An Important Decision
I will respect the unwritten rules and laws of love and marriage, the importance and significance of couplehood, the sacrement of matrimony and most importantly, the meaning of a couple ring -- an age-old symbol of eternity. Not a belief to be broken by adolescents who take the idea of couple rings lightly and not knowing the meaning behind it. You HAVE to be willing to commit.
The only (similar) couple ring that I will ever own, will be a wedding band.
All others (if I ever have), are just evidences of childishness and untasteful selections.
No wonder I'm dizzy, the world keeps spinning around in circles.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Perth Graduation Trip -- Second Installment
Perth Graduation Trip -- Second Installment
Day 4: Karrinyup
As I mentioned in my previous post, we picked up our parents from the airport and went back to OTS's mom's house. Rested for awhile before we went out again, this time to Karrinyup Shopping Centre for some light shopping. There was this unique shop that sold lingerie packaged in very cute boxes (like sweets and lollipops) but I did not buy because shopping wasn't on my priority list. Also because I only budgeted $100AUD into my list. =(
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One of the suburb shopping centres
So we went back to Balcatta (where OTS's mom's house is) and had dinner at Wah Do! This Chinese restaurant serves the most delicious Salt and Pepper Spare Ribs that I have ever tasted!
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One plate is just not enough.. I wish I had more
And we went to King's Park, AGAIN! Only this time, with the folks. Yes, we did not catch the colourful lighted trees on that day as well. I wonder when will we ever see it? Oh oh, King's Park is totally dark. I remember the first time OTS drove me there via the darker long road right, I heard one of my dad's sayings ringing in my head: ‘小心啊，他要骗你去卖钱。’-__-
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For your info, Nikon cameras generate better nightshots than Canon cameras
Then we went home and slept! This is where I started cultivating the habit of sleeping at 10pm over there.. mostly because there's nothing for me to do. LOL.
Day 5: Subiaco Market, Cottlesloe Beach & Swan Belltower
This day, we dropped by Subiaco Market to get some groceries! En route there, I saw a morning breakfast shop and bought a cup of coffee! That was life. Drinking coffee on a cold morning, ah....
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Looking at the pastries and sandwiches just makes me salivates
The mothers saw stalls selling fruits and started buying them. The trip to the market really opened my eyes to the world of marketing, grocery marketing. I have never seen so many types of vegetables before.. And we bought many many kinds of macadamia nuts! Honey roasted, salted, garlic and even smoked! I have no idea why when in Perth, I was exceptionally infatuated with veggies. Every lunch or dinner, I would bug OTS and ask 'veggies leh???'. Haha!
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I wished I had bought every kind of veggie and tried to cook them!
On our way to Cottlesloe Beach again, we passed by the Rose Garden so we got down and took some pictures!
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If only I could pick some roses home, hurhur
Looking at my mother's expression when she saw the beach, I knew that she loved the view. Below are just a few of the many photos that she took. 真是佩服了那些红毛，那么冷也能游泳！
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Too bad it was too cold to swim in the sea
Sometimes I wonder if OTS is bored of visiting all these places with me or my parents because he's been there so many times already? It's like asking me to visit Sentosa with my friends from abroad and seeing them go 'WAHHHHH!!! VERY NICE!!!'. Like what the fuck. But don't care la baby, I have never seen ang moh (nude) beaches before leh.
Next on schedule (yes, he keeps a schedule of where to visit on which day) we went to Swan Belltower. I think this tower houses some of the oldest bells (in the world? on Earth? in Australia?) and itself is a bell chamber that contains many many huge bells. We were there at the right timing because we managed to catch the chiming bells performance where the bells were being manually pulled by people two levels below them.
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That's on the 6th level and wind was blowing very strongly.. I almost zhaogeng-ed in one of the photos taken.. WILL NOT POST IT UP!
And since we were near the city, I requested to go to the city andSHOP WALK around even though it was already 3pm and shops close at 5pm.
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I know.. from the pictures, hardly look like a city right?
This pretty much sums up the first two days of my parents' arrival in Perth. Next installment is about the trip to Busselton, Margaret River and Dunsborough! You know what you should do. =)
Day 4: Karrinyup
As I mentioned in my previous post, we picked up our parents from the airport and went back to OTS's mom's house. Rested for awhile before we went out again, this time to Karrinyup Shopping Centre for some light shopping. There was this unique shop that sold lingerie packaged in very cute boxes (like sweets and lollipops) but I did not buy because shopping wasn't on my priority list. Also because I only budgeted $100AUD into my list. =(
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One of the suburb shopping centres
So we went back to Balcatta (where OTS's mom's house is) and had dinner at Wah Do! This Chinese restaurant serves the most delicious Salt and Pepper Spare Ribs that I have ever tasted!
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One plate is just not enough.. I wish I had more
And we went to King's Park, AGAIN! Only this time, with the folks. Yes, we did not catch the colourful lighted trees on that day as well. I wonder when will we ever see it? Oh oh, King's Park is totally dark. I remember the first time OTS drove me there via the darker long road right, I heard one of my dad's sayings ringing in my head: ‘小心啊，他要骗你去卖钱。’-__-
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For your info, Nikon cameras generate better nightshots than Canon cameras
Then we went home and slept! This is where I started cultivating the habit of sleeping at 10pm over there.. mostly because there's nothing for me to do. LOL.
Day 5: Subiaco Market, Cottlesloe Beach & Swan Belltower
This day, we dropped by Subiaco Market to get some groceries! En route there, I saw a morning breakfast shop and bought a cup of coffee! That was life. Drinking coffee on a cold morning, ah....
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Looking at the pastries and sandwiches just makes me salivates
The mothers saw stalls selling fruits and started buying them. The trip to the market really opened my eyes to the world of marketing, grocery marketing. I have never seen so many types of vegetables before.. And we bought many many kinds of macadamia nuts! Honey roasted, salted, garlic and even smoked! I have no idea why when in Perth, I was exceptionally infatuated with veggies. Every lunch or dinner, I would bug OTS and ask 'veggies leh???'. Haha!
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I wished I had bought every kind of veggie and tried to cook them!
On our way to Cottlesloe Beach again, we passed by the Rose Garden so we got down and took some pictures!
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If only I could pick some roses home, hurhur
Looking at my mother's expression when she saw the beach, I knew that she loved the view. Below are just a few of the many photos that she took. 真是佩服了那些红毛，那么冷也能游泳！
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Too bad it was too cold to swim in the sea
Sometimes I wonder if OTS is bored of visiting all these places with me or my parents because he's been there so many times already? It's like asking me to visit Sentosa with my friends from abroad and seeing them go 'WAHHHHH!!! VERY NICE!!!'. Like what the fuck. But don't care la baby, I have never seen ang moh (nude) beaches before leh.
Next on schedule (yes, he keeps a schedule of where to visit on which day) we went to Swan Belltower. I think this tower houses some of the oldest bells (in the world? on Earth? in Australia?) and itself is a bell chamber that contains many many huge bells. We were there at the right timing because we managed to catch the chiming bells performance where the bells were being manually pulled by people two levels below them.
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That's on the 6th level and wind was blowing very strongly.. I almost zhaogeng-ed in one of the photos taken.. WILL NOT POST IT UP!
And since we were near the city, I requested to go to the city and
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I know.. from the pictures, hardly look like a city right?
This pretty much sums up the first two days of my parents' arrival in Perth. Next installment is about the trip to Busselton, Margaret River and Dunsborough! You know what you should do. =)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Perth Graduation Trip -- First Installment
Perth Graduation Trip -- First Installment
Day 1: Singapore to Perth
It was my first time flying alone and surprisingly, I liked the experience. The solitude I had on the plane was quite refreshing and I love just wandering around in the airport alone, not having to wait for anybody. The meal I had onboard sucks (as you can see) and the inflight entertainment was mediocre. Interestingly, I found myself glued to Journey to the Center of the Earth and I had 2 seats to myself.
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The journey to Perth, Western Australia
OTS was late! Hmm, technically he wasn't late, my flight landed early so I cleared the customs pretty quickly and went out to sit down and read my Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Before long, I felt someone breathing behind my neck (I had half a mind to punch whoever it was but I thought it might be OTS) so I turned and there he was! At last after 5 months of waiting and planning, my Perth trip was going to kick off finally.
Day 2: Trinity College
The next day, after settling down in his college room, I became his chambermaid and started to pack up some of the things that he needed to bring home while he studied for his last paper. Armed with a packet chips that he bought for me and a big cup of coffee, I sat on his huge leather chair and watched 胭脂水份 the whole day. He was so distracted and he kept commenting on the story while he studied when he did not even like to watch Cantonese shows! I guess, compared to mugging for exams, everything else is so much more interesting.
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I became his cook, maid and entertainer
He told me it would be summer in November so all I brought were just shorts and dresses and perhaps maybe a cardigan or two. But I realised that it could get very very cold at night and I even found myself shivering at one point. So I called home and told my mother that it felt like I'm in Genting, the very very cold in the morning kind so that she could bring more clothes over for me. There were times when I had to close his balcony door completely to stop the cold wind from blowing in and snuggle into the blanket. Now I know what is OTS's meaning of 'summertime'.. I can't imagine his 'wintertime' though.
Later in the evening, OTS figured out that he needed a stroll so we drove around to get some sun and air before going back to prepare dinner and retiring early as his paper was on the next morning.
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This was around 6pm to 7pm.. still very bright!
Day 3: Sumptuous Dinner!!
After his paper, we moved some of his stuff back home before going for dinner at Villa Picasso with his mom. And I finally ate my chilli mussels! The seafood platter we had was huge!
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I think I can finish one bowl of chilli mussels myself
Then we went pator-ing and he brought me to King's Park. We went there the previous night but I forgot to bring out my camera with me so he promised that he would bring me there again. Apparently we were trying to see if we could catch the day when colourful lights would be shone on the trees but I think we missed it.
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Perth City night view
See the long wall at the bottom of the collage? He told me it's The Whispering Wall. He ran to the one end and spoke towards the wall while I stood at the other end and I could hear every word he said!
Went to Cottlesloe Beach and it was the first time in my life that I saw so many seagulls flying around! Nights in Perth were very very cold, much less to say if you were by the beach.
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Cottlesloe Beach
We went back to his college to move more stuff back home and finally slept only at 2am, which was a dread, because we had to pick my parents up from the airport at 7am. However, these 3 days were very fulfilling for us as we always talked about us spending time together in the college, where the only impression I had previously was seeing everything from the webcam.
This is only the first installment of the three weeks that I have spent in Perth, so please stay tuned for more. I know it took awhile but stay patient!
Day 1: Singapore to Perth
It was my first time flying alone and surprisingly, I liked the experience. The solitude I had on the plane was quite refreshing and I love just wandering around in the airport alone, not having to wait for anybody. The meal I had onboard sucks (as you can see) and the inflight entertainment was mediocre. Interestingly, I found myself glued to Journey to the Center of the Earth and I had 2 seats to myself.
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The journey to Perth, Western Australia
OTS was late! Hmm, technically he wasn't late, my flight landed early so I cleared the customs pretty quickly and went out to sit down and read my Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Before long, I felt someone breathing behind my neck (I had half a mind to punch whoever it was but I thought it might be OTS) so I turned and there he was! At last after 5 months of waiting and planning, my Perth trip was going to kick off finally.
Day 2: Trinity College
The next day, after settling down in his college room, I became his chambermaid and started to pack up some of the things that he needed to bring home while he studied for his last paper. Armed with a packet chips that he bought for me and a big cup of coffee, I sat on his huge leather chair and watched 胭脂水份 the whole day. He was so distracted and he kept commenting on the story while he studied when he did not even like to watch Cantonese shows! I guess, compared to mugging for exams, everything else is so much more interesting.
1.jpg)
I became his cook, maid and entertainer
He told me it would be summer in November so all I brought were just shorts and dresses and perhaps maybe a cardigan or two. But I realised that it could get very very cold at night and I even found myself shivering at one point. So I called home and told my mother that it felt like I'm in Genting, the very very cold in the morning kind so that she could bring more clothes over for me. There were times when I had to close his balcony door completely to stop the cold wind from blowing in and snuggle into the blanket. Now I know what is OTS's meaning of 'summertime'.. I can't imagine his 'wintertime' though.
Later in the evening, OTS figured out that he needed a stroll so we drove around to get some sun and air before going back to prepare dinner and retiring early as his paper was on the next morning.
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This was around 6pm to 7pm.. still very bright!
Day 3: Sumptuous Dinner!!
After his paper, we moved some of his stuff back home before going for dinner at Villa Picasso with his mom. And I finally ate my chilli mussels! The seafood platter we had was huge!
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I think I can finish one bowl of chilli mussels myself
Then we went pator-ing and he brought me to King's Park. We went there the previous night but I forgot to bring out my camera with me so he promised that he would bring me there again. Apparently we were trying to see if we could catch the day when colourful lights would be shone on the trees but I think we missed it.
4.jpg)
Perth City night view
See the long wall at the bottom of the collage? He told me it's The Whispering Wall. He ran to the one end and spoke towards the wall while I stood at the other end and I could hear every word he said!
Went to Cottlesloe Beach and it was the first time in my life that I saw so many seagulls flying around! Nights in Perth were very very cold, much less to say if you were by the beach.
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Cottlesloe Beach
We went back to his college to move more stuff back home and finally slept only at 2am, which was a dread, because we had to pick my parents up from the airport at 7am. However, these 3 days were very fulfilling for us as we always talked about us spending time together in the college, where the only impression I had previously was seeing everything from the webcam.
This is only the first installment of the three weeks that I have spent in Perth, so please stay tuned for more. I know it took awhile but stay patient!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
To My Best Friend In The World
To My Best Friend In The World
Today, my best friend has left me for the sixth time since we knew each other a couple of years back. I thought that I should really be used to it but he had to make me cry, even though he promised not to.
In front of him, I always bragged about how I would not be clingy and will hold my tears back, but he is the only one who knew that I would be crying my guts out the very night he left when I go to bed. The whole world does not know, but he knows.
He gives extra hugs at the airport to console and comfort me, and he also knows that doing that would only make me miss him more. But what else can we say? What else can we do?
This time, the destination is Osaka. A whole new environment for him, a new chapter in my life for me. More uncertainty, less assurance. As much as we hope that the 'flying around' thing would just stop and if only we would be blessed with more time with each other, 'making do with it' is what we can do best for ourselves, I guess.
To my best friend, although I will be missing you alot, although you would be unable to call me as often as when you were in Perth, although I would be unable to cook you lunch, although you would miss bringing me breakfasts, although I would not visit the Crocodile Farm without you, although you would have to go jogging without me as a new-found kaki, although I would not go swimming without you, although I lost the Bob Marley CD (I will find it somehow), although you are sick of the Jay songs that I play in the car, although we haven't had a single tau hway supper this holiday, please enjoy the life and experiences in Osaka and bring back your fondest memories to share them with me, your best friend over here.
Don't let our efforts go futile.
Because you're not just my boyfriend, you are my best friend too.
Today, my best friend has left me for the sixth time since we knew each other a couple of years back. I thought that I should really be used to it but he had to make me cry, even though he promised not to.
In front of him, I always bragged about how I would not be clingy and will hold my tears back, but he is the only one who knew that I would be crying my guts out the very night he left when I go to bed. The whole world does not know, but he knows.
He gives extra hugs at the airport to console and comfort me, and he also knows that doing that would only make me miss him more. But what else can we say? What else can we do?
This time, the destination is Osaka. A whole new environment for him, a new chapter in my life for me. More uncertainty, less assurance. As much as we hope that the 'flying around' thing would just stop and if only we would be blessed with more time with each other, 'making do with it' is what we can do best for ourselves, I guess.
To my best friend, although I will be missing you alot, although you would be unable to call me as often as when you were in Perth, although I would be unable to cook you lunch, although you would miss bringing me breakfasts, although I would not visit the Crocodile Farm without you, although you would have to go jogging without me as a new-found kaki, although I would not go swimming without you, although I lost the Bob Marley CD (I will find it somehow), although you are sick of the Jay songs that I play in the car, although we haven't had a single tau hway supper this holiday, please enjoy the life and experiences in Osaka and bring back your fondest memories to share them with me, your best friend over here.
Don't let our efforts go futile.
Because you're not just my boyfriend, you are my best friend too.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
My last post for the year 2008! Just a short one, I'm waiting for OTS, his sister and Wee Kian to come over for new year mahjong. They are taking sooo long. Sighs.
Happy New Year and still jobless! Hehe.
My last post for the year 2008! Just a short one, I'm waiting for OTS, his sister and Wee Kian to come over for new year mahjong. They are taking sooo long. Sighs.
Happy New Year and still jobless! Hehe.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Some Really Outdated Pictures
Some Really Outdated Pictures
Kah How's birthday celebration -- also the last time I clubbed. =/
A grasshopper I killed two months ago. Yay. To hell with pests.
Kah How's birthday celebration -- also the last time I clubbed. =/
A grasshopper I killed two months ago. Yay. To hell with pests.
Very random. I just felt like I had to finish this up. Hee.
Sometimes
Sometimes
I wonder if I am really getting to the ultimate stage -- being a boring old fart. Give me the options of a clubbing session or a lar-teh session, I would grab the car and chiong to a prata stall immediately.
Anytime.
But my corresponding acquaintances seem to differ. In them, I see their still very youthful lifestyles and the energy to hold up the sleeping spells till 5am.
I think my bedtime in Perth was 10pm, which is to say, Singapore's 9pm. Even last night, after watching the 9.30pm 葉問 which ended at around 11.30pm, we went home immediately. No supper, no nothing.
惨了，真的是老了。
PS: 我看到好多女性朋友的奶都不是很大，但他们都超敢露的！我想，是时候老娘发挥了吧？把你们这些小妮子都赶走！小‘奶’（福建话）子。哈哈！
I wonder if I am really getting to the ultimate stage -- being a boring old fart. Give me the options of a clubbing session or a lar-teh session, I would grab the car and chiong to a prata stall immediately.
Anytime.
But my corresponding acquaintances seem to differ. In them, I see their still very youthful lifestyles and the energy to hold up the sleeping spells till 5am.
I think my bedtime in Perth was 10pm, which is to say, Singapore's 9pm. Even last night, after watching the 9.30pm 葉問 which ended at around 11.30pm, we went home immediately. No supper, no nothing.
惨了，真的是老了。
PS: 我看到好多女性朋友的奶都不是很大，但他们都超敢露的！我想，是时候老娘发挥了吧？把你们这些小妮子都赶走！小‘奶’（福建话）子。哈哈！
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
I Am Back
I Am Back
with loads of potato chips in different flavours and not intending to share them with anyone. I conveniently forgot to buy starbursts and havaianas!
I heard that I passed all my exams -- I haven't checked. I was on the way to Esperance taking over the wheel when I heard my phone rang -- a text message from Yuet Wei telling me my results.
Let's just say I was happily driving 480km at an average speed of 140km/h. =)
with loads of potato chips in different flavours and not intending to share them with anyone. I conveniently forgot to buy starbursts and havaianas!
I heard that I passed all my exams -- I haven't checked. I was on the way to Esperance taking over the wheel when I heard my phone rang -- a text message from Yuet Wei telling me my results.
Let's just say I was happily driving 480km at an average speed of 140km/h. =)
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