Last entry of 2007

THE YEAR 2007

AND ITS TOP 10 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS

This year has been by far the most significant and eventful year of my life.

10 moments alone don't do justice to this important year but i will try my very best.

1) Finding God

I remember mummy forcing me to sign up for BSF during the end of 2006. I kicked up a huge ruckus, threatening that i would quit after the first few weeks anyway. I haven't been going to church for a few years and i found myself getting along pretty well without God's help. But I was wrong. And this year, he drew me back in unimaginable ways and touched my heart in a way i will never forget. Spiritually, this year has been life changing; and though i am not sure what 2008 has to offer, but i know that with God around, i do not fear.

2) Losing him

This by far had the largest impact on me; physically, mentally and emotionally. Physically,I lost 4-5 kg ( THANK YOU GOD! ) without even trying. Emotionally and mentally as a person, i got affected really badly. I lost the one whom i thought i would be spending the rest of my life with and it hurt so so bad. But in the process , i realised many things. I grew to understand myself better. That the reason why i got flung off so hard was because i wasn't use to failure, wasn't used to feeling inadequate. i am very much the idealist, the dreamer, the perfectionist, the romantic; its not bad, i just have to manage my expectations. I won't elaborate all that has jolted me, but i am glad it happened, it was for the better and i think i became a better person. I grew up overnight.

3) No more maid

As much as i berated my parent's decision to send auntie back, looking back on hindsight, i want to thank them instead. I've never done any household chores before and suddenly having to wash clothes, fold, cook, etc made me feel very much like a bloody maid. But it brought my family closer together, taught me to be more responsible and gave me life long erm, skills. i do miss auntie though...not her as a resource, but her as a person.

pic of auntie below...i do miss her.

4) Papa's return

Papa returned to Singapore for good ( i think ) this year. Its pretty weird because all my life, i've lived without having him around and suddenly, the year i hit adulthood,a father figure comes into my life. I'm happy but mostly so for mummy.

5) Turning 21

I'm officially LEGAL this year! for basically every single damm thing. I feel old-er. Lesser coffee shop uncles are calling me xiao mei and i notice so many pre-pubescent teens getting it on at Zouk hahaa..I am very much less a teen but not quite yet an adult. I do feel that i've matured and yes, hitting adulthood does change something in you. All in all, as much as im not ready to grow up, im going to embrace this new chapter of my life. And i am so grateful for all the birthday parties i had this year! The Malacca trip, the poolside dinner, the parties and the STRIPPER!! LOL

6) Oktoberfest!

I LOVE OKTOBERFEST!! My new found tradition! i love it so much i wish i was born German. I mean, i love German beer ( the last beverage i would drink before i die) , i love German food ( Brawrust sausages and pork knuckles to go!) , i love the German traditional outfit ( i would so wear that next year), i admire the German leaders ( well, you have to admit that Hitler had great public speaking skills) and i love German men!! hahaha

7) 2 New god-sons

In just one year, my two besties both own doggies! nowadays, there would definitely be a part of our conversations being dedicated to discussing about our babies and i cant help but wonder if in future, we would be there, discussing about our kids. * warm feeling* to junior and rocky, paw five!

Me and junior. havent uploaded rocky's pic but he is so cute and so so smart!

8) Fooky and i being singletons together

The last thing i would have predicted would be that me and Fooky would be single , at the same time. For as long as we have been best friends, both of us have never been single or out of the dating scene. But i really thank God for it. The whole experience drew us closer , deepened our friendship, gave us more room for thought, more nights to remember and i guess it really felt more comforting because you weren't going through it alone ,and who better to walk hand in hand with you than ur best friend?

I was normal until i met the person i call my best friend (:
and oh!! the pineapple tarts fooky made for my xmas present! i was sooo touched!

9) Cutting my hair

After having long hair for 8 years, i finally chopped off my locks this year..and it felt GREAT!! I literally felt reborned. Having short hair really changed a part of my life. I felt different, i looked different, my style changed, i was more confident, i attracted different people ( point to note: local guys dig girls wth long hair. period) and it just felt more me. ironically, im going to grow my hair out next yr...cos i don't want the same look for too long.

Long hair in the beginning of the year. God i look weird
Me, now.


And the time i had sore eyes

10) The year i got hooked on TV Dramas

No, I'm not talking TVB or Korean Dramas. i have never watched an episode of those. however, like their fans, i too spent many sleepless nights ,underwent many late night marathons and wept buckets of tears over my fair share of serials.

The good ones i can list offhand are: LOST ( all the seasons, WHERE IS SEASON 4!), How i met your mother, The Office ( God i so dont want to work there HAHA) , Hero's, Gossip Girl (xoxo!), ANTM, My name is Earl, The L word, CSI ( Miami, new york, vegas )...and lotssss more. so looking forward to new seasons and new shows.

The OFFICE! Woohoo!

Shane for The L Word. She's fucking HOT

GOSSIP GIRL!! XOXO!

Judging from how eventful my year has turned out, i cant help but wonder if this is a prelude into adulthood for me. I learnt so much in 2007 and right now, i feel ready for 2008. So ..bring it on!

right before 2008

Now that the end of the year is drawing closer, i inevitably succumb to the cliche of coming up with New Year Resolutions. Like every other year, i make myself believe that i will do the Resolutions the honors of sticking through to them the whole year...but like all the other 99.9% of people out there, i don't. This year however, I'm intent on sticking to my resolutions!! And i plan to do so by placing reminders of that resolution every where; my room, my diary, as a bookmark, as my desktop wallpaper...hahah definitely extreme measures.

I only have 2 resolutions this year though. So, I'm sure it won't be that hard..right?

Anyway, i wanted to blog about Xmas and the bdae parties but i had such a great time with Fangz and Ali on Wednesday that I'm going to blog about that instead.
Been so long since we've met up with him and you know a group outing is always different when he is around. We whined about our weight, played Deal or No Deal, went to New Urban Male for reasons other than to look at clothes and took a whole load of photos!

Before Ali came back

Fangz and i were normal

After he came back

We rode on cows...( hey cows are as fierce as bulls okay )

We waxed whimsical at the landmark Christmas tree

We went in between the legs of incredibly tall steel men

We succumbed to materialism at Gucci

And tried to break into Prada

We lit up Xmas in town

And Ali found out about our previously mentioned fucking hot crush..*whistles!!*

We also tried to abide by the law

But lost all our moral values when we saw that our poly tease released an album

We had to do obscene mouth gestures

Oh and we poked fun of Jay..

right before Ali snogged him!!

We shamelessly snapped pics in a crowded train

And acted blur when the people on the train kept starring our way

Of course, when Ali is around, so would the paparazzi...

And last but not least, we did what we always do best.

Since he has been out of town for so long, we decided to have a showdown of the cam whores..!

Oh oh we tried to see who had larger eyes! Cheenas always lose

The ultimatum.we couldnt get enough of ourselves

I think what makes the holiday season special is by spending them with people who matter.

MERRY XMAS!!

2/3 of december

We're officially two thirds into December and 5 days away from Christmas!! Before we know it, it will be 2008 and i will be *cringe 22!!

There was a time when being 21 seemed like the age of far far away. The age where i knew i would know what i want and i would be the person i was destined to be. But 21 has comed and is soon going by ..but i dont find ME anywhere near the idealism i carved for myself. But thats Okay.

Wanted to do a post on pictures but sadly this past week has seen me confined to the chains of unattractiveness because of my horrible sore eyes. triple :(!!!! I have been wearing my thick specs for like 6 days ( and counting..) and i PRAY that i will have my specs off by Sunday. PULEASEEEE GOD!!! And its all because of the fake eye lashes. DAMM YOU VANITY!!! Mascara can continue being my BFF!!

Anyway..pics from all around. Mostly of me without make up and with my huge frames. And yes, im no longer going to be pan tang bout 3 persons photographs.

I dunno how Fangz took this shot of the Xmas lights but i think it looks really cool

3/4 of TLLM
i like the bottom right hand corner shot...! LOL

While in town, we found the other 1/4 of TLLM. BYEBYE ALI!! ahhaha

he has a HUGEEE *glup!

and he's FUCKING HOT!

LOl... but we still miss our original member (:. I cant believe we've graduated from poly for nearly 2 years alr...?!?!

Ok anyway, the previous entry i blogged about an unfortunate episode at Zouk. Pics from that night..

ANTI KA-WAII
Wa lau...as alwyas rui's skin is perfect!!

Fooky doing her top model poze and crazy eye stare lol

We look halal lol...

Girls dig huge specs.

With Mindy and Angela..The bestie post which we NG-ed like forever

Spot me and Fooky's best friend shoe!

Its not hard to look like a yuan-zhu-ming beside 3 of them .

oh hahah i had to put this in! guess who i bumped into at ZOUK. LOL!!

I love this pic. my leggins were orginally black and check out the wave like effect of my top! weee After that night i woke up the next day with fucking sore eyes. urgh! from the fake lash i used on thursday night at Ritz. Dammit!

Anyway, the last use of my cam before i stashed it one corner. Going for dinner at Tiong Bahru's famous Zhi cha place: Xin hai san. It was kinda weird going back there...but life goes on and i'll be an ass if i avoid places with good food because of him.

Fooky and I . check out our model arched shaped legs

Huge crabs. Cost $120/kg. Of course we......didnt order that!

Huge Clams. Everything in the tanks are of mammoth proportions

The Food: We ordered crab, the fried man-tous, Kang Kong, Chicken, Noodle and Cereal Prawns. The fried man-tou was very disappointing. Not enough flavor and wasnt warm enough

The chilli crab was slightly better. Fresh but the sauce had too little Crab meat and those itsey bitset ingredients. 2.5/5

The cereal prawns were the best dish! The prawns were huge and fresh while the cereal was crispy and sweet enough. 4/5

The fried vermicilli was pretty good too. But for $8 a plate, i kinda expected better ingredients. Although the dish had lotsa ingredients, it was filled with those extra ingredients you couldnt use from other dishes. But on the overall it tasted pretty good so yea...3.5/. The rest of the food was pretty disappointing so i didnt post the pics.

nory and I . The mushrooms have grown up!

fooky and nory looking really good here

Dinner time (:

It is officially my holidays now..Hooray!! Been waiting for these 3 weeks for like forever. And i received even better news today...When school starts next term, due to my exemptions, I only have to attend classes from Tuesdays to Thursdays...so that gives me, wait a while let me compose myself...5 FREAKING DAYS OF REST IN A WEEK!! WOOHOO! fridays - mons! yay!!

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