I've learnt my lesson.. will not be lazy anymore, especially if its that painful!!

Been saying I need to re-format my laptop cos its giving me alot of problems, has virus, etc.. but I've been so lazy, till it finally died last week. Really died cos I cant even switch it on anymore.. Thats not a problem cos its still under warranty, but I haven done a backup for months! All my songs, videos, photos, resumes, cover letters, are all gone now!

Thats not the end.. that little heartache is nothing compared to this. I've been having cracked lips for very long too.. I think since feb? I need to apply alot of lipbalm everyday, but I've been relying on it too much I think it doesnt work now. Woke up yesterday morning with a very swollen, red and painful lip. Its so painful I cannot move my mouth abit. Its so bad that even when I drink water, it hurts. Skipped dinner just now because of that.. and another big problem, I cannot laugh, its damn pain even when I smile abit. If I see a doctor earlier, it wont worsen to this stage.. I've booked to see a chinese doctor tmr, and I'm prepared to stop eating all fried and oily food, plus drink very bitter medicine. But, I really cannot live without chicken wings, fries and potato chips leh.

Had steak with my family on monday.. love the ribeye steak, its very nice! And having spinach and carrots for sides is quite special..

Today had dinner with jy at Fisherman's Wharf.. its not too bad.

I had the salmon fillet, I like it!

Jy made me a nice gift - a book with pics and stories of us..

And there's Moses inside!

Hahaha, so funny!!
I like it alot.. thanks JY!

Its nice to have a camera cos I dun have to wait for frens to upload the pics, then send me online.. By then, its usually 1 or 2weeks later. Or most of the time I dun even remember to get the pics from them..

Had dinner with my sec sch frens last nite. Can we think of a name for us? Its weird calling u guys sec sch frens. Maybe Eleven? Since there's eleven of us.. Shall change when we think of a better name ok.

Had a nice dinner with Eleven.. thanks guys!


The mango cake was quite nice!

Cooked dinner today for the second time.. this time round with desserts. A very complicated dessert for beginners like me, so I did nothing the whole day but prepare, prepare and prepare..

Thats the same soup I cooked the other time.. its slightly better but still not ideal and I still dunno why..
My family's favourite - Tougay with oyster sauce
My favourite - Pork chop

Finally, the dessert - mango pudding! Its so tedious I dun think I'll make it again unless more people tell me its nice..

Birthday Present

Time flies.. my birthday is round the corner again. Nothing fanciful this year, I just wanna have a simple dinner with my family. And dinner with some close friends, thats about all. I've thought about it, there's nothing I want or need badly, so please dun get any presents for me. I'll be more than happy to just receive birthday wishes from friends. Sometimes a simple sms, a handmade gift or birthday cards mean so much more than presents. :)

That said, I'm feeling guilty cos I just bought an EXPENSIVE birthday present for myself!! I said there's nothing I want or need badly because I've just bought the thing that I've always wanted. I think about it every birthday, and its always the struggle between 'I'll get it' and 'but I dun really need it'.

I already have the best present and it will keep me happy for quite long, so save up the money and treat me to Starbucks next time!

Just realised I haven been posting pics here in such a long time.. haven been taking alot of pics anyway, so here's all I have!

Had a very tiring day yesterday that I slept a record-breaking 16hour last night. Was called to help out with a wsc event in ntu, it turned out that a group of 4-5 volunteers had to take care of groups of 23-25kids from morning till 5pm. My group of 4 had to take care of 24kids, one of the volunteers had to leave after lunch, leaving the 3 of us with the kids. It was very stressful cos the thing they enjoy most is running around! We have to move around to different game stations the whole day, have to watch them go toilet, bring them to lunch, play games with them, catch them back when they stray off, shout cheers with them, blah blah.

Everything else aside, the kids are very fun, thoughtful and random. Some of the younger kids keep calling us teacher when none of us look like one. And this very sweet girl wrote us a note, telling us the outing is very fun, she's enjoying herself and she wanna thank us for taking care of them. At times they get quite random too, my volunteer was asking them if anyone wants to go to the washroom, one kid raised her hand and asked 'Teacher, 等一下在bus可以吃面包吗?' Totally no link. Throughout the day they'll keep asking us such random questions to make us laugh.

The funny thing is, I dreamt of the kids last night. They were biting my hands.. I woke up in time just as they were about to bite my face. Haha, must be because I was with them the whole day so they appeared in my dream, but they're not that scary. In fact I miss them all!

巾帼枭雄

Recently all of us are watching 巾帼枭雄, its damn nice I think I like it more than 家好月圓. The good acting and extremely exciting plot is hard to come by. If u're as free as me, go watch it!

I just took up a tuition assignment, hope to take up more so I wont have to laze around at home everyday. I've been so lazy its scaring me.. I go to bed at 3 or 4am but I wont fall asleep till 7 or 8am, then I'll end up waking up at 2pm. My sleeping hours are so messed up!!

I'm planning to write down the list of things I need to do next week, like re-formatting my com, finish reading the 2 storybooks I've borrowed weeeeks ago etc. And maybe play more bejeweled and finish my word search book.

Slept for 14hours last nite and woke up today afternoon feeling quite guilty. Not because I slept for 14hours, but because its been a month since exams ended and I haven found a job, and I haven been doing anything meaningful.

I feel useless just sitting at home waiting for dinner every night so I made dinner today!! I made this very simple soup with corn, carrots, red dates, pork ribs, etc. Making soup is quite easy, u just have to throw in everything and let it simmer long enough. Its my first time and I think it turned out ok, we finished the whole pot of soup! But my steamed fish was a failure cos the sauce was too salty. It was really fun cooking, I'm going to learn more dishes and cook more!