs, I felt ready to face my challenges again, armed with chocolates.

As usual, its been ages since I last blogged. This semester is undoubtedly one of the busiest semester ever. I know I keep saying that, but somehow, weeks just fly past without me realizing it. And everyday is simply so packed with activities, essays, projects and what-nots. I think that I haven't been blogging as I am so tired of writing now, writing for assignments, writing for projects, writing for the campus observer. But now that I think of it, this place is the only place I can write informally and without getting graded for it...hahah. Such is my life now, revolving around writing.

Meanwhile, I have been having fun too, when I have the time to steal away and just let down my hair, even it's only for a while. Take today for example, I totally laid off books, and it just felt so good, even though

I knew there were many things I had to do. I spent the weekend with Aunt Aubrey and Dad. We had a lovely breakfast made by me. Its so visually pleasing that I just had to to take a picture of it.

In the afternoon, we went to watch The Banquet where we shared a big pack of popcorn. The movie has quite a few violent scenes with blood splashing all over the place. The movie is really different from Hollywood chickflicks such as The Devil Wears Prada(which I watched on Thurs), but I still enjoyed it. Especially with the presence of the two females leads whose acting were very powerful.

After the movie, we wandered around Cathay Cineplex. There was actually not much shopping as most of the shops were not opened yet. We went to Adidas store where Aunt aubrey got me an Adidas jacket that I liked very much as an early birthday present. Stike 1 off my wishlist...hahah. We ended off by having dinner at Cafe Cartel where I orderd a pizza..yummmy.

And now, more pictures of food to tempt u...

Interesting pizza at Harbourfront 

Best carrot Cake I have ever eaten from Bukit Timah Food Centre 

Half eaten and extremely delicious Hazelnut Chocolate cake from Miss Clarity Cafe. Soft, moist and utterly sinful 

Flaming Platter for 2 at Manhattan's Fish Market at PS 

I came home, still feeling fat and super blah and super sian. Plus it was multiple blisters on my feet. Thats the price of vanity I guess, but it was quite tortourous to wear those new shoes of mine, that pinched my toes and gave me 50cents coin sized blisters..ah well..

Guess today is just one of those days. For film and history lect today, we watched Pulp Fiction, which is this stupid film with endless swear words. On the super slow bus journey home, I felt like cursing the bus driver too, as in literally going up to him and tell him off for driving so bloody slowly. I guess its just me. I have a big problem today. I hate myself.

Do u ever have days you wake up feeling blah, sian and fat? Today I woke up feeling just that. Tired. Fat. And don't feel like doing anything except sulk. Don't know where to start to make a dent in my readings. And a niggling voice reminding me that I have lots of stuff to be done. Maybe all I need is a caffeine fix or my chocolate fix. But God help me, I still have a long day to get through here..sigh

My new shoes!!! I just love them, they are so pretty. Haha, I went shopping with yumin on very short notice on saturday. She asked me to go shopping with her, but it turned out that I bought more things than her. Heh. We started out at far east plaza. I felt so out of my league there with all the trendy people walking around. I favour simple clothes and just can't really be bothered to keep up with the latest trend, which I realized, has very strong emphasis on accesories these days.belts, chunky necklace etc. Actually I wanted to buy lots of things, but resisted due to shortage of funds..hahah..and I got a long sleeve blouse for work which I loved. Thus I was a happy person despite my very tired feet. We actuallly walked from 4-7, and i had to look for aunt aubrey's birthday present too. But it was quite therapeutic, after a long stressful week...hahah...thanks babe for asking me out ;)

After that, I went to meet dad and we celebrated Aunt Aubrey's birthday at some super pricey japanese restaurant at The Concourse. We had sashimi, california handroll which cost $12,but which was really one of the best handrolls I have ever tasted, grilled saba fish and assorted tempura....yummmmy. No pics though, didnt want to get scolding from my dad cos he doesnt share my views about taking pics of food. Oh well...

Its the end of a uber busy week. Since school started, I have been so super busy that I did not even have time to blog. This is the only time I can really sit down and reflect on the past three weeks. Its been a stressful and trying period as well, of trying new things and facing challenges. For those who do not know, I have since quit Fosters at the first week of school after having a normal work week(3 days a week) plus school and facilitating. I recognized that I had to give something up, if not it would kill me and thus I quit. I miss the food and the cooks and the friends I made there, and I think it was a great experience which I would never regret despite some of the low days I had there.

The second week of school was spent preparing myself for training. I have moved up a step at High Achievers to become a trainer(in training) from being a facilitator. It's no mean feat and it requires lots of time and commitment and time spent overcoming nerves, especially because of my fear for public speaking. I am still not sure if I can do it, how I wish I can just speak as effortlessly as some of the other Trainers, its just seems to come so naturally to them. I guess it takes time and practise. I have done three trainings so far, early in the morning and far away in Tampines, and extremely boisterous kids, or rather youths. Not all three was smooth-sailing, the second one almost got me down, but the support I got from the people around me got me back up again, and the third training was much better. I am so thankful that I was given this chance and God for giving me the grace to carry me through.

One other very important person is Mb. It was a trying period for us as well, less time spent with each other, the stress that we both faced which led to short temperedness with each other. But he always gave in to me and just showed so much love and patience and encouraging me during my low times. There were just times I was wallowing in self pity and the memories of the beautiful past that I refused to let go and I just couldn't help comparing the present with the past. But I realize the present is so much more precious and the love more real and the bond we have much stronger because of the things we have gone through together. Its amazing how after almost 2 years, I still miss him if I don't see him for a day or two...hahah.

School workload seems to be heavier than last semester. But I think if you have a positive mindset , it would be so much easier to get through. This sem would be a great sem!