Thank god it's wednesday

On Wednesday , I decided to give myself a break from all the tuitions and spent some quality time with my loved ones - friends and kunny ( who's abandoning me for Aussie in 2 weeks time ) 

brought him to my trusted brow salon , rupin's at holland village to get his eyebrows trimmed. 

he's been dying to try eyebrow threading for sometime, bugging me to bring him when we were in bangkok . the thing about my boyfriend is, he's very very "adventurous" and he always fazes me with his new idiosyncrasies.  bicycle stunts, body building , beer brewing (?!? most extreme) to name a few..

we managed to get tickets for monsters inc at shaw's lido after our fruitless hunt for winter jackets. 

please bring along a cardigan when you visit the movie theatres at lido because their aircon's on full blast and we were freezing throughout the movie . i had to hide my arms kun's bag to keep warm. 

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met up with the uniclique for dinner at timhowan. 

we had to queue for 1.5 hours, from 6:30pm all the way to 8pm. the queue was madness and it didn't help that sammi cheng and andy lau were at the foyer for some movie fan meeting. 

it's pretty hard for big groups to secure seats and they need everyone to be present before they allow you to have the seats. it's much easier if you were to go in pairs. 

then again , going in big groups all us to try a variety of dishes . we ordered almost everything on the menu and the total bill amounted to about 24 per person. there were a few hits and misses, but it was a satisfactory overall. i heard it's much cheaper and better in hongkong's original branch though . 

Peihao ordered this to satisfy his chinese porridge craving after months in Aussie. 

this was a miss . we ordered three portions and no one really liked it. 

love this two fried dishes too :) 

chee cheong fun in three different kinds of fillings - mushroom, shrimp and charsiew. 

i'm a fan of CCF so i wouldn't give this a miss but i thought the mushroom filling was a lil weird. 

one of the most popular dishes - osmanthus flower jelly . 

the super sharp fragrance put us off quite a bit. it's like you're consuming perfume. 

not really a fan of herbs so this is a miss for most of us. 

these two are my ultimate favourites - yam puree with sago and BBQ pork buns. 

i'm sure BBQ pork buns need no introduction and it's so popular that it's only limited to one portion per pax , regardless of dining in or takeaway. we ordered three portions for our dine in and were told we can only takeaway a maximum of 5 portions. the staff has kindly provided us with takeaway boxes and plastic bags to divide our takeaway share. i thought that was a thumbs up on CS side :) 

yam puree with sago was soooooo good. i'm not really a fan of yam or the popular or ni yam dessert but this is such a refreshing change from mango sago dessert. i'm deserting the later for the former for sure :) 

picture snapping time after a hearty meal 

headed off to marks and spencer to accompany our dearest rachel to stock up on some snacks for work. 

she has started on her first official job as an accounts executive last week and she's already so swarmed with work. she almost couldn't make it for dinner because she has a few projects on hand ( too pro! ) and i'm so proud of her and yet feel so sad that we won't be able to spend so much time together. we used to see each other everyday to mug and whine about all the revision and non existent social life. 

i.still.can't.believe.we.are.stepping.into.the.workforce.already. 

i would be joining the working crowd (hopefully) after i'm done with all my tuition assignments on hand this year. alot of my friends encouraged me to pursue full time tutoring and i've put much thoughts into it. after much deliberation, i've decided that i should not go into the private teaching field full time because teaching from 7pm-9pm ( the usual teaching slot ) would mean that i've to miss out on dinner gatherings etc. I also felt that if i were to go into teaching, i should go through the proper channels of NIE ;  i'm not sure if this is the route that I want to pursue,  having chose the Business Degree in the first place. 

life is all about making choices and sacrifices. 

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we should never ever neglect our friends. they are god's way of taking care of us. 

TGIF @ NOSH.

back with some visual & wordy updates ! 

my bestfriend @peasandpetals brought me to nosh @rochester park last friday. 

we've been meaning to spend some quality time together but both of us were up to our necks with work and tuitions for the past couple of months. most of our previous 'meetups' were 5 minutes of greetings in between our pathetic tuition breaks and the short walk to my place after our class tuitions. 

so there you go , some cozy time at nosh . 

love everything about this restaurant - the food , service and ambience. 

it was one of nia's top choices to host her 21st birthday party and i applaud her for her keen sense

the outdoor area was such a perfect chilling zone but we decided to opt for the indoors instead. 

love how we had a meticulous waiter and the entire indoor area to ourselves :) 

my main dish ; grilled chicken served with mash potatoes & asparagus . 

i'm very boring like that . i opt for anything that comes with potatoes. 

in fact , potatoes served as my mains rather than the chicken itself :x 

Bestie's main nosh : kurobuta Pork Belly 

Apple Chutney , Roasted Nutmeg, Sweet Potato Mash & Sweet Potato Crisp. 

neither of us were fans of sweet potatoes but the mash was really good. 

apparently Nosh serves really good desserts . 

their desserts are specially created in collaboration with local pastry chef janice wong ( of 2am dessert bar fame) and desserts like toffee date cakes were hot favourites. 

it's a pity that i was really craving for milo pingpong from island creamery instead. 

new found love for the ice cream flavour ever since nia introduced it to me two weeks ago. 

& i'm a huge fan of milo. mum's been purchasing milo packets for good 10 years :) 

#solidmilofan signing off here. 

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happy 21'st birthday sarah teh ♥

I hope you had an awesome time on your special day last weekend. 

thank you for having us over. the setting was impeccable. 

love you very much even though your boobs made mine seemed like nothing. 

for more than 5 years we had to endure the shame standing next to you *facepalm

probably the most impromptu 21st birthday bash i've attended. 

planning done in 1.5 weeks and invitation sent out within the week. 

super impressed with the party preperations. totally owned mine at st regis. 

the food catered was a twist from the usual catering i've had . 

beef slices , creamy fish and pasta from jack's place. 

feasted on the fruit tarts (had more than 5 that night!) and taco chips with salsa dip. 

i wish i could be such a good host one day too. 

My favourite girls ; Sarah Sonia Cheryl ♥♥♥♥♥♥

everyone looking smokin' hot that night :) 

&kudos to all the decorations by the double S sonia and sarah . 

poor cheryl had to rush to and fro that night . 

she had three birthdays to attend to , one of which was her sister's . 

i could literally hear her panting through the cell phone . 

then again bimb's the sort who would really go all out for the people she values

which is why i love her so damn much too :) 

one by one .. all my friends are turning twenty one. 

feels like i've just celebrated mine only recently and now that everyone's turning 21.. i'm going 22. 

the very sad thing about being a january baby. right smack on the second day of new year. 

& i feel like i've watched them grow up . 

all four of us came from different lower secondary classes and we met when we were in sec 3.

nia who came over to nanhua in secondary two ( thank you god for bringing her into my life!)

she was so quiet when i was first introduced to her by tess

bimb whom i fondly remembered and envied for her natural straight hair. 

sarah who was into punky hair style and sex bands haha. 

they have all changed so much .. so have I. 

cheryl has since ventured into funky hair colours and styles. 

sonia is actually taking a conscious effort to make up and dress up. 

& sarah who ditched the funky hair style for feminine florals and dresses. 

as quoted by nia, such is growing up.

till our teeth fall out and our boobs sag to the ground . 

i love you . 

three more days to my bangkok trip with cecelia and i haven't got anything packed. i've gotten the stuffs ready but I've yet to replace my 8 year old luggage which looks like it's gonna die on me anytime. these two weeks have been nothing but crazy . i've actually allowed myself to be cajoled by yenqin to head down to LB warehouse sale for two consecutive days. nevertheless , we were pretty happy that we managed to snag a few good buys which were probably the last few pieces left.  by second day, there was hardly any apparel that's really worth the purchase so thank god for saving my wallet . since the start of great singapore sales, it's almost too painful to do anything. i wanted to avoid hitting the streets since the sales were too tempting. i never knew h&m was so reasonably priced and now that i know, it's the start of my nightmare. neither do i want to stay at home because my hands will be on my laptop and before you know it , i will be transferring money out of my account for some online purchases :/


sammy's belated birthday brunch 

i've been so busy rescheduling my tuitions and doing make up classes for those who missed a lot of work during the june holidays. couldn't find a better gift for sammy hence i decided to bring her out for brunch instead. silly me thought that she wanted to try food for thought when she clearly told me it was strictly pancakes. the whole time i was thinking " sunday brunch. food for thought. " before i set off to the place , i got confused between queens street and prinsep street and i wondered where it all came about.  when i finally settled down and ordered my food, i got a call from sammy that she's at the venue and it was then that i realised i got it all mixed up. felt so bad that she had to walk quite a distance . thank god they are within the same vicinity .

recommended house breakfast set :) 

didnt know we could top up 2 bucks to switch the choices

happy 19th birthday sammy :) 

love you very much like my younger sister. 

after brunch , i was off to meet another little sister again . 

meet jessica, my cute lil german tutee who's grappling with chinese. 

food for thought with two of my fave girls <3

it was my first time trying nutella tart but it wasn't to my liking surprisingly 

not a better thing since chocolates are fattening. 

yenqin and i goofing around while rach's looking sultry hot. 

spent about half an hour doing a video for jessie's competition. 

pretty girls posing with their pretty cupakes. 

rach bought two cupcakes for erika and none for me. 

i need to reconsider our friendship seriously. 

& we've finally tried plain vanilla's  cupcakes @ holland village. 

unfortunately, they failed our expectations. i prefer twelve cupcakes. 

the cupcakes wasnt soft and fluffy like how i like it to be :( 

nevertheless, they own the cupcakes i bought from house of mini @ CCK Lot 1

i was really craving for cupcakes on friday and i decided to give them a try. 

their red velvet cupcake costs $3.50 ( and probably 2/3 the usual cupcake size )

the topping of the red velvet cupcake was pure cream , instead of cream cheese frosting. 

imagine my disappointment. i would never patronise them again. 

& here's darach looking so sexy and sultry in her see through get up. 

& i've been caught in unglam eating shots for two consecutive gatherings... 

i've no idea why my expression was captured so timely but i had a good laugh .

yes.. i found my unglam pics extremely funny somehow. 

no, the fries were not hard. 

ending off with a picture of my favourite girl since she's probably the first to read this post. 

read it well , lil one <3