Just got back from town with the boyfriend.. we went to watch dark knight.. it was bloody awesome la. I like it more than i did spiderman.. Rarely does a movie that's been raved about so much live up to its expectations so I really wasn't expecting to be this blown away.. especially by the late Heath Ledger's stellar performance. I wasn't a hardcore fan but i definitely did appreciate his acting and I was quite bummed when i heard of his untimely death.. sigh.. what a way to be remembered though. The movie is kinda long compared to the usual hollywood flicks -2 n a half hours long!- but I didn't think it was too draggy or anything (must be the training from watching all those indian movies!).. So go watch it if you haven't already!!

omgggg guyssss mac cafe's himalayan tea is the yummiesttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt. I want me a cuppa rite now!!

yaaru la ting ting.



neengal eppadi irrukireergal... naan romba thookama irrukiren.. wokay good nightu.





p.s.: see sho.. u're not the only one who can blog in another language :)

Congratulations to Miss Venezuela!!! Although i do think Miss Mexico is bloody gorge and should have been at least in the top 3.

this james franco is a cutie no?

Can't believe half the year has gone by already.

Been an OK week so far.. babyboy passed his driving practical yayy.. so proud of him :)

I had invites for the U.S Independence Day Celebration on 2nd July at the Raffles Convention Center so decided to go check out the scene.. thought it'd be a good experience.. plus free booze and yummy food pretty much makes a good night :) I went with a couple of colleagues and Siva joined us later.. and he was all decked out in a suit (dress code).. In the 2 years we've been goin out he's never worn a suit, and i must say, he looked pretty damn good :D We ate and drank and enjoyed the live band and after polishing off a tiny tub of haagen daaz ( they had a little ice cream chiller with different haagen daaz mini tubs!) we decided to call it a night and made our way out of the convention center. I was all prepared to take a bus home but Siva had rented a car as a surprise and he drove me home .. aww :)

Met Sumi again for dinner yesterday.. we went to Hard Rock Cafe and it was my first time there so was pretty excited to check out a new place for dinner. We started off with the potato skins to share.. it was YUMMYYYY.. then Sumi ordered some herb grilled chicken and I got a veggie burger. Her grilled chicken lookd really good.. and she seemed to be enjoying it.. my veggie burger was ALRIGHT la.. abit too veggie for me.. i know it sounds dumb but i don't really fancy being able to actually taste the vegetables.. i like the confusing veggie patty that you don't really know whats in it but who cares cuz it tastes good anyways.. yea :) The veggie burger from Komalas is still the bomb la. The portion sizes of each were really big.. i couldn't finish the last bit of my burger.. AND.. i hardly even touched my fries! Everyone knows i'm the spokesperson for french fries.. and usually even if i'm full and bursting out of my gut i still manage to eat at least 3/4 of my fries. Sigh.. so disappointed in myself.. think the potato skins really filled me up. I would go back for the skins.. and to try their mac n cheese.. think I'll bring Siva there.. he'll definately appreciate the portion sizes.

Sigh Saturdayyy and i'm stuck at work. OK think i shall go and do some actual work now :)

I feel so clever. I just started watching family guy on starworld and for the last two days i was wondering why the daughter's voice sounded so familiar and was really trying to figure out who it was.. then it suddenly hit me like a minute ago that its Jackie from That 70's show.. yay :) Now i can go bathe.

excuse me.. wat is the deal with my tagboard..

yesterday was mewly's birthday.. Happy Birthday Mewlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :) Wah this malibu got many pressies from Guess.. im so jealous la.. especially of the gold watch.. aahhh m so gonna break into her house n steal it :) Prawnie was frantically trying to organize everything on his own like Superman.. met him friday afternoon to help him make some crucial decisions heh. After going back and forth between different potential venues for mal's "surprise" pre birthday gathering he decided on Oosh at dempsey.. i love that place.. it has a freaking waterfall la come on its a no brainer really. Think Mal was quite impressed with it too.. we ordered some pub grab to share and some alco to get the party started.. and Miss Hawaii was down as well which is always a bonus.. especially since i only get to see her once a year haha. Were all juz chillaxing in our nice area and then around midnight we had like a cake sorta thing for mals.. had some "sham-pug-neh".. then i hitched a ride with sir shitalot n her pet hamster out of oosh.. the rest were clubbing but i was just too tired and i wanted to get some proper sleep so I could be in party mode the next day.

I was off on saturday so i took advantage of that and slept all morning.. woke up around 1pm.. ran some errands and then made my way to sentosa cuz prawn had booked a room at siloso beach resort. The room is very pretty and suitable for couples with its private rooftop jacuzzi n all but a little small.. i don't think it can accomodate more than about 5-6 people comfortably.. we were hanging out in the room till about 8ish then made our way out to get some dinner.. after walking around deciding where to go we finally settled on cafe del mar. Food there was alright.. pretty decent.. had another cake cutting session for mals.. then we went back to the hotel around midnight. Ok siloso beach resort has some pretty rooms and a nice pool n all.. but their service sucks big time. Im not going into the details.. but yea i wouldn't really recommend it.. which is such a shame really. For the price they charge you, you would expect alot more from the staff.. and they seriously fall short of expectations. I was initially planning to stay over but there were quite a few people already which meant no more space on the bed.. Sri had his car n all so i ended getting a lift from him. I've become quite useless at this staying over business.. i really need to sleep in my own bed.. which makes me abit of a party-pooper.. heh.

Today met the boyfriend for dinner.. and now i'm gonna shower and sleeeeepppppp.. ah.. how time flies when you're having fun.

i bought ittttttttttttttttt. i love ittttttttttttttt. :D

the new favourite secret place

me so happy! :D

So i brought my condemned watch back to the Guess outlet i bought it from and i explained to them the situation.. at first the girl at the counter told me that they can help me send it to the service center to change the battery but it will take 6-8 weeks and its better if i take it down myself cause it'll be a lot faster.. but the service center is only open from monday to friday during office hours so it's a little inconvenient for me.. tried to wayang with them abit since i did buy the watch less than a week ago and mal was with me so she also put on her stern manolingam voice and they finally decided to let me exchange it for something else :) yayyy. I bought mal's present and she bought a bag for her Mom as a birthday present.. so long story short, i get most of my money back. YAYYYYYYYY.

Now that blue guess bag is within reach :)

im so annoyed. Ok first i'd like to publicly declare that i have become a very responsible shopper.. gone are the perthie days of impulsive buys that i could do without.. i really think many times and consider the pros and cons before buying anything these days and i havent regretted any of my purchases.. until last week. This Guess watch that I have been eyeing for lyk 3-4 years finally went on sale.. it was like 50% off which is a really good steal right.. so i bought it.. how very impulsive of me.. within 20 mins i was kinda regretting it already because .. well i'm kinda broke. To make things worse, that evening i met shola in town for dinner and after that we took a quick walk through Tangs.. and i saw this gorgeous blue guess bag.. on sale.. and i've been searching high and low for a blue guess bag since beginning of time.. ugh. I really really was regretting buying the watch.. i started to loathe it even. Dramatic i know.. but hey that was the one thing standing in between me and my dream blue guess bag.

Today morning i decided to put aside my hatred for the damn thing and just use it since i did pay for it anyways.. so i took the fella from the table.. and looked at it.. and i noticed something odd.. the "second" hand (is that what its called ?) wasnt moving.. stupid thing doesnt work la. So now i'm gonna go back to Guess and point this out to them.. and try to get a refund.. i know they'll probably just help me send it to the service centre to change the battery.. but i'm gonna try my luck anyways. :)

classic

A : Chivalry is dead.

B : Who is dead?

A : Chivalry.

B : Who is that?

Usually to get to work i take a bus to raffles hotel and walk the remaining 10-15 mins to Outback. Today when i got off the bus i was wondering if i should just take another bus to Suntec since it was raining .. but i decided to save my 60 cents and walk cuz i had an umbrella.. and i thought.. its just 7 mins to the sheltered Suntec area.. how bad can it be.. omg.. never under-estimate the forces of nature. One minute it might seem like just the usual passing cloud.. and the next.. strong winds and heavy rain coming in from every direction that even an umbrealla doesnt help.

When i first started making my way to suntec the weather was still "under control".. halfway through.. the rain got heavier.. and wind got stronger. The whole right side of my body was getting soaked and I was mentally kicking myself for wearing shorts and slippers.. of all the bloody days to make un-wise wardrobe descisions. Since misery does love company, I peeked out from under my big umbrella hoping to see other pedestrians running for sheltar.. but i guess all the other (smart) people in Singapore were probably taking a bus from raffles hotel or using the underpass from cityhall MRT cause i was the only one walking in this insane thunderstorm. I was half walking and half jogging as fast as my big duffel bag and soggy slippers would allow.. playing tug of war with the wind that was determined to take my umbrella, my only source of sheltar at this point though i was already 75% drenched.. trying unsucessfully to dodge the big puddles of water that were everywhere, shivering while waiting forever for the stupid traffic light man to turn green. After wat seemed like a lifetime i finally made it to my office..now here i am.. soggy slippers.. soggy clothes.. freezing in my office.. and i have to say.. that was probably the most fun i've had in a very long time. :)

blank.

i have no words.

Had a pretty alright weekend.. saturday was the last day of the month so i had to do stock take.. which means my saturday was pretty much burnt.. started at 4 and ended at close to 11.. but i had a break in between from 7-9.30 so i went down to see the little munchkin.. he's so bloody cute la. Im going to kidnap him one day. After stock take i went to clarke quay to meet shola n mali.. mal was already at coffee club with her friends so sho n i juz went n plopped ourselves next to them like a couple of extras.. ok coffee club has some yummy lookin stuff on their menu.. and they have strawberry shortcake! My long lost lauuu! So i got that and this banana smoothie thingy which i ended up not really liking cause it had hazelnut syrup in it.. m not really a fan of drinks with hazelnut flavour.. now chocolates are a different story of course. :) Mal disappeared to Goth so sho n i were just chilling the whole time.. reminiscing about old times.. was really fun.. i think ive said this abt a million times but i really just love chilling over yummy food and wine on a saturday night.. clubbing just tires me out majorly and I end up having no energy to do anything on the next day.. and i really needed to save my energy cuz the next day was an important day.

Sunday was mine n boyfriend's anniversary.. :) We went for a lomanteec dinner at long john silvers haha.. i was really craving the fries tho so its ok.. but sadly LJS fries are the only thing that's yummy.. the rest of their stuff tastes kinda stale i think. After dinner i dragged him to Riciotti cuz i've been craving their dessert n yummy wine for like 2 weeks already.. we got like 3 desserts to share, he got a beer and i got my wine.. dessert n drinks came up to like 5 times more than what we spent on dinner ha.. but so yummyyy.. m gonna try to pscyho him into going back there for dinner soon :) I guess it was a pretty low-key celebration but he had an exam on Monday so we decided to do something simple.. we might have a proper celebration this weekend or something.. if we're both up for it... maybe dinner at my new favourite SECRET place near his house.. mwaha. Ok im such a loser i know but i just want to be selfish and have this place all to myself cuz i think not that many people know about its existence. Although i think if we do end up having dinner there i'll prob blog about it so.. I might just reveal this mysterious place in the end. So stay tuned. *evil laughter, quite like the one at the end of MJ's "thriller" ;) *

im sooooo uluuuu. Longhouse kopitiam has been open near my estate for like the longest time and i think i've only eaten there ONCE. Had some indian rojak and didnt think it was very nice so i didnt bother trying any of the other stuff after that.. this was when i was 16 or 17 i think.. and also as u know im not quite into coffeeshops so I wasnt exactly dying to check out the other stalls.. BUT.. my aunties and mom and I went there for dinner two days ago.. omg the food is really really good! We decided on Longhouse cuz the aunties and my cousin were over at my place so we decided to go somewhere near for dinner.. and Longhouse is just across the road.. when we got there everyone looked at me and they were like "so what's good here".. heh oops.. i tried my best not to sound like an uptown brat when telling them sheepishly that coffeeshops arent really my scene. Cuz of my uluness we decided to take a stab in the dark and try the usual favourites.. my aunty did all the ordering.. she got kway teow, popiah, this fried tofu thing which is my new favourite dish.. and carrot cake (the local dish not the dessert this time ;)). Ok i din try the kway teow and popiah but the other two were really yummy la.. I got home and excitedly called my coffeeshop boyfriend to tell him that i wouldnt mind eating at Longhouse once in a while.. yay :) I cant believe it took me so long to realise that there is yummy food in Longhouse.

david cook won idol???

Midweekkkk. Im off on saturday!!!! Finallyyyy.. i gathered up the courage to ask my controller for leave haha yes i know its only half a day and not really that big a deal but i don't know.. this is my first proper job ok so i've never actually taken leave before in any of my other jobs.. :) Yayyy.. no work on saturdayyyyy baby. The weekend was pretty fun.. watched Made of Honour with the boyfriend on saturday.. and we pierced our noses!! Yea it was kinda spontaneous.. the first time i pierced my nose in 2002, i did it with a needle at Primitive.. for $50.. then i had to take it out last year cuz i joined an idiotic company run by snobs and they made me take it out ( n they were Indian btw).. this time round i did it with the gun for $6 haha.. i still prefer needle though.. the whole gun thing is like a shock.. and so after it's done you're still recovering from the shock for a while.. for the needle maybe the process is like ten seconds slower but you know what to expect also so.. i don't know.. i still prefer the more expensive way. Made of Honour was alright.. quite predictable.. oddly enough Siva seemed to enjoy it more than me.. i'm actually starting to get sick of chick flicks.. Sex and The City being the exception of course! I can't freaking wait for it to come out in theatres hereeeee!

On sunday I met Malibooze in the day and we went to see Tanuja who just had a babyboy at Mount A.. aiyo.. so cute la the fella.. Mal and i were practically interrogating Tanu about childbirth.. and i'm more convinced now than ever that i don't want kids! Really.. she said contractions are like cramps x100.. normal cramps already I cannot tahan.. cramps times a hundred is like.. no way man. Really don't think i wanna put myself through that heh.. then came back home and chilled for awhile.. and in the evening met the rest at casurina prata shop for some yummy thosaiiiiiii *yumm*. After dinner we headed over to sho's, waited for her to doll up then we went to town.. and we made shawnprawn take a bus! Very proud of you prawn :) The girlies chilled at coffee bean and i got to have my carrot cake fix (the dessert ok.. not the local dish*ahem* ) while prawn was at swensons with the family.. i think everyone was kinda tired and we left town around 12ish..

On Monday i went to do some window shopping in town.. alone.. cuz SOMEBODY was being a brat.. im not gonna say who.. but somebody (russell peters style) :) I saw a couple of nice dresses in random far east shops but all were lyk $100 and over.. i dun understand why they do that.. its quite ridiculous.. but i'm not suppossed to be spending anyways so maybe its a good thing.

im quite proud of myself. Im usually really bad at keeping in touch with people.. i have so many friends that i was close to in poly and Uni but now hardly even talk to cuz i'm sucha lazy cow. But i have to say that lately i have been making a bit more effort to try and meet up with the long lost ones.

Met Alvie for dinner yesterday after work. After like.. 2 n a half years i think.. last time i saw her was in 2005.. and to think we used to see each other almost everyday when we were in Currie.. going down to the dining hall for meals together.. and clubbing.. and shoppinggggg :) We were supposed to meet at 7 at clarke quay but i had to buy something from Suntec (a very important white belt) so we decided to meet at Suntec itself for dinner. Ok slight digression.. i bought a white waist belt! Yay like finally.. i found something i like.. and that sorta goes with most of my stuff.. although i don't know if's exactly the most recommended look for me. But wat the hey.. i like it. :) Anywaysss after the both of us getting a little bit disoriented with the directions (she took the bus going in the wrong direction and i for some reason was confused about where the convention centre was) we finally met at 7.30 and decided to have dinner at Bali Thai (BT).. this Thai place at the basement of Suntec.

The place itself is quite cosy.. and it definitely looked better than the setting at Siam Kitchen,(SK) another Thai place just next to Bali Thai. I know.. there i go again judging a restaurant by its cover.. but i dunno SK looked really unimpressive.. and this is just the interior alone i didn't even bother looking at the menu after that. After settling at BT, we took a quick look at the menu and decided what we wanted to get pretty fast. I was gonna get the phad thai (no surprises there)($8.50) and Alvie settled on the jungle noodles($8.50).

After deciding on what to get we started filling in the blanks from the last 2.5 years.. and i was getting really nostalgic talking about Perth and Currie.. we were rattling on enthusiastically about the happenings in our lives and were so absorbed in our conversation that 20 mins later we realised we actually forgot to order our food! Heh.. but i also thought it was weird that the service staff didnt come forward to ask if we were ready to order.. don't the servers usually take the initiative? For drinks we just wanted ice water.. but the server said they only sell mineral water.. which is such a put off. I hate places that don't server tap water.. so i got ice lemon tea ($3) and she got barley ($2.50).

My Phad Thai came with chicken and i asked the guy taking our order if i could request for it be done seafood style.. and he said no.. isn't that weird (again).. i mean i don't understand why they can't just throw in some seafood into the noodles.. so i got it veg instead. I was quickly becoming very un-enthusiastic about the whole restaurant.. then our food came. I wasn't too impressed with my phad thai.. it was a pretty small serving.. and there were lots of carrots (i hate).. and cashews.. it was really just so-so.. but i have to admit the Thai restaurants here get it pretty hard from me cause i keep comparing everything to the fabulous "LANNA" in Perth. Although i actually really like the phad thai from thai express.. that's my favourite so far in Singapore. Alvie's jungle noodles were supposed to be glass noodles or something according to the menu.. but it turned out to be kway teow.. glass noodles = kway teow?? I'm not sure.. i think we both were expecting something else.. and she ended up not finishing 3/4 of the dish cuz she said it tasted quite burnt. I guess BT's lucky that we're pretty passive customers who don't fancy kicking up a fuss and sending dishes back to the kitchen... partly cuz i'm afraid they might spit in my food.. and partly cuz at $8.50 a pop i guess we have to sorta lower our expectations. Our bill came up to $32.. extras were for the prawn crackers (that the server conveniently cleared without asking if we were done.. which were werent!) and those scented wet tissues.. oh and one last weird thing about BT (for me at least).. they ended up charging me $9.50 for my phad thai.. cuz i changed it to veggie.. like seriously does this place have no redeeming qualities??? Ah well.. am definitely not going back there.. *grumbles*

After dinner Alvie and I took a nice walk to the bus stop opposite City Hall and said our dramatic good-byes filled with promises to keep in touch and meet up soon :) All in all i had a blast.. sometimes its a bit painful talking to my friends from Uni especially when they remind me of some very unglamorous things i used to do.. but i guess its better to laugh about it then roll around in embarrassment. :)

ya know.. i really hate public toilets. Peeing is such a personal thing. Its quite disturbing that other people are listening to you pee.. and what if you're in the toilet juz to primp(like me i hardly go to puclic toilets to pee, usually just to check out my reflection :) ).. all engrossed in doin your makeup or your hair.. and then u have to hear someone peeing... And what if you have to take a dump.. like a major one with sound effects and all.. how traumatising is that for the dumper(person taking a dump) and dumpee(innocent bystander outside the toilet who is forced to hear someone taking a dump).. and the smell.. and the overall lack of cleanliness in most public toilets.. and there's so much hype about hygiene and washing your hands after going to the toilet. Well what about those who don't listen.. when they open the "main door" to get out of the washroom don't they infect the handle with their disgusting hands.. and when we obedient hygenic citizens who do wash our hands then open the same door to leave the toilet arent we infected with the bacteria anyways. Its disgusting. If the governement cares so much they should install automatic doors for ALL public toilets.. And also.. soundproof cubicles.. so we can all pee and primp in peace.

yayyy my mummy likes jason tooooo.. she said he's cute and that his hair suits his face all laaa fwaahhh.. my mom the fashion expert :) sigh but i think he pretty much screwed up tonight la.. and in all fairness as much as i laus him i think he should be the one to go in tmw's elimination.. so come on America! Be a man! Do the right thing! :)