after senior left

Done! I'm feeling rather satisfied for completing the task. I asked tons of questions, edited details, cut and pasted information to get it done. Although it wasn't too difficult for a task, it's still quite satisfying to get things on the move. One other senior said something that might have indicated that it's a simple task which doesn't require much details. For a split second I felt silly, but honestly I'm just a beginner and I guess putting in a little more details is better than the lack of it. Plus it helps in making me learn some things that I probably won't be too bothered to read up on. Anyway, to make things better, senior threw in a little complement after submission. He hasn't checked it out yet so I really have to cross my fingers and toes that it's passable!!

Yesterday felt like 3 days in comparison to the previous weekend. It was quite a weekend meeting up with the good old CTC people. Why the sudden meet up? Serene was in town for a little Singapore adventure. Saturday was quite packed with reunion lunch followed by a night band performance by none other than 22(Shaun, Nic, Naz and Boobs). The crowd size was definitely more than expected! No doubt that it took them by surprise. :)

We had a high-tea at Goodwood Park Hotel on Sunday. The high-tea buffet costs about $43 including service charge and GST. It was quite a decent spread consisting of cute little pastries and petite sandwiches. The scones were nice, warm and soft. I really like the blueberry one! The sandwiches were nice too. Personally I found the croissant with prawn and diced mango to be the most memorable one. We were also offered 2 selections of drinks, just in case the first selection doesn't suit our taste buds. I had Rosehips, which was quite sour. My little chemical experiment discovered that floral teas can't mix with milk. It forms white precipitate! Ok back to the point. The overall experience was nice. High-tea + friends = :D most of the time anyway. *nudges lovelettes*

As aforementioned, yesterday felt longer than the weekend because the day started much earlier and ended late. In addition to that, it mainly consisted of lazying around which I haven't been doing much of late. Ahhh I'll miss my tv and sofa when I go back to London. :(

1+ week of internship left! Omg I feel so much older already.

teeny

Just dropped by metoffice's website to find out what to expect for next week's weather. Cool-warm and sunny; I can't be any happier. Seriously, enough of the bone chilling wind already! I haven't got my trench coat yet so please hold the wind. (& yes I've succumbed to (much needed) investing in a trench coat, something that I thought I wouldn't need since it's only wearable during season transitions. But no, it's a wardrobe essential- LEARN!)

Neeways, weather aside. In the previous depressed post, something quite funny happened. Guess how I managed to save myself from having such poor state of mind? By studying accounting. How funny is that. Fine, not funny at all. But it's kind of amazing how some things that seem to be giving you problems turn out to be the solutions themselves. That is if you decided to be brave and face it. it. I'm still getting the jitters, yes, but I've calmed down for now. Panic tend to strike me bad before my papers. ... I'm such a nerd. 8D

Accounting, Economics, Maths and Statistics. Daunting. Daunting. Daunting. War it is.

okonomiyaki

I'm still pretty depressed right now. I shall talk about what I cooked last night...

♥ OKONOMIYAKI ♥

I didn't plan to make that and I really really wanted to and even had that in my mental list of "things to try whipping out" but I've been procrastinating since like... last year! Got to thank my sister for changing her mind in making sushi and getting the okonomiyaki mix instead. She was so nice to let me cook hehe. Or maybe she was just lazy... ah whatever it was quite enjoyable cooking it.

The challenge was that she didn't buy the okonomiyaki sauce... which is one of the important ingredient for an okonomiyaki. But thanks to the very useful internet, I was able to google out an alternative, or rather, home made substitute. It tasted quite like the sauce, not bad for a last minute kinda thing!

I used soy sauce (japanese), KFC ketchup (those little packs, the benefit of being environmentally friendly and keeping the unused packs instead of just throwing it away!), Worcester sauce and brown sugar. Most recipes requires sake and dijon mustard powder which I don't have and have no idea how to substitute those. So I obviously left them out.

It doesn't look like it because I added Self Raising Flour to the mix = batter got a bit messed up but it was still edible. The box mix was only enough to make 2 decent okonomiyakis which won't be enough for my sister and me.

:D

Messy dining table. The house is getting quite messy lately.

I wanna cook but I don't really wanna eat. I need an eater in da houseeeeee.

what's somebody like you doing hereee

Just a little update before I hit the bed.

To summarise the things I did during V Day:

Sinful yum ♥

I spent the whole of Saturday (pre-V and CNY) whipping a red velvet which turned out pretty awesome! Not flattering self here but am just mega impressed that my virgin baking experience didn't turn out too badly! I did use a bit too much sugar (was following the recipe FYI), texture of the cake was a tab bit too moist and the frosting was too liquid, not light and fluffy as the bakers like to call it. Hehe, regardless, I am motivated to reward myself with an electric mixer!! I'm still thinking about it though... it's roughly about 15 quid for one. Should I forgo my precious 15 to make my baking activities more efficient but at the same time, in a way, give myself an excuse to indulge in sinful dessert?

Chinese New Year and Valentine's went by pretty ordinarily. It just didn't feel like CNY AND Valentine's for me. The people weren't there, mood wasn't there and the food (!!!) wasn't either. Le sob. Eating my DIY red velvet all by myself in front of the webcam for Shaun wasn't too satisfying... IT'S MEANT TO BE SHARED! (right Pyins? ;D) So yea, I suppose I can always try to reenact whenever I want if I really want to. I REALLY NEED SNOGGING GRRRRRRR. Damn you distance. >:(

Before I end my little post, I really want to share this song. Lubba lubba (I'm starting to sprout nonsense = mega sleepy)



Ahhhhhhhhhhhhlll nebba be de saaaaamee~
if we ever meet again.

in a rush to nowhere

I'm predicting that my Saturday is going to be wasted i.e. unproductive academically. However, I will be meeting some CTC folks for some good Korean food in a couple of hours time! It has been quite some time since I've met them= quite excited!! J'ai assez excité! Wow, I'm actually revising subconciously... *proud of self*

This song describes my mood today:


Oh shit, Rachel just dragged me back into the world of FINAL FANTASY! I'm being enveloped by the beauty of it........................ *stares into space*

OH CRAP. 6.38pm: I'm so going to be late. T_T

so happy I could die

I like the sound of rain. How the raindrops fall onto surfaces be it leaves, railings, windows etc. It's really therapeutic listening to them. Pitter patter pitter patter pitter patter... it reminds me of the time when Shaun and I were baking chilli chicken legs with the skin on. How the air pressure actually builds up below the skin, causing the grotesque bulge (huge one at that) to form. I forgot to poke the skin before sending the tray into the oven. Silly me! Oh yea, and how the fats were oozing out of the chicken and sizzling on the tray, jumping about furiously. Sizzle sizzle... I know I am totally ruining the image of raindrops :P (how in the world did I get from pitter patter to sizzle sizzle??!)

Anyway, it's raining outside. At midnight too, so it's really great for me to stay up and get some work done! But as always, to no avail. I'm still halfway reading the Monopoly chapter of Microeconomics and Behaviour by Robert H Frank, since 9PM. The pace I'm going at is seriously a big joke. While I'm at that, my week has been a joke too. I shall spare the details. So here I am, munching on some kiwi my mom had prepared for me (was supposed to finish it right after dinner). Good alternative to midnight snack! My ferreroes have mysteriously disappeared from the fridge. They weren't that good anyway. I still prefer Royce (hint hint). Naye, I'm kidding. I prefer anything that keeps me awake while I'm reading. Seriously, I need to munch on something as I do my midnight reading or it'll just be moving my eyes along the lines and not decipher what the meaning of the words. Okay I'm getting pointless here...

Moving on. I just realised there are other better methods to keep me awake! :)

♥

White (and red sometimes) roses are such significance :)

I'm listening to GaGa's latest album. I want to go to her concert next year (at the O2)! Anyone up for it? :D

I am bored

I cannot believe I am here, in my room, sitting in front of my laptop and actually typing an entry saying that I AM BORED. I'm hungry too (eating a digestive now). It's the weekend. Freshers' weekend and I am actually not only bored but also at home. Anti-social much?

There are two reasons that I can think of explaining why I'm stuck here. One being cashless and the other being living in private apartment- not halls. The first is self-explanatory (refer to facebook status). The second limits my interaction with the people of the same education level, which sucks! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I'm bound to be a loner in uni....... T_T

Grarr why is my digestive plain and not chocolate coated? :(

I shall continue reading A Wild Sheep Chase. (what a nerdy loner)

(quite) a bit of recap

Dear diary... okay kidding. I'm feeling so corny and crappy right now! 4th day into Freshers' Week at LSE and I'm down with an unfortunate case of diarrhoea. The good news is that I never tasted anything from LSE Catering before except a small piece + a short whole sausage and a couple of sandwiches (everything except for the puny piece of sausage was from the 4th floor restaurant- yes that's the actual name of the restaurant). Bad news is it could be either home food (namely sister's cooking), Starbucks or Boobs's cooking. None of which I would like to blame. I hope I'll feel better in an hour. I'll be meeting one of my tutors then!

I have quite a bit to say since 25th September. Thanks for the lovely 3 (a small number of people yet so very dear to me: Shaun, Mila & Rachel- arranged by the time they arrived) who sent me off to Great Britain! The flight was a scary one due to the violent turbulence, or rather a sudden plunging down of the plane (twice actually). Shaun told me that it's caused by air pockets, something about air pressure and whole load of Physics I suppose. Regardless, THANK GOODNESS I ARRIVED SAFELY. The turbulence happened a couple of hours after the take off hence I was praying for safe arrival for the remaining 10+ hours. I tried to keep my mind off feeling scared by watching movies simultaneously. It helped somehow, to a certain extent. I've watched most of the nicer movies that were available. Dozed off for the last hour or so. :)

♥ you 2! Thanks Rachel for rushing down from college and taking the long way to the airport! :D

LOL.

Looking around for a particular 2 adults.

I sense someone trying to imitate a pose of mine.

HAHAHAHHAHAH MILA! It's a cute unglam.

Sadly sitting in one corner feeling lonely and all. I was waiting for my sister to pick me up from the airport. (Safely touched down yey!)

Boots is like UK Watsons. I don't think I've mentioned it before in my A level years. I feel like I should talk more about the UK!

I didn't realise Sim Cards are actually sold in vending machines until Shaun told me last year when we were waiting for Nick's arrival.

There were so many Indians then. I felt like I arrived at the airport in Sri Lanka cause both lanes were filled with Indian faces!

I've aged from the flight.

I was dead sleepy, my head was spinning but I still decided to take a picture, which wasn't very flatting for either of us. (it's still nice to upload it)

26th was mainly unpacking and meeting up with some of ex CTC ppl (Boobs, Jessica, Felicia and Ashley) and one current one. It was a very brief meeting because Thashi managed to get me to buy Belgian waffles with her while the others decided to eat at a Korean restaurant. She went off after we got our waffles and I made my way to my sister's workplace supposedly for dinner. While walking and eating my waffle which was freaking sweet (till my teeth wanna drop ahahhahaa) my gastric (or appendix?) decided to hit me. I ended up meeting her, bought my toothbrush and headed straight home. The pain was unbearable. I quickly downed some porridge and the pain slowly died down- that's why I think it's gastric.

I resumed my packing on the 27th (Sunday). Goodness gracious, never realise I left my cupboard in such a state. The following pictures shall tell the story!

The cupboard my sister and I shared.

My compartment: stuffed with clothes.

My brother's cupboard which is pretty much emptied (all thanks to me!! I am thanking myself now wts)

My initial first compartment (all squashed and stuff- hello Vivienne Westwood!)

It's pretty much an empty shell. Left the heart in Singapore.

My socks, belt and scarves compartment.

Myself and the hat. Before packing.

AFTER packing. Emptied. Moved. Packed.

FILLED! & neat. It won't be neat for long though. Notice my favourite fleece teehee ♥

Come Monday which was registration day! Got to know quite a number of people, yey! Hope I will remember their names. For me, Chinese names are so much more difficult to remember than English ones. I'm still trying to remember the names, though it's pretty challenging. Facebook kind of helps me to remember since it has pictures and the info... which is really useful! At least I've people to say Hi to on the first day! Tuesday and Wednesday were mainly Freshers' Fayre (think of all the societies) and Department (Accounting and Finance) Induction. I've joined 4 societies so far, totalled to 3 days of lunch (boo) and my sister refused to sponsor my activities. Oh well! It pays to socialise and get fit sometimes. So the past 3 days have been socialise, socialise and socialise. I didn't manage to take pictures though, it seems all touristy and no one actually took any pictures! Or maybe I wasn't observant enough. Anyway, next week it'll be all lectures and following week will be lectures & classes. As Julia calls them "the boring bit". Haha! :D

I think I'm down with jetlag. I've been feeling really drained and sleepy wayyyyy early and waking up at around 9 AM. I really hope it will go away soon!

Alright, time to dress up for uni! Mila's not replying my MSN :( oh well. (wow this is quite a long post innit!)

I need more books

Another hot day I always dread. Walking around Chinatown under the hot Sun, short sleeves paired with shorts, no doubt I'll be as dark as I used to be a couple of years back. I didn't use the word "tanned", which would be more appropriate, as it's nice to be tanned. My current skin tone now is just charred instead of tanned. It's always like that whenever I get exposed to the Sun. Or maybe I should do a proper sun tanning. I don't mind carrying a sun-kissed, golden brown kind of tan. It's sexy! :D

Nonetheless, today's lunch was fattening-ly good. It quite a surprise sometimes the kind of restaurant quality food one can find in a hawker centre, as what my dad (and many others) have said. I still have to make my dad start liking Food Republic. He think it's a very lousy place with a very very small selection of food. Graahh, the food there is not that bad! I love the rojak there, they have air-con and it's so much more hygenic that the normal hawker centres. Phelgm covered floor. Thinking of it makes me shudder.

It's Sunday and there's barely anything for me to do. I am so tired. Maybe I shall go read for a bit and have my afternoon nap. Yey for naps! :D & books too.

procrastination is going to bring me to doom

Studying shall effectively start at 2pm, without fail. *crosses fingers* T_T

This is terrrrrible. Today morning when I woke up, I was so determined to read only education related articles. Less than an hour later I found myself cosily sitting down on the sofa, in front of the tv and watching the outcome of Beauty and the Geek (final episode!!). Less than another hour later, I found myseld on my work chair looking into the screen with a window open labelled as "Blogger: hey, you;". Less than a three weeks later, I will be sitting in the hall, staring at my exam paper (Biology, Economics or Accounting) with cold sweat all over my forehead because I predict that by then I will still be as clueless on my A2 sylabus as the current me. Doomed, am I not? Oh wait I know that answer: yes, I so totally am.

It's so difficult to get myself get down to work and start revising for my A freaking levels because... I don't know why. I guess I am escaping from the fact that I am not ready now and don't want to be ready because I assume that I do not have any time left for revision. Damnit! It's so ironic when I have so much time to waste doing nonsense as explained above but not a second on revision. I am such a child. Oh well.

Anyway this sweet (not so) child will be going for the Summer Ball this coming Saturday! Actually, I am not quite ready for the event. I still haven't got a few things sorted. Shall dedicate my Tuesday afternoon to settle the things and hopefully it will be done by then. After the Ball will be a week of no exams (Easter break for state schools- my college isn't a state school) followed by a week crammed with nothing but exams. I have... 8 papers to sit for then, none of which I have prepared for. Pray for me, people! :( (Mila I need you help in this again!!)

Alright, 10 more minutes until the scheduled study time. I'm going to scoot for now. All the best to you fellows who's mugging as well! :D

NOTE: I lost my phone which have all the numbers in it. I would be especially grateful if you would kindly text me to my UK number (+44...5162) OR Singapore (+65...5031) number OR both, stating your name and if you want, number as well (this will be shown automatically when you text me though). I am still using the same number(s).

happy white day :)

After I complained that he doesn't take pictures with me anymore. Haha ♥

Today was a really huge contrast from the past sucky week I was complaining about yesterday. Like, really really really different. It was a nice day even though there wasn't that many nice programmes. Simple, quiet (quite) but enjoyable. I would say maybe it's because I tasted the best cod fish ever OR I found out that Shaun's sweet side can really be diabetically sweet OR both added together to give me my dynamic day. Oh yea, and part of the credit goes to the awesome weather as well. It reminded me of August, when Amanda came over for her Cambrige thing with her SAJC mates. I love this sort of weather: sunny, cold yet warm-ish and not as humid as back in SEA.

So anyway, it was White day (still now now though) of course I have to treat Shaun back right, because he treated me on Valentine's (traditionally, it's supposed to be the other way round- girls are in charge for Valentine's, guys for White). We were supposed to go to Madamme Tussauds but he was sick so we decided to do like a teeny bit of shopping. HIS SHOPPING, fyi. I was only given like 45 minutes to window shop?!?!! I know, what a (time) miser. After shopping, we went to Starbucks to chill until 7, since I made the restaurant reservation for 7.30PM.

While we were there, I got entertained by the budding coin magician. Yea, Shaun has a hobby in magic, mainly coins, since like... early last year? He's getting more talented in his magic tricks seriously. His hands are like really quick with the coins and the thing is he only learnt the trick in like less than a week wts.

Time went by rather quickly and soon we were at the restaurant (sounds so composition-ish wts). It was the restaurant that I wanted to bring him during Valentine's but I couldn't get a reservation then because it was fully booked, even 2 weeks before the actual event! It's insane. He had a place in mind anyway, and it was nice. Back to the topic, so yes, finally I get to sit down in the restaurant with him. The ambience was partially romantic because it was kind of lively with the people at the bar. It's like a fused restaurant, "exquisite, futuristic designed venue overlooking the vibrant buzz of Regent Street" - as mentioned on the website. There are the main restaurant, sushi (something like that) bar and champange bar in one area. Really cool layout. It was bigger than it looked!

The food was even more amazing. Oh my god. As mentioned, the best cod I have ever tasted so far in my 18 years and 14 days. The texture was super smooth, really like how you know japanese always say "omg it melted in my mouth, oishiiiiii!!!" Yea, it was really like that. I am not even kidding. We had another type of fish as well but it wasn't as nice as the cod (I nearly spelt that as god wts). IT WAS THE SEX. Oh, the dessert was really fantastic as well. We ordered pistachio crème brûlée and pandan sticky rice and poached something (it's so good that it's not even on the online menu) + cocktails which were damn good. Everything was so good. Even the edamame beans tasted sexy. Omg, I think I am in love with the restaurant. Even though the bill was a bit more than what I expected, I didn't mind paying 70% of it. It was 101% worth it. Really.

White day was indeed a memorable one :) with the companion, especially, and the new found butterfly (I doubt you understand what I mean). Life is indeed really good for today. :D

(y)

didn't mention the other side of the story here

When did you last see me? (Note: what's the white stuff behind me- not the sign board)

It's snowing really heavily here, in London, which is apparently a rare thing. The scene outside my window is so pretty because it's all white: the ground, roof, top of the cars, benches... basically on the top of every surface. I see a hobo making the bottom part of a snowman all by herself. She noticed that I was staring at her through the window and gestured to me, inviting me to her little lonesome activity. I smiled to her and politely declined.

A reflex action is happening in my body as I feel the adrenaline/ endocrine/ whatever hormone is at work right now. This spontaneous urge to play with the snow is building up but I can't go out because my head is slightly throbbing, probably from the strong wind just now when I went to get some dinner. I took some pictures, so that I can share the small bit of joy that I have been feeling since afternoon, when the snowflakes started to fall like raindrops, the elegant version of it.

This is right outside the apartment I live in.

Sounds familiar to some. ;)

Snow covered ground at someone's courtyard. & bike.

When it stopped snowing for a while, & the snow on the ground has melted... not on the board though. I find it funny because it doesn't serve any purpose anymore.

Snow! :D

Then it started snowing again after I bought the dinner.

YEY SNOWFLAKESSSSSS~~

Sale on display!!! Last day for FCUK and I didn't go because I am not financially able at the moment.

A picture with the London vibe. A tiny bit of it. Oh yea, the wind was blowing at my direction when I was taking this picture. Obviously the snowflakes follow the direction of which the wind is going... so it was like hitting against my face and some of the bigger snowflakes actually went down my throat.

Some might find this familiar, again. The snow's thicker now. It's still snowing can you believe it?! I wonder if the trains are going to be cancelled tomorrow... :( I want a snow war!

:D oh joy, if only you could stay here forever~

It has been quite a weird week. I have been making attempts to come back home earlier than the previous weeks due to complaints from my siblings which resulted in an earful from my father. Hmm, I am trying to be a nice sister as well because my sister will be having her major exam in about half a day's time. Nice comments coming from her should be able to offset some of the negativeness that I've been giving her for the past month! & she said that she MIGHT(she said to take special attention to the word) give me some extra cash for next week's allowance. Whee!!! Very attractive incentive. :D
MIGHT help in my plan teehee ♥
Oh, did I mention that LSE gave me a conditional offer on the 30th January at 5.01PM? I felt emotionally ecstatic that I still have a chance to convince my father that his hard work is not exactly gone to a waste. What a feeling. :)

where is the money

Should I spend my money on:

1) FCUK Connection Jumper

2) FCUK Diana Pumps

or (really attractive)
WARNING: watching the video will just make you feel more miserable that you are not in London.

3) HYDE PARK WINTER WONDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More pictures of the event

Haunted MANSION! (It's called House of St Nikolas, lol)

German market!

Spaceball! I tried it last year and nearly froze to death while spinning around.

Ice skating rink! The biggest one, I think?

& the one that I would really love to try

THE GIANT WHEEL!!! ♥

If only...

2 weeks- starting point

Go on, open the door.

I woke up really early this morning to send Shaun off. He's flying back to Singapore today, probably should be there by now/ touching down. Imagine being welcomed by the hot and humid weather... sounds a teeny weeny bit appealing to me actually. I know I complained a lot about Singapore weather, but it's really cold here! I wouldn't mind experiencing 3 days of it. Oh not forgetting that it's dry here too. My hands are cracking, seriously. Haha, I am too lazy to apply hand cream on them regularly! :P

Sighzxz, I felt kind of aimless today. After sending him off, I went home for brunch and went straight to shop. I didn't really enjoy myself today, partially because the sales (in my opinion) are crap. My mind was also away, more than 1000 feet above the ground. Haha~ that lucky duck get to watch 花より男子 (Hana Yori Dango/ Boys Over Flowers) while I suffer here! Life's really unfair. Oh yea, omg! I have yet to watch the movie. This is terrible.

Viriya just told me an even greater sale is starting this Monday. Terrrible, I just bought my belt! It better not appear in all the branches, or I'll just... hmm, I can't think of anything to do with it. It's quite a nice belt! Heehee~ but a bit over the budget. I spent like quite a bit of my savings on it. Fresh new financing ideas needed!! Urgently, because of this Monday (will probably be going on Tuesday) and the Boxing Day. Hmm...

Online browsing today was kind of interesting. Explored a few sites from this mom's blog (who has like a damn cute baby!), take a look at this and this. There wasn't many gadgets that tones the tummy area though, sadly. Oh, and that website is actually having a promotion now. Shipping and handling fees are waived until 25th December (I think). Some of the items are quite attractive and worth the value! Rather Japanese-y as well~ :D

From fredflare.com:

I know you got tricked. HAHAHA~

The weather today was awesome. It was actually above ten most of the time and at around noon the sky was lovely! It's like spring/ summer time, verrry pretty! It has been sunny for the past three days, which is awesome. Reminds me of Spring! :)

Regarding the very first picture... it was taken during Accounts class on Friday (only 4 people turned up, including me- out of 7). Being a very observant student, I spotted it before the others. Haha, it was really funny because it was there in my earlier pictures but I didn't realise it. I guess by being distracted and looking around the classroom is not that bad sometimes. ;)

Before realising it's existance- I was taking picture of the class's Christmas card for Mrs Lau!

After realisation. It's very cute isn't it! :D

Oh yea, before I forgot. The Christmas holidays have started & University of Bath has given me a conditional offer! They require AAB as well, but the As have to be in Maths and Economics. Tougher than Manchester. A in Economics? I shall try achieving it in my dreams. :)