Nine months;

Time flew by just like that, it’s been nine months since I stepped into a new environment.

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Met up with dear peeps after work today, and one of them mentioned a very familar scenario – ‘All pumped up upon entering this new foreign place, and energy boosted up to the maximum level and looking forward to a new day everyday. Then, all that fizzed out after time.’ It’s taking place now, all these zest were long gone and it sucks to see friends leaving one by one. No doubt the remaining ‘survivors’ are happy for them, but a tinge of sadness and paranoia is hovering over our minds now. Having said so much, I guess it all boils down to our own perserverance and beliefs. We may be stuck in a hopeless rut, but these experiences may lead us to stronger individuals and better persons. As we all know, so long that our conscience is clear and upright, bring them on nothing can defeat us. For now, I’m just gonna remain ‘zen’ (as what one of the peeps mentioned), and do my stuff. Come what may, I know I can count on the peeps. Other may doubt us or cast suspicions on us, but we’re just going to focus and channel our energy to healthier stuff. Not to mention, the support from family and friends to tide through for at least this period of time. Indeed, we’ve found love in a hopeless place.

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Our motto;

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So much for verbal diarrheoa, perhaps the heavy downpour triggered off thoughts. Nights peeps

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.

11.11.11 11.11

Just for remembrance’s sake, this day would not be occurring until 100 years later.

Then again, any other day will never happen again. So, morale of the story? CHERISH every single day

On a random note;

the quiet place.

A week of happiness, sweetness, and a tinge of bitter dosage nonetheless. Weddings make me tear, tears of joy that is. Politics occur everywhere, anywhere. Reality hits harder when you least expect it. Assignments are eating me up slowly, please let the procastination bug burn in hell. I need more me-time please. Hoping to have more time to work on MYnt. I realised I need better time management.

Since I’m on a random mode, here’s an awesome site that I would like to share – http://amitaytweeto.com/thequietplace/.

I didn’t realise an escapade can be so contradicting at times, never mind.

x, out.

When life sucks, we just got to chin up!

I know the cliche statement of it being easier said than done; I’ve been pretty down with various ‘upsetting’ sources, be it friendship, school, or work. Everything just came like boomz! Anyways, mommy, sister and Stan gave really great advices… Instead of jumping head on into everything, try taking a step back and calm yourself down.

Perhaps things aren’t as bad as what they had seemed, perhaps it’s just a matter of perspective. That being said, I had a great retreat session on Wednesday the view from our seminar room facing the golf course was beautiful. The rain made it seemed a little more magical I think don’t you agree? The retreat session was a great bonding session with various department representatives, whom we would have minimal interaction unless you are in the outreach team. Being the ‘most junior’ position among all the directors and senior lecturers, I realised I certainly have so much more to learn from them.

Whenever I update this site on Fridays, it kinda scares me that time has past by us so so fast. It’s another week people! Inching into the month of October, it’s mommy’s birthday month. Right before that, it’s gonna be my birthday! A simple wish, nothing fancy… just dinners and gatherings with a few groups of people whom have planned. As we move on into various journeys of our lives, everyone has their own commitments and schedules. Hence, a simple dinner gathering is more than I could ask for =)

Four Seasons Durian Mooncakes

Last Sunday was one of the rare times that Stan came up to my place, haha. Prior to that, we met up at Jurong Point for some mooncake shopping. As expected, the Goodwood Park Hotel enjoyed the most crowd, but we skipped that after hearing rants (not raves) about their mooncakes this year. We walked round the various booths at least three times, before settling on Four Seasons durian mooncakes. I thought it was still pricey though. The Mao Shan Wang durian mini mooncakes cost S$88 per box of 8, but with any purchase of durian mooncakes, it will be discounted half price. So, we bought one box of four normal durian mooncakes and a box of mixed snowskin mooncakes. Our families enjoyed them very much, so I guess that’s all worth it!

All smiles!

Monday was the actual Mooncake/Lantern Festival; mommy, sister, and I had a great simple dinner spread at home. We had planned to head down for some mini candle/lantern fun ourselves, but dear Rain God didn’t help and it suddenly poured just when we reached our void deck. Meh, so in the end…we just played some candles outside our house. Lol, childhood memories of lighting up lots of candles forming heart shapes came floating back. Especially those times when secondary school peeps and I would meet up at the canal near Jurongville Secondary School , and we would just play till late and head for supper nearby. Those were the days…

Colourful Candles x2

Colourful Candles

Somewhat too lengthy a post yeah? School is starting today yo. Just wanna finish my assignment by tonight so that I can enjoy my weekend with loves! Dinners, a run on Sunday, and more dinners next week. Chin up people, it’s Friday! Ending this post with some photos and light-hearted words (from Tumblr, a lovely site) for a Friday. ;)

x, out.

Happiness Friday: Wedding Photos of Barbie & Ken

Somehow, I’m getting better at keeping spirits high every single day. Heeding friends’ advices and words from Stan, I really should thing twice about the emotions. Anyways, I wanna share a link that show beautiful pictures of a wedding photo-shoot of Barbie and Ken dolls! Yes, the dolls that most girls would have played when they were growing up. Totally in awe when I saw the photos, check it out here – http://www.glamour.com/weddings/blogs/save-the-date/2011/08/real-wedding-album-barbie-ken.html.

Hopefully I can share a happy link every Friday, making it Happiness Friday ;D Packed weekend ahead, a tad too pity I can’t join the girls for tea party this Sunday. Sorry ladies! xoxo

School break period, hallehlujah. It’s time for a break myself too – gathering with Secondary School peeps tonight!

x, out.

TGIF

/pounce pounce/ Manhattan Fish Market with girlfriend tonight! Vrooooms!

I told Stan about the girl who commented on my blog post and her email address, he jokingly said he’s memorised the email address. /shoots glares/ “Just joking lah, you small gas silly dabian,” and patted my head.

Random, out.
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