#42 Feliz Navidad!

"tis the season to be jolly!"

So happy that Christmas is finally here!!! 

Heard this first during Christmas Service but Pentatonix's version is so so much better!!!

2 days of Christmas Celebration starts here!!!

Buffet Lunch on 23/12 at The Square @ Furama. 

I think this tops the list of the most expensive meal we ever had! 

$55++ per person but there's the 1 for 1 credit card promotion so we paid $64.75 in total for 2. Expected more variety for such pricing and a hotel buffet but mehhhhh. 

I was basically stuffing myself with salmon sashimi, boiled prawns, cereal crayfish and ribeye. 

We ate so much sashimi till we were saying we can stop eating sashimi for the next 6 months. 

But I realized I was so terribly wrong because I didn't mind having some sashimi the very next day! 

I guess this shows that salmon sashimi is my one true love ♥ 

Deserts weren't too bad according to C because they had the vanilla sauce for their Chocolate Cake Pudding (?) and some crumble cake which was constantly empty LOL so I guess it's really good. Didn't like the creme brulee though but I was so happy that there's eclaire! So bloated at the end but it was raining so it spoiled our remaining plan to go Orchard and Gardens by the Bay and we just went straight back to hall. 

Next day was the trip to S.E.A Aquarium since we managed to get cheap tickets! :D 

The original ticket price of $38 is such a scam! 

We finished the place even faster than River Safari and could be even faster if not for the Christmas Eve crowd. 

I rather spend my money on something else that can last me a full day or at least half a day. 

Didn't take much photos either since I don't appreciate fishes as much as bears/lions/horses unless you're talking about salmon sashimi hahahaha!

 This thing actually moves but rather lame show really. Not even educational.

 This stingray is damn cute instead of swimming like other stingrays it prefers to blob up and down. We went round the aquarium twice and both times it was doing the same thing.

Watching jellyfish blob up and down can be rather therapeutic surprisingly.

Off to Gardens by the Bay after dinner. 

It was drizzling when we reached and I was so sad ): 

Have wanted to come here ever since exam ended and it actually rained when I finally came??? 

C was like saying "you wanna just go?" and I interpreted it as go home instead and I felt pretty sad ): But he actually meant just proceed with plan despite the rain. 

And so we braved the drizzle (which eventually became lighter) to where the Spalliere is.

It is so damn chioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, even better on camera! 

Even though the so called snow was foam but it was quite an experience. 

Being in the Spalliere during Blizzard Time (Fake snow blizzard LOL) despite the rain and muddy patches was rather magical I will say. 

Merry Merry Christmas!!!! (:

#40

 First photo after exams! Right outside the exam venue with the worst paper of the sem. But this also concludes the end of Year3 in NTU!!! GOODBYEEEEEEEEEEEE will be back in year 4 (: So excited about not having to study for 4 months. 

First meal after liberation at Paradise Dynasty! I can eat ramen everyday omg.

So happy to finally see a christmas tree even though it's so pathetic cause it's so tiny hahahahaha! Ah my holidays still have yet to sink in that you're finally here!

Get yourself a bf who loves soccer so much that you have to be prepared to spend 90% of dates at sports store looking at soccer boots until you can even know what are the lastest design and colours. Interested parties please do contact me for free boots consultation with Mr C. Advice guaranteed with his materials science knowledge and passion for soccer!!!

Day 2 celebration after fixing my phone (which died after 2 days ohgosh thankfully for warranty, gotta fix it again on tuesday and they better not make me pay any more money >:( ) with hotspot fried fish maggie tomyum and llaollao!!! Hotspot's tomyum is so saturated with tomyum taste I think it's fitting to call it tomyum stew instead hahahah. The maggie is different also, it's QQ okay like korean ramen just that it's thinner! And llao llao is the best choice to bring down the heat!

Please always choose Rafaello sauce instead of chocolate/caramel/any others because Rafaello is what makes it worth the hype! Same goes for caramelized cooki for crunch and mango! We are gonna come up with a perfect combination 1 day!

Day 3 with church followed by Nam Nam and Andersen's Sundae by the fountain hehehe

Still can't express how happy I am that exams have ended, waited so long for this period to come where we don't have to worry about going home to late and having to get a study table. December has to be fulfilling before IA and it's back to same ol' work routine. Not quite sure how I will adapt to the life of an engineer though :/

#10 1314

2013 was a good start and it ended well. I almost met up with everyone who meant alot to me at a point in my life.

Had another steamboat and gift exchange with C's secondary school friends at xh's house.

Yeap and a few hours before meeting time everyone realized that they had to wrap their presents and someone.... suggested using newspaper and wrapped my present almost like a soccer ball HAHAHHA. Hey but it's the content that matters because the present inside is rather cute and useful. Not something I'll just throw at a corner and let it collect dust. Thanks Ekjun for the gift!

And the good thing about working at the same workplace is that I save the energy to get to know people that I'll only see for a month? Not forgetting Christmas gifts and food as treats ^^

Smoked Salmon sandwhich @ selfish gene cafe one day for lunch. Omg it was damn good, I have to go back again to try their breakfast plate. Looks so damn good when colleague was nomming it down ):

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And then one fine day we went VivoCity for Marche during lunchtime. As what they said, I am indeed a special temp :)

Met up with rongzzzz too! Who says you can't make friends while working! Aside from the freaking low pay and utterly saikang job scope, the science center is a rather homely place to work in. Miss taking breaks and just playing around in the exhibition with Rong and Em. Having a snack stash is probably what caused me to gain so much weight then, oh and also the koi every 1 or 2 days :/

Rest well and get well soon!

Had the most budget secret santa with Anderson friends. Such a headache to think of what to get with a $5 budget. Thankfully for Daiso hahaha!Times flies and we are all growing up to be adults this year ): 

Moving on from christmas to new year. Went for fireworks and countdown at Marina Bay Financial Centre. Can't believe it has been a year already ;') and the second year watching fireworks with C hehe.While watching the fireworks last year I was actually thinking whether we will watch it again together because a year seems so long later but we did it heh ;') Walked for an hour to plaza sing to watch American Hustle, which is a total waste of time and money. Read the plot the next morning and it's actually quite brilliant but not a show for the tired mind and body. Especially when it has no subtitles, I get lost damn easily. Supper/Breakfast at Swee Choon which sucks, expect for xlb and custard bun. At least I finally got to taste a decent custard bun after the disappointing one from hall's exam supper. Took the first train home and slept for awhile before heading out again to meet le hotdogs clubbers. Tried out D'good cafe while waiting for the other 3 to reach.

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D'good has such pretty scenery. If only I'm so damn rich I'll just go to D'good whenever I need to study. And this time my Eggs Benedict were so much better!!! The yolk really flows out when it's cut open and coated my bread with half-boiled yolk hehhe good start to 2014.

And we ended the day with a tub of Spumoni from Island Creamery, thanks to jiahao for the treat and your amazeballs infos ;)

2014, I'm ready for you. 

Starting off with the most important question this year.

"What pain do you want to sustain?"

"Because happiness requires struggle. You can only avoid pain for so long before it comes roaring back to life."

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#9 Christmas 2013

"Christmas is the magical time of the year"
I love broadway style, reminded me of Broadway Mary Poppins when I went newyork during sec3 field trip.

Season of giving and love where everyone makes and effort to meet up with presents! ^^

Candlelight service with C and the cell. First candlelight service ever and I can't wait for the next one already! (:

And I finally got my wish to take a photo using the Cathay's photobooth when we had fellowship with Chowtee and Eileen because Chow refuses to take it when I asked him to the other day. The power of masses hahaha. Had Saizeriya and Chowtee blessed me with one gift after another even when I gave her nothing, such a blessing she is :) 

And then was Christmas BBQ with 33rds at the new ny BBQ pit! Practically sat there doing nothing except eating. Whehe thanks to the guys for doing all the cooking. Such a wonder meeting up with people who went through tough and fun times together. We shed tears and sweat and all the drama with built up stress for upcoming events then but still we can meet up and have fun when it's over. Had gift exchange afterwards and everyone had to guess who's their secret santa. Got it correct at one go, only my roomie will buy me clothes as a present hehe. Mega 爱 ^^ 

And Christmas Eve was just a simple fare with C, which is enough with his presence :) ♥