Blessed

So many little things have been happening in my life that make me feel like I'm really very blessed.

1. I was called to go for an MOHH scholarship interview. If I get the scholarship I'll be able to study locally (which is what I want) and not be worried about not getting a job in the future.

2. I was given the gift of tongues for the first time during a prayer session yesterday.

3. I found a buddy (ie Vanessa) to go for kickboxing and pilates classes with me! 

4. I'm stopping work at TMI on Thursday so I'll have more time to myself and to settle Australia uni applications.

5. I finally found a shop that sells really pretty phone covers. (kinda superficial but wdv hahaha)

6. I am learning how to accept myself and my body and how to be comfortable in my own skin, and just being myself :)

7. Hazel seems really happy and healthy now, which I am extremely grateful for.

8. And of course, I and all my loved ones are alive and happy and healthy!

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I went for latin jazz class on Monday and it was really a new experience! The dance requires you to move your hips and arms a lot which I'm really not used to! I was like a fish out of water and I bet I looked really awkward... I think I'll stick to my ballet and lyrical jazz lah haha.

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I also went to eat at Ssikkek Korean Grill at Novena with the ex-ODACians. It was meat heaven for me omg... It's buffet style so you can take as much as you want and grill it on a small grill in the middle of the table. I loved the beef!!

xx.

Strangers' Reunion Café

On Monday, I was pleasantly surprised when Xin Hui randomly asked me to go out for tea/dinner with her :) We decided to go to Strangers' Reunion Café near Outram Park MRT. 

The waffles there are the BEST. Xin Hui said they might be even better than Wimbly Lu.... (but more expensive also). We ordered scrambled eggs on english muffins (which we soon regretted because the portion was small and it looked like we could make it at home pffft) and a waffle with strawberry and ice cream. Wish we'd ordered 2 waffles instead :( 

Then we walked around and I brought XH to The Provision Shop (another café) and we went in and ate chocolate cake.............. #dontjudge #fatdieus Hey at least we shared hahaha

My food photography sucks so I insisted that we take a photo of ourselves so that I could post on instagram hahahaha

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Yesterday I didn't have work so I decided to go back to that area and walk around because the old peranakan architecture there is beautiful.

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On a side note, Hazel is doing much better now! Her eye infection is clearing up and she's eating and behaving normally except for the minor head tilt. I'm so happy! All my efforts are paying off :))

Ending off with a cute picture of Hazel <3

Already Home

It has been sooooooo long since my last post and seriously nothing has happened.... I've just been working almost every day and when I'm not at the hot dog stand, I'm (window) shopping at Vivo to pass time.... Omg what am I doing with my life??! 

Anyway Chinese New Year was meh... I swear my ang pao money is decreasing every year hahaha. It's because we only visit like 1 house on the first day -_- This year I actually fell asleep at my grand uncle's house omg is it very rude??? But I was really tired cos I ate a lot of CNY goodies!! #foodcoma But, on the plus side, I didn't have to answer any awkward questions!! :D

I had a steamboat with the Tenacious Turtles on 5 Feb at my house!!! (We took part in Dare6 together and that was our group name lol) Gin Kee enlisted like 2 days later so it was kinda like a farewell also...

Army pose lol

<taken from Cheryl's instagram>

Tiff and Grace visited me at work and ate hot dogs yayy!! I really appreciate it! But I can't visit them cos they work at an office... :(

It was really nice to catch up with them :)

The 4/3 people also came to visit! At first they didn't intend to eat hot dogs but eventually they did :') Thanks guys! It was great to see you again! Especially people like Sam Chan, Val and Jing Wei, whom I haven't seen in like 2 years!

I have no idea why one side is so blur and the other side is clear??

And I finally started reading 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'!! But I don't think I can stomach it omg... it is breaking my heart :'( I just finished the part where Laila and Tariq got separated and am contemplating whether I should continue reading... It's like something inside me died after reading that part.... Stop being such a good writer Mr. Khaled Hosseini!!!!

We're learning choreo for this song in lyrical jazz class and I really love the song!! Actually I love all the songs on Miss Shanti's ipad lah

Ok byyeee!! Hopefully something interesting will happen and I can blog about it :D

Big Mama + d'Good + Bukit Timah

Omg it's been 9 days since I last blogged?! It honestly felt like 3...

Anyway nothing much happened lah, I'm just working almost everyday. All of the part-timers at TMI have left and so now it's only Gen and me... gonna miss them a lot! 

30 January, Thursday

Today I went for IJ's 160th anniversary mass in the morning, it was the earliest I've woken up since the end of 'A' levels I think! It was super awesome to experience mass in IJ again, I miss it sooooo much! The archbishop celebrated mass and it was the first time I saw him lolol. What's the point of saying that ah haha. Also got to meet up and catch up with old classmates, which was nice :) Pictures!

Then I went out for Sogurt's spam-your-cup day with Grace. You pay $5.20 for the cup and you can just take as much as possible. It was super fail!! Because the yogurt started melting before we could even finish swirling and putting the toppings. So it ended up like this

After finishing the yogurt, we felt super sick and full so we (actually I lol) decided to walk to The Tea Party at Sixth Avenue which is super far away... but we made it! And Grace had the famous carbonara while I had salad cos I was still bloated from the sogurt  -_-

The food took quite awhile to arrive (like 30 min +) so I wasn't very impressed...

Random photos taken at Botanic Gardens haha (first 2 taken with self timer, which explains the quality lolol)

Artistic much

29 January, Wednesday

Went to d'Good café with mum for breakfast! The interior was beautiful, one of the best I've seen, but the service was poor and quite slow.

28 January, Tuesday

Tiff, Grace and I went to Big Mama korean restaurant for dinner. It was super freaking awesome. I've only been to Korea once quite long ago, but stepping into the restaurant, I felt like I was actually back in Korea. Everything was so authentic and the food was really good! But you need to go there with friends because some of the dishes can only be served to minimum 2 pax, and 3 of us ate the serving for 2 but we were super full after that. Plus the side dishes are FREE and CAN BE TOPPED UP omg heaven. 

Side dishes:

The top 2 on the left were super delicious! Some noodle thingy and lotus salad?

The kimchi was damn spicy! We couldn't even finish 1 plate... #chillifail

Bestselling dakgalbi!

Proud of Tiff because she can't eat spicy food (cos she'll sweat/cry/have a runny nose/turn red) but she managed to eat the dakgalbi, which is spicy, without even batting an eyelid :D

After we finished the cabbage and chicken, they added rice (have to order) so it was super filling!

We also ordered bulgogi beef, really delicious too!

Taken with the self timer. Not bad right

On a side note, it's Chinese New Year tomorrow! And I am dreading this convo:

Relative: So you are in uni now?

Me: No, I'm waiting for my 'A' level results.

Relative: So what do you plan to do in the future?

Me: *repeats my ambition and plans for the GAZILLIONTH time*

Also dreading this convo:

Relative: So any boyfriend?

Me: No *fake laugh*

Relative: How come??

Me: ............................ (in my head) HOW SHOULD I FREAKING KNOW. Because I'm unattractive maybe?!

Ok good luck for all your reunion dinners and CNY visiting, hope you don't experience such situations haha.

xx.

The Fabulous Baker Boy and Café Salivation

19 January, Sunday

I finally got to eat at FBB!! Every time I've tried to eat there, there were always no available seats. I've been dying to try their red velvet cake but they didn't have it on Sunday!!! Omg :( Their main courses are ok-priced, most are in the $10-$20 range though some dishes exceed $20. But their cakes are quite pricey, in the $7-$10 for a slice range. But the portions are quite big so I guess it's reasonable, especially compared to other café-restaurants like Pique Nique which sell a relatively smaller slice of red velvet cake for $8.50.

Spiced Apple Cider Pancakes ($10.50) ..... Ok that's quite expensive for just a stack of pancakes

Some pot pie, can't remember which haha

I think this is the Fab Onion Tart..

Xmas special sandwich in the background and Eden Sandwich in the foreground. They come with cassava chips, which are really nice (and healthier)

CAKES!! We ordered Blueberry Lemon Yogurt cake and Bitter Marmalade cake. The latter was too bitter for me haha so I just stuck to my blueberry one. Super sad they didn't have red velvet! The chef/owner also let me try a little of the lemon meringue tart, which he says is the best, and it's definitely a must-try too!

20 January, Monday

Went out with Belinda for brunch (which became lunch because Bel forgot we were meeting up haha) While I was waiting for her, I decided to try and find the café that we wanted to eat at. I walked super far in the hot sun only to realise that the address provided by google was wrong and the café was just outside the MRT!!! Darn google :( We had lunch at Café Salivation, which is a vegetarian/vegan restaurant, since Bel has decided to become vegan. The food there was good and not pricey, but the penne ariabatta that I had was super duper unexpectedly spicy :O Bel and I had the set lunch and I was really impressed by the salad, the dressing was really really good, and I'm not even a dressing kind of person (I prefer to eat salads without dressing). 

Bel's soya burger in the background

After lunch we went to Kinokuniya at Takashimaya  because Bel had vouchers. But in the end we didn't end up spending anything because it was so overwhelming! Like there were so many books and she couldn't decide haha. Then I had to go to work, and Bel went to watch a movie. It was a good afternoon spent just talking to and spending time with Bel :) I'm so glad that the holidays gives us the luxury of time to meet up, especially outside of school! :)

xx.