My dad’s not feeling well so he’s sleeping in the living room. Mum’s having a nap too. So I can’t go on the piano, like what I usually do every single afternoon anyway.
I would like to go for a swim but I’m still fluey/coughing, so I don’t think people would appreciate me contaminating the pool.
Can’t watch tv or play wii, cuz again, dad’s in the living room. So what can I do???
I should go out. Doesn’t matter that the town is friggin 40 mins away (waiting for bus and all that taken into account…) I should probably make good use of my last day in Singapore. Doubt I’ll be doing much tomorrow since we’re leaving to KL on sunday morning (or even tmrw evening??) and I won’t be seeing singapore for another year.
That being said though, I finally went to a club last night. Jennie brought me to The Butter Factory on Wednesday Night with a couple of her friends. Ladies night is pretty awesome in Singapore. Free entry, and free flow of drinks, and RnB music the whole night (except for a random couple of rock songs in the mix a little later at night, I don’t know why). So I only spent on taxi, and a locker for my bag since I was staying over at Jen’s. Total cost= $4.
Initially I was rather reluctant to go. On the way down to the city (the second last stop of the red line, takes 30 mins on the MRT itself!) I was actually falling asleep. But when we got there, and the atmosphere heated up a bit, and the music got really good, I was back to my clubbing mood and having lotsa fun! haha. So much for growing old and giving up the clubbing scene. I think vi would really like this place. There’s poles on the stage and all
So. I think it’ll take a little while longer before i really stop going to clubs.
OK so mum’s up from her nap and apparently i’ve got some things to do before I can go out, so I’m gonna stop here now…
I’ll try to post pictures sometime later when I’m back in Adl I guess. I’m on my mum’s computer now. No pictures here… so sorry for the long boring entries the past couple of months.
My meals were bland. I couldn’t smell my shampoo. I couldn’t smell mum’s cooking… (we were making pineapple jam for tarts we’re going to make this weekend hopefully!) and I couldn’t smell a thing. I’m so glad on a normal day I have a pretty good sense of smell. If not I won’t be able to enjoy my food and to be able to enjoy good food is a blessing.
But seriously, if I can’t smell anything, then if I have really bad BO or farted or burped… I wouldn’t know if it stinks.
LOL! Ok so maybe not so serious after all
Don’t know why such disgusting thoughts just came to my head…
After a year of Singapore nightlife drought, I finally stepped foot into Clarke Quay again tonight.
Surprisingly though, no high heels, no ID checks and no dancing.
But yes, alcohol was involved. And I had a good time.
I had dinner with JW at the really yummy Ramen place at Liang Court, then we headed over to Cafe Iguana to have their ‘Macho Margarita’ which was friggin MASSIVE. I swear I did not think it was going to be that big. But it was good. And somehow managed to finish it between the two of us (i think I had more than half of it!) Vi and Ed came and joined us at around 10ish. We had to leave around 11ish because we all had to take the MRT back and my last train is about 11:40 at city hall. (Actually, I don’t really know exactly what time the last train is for a saturday night, but the last time i checked it was 11:40pm from City Hall… Oh well. I managed to get home. Although my time with the girls and Edmund was cut short )
I was singing to myself ‘Love like this’ on the mrt back but then I don’t really know how to sing it and i wanted to try and stop my obsession, So i listened to Taylor Swift instead. Didn’t quite work though. As soon as I turned off Taylor, another SS501 song started playing in my head.
I’m still looking forward to Taylor Swift’s concert on the 12th of February though. *yay*!
So yea… I think I’m growing out of the whole clubbing thing. I mean, I love dancing in clubs still, but I don’t miss it as much as I used to I guess… It’s a bit like, I don’t care if I go or don’t go. If I go then it’s all good and I have fun, but if I don’t have the chance to go, I’m not that bummed about it.
I’d rather spend my day out shopping. Haha! I went to Bugis with mum today. Bought myself a really pretty blouse (i think its pretty!) on super discount which always makes me happy. Bought a new bag yesterday too at half price to replace my white one which is ripping on the inside
But yah. Discounts and sales and getting things half the original price makes me happy. :)
Oh, and shoe shopping. Shoe shopping makes me happy too. Not that I buy lots of shoes, but I just like going around looking for something nice~
I’ve mentioned previously that I watched a Korean Drama called Boys Over Flowers (BOF).
Cast of BOF
Since I finished watching BOF I’ve been youtube-ing quite a lot…
Watching what?
um…. SS501… ><
It’s a Korean boyband made up of five members. I came across them while looking up Kim Hyun Joong, the guy on the far right of that picture above. Half of the SS501 guys look like they’ve had some sort of plastic surgery… but in all I think they’re quite decent looking. Turns out the band has some pretty catchy songs too (I like U R Man and Love Like This). So their english is all wrong and kinda strange and they seem to be more like a bunch of girls sometimes (maybe it’s just the korean/jap guy thing) but I quite like their songs… I think I’ve actually heard U R Man before in a shopping mall somewhere before this~
Anyway, since I’m already blogging about it, might as well go all out right? Obviously I’m currently having some sort of obsession. The last celebrity I blogged about was the actor Ryan Reynolds. Kind of… I did stalk him on youtube for a while after that too. i just didnt mention it
So. Why SS501? Actually… its because of Hyun Joong. That smile can sweep any girl off their feet. He’s a musician (he plays the guitar…), a singer, a dancer, and now an actor… He did a reality tv show before BOF, and after BOF he’s been doing one tv ad after another and at the same time SS501 came out with a new album. And they seem to have a new choreography for every song… imagine the amount of work he’s been doing! I’ve been watching quite a bit of stuff (anything with english subtitles…) and he seems like a really hardworking person. So I’m a bit wow-ed…
added January 16th: I forgot to mention this yesterday. I’m impressed with SS501 because unlike many other boybands, there isn’t really one person who gets all the attention. Hyun Joong is supposedly the ‘leader’ of the band and I guess he is most well known because of all the other things he does. But when it comes to their music, all 5 of them sing and they are always equally featured in every video. which is nice.
Ok I’m going to save myself from sounding like a lovestruck teenager (which I’m sure I’ve already failed to do…) and just post a couple of pictures and call it a night. Just so you know what I’m talking about…
The cough I developed when I went to Europe seems to have come back to haunt me and my family. So now every night I’m coughing like a smoker and I wake up with a painfully sore throat which lasts through the day and as soon as it doesn’t feel too bad anymore (it usually gets better after eating… o.O) i start coughing again and the vicious cycle continues. I’ve been sneezing and being kinda flu-ey the past couple of days too. But no signs of that today as of yet… so hopefully that’s gone.
This is so frustrating. I hate feeling tired all the time.
Maybe I’m tired because I haven’t been doing anything…? You know how people say you feel a lot more energetic after doing some exercise and being active…
But if you’re not feeling well the best remedy is rest, rest, and more rest. Right??
So what should I do??
Complaining aside…
For about 3-4 days I was stuck watching the Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. If you’re a girl, and you have some free time (around 25 hours) I suggest you watch it. All episodes can be found online. If you need a link, ask me But that show would put anyone in gaga land… So be careful. haha.
I also met Ritz again, this time for drinks at New Asia Bar. It’s located on the 70th floor of the um… raffles hotel building or something. The view was amazing. We also saw a really low cloud outside the window. That was a little strange. But I really like that place. So thanks Ritz for bringing me there!
Came the weekend… we drove up to Kuantan for my Grandfather’s 81st birthday celebration or was it the 82nd… I’m not too sure :S the reason for the strange age for celebration is that when he turned 80 it was just a little while after my grandmother passed away, so we didn’t want to have a celebration then. So my uncles organised a dinner this year. 5 tables, a little private dining area in some restaurant in Kuantan. Good food, and good company i guess. I finally get to meet my cousins. I couldn’t really recognise one of them because well… they’re at that age where they suddenly Grow and you come back a couple of years later and they’re not the same people anymore… So i thought he was his older brother when he’s not. ><
It was nice for me cuz I won’t be there for Chinese New Year again this year. So yah. Mini reunion. Just like the wedding dinner we had in Penang.
I got to walk down the beach and check out the new E.C. Mall in Kuantan (well, not so new anymore its about 2 years old but i haven’t seen it) and it was a nice big place with another cinema and all… Then I spent sunday night with my primary school bestie and we had so much to talk about there wasn’t enough time because the kopitiam closed and we couldn’t stay out so late anyway…
And by monday night we’re back in Singapore.
And I’m like a slug. Sleeping in the car almost the whole way back (or trying to sleep… cars arent very comfortable~) and sleeping at home and staying home being all sluggish…
not sure how much sense im making now…. heheh.
Anyway… time to get off the computer. I’ve been youtube-ing quite a lot… guess since in Adelaide I’m restricted with the amount of internet usage I have~
time to play some tunes on the piano. Or should i say, make some noise?
Mum cleans the floor everyday. (since i’m home, sometimes that’ll be me. Sometimes. I’m guilty for being a lazy unhelpful daughter) Sometimes she just sweeps it, sometimes its vacuum and mop.
During this time, the washing machine is busy working away.
Then we have lunch and more cleaning needs to be done. Washing veges etc that needs to be washed before cooking, dishes after cooking, table after eating…
Then in the evening we have Another shower.
and before bed we’re washing our face and brushing our teeth again.
On top of that, every so often we will be cleaning off dust in the house, cleaning the windows, cleaning the bathroom and toilet, cleaning our cleaning equipment.
And we wash our hands countless times in a day.
What is up with human beings and having to be so Clean…??
My mum’s a bit of a clean freak too so I’ve done almost more cleaning in one month here than I’ve done in the entire year in Adelaide.
Ok kidding. That’s ridiculous. But you can kind of get what I mean…
Not so sure how happy your new year begun… But my first 2 hours weren’t so bad I guess.
It started off with a 5 mins display of fireworks from the nearby Sembawang celebrations. We drove there, parked the car just in time for the fireworks to start, stepped out of the car to watch, and 5 mins later we were driving home. Trust my dad to make it just in the nick of time… (well, sometimes we’re late but thankfully not today) Now I’m sitting here in front of my computer with Zilzie on my lap, a blister on my right wrist (i burnt myself with hot oil this afternoon!), stomach cramps (miss p decided to come last night), feeling slightly woozy from the too-strong-but-quite-yummy-cocktail my dad whipped up about an hour ago, and listening to Fireflies while typing my first entry of the year 2010.
I have a good feeling about this year. After all, 10 is my lucky number. Well, it’s not really… it’s just my favorite number because of a special reason.
After all that I’ve gone through last year; mainly frustration from so many things, I don’t even know where to begin… This year should be a bit more of a breeze. Right?
I mean, how difficult can it be? Survive 2 placements out of town, finish off the last few chapters of Applied Pharmacotherapeutics (Which I’ve so far managed to Pass above a P2 :P) , stick in a couple of random courses about management and nutrition or something… And guess what? that’s going to be ALL I have to worry about!
No MySA committee to chase after, no campus to represent, no extra hours in a pharmacy, no hiding from stalkers…
Life will be good.
Or so it seems for now. *Fingers crossed.*
I never really made new year resolutions for fear of not being able to stick with it. Also I tend to forget them by the end of the year. It’s always something silly like, lose weight, eat healthily, exercise more, study harder… This year though, I think I’ll have a resolution. I had it typed out here a while ago, but I’ve decided to keep it to myself. If you’re skillful enough you may be able to find it somewhere in the cybernet though.
Anyway, to everyone- hope 2010 brings you lots of joy and happiness and accomplishments and love and everything good and nice
1) Stayed up all night and took the first MRT on the 1st of Jan 2009 to get home from the New Year celebrations.
2) Worked in a laboratory with bacteria and DNA, visited a chicken abattoir, and hand-picked chicken poo… and got paid for it.
3) Spent Chinese New Year with my best friend’s boyfriend and his friends. Also won $5 from playing poker with them (pretty good for someone who’s never played poker before) haha!
4) Survived the hottest day in Adelaide- 45.7C, and two 40+ heatwaves.
5) Went crabbing. Caught nothing but one baby crab.
6) Found a place in a new group of friends from work.
7) Officially became the president of the Malaysian Students Association for the year, and successfully ran the club and handed over a still-functional club to the next successor. Yay!
8 ) Had a crazy crush. Became friends with his best friend…
9) Got a new piercing.
10) Turned 21. With lots of love
11) Finished my 200 hours of Pharmacy work-experience.
12) Learnt how to dance (ballroom) and got medals to prove it.
13) Made a wrong friend that turned out to be the biggest problem of the year, and (thankfully) resolved it.
14) Visited a doctor in Adelaide for the first time.
15) Went to Sydney, walked for an hour in new high heeled boots, and still managed to dance and walk back to the hotel.
16) Visited Dom and Mjelva (when in Sydney). Had coffee at the harbour and went to the opera house at 2am.
17) Ate a teaspoon of chopped raw garlic.
18) Watched Phantom of the Opera.
19) Walked along the Torrens River with pretty lanterns to celebrate the Moon Lantern Festival (or the Mooncake festival)
20) Went to the Flinders Ranges, and saw the most beautiful night sky. Also saw lots of road-killed kangaroos…
21) Carried a Koala!
22) Cycled to the south parks of Adelaide with a friend I hardly knew.
23) Went on a Buddhist camp, learnt a lot. Went vegetarian for a few days, ate blindfolded, learnt meditation. Was probably one of the best getaways I’ve been on.
24) Campaigned and ran for student representative, got elected, and then resigned.
25) Played lots of Bejeweled.
26) Cried in uni.
27) Drank lots of coffee. (I think caffeine is starting to have less effect on me…)
28) Made lots of new friends. From Adelaide uni, from Work, and from Pharmacy too. I don’t know why it took me so long to get to know some of them…
29) Celebrated Deepavali with yummy muruku!
30) Attended a gazillion surprise birthday parties… ok not a gazillion. but quite a lot. Surprise parties seem to be the ‘in’ thing for the year.
31) Finished a can of Mother and discovered the miracles of energy drinks.
32) Bought an epilator.
33) Went to the swimming pool, and played badminton in Adelaide for the first time.
34) Got racially abused at work by stupid customers.
35) Came home from uni one morning when the sun had started to rise…
36) Started work before the sun started to rise, saw the city wake up.
37) Finished an exam at 10:30pm.
38) Finally tried North Adelaide’s famous AB.
39) Sat through the longest flight in my life (to get to europe)
40) Went to Europe!
41) Watched a live Opera at the Vienna State Opera
42) Lost quite a bit of weight in the beginning, then gained it all back again. ><
43) Went to a fancy hair saloon, got a drink, a hairwash, and cut… for $10.
44) Hiked (down and) up Mt. Lofty.
45) Passed AP 300 and AP301
46) Got in a car accident (stupid motorcycle…)
47) Visited Conie in KB, drove to Terengganu! Just across the border…
48) Probably broke my record for number of towns/cities I stepped foot in, in one month. December: Adelaide, Singapore, Prague, Ceske Budejovice, Vienna, Budapest, Penang, Kota Bharu (If you want to include stop overs like meeting people for lunch and dinner or just chilling- Terengganu, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur (or PJ…?) lol…
49) Attended a wedding. My family reunion… since I wont be back for CNY again…
50) Made this list.
ONE hour left to 2009. Hope you had a wonderful year and I wish you an enjoyable and safe 2010.
Rachel: Oh, Fireflies! I'm totally obsessed with Owl City and his pretty lyrics :]
coZie: congrats !
laurane: thanks conie.
coZie: I am reading your blog.
...Just so you know XD
coZie: having fun in europe ? =)
Enjoy your trip and take more pictures ^^
michelle tan: =( good for you.. a few days ago i was so friggin excited. then on the 25th something happened. i was so mad and pissed [...]
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michelle tan: i clicked 'submit' to send a comment..but something went wrong, i think.. so i'm writing this again. : yeah, update it everyday. i'm continuing my [...]
laurane: hey michelle! nice for you to drop by again. i saw your sudden massive amount of blog updates!
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ps: i think you'll look good in any hairstyle.. :D:D twins.. sisters think alike.. xD
