initially, i wanted to use poker playing cards to make a dress for Friday's Be Yourself Day,
but i thought being a can drink sounds like more fun, haha.. plus i can remind people to recycle aluminium drink cans since the theme is 'Going Green'.

so the very enthusiastic me bought 8 big sheets of Vanguard, a Green Tea can as reference, and started making my costume...


The Process

After piecing the vanguard sheets together, take measurements of the paper and draft the design of the can...


tat's me hard at work..very orbiang i know... haa, but the focus is not me but on the size of the paper :)


eventually outlining with a marker..


Damn nice rite???
im so very proud of it!!! OMG!!
wahahhahahhaa...

left the colouring to be done tomorrow night and then.... i have to start thinking how to transport the costume to school on friday..

Hmmmmmm......

Friday is Teachers Day-cum-Be Yourself Day..
The theme this year is "Going Green" for our school, which means we have to wear a costume that is made from recycled materials or something that advocates the importance of recycling.. YUKS
worst come to worst, just wear a green top lorr.

im busy making my costume..
hopefully it will turn out nice, hehe..

i was in a shopping mood today!
bought a top and a skirt, hehe..
yet it's still within my budget!!

:D *happie*

photos are definitely deceiving!!! wahahhahhaa....

im crazy over Maroon5's Makes Me Wonder!!!
wahahahahaa..

i love the song!!!!!!! :D
oh ya.. i need to say I LOVE U FANG tooo, hahaa.. i promised her cos she sent me a nice song tooo, wahahaha..

Lazy Sunday.
went to the market early in the morning with granny and we spent 3 whole hours buying stuff!!
we're like stocking up for war, it's crazy, haa..
brother came after we finished marketing to help transport the stuff home..
dropped by aunt's place and kaya passed me my belated bday cake!!
wahahahhahaa....

she and lionel made it specially! Thanks guys!

it's a green tea-chocolate cheesecake with a oreo layer at the bottom! wahhahaa..
complete with my nick formed by chocolate chips, keke...


it's really tasty!!! YUm YUM!!!

my family all had a share of it, heeee..
but hor, dad said how come the cake got lizard-shit (referring to the choco-chips) on it.
haaa.. paiseh ar kaya, ur 舅舅 damn disgusting one, keke

but anyway, it was really really thoughtful of ya!! thanks!!!总算没有白疼你, buahahhahhaa....
damnit i sound so old -_-
help me say thanks to your lion as well, heeee...

Some backdated photos, keke..
lala and myself at win's bday celebration @ Kbox on saturday night

lala looks like huang xiang yi in this photo!!! so sweeee!!! keke...

win with his bday pressie from kiyo, lala, fang and me.. Absolute vodka, haha.. the perfect gift for him and his 'drunkard' frens, hehe..

more of his frens came after that.. me and lala paiseh to take out camera, so no more pics to show, keke...

Loot of the weekend.
didnt really go shopping for the past month, haa..
but bought a nice tee together with lala on saturday before going to win's bday celebration, keke...

the back of the tee has a 3D fluffy wings of an angel, keke..
very cute!

i wore it today to meet my angel!! :D

the back!

the front


i like i like i like!!!
heeee..

second part of birthday celebration was with the girls @ Changi Airport on Sunday..
why Changi Airport, because we were there to send Charis off to Stockholm for her master's. For those who dont know where Stockholm is, it's at Sweeden :)

the girls decided to have an early dinner @ Sakae Sushi.
Jap food again! haha.. but i like :)

Fang!! this is for u, haha..
That's her covering her face with a wet tissue.. with pretty ivy sitting beside her.

me and juan :)

the girls didnt know what pressie to give me and asked me what i needed.
So i told them i wanted a hair-dryer and they really bought one for me, hehe!
and it's a pretty hair-dryer in purple!!

fang helping me take it out.. look at ivy's expression when she saw how pretty the color was, hehe..

the very bo-liao us decided that we should cam-whore with the present..
abit embarrassing even to post these up, but wad the heck la, haa..


went over to Terminal 1 after that.. had a group photo with our dear kalimama before she flew off... she's going to be gone for 2 years! we're gonna MISS U LOTS!!!! =(



met jayen after that for another dinner -_- @ Marina square.. and he surprised me with the 3rd part of my present!!!!
WEEEEEEEE.....

it's a diamond ring!!! and it's so beautiful!!!

wahhaahhahhaha...thanks dear!

find that when one gets older, you don't really feel like celebrating your birthday anymore. haha...

well, at least it's true for me.
or maybe, i didn't want to go through the trouble of planning anything formal, but a simple meal with some close friends is what i really do cherish..
Alot.
:)

yue and xin treated me to a nice lunch @ ShinKushiya last saturday :)
Barely 2 months since its opening at suntec, the japanese restaurant is situated where Suntec Marche was formally located.

In my opinion,
Ambience: 4/5
Food: 4/5
Service: 5/5

since yue's working at the restaurant as a marketing personnel, we got tip-top service and food from the staff! hehe..
they even served us a complimentary appetizer each!


Gyu Asparagus Maki (Asparagus in beef), Nikuzume Shiitake (minced chicken stuffed mushroom) and Renkon (lotus) chips


Hotate Maki (Smoked scallops), Kaki Maki (Smoked oysters) and Tori Umeshiso (chicken)


This is interesting!
Mahuro Yamakake, which is raw Tuna cut into cubes mixed in grated mountain yam... the texture is sticky and slimy, haha.. u either love it or hate it ^_^


Unago Tempur.. (tempura sea eel)
this is seasonal, so that explains why it was costly, haaa.. 25 bucks for one plate of it


Nabeyako Gindara Udon.
For a person like me who dont fancy steamboat-style at all, this is really really tasty!!!!
The soup's delicious, cod fish fresh and the udon springy to the bite!!
i rate it 6/5!!! hahaha...


Our dessert, Sesame Ice-cream and Green Tea ice-cream with moshi!
Plus 2 additional cheesecakes..
first, the chef's speciality-> Tofu Cheesecake and also, Kiwi cheesecake!

the girls were so sweet, haha... poked one candle into it and this became a make-shift bday-cake, hahaa..

me with yue and xin!!
I LOVE THEM!!!
THANKS gals for being soooo sweet!!! *muacks!

yah..forgot to add, the desserts were YUMMY tooooo, wahahahhaa....
yue had to go back to work, so xin and i left after the meal.


was going to meet up with kiyo and gang for zouk at night, so in the meantime, i went over to jayen's place.
he was watching tv in the living room and so asked to me go into his room first..
and i had a nice surprise!! hehehee..
room was dark and on his bed was something that was lighted up, teeheehee..

it was a bouquet of..erm, 2 cute teddy bears and a heart-shaped thingy with our photo on it, hahahaa..
so sweet!!!

he said the blue teddy bear is him and the pink one, me -_-
helo, the blue bear was in a dress too lor, keke..

but it doesnt matter lar, Thanks dear!!

second part of the pressie,

it's really cute! heeee..

anyway, we had dinner and joined his sister and her friends for wine drinking @ the Wine Connection at Mohammad sultan..
we even managed to catch a glimpse of the fireworks!!!

jayen with his sister and me :)

adjorned to zouk at eleven to meet up with kiyo and gang!

kiyo, fang and lala!



kiyo and lala gave me a pair of really nice earrings!!! i love them!!!
thanks thanks peeps for coming!
=)

HAPPY BDAY TO MOI, wahhahahhaha....
thank you all for your well wishes!!!


too bad photobucket's down, or else i could do some very very very BACKDATED updates...
urghhhh....

IM BACK from HONGKONG!!!!!!

wahhahhaha...
actually was already back on sunday night.. hmm, monday morning to be exact, cos by the time i reached home, it was 130am in the morning :(
and i only managed to catch less than 4 hours of sleep before i wake for work again :(

damn zombified for the past 2 days, haaa..
and not forgetting the 800 over photos taken, i have to resize one by one before i could upload them.
i just finished 2 days' photos *pant**.... more to go.. but i'll just update on the first 2 days of my trip first yeahh, heee...
so here it goes, hehe..


Wednesday 8th August
half day at work as we celebrated National day in school..
rushed back home, ate lunch and went out of the house again.. went over to Jayen's place before leaving for the airport together..
he did his homework and planned our itinerary as promised!! im so darn proud of him, wahahhahaa..
all printed and filed nicely in the clear folder :)



"Ah dear must go" -_-
he's so sweet, haha..

reached the airport at 230, checked in our baggage and bumped around :)

jayen buying travel insurance...

and had the most expensive meal of chicken rice @ Changi Airport -_- before boarding the plane..


sunset view from the airplane..
Magnificant!



we reached HongKong International Ariport! YEAhhhhh....

took the Airport Express to Kowloon Station before transiting to the airport shuttle bus to our hotel..

while waiting.. our damned tired faces, haaa..




nothing to do and no scenery to admire.. so cam-whore lorrrr..

-_- darn boliao, hehe..


was drizzling when we got down the shuttle..
this was taken near Jordan MTR, where our hotel was located..


Prudential hotel @ day. It's damn cool, cos it was right above the MTR and a shopping mall!

the 20cents-machines certainly brought back alot of fond memories, haha

we checked in, unpacked some of our stuff and went downstairs to get some supper to fill our stomachs..
not forgetting desserts!! YUMMY!


saw this...

wah lao..
must remind me of my CCA mehhhhh????

Anyway,
we had our fill and turned in for the night as it was very late and we were darn sleepy =)


Thursday 9th August
It was still drizzling when we woke up. Jayen woke up darn early.. like 5plus to buy McDonald's breakkie..
come to think of it, it's so ironic.. During our Taiwan trip when our hotel actually provided breakfast, we slept through the mornings.. and for this HK trip where breakfast isnt provided by our hotel, we woke especially early -_-

he got my favourite Cup-corn! teeheehee..

slept abit more before leaving the hotel for lunch @ this Honey Bee Restaurant :)

ah dear :)

we simply loved the food there!! VERY VERY yummy and rather affordable :)



we had trouble communicating with the waiters in there.. i tried my best with my sub-standard cantonese and we realised many of the Hongkongers dont quite understand english..
when we asked for the Bill, they gave us Milk -_-


we took the MTR to Central

stopped over at Sunny Bay Station to change to Disney Resort Line



the Disney Train is sooooo cute! :D



we reached Disney Land!!!!

350HK dollars which was approximately 70SGD per person for the entrance..

Welcome to Disney Land! :)


i love the architecture of the buildings!! So fairyland-like!:)



this is so kiddish, but we still went for the Jumbo Elephant ride, teeheehee..

u can adjust its height urself, hehe...



didnt take photos with the Disney characters lehh.. maybe they didnt want their costumes to get wet -_-
only took one with cinderella, but photo was blurry!!! :(

Next was the Cinderella Carousel =)



and the spinning teapots, haha...

damn girlish, but we played twice, haha...cos u could actually spin the teapot at your own speed!!
:D we spinned ours at full speed throughout the ride and were damn dizzy after that, haha

Space Mountain

it was actually a roller coaster ride in darkness, haha..
we were damned scared, keke..
there were 2 ladies sitting right behind us in the 'car' and one of them was exclaiming and repeating throughout the WHOLE ride on how beautiful the 'view' was... jayen was so irritated he said he wanted to turn round and slap her, haaa.. but of cos he didnt..

they actually took photos of us.. i had my head down (as usual) hahaa...cos i was darn scared.

look at the 2 women behind had their heads down too.. -_- never open eyes still can say the view was beautiful..wat the hell, haaa..

shopped for souveniers after that..
he gotme a nice necklace, heee.. Thanks ah dear!!!! :D

by the time we finished our dinner, it was just nice for the fireworks display!!!


it was just so so beautiful =)

Friday 10th August
Although the weather had been rainy throughout the days we were in HongKong, the 3rd day was the worst.
It's quite a wet blanket to wake up to a morning where you don't see the sun and the whole sky looks gloomy... and you know you have to chuck whatever you have planned for the day away and look for other alternatives.

it was raining so we called for room service and ordered 2 breakfast sets from the Hotel's ala carte menu found in the room. It only took them around 15 minutes before sending the warm food up. Fast and good service! Thumbs-up definitely! =)


3 eggs omelette meal with toast, complete with warm milk and a glass of orange juice.

it was still raining when we left the hotel for a BIGGER umbrella and MORE food!!!
we had Dim Sum near Temple Street..


quite cheap but not very nice leh..
i thought HK is famous for their Dim Sum? hmmm, probably we didnt have it at the right place, or cos we both actually dont like to eat Dim sum one, haha..

i obviously haven really woke up yet lor..... -_-


jayen very much wanted to go see the skyline of the CBD buildings along Victoria harbour at Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront cos he said it has always been his dream to see it with his own eyes after watching it from all the HK drama serials and movies, hee..
took the MTR to TST...

but there was a little problem,

the signal for typhoon was still at Number 1 when we left the hotel.. by the time we reached the MTR station, it has gone up to 3.
but we heck care, haha..

walked all the way to the Avenue of Stars and we were greeted by this!!

fwahhhh.... so nice! heee.. so HK drama serial one, heee!



jayen was damn high, haaa.. kept taking ALOT of photos and videos of the skyline =)
Must have it as the 'backdrop' also...


you probably didnt notice from the photos that our faces and clothes were actually wet from the rain... we had a huge umbrella from 7-eleven, but it did not shelter us from the rain cos the wind was very strong... our umbrella even broke -_-
Just look at the dark rain clouds...

left a few persistant brave souls still walking along the harbour despite the strong winds..
and we were one of them -_-

the typhoon became stronger and we had no choice but to leave for indoors.


we ended up at some shopping mall and found that most shops have closed..

the MTR was worse!!! train service got suspended and it was so damn crowded!!
people stuck at the station... cos think they had to leave their schools and workplaces due to the typhoon.

u can never see this in singapore, haha

another option, take the public bus transport =)


we still wanted to go to Ocean Park, but the ticketing counter was closed.
see, we were the only ones in the queue -_-

Ended up when we asked the girl in charge, she said the bus service to Ocean Park was suspended too.
hmmm, we went to have an early dinner somewhere near, and guess where we went?
we took the bus up to The Peak!
we must be mad.. but then, as first timers, we probably didnt realise the seriousness of the 'natural disaster'.. plus we were both damn stubborn people.

come to think of it, i could only THANK GOD FOR HIS PROTECTION.
can u imagine.. going up to The Peak when the typhoon signal 8 was hoisted.
we reached..

the Peak Galleria was locked and the security guards waved us to leave when we knocked on the glass door.. they said it was closed and all the bus service has been suspended.
i started to fret cos it would soon be dark and how should we go down from there??? it was damn foggy and cold :(


fortunately, there were 3 guys working at The Peak who managed to hail a cab and sent us downhill. or else i really dont know what will happen, dont tell me we have to sleep overnight on the moutain, haaa..

we got off at a petro kiosk@ mid-peak for the toilets and to pack some food stuff and drinks

the aunties working at the petrol kiosk were even worried for us, haaa..

jayen was still very happy cos he got to take photos of the lovely view from the top


me arh...
seee my damned face u will know liao lor

haha...
it wasnt tat scary lar, cos there were still cars and human beans around..

we hailed a cab down to The Central and we went Lan Kwai Fong for chilling out!!!!! haaa..
still didnt wan to go back hotel..

this is not Lan Kwai Fong, but some very nice buildings along the way, heee...

Hip bistros, bars, pubs and restaurants are all located along the lanes of Lan Kwai Fong. not forgetting LOTS of ang mohs too, haha.. it's supposedly the famous Happening place for partying.. something like our Mohammad Sultan or Boat Quay..


had some drinks, beers @ a pub before heading back.. we took the MTR, haha... cos the cabs were all out to TOK us -_-
one driver said, "u would have to pay 50HK extra for insurance becos of the typhoon..."

siao.. think we drunk can tok isst...
we where got so stupid..
MTR is cheap, safe and good lor, haaa..


Saturday 11th August
we woke up to a morning of better weather, haaa..hopefully!
It's still gloomy, but at least it wasnt raining as heavily as the day before.
ordered breakfast from the hotel again!! haaa..
i think we both fell in love with having breakkies in the room..darn cosy!

Look at the YUMMY SPREAD!!!! Slurp!
American breakfast set and French Toast!


i dont understand why guys can look so charmingly handsome even when they've just got outta bed.. while i just look totally like shit without make up, hahaa


HNG!

watched tv, washed up before leaving for LUNCH, haha...
still full from the breakfast, but this restaurant below our hotel simply ROCKS!!!! makes u all hungry again!
Satay King

dont know why it's called Satay king when they dont even sell satays -_-...
i dont like the name cos i dont eat satays.. plus the name reminds me of the smelly satay sauce, YUKS hahaa...
Luckily, the place looks good! it has a 'piratey'-theme..

and this thing here damn tok-gong one..

u have one of this on each table.. just need to press the different buttons for the respective services and u will be served right away! =)

wide array of food to choose from



i had the shark's fin soup with rice and he, unagi rice.. plus 2 jasmine bubble milk tea with pearls! SLURP!


the persistant duo set off to The Peak once again!!! wahahhahaha...
now, the Peak Galleria was OPEN!

this time round, nothing could stop us, haha...


HK has their own Mdm Tussauds!!!
we LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!

the wax figures look very much like the real thing! haaa... we took LOADS and LOADS of photos with the celebrities and famous people =)

over here, ah dear can drool and touch any women he wants. not a problem for me, hahaa...


cos i can also hug ANDY LAU and kiss beckam, buahahahha..


Jay chou!


this is for you, my cousin KAYA!!!! haha... but hor, it doesnt look like him lehhhh



more more more!!!





?!? how come he's here also? haha


finally there's someone taller than jayen, haha..
no match for YeowMing who's towering at 2 metres!

after touring round Mdm Tussauds, we went out to the Galleria to look at the scenery, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TO SEEE -_-
all foggy...damnit

wah.. very nice lor -_-

took the Peak Tram downhill after that...


guess wad i found out?
that jayen is in love with MOUTAINS, BUILDINGS and MORE BUILDINGS -_- haaaa :D



went back Jordan Road to Ladies Market for shopping.. Alas! Nothing much to see, except for a SEA of umbrellas -_-... nothing much to shop around too unless u fancy pasar malam style.... bought a pair of heels which was nice though and went Pizza Hut for a hearty dinner...YUMMY!

took photostickers after that!!!

headed to Lan Kwai Fong again for some drinks.. cos it's saturday night and we didnt wan to end the night too early, haaa..
msged my colleague, Jessica, who was there with her bf too, but found out that they went back hotel cos of the rain.. if not can go chill together =)


settled at the pub called Twenty-One.. think it was one of the pubs there that plays the best music in our opinion, haaa.. had more drinks before taking a cab back to rest...

the last day, 12th August Sunday
was due for flight back to Sg at 8pm in the evening, so we had the whole morning and noon to do whatever last minute shopping and sightseeing we could..
actually, it was more of the latter.
didnt really shop when we were in Hongkong.

RARE????
haaa..
perhaps our main purpose there was to sightsee instead.. and of cos the secondary reason was we were quite broke also, haha..
i already had the "i'm not here to shop" kind of mentality le, haa..

anyway,
ordered our last breakfast from the hotel...
this time, i had hot porridge and it was really YUMMY!


checked out, left our luggage at the hotel and we went on our way!!
decided that what was most worth was to explore all around Hongkong (new territories excluded of cos, heee) ...by the MTR, haha

we had tons of 'leftover' coins which we used to buy our tickets, hehe..
choosing the furthest station we could go on the island by train.

along the way...


and finally alighting at YaoTong..


saw one shop selling herbal soup and eggs, so we tabaoed 2 different types of soup and 3 eggs to eat outside the station, hehe..

it's not cheap.. 2 bowls of soup cost 16 bucks SGD.
and Boh Liao (no ingredients) one...

we went out of the station and realised we're at their neighourhood!! So fun!!!

we sat at this chess-table at one of the void decks.. candid shot of jayen's face when he noticed a disgusting POOL of spit on the ground!!! YUKS!!!!!

jayen tasted one mouthful of his soup and didnt wan to drink it anymore.. it tasted weird he claims, haha...
in the end, i shared my half with him, heh..

next we took the MTR to explore THE OTHER side of the island, keke...

a few more stops before we reached...


looks like it's another of their neighbourhood!!!
Jayen is darn high, cos he loves the simplicity of life... the very down to earth kind of living, heee..

we went to eat MacDonalds YAY!
i love love the stuffed toy key chains!!!! with an additional of 2 bucks along with one extra value meal, u get to bring it home!!! weeeee.....

i wanted the hello kitty one cos it was the cutest, but then was out of stock :(
so i ended up with another creature of which i dunno the name, haa..
but cute toooo! hehe

even the straw holder was cute!


the mcdonald's staff didnt quite understand our english they sort of became very very 'gan cheong' ...and we ended up with so many of them trying to serve us, haha.. even the outlet manager came out and tried to assist in the taking of our orders, keke..

we were rather amused by their over-reaction.. hmm like we're aliens eating at their outlets, haaa..

had our fill and went out to explore around..

nothing much to see also..

set off back to Jordan, had desserts before picking up our luggage back at the hotel..

doggy doggy..


took a cab to Hongkong International Airport... planned to take the Airport Express at first, but the cab driver offered a better deal instead, haaa..
it was a brilliant choice! cos we got to see the Tsing Ma Bridge and Da Yu Shan where the Great Buddha was situated!!!
wanted to go but time didnt allow :(

but at least we got to see it!!! darn happy, haaa...
only thing, couldnt see the buddha statue lar, heeee

we reached the airport!!!!

yay!

cam-whore cos there was still ALOT of time before the check-in.
hehe


end of update!!! haha..
overall, a relaxing trip :)
the only downside was the weather, but i had fun! definitely!