Apple’s just better. December 9, 2006
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The little baby’s departed Oakland, California yesterday, according to FedEx tracking update, and it’s reaching us on Monday. That and an autographed Happytreefriends tv series DVDs and a buddhist monket trexi.. hurhur. Kudos to happytreefriends for the generous prize and YC for watching 2 hrs of glorified gory (to provide the quiz answers). I’m a lucky lucky girl. =)
And finally a uber clean desktop with a pretty background!
woot. i’m back! November 12, 2006
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In case you haven’t quite realised yet, that’s a soft-toy elephant punching my camera lens, hurhur. The perils of late-night mugging again =) I’m prone to having silly little thoughts at night.
And in any event whereby you’re interested in a 9-day Chiangmai and Bangkok trip, or if you’re looking for company to venture somewhere SE Asia, drop a note ya?
Back to my psychomed and pharmaco mugging again.. I’m loooookiiinng foorrward tooo cchrisstmass! The christmas lightings are up =)
BBC’s Top 100 books August 20, 2006
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Haven’t been reading as much as I used to, save for the likes of talley and my dear oxford handbook. I quite miss fiction, those little tales dictating my tears and laughter, and the nonexistent characters I fall so deeply in love with. No more such luxury these days. Oh well.
24 reads so far..
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett 34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
It’s a happy story tt the movie quite unfortunately mutilated. =(
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
Looking for the film.. the one in French. Let me know if you have it kae?
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
and the wishing chair series!
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
Read the one by Somerset Maughm.. counted?
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
Someone lend it to me!!
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie
cupcakes and more. July 23, 2006
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Woot darlings, purple swirls make cupcakes seeexxy!
Had some left-over blueberries after baking YC a blueberry cheesecake last week, and decided to finish the remnants of the ingredients yesterday. Cupcakes are easy to make, especially if you have a mixer at hand. Simply mix the ingredients, divide them into cups and send them into the oven. This time though, I decided not to mix the blueberries in with the rest of the ingredients. Uniformly blue cupcakes don’t sound too enticing ya? Adding the berries last to each cup individually and then swirling it with a toothpick gave a much nicer effect — sexiness., though I kept worrying that the berries would get burnt in the oven. Thankfully they didn’t =). It’ll be nutella cupcakes next time round.
Anyway, I’ve been to 3 different celebrations for YC’s birthday. Stuffing myself with good food on the various occasions made it feel like chinese new year all over again. Many many more pounds gained.
And here’s the cheesecake I baked, still in the oven. The cake tin sits in a pan of water in the oven to prevent cracks from forming. The top got a little charred (miscalculation of height of the cake) =(. But no worries, I easily sliced it off once the cake was frozen, and added blueberry toppings.
We did pizzas too. Mummy got her friend to help make the crust. Bread machines are really good for this. So YC and I just had top it with fillings and loads of cheese and send it into the oven. Yummy.
Mummy and I made onek-oneks too. No photos of those unfortunately.
And so, with some grilled chicken wings and nacho chips we are set for our little tea party =)
Dinner that evening was at 8881, a hawker stall in some industrial estate. YC kept raving about the hotplate oyster omelette there. But much to our dissappointment, the stall had switched management =(. Dinner was uneventful, apart from guessing the waitress’ age and witnessing a brown rat run past.
It was back to YC’s house for the cake. Here’s us posing with the cake.
The auto mode of my cam sucks.
And the cake I baked. It tasted like a normal cheesecake!! =)
Then last Tuesday after school and malay lesson, YC’s medfac buddies and us went down to Samy’s curry restaurant (my favourite curry place!!) for another mini celebration. Samy’s isn’t quite what one calls authentic Indian food. The indian spices they use aren’t too strong, it’s pretty spicy and very very tasty. A pity though that they toned down on the spiciness, I quite like the tangy taste they had initially. And KW managed to got us the most chocolaty cake ever. The Project Shop has nice cakes =). Anyway, Samy’s located at the previous civil service club on Dempsey Road. That’s a nice quiet subcity area with a couple of wine bars tucked away in a corner.
And on Wed night, YC’s parents treated me to an ala-carte buffet at the Saltwater Restaurant (The Changi Village Hotel). They had small little portions of asian and western delicacies. Quality wasn’t fantastic, but I like their satays and salads. Could do better quantity-wise too, currently it’s only a slice of codfish if you make the order and likewise for the rendang lamb. Service, on the other hand, was fantastic. Staff visited us occassionally to make sure our meals were going smoothly, and they even had a small surprise for YC. At the end of the meal, they gathered round and sang him a birthday song. We got a cocktail each and a whole chocolate cake on the house, heh. Photos are with YC since I forgot my cam.
Gotta run now, YC’s coming. We’ll be going jogging later to lose the pounds we’ve been loading. So so fat now. =(
any lobang? July 9, 2006
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Tutee’s gonna move.. I need another job pretty soon. Anyone who knows anyone else who needs any tuition let me know ya? Preferably a weekly 2 hr session for upper sec. Thanks.
calorie-loading. and a kublai khan review. June 18, 2006
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It's been extreme binge-eating the past 3 days *burp*, and I feel a tad guilty for not exercising as much as I ought to. Aishu and Jing say the extra flab goes when school term starts again.. hur the devils! But it was good, the fried mars bars with vanilla ice-cream, glazing rasin and almond pretzels (that are going 3 for the price of 2) and crystal jade shrimp paste chicken wings. And then Katong laksa and Kublai Khan buffet (post birthday celebration!) today.
Kublai Khan was somewhat of a last minute decision after we couldn't get seats at Vienna Restaurant (which i absolutely adore for its funky teapot soups and test-tube juices). YC and I reached the restaurant somewhat earlier than my family and decided to look around. The likes of french fries and deep-fried spring rolls did not seem worthy of the 31++ bucks per pax buffet dinner reservation we made, and it wasn't till we asked the waiter that we were told that they were having a function. Food on the menu was only to be served half an hour later. And some of the paying diners were already tucking into the substandard spread.
Foodwise, only the mongolian bbq was good, and perhaps the chocolate fountain. But it doesn't quite justify the cost of the dinner because:
- Shark's fin soup lacked the fin; loster salad was nothing but fruits.
- Sashimi was badly-sliced, and the wasabi, an odd mixture without its characteristic pungent taste.
- Pasta tasted partly raw.
- Teppanyaki was bland, unappetising to the palate.
- Ice-cream was partially melted. Eugh…
- It lacks the carving table its website boasts of– the roasted duck and black pepper beef and smoked salmon.
- Half of what is stated on the menu isn't present.
Thought service was acceptable till YC and I asked for water from the drinks counter. "6 glasses of water?", the waitress asked in disbelief. She then proceeded to ask for our table number, looked to check the number of the number of people, before agreeing to serve us our drinks. Oh come on, so you think we'd cheat you of the other 4 glasses of water? Also, they started packing up too early and the chocolate fountain was gone an hour before closing time. No chocolate-coated grapes for me =(
And of course it doesn't help when 3 of us end up with diarrhoea the moment we get home. I doubt I'm ever going back there ever again. Anyone who wants the 10 bucks voucher I have can ask me for it. Will gladly give it up.
Location (Park Mall): 3.5 stars
Ambience: 2 stars
Food: 2 stars
Service: 2 stars
Pricing: Overpriced.
Overall: 2 stars
psychotic weirdballs. June 11, 2006
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I've got an uncanny knack of attracting psychotic weirdballs, it seems. Scary scary people who scare the daylight out of me. 2 incidents within the span of a month.. eughhh.. keep them far far away from me.
- Was waiting to cross the road after brunch this morning when I noticed the man. Clad in black pants and a green tee with sun tanned skin, he seemed ordinary enough, at least till he started muttering and gesturing wildly. I stood looking at him, trying to figure if he was speaking to me. It was a good half minute before I realised he was accusing me of staring at him, complete with explicit vulgarities. I told him as pleasantly as I could that I thought he was trying to ask for directions. But the lunatic continued his rant, mumbling out loud I'm a hooker trying to seduce him and adding that there are better girls all around. The utmost insult! It took all my willpower to refrain from whacking him, which I somewhat regret not doing now.
- Was down at CGH early one morning to examine a hernia case before he entered the OT. The student lounge would only be opened at 7 and so I sat near the lift lobby in the dark waiting for the rest of my CG to arrive. And a rhythmic "taaaaat" sounded, softly at first but it eventually grew louder as the source came to view. The man had a funny gait, slapping his right (I think) foot onto the ground with each step he took with it and creating an extraordinarily loud thud. As he came nearer, I closed my eyes pretending to sleep lest he should notice me staring at his gait. The rhythmic thuds stopped and I opened my eyes thinking he had moved off. But there he stood, right in front of me and much too close for comfort. To avoid a confrontation, I pretended to go back to sleep, opening my eyes again about 5 minutes later. Yet he was still there, in the exact same position staring at me. For awhile, we just stared at each other. He finally broke the silence with a greeting in mandarin, his face stoic and voice devoid of any emotion. I didn't reply and there was silence again. He continued by asking why I was there. I kept quiet. "To see a doctor?", he offered. I still didn't respond. "Waiting for someone?", he asked again. I nodded, hoping to hurry him off. "Had breakfast yet?", he continued. I nodded my head, after which he slowly shuffled away. And I hurried off to seek refuge somewhere safer.
whoa i like this! May 7, 2006
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legs like jelly April 7, 2006
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I always thought I take about 45 min to complete my usual jog of about 4.5 km round the lake. So imagine the pleasant surprise today when I saw the 3 km marking on the ground. Hurhur, that means at least 6km there and back!! I'm not as slow as I thought afterall. Yipps =)
Anyway my legs feel like jelly now, and my butt is more jiggly then ever. Need more exercise, more workouts. And I wanna windsurf. But I need company from the west so I don't have to travel there and back alone. So irritating…
