Christmas came and went... But as I grow older, I realise I no longer look forward to the presents and stuff.. or maybe there isn't really much to look forward to anyway. I mean I am no longer a kid who fancies toys.. anyway, I can always go buy things I like instead of waiting for ppl to give it to me.. But then, it is always the thought that counts.. (and it feels good to be remembered...) Afterall, you don't expect ppl to get you an iPod mini for Christmas.. .Mwahahaha..

Went carolling at Raffles today. After 4 long years, I still feel kinda lost and overwhelmed... Miss the 2 pm session.. but felt kinda bad after that because there were only 3 altos singing... *oops* but then again, I dun think I would have made such a great difference anyway.

well.. This Christmas is more of going for gatherings, spending quality time with friends and family... and pigging out on turkey, ham, roast beef and other Christmas-sy food.

But this Christmas also made me see the fragility of human life. How growing old can be scary... and how easily one can collapsed when one is old and in ill health. Shall be MIA for the next few days as I have some family matters to attend to...

Anyway, Happy Boxing Day!!!

Merry Christmas to One and ALL!!! yay!!! Spread the warmth, and joy and love of Christmas!!! *hugs*

Crap at 1.45 am at night...

Things I've Realised!

1) I've changed over the years...
2) I can survive without the telephone
3) I have a high level of tolerance (eg: Working at the law firm)
4) I'm too nice for my own good (refer to the law firm example)
5) I like to wallow in self-pity (Ha! Ha!)
6) I think I look good with brown hair...
7) I actually can live without my laptop or going online when there's no school...
8) I'm crapping here...
9) Uni Life is NOT slack!
10) I hate individual presentations
11) I kinda like it... (refers to above - despite my whining)
12) I'm a genius (according to a certain Ms Peh) since I managed to learn how to cycle in 2 sessions!
13) I'm still fickle-minded and indecisive
14) I kinda like baking (Look at the cake below!)
15) Karaoke is a quite a close replacment for choir...

which brings me back to carolling.. I was at Raffles Hotel watching my juniors perform yesterday... and I invariably found myself singing along to almost every song... I guess carolling is what sets me in the Christmas mood for the past few years... It's like so nice to be a part of them, singing away, trying to spread the Christmas cheer.. and maybe I do enjoy the applause I get from people... Hahaha...

I dun get it why Orchard is so crowded nowadays... I still dunno wad to get for my mum.. It's seriously the thought that counts... so I dun wanna buy some stupid frivolous stuff for the sake of it... but then it's like I also wanna show some gesture... Gone were the days I would make some card or paper flowers or stars... I've kinda grown out of it... (and a lot of things along the way). I guess I'll end up giving her nth... Sigh... and I'm not exactly in the Christmas mood... Maybe when I see the food, turkey, ham and things like that... hahaha... but I'm not piggish!

Yummy Yummy!!! 

Nice cake? 

hahaha... I like the 2 pics below.. Spent the 1st day after work nua-ing at home, listening to/watching VCDs and DVDs... and abandoning my plans to go out to 1) Get my laptop fixed.. and 2) get Christmas presents.. and err... 3) go carolling.. But I'll go tomorrow.. Really...

Not to mention I still have to pack my table and stuff.. but it's just so me.. I'm a big procrastinator....

But the best thing I did today was of course bake the wonderfully delicious cake below... looks pro or not??? Chocolate Fudge Cake!!! Hey.. this is not from some cake mix kaez... must sieve flour, cook the fudge and stuff... but it's also kinda scary when you see 300g of butter.. which is errr.. like one and a quarter cube of butter going in... And 300 g of chocolate.. so it is indeed quite chocolate-y... Yummy!!!

P.S I think I own sufficient VCDs/DVDs to have quite a nice karaoke session at home... Mwahahaha...

My face feels tight now... I used on a mask just now... Sigh.. pimple breakout again... I didn't have it last time (when I was like in sec sch...) so why ain't i growing any taller now?

Welcome to my mundane life... Work's fine.. I have 3 more days.. 20th, 21st and 27th.. Dun ask why 27th... Yar... Life's fine.. just a tad routine-y and boring... Christmas is coming soon... in like a week?? So how come I'm so not in the Christmassy mood? This sucks!!! Dunno wad presents to buy, piles of Christmas cards waiting for me to write in them... And i dun wanna go down to Orchard to walk walk.. cause it is freaking packed... but then again, it is where I can shop the longest... Where can I find some christmas cheer??? I just find this Christmas so empty... Maybe it has to do with not carolling??? Since I have been busy during Christmas the past 3 years with carolling... But if I go back, I kinda feel extra... so it is quite sianz also....

I need to find sth meaningful to occupy myself with.. Does driving count?? Or I'm sriously contemplating volunteering... I have no idea why.. but I feel that my life is such a blank now.. so aimless, nothing to work for, nth to do.. I just play computer, chat... read books, watch tv...

It's like if I din haf a job, I really dunno wad I'll do... Maybe go out more often? But then, maybe not.. so i'll rot even more at home? Great!

I shall go and rent more books tmr... Read this book by Jean Sasson... . it is a story of a Saudi Arabia princess... and there are a few more books to this sth like series... I kinda like these sort of books tt tells of a culture tt is different from ours... next on my list: Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown since the WHOLE WORLD seem to be waxing lyrical about it... Man and Boy by Tony Parson.. heard it was a good book.. but haven't had the opportunity to read it yet... I think reading is therapeutic... =)

The whole world is bored.. I keep seeing these words on people's blog.. You mean we have all transcended to this stage that we are BORED of HOLS??? But I don't exactly welcome school... Mwahahaha....

5 more days to may last day... Counting down is kinda hard... afterall, a day of work is like 9 to 10 hours... Kinda sucks.. but I'm not exactly complainging cause I get extra pocket money though I would actually love to alck more.. Wel.. optimistically, I have like 12 days after I quit to slack... I hope it is enough...

I'm thinking whether I should drop a course I bidded for next term... 6 modules, 5 credits... or 5 modules, 4 credits? Any advice?

This I gotta blog... Maybe this is why more and more teens are getting stressed...

Imagine overhearing a parent saying that she is gonna lock up the computer cause her child who is in lower secondary played the computer (with no Internet access) for 45 mins...

I felt like going up to her and telling her I spend much more time on it.. and your kid does not even surf the net lar... Just playing some game...

I can't fathom why such an act has to be met with such drastic action since this is the hols...

Wait a min... or is it just me?

You Are Strawberry Pocky

Your attitude: fresh and sweetComforting, yet quirky ... quietly hyperYou always see both sides to everything

What Flavor Pocky Are You?

My first foray into baking sth from scratch and not relying on Betty Crocker's pre-mix was not bad at all... My chocolate cheesecake turned out pretty okiez.. mwahahaha...

Tired.. shall sleep soon.. though i have been awake for less than 12 hours... Gotta work tmr... Maybe I'll go have my O'Brien's sandwich again... mwahahaha...

The good thing about having short hair.. it dries pretty fast compared to long hair... Once my hair dries, I'm hitting the bed!

had a good day today... I really like it when I go out with my family to walk walk, have dinner, shop around... Which was precisely what I did today! Except my brother was away at chalet enjoying himself lar...

But my parents, my sis and myself went down to town after my mum, sis and I attended this Children Christmas Party for single parent families. Cause my mum is part of this single parent group and she wanted to bring us there to help out. In the end, we were just sitting around and observing vause the organisers had everything planned and under control...

Yupz.. back to town... It was packed.. Like very.. and there was the ever-present and famous Orchard Road jam... Luckily we were not caught in it cause traffic was NOT moving at all... I kinda pitied the ppl in cab cause the meter would be like running and they will not be moving... and I think it may be faster if they walked or sth... Hahaha...

So we were just walking from taka to wisma and to tangs and back to taka for dinner... It's like just nice to spend some time with your family... amidst the hectic lives, when I dun see them for like much for the whole week excpet at night cause we are all at work or sth... and we are occupied with friends, other aspects of lives that we tend to take each other for granted and grow apart gradually as strangers... I've hears stories of how siblings treat each other as virtual strangers and stuff.. and I hope it won't happen to me lar...

Yup yupz... today was a nice day..

and my sis and I are gonna sink our hands in baking... mwahaha... cause we got this recipe book showing us all the wonderful things we can do with CHOCOLATE... YES!!! Whole book on chocolate cookies, cheesecake, ice cream and other desserts and stuff... So we shortlisted 2 cakes... bought the ingredients for Chocolate Fudge cake and Marble Cheesecake... sounds good ya... Okiez... if it turns out well.. den I'll be baking it more often... mwahahaha... hopefully those I noe will have 口福 to try them... Hiakz!!! And I hope this interest will last... mwahahaha...

Which was also why we went grocery shopping today... but after we bought back all the ingredients, we realised the eletric egg beater, which we had for like eons.. and not used for the past 10 years (at least) could not work.. I'm totally not surprised lar... mwahahaha... so tmr we r gonna get a new egg beater and then it is baking time! Watch this space for more updates on my experiment at baking from scratch!

Hectic week at work... Kinda wondering what the hell I'm doing back at work... Oh... you all simply must try the sandwiched at O'Briens. It is an Irish sandwich and coffee bar or so they claim... It is pricey lar... for 2 pieces of bread.. but quite generous servings... and choice of veggie... similar to subway... but a bit more ex... but it's good...

I can't see my latest post on my blog again!!!

Mwahahaha.. I'm so DARN proud of MYSELF!!!! I Love ME!!!

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It's weird not to be enjoying myself during the hols... or rather, putting 9 plus 10 hours of my waking hours working... Everything has not changed... I see the same old faces... The same old bank tellers... I mean it is good cause it shows they have not lost their jobs... hahaha... but then again... It kinda scares me... I don't wanna be stuck in sth like that... Such a mundane life... But then again.. job security is what people want... Oh well.. that is too far...

I realised I haven't been to any job interviews at all for any jobs.. the closest i ever got was when I went to recruit express to ask them to put my name on the 'interested applicants' list... All the jobs I've had are all wither introed by people I know.. or I work for people I know... or both... I dunno wad to make out of it... But i htink it has it's pros and cons...

See ar... If that person know you, they tend to be not so harsh on you... but then again.. you may be doing a lot of things out of obligation... What makes the world tick?

Positive thinking: I'm working for the money.. Not that much anyway... but enough to pay my cab fare for next semester... (I'm Serious!!!) considering I took a cab to school almost every other day during the first term...

After backing up all my precious files from my laptop with the intention of bringing it to the CIT aka the Laptop Hospital, I didn't go.. and now that I've started work, I can forget about going... This sucks...

So many things to say.. yet dunno how to express it... Sianz...

Hmmmm... I'm going back to my 'favourite' company to work for 2 weeks... After all the 'I'm never going back there again!', I'll be starting work at the law firm again tomorrow... That's what I like about uni hols.. you don't have to worry about next semester's modules unnecessarily... no need to mug before hand... ok.. not that I did in sec sch and jc... but we had this thing called holiday homework then...

Oh well.. maybe i need that extra cash... or maybe I am just being nice.. hopefully everything will turn out fine... Yupz... and there goes my next 2 weeks.. no more meeting ups... and shopping trips.. unless you wanna meet me for dinner...

So maybe I should go buy my christmas cards soon and start writing them during lunch break in the office!