BIRTHDAY + other stuff

So I'm finally writing this after >1 month... Thanks everyone who wished me and gave me really sweet cards and notes, or just made my 20th special in any way~ I don't feel any different but when I think about the fact that I'm no longer a teenager, I just feel weird lol

Anyway, here's some photos of what I did on my actual bday~ 

Got surprised by this bunch <3

Benjamin Brown's~

Curious Palette! We got to sit at the upper section of the cafe which was really pretty!

Some other updates:

Sesame passed away :((( I adopted him after June found him outside her house a few months ago and the vet said he was really old already so his death was expected, and I'm glad that he went peacefully and didn't suffer. 

Random photos of food~

Me third wheeling again..... I need to stop man....... haha

Cannot wait till my last paper ends on Friday!!!!

xx.

The Refinery

Yesterday was a great end to October~ Tiff, Grace and I went to The Refinery for lunch and to catch up. I was really happy cos I haven't seen Tiff in a really long time and I was starting to miss Grace even though I met up with her not too long ago lolol #overlyattached

And the café was super beautiful! It was really bright haha I love bright cafés/places~ And also I'm really in love with my new phone's camera! 

Stood up to take this and got judged lol #whatsnew

Spicy Noodles

Yakiniku Bowl

The Refinery Bowl

After that we went to The Bravery Café to get drinks~

<3 <3

Super impressed at the uncle who helped us take this photo hahaha

And omg Grace wrote the tag by herself :O :O :O

Can't wait to meet up with yall again after finals!!! We can go to Windowsill Pies hehe

xx.

Color Run 2015

This a super throwback post haha. In August, Grace and I went for the color run at sentosa and even though I really enjoyed Grace's company for the day, the run was not really worth the money that we paid.... #heartpain haha. It's cos the sun was super bright and hot at that time, and there were literally hoards of people omg. Crowd + heat (especially heat) are the two things that make me complain NONSTOP. Thanks Grace for putting up with me and trying to get me to see the bright side heh :/ Anyway here are the photos!

Queuing to get on the sentosa express train

BEFORE PHOTO:

AFTER PHOTOS:

It was quite fun after the run ended and they played music and people were jumping and throwing the coloured powder around~ plus it wasn't so hot anymore hahaha (main point for me lol)

Here's to more adventures with my great friend <3

Anyway the past few months have not been easy for me, but I've come to realise that all that's happening will make me a stronger person :) God really speaks to me in mysterious ways. I was at my friend's place the other day, and we were just gossiping and talking about life in general, and she was talking about something that was bugging her. Then she said this, "I know that after this I will stand up stronger." And I realised that we all have problems, some worse than others, but in the end, struggle makes us better people.

And I'm so thankful to Charis for always being someone I feel safe talking to, because she never judges, she never tries to preach about what is right or wrong, and she empathizes with me even in the times when she doesn't understand me. I love you Charis, thank you for everything :") <3

And here's to better days ahead~

xx.

Monday Brunching

Viva Gold is finally over!!! It was a satisfying night, seeing the months of training paying off~ And now I finally have time to do my throwback blogposts haha. This one's about brunch with Charis last month <3 

One Man Coffee!

And Pacamara!! Had to spam photos at Pacamara cos the lighting was so good and the food was so photogenic~

My beautiful brunch date:

No we didn't go for 2 brunches at 2 cafes in 1 day haha. We went on 2 separate Mondays, no Monday blues yayyy~ Love you Charis <3

xx.

Smoke + Mirrors

So much to blog about but so little motivation now... I have been without my laptop for > a week now T_T because it spoilt and Asus took so damn long to repair it, plus I have no time to go all the way to freaking Tai Seng just to collect it. And I couldn't even repair the screen because it's freaking not under the warranty (ridiculous shit) and I'm too broke to afford the repair. Sorry for the angst, I'm super tired now and my mind is filled with STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS. So I'm really grumpy, and I'm trying extremely hard not to take it out on others so I will just have to vent it here.

Anyway last month on the 25th, Bel and I went for the Imagine Dragons Smoke and Mirrors concert at the Indoor Stadium. We didn't know any songs from the Smoke and Mirrors album but I like their old songs from the Night Visions album (which we used to listen to every night for a period of time LOL). 

Actually Bel and I didn't particularly want to go but daddy bought tickets for Bel's birthday but all her friends were studying for prelims so she had no choice but to ask me lolll. She also blogged about it here.

Besides the really nice set design, their live performance was really amazing! Bel said it was even better than the CD lols. Plus the atmosphere was so high and I was smiling and singing (the songs I knew at least lol) throughout the concert~~ yay so glad we went hahaha

Ok now back to being emotionally, physically and mentally drained. Toodles~

xx.

Art museum

It's the last day of the summer holidays nuuuuuu T_T and also the last day I can spend just bumming around surfing the net, writing blog posts and editing photos :((((

But I'm super thankful for the holidays mainly because I got to spend a lot of time with Glen and build our relationship before he goes to army and I get busy with schoolwork~ I also got to check many things off my bucket list :)

On Friday Bel and I went to the SAM cos it was a public holiday for the jubilee weekend so we were finally both free at the same time haha

Random strangers' feet lolol (Where did he get his superstars?!?!?! They're always sold out T_T)

So pretty! (partly due to my great photography skills hehehe)

Bel really looks like Jane from Daria here! But she disagrees.....

Taken inside the exhibition.... 

I thought the exhibits were pretty lame but I was glad that Bel enjoyed them~

The photobooth was the main reason we wanted to go! But the pictures turned out badddd hahaha

It's $2 for 2 strips~

Sigh ok time to go.... pack my school bag.... :"( Sad that my freedom is ending, but it's going to be a great semester ahead!!!

xx.

Tiong Bahru

This week I went to Tiong Bahru to walk around and take photos (⑅˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ )

But the weather was SO HUMID and I barely walked around for an hour before I started being sweaty and grumpy and gross oop

I only took a few photos with my phone camera and I thought they were all pretty bad, but it's amazing what cropping and editing can do hahaha so here they are~

9 x 9

Tiong Bahru Bakery aka my bread heaven

Spotted a surly-looking cat! He was so beautiful though~

Then we walked to Havelock Road to The Tastemaker Store for some respite from the heat and my favourite matcha latte~

Got some photo editing tips from Bel and turned that lady's pink t-shirt to grey hehehe

And that cactus flower pot is the cutest :o

"If friends were flowers I'd pick you"

After that, we went to run some errands and then had dinner at Kallang Wave mall.

I had such a wonderful day~

xx.