Treasure Life;

It’s been a mad rush of late, not just myself but everyone at work. A major event is coming up in two weeks’ time, and no thanks to ‘last minute-ness’… everything has to be done and ready by early December! BUT with awesome colleagues and the amazing close-knitted bond that we share, things are going rather smoothly (crossing my fingers) #Thankful for them who add colours into my work-life (and after-work life) everyday! <3

Taking a short break from studying to run some errands and a quick update!

Major obsession with knit wear lately, partly ‘cos of the cold weather (rainy season in Singapore is here again!) and the much comfy level of these outfits. LOVES!

Top & Knit Skater Skirt: Uniqlo
Bag: agnes b.

Top & Bag: Bugis Street
Shorts: Mango
Watch: Casio

Top: Random market store
Inner piece: H&M (highly recommended to buy item at S$7.90 only!)
Jeans: F21
Bag: agnes b.

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The past few weeks haven’t been the best and this period has kinda made me grasp the meaning of “相愛容易相處難“.

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Exam period calls for a hiatus period at home, which automatically translates to a lot of eating and binging on junk food to keep the stress at bay! A lot of songs loaded into the classic iPod too, my main companion with the study notes.

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Insatiable love for coffee, and breakfast with mommy on weekends! <3

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If you’re following me on Instagram, you’ve read that one of my mom’s friend’s dad has left without a word. It’s heart-breaking to hear that it was supposed to be his first overseas trip, together with his children… He didn’t even manage to set foot in Taiwan, and passed away in his sleep on the aeroplane. His family only realised it when their plane touched down. :’( Even thinking about it gives me the shiver feeling. Too sudden, too scary… Cliché statement always has its magic and meaning to it – “Life is too short, treasure every single one and thing around you.”

If you haven’t made time for someone that you really care, do it now. Take time off work to spend time with yourself, with your loved ones… Work can wait, for you never know when’s the last time that you’ll get to talk or see them again. Guilty as charged, I think I need to work on this.

*photo taken with my iPhone – that’s my beloved grand-dad’s vintage Citizen watch that the children bought for him and my late grand-ma for their 50th anniversary. Such Love and faithfulness amaze me… I miss you grand-ma <3 ..  好想再回到那些年的時光.

XOXO, Noi

A week in a flash;

A week ago, I was in Krabi with the best travel mates.. Enjoying our Thai food dinner, basking and chatting under the starry night, and sleeping soundly in a beautiful beach resort. Fast forward a week later, here I am in my room preparing for work tomorrow. BAM!

Nonetheless, it’s been a fruitful day/week so far. Here’s a snapshot of the past week for me!

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Monday

Stared hard at my tan, and even mommy commented that I look like a real Thai now. Anyhow, I still decided to dress in coral red to drive the Monday blues away. And the blues really got to me, especially having just returned from an ultimate Krabi getaway. Pouts*

That aside, I realised taking photos of WIWT daily really helps me to put in extra effort in dressing up! I used to be lazy, and would just grab any top/bottom from the wardrobe, but now I take time to make sure that I mix and match my wardrobe pieces. Mommy also commented that it helps me to avoid using the excuse, “I have no clothes to wear!“, when I actually do have new pieces -___- lol.

WIWT
Pull & Bear blouse x Bugis Street skirt x Mitju wedges x Flea Market bag x Casio Vintage watch

Impromptu meet-up with my sis after work, and we decided to catch dinner together as well at Carl’s Jr. Seriously, two set meals cost us S$23++ -________- I really think it’s a little too pricey for fast food, haha.

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Good chat with her as always Am always thankful for the close relationship that my sister and I have, XOXO.
Check out her cute METAL teeth!

Then, we went shopping for a while, and landed ourselves in shoe shopping! Two pairs of shoes for S$30 from Rubi! I love the cap toe design, while she loves her blue loafers. Happykiddosplease! The promotion is still ongoing I believe, but one thing about shoe sales – sizes usually run really big or small (think Size 39 – 41, and 35 – 36).

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Tuesday
A long Tuesday packed with work, and new roles added to the current job scope. It’s getting overwhelming for me, and I’m having thoughts/intentions of speaking to relevant parties about it. No point adding on workload to my current pile, as it would only decrease effectiveness and efficiency, right? Nonetheless, I am still trying my best to remain positive about this.

WIWT
Zara floral basic top x SMooch Waisted Flare Skirt in Bronze x Flea Market bag

Before the movie “Prometheus”, we had a quick dinner at Wadori (Jurong Point)! My order was Set B, and it’s priced at S$5.20 (iirc) with Chicken Karage, Grilled Pork Belly, Grilled Chicken, and Chicken Balls, and rice. Though the food wasn’t too bad, I still very much prefer Tori-Q over this

Address: 
Wadori (Jurong Point)
1 Jurong West Central 2, #B1-53 Jurong Point Shopping Centre
Tel: +65 6792 1283

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Movie Review: “Prometheus”

Details:
2 hr 4 min – Action, Horror, Sci-fi
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender

Walked into the movie theater without much expectation or knowledge of this movie, I only knew that there’s some aliens involved in the storyline and there’s a mixed reviews about it. I must say some parts were pretty gore, and we had to cover the screen at a few scenes. LOL! Still, the effects were awesome and it definitely got us glued to the screen for the whole two hours. Interesting story-line, and definitely worth to give it a go!

Rating:

.5 out of 5 popcorns

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Ended Tuesday with Stan craving for Tom Yum soup, so we had to make do with a totally different ‘local Tom Yum’ spicy soup from Koufu. Haha!

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Wednesday

WIWT
Dano blouse x SMooch Paperbag Waisted Skirt in Grey x Flea Market bag

My first time wearing this skirt out! It’s a real comfy piece, albeit a little too long on me. Loving the design and the drapes! Gonna wear it out more often now

Quite a bad mid-week, but I remembered the tweets and texts from lovelies got me through the day… A drained day summed it all up. Then, YT shared this piece with a few peeps on Instagram, and I thought it really hit the nail on the head!

To be honest, (here goes the guilt trip) I haven’t been hard-working with my running regime and the last I really had a good run was actually Sundown! Ok now I’m even guiltier, haha. Though we did some sports (hiking, trekking, and a little bit of swimming) in Krabi, I seriously miss my running! Shall put on the running shoes this weekend, and start the regime proper. The Twitter babes really helped too, with their posts of run logs, and it works a hell hard to motivate me. SHAPE RUN in one month’s time yo!

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Thursday

WIWT
Herwalkincloset blouse x Love, Bonito floral peplum skirt x ASOS clutch x OMEGA vintage timepiece

On Parent Care leave yesterday ‘cos no one else was available (work commitments) to accompany my mom for her follow-up check-up, so I could dress down a little bit yesterday. I took two old pieces from my wardrobe, and pieced them together in time for this season’s trend! Heh, I love how versatile these two pieces are, and certainly peplum is the way to go now! I also brought out my ‘new’ ASOS clutch for the first time loving the design, and check out how roomy it is! I’ve brought out my card wallet, wallet, toiletries pouch, mini water pottle, TBS comb, and my phone… yet, it’s still easy to carry around and chic too. Yay!

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Everything turned out to be ok, and I also had an impromptu check-up as well. FYI, my mom went for her check-up with her gynae whom she’s been with for the last 25 years. It felt pretty weird to meet the doctor who delivered you, I must say! LOL.

Dr. Kowa is very experienced, and a couple of my relatives have been referred to him for medical advice related to women’s issues. Here’re his details, if you’re interested hope it helps!

Details:
Kowa Clinic & Surgery For Women
3 Mount Elizabeth, #16-17/18
Singapore 228510
6235 1151

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After the check-up, I decided to give my mom a proper meal treat ‘cos I realised I haven’t really done so yet. -________- We settled on Domani (an Italian restaurant situated in Ngee Ann City, it used to be called The Pasta Cafe) ‘cos their lunch special is really worth it and how many opportunities can one (working) person have to enjoy a weekday lunch promotion? Heh.

*Photos were taken with iPhone 4, with no enhancements made*

We both ordered the same set – Petit Platter; this is what its website states – Petit Platter : Spaghetti with shrimp, clam and squid in tomato cream sauce. Caesar salad and salami, baked tilapia fish and shimeji mushroom with spicy mango sauce, bacon wrapped caprese with balsamic vinegar sauce. Delish pasta, and this dish allowed us to sample different sides with the pasta! The set meal comes with Potato Soup and drinks, which we chose its aromatic House Coffee.

Given the amount of food and its quality, I must say S$15.90++ per meal is reasonable. And, the service was good so that topped it up!

Address:
Domani
Address: 391 Orchard Road, #B2-37 Ngee Ann City
Tel: 6734 1638

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Retail Therapy

My new Longchamp LM Metal Medium Short Handle Tote in Petrol! All prices for Le Pilage and Metal bags have gone down in Singapore now. This costs S$174, and it was retailing at about S$210! Whee was contemplating between this and the Le Pilage medium tote in Fuchsia, but I thought this piece looks better and I have enough Le Pilage totes already. Sis is going to get her Le Pilage bag-pack tomorrow, double yays. Offer while stocks last, so hurry down! FYI, I purchased mine from Paragon outlet; they only have Petrol available for LM Metal totes, and more of classic colours only for Le Pilage.

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SMooch Scallop Shorts in Almond (Size M) x Topshop Basic Top x MYnt Shop Snowflake Necklace

Carted out this piece during the recent SMooch sales! I was in a dilemma over this or the orange peplum shorts, but decided to get this ‘more versatile’ piece instead. The material is luxe, and I love the matching belt that came together with it! It fits nicely on me, but I think it’s not buffet/heavy-meal friendly ‘cos it can show the tummy pretty obviously. Other than that, it’s definitely a steal at S$20.80 /grins.

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Something personal…

Anyways, I had a good chat with my mommy over lunch yesterday. Though we’re really close, but I hardly share anything from work or personal life with my family members ‘cos I always think that they’re busy and/or have their own share of woes. To me, if it’s something that I can stomach on my own, I’ll leave it just like that and not bother them. But yesterday, I bared my heart all out to her, and I took her by surprise. LOL! I shared with her quite a lot of things relating to Stan and work. It’s not easy, really not easy… But I’m so glad that we took this chance to have this talk, and cleared the air about lotsa stuff :’) Thank you dear Momsy, she’s my pillar of strength and always will be.

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That sums up a super duper long entry so happy to clear this draft post. It took me a few nights, and one early morning T.T Heh! TGIF dear peeps! Can’t wait to get through (hell) work day and usher in the weekends First up, dinner with my bestfs from work tonight.

XOXO, Noi

Lucky, Lucky;

Quite sometime back, Stan received a piece of great news and he immediately rang me up but I wasn’t able to pick up his call then. Returned his call, and his voice was so jumpy that I thought something bad had happened -___- boys…

Turned out that it’s the news that he has been waiting for, and anticipated all along, but he’d never thought it would arrive so soon! It’s something to do with his work, and I shall not say too much due to the nature of his job. But I really wanna say that I am so proud of him :*) and hopefully, he can prove to his superiors that he’s worthy of this new appointment, which I am sure he will!

Met up with him at Jurong Point to hear more of it, and we settled for desserts at a newly opened (Chinese) dessert store in JP2, it’s called Lucky Dessert! Reminds me of Ji De Chi, which is also located in JP2, but the menu items are pricier.

Stan ordered this Mango and Grass Jelly item, and mine was a mixture of Mango paste w/fruits and Grass Jelly! I think food wise, it’s nicer than Ji De Chi, but the bill of S$12++ wasn’t really worth it in my opinion. Still, it’s worth a try!

Address
Lucky Dessert @ Jurong Point
1 Jurong West Central 2, #03-54 Jurong Point Shopping Centre
Tel: 9090 1723
Facebook Page: Link here

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Rare guest appearance*
The boy who couldn’t stop smiling for the whole week -_______-

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And in less than two days’ time, Stan, Daph, Phee and I will be indulging in the mesmerizing view of Krabi. Too bad the rest of the peeps couldn’t join, but we believe there’s always a next time! Thanks Chiat for sharing the link on the things to do/places to go in Krabi – it’s a post by LifestyleAsia.com.

Kudos to Stan for helping to coordinate the trip; checking with travel agencies on availability of packages, hotel booking, air ticket booking, planning of activities, and even down to arranging the airport transfer for us! Haha, /applause please/ ;D

Credits: http://www.phuketthailandtrip.com

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View from Railay Bay Hotel

Credits: http://www.hotelthailand.com

 Credits: http://www.lantainfo.com

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Happy mid-week y’all! : )
XOXO, Noi

Dinner date at Itacho Sushi;

Impromptu dinner meet-up with my dear 38 besties two Fridays back, after the end of my exam week one. Remembered how my mother persuaded me to take the night off and mug later, heh! Via the whatsapp chatroom, Jass and I arranged to meet at Buona Vista and it was hilarious how we continued whatsapp-ing until we met at the platform door. Bings and Leo met up with us at Itacho Sushi (Bugis Junction), and surprisingly there wasn’t any crowd unlike the other outlets such as Ion and Plaza Singapura.

The service was rather mediocre – we were ushered to the table, and the waitress left a set of menus on our table and asked us to refer to the papers. There was a stack of different coloured papers which we had no clue on how to go about ordering the food ‘cos each paper had different items. It took us quite a while to understand the system -_____- what’s funnier was, in the end we just gave our orders verbally to the waitress and she took them down using only one sheet of paper.

Apart from the rant about Itacho Sushi‘s service, the food was simply delish. The dishes are slightly different from the usual Japanese restaurants (think Sushi Tei or Ichiban Boshi), and the price stated is for one serving only unlike the usual two services per sushi dish in other restaurants.

Tamago with Crabmeat
Comes in four servings; a consensus that this is a must-order! The egg is cooked just right, and it melts in your mouth almost instantly.

Grilled Squid Sushi
Jass ordered this, whilst the rest of us cringed at the sight of it. HAHA! She sang praises for it though.

Salmon Sashimi
Comes in six servings; we didn’t order the much raved Fatty Salmon Sashimi ’cos we had ordered something similar for the sushi. This sashimi beats any restaurant hands down (‘cept maybe on par with Chikuwa Tei)!

Grilled Mackerel in Miso Paste
An item off the Promotions menu; Jass ordered this and we all had tried to stop her ‘cos the dish sounded too salty, judging by its name. However, it turned out to be a nice dish, and we agreed that it tasted ‘homely’.

Lobster Salad with Salmon Sushi
Comes in four servings; this is another must-order! The ingredients are really fresh, and we loved that the lobster salad took away the fishy smell (if any) off the salmon sashimi!

Cold Cha Soba
Ah bings and I ordered this dish for our mains; nowadays, you rarely come across restaurants serving Cha Soba in this manner (with the white radish and spring onions) with the soba soup. So, we were really pleased with this dish, albeit the soba being a little soggy.

Grilled Pork Sushi
This sushi is so delish that we ordered second rounds for it! The pork is so tender, and the marinate goes very well to cover the pork ‘smell’.

Fatty Salmon Sushi and Duck Meat Sushi
Something different that we’d opted to try; the Fatty Salmon Sushi tastes awesome but only if you’re someone who likes to eat salmon skin. The Duck Meat Sushi is something unique, but I still very much prefer my usual duck meat rice. HAHA!

Crabmeat Chawamushi
Another dish for Jass’ mains; the chawamushi arrived piping hot and the steamed egg was near perfect! Definitely a must-order as well!

*all photos were taken with my iPhone4, with minimal edits*

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Despite the slow service and some bad attitude experienced from the waitresses (as ranted by other diners as well), the dining experience at Itacho Sushi (Bugis Junction) was pretty awesome with the great food served! The total bill came up to about S$20++ per pax, which we’d thought it was reasonable, given the amount and variety of food that we had ordered. Reservations are advised, albeit the (surprise) small crowd on a Friday night.

Address:
200 Victoria Street, #B1-05 Bugis Junction
Tel: +65 6337 8911
Facebook page: Link 

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As usual, we went shopping (or rather, window shopping) after the hearty dinner, and had a great night out that ended with lots of laughters and heart-to-heart conversations on the way home. This group of friends is a gem to me, and I hope our (yearly) meet-up can be more frequent!

XOXO, Noi

A week in a blink;

Another week has gone by, and it’s scarier knowing that another seven days are taken off my countdown chart to the first paper for this term. Three papers to take, and one ECA to complete; I just can’t wait for June to arrive! Not to mention how stupid the topic is for the ECA – a three to five minute video on end-of-life care in Singapore. And the lecturer had actually suggested us to interview her mom, who’s struck with a terminal illness. Gees, seriously?!

SATURDAY
That aside, I am glad that I managed to squeeze in some leisure time amidst the crazy weekend of mugging, doing up the outline for the ECA, and planning the study schedule. My aunt from Malaysia is in town to visit us and will be heading back to KL tomorrow, so Mommy and I brought her out on Saturday to have dinner together simple food-fare at Jurong Point’s Kopitiam.

SUNDAY
I headed out to capture some shots for my assignment. First stop was Bras Basah, and we jumped onto the opportunity to tour around National Museum of Singapore since full-time students and regulars get to enjoy free entry/S$5 (special rate) for admission fees.

BOOMZ clouds taken outside the museum;

A couple of exhibitions and galleries were opened when we visited, and I found the photography gallery particularly interesting. Perhaps ‘cos it showcased the history of Singapore from various perspectives of the key people, such as Sir Stamford Raffles and the performers from Great World Amusement Park. A pity I left my SD card at home so, I could only make do with my iPhone to snap some photos from the museum tour. That, I shall leave it to next entry.

Another place that we went to, Tiong Bahru Market; this place serves really delish hawker fare. Ordered Hainanese Chicken Rice, Chwee Kueh, Beef Soup, Oyster Omelette, and Sugar Cane drink to top it off. My fave dish has got to be the Chwee Kueh  from Jian Bo Tiong Bahru Chwee Kueh (#02-05)!

Tiong Bahru Food Market & Hawker Centre
(Check out ladyironchef’s post for more food recommendations!)
Address: 30 Seng Poh road
All these for less than S$15, daebak!

MONDAY
After a somewhat long Monday, the whole family brought my aunt out for dinner with some hawker foodfare lovin’. Our initial stop was Redhill Market & Food Centre, but too bad the tzi char store wasn’t opened for business so we decided on heading to Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre instead.

We ordered BBQ Sambal Stingray, Sotong, Kang Kang from BBQ Seafood, and Winter Melon with Spare Ribs soup from Yi Ping Tung. The latter serves really good soup, and the unique way of cooking it charcoal-style allows all the ingredients to be well-broiled. Best of all, the price is reasonable at S$4 per claypot. Yay!

BBQ Seafood
(Check out InSing’s post for more information)
Address: Yung Sheng Road, #03-178, Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre

Yi Ping Tung Charcoal Claypot Soup
(Check out InSing’s post for more information)
Address: Yung Sheng Road, #03-157, Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre

After the dinner, we brought her to Marina Bay Sands to take in the night-view of Singapore.

Chanced upon the window display of Louis Vuitton, and snapped a photo of it – amazed by the vibrant colours. But I thought the colours used for window display were a big contrast to the pastel colours used in their SS12 campaign.

LABOUR DAY
The journey went like this – Jurong Point, Jurong East, JCube, Redhill, IKEA, Changi, and Old Airport Road Food Centre. And I finally got to try the Lao Ban Soya Beancurd!! Bought a few back for mommy and sister, and they love it too. Mommy said that there’s a tinge of black sugar taste in it. The queue wasn’t that bad when I went at 8+pm, less than 30 minutes I’d say. At S$1.50 per bowl, it’s much pricier than the usual soya beancurd in the market but I think it’s worth the price. HAHA!

Lao Ban Soya Beancurd (Old Airport Road)
Address: 51 Old Airport Road, #01-127 Old Airport Road Food Centre

Wednesday
Alas! Mid-week was finally here, and it’s another day with bad headache etc. Went to the temple to pray that evening, and had a good talk with my god-uncle. Let’s just see how things go!

Simple foodfare // home-cooked food is love! Mommy never fails to let us come home in comfort and bask in love from her. LOL, so much for cheesy lines, but I really learnt not to take such details for granted after working. It’s not like I get to eat home-cooked food everyday

OTD // Crochet top with TheTinselRack Floral Blossoms Paperbag Skirt in Violet Peonies, and my trusty Longchamp bag

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Sooooo many movies that I wanna catch, but I think gotta wait till my assignment and exams are over – the highly raved Avengers and Battleship. Boos*

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Review on “The Lucky One” movie

Details:
Movie title: “The Lucky One“
1hr 41min – Romance, Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Writers: Will Fetters (screenplay), Nicholas Sparks (novel)
Stars: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner

Synopsis (credits here):
A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

Perhaps I held too high hopes for this movie, so I was tad disappointed after watching it. Other than the scenes with the hot bod of Zac Efron, the rest of the story plot lacklustre and predictable. I felt the emotions shown during the scene where Taylor reminisced about her brother was more real than the chemistry between her and Zac. Nonetheless, it’s a nice movie to catch if you don’t want to fight with the crowd this weekend over tickets to the Avengers movie.

Rating:

.5 out of 5 popcorns

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QOTD// daily mantra; thanks for the love received.

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This is like, one of my longest posts ever; blogged this over the week and finally managed to publish it today. Gotta find time this weekend to do a good run and finish the rest of my mugging and video assignment \m/ FIGHTING!

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TGIF peeps! Looking forward to tonight

xoxo, Noi

Home-cooked food at its best;

They always have this saying, “Nothing beats home-cooked food“. I can totally relate to this statement even home-cooked (Curry) Maggie Mee does wonders at times! And to add on, I think I’m one of the lucky few whose mother is a stay-at-home housewife, forever thankful for that. Mommy often laments that her ‘job’ is one of the toughest in this world, ‘cos 1) she has no off day, 2) she’s not paid (other than the monthly allowances from us, LOL!), 3) she has to take care of three big babies – daddy, sister, and myself. How I wish I could whip up better dishes for her to eat, but she always brushes the idea off -___- for fear of her own safety, or rather her stomach’s safety. LOL!

It may be the simplest food fare, nothing fancy like gastronomy arts. Nonetheless, coming home to warmed-up soup or home-cooked dishes is one of my favourite things in this world :’) Thank you mommy!

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Thanks to bratty sister who recently acquired steel teeth mommy’s been cooking // Sweet Potato Porridge //.
It’s yummy yet fuss-free!

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Lotus Root Soup // Udon with homemade broth // Kimchi to pair with our udon

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Braised pork // Stir fry cauliflower // Assortment of Yong Tau Foo

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Stir fry roasted pork with garlic bits // Egg soup // Stir fry beans

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Simple stir fry egg // Crispy luncheon meat // stir fry cai xim

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Simple photo-log of home-cooked food by mommy dearest, it also serves as a reminder that I should be thankful and more than contented to see mommy’s health recovering. This brings me to an article that I would like to share; I took this off Facebook, it’s an article by Maryam Mokhtar (from Sunday Times, Think Section, Page 45), “Freedom can wait, I’m staying put for Dad”. One liner that struck the chord in my heart-strings is – ‘…with freedom comes a duty I owe my old man who gave up his own freedom decades ago to raise three daughters”, mommy gave up her youth, her passion as a seamstress to stay at home and look after us since we stepped into this world.

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Stan’s words,
“Never ever take it for granted that our loved ones will stay by our side for as long as we want to, it’s ironic that we only notice of their missing presence then we’ll realise how much we’ve neglected them.”

Time to let the emo thoughts come to a halt, back to essay writing.

xoxo, Noi

Precious time spent with family and shopping loots review;

Took the day off as my parents had suggested to go Tomb Sweeping today with my eldest uncle; it’s like a yearly tradition that we never fail to stand by. My late  Grandpa was buried, hence we had to travel to the cemetery at Lim Chu Kang area, and then made our way to Choa Chu Kang Crematorium to pay our respects to my late Grandma and my late second uncle. Throughout the journey, my dad kept harping to me on the different practices and traditions that we Chinese Taoists have to adhere to. He added that it’s a pity that not many of us in this generation still know about the traditions of Tomb Sweeping, such as the prayer items to purchase and the various things to note. Long story short, the whole process did involved a lot of things, but I think it’s still of utmost importance to cherish your loves ones while they are still around you. <3

Headed to Bugis with my parents in the afternoon, and we went to Kuan Yin Thong Hood Cho Temple first before heading to Albert Food Centre for some tea-break. Dad bought us green bean soup from this stall with a long long queue; the soup is nice, but my dad complained that the previous stall owners were better. And I can never forget to order my favourite Chwee Kueh whenever I spotted the stall in food markets!

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Did some shopping at Bugis Street, and I walked away with four tops at only S$10 each. Two of the tops were spotted on blogstores before, if I’d remembered correctly. LOL, my sis also got a cardigan at S$15 from Bugis Street last week, and I saw it selling online for S$26.90. Zzzz.

Sister joined us for dinner after she knocked off from work, and dad drove us to Redhill Market and Food Centre! Ordered my fave Fried Wing Rice, and parents had their usual Curry Rice from Hong Seng Curry Rice. It’s super yummy and really affordable – three side dishes with rice costs S$2.70. Compared to the Scissors Cut Curry Rice that you see in foodcourts which sells overpriced food, this gem at Redhill Market and Food Centre is one not to be missed.

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SHOPPING LOOTS REVIEW

Herwalkincloset Karen Millen Inspired Pleated Work Dress in POP-ART BLUE
Couldn’t resist getting this piece from herwalkincloset when I first set my eye on it, and since it’s a sales item so I thought why not? Thanks to dear Eilsbaby (owner of HWC) for advising on the colour of the dress that I should take ‘cos I was contemplating on the black or pop-art blue piece, I chose the latter in the end. I picked Size M, and it fits nicely on me. The shade of blue is not too loud, more towards cobalt blue in my opinion. Great for corporate functions, and meeting days!

Herwalkincloset Mod Block Top
My favourite colour – coral! The material is definitely of boutique standard, and I picked Size M for this as well. It comes with a back zip for ease of wearing, and it doesn’t feel snug on me at all. Paired it with Snowflake necklace from MYnt Shoppe :) Happy loots from HWC!

Megagamie Gipsy Boho Blouse in Purple
Tried on this newly launched Megagamie top while I was at KissJane (Bugis outlet) yesterday, and I fell in love with it. Debated between purple and midnight blue, and mommy even suggested getting this direct from KJ but I told her that I’ll try to camp for the launch instead. The material is very comfortable, and the intricate details are worth the price tag of S$26.50 mailed! It’s free-sized, and it’s slightly oversized on me.

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 Things my sister do on a daily basis to keep my workday going, thank you Bratty Sister xoxo

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Rounding off this post, here’s an OTD from Sunday – TheDesignCloset Kimono Top in Navy x Nine West Satchel x usual accessories. Albeit a lazy Sunday, it’s awesome to just do nothing and usher in Monday altogether again.

Meh. -____-

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SS4 Paris in two days’ time, and three days to Siwon Oppa’s birthday! /fangirl scream/

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Back to assignment deadlines again, and lack of social life.
Push on, push on!

xoxo, Noi.

My Saturdate;

In a slow turn of time, it’s finally Thursday. No doubt the shitty day, I’m sure it’s gonna be a great night ‘cos sisters and I are meeting up for dinner! What’s more, we are gonna celebrate da-jie’s (belated) birthday Most probably gonna dine at any good restaurant that we can find at Millenia Walk. Yay! Miss these girls loads, our last meet-up was for Christmas and I remember that was the first time we’d met Baby Clarisse. XOXO

Gonna be a short pictorial post, and review on Love, Bonito (LB) Dakota Blouse in Navy and Grey Clutch from Ascentee.

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Darling babysis dropped by my office last Thursday to pass me these lovely chiffon cakes, ‘cos she said she’s gonna miss when she flies to Malaysia with Mommy to visit Grandma. Sweet daooooo was really happy to see her, and not to mention…savouring these cakes during my lesson later that night. Tried to ask her for the address of this bakery, but all she could remember is, this is near her workplace at Robinsons Road. Goldfish memory = her. -___-

Cranberry, Chocolate, Marble, and Vanilla

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Quite sad to hear of the old folks being admitted into hospitals and/or falling ill out of the sudden, after hearing the news of my grandparents, Stan’s Grandma was also hospitalised for sudden vomitting and breathing difficulty. So glad that she’s out of the hospital now. Anyhoots, we had dinner at DTF and desserts at Secret Recipe! One can never get sick of XLBs, still prefer theirs over Crystal Jade’s anytime. And also, the Raspberry Marble Cheesecake that I’d ordered was simply divine. A tad too pity that the price is almost the same as Malaysia’s outlets, except with the change of currency sign only. Bummer!

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NOTD/ Nail Diary

My sis got into this hype over nail polishes, and bought a few bottles of loud (bright) hues for herself from The Face Shop. I did a little more work for my nails over the weekend, applied this purplish glitter shade from TFS and added another coat of glitter shade from LA Colour. Happy!

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OTD/ Outfit Diary; Love, Bonito (LB) Dakota Blouse in Navy and Grey Clutch from Ascentee

*myntshop Snowflake necklace as shown in photo

Managed to snag this piece via restocks collection! Was contemplating on white or navy, but slow fingers me was left with the Navy option in the end. Nothing to grumble about this versatile piece as it works great as a layering top for any outfit. I’d paired it up with a long singlet from Cotton On, and a black mini skirt from MNG. The clutch is my favourite till date, it comes with a chain sling but I prefer to use it this way. Any recommendations on where to get similar clutches like this? Thanks a million!

For ref, UK10/ 168cm.

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Stay tuned for MYnt’s launch tonight: http://mynt-shop.livejournal.com/ :)
Here’s a sneak preview!
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p.s. I’ve started my running regime again recently, and I definitely wanna say that I love running the aftermath of exercising feels awesome. Yay x2!

xoxo,
Noi

TGIF date with mommy and sister;

- Photos taken with iPhone 4 camera, and edited using Adobe Photoshop CSS Extended -

17th Feb 2012; impromptu date with mommy and sister to have our dinner together at Jurong Point! Ever since my sister quit her job at P, she has been looking so much happier and care-free. No doubt the income factor is an issue for concern, but I reckon this break will do her good Anyways, back to the dinner date, we had our meal at Kopitiam (btw, go try out the soup stall – it offers delish Double Boiled Soup at decent prices), and were deciding to have desserts at Swensen’s for some ice-cream lovin’ and yummy french fries. Sadly, the queue was a little too long and we gave up waiting. Sis suddenly recalled that her Starbucks card hasn’t been utitlised yet, so we settled on Starbucks for our dessert place!

All Mocha – two frappe and one hot drink x girly chats x some portrait-shots x laughters x mother-sister bonding time; so thankful that these two ladies are heading home this evening! Been missing them for the past few days ‘cos they had gone to Malaysia to visit my grandparents. The house was so quiet, and I was alone most of the time as my dad is on shift-work for this period. Good news that my grandma is recovering much better with the help of acupunture and TCM

See you ladies in an hour’s time! Toodles

p.s. @myntshop (http://mynt-shop.livejournal.com) will be launching this week!
p.p.s. finally went back to my running regime, feels good to get the injury out of the way for some jogging around the estate <3

xoxo,
Noi

A Celebratory Dinner;

So on Wednesday, the phone call came. Mommy hesitated to pick up the call and asked my dad to pick it up. She was right, the call was indeed from the gynae clinic. It’s good news! =) Thank you all for the prayers! Superbly elated when dad conveyed this piece of awesome news to us over the phone (my sis and I were at work, then)! So that night, we all went out to have a good meal together. Not necessarily in the form of luxurious food, but a simple meal at Clementi 448 Market & Food Centre would suffice.

Mommy still has to watch her diet, so she ordered porridge =) sister and I followed suit. It’s our first time trying this famous Soon Lee Porridge, and we finally can understand the reason behind its popularity. For S$2.50 (Pork/ Chicken) and S$2.80 (Fish) each bowl, it’s really worth the amount spent. Generous serving on the you tiao, ingredients, and garnish, I’d say the 20 – 30 minutes is totally worth the wait. Go go go try it!

Soon Lee Porridge
Blk 448 Clementi Ave 3, #01-50 Clementi 448 Market & Food Centre

Dad ordered his usuals – Pork Cutlet from Tanglin Halt Westen Food, and 15 sticks of satay (Pork) from Chai Ho Satay to share. The queue wasn’t too long this time, but they had ran out of ketupat rice when I ordered. And as always, their satay never fail to impress ;D

 Chai Ho Satay
Blk 448 Clementi Ave 3, #01-21 Clementi 448 Market & Food Centre

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The past few days (prior to receiving the results from the report) have been tough on the family, especially for our parents. Mommy, being the emotional one, had a hard time sleeping and we were so worried for her. So glad that it’s all clear now. This ordeal kind of tightened the bond within the family =’) something which I’m really thankful for. Bless everyone with good health please, it beats being wealthy. Trust me. ♥♥♥
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Shopping Review ♥ SMooch Paperbag Waisted Skirt in Grey (Size M)

 Joined the backorder for this piece, and received it on Monday! Imma happy kid please, ‘cos this skirt is gorgeous. I usually steer clear of paperbag bottom designs because I have wide hips. However, this fits my frame nicely and it ends just right above my knees. The colour is very sweet and feminine too =) material wise, the chiffon doesn’t seem filmsy but I think ironing is advisable to iron out the creases. This is gonna be a staple in my wardrobe now!  ♥ (Ref: UK Size 10/ 169cm)

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Read from Facebook of a schoolmate’s passing due to a horrific car crash yesterday… Her elder sister is of the same age as me. Sighs, the fragility of life.

xx, Noi.