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I guess weekend posting has become a habitual thing?

Saw baby Jan on sat morn! Gave her the cute little fan and handkerchief bought for her @ bkk...she is going to be 5 mths old soon....she has not master crawling and walking yet...but can try holding the milk bottle by herself now..she ventured into swimming the other day with my cousin=) Guess my small niece like drinking plain water most, she will just hold on to her milk bottle, and drink her water v quickly making sucking sounds haha....

Bored act in the living rm while watching Japan Hr on Sun...

Before

After

Tata! Done! What to use it for? Hvn thot of it yet=P

Indulging, Shopping, Dining - Weekend @ BKK~

Striking off my 3rd toplist - trip to BKK over the wkend ended in a haste...nonetheless it was a safe & sound trip!

Tiger Airways airtics were booked way back in Jan. Free seatings on board so must get-on early. 2 1/2 hr later, sis & myself were greeted by the new BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport which sports a contemporary look. We explored around the airport to find the free shuttle bus to the bus services terminal. While trying to find it, a taxi driver quoted a rate of 600 baht which we know was way out. We managed to catch the free shuttle. Helpful lady @ bus services terminal told us the bus no. to take to reach Rama IV, Silom. It's 556. While we were still checking with her, she realised that 556 was leaving...so she ran out of her ofc to help us stop the bus half-way, and we hopped on!! The bus was an authentic, non-aircon kind that the locals take. With Thai music playing in the backgorund...breeze blowing in while the bus moved...the bus journey was a great xperience=)

We alighted @ the backpacker area, somewhere near Lan Luang Rd and took a cab from there to reach Pan Pacific Bangkok. The cab fare costed around 100 bhat. We checked into the hotel which was booked under associate rates. Staying on 29th floor, our windows looked out to the swimming pool of the hotel. I discovered that I wld'nt be able to take any pics for the subsequent days as I did not bring along the charging base for my cam. Sadly, the cam could not be switched on at all...guess it had hibernated cos the last time I used it, it was on one bar of batt.

Our shopping spree begun and we covered Siam Paragon, CentralWorld, MBK, Platinium Mall, Chutuchak Mkt in these 2 1/2 short days. Especially like Siam Paragon for its Gourmet Mkt which is like Taka basement. Like Platinium Mall for its levels of good tiny shops selling female fashions. Like Chutuchak for its hustle and bustle under the hot sun. When asking for the prices of the stuff, I tried using "tao-rai" (thai version of "how much"). Ended up the shop owners answered in thai and sis and myself could only smiled cos we couldn't understand. Haha so we decided to switch back to Eng version.

Dinnner on the 2nd night at Food Loft @ Central was a really enjoyable xperience. Love the place for its nice ambience settings despite it being a food court. You will be given a "Flavours" card when you enter the place and food will be ordered using that card while payment are made when you exit from the place (similar to Marche). It has nice aesthetic couches by the windows for you to enjoy your meals...food are being served in nice tableware.

Amidst the good shopping and dining, I did not manage to catch much sights and places of interest in BKK except Chulalongkorn Uni and Lumphini Park which are near to PPBBK.

Weekend is here!

Fri night - Met up with Jo, Anlian & Fio....left ofc at 7plus cos I was just too hungry to continue with work...had dinner @ MOF central stage. Spent most of the time queueing for the seats. Went back ofc after a quick dinner while the gers headed to changing appetites for desserts!!! Took a detour last LRT home which brought me to all the diff stops b4 rching my stn...so I ended up spending close to 20 mins on the LRT instead of the usual 5 mins, shld have juz walk home instead bleh...

Sat morn - Woke up @ 10am! Rushing to get ready to go for the lunch buffet @ HTL. This booking was to cbrate dad's belated bdae in Feb. It was a post-dated one as his bdae happens to be in the CNY period and I can't get table at staff rate during then. The six of us including Granny had a hearty lunch b4 heading off to MS to get toys for Janelle. Got a muscial toy for 6mths+ baby for her=) Jan was sleeping soundly when we reached. Especially like her sleeping look...it simply seems so peaceful and without all worries in the world. She'll just sleep and will not be bothered by the noise or adults' talking around her. When she has just woke up, she will open her big eyes and look around her curiously. An adorable baby whom I simply adore and want to hug her. When we left, she was still sleeping...didnt bear to wake her up cos she had just fallen asleep when we arrived. At least saw her...hvn seen her since CNY. I shall find time to come again & play with her next time=)

Shopping + Sentosa = Satisfaction!!

Had lo hei with ST & XQ @ sakae as agreed last year!! We felt extremely bloated after having it. Apparently, the smallest serving size is kinda big too...& with all the sushi we had taken b4 hand, it really make us all bloated. Had dinner @ Fiesta on Fri nite with SSL, felt that fiesta serves nicer & more variety sushi, soba....ST, XQ & myself went to shop @ mphosis and got tops @ 50% off...rmb my fancl cleansing oil using up soon..gotten it with XQ to save 3 bucks when we buy 2...the auntishly feeling is coming up ops=P

On the eighth day of CNY, me, SJ & Fio headed down to the island located at the southern part of Singapore - Sentosa!

This was a trip that has been postphoned for weeks before CNY and finally it is set!! Though we had plenty work to settle over the wkend, we nit to sweat out seriously too & thus it boiled down to time-mgt minus a few hrs of slp...SJ & I reached earlier this time round & we headed off to the basement for food! SJ got a super cheesy hotdog bun which she kept praising it haha while I got a blueberry bravisso gelato. Went up to L3 outdoor deck to hve our food while waiting for fio.....& looking @ the long queue for the SentosaExpress...haha so SJ started to hve evil thots of askig fio to queue for us since she was late. Fio rched when we were just done with our snacks...so we queued 2gther & the queue was not slow actually.
Managed to accomplish 3 things there - Cycling, Luge & Flowers. We were a little offset by the dizzle when we were ready with our rented bikes...fortunately the dizzle didn't get heavier..and off we were to our 1h of bike riding. Not really used to the routes @ Sentosa, many deadends & road hazards cos we didnt follow the usual bike track..thankfully we made it back safe & sound!!!

Next up is skyride & luge=) They have either individual or combo, we chose the combo cos it is more economical @ 8 bucks & we get to try both. All three of us were short of cash...seemed that atm was pretty faraway...decided to pay using my suppl maybank visa. And surprise! The friendly tic counter staff said maybank has a special promo with them & we get to enjoy islander rates, i.e 5 bucks pax!!! Yippee it's my first time and I enjoyed both though really wish their duration can be longer....

Safety helmets for the luge that stupid me wore the other way rd & didnt realise till the caucasian tic man knock on it & told me bleh stupid...

Adorable young kids queueing in front with the oversized helmets & they wore it correctly=P

View from the skyride...worried that my cam'll drop so took a quick one=P

Finally, the finale show was the FLOWERS....colourful, magnificant flowers & mural paintings...
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Sun dawn 2am, updating this entry. Went for work tis morn for the intl women's day seminar 07 @ the new ntuc centre. Went to do collegen pedi @ special rate, went suntec career fair with xj, met up the pals @ jack's plce, drinks @ CitySpace...hsh=)

Side-tracking apart, back to FlOWERS!! Under a state of half dizzle, half sunset sky, we walk through the flowers, mural wall paintings & garden sculpturing...

Haha tinks the little girl likes the girl sculpture that resembles her... doesn't they look alike (the face & the hair).....

Colourful mural painting

Stations for photosho0t where crewman helps to take pic...here we are told to point to the white sheep to ask them to head home??

Finally, our Mr Merlion & piglet in hotair balloon...time for ourselves to head back to mainland...Good bye!!!

Post-mortem of CNY!!!!

Post-mortem of CNY!!!!

The 3rd day of CNY （初三） is usually a school day....I am glad that it is still a PH today=)
Have been feasting & feasting for the past three days since Sat....new year goodies are just so tempting right? Over-feasting has a tendenacy to give me tummy probs...so i noe all these feasting must stop today so that I can return to work tmr in tip-top condition？想想看，这几天的佳节， 让我最开心地还是年除夕夜的逛花市。我最爱在吃完年夜饭后和一家人去逛花市， 买年花。。回到家后继续欣赏倒数节目。。听起来有点孩子气，但我确实爱除夕！（haven't been using chinese to write, this seems kinda of strange, but since im in the mood of CNY so can't miss out some chinese chars=)

Really looking fwd to the lao yu sheng & sentosa trip @ the end of the week!!! I want my yusheng @ sakae as ST promises right?...I want my exercise, sun-tanning, flowers moments @ the island (",)~

Farewell, A well-respected Prof

Eating my dinner at 11.20pm...shld be called supper instead...tmr shall be an earlier leave ofc day if possible.

~Was reading Today just now & much saddened by the news of the sudden death of NUS Don Assoc. Prof Ananda Rajah. He was one of my very last lecturers during my final semester in NUS. Etched in memories were his sense of humor, friendliness and a great smile. He was always encouraging students to consult him for our project essay papers and was always willing to stay behind after lectures to answer any students' enquiries. Deepest condolences to Prof's friends & family, he will always be missed for his great teaching effort, warmth and kindness.~

Welcome 2007!

Welcome 2007!

It seems a much back-dated post, writing this on the 6th day of 07.
I guess it is never too late, isnt' it?

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Life is pretty hectic between yr end closing and beginning of new year. Drove all the way to clementi for the dentist that myself & sis trusted...consulted him for my wisdom tooth, quite disappointed when he said he can't extract for me & referred me to Alexandra Hosp due to the odd angle of the tooth. It has to wait then & hopefully my set of other teeth wldnt get too crowded out due to it...

Games on bed, with bizad gers

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Missed the last-min organised family bbq on NYE, missed seeing baby janelle=( Ended up spending NYE in hotel ushering guests & joining in the countdown party....kinda interesting for me cos first time with the hotel & doing frontline duties....thankfully everything went smoothly...& managed to catch the train so hsh by 2am=)

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A Mon without work so no mon blues! Went tamp with mum & sis....spent the great amt of time @ G2000 where mum got her bottoms at 50% off...great deal...maybe one of my new yr resolution shall be to shop only when there is sale=P Was kinda of surprised to rec a letter of promo & pay raise on thurs...happy! On thurs night, fell sick....think there is some flu virus spreading around...

Feeling so much better on sat...tt oso explains why I hve the excess energy to type out this entry now...went vivo in the evening...was in G2000 again where I saw more 49bucks jackets...was having a fair bit of cognitive dissonance for getting the one at 59bucks last week at MS branch...but I still like it since it has been bought=) Saw ClubMarc there too...so it is not only at parkway hmm

Sun evening, am surfing thru LV website now assisting sis in milan to find the right bag...getting quite impatient due to the slowness of my net access...didnt really fancy those bags and can't afford them anw but have to believe that they are good workmanship that lasts a lifetime~ I shall see what you get eventually when u are bck then=P

Guess this entry shall end here with Mon coming up tmr again...a long week ahead..

Wishing a fruitful 07 ahead with good health, joy & happiness!

clubmarc

I luv CLUBMARC Co NY=) Nice tops, bottoms & bags...
Saw a couple of nice tops & a bag that i really like....but didnt get anything from the shop in the end ops=P This'll be my fav haunt from now...esp with the free shuttle frm SK
SSL, shall we make it a trip when u r bck hehe?

it was not such a gd xperience to have gastric flu...on & off stomach pain can get pretty irritating...wanted to see doc @ cmp RMG yest but ended up walked off after getting the queue no. as there were 9 more ppl in front of my queue...these days many ppl muz be getting sick due to the weather...

did a crazy thing by gng to cycle on tues morn instd of resting @ home...with the haze & all, might nt be doing a wise thing to my health...but at least the PSI stands healthy...I juz feel lyk sweating out, in the outdoor against the wind....to think of it, actually felt not bad after couple of hrs of cycling thou on off stomach pain still bugged me along the way...had a peaceful lunch @ mos burger eating my croquette burger & corn soup...nice~

time juz flew when you are doing things that you enjoy...teaching the young boy is not difficult right frm the beginning...things will only get abit out of hand when the 30mths old little sis starts to sneak into the rm & begins her own process of gaining attention either frm me or her bro...to persuade her off so that her bro can concentrate...i hve tried my own little ways of giving her stickers & storybks which work to certain extent...kids are still kids...like their innocence and curiosity=)

ViVoVoom

Off to vivo city @ harbourfront todae at noon....had lunch wif sj at third level food republic...like the outdoor area the most, just too bad that it is quite hazy. Many shops, nice restaurants by the skypark wif nice scenery but not yet ready lo. Went nichii where both sj & myself got 9.90buck tops which we thought are pretty decent deals. Ended up having dinner at old harbourfront centre subway where the queue was shorter=P Thks gers for the pressies that you think shld be usable in ofc haha really thoughtful=)

Thanks Cam, you made my day=)

I am extremely delighted to see Camilla's email & pics when I checked my mailbox before leaving for work this morning...indeed brightened up my fri=)
The email allows me to relish the good times we had in CPH, Cam's nice apartment, Netto's not so good quality but economical groceries...meeting Cam @ the busstop when we took the bus while she cycled after starting off from school & she can usually rch faster than us (conclusion of the day: cycling in CPH is just so convenient with the bicycle lane)
3 mths ago.....we cooked, we ate & we had great fun=)

A traditional homecooked danish meatballs & potato meal, prepared specially by Cam=) Impressive!

Frederick truly impressed us by saying that those who cook don't wash & making the kitchen spick & span after we made a crazy mess of it=P

We cooked chinese-style stirfry noodle n meatballs for Cam & Fred....hope it didnt taste too bad for them hehe=P

Hair Xperience

Went eat turtle soup @ geylang todae..first time kinda interesting...
Just got my temp curls FOC by the hair stylist when i only went there to trim my hair...haha luckily it is temp cos I can't imagine myself having curls permanently=P

Forbidden City

The long-awaited Sat to watch Forbidden City - Portrait of An Empress is finally here!

Both me & SJ were late, were rushing all the way from citylink to esplanade...before the doors closed on us haha. I must really made an effort to cultivate bck my punctuality habit hehe...Fio, the usual punctual one waited patiently for us there...

Really enjoyed the musical~nice simple dinnner wif fam @ hk st. novena wrapped up my treasured sat.

HappY Children's Day!!

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Okie let me see, exactly 3 wks since i returned...feels like mths to me thou...
Started wrk 2 wks ago, lst wk orientation & now gng into 3rd wk im still @ the exploring stages. The 2 consecutive days mass recruitment & dinner @ htl were the highlights of wrk last week.
Was @ minds cafe last sat, not really impressed with the place both in terms of svc or ambience but really glad to meet up wif the gers...the loitering ard carrefour later on & chatting over kopi @ tcc was great too! We recalled the ndp cheerleading days, the college life, blah blah...all just seem yesterday...
Went cycling @ ecp yest, enjoyed myself with the cooling weather & sea breeze...hvn go ecp for v v long...glad tt fio is getting good @ cycling now yippee=)

national day

think i might be suffering from jet lag which i think i shldnt be...but i actually woke up at 12pm this morn! terrible, poor time management these daes too....suppose to meet CM to pass him Jo's stuff but was 20mins late...& realised I forgot to bring a paper bag so he can put the espirit bag inside & dun have to carry the espirit ard...and I oso forgot to bring the bdae card that I got for fio yesterday =(

Was with fio & SJ @ Giraffe in Istana Park on nat. day for dinner.....food & ambience was nice. We got fio a white handbag for her belated bdae present....thanks to SJ who went to source for the bag while im still away. We ended up spending hours chatting about stuff over dinner....Sj knew more good places from her work...haha so we decided to check out those at clarke quay nxt time...hopefully I got a job by then & can afford to splurge more haha=)

& finally I hve graduated!!! results for GM mod are out too...scored the same as Ads & Child...cheers for graduation...but jobless status still pending~

Last night

It's fri night now, my last night in cph. Jo had left earlier in the aftrn for london. Went to Fisketorvet Shopping Centre in the aftrn....it is cph first major shopping mall, located beside the harbour on the outskirts of city centre as described by the copenhagenthisweek guidebk...the stn is Dybolsbro...five stops away from Flintholm. Actually was deciding between Field's & Frisketorvet, wanted to go Field's cos there is a hypermarket there & as usual I am a big fan of supermkt haha. But realised Field's which is in Orestad is in Zone 4....my 10klip card only allows Zone 1&2...and I am only left with 1klip cos tmr train to airport requires another 2klips. So that's it, I am left with limited choice but to go Fisketorvet.

The shopping centre lks quite new....shops there are pretty similar to Fredericksberg centre near sch...with H&M and Fotex. But it is much bigger with more shops....I manage to get a water pitcher for mum which is on sale...spent quite some time deciding whether to get it arnot...but when I saw that it's made in denmark...decided to juz get it since it's my last day le. Haha around 15mins more before an hour...so I decided to head off so that I dont need to klip the zone card one more time....& yeah I manage to made it back to Flintholm stn without klipping again!!!

Almost done with the packing...btw results for advertising & children is out cos it's 100% proj....haha thanks to emma who told me that kathrine had managed to chk the results oreadi during the malmo trip....if not tink i wldnt noe the results are out so fast...anw got a 10 out of the 13 scale & im pretty satisfied with it...haha thanks to jo's bf for helping out with our ads' drawings...hopefully the GM results wldnt be too bad....

Just knew from kelvin that tonite's farewell party organised by ISUP is @ luux...haha i dunno how to go to that place & it is 9plus le..shall stay @ hostel & use the facial mask that Ji Hae gave the other dae....peaceful night & 12 more hrs to flight bck to spore!

malmo, sweden~

Me, emma (a vietnamese ger studying in nus biz) & loretta (a HK ger studying in vancouver) head off to malmo (30mins by train & an hr by bus from cph)...can treat it as a post-exam trip for us hehe=P We met @ kobenhavn H stn facing tivoli as usual on thurs morn....decided to take the swebus there as it is a much cheaper alternative (74dkk = 20sin) compared to the train & we can afford the longer journey....

On the bus, understand much more abt vietnam & how emma ends up studying in nus biz...has alwaz wanted to visit vietnam...emma said that 4 days are enough for saigon...& she is planning to travel ard vietnam when she graduates @ yr end & I can join in....how I wish to join manz...we shall see =P

Rmb the highway that I saw on the plane to cph....I know the name now! It's Oresund Bridge , bridge connecting denmark & sweden...@ malmo, we gotten the malmo card for a day...& it allowed us to hop on the sightseeing bus that lasted an hr & a half and gain free admission to malmo castle, museums. The tour guide was a friendly lady who can speaks 3 languages...her job wasnt easy cos she has to explain the sights that the bus passed by in all the diff languages @ one go.....

The day ended well with the three of us catching the 8.15pm bus bck to cph....we were so amazed that the whole bus only had us and another lady....it's like our own chartered bus haha...this time round when we passed the Oresund Bridge...we caught the sunset!! It was such a nice scene with the sun setting by the sea....& sitting in a nice, quiet bus embracing the whole scenery was just marvellous=)

Haha so the bus brought us bck to cph city.....& this time round when tivoli seems more beautiful..realised I didnt really see the night tivoli sight before....haha so emma helped me took a pic with it...blissful & home sweet home~

Berlin~~

Went berlin from 21Jul to 23Jul under the sch social program.....we met @ Solbjerg Plads courtyard...our double-deck bus departs for the Gedser ferry, the scandlines...was my first time seeing how the bus I am seated in entered a ferry to be transported across the ocean...eye-opening for me!!!

The DITO bus

to be updated hehe*

Berlin is a beautiful, historical city that really impress me lotsa....many redevelopments are on the way now....one day, I'll want to go back to visit again...

DDC

Before I forget, shall write some stuff about the visit to the danish design centre @ h.c andersens boulevard last wed with xinyi, simin & dhaniah all from nus biz....it was a short trip...ddc quite a small place to explore actually...haha but interesting nonetheless....was shopping along stroget with dhaniah first cos the other gers have some projs to do in sch....bought a small tote bag that is @ 70% sale from h&m=P
A few pics @ dcc....was pretty inspiring yeah=)

Last classes...final exams...school life coming to an end on 1st Aug

Final paper for GM is done @ Dalgas Hav. Thankfully this bldg is just within 10mins walking distance. It's a 4h paper! Both me & jo were quite worried of getting hungry & tried stuffing ourselves with lotsa food during bkfast hehe..turned out that we can eat inside the exam rm cos there are ppl who brought in their bkfast...exam ans were typed into the comp and 3 copies to be printed out @ the end & put into diff coloured envelopes to be submitted. That's it.
Classes for both global marketing + Advertising & Children ended last week....

Proj grp for ad & child: Kathrine from Austria, me, jo & Greg from UNC

With Prof Kara Chan from HK

Exams!

omg time flies...exams on mon...& I'm trying to recall what have I been taught for the past 6 weeks=P It is an open-book, computer-based exam, so all ans have to be typed into the comp.

last weekend went over with the school to Berlin, it was a great and fun trip although it is rush, rush, rush all the way haha....shall update a post on the trip again soon....

& next sat morn, gng to fly back to spore le! I have mixed feelings, wanted to go home to my own room, taste my mum's fabulous dishes...but will definitely miss the carefree life here that allows me the chance to travel around during the weekends...

Prague weekend

Weekend getaway to Prague...beautiful small city...first time flying budget sterling...quite impressed by the large no. of passengers paying to get sandwiches & drinks on board...hee dont fancy flight food so i prefer the budget airlines no frills policy @ least i can choose not to pay for the food....prague airport actually let me feel at home as it reminds me of Spore maybe cos of its cleanliness & organised layout...

fri to sun was well-spent..thanks to loretta's rick steves travel guide book...so glad that loretta from canada who is in my GM class happened to want to travel to prague over the weekend too....met sis & elaine..& the four of us explored around prague...first day: Old Town (Astronomical clock, St Nicholas church's concert, Tyn church), Havelske Trziste Market; 2nd day: Prague Castle, Charles Bridge; 3rd day: Jewish Quarters, Old-new Synagorge, not forgetting the great food & shopping there hehe=P

first lunch in prague @ czeh kitchen...authentic food for the locals...not bad & it cums with beer

wishing fountain @ old town sq...we wish we wish~

Nice cafe=P

ssl, elaine, loretta

evening @ charles bridgenice earrings sold along the bridge!

Foodie~

The goodie + junkie + sinful + tasty food i have here~

I lyk the corn here..it's fresh=P

turkey bagel frm bagels shop near sch...once & only indulgence haha

there's always the ration instant when all else fails..
& thanks to my nice neighbour Ji Hae...we had great curry & omelette rice here!=)

& that explains my escalating weight again ops hehe....

A weekend!!

special term results out on fri...only manage b+ for both mods...think exam papers i kinda screwed up=( but finally i noe tt i had passed them & it's dropping of a heavy stone indeed...it was a fruitful long weekend since fri...shall jot down to remind myself=)

Fri: Changing of guards @ Amalienborg, City Centre, Little Mermaid
Sat: Hamlet Castle @ Helsingor & Museum of Modern art @ Louisiana
Sun: Carlsberg Visitor Centre @ Valby, Church of Our Saviour, Canals & Christiania @ Christianhavn

Some pics!

Bakery @ city centre with golden crown!

Starry faces @ my Finsensvej neighbourhood bakery waiting to be baked the next day

real beauty..impressed=)

@ carlsberg...we can try a fun video & send to our own email: http://212.242.187.115/02072006131708.mpg

Street of Christianshavn