EDNA'S BLOG

New clothes!

2012-02-01T21:38:00.002+08:00

As soon as I saw Zoe Raymond's tweet about a blogshop having sales.... I immediately went to have a look! Who can resist sales you tell me! :D

Definitely not me!

I got this drawstring overall in pink!

She's Zonia Raymond, Zoe's sister.

And another blue top!

That's Zoe Raymond.

(Credits to the respective blogshop.)

If you read the 50 things about me, you would have known that I read Zoe's blog like every single day because she posts an entry almost every single day! This is awesome for a crazy blog reader like me. *coughs*

Anyway, my entry about my performance for the Rhapsodies of Spring 2012 will be up next! So stay tuned okay! That entry has freaking lots of photos, this I promise. I'm almost done with the entry already but I'm just procrastinating every single day to type out the content. This, I confess.

Oh! I have almost mastered T-ara's "Lovey Dovey" dance already! What's left is Hwa Young's part and I'm done! And I know the hype about Hwa Young right now, poor girl. But anyway, I will be uploading a dance cover, "The Boys" by Girls' Generation within this week!

Stay tuned hor. So many things will be uploaded, make sure you guys come back kay.

Alright, annyeong! :D

My Christmas 2011

2012-01-24T21:04:00.000+08:00

I know! It's 2012 and it's Chinese New Year!

This shows how much I have to blog! >.<

So let's get started.

As you know I moved into my new home recently, so this would be my first time celebrating Christmas here!

Chocolates and pen from various people! (Okay, I have to confess that none of them are mine but my brother 'gave' them to me willingly so I declare what you see above are mine.)

*coughs*

I spent my Christmas doing some volunteer work too. After work, we had a shuttle bus to Singapore Children's Society to spread the love!

Chicken croissant for snack! Just a little snack before dinner.

This turned out to be so delicious! It's from Delifrance! My colleague and I were hungry still so we grab another portion to share.

The children arrived and they were so hyperactive! Running around and screaming everywhere. We distributed gifts and some goodies to them. Okay, maybe I didn't really help out much because I'm not really good with kids. They can be quite scary you know. We had a list of programs for them, from games, carolling and to of course... my performance! I was asked if I wanted to perform for the children, and since it was the season of giving, so why not do something different this time for Christmas and perform for the children! :)

I decided to "Hoot" by Girls' Generation!

O.M.G.

I didn't expect the response to be so overwhelming. In case you didn't notice, they were screaming after I ended my performance. (Quick! Go replay!)

They were shouting "Encore! Encore! Encore!"

I felt like a celebrity already.

Totally.

I wanted to do another dance for them, *coughs* this was impromptu okay. I only prepared "Hoot" but of course if you were to ask me to dance on the spot, I can do it but it was a pity that the kids had to head to bed.

So, no encore.

Towards the end of the program, the kids were asked to stand beside their favourite volunteers and..... SO MANY CAME RUNNING TOWARDS ME! NO LIE. And we sang one last song together before we went home.

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My company celebrated Christmas too! :D

Log cakes!

Argh, didn't had the chance to have a bite because I was busy helping out scooping the ice-cream or rather giving out ice-cream cones. Ice-cream frozen like a block so it was pretty hard to scoop! T.T

But nonetheless, I got my portion of the main course!

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So on Christmas day!

I gave mum and bro presents! :D

SEPHORA's body wash and cream/lotion for mummy and Canon coffee cup for bro!

Bro's present looks like this:

Comparison between the lens and the cup!

AWESOME RIGHT.

I KNOW.

"Thanks everybody, thanks!" *doing the Barbarella hand action*

Bro placed the cup on his office desk the next day!

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On boxing day, my colleagues and I were invited to my manager's house!

Chocolate cakes that Lydia made!

It's completely covered in chocolate. Like everywhere.

I like.

There were other food like Popeye's, KFC and fried bee hoon as well!

YUM.

That's me playing with the Xbox!

Rock band drum set!

At the balcony!

Windy, 24/7.

(Sorry for the sleepy look, I went for dance lesson in the morning before I went to my manager's house. @.@)

Scenery during the day.

The buildings and people looked so puny from where we were.

Night time!

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Here's a peek at my kitchen!

Decorated during Christmas!

DO YOU LOVE THE WALLPAPER?

Machiam 3D effect, I know right!

And everyone who came and including my family says that the dining area was very cosy, like what you would see in a cafe.

Psssst. The dining light can be adjusted just by a touch of a finger.

Byeeee!

Short.

2012-01-21T23:44:00.002+08:00

Got to be the longest hiatus since the last entry.

I'M SO SORRY.

Been busy with dance rehearsals, performances and other stuff as well.

Well, what do you know?!

It's Chinese New Year in a day's time! Since this year is when I will turn 2_, I decided to wear Qipao for the first day! I've never worn a qi pao for the past 2_ years of my life, this would be the first! I'm pretty excited for it! :D

So stay tuned to updates on my fb or twitter or my blog to see how I look! Will definitely post a picture of it on the first day because fb and twitter is pretty convenient to update! It's snap, upload and I'm done! I've been pretty active on twitter, so follow me! Just search "Edna Sze" will do.

Photo:

Drop of sweat to signify that I rehearsed before the actual performance.

Alright, enjoy your CNY and I promise more updates will be up soon!

(You can expect it to be up pretty fast because I'll be busy for the first half of day 1 for CNY and that's pretty much about it. And yeah, I'll be at home relaxing my day away. Awesome.)

Ciao!

Singapore Chinese Orchestra: Rhapsodies of Spring 2012

2012-01-02T19:19:00.004+08:00

"SCO’s first concert in 2012 promises to be an entertaining show with the SCO collaborating with the witty DJs of Radio 100.3. The Djs will entertain with a comedy skit, Life in the Night Market, and together with the SCO, bring the happiness to the concert hall, in anticipation of the Lunar New Year. Don’t miss the rousing sing-along with the DJs as they warble to the memorable tunes of Spring Festival Overtune, Celebrating the New Year and Spring Festival Medley. Popular local singer, Olivia Ong, will also grace the concert with three of her well-known songs - Ru Yan, the theme song from “The Little Nonya”; and two selections from her latest album “Romance”."

音乐会 <春花齐放2012>

As you guys know from my Facebook about this...... TICKETS FOR SATURDAY ARE SOLD OUT ALREADY! Not to fret, there are still tickets for Friday's performance but let me tell you......... it's going fast!

I will be performing along with 4 other dancers a K-Pop dance routine! We are dancing to songs sung by Wonder Girls, T-ara and KARA! What songs you may ask? Well...... YOU GUYS HAVE TO BUY TICKETS TO THE PERFORMANCE TO CATCH IT! We will be performing on both days!

I don't have any more tickets to give away for free anymore :( so I guess you guys have to purchase them from SISTIC! Prices of the tickets can be found the above snapshot, starting from $25.

Olivia Ong will be performing too, so if you are a fan of hers, go get your tickets before they're gone! Go go go!

I will see you there.

(Credits to the respective sources.)

Alpha Entertainment Audition 2011, Singapore.

2011-12-28T21:00:00.004+08:00

Yes, I joined this year's audition, again.

I didn't really inform anyone bout this because I wanted to keep it a secret until after the audition. My parents were informed bout it like yesterday and they're getting used to me telling them I joined this and that at the eleventh hour. I was counting down to the audition months ago, better yet, a year ago. Thankfully, they didn't remove the dance category this year, otherwise my anticipation and effort would be in vain. This year, I danced.

I woke up bright and early today and headed down to MDIS, Queenstown for the audition. Many people were there when I reached. After waiting for a while, we were asked to move to the auditorium which is also the waiting/holding area. Submitted the forms and got our number and the waiting starts.

2PM.

The other participants which I heard almost totalled up to a thousand.

Razor Pop reporters and some other reporters were there as well.

My number, 1080.

Go buy 4D.

At first I was feeling confident but as time went by, it sunk. Then it went back up again after I did the routine and warm up, then it dipped again.

THE WAITING TIME WAS KILLING ME I TELL YOU.

But not enough to drive me crazy, yet.

You know, you tend to think more when you have so much time to spare.

Finally, it was my turn. I danced to "The Boys" by Girls' Generation, but of course I edited the song. This time I felt much more confident compared to last year's because you know dancing is more of my forte than singing. Results should most probably be out in a month's time or so, so what's left to do is to wait and countdown to Chinese New Year.

On my way back home, I decided to reward myself by having McDonald's. McSpicy meal and additional packet of twister fries. Never felt so good before.

I'm grateful for my colleagues that wished me good luck. All it takes is just 1 person to believe in me and I will work out the rest. No matter what it takes, I will be prepared.

Annyeong.

Pineapple tarts for sale!

2011-12-27T19:58:00.006+08:00

Every year my mum would make pineapple tarts for Chinese New Year. Be it for relatives or friends, she makes it a point to do it. My aunts would come over and make the tarts with her too! Since this year's CNY is earlier, my mum has already started work over the weekend!

Her masterpieces.

Her tarts never fail to receive compliments from people who have tried it out. After god-knows-how-many-years, her pineapple tarts are FOR SALE. I'm not kidding.

There's about 40-45 pineapple tarts in each container and it's priced at $28 for each container of tarts. The tarts can last for 1-2 months.

If you're wondering about the ratio of pineapple filling to pastry, TRUST ME, we don't like pineapple tarts which contains only 20% of pineapple filling. The ratio is equal. The pastry is not dry and "brittle" like what you get outside from the local confectionery stores or bakery.

(You guys know me, I never like food which 偷工减料.)

Sorry to disappoint you, no sampling of the tarts unless you wanna make your way to my house or meet me at my workplace which I really don't mind at all :)

If you're interested in getting the tarts, contact me ASAP! We don't accept last minute orders because like you guys, we want to enjoy our CNY too! :D

Mode of payment: Cash or local bank transfer or iBanking only.

Mode of collection: My place or my workplace. (Will let you know if you are placing an order.)

If the response is overwhelming, we might stop accepting orders because afterall we are still humans you know. *winks*

Thank you very much.

Psssst! I posted the photo above on fb yesterday and my colleague has placed his order today!! I didn't even state that it was for sale! No lie.

Ciao.

Movie and dinner date with Betty.

2011-12-16T20:12:00.000+08:00

I finally met up with Betty after a couple of months! We decided to catch a movie and have dinner.

Xin Wang for dinner.

Chicken chop with rice for me.

Betty had fish sliced porridge.

We chatted as we had our dinner which was simply great.

*insert heart shape here*

After dinner, we went walking around and I bought this:

Nail art glitter and glue!

The glitter was $2.90 and the glue was 90 cents! Ha!

Now I know where to find cheap nail art accessories and stuff! Woohoo!

Thereafter, we caught Puss in Boots! If you're expecting a lot, then I'm afraid you will be let down. But! If you're expecting a fairytale, then this would definitely put a smile on your face. There were several amusing moments as well too.

So don't expect so much from a fairytale!

Alright, ciao!

D&D at Resort World Sentosa!

2011-12-14T22:39:00.002+08:00

About 2 months ago, I attended the company's D&D with my colleagues! As you guys know, I performed a K-Pop dance routine and what's more ...... I performed right smack infront of the minister's table! Red table, don't play play.

The audition for the performance was conducted a couple of weeks before the actual performance so I had time to think bout what to perform and I performed "Roly Poly" for the audition. A week passed and I got selected to perform for the D&D. (Like duh, everyone loves Loly Poly, of course they had to choose me. Just kidding.)

So after work for 2-3 consecutive days, I went round Bugis Street and Far East Plaza to look clothes and accessories for my performance. Finally managed to mix and match everything to give that retro look.

Alright D&D!

The performers had to arrive early for rehearsals! I manage to make my way to Resort World Sentosa and to the ballroom. Call me slow, but yeah that was the first time I actually place my foot there.

(The photos here are my own's and my colleague's, so spot the difference in the quality of the photos.)

Some photos of Resort World Sentosa:

Gift shop.

Hmmmm.

Sentosa.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! It's gonna crash!"

"Phew."

My colleague attempting a shot at the fountain.

It was pretty empty when I arrived at the ballroom as it was still early, the other 2 performers were there waiting for their turn to perform. They did a couple of times but as for me *flicks hair*, only once and done. ^^

Here's one of the performers having their rehearsal.

Had ample time to rest and relax, so I went around taking photos.

Violinist and the bartender getting ready for the event.

Still empty.

Theme for D&D: Masquerade.

Wa-la.

Entrance.

A kind random guy offered to take a photo for me with the entrance. He must have saw me taking shots of everything there except myself ._.

(A tad too far.)

Ha.

A little closer this time.

Even after taking shots here and there, there was still plenty of time so I went back into the ballroom and started snapping again.

The ballroom.

Bet ya never get to see this right.

So, what's on the menu?

Here it is!

The organizing committee rehearsing for their opening performance with their instructor.

Them having their rehearsal as well.

There was a guy in charge of the performers and he kept asking me whether was I alright or not and whether do I need to take a break or have another shot at the rehearsal etc, all I can say was that I was well taken care of. (Y)

Wait, perhaps I was looking bored and lonely walking around aimlessly.

Soon, Lydia came! We registered, got our free water tumbler and took some photos.

Our ticket to enter the lucky draw!

Here's the water tumbler and a pen.

I extended the line a little longer than usual.

Was digging Jiyeon's look.

She gave that very proud look while performing during their comeback stage and I thought she was literally being proud and stuck up. But soon I realize, she did that on purpose for "Roly Poly".

She's pretty when she smiles :)

Photo with the violinist!

The crowd starting to pour when it was close to the starting time and my other colleagues came too!

I tell you, I felt so out of place when everyone came in their formal attire and I was the outstanding one. So colourful and retro and people must be wondering "What on earth is she wearing?! So under dress!"

Awkward you know.

I didn't want to wear my dress before performing because I don't like the kan chiong feeling of having to gobble a few mouthfuls of food before heading towards the toilet to change and rush for my performance. What's more nobody really told me when I was performing, all I knew I was the second to perform.

There was some time left, so we decided to head out and explored. (Imagined what time I came man!) Of course, we had to take a photo with the classic icon. No matter what, you just have to take a photo with the globe when you're there.

Lydia and I :)

We wandered more and .....

"Hmmmm, what are they looking at?"

"Crane Dance!"

"Combining groundbreaking audio and visual technologies, astounding light and water effects, be awed by the cranes' graceful courtship ritual. The sheer size of the steel cranes moving deftly in the midst of water illusion and play of light is one not to be missed."

(Credits to resort world sentosa.)

Love birds.

Soon, it was time to head in!

Guys.

Girls.

As you can see, my mask was the only one that was not some ordinary cheapo kind.

I paid $24 for it. Please tell me it's pretty, tyvm.

Costed more than my dress! (which you will see later on)

Took a photo with a well-dressed lady.

All dressed up for the Masquerade theme and the occasion!

Really, kudos to her and a few more!

Camera man's seat.

The food came shortly,

First up, cold dish.

Different varieties, I like.

Traditional Braised Thick Soup with Shredded Seafood

Roasted Chicken with Prawn Crackers Topping

My colleague, "Let's put the chicken head on the top!"

Sorry, there isn't a photo of the steamed fish because I was waiting for my turn to perform!

You guys ready to Roly Poly with me?

You sure???

Right.

Here it is!

I did "Roly Poly" and "Genie" by T-ara and Girls' Generation respectively. Edited the songs by myself too.

Some of you may have watch it before because I posted this up a couple of times. So if you want to view my videos first hand, SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel!

(While I was waiting for my turn to perform, Charles Stitch Wong was beat-boxing on stage. The name seems familiar? He was one of the finalist from Singapore Idol Season 3.)

I had a smile of my face after I performed. Been a while since I last performed in front of a large crowd. Yeah, no stage fright nor goosebumps.

I love performing and I love the stage.

The comments/feedbacks that I received from my colleagues were all positive and random people came up to me and thanked me for giving such an energetic performance. The CEO even shook my hand when he was heading out after the D&D, and complimented me when I bumped into him the other day.

All these just makes everything that I put in worth it. I cannot be more thankful when random people recognize me in the office building and give me positive comments.

Appreciate it a lot.

Back to food.

Wok-Fried Sliced Topshell with Celery and Bell Pepper in Chilli Lime Sauce

Braised Flower Mushroom with Seasonal Vegetables

a.k.a.

Mushroom with broccoli.

Fried rice with Mixed Meat Wrapped in Lotus Leaf

There were other performances as well and there was an impersonation of Lydia Sum!

Looks like right?

Her performance was hilarious. She managed to get some guys up on stage to see if there were able to carry her! My colleagues and I were laughing non-stop. (okay, I know very bad but...)

And the participants walked away with vouchers!

For dessert:

Chilled Longan with Sea Coconut and Aloe Vera

Overall, the food wasn't nice. Really. And I was expecting it to be a sumptuous dinner judging by the name. But well, I believed everyone else enjoyed the performances displayed by the performers and enjoyed the company of each other too.

After that, D&D ended and everyone headed home.

Here's 2 photos of my dress that I changed into after my performance:

(I know. Stop looking at my little tummy bulging out will you!)

Just admire my long legs, YES THEY ARE LONG AND I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT.

Given my height, my legs are considered long and they're even longer than my friends', who are much more taller than me. This is also why people say/feel that I'm taller than my actual height.

Tsk, quit looking at my tummy!

With the mask.

*winks*

Pssssssssssssssst! The dress is only RM25!!

Freaking mask costed more than the dress.

Here's the original dance that I did by the respective girl groups!

"Roly Poly" by T-ara

Jiyeon is the one with the purple bow on her blouse.

(But she didn't appear 'proud' on this performance.)

"Genie" by Girls' Generation

This is the Japanese version.

Alright! So this sums it all up!

Annyeong!

*waves*

Korean dance workshop again!

2011-12-10T20:16:00.001+08:00

Just last week, I had a dance workshop with Taek again *blush* alongside with 2 other Korean dance instructors as well!

5 hours of dance class yet again!

Though there were 5 minutes break in between but this time round, I didn't felt as exhausted compared to the previous time. I came prepared, I brought 2 water bottles to class and had breakfast. (Y)

First class was hip hop by Taek! :D

Next up was, Taeyang! (LOL, same name but not the Taeyang from "Big Bang", the one in the previous entry I was talking about.)

He taught K-POP and he taught us some moves from "Where U At" by Taeyang. Yup, that was the first time I heard his song and I really like it now.

He's able to speak English fluently which was awesome.

Last but not the least, Maria, for some Girls' Hip Hop!

(Take a look at my towel, you can't find anyone who loves my secondary school more than me. HA!)

All 3 instructors were excellent dancers.

I hope to be like them, someday.

Posters, signed by all 3 of them!

I'm a happy girl!

Taeyang - Where You At

2011-12-09T21:44:00.004+08:00

This song is constantly on replay for me.

태양 (Taeyang) - Where U At

It's a R&B style which suits along very nicely with his smooth dance moves.

This dance is not your usual hip hop kind, it's more of flow-ly, smooth and every single movement just links up very nicely.

It's like you need to stay on the ground more than jumping up and down. And those muscles are adding lots of bonus points for him, seriously.

I'm intending to learn this dance but I presume it's going take me a while as this would be my first, trying out this R&B style hip hop and I don't want to look too noob at it. Looks like it's gonna take me lots of practice but nonetheless, I will give it my best shot and hopefully it's good enough for me to upload it and share it with you guys ;)

And thank goodness, there is no need for heels and pretty clothes. Just a tee, a pair of jeans and shoes and a cap. Guys' dance cover are so much easier to prepare than the girls' but of course, the level of difficulty is definitely higher than the girls'. I mean what's so difficult in dancing to "The Boys", "Hoot", "Good Bye Baby" etc ? Unless you're talking bout Hyoyeon's popping and locking, then its all a different issue. Hmmmm.

Anyway, enjoy Taeyang's "Where U At" music video! You can now listen to whatever videos/songs that I post without having to stop my playlist! Yes, I removed the playlist for the better of your convenience! :D

(fyi, the removal of the playlist is permanent. should be uh.)

Here's another video:

태양 (Taeyang) - I Need a Girl

In collaboration with Sandara Park from 2NE1 and G-Dragon.

This is dance version and it has 9.5 million views.

Bye!

Dinner at Swensen's.

2011-12-03T08:31:00.001+08:00

Okay, this happened like a month ago.

I had dinner with my secondary school besties at Swensen's! The one at ION Orchard!

We patronize Swensen's quite frequently considering that we would always dine there for birthday celebrations, gatherings and all. This time, they finally had something new on the menu! Christmas special!

The selection of mains and ice-cream!

Ice-cream buffet.

I know the buffet has been going for a long time, call me slow or what, this is my first time having the buffet.

._.

The food came shortly.

6 people, 3 different mains.

-__-

Some had "Chicken Victoria" which I tried the other time with my brother!

Some had the main from the Christmas Special, "Grilled Turkey Breast".

After trying this, I still can't really differentiate Turkey from other kinds of meat.

Hmmmm.

I just like how the shape of the mashed potato turns out!

Farhah was the only one who had "Mega Burger". There was this period of time when my brother influenced me into getting this whenever I dine at Swensen's because this is the only main that would be deemed as filling for us.

And I got bored of it after god-knows how many times!

Then it was time for the ice-cream buffet! ^^

We were all like little kids as we were so excited for it! Cannot help it! I just get excited because I like having sweet stuff after my main and not to mention, my friends are putting on the extra calories with me too!

Oreo cheesecake, some chocolate truffle cake and strawberries with white chocolate sauce all over it.

Want to enjoy?

Enjoy to the fullest.

Cover the strawberries until gao gao.

Ice-cream!

I had another bowl of vanilla ice-cream the next round because I wanted it to mix with my waffle, brownie and whatever I can find on my plate.

(I don't have a favourite colour, food, but I do have a favourite ice-cream flavour and that is, vanilla.)

Okay, I admit that I didn't eat as much desserts as I expected myself to consume.

>.<

Rachel ordered "Merri-Mint Macaroon" from the Christmas Special section because she was afraid she wouldn't make her money worth it if she were to have the ice-cream buffet.

Thereafter, we went to forever 21 for some window shopping and it was home sweet home!

Goodbye!

Ayam Penyet at Lucky Plaza

2011-11-30T20:16:00.001+08:00

The other day during lunch break, I went with 3 of my colleagues to Lucky Plaza to have Ayam Penyet! I didn't know there were awesome food hidden in Lucky Plaza! The other time, another colleague brought me to have sliced fish soup which was awesome! It costs $5 for a bowl.

We were there early and we managed to get seats very quickly before the lunch crowd started pouring in. Wasn't long till the food came!

There we go! Drumstick!

$4.

It was like eating awesome roast chicken rice where the skin was really crispy! :D

It came with a small bowl of mee soto soup which was good too! I shall try their mee soto the next time! Yellow noodles with mee fen!

Cannot wait!

On our way back, we bought Ding Cha!

I had strawberry milk tea!

(But this picture was taken a couple of days earlier when I had strawberry yoghurt from the Yakult series which was nice too! You can't tell the difference right? Cause it's the same cup and you can't see what's inside of the cup which I feel it's a bad choice of packaging. When I drink something, I wanna know the colour of my drink and I don't want to know the colour by looking at the straw while drawing and end up looking weird with the eyes and expression.)

p/s: Told ya I have the poster bout life pinned up at my work space.

And I bought 2 packets of sweets on my way home the other day!

Cola and mentos DUO.

The mentos DUO CHEAT MY MONEY ONLY.

As you can SEE:

3 grape out of the many mango flavoured.

What is this, I want my refund.

TSK.

(Whoops, I didn't realise that my cola sweet was in the photo too.)

I don't usually buy sweets because I don't cultivate the habit of eating them. I bought those above for meetings which frequently lasts for 2 hours. I wanted to get the mint flavour but there wasn't any :(

Mint usually works. Perhaps I shall buy eclipse? Never a fan of mint stuff, but I am assuming it should do the trick during meetings.

Okay, byeeeeeeeeeee!

$2 kimchi and green maxi!

2011-11-28T19:40:00.001+08:00

During lunch break, I went down to Far East to get some errand done and I decided to explore "Shine Korea Supermarket"!!

Was pretty happy when I was there looking around! I almost wanted to buy the hotplate home to bbq my raw beef, meat, mushroom and whatever the Koreans bbq with but it costed $40! >.<

I really miss having the food in Korea D;

I saw utensils sold at the supermarket, like what I'm using at home but mine's nicer and cheaper! (Picture later!)

So I bought a packet of kimchi which was only $2 and a box of tidbit! :DD

$2 Kimchi and the chocolate biscuit which costed $1.90!

The chocolate biscuit tasted and looked like:

Your old school Apollo biscuit!

(Credits to the respective owner.)

And the next day while I was having dinner.....

I had kimchi as my side dish!

It was fabulous!! And according to the sales person, it's their best seller in the shop! (No lie.) I'm so going to buy more packets of this kimchi and have it every time with my plain rice every time mummy cooks! Woohoo!

I'm using my Korean bowl and utensils for every meal I have at home ever since I bought it from Korea in April!

Heeeeeeeeee.

I know, I damn Korean-y right now.

Newly bought green maxi dress that I wore on last Monday for work!

And yes this is my new room with 3 pieces of huge-ass mirrors from the ceiling down to the floor, not even a centimetre wasted!

And you guys are lucky to get a glimpse of my new room! Because we refused to let anyone visit the house until house-warming. No one is allowed and we mean it.

>=|

Alright, annyeong!

*waves*

KL Trip with Mum and Bro: Day 3

2011-11-27T18:38:00.001+08:00

Finally! It's the last day!

Plan:

- Breakfast at hotel

- Chinatown

- Back to hotel to pack and squeeze in the last minute buys!

- Catch afternoon's coach and head back to SG.

Last breakfast at the hotel!

The papaya and watermelon were sweet! (Y)

Mom and I headed to Chinatown by taxi!

Note: Do not take the taxis that are waiting outside your hotel, just walk a few steps ahead (like literally), flag one down and your taxi fare will be reduced, trust me. Always haggle the price before you hop on and try not to go with the meter, they might adjust the meter so that it jumps horribly quick without you knowing.

It would be better to know the way there just in case, the taxi driver drives round and round without you knowing. I knew how to get there and my mom could speak the Malay language fluently, so it wasn't a problem for us.

Chinatown!

Kueh and sweet stuff to munch along! :D

*poke poke*

Look at the price would you?

The must-drink!

Ahh, a sweet and refreshing drink to get you all pumped up and ready for more shopping!

Basically, I bought 3 bags from the different stores.

They were open for business pretty early on a Sunday! We reached there around 9 or 10 in the morning, and we expected only a couple of stores to be open! But like 80% or more stores were already open and there were customers!!

After shopping for 1-2 hours, we headed back to the hotel to pack, check out and headed to our destination to board the coach.

Since we still had some time to spare, we headed to Berjaya Times Square where bro bought his McDonald's lunch while mum and I continued to look for sunglasses as I needed that for my dance performance for my D&D(will be up soon!) but to no avail. Mum was looking to buy a gift for my aunt ...

Indoor roller coaster!

Mum bought one for my aunt and we rushed back to board the bus! We practically reached on the dot, like ON THE DOT.

PHEW.

Finally, it was home sweet home for us.

Would like to head to Taiwan or Bangkok for a short trip like this too. Anyone? :)

Ciao.

KL Trip with Mum and Bro: Day 2

2011-11-21T21:15:00.000+08:00

Day 2 of my KL trip, right.

Started off the day with breakfast! :D

Fruits and pastries!

What I had:

Like to start off with sweet stuff!

Then came the main.

If you're there, don't try the sliced beef because it's tough and I didn't finish the portion.

Of course, you can't forget eggs when you're having breakfast overseas!

It's like a part of me missing if I don't have my eggs.

Prata not worth to try.

You can't beat the awesome prata that I found in my neighbourhood. That is the best, like THE BEST. Every single time I order, it never fails to put a smile on my face.

I'm not kidding, yo.

After breakfast, it was time for shopping! :D

Mum and I went ahead while bro went back up to relax and watch Phineas and Ferb! HAHAHA. I'd love to sleep all the day in the hotel too you know, but tell me seriously, which one of you female readers out there can resist the shopping in Malaysia huh?

Berjaya Times Square!

Slippers.

Didn't take much photos during shopping because it was well............... duh shopping.

Thereafter, we headed off to Sungei Wang Plaza.

O.O

Had lunch at Pontian!

My favourite place to dine at!

Menu!

Look at the prices!

Don't say good things neh-ver share with you guys ah.

How in the world can one not have 2 bowls?

Seriously, tell me ._.

Sides.

Desserts!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Laksa to share!

Wait, something's missing.

MY WANTONS!

We ordered 10 pieces of wanton to share and.............. I didn't manage to snap a photo because everyone was so excited bout it.

Whoopsy.

We did more shopping after lunch! Our plan was to head to Chinatown but it was raining cats and dogs when we wanted to leave Sungei Wang Plaza :(

Oh well, we decided to leave it for the last day and continued shopping at Sungei Wang Plaza, heh. Before we knew it, it was dinner time! Just fyi, my bro only joined us during meal times, he roamed around and caught a movie alone at Berjaya Times Square!

We headed back to our favourite stall for our zi char at Jalan Alor because we didn't want to feel stupid and get cheated by other stalls with their expensive and lousy food! >.<

Chefs whipping up awesome dishes for us!

Drinks.

BBQ wings!

Not really good though.

Beansprouts!

Fried onion egg!

Bro wanted noodles instead of rice this time!

Pork ribs! :D

Some chicken dish!

There!

We were done with our wings before all of the food arrived! Our food took a little longer compared to the first day.

My brother and I felt it was weird to feel cold at a Zi Char stall.

Even though we sat inside which was air conditioned but the food took too long that we felt cold.

*raises one eyebrow*

After that, back to the hotel it was!

Toodles.

Slit Exposed Bodycon Dress

2011-11-20T17:20:00.003+08:00

This is the trend now.

I saw a couple of girls wearing it in various colours.

I wore it to my colleague's wedding last week! :D

Just to let you know, I got it at $15 from my all time favourite shopping place, Bugis Street. So if you wanna have it delivered to your doorstep, you can purchase it online and pay 10 bucks more if you don't mind.

Who says blogshop clothes are cheap?

Hmmmm.

(I only love them when they have sales!)

I need a suit.

2011-11-14T21:15:00.001+08:00

Very Barney Stinson.

Wedding bells.

2011-11-10T21:13:00.004+08:00

Aww!

I am........................................................................................................... NOT getting married :)

But, I'm attending my colleague's wedding this Saturday! I was informed last minute but nonetheless, I love to attend weddings! Not because of the food, door gifts or whatsoever, I'm just happy that I get to dress up! :D

This is my first time attending a wedding dinner alone(w/o family members) which goes to say that I need to prepare a big fat red packet -_-

Poof, there goes the plan for trying not to spend so much this month. I'm saving every bit that I can to you know, achieve what I longed for. To me, spending money on dance lessons, outfits for dance covers and all ain't equals to wasting money.

I call it, investment.

But still, I'm excited to attend the wedding!

There's one problem, I DO NOT HAVE A DRESS TO WEAR.
Last minute shopping tomorrow it is!

And oh, I'm gonna be a bridesmaid for a close friend of mine next month!

(Lips are sealed at the moment.)

Goodbye!

Girls' Generation won on M! Countdown with "The Boys".

Tiffany was awesome at Yoona's parts!

Good job!

KL Trip with Mum and Bro: Day 1

2011-11-07T21:24:00.001+08:00

A month ago, my brother and I decided to bring mummy over to KL for a short getaway! Bro went to book the tickets and wala! We're heading for KL in a few days time.

We woke up early and headed down to Golden Mile to check in. And since we still have like 15 minutes or so to spare, we decided to get a quick breakfast! Otherwise, our tummies will be growling during the journey until the stop at Yong Peng.

We went across Golden Mile to the hawker centre to grab breakfast. Not many stalls were open because it was still early!

Decided to have fishball noodles!

Mine! With sliced pork and char siew in it.

Hmmm....

Anyway, it's not nice so yeahh.

After the super quick breakfast, we raced up the overhead bridge and got on board the bus! :D

Picture with mum :)

My hair grows fast eh? (Including the couple of times I went to trim it.) Just a year ago, it was like short, remember the length in my Jolin Tsai's video?

Yeah.

I'm gonna chop off like 2 inches soon.

We took the 9.45am coach because the first bus was already filled.

After a couple of hours of travelling, we had a stop at Yong Peng to buy food, snacks or whatever you wanna buy.

I had chocolate waffle!!

Supermarket! For you to buy some Marigold drinks, biscuits etc for snacking on the bus.

The foodcourt.

Thereafter, back onto the bus it was!

It was raining and we got into a traffic jam :(

Delayed for a little while and we reached at 4pm?

This time we alighted at Times Square instead straight infront of the hotel because we booked the hotel and the bus tickets separately instead of a package. Since it was a last minute booking, the package costed more hence we decided to buy it separately.

We made our way on foot to the hotel, probably like a 15 minutes walk(and it was drizzling) because we weren't familiar with the route but we realized that the journey could take around 5-7 minutes the day after.

BOOM.

WE ARRIVED.

The reception.

Baskin Robbins for you?

To the hotel room!

Mummy got excited! Heh.

Toilet.

Comfy tee and baggy pants for the bus ride = awesome.

My hair long rightttttttttttttt...

We were famished by the time we arrived, so once we settled down in the hotel we went straight to "The Pavillion" for Din Tai Fung!

Mummy and bro :)

XIAO LONG BAOZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

As you can see, the place is pretty empty and quiet.

I like.

The menu!

See! I'm such a nice person! I took photos of the menu for you guys to see how much does it cost in KL and you can compare it in SG! :D

All the xiao long baoszzzzzzzzzz!!

YUM YUM YUM.

They have this promotion going on:

Set A:

Xiao long bao (6 pieces)

Choose either 1 of the main, Fragrant Spring Chicken La Mian OR Spicy Vegetable Pork Wanton La Mian.

Set B:

Xiao long bao (6 pieces)

Shrimp Pork Wanton La Mian OR Shrimp & Pork Fried Rice.

We ordered 1 from each set :DD

Fried rice!

Fragrant Spring Chicken La Mian!

Not bad eh, I slurped and slurped the noodles.

Wa best, I tell you.

THEN CAME THE XIAO LONG BAOS!!

So cute, I wanna poke them.

This is another kind of Xiao long bao, but I kind of forget what was it.

Both were gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!

I feel like having them right now! Din Tai Fung anyone?

FOOD FOOD.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Isn't it cute?

(I bit a small opening to show you guys that. Ha! You can say I'm nice and evil.

You're welcome.)

SOUP OOZING OUT.

(Y) (Y) (Y)

WOOOOOOO!

I'm already going crazy bout it as I'm typing!

We decided to order desserts!

Golden Yam Paste Rolls.

After our late lunch, we roamed the other parts of the mall to see what they had!

Tokyo Street.

When we first saw this my bro and I went "Tokyo, Seoul, London New York."

HAHAHAHA.

It's Mr Taxi!

Gachapons!

Decorative items displayed just right outside the restaurant.

Then we went into "PARKSON", a departmental store just like Isetan, Metro, BHG etc.

And we saw Spongebob! :DDD

We proceeded onto to have ice-cream at Tokyo Street!

Toppings.

I had Golden Kiwi ice-cream which turned out to be sour >.<

Bro had green tea.

After all that walking, we decided to leave "The Pavillion" since it was meant for high class people.

*coughs*

Ah, the fountain.

Street performers.

Just across the junction is Lot 10.

We went in and explored the food court and other levels as well but we left for Jalan Alor for dinner very quickly!

Yes it's that street of Zi Char stalls!

We settled for this store because bro said it was quite cheap and the food was good!

It's the second last stall if you come from the front of Jalan Alor.

Packed!

You can choose to sit inside or outside but apparently both sides were almost filled!

Dessert that bro ordered to quench his thirst first.

And the food came shortly after!!

Kang kong!

Fish soup!

STINGRAYYYYYYYY!

This was in medium and the rest of the dishes were in small portion.

*drools*

Claypot egg tofu!

Gong bao frog leg!

ME LOVE FROG LEGS.

This was BEFORE.

This was AFTER.

YUMMEH.

Am definitely going back to this stall again the next visit!

I wish I could teleport to Jalan Alor RIGHT NOW.

Damn it.

Lastly, ending off this a photo of Apple hotel:

HEH.

Goodbye! ^^

Sneak peek into the living room.

2011-11-06T00:05:00.002+08:00

This post wasn't intended but I just saw my brother uploaded a photo of this:

This is my dad and bro drinking beer while watching Man U and Sunderland match on the recliner sofa. (If you're wondering where was I, well I was taking my awesome shower.)

Shiok or not? See the sofa! :D

Home theatre system just arrived today too! Woo woo woo!

So I thought why not let you guys just have a little sneak peek at the living room! Both Sam and Vivian have asked me to take photos of my new house and post it up, but it's not really ready yet! Hahahaha! Not that I wanna keep you guys in suspense, all I can say it's 80% done. My bed is done, yes! It's finally done! The mattress, bolster and pillow are oh so awesome and soft.

I cannot explain how awesome is the new house here, you gotta see it yourself. My secondary besties are coming over during Christmas! Heeeeeee! I'm so excited to show them the new house!

Okay, gotta end here.

I'm missing out on all the action between Man U and Sunderland because I heard my dad and bro went "OH! OH! OH!" just a few seconds ago.

Ciao.

This is your LIFE.

2011-11-02T23:56:00.002+08:00

Poster for thought.

I like every sentence that was said especially "Travel often, getting lost will help you find yourself." and "Live you dream and wear your passion."

This poster was actually recommended by my brother, I got really motivated and inspired by it that I went to print out and pinned it up as a constant reminder to myself in the office. Once in a while, I read it over again and it never once failed to make me overcome obstacles and pursue my future.

Cause I know one day, I'll definitely travel to a country alone and for that I really do hope to find myself. Only then, it will give me more courage, determination and perseverance to go on further with God by my side, always.

My new house is ....

2011-10-30T22:48:00.004+08:00

AWESOME!

Well, its close to perfect.

Right now there's lot of stuff that we currently don't really have, we are:

- Water-less (Wait mum found an electric kettle so that solved the problem! You know during the whole day yesterday we didn't have water! There's no gas yet, so we can't cook or boil anything YET. Hence, we had to BUY WATER! Mum finally found the electric kettle like this morning! A total saviour from the thirst.)

- Chair-less (I'm currently standing and typing this entry. I don't have a computer chair, so do my brother and dad.

- Sofa-less (Yes, we don't have a sofa in the living room! Ahhhhhhh! It's currently filled with boxes, so we spent the whole of yesterday and today unpacking our stuff. So right now, we're sitting on the floor to watch soccer matches. *butt pain*)

- Gas-less (Yeah as said above, we can't whip up a meal or anything.)

For me, I wasn't able to have a nice sleep in my room yesterday night because it's reeks of thinner. My 'bed frame' ain't ready yet because I'm having a different bed and it's not very popular here in Singapore. But I might just be able to sleep in my room tonight, but on the floor. *sings on the floor*

HAHAHA.

My family and I are currently sleep deprived because all of us slept at 3am or later for the past 2 days. Pimples are popping out like crazy, no lie.

You know without chair or sofa, we don't really think much about sitting down anymore and after the whole day of standing and walking around to carry and unpack the stuff, it feels like I have gone shopping for 10 hours without sitting down. No lie.

Okay, I end now lah hor?

My feet tired already.

Ciao ciao!

Tingkat at Tampines Mall

2011-10-28T21:21:00.001+08:00

Around 2 weeks ago, I met up with my mom after work to have dinner :D

We couldn't decide on where to fill our tummies hence we decided to explore the mall as we haven't really visit that frequently ever since we shifted. After roaming for a little while, we decided to try this newly set up stall, "Tingkat".

They serve Peranakan food but if you're easy going, it's just the normal Economic rice you packet home everyday after work.

It's located at the basement level.

If you can't find it, just find Watsons.

So this was what we ordered!

You get to choose your main, veggie and soup. IF I'm not wrong, they have 3 choices for each category.

Additional $1 for a drink.

This was what I chose: Curry chicken, some veg and a meat ball(as in rou yuan) soup.

Set meals go at $9.80 each.

The food wasn't great, the vegetables were severely overcooked hence it was way too soft. I don't even need to chew them. Considering 2 mains and a soup in tiny portions ain't worth the 10 bucks yo. I would rather have my ECONOMIC RICE at a reasonable price :)

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Right, it's Friday today which means I get to move in in less than 24 hours! Woohoo!

This definitely calls for a celebration.

That's all folks, ciao!

This much, no lie.

2011-10-27T22:12:00.003+08:00

I have yet to pack a single thing or wrapped up anything!

I'm doomed!

Moving on Saturday morning means I have to pack everything and tape them up in boxes tomorrow night.

I have this much to pack, no lie.

This is quite cute.

"THIS big, no lie."

HAHAHAHAHA.

Go Vegetarian at Real Food!

2011-10-24T21:30:00.001+08:00

Just last week, I had a vegetarian meal with my colleagues during lunchtime!

Not a choice I would put in my list of food to eat, but nevertheless it's worth to give a try! I was really hungry and was hoping to have some meat to munch on but.... no harm trying!

Upon stepping in, we spotted many ang mohs having dining in there. Most of them were ladies, no wait in fact all of them we saw were ladies and were a UK size 6 and below.

Real food.

Books and magazines for you to browse through while waiting for your food to arrive.

Vegan ice-cream for you?

Their menu using recycled paper.

The food took like a long time to arrive because it was packed but no excuse please. Luckily for us, we chatted and had a brain teaser. Lydia and I tested the rest by asking them to look at a picture and find "the hidden tiger" which probably took them like a looooooooooooong time to find out! Ha!

As famished and impatient I got, my order was the last to arrive :(

(By then, I was already hoping I had a humongous fat juicy burger on my plate.)

Pesto pasta!

Well it's erm... veggies and pasta tossed in olive oil and shredded cheese.

That's all.

LOL.

After the meal, some of us had Gong Cha :D

I had my usual milk tea with herbal jelly and Azuki Beans (red beans) with 30% sugar.

I ordered this before and they never asked me about the sugar level because the Azuki Beans already has it natural sweetness which was weird. Hmmmm.

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Just so you know, I'm moving in THIS COMING SATURDAY!

I'M SO SO SO EXCITED! :D

I CANNOT WAIT ALREADY LAH.

But wait, there's LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF UNPACKING TO DO.

*COUGHS*

Ever since I moved, I bought like more clothes and bags which brings a total of 31 or 32 bags in my collection. Oh, not to mention I bought 2 pairs of COLOURFUL leggings.

*COUGHS*

My bro went like "It's amazing how your clothes can multiply."

Right right, back to the part where I'm all excited gearing up and ready to go! I am totally in love with my new room, toilet and every single part of the house lah! Cannot wait already! Ciao ciao!

"The Boys" Girls' Generation 소녀시대 Comeback

2011-10-22T20:54:00.006+08:00

*Turn on your speakers*

Girls' Generation 소녀시대 "The Boys" is playing.

The long awaited Girls' Generation's comeback has come to an end.

At the stroke of midnight on 19th October, SM Entertainment released the official music video for "The Boys". Up to date, it has garner over 9 MILLION VIEWS.

"The Boys" is the third studio album by Girls' Generation, featuring the lead single "The Boys". It's a powerful and edgier song compared to the their previous songs like "Gee", "Oh!" etc. The song was written by Yoo Youngjin and Teddy Riley(who has worked with Michael Jackson)! This time, there's a rap between the song itself! They rarely have rap in their songs and none of the members are rappers! The rap is performed by Yuri, Yoona, Hyoyeon and Sooyoung.

[Not just because I support Hyoyeon but her rap in the song is WOW. They should include more raps in their songs and let Hyoyeon be the main rapper! :D]

As for the choreography, they have shed away the cutesy image and this time it's fierce, strong and show lots of girls' power.

["The Boys" reminded me of High School Musical "The Boys are back". HAHAHA!]

Shots from the music video.

Is it just me or does Yuri looks like Coco Lee in the picture above?

[Yuri is on the left on the 2nd row.]

Photos:

Taeyeon, leader of the group.

Sunny.

Isn't she like hot with the short hair or what?

(Just a wig though but still.....)

Hyoyeon! My favourite! :DD

Yuri.

Sooyoung, the girl with the super super long legs.

Jessica.

Tiffany.

Seohyun, maknae of the group.

Yoona.

Seriously, doesn't Sunny look stunning with this hair?!?!

Gorgeous or what.

I am loving the eye make up on her.

Of course, a bigger photo of Hyoyeon.

She is one awesome dancer, popper and whatever.

As I mentioned earlier, there's a rap in the song with Yuri starting with the first line and with her doing a sand dance.

WOO.

Slow motion.

Taeyeon with pink extensions, Sunny and Hyoyeon looking stunning in the photo.

Synopsis of the music video:

The video begins with Yoona picking up a black crystal. The camera zooms into the stone and shows the other members walking around in the area with rose petals falling in slow motion, along with Jessica releasing a white dove. The song begins and the girls start the dance routine in a black and white fashioned room. It aslo shows them dancing in a misty atmosphere with sand on the ground. The dance break in the middle of the song features a rap performed by Hyoyeon, Yuri, Yoona, Sooyoung, and Tiffany. Towards the end of the music video, the camera focuses on a slow-motioned flying dove. The video ends with the girls posing inside the black crystal while the rose pedals continue to fall.

(Credits to Wikipedia.)

So are you ready to see the music video?

It hit #1 spot on major music sites like Melon, Naver etc and even entered the Billboards Chart.

The part where Jessica went "GG", I kind of LOL-ed inside.

After the release of their music video, everyone was looking forward to their Comeback on Music Bank on Friday. I even asked my mum to record it! >.<

For their comeback, they performed "Mr Taxi (Korean Version) and of course "The Boys".

I was really pissed when I watched this because there wasn't a zoom in shot on Hyoyeon on all 3 of her lines!!

!@#$%^&!@#$

So what are you waiting for?

Go watch the music video!

It's still not too late you know.

In case you didn't know, there's an English version of "The Boys" too.

p/s: Their concert in Singapore is in December! Anyone wants to attend? :)

Signing off with,

*Girls' Generation make you feel the heat and we do it and we can't be beat. B-Bring the boys out*

Swensen's and Sam's Farewell

2011-10-19T21:05:00.003+08:00

This was probably 2-3 weeks ago.

So sorry, I know I'm errr........ really slow nowadays.

Anyway!

I had dinner with my brother at Swensen's on 30th September! The reason why I remembered the date was because the Swensen's Groupon voucher was until 30th Sep, so yeah! :D

$20 for $40 worth of food, how awesome is this.

Hmm.

Hmmm.

This was my main!

"Chicken Victoria"!

A healthier choice if you're like me deciding on something healthier when you dine at restaurants where fried stuff and fatty food are all around you.

I must say, I like the Victorian sauce. Chicken breast was not tough which was awesome.

My brother and I ordered this to share!

"Beef Stragonoff Baked Rice" like what you saw above.

This was bro's main, "Barramundi Catch".

Doesn't seem as nice as the one on the menu right? *scroll up to first picture*

As I'm typing this, I'm drooling over all 3 mains.

*wipes saliva*

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So, Sam has flown to UK for just a tad more than 2 weeks now.

The gifts that I got for her were:

A camera and a Bon Voyage notebook.

I went to print some photos of us together and wrote some motivational/inspirational quotes inside :)

p/s: Sam, when you're back please bring the camera over or something. Don't let it rot okay.

The last picture of us together for now.

Alright, ciao! :D

Roly Poly anyone? The retro look is back babeh.

2011-10-16T22:39:00.007+08:00

Here's a sneak peek of my performance outfit for the company's D&D:

Pop colours.

(Look at my nails too.)

Polka dot hairband.

High Waisted Shorts.

And of course, the sunglasses to die for.

So, do I look like one of T-ara?

*wink*

Bits.

2011-10-14T15:55:00.006+08:00

Ho.

I know I MIA-ed again but I've been busy after work.

Wait no, I've been busy AND tired after work.

Yeah.

Right.

Tomorrow's Saturday which means it's my company's D&D! Awesome!

What's more.... I'll be performing! (Don't know why, but there were people whom I don't know asking me bout my performance.)

Aha! Yes, I am dancing. (Yup, got through the audition with a breeze and received positive comments. :D)

Dancing to what you may ask.

"Roly Poly" by T-ara and "Genie" by Girls' Generation/SNSD, a remix. I'm done editing the songs and all, what's left is just practice practice and more practice.

I wanted to dance to Super Junior's "A-CHA" but I didn't have enough time to master everything so I decided to go with a song that's catchy and that it's pretty well known to everyone be it young or old. "Roly Poly" is pretty catchy and has the John Travolta feel whereas for "Genie".... needless to say it's a song almost known to everyone. Girls' Generation leh, not just a rookie group which has yet to be that famous internationally.

Anyway, I've been shopping around Bugis Street and Far East consecutively for days and finally found the stuff that I needed for the performance. From clothes to accessories and all but I didn't buy any shoes or rather heels because I'm still not good at dancing in heels. Also, I prefer to dance in shoes. I will be dancing in my gold shoes that I used in 2NE1's dance contest. That pair of shoe was definitely worth the buy in Korea. (Y)

Talking about Korea, I will blog about the trip soon.

How soon?

I, myself, have no idea too! HAHAHA.

But you won't have to wait that long anymore because I have all of the photos :)

Stay tuned because I will be uploading my dance performance video on YouTube!!

Alright, ciao ciao!

Dance Workshop with Super Junior's Instructor

2011-10-07T20:40:00.003+08:00

By the time this post is up, I'm away in KL enjoying myself! :D

It was a rather impromptu decision to head for KL! The tickets were only bought on Monday! $150 for a 3D2N stay at hotel + Coach too.

MUHAHAHA, CHEAP OR NOT HUH!

Initially, my brother and I wanted to bring mum to Bangkok for a shopping trip but everything was just over our budget so we settled for KL. I shall go Bangkok the next time, hopefully a companion, any one also can ah. I wanna go with just one tee-shirt and a pair of shorts and come back with a humongous luggage full of clothes, accessories, shoes etc etc.

You get the idea.

Platinum mall, chatuchak please wait, I'm coming, soon.

Back to the topic!!!

About 2 weeks ago, I signed up for a dance workshop conducted by Super Junior's instructor, Taek. (Don't know his full name, I can't seem to find it anyway. Any Super Junior's fans out there? I'd appreciate a little help here!)

3 lessons straight.

4.5 hours straight of intense dancing.

No food since I woke up, wa I tell you, I ain't close to fainting. I'm strong.

Taught 3 choreographies, including the latest "Mr Simple" but a simplified version. My heart sank a little when I compared the moves that Super Junior did in the music video and live performances against the steps he taught us. :(

Oh well nevertheless, I enjoyed myself. It's been a while since I stepped into a dance studio, the feeling is always so refreshing. As I danced and looked in the mirror, I just feel so happy, so relieved because I know this what I do best and I'm enjoying every second of it.

It reminded me when I first started out dancing, I didn't dare to have a look in the mirror because I knew I wasn't good enough. My level of confidence increased over the years as I gained more exposure and I really like to look in the mirror whenever I dance. I no longer felt inferior but alive.

After the dance workshop, I took a photo with the instructor!

And yes, my face just goes all red just like that.

Barely 20-30 minutes into the workshop, my whole face was red.

There was a communication problem between us but dance is a universal language, so there wasn't a problem trying to understand/interpret what he was trying to say/express. He tried to communicate with me during the breaks and one of the question he asked me was "You dance, your mum okay?"

I, "Okay!" (with a smile on my face)

And he couldn't believe I was twenty :)

He was adorable, like really really.

If only he wasn't a decade older than me...

He did a solo which simply wow-ed every single one of us there.

After dance class, I rushed home and prepared myself for this:

Uh huh, Korean food.

He finally got to speak to a Korean! He must have felt so oppressed during his stay here! >.<

I wanted to talk to him badly, but you know 1 duck 1 chicken how to communicate?!

Nonetheless, awesome time spent.

A weekend that I would never ever forget in my life.

Check out his moves here:

Dance style: House

Awesome techniques eh? ^^

Ciao.

Weekly Dinner Date with V & S

2011-10-04T21:15:00.001+08:00

This happened 2 weeks ago.

I met up with Sam and Vivian for our weekly dinner the other day after work.

We dined at this Japanese restaurant opposite Aijisen at Bugis Junction.

Vivian's Salmon Spaghetti.

My thin crust pizza.

Yeah I said I wouldn't have thin crust pizza ever again but since it was on a 1 for 1, I changed my main to this.

The promotion was at the right timing because I went to pay for my dance class and felt so so so so so so broke. :(

Sam's Unagi pizza!

The fried chicken which both of them shared!

As usual, we stayed there for quite a while as we chatted.

Time flies, Sam is leaving for UK to further her studies like NOW :(

(Yeah this entry is drafted. So by the time you guys are able to read this, I'm already at the airport sending Sam off. *sniff sniff*)

Anyway, I bought this orange and black dress online and wore it to work last Monday!

Remember last year, I posted a picture of Jolin wearing this black and orange dress saying that I want it as well? Yeah?

Though I didn't get the exact same dress, I still feel happy! :D

This is how it looks like.

The material for this dress is not bad you know, I was quite surprised and impressed!

Anyway Sam, I hope you're doing well over there right now. Just remember not to be late for your lessons and whatever okay, please change your alarm ringtone too. Change to some heavy metal music, confirm plus chop you sure wake up on time. DO NOT HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

Leave me a message when you have settled down! We shall skype :D

Ciao ciao!

Mummy's Birthday

2011-10-02T23:46:00.001+08:00

Well well, where have I been?

Dance workshop, work, discussion with contractor about my new house, dance class, outings with friends and of course counting down to the day when I'm able to move into the new house! Ha!

And yeah, it's October already!

Look at how time flies! Just in July, I was so upset about moving :( And yeah, I still miss my house okay.

Anyway!

2 weeks ago, it was my mum's birthday! First and foremost, we had a discussion with the contractor, so to the new house it was!

No wait, food first. We left on an empty stomach.

First meal at our new house:

Chicken rice!

Of course, I'm not going to show you guys how my new house looks like! No one except my family members and I are allowed to enter the house.

But you guys can get like a glimpse of the flooring and the table.

*scrolls to the photo above the roast chicken*

Hehehehehe.

That discussion was like 2 weeks ago and just yesterday we discussed with the carpenter! Woohoo! I'm getting so much more excited! Work starts tomorrow!! My air-conditioner is like so cool, it blends well with the theme of my room. *sings SISTAR'S "So cool, cool" with the rubbing neck dance step*

After that discussion, I brought Mummy to get her nails done!

SPA + CLASSIC MANICURE

Bio Nails!

Of course, I can't be sitting down watching mummy getting her nails done while I just sit there in a corner right?

I got my nails done as well!

(Groupon rocks man.)

Manicurist buffing my nails.

'Mask' for my arms.

Spa manicure mah, so yeah.

End result:

Mummy's!

She chose a deep and dark maroon.

I was happy with my nails! I don't usually choose pink because it's a colour almost every other girl would choose. It gets boring when you see pink nails everywhere. If you look closer, mine has a coat of shiny polish on top of the pink.

Thereafter, we went to "Lerk Thai" for dinner!

Mummy was craving for it ever since she tried it out! It's my first time as I'm not really a fan of spicy food. Yeah I eat laksa, kimchi maggie noodles, curry, sambal kangkong/stingray etc but nah, super spicy food is not on my list.

Crackers! :D

Menu.

Kangkong!

Thai curry with 2 pieces of chicken!

Tom Yam Seafood Soup!

Mummy's favourite!

Again, not a fan of this but I had a bowl for myself too!

Mummy wanted to show you guys the yummeh SOTONG! ^^

Hotplate egg tofu with chicken.

Total bill was around 40 or 50 bucks, cannot really recall.

And home sweet home it was!!

Outfit of the day!

Awesome denim/jeans romper and a envelope clutch to go with it!

Both items cost the same, call me an awesome shopper please.

Had a nice outing with mummy on her birthday :)

Ciao.