♥ Champagne and Strawberries ♥

ღ Monday, February 16, 2009

My days are so tiring!! I can hardly keep my eyes open now. I have to squint in order to stop my eyes from hurting like mad! Sighs! So tired, tired, tired yet no time to sleep! :(

But I guess it's because of dance practices. 4 days a week, about 12 hours of practice each week. EACH WEEK! Saturday is the worst, 4 hours of practice on that day. *faints* OK i know I shouldn't complain and all because SYF is coming and we shall aim high high high, not going to tell you how high though:) And I love dance so I can't complain. Except that the after effects makes you so tired. Sighhs!

It has been hard weeks nowadays. The reason being that my maid has had an unfortunate farewell. My mother had to send her back for reasons so unimaginable that everyone I told my story to could only drop their jaws in utter horror.

SHE was stealing from us!! And not the usual note-picking from our wallets or something. She went to a totally higher level. She opened my mother's locked cupboard, stole her cheques, wrote an amount, forge her signature and dropped it in. It passed. And she happily have that amount of money in her bank account now. So shocking right? How could anyone have guess that she was capable of such a thing? I also think she told us more that a million lies already. I think that everything that came out of her mouth are lies now. She betrayed our trust, our kindness. She's inhumane.

SO SAYONARA TO HER!! And now we have to do the chores and everything. I miss home cook food. :( Always having to tabao food home is not very nice. Eating cold, soggy food which I have to tug home almost everyday for my siblings to eat too is not a very nice relaxing dinner. What with me trying to do better in school and dance being so intensive, and my parents(particularly one) still thinking that there's a maid at home(me). =.=

Sighhs! I need a breather! Don't you too? I want to go out to Marina Square with Linglan and dine in at Andersen's. Mmmm. Like the first time we went there together where it was quiet and peaceful! ME LIKE!

Also also, maybe I'm so tired now its from the after effects of the morning of 13 Feb 2009. On that morning and I really mean morning as in 00.00 hours in the morning. We were still cutting off thorns and leaves, packaging them up nicely, tying ribbons for each and every flower that was ordered through us. Dance club was doing a sale of roses in conjunction with Valentine's Day! the flowers only arrived on Thursday in bunches. So it was our duty to ensure that each and everyone was nicely packaged so that people can give out to their love ones. It's tiring lor! We didn't sleep a single wink that night. I handwrapped 85 sunflowers(putting the cotton wool cutting the stumps, putting the wrapper etc) by myself! While someone else tied of course, I'm a suckler at tying ribbons. And when it was 7a.m., we had to rush down armed with boxes of roses and sunflowers down to school. As you can predict, my eyes failed to remain open during all the lectures I attended.

But it was fun I can say in the least. :) And it was worth it to see all our nicely wrapped flowers being bought off and profit coming in. $.$ Muahahaha! Thank you all for your Valentine's day gift to me! Love you all. Muacks muacks muacks!

And now for more horror stories.

An innocent looking house. Actually it's my musical box. Nice right? it's from switzerland.

The mechanism that's inside. I'm sure you've caught something in view.

MY LOVELY MUSICAL BOX BEING OVERRUN BY THE STUPID, (*&&*^%#$%^, ANTS!! See the amount of eggs that's piled up. Omg! I almost got a heart attack! There's no food in the musical box so it was the last place I would have thought for them to make a stupid nest. Zzzz! But I managed to wash them out so now my musical box is still working. Yayness! :)

My first ever loaf of bread that I baked! So proud of it! It's a bit distorted though. :x

And I found out something very interesting too. There was a period of time where even though I slept early, I always couldn't get a good night's sleep and always woke up feeling very exhausted and fatigue. I thought it was just me not having a good night's sleep so I didn't think much of it. But I also started feeling very depress, like there was something inside of me that could not be expressed out and made me feel very crazy and restless. I seriously thought I was out of my mind. So I went to internet and check it out. Internet is so reliable sometimes.

From what I read, the reason for me not having a good night's sleep is because of low oestrogen inside of your body(females not males, mind you). When there's low oestrogen in your body, it'll be hard to get a good night's rest and you'll always feel tired as well as depressed and having thoughts of suicide. It's part of the menstrual cycle though and after a few days you'll be okay. I insist that chocolates help my hormones so that I can eat more of it :D

Right now, I'm loving the song, "Thinking of you" by Katy Perry. <3

♥ You've been kissed @

7:35 PM

ღ Thursday, January 08, 2009

IF YOU ARE A TWILIGHT FAN, READ NO FURTHER!!

I was reading Breaking Dawn just now, the first few chapters at least, and all I wanted to do by then was just throw/fling/dump the book at one side in frustration and irritation!

I AM SO FREAKING IRRITATED BY BELLA!!

The part which really got me irritated was how that it was her wedding, her own wedding whether she liked it or was forced into it or what, and all she can say is (not quoted directly) " I practically danced with everybody but all I wanted was to feel his cool arms around me."

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That's not the only thing. About the way how they're always kissing and how she always describe it as cool, hard lips against hers with delicious sweet breath. *Rolls eyes*

She is such a loser. Jacob Black is so poor thing for loving such a loser. I LOVE JACOB BLACK!! He's so much more cooler and alive then Edward. The things that Edward says and does are always pretty limited. So sad.

I don't understand how the Twilight series can be a #1 Major international bestseller. OH PLEASE??? Compared to Harry Potter, IT IS NOTHIN! I don't care if the girls are all so goo-eyed over Edward Cullen or what. It can NEVER EVER compare to Harry Potter or to a series by Angie Sage that I read too or to Shopaholic!! Her writing can never be compared to them.

I seriously don't see the fuss in Twilight, movie or book.

Writing is mediocre.

Plot is mediocre.

Actors, AWFUL =.=

Jacob Black AWESOME!!

Isabella Swan TOTAL LOSER!!

Edward Cullen AS STIFF AS A ROCK

So please, stop saying Harry Potter can just be gone. Or saying that its the #1 story of the year. You'll be disgracing other much better authors out there.

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Finally managed to go to the zoo with MeiYand and Dixin! FINALLY FINALLY after such a long long time. Muacks! Loves Loves!!

Huge turtles I never see before!

The snake doesn't look so big does it?

I'll bet the sheer thickness of its body is about the thickness of my whole head. :x

And there, my lovelies! :D

And I went for my first Kbox session on Tues with Susan, Linglan and Janelle!! It was fun!! For $14.50, we had fried nuggets, fruits and Ice Honey juice for two hours! But we were so full already from eating Yuki Yaki! I kinda miss the ice-cream there even though you have to make your own ice-cream and it is super super tiring! Linglan and Susan were singing Chinese songs in the end, Janelle and I are aliens to it. :( But nevertheless we tried, and we sang our FIRST ever chinese song there. :D

♥ You've been kissed @

10:05 PM

ღ Thursday, January 01, 2009

I am so tired!!!

My friend brought me horse-riding in the morning and I had to wake up at an absurd time of 5.30 a.m.!! That's not even the time for me to wake up for school! But I guess it was worth it! :) Except that when I went there they gave me a pony for the trial lesson.

A pony and me.... Hmmmmmmmmmm!

But well I didn't object or anything. I tell you. The pony is very very much alive then the horse I rode in New Zealand. He was sooo alive that while I was on him, he suddenly took off galloping and I had to do my utmost best to GRAB on for dear life!

It was sooo scaryyy!!

The first time I managed to stay on but the SECOND TIME he was much cleverer, he charged and turn at a corner. Haha, I guess he got his wish. I FELL OFF! But since it was sand it wasn't painful. And good thing I managed to let go of the reins and the stirrups so I wouldn't get dragged all around by the pony. I shall not call him anything because as the instructor said there are many many factors that might have him charging off like a crazy animal. I was super glad I got a pony then because at least the fall won't be so high. Sighhhs.

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New Zealand was FUN FUN FUN! Some parts actually. The place is seriously breathtaking and it's just the place to refresh you and take a break from the busy busy business of Singapore life. Going there is some sort of stepping into those postcards you see of beautiful scenery.

Singapore can never boast that its a clean and green city. New Zealand is probably 10x cleaner and greener than it is! It is so clean that ppl actually do walk around the city barefooted!!

New Zealand is 5 hours ahead of us. You know, the sun rises around 6-7 a.m. and sets only at 9+ p.m.! So you have like more than 12 hours of sunlight in one day!! But then their shops closes around 6 or so. Meaning no more late night shopping or supper that most Singaporeans love to do. There's probably no night life there and you hardly see people. Maybe not hardly but you don't really see a lot of ppl. Not like in Singapore where you go to the MRT at like 9+ p.m. and there're still throngs of ppl.

According to information from someone(dont' know whether its reliable), Singapore has 6million on our tiny island while new Zealand has 4 million living there. Imagine the difference!! New Zealand is definitely a place I would love love love to go EVERY YEAR!! And you should too!! I wanna go shopping there too!

We took British Airlines and did a transfer to Qantas in Sydney. This is the first time I've seen such cute bottles of wine and sprite! And the Pretzels they give in those tiny packets are simply deeeelicious!

Airport has NICE stuff! :D

I'll go where you gooo~ LOL! Sounds like what ppl would put as captions.

These are little christmas trees growing so that they'll be BIG and READY for christmas this year! :D

Random river my father drove us too. He was pretty cranky that day. It was raining maybe that's the reason. I love how the clouds were rolling down the grassy mountains.

That's my LUGE ticket!

Their Luge ride is probably so much more fun than Singapore's one! Although I've never ridden Singapore's one before. But I can vouch for it. It was raining again on this day and the roads were slippery!! I took the advance lane and I almost skidded off the road!! But it was sooo super fun!! It was so fun that I was smiling like an idiot. =.=

The plunge pool at our 3rd motel!! It's filled and kept warm so it's like a sauna inside.

We went to Wai-O-Tama(I don't know if its the correct title) thermal wonderland. IT IS NO THERMAL WONDERLAND!! It was raining super hard that day and my father was being a total loser forcing us to go round all the tracks. I understand about not wasting money and enjoying all the scenes. But seriously, the tone of his voice makes me wanna rebutt him but then it won't do me any good also. So ENDURANCE IS THE KEY!

And i've realise I've ABSOLUTELY ZERO interest with volcanoes or glacers or green pools like that called devil's pool. I think cos of the high level of sulphur that makes it green. The smell of sulphur was so strong that it almost made me puke!

Devil's hole. Why is everything devil? =.=

The sky looks dark and mysterious~~

Our car....

NOT!

My mother didn't want to kiss me. :( But anyways I don't want her to!

Tororongiro National Park! This was as close as we could get to the Lord of the Rings sets.

The rocky plains are supposedly to be Mordor from the Lord of the Rings.

I'm annoyed at my mum!

Popcorn flower!

ICEE not snow!

That snowy mountain is Mount Raupehu which is supposedly Mount Doom.

Does it look like Mount Doom?

I made them do this pose. :D

This is our boat for the day!! With our skipper, Richard.

Mum was too afraid to come up. Plus it was sunny.

My sister and I took the time to Sun tan! Though I'm already so super dark. =.=

Our lovely kitchen.

Bedroom.

An attraction at Lake Taupo. Apparently two Maori people used some tools to carve out this picture.

Craters of the moon. More steam, more sulphur, more glacers. Boring.

Horsies!!

That was my horsey for 1 hour. Her name is Autumn. But seriously all their horses looks pretty dead though I've rather a dead one then one who would suddenly charge and try to get me off its back. Horse-riding in new Zealand is the best!! They teach us a bit about turning, stopping and going before we head the trail.

The trail is absolutely wonderful. It's like walking into a whole forest filled with christmas trees all around, the air is cool and smells like pine trees and you're riding a horse who is rather well-behave unless its obstinate and starts eating away. The next time I go there I want to go and do horse-riding in an open land, like a meadow. But i doubt I can gallop or anything. :(

Lake Taupo! It's formed from a volcano or something which is extinct or dormant. The skipper told us that Lake Taupo is the same size of Singapore but I don't think it is.

Honey bees who makes the deelicious New Zealand honey which is a just buy! And they sold lovely lovely Hokey Pokey ice-cream there which is my ultimate favourite ice-cream in new zealand cos it tastes the best there!

Huka Falls

Garden of really pretty roses!

haha! I've found your favourite vampire's restaurant. I din't go in. I'll probably be the dinner instead. :x

That's how bright it is at 9.00 at night! We're having dinner where we ate fantabulous beefs :D

War memorial

I think this is such a pretty photo! The blue is just so.... BLUE!

That's my house!

The background people look like little dolls. What is my dad doing? =.=

My oven!

I love the sky in new Zealand. It is really azure blue with white fluffy clouds dotting it.

The art school in Auckland. I think the environment is a most suitable place to inspire people.

The weather there is sooo good then you can just plant oranges and grapes in your backyard. Even in summer, the weather felt like air-conditioning.

Jacuzzi in our room! My sandfly bites hasn't healed :((

We're flying over the houses!

The view from Mount Eden. One of the tourist spots. A crater is formed here from a hitting meteor?

All I can is that even though there were quarrels and discontentment, the place still really really left me loving it so much more. And when I truly touched down in Singapore, it was then that I really missed the environment and weather there. But when I was in new Zealand i really missed my bed and home. Haha! But I think I'll always think of Singapore as my home and new Zealand as a place for summer vacation :)

P.s. If you want any photos to put as background or what, feel free to email me or msn me at dolphin_crystal@hotmail.com I don't charge a single penny:)

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7:22 PM

ღ Thursday, December 25, 2008

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SYDNEY!

I have just touched down in Sydney to transfer to another plane to go to Auckland, NZ. But we have to wait a darn 4 hours in the airport before we can be on our way. =.= An awful waste of time if you ask me. It's now 9.10a.m. here in Sydney. 3 hours ahead of Singapore. And I've seen so many cute babies that Linglan and Janelle
would probably fight over to take photos with. Haha!

I am deprived of sleep. My aunty keeps nudging and fidgeting and keep disturbing me. I was sooo irritated. Zzzz!

Anyways, I'll try to take lot lots of photos! Hope I'm not too lazy to pull out the big big dslr camera. hehe.

Have a blessed christmas! :)

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6:08 AM

ღ Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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I AM FEELING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT! AND YOU SHOULD TOO!!

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10:39 PM

ღ Friday, December 12, 2008

I guess it's true. After a while of not blogging, you don't feel like blogging already. It just seems like something that has to be done! Haha! But not anymore for me. I've been sick!! Sick and tired and lazy perhaps. But now I'm back, probably cos I don't have anything else to do. Holidays sometimes does have its cons too. But I don't wanna be the one to be complaining about it. :x I guess I haven't put it to good use! I really wanna go out but the sickness and the burnt pocket has kept me home. Sighs. And when you're at home your social bar just keeps going down and down till you'll fall into a state of depression. Muahaha! No I'm not depressed. My social bar's not fallen till that deeply. I hope. :x

Anyways, on last Tuesday, Linglan, Jan and I had the best experience so far! Cycling in the cold, harsh rain through about 32KM! We cycled all the way to Changi Village for makan and then back to East Coast Park. Lol when we set off we were still feeling very happy and shuang and not at all worried about the rain or anything. But when we came back, it was a very very different story.

Disgusting LuoHanGuo juice I bought at Causeway bus interchange for my sore and itchy throat. It didn't heal it, in fact making it worse. It was probably 5% luohanguo flavour and 95% brown sugar. YUCKS! DON'T EVERY BUY IT!

Posing on the floor! Still happy!

... still happy!

Uh oh! Are those dark clouds I'm seeing?

Janelle's trying to be cool. =.=

At the secluded beach spot we found!

Janelle's only succeeded jump post :D

And so we reached Changi Village and had our lunch/tea/early dinner however you call it. It rained while we ate and cleared right after we finished. Amazing isn't it. So we set off.

On the way back we met up with cyclists who werewaiting out at the shelter. We decided to join them because it indeed seem like it was going to rain. And rained it did. It didn't show any mercy. From where we were, the whole airport was totally obscured from sight due to the heavy rain. It was soo cold too! It took about half an hour for the rain to blow over which made us really late in returning our bikes.

It started to rain again while we were on the road! It was fun though! Cold, wet with the rain dripping down your face, thighs burning as you try to cycle as fast as you can back. We saw army guys marching in through the rain and other cyclist too so we didn't feel too lonely out in the dreary rain.

And

FINALLY FINALLY WE REACHED THE BICYCLE STATION!! We were sooo happy and the uncle was sooo nice to not charge us a huge amount for the many hours we had to take to cycle back. I guess he thought we looked terrible already.

After that day I fell sick though. It was all because of that stupid stupid bus! It was like super super cold until I could feel myself shivering violently and hear my teeth chattering. My muscles were all feeling tight and numb. I guess my body temperature really dipped to an extreme low. :x Hypothermia its called. But I'm all ok now! Except for the stupid phlegm still stuck in my throat. Bleagh! But overall, it was a really exciting experience. I wanna do it again! But this time, instead of just sunblock I'm going to bring a cap and a WINDBREAKER so I don't fall sick again. Hmph!

THANK YOU AGGIE FOR TREATING US TO SEOUL GARDEN!! Knowing that I have a burnt hole in my pocket she dated me out and told me she'll treat me to seoul garden. Awwww! What'll do without you!!?? So we ate, and camwhored, and ate somemore. But I think I didn't eat as much as I did last time. Sighs I guess my stomach is growing smaller and smaller. And Janelle can't eat chicken so she was eating all the pasta and noodles and rice. :x

I look like Smarty from the bookworm gang. Just that he's a boy and I'm not!

This is one of Janelle's concoctions which she claimed would be nice and all. In the end, she threw it away and told us not to try. Muahaha! At least she wasn't evil to make us drink it. :x

And we saw our sec sch history teacher with her family. I think her baby is cute!!! He looks like snoopy. Poor Janelle! He's not paying any attention to her. He's looking at MEEE! :D

Hahah Janelle in the curtain dress which I took to try but couldn't fit! It drops! I think she can camouflage with the curtains! :x

And the rest of the time was spent slacking and rotting at home. I can totally feel myself degrading like a piece of product. Sighs. I realised I miss watching anime so much. If only ...

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9:04 PM

ღ Friday, November 28, 2008

CODE GEASS

My cousin introduced me to this anime saying that it was very very nice and that I would not regret it and all. So one morning when I was bored I went to watch! And since I started watching, may as well just finish watching isn't it? And so I finished both seasons each with 25 episodes. I can proudly tell you now that my cousin's words are as good as gold! There's action, love, friendship, tragedy and so much more mixed into this anime. Though a few parts were quite confusing but the storyline still flowed. It is such a beautifully done storyboard. This is the first anime, and probably the very very few shows, that have made me cried. It made me cry all the way till I slept. Not because of the negative parts but because it was so touching and sad. WATCH IT!! For guys, there's also a lot of robots and machinery and spacecraft which my father adores a lot so you won't be disappointed.

WATCH IT!

And tell me if what I say isn't the truth.

Anyway, my friend is such an innocent innocent girl. (Name has been removed to protect the identity of the person) Today we went down to Ahmad Ibrahim for their dance mini showcase. Before leaving, we went to the washroom. The doors to the cubicles are super easy to open from the outside. My friend used her fingernail to turn the knob so that the catch would be released. Another friend pretended to open the door and then quickly close it back again. My friend who was inside the cubicle saw the door open and exclaimed,

" OMG I AM SO EMBARRASSED! HOW CAN I FORGET TO LOCK THE DOOR?!"

That was the last straw. When she said that, all of us just burst into fits of laughter! She's such an innocent innocent girl. All the way home she kept saying how embarrassed she was that she forgot to lock the door until we told her the truth. Haha! Then she seemed so amazed and asked us to teach her how to open the door!! LOL she is so funny!:)

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9:41 PM