Ski

So, I went Mt Buller again this winter to try skiing and I absolutely loved it! Went previously with Jaey and Hy but didn't have enough time to ski.

In the wee hours in the morning, we took a cab down from Bundoora to the city where the travel agent was. We booked our day trip with ExtraGreen. yes, the cheena one. There were like tons of people (predominantly asians, with very familiar accents) before 6am at Swanston St. Lol @ the motivation to go skiing.

By the time we got there, it was about 10am. However, our bus guide was extremely disorganised and didn't take long to lose us (Yes, she lost us). We were completely lost and didn't know where to go to get our equipments. Eventually, the staff redirected us. But, we wasted so much time trying to get our ski equipment and we were extremely late for the lesson. It takes a whole lot of effort to walk with those ski boots, and we have to carry the super duper heavy skis up a steep slope to where the learning area was. Very tiring...

Well, we got started with our lessons. We haven't mastered anything ie braking and turning and our instructor was more than happy to leave us and dump us there. Now, I don't sound very pleased with the ski trip's experience. We didn't know where to go, so we attempted a slope that looked less steep nearby. However, instructors in that area were very pissed with noobs like us because we didn't know how to brake properly and started crashing into kids learning how to ski in that same area. Sheeeesh!! give us signs to tell us where to go or something instead of reprimanding us! Those instructors didn't even bother to help us up. Meanos... They should kinda allocate areas for beginners like us to practise our skills and recommend areas we can proceed to when we're slightly more confident of our skills. Also, if there's going to be vulnerable kids learning in an area which is for the general public anyway, put up signs telling people to be more cautious or something!!

Since noobies weren't welcomed anywhere... I thought, it's either we ski down the slope to the bottom of the hill or get stuck in the middle of nowhere (our learning spot was like...in the middle of the main ski slope). I spent some time figuring out to brake and i eventually did =D I was quite happy, so I just went for the biggest slope ever for the beginner and skiied down (slowly of course). I crashed and rolled =D haha! it was so much fun I climbed up the slope again and skiied down again. I found a less steep path later, which was pretty much invisible cos it was hidden at the side. I went there and started speeding. I guess that's when my ski trip became more interesting =D





And yes, after that day, I got sick. Didn't know why but I probably caught a cold. The throat was sore for a week and I got a temporary pyrexia couple of days ago. That feeling was awful.

I also had my first attempt at making quiche! It's this cheese + egg baked dish. I added potatoes, spinach and corn in the quiche. Kinda burnt on the top because I didn't cover with aluminium foil. Turned out a bit watery as well because I added milk even though I'm not really supposed to. Oh well, the taste is there!!

Tired of waiting...

For every 2 messages I send, you'd only reply once. I'm sick of waiting for your replies. Therefore, I'm not going to pin up any more hopes on you. Arghhh...

I wonder...

My baking adventures!

All my baking expeditions...not exactly in chronological order. Not that it matters. I feel like having a picture spam at the moment =D

For mother's day. I baked apple pies

Look nice! I used Fuji Apples instead of Granny Smith apples so that I won't have to deal with the sourness by using more sugar. I can have naturally sweet apples and add less sugar =D I used brown sugar as well. Tasted better.

I just made a bowl of soba noodles in soy sauce. simply boiled the noodles, bean sprouts, fishcake and egg together and put it in soba sauce. Simple meal and refreshing.

My first ever apple pie which failed reaaaally badly. I used 4 granny smiths apples and the fillings turned out SO SOUR! The top crust was so hard it was hard to slice into pieces. The aftermath was just disastrous.

Attempted asian style bibimbap with bokchoy, seasoned pork, kimchi, fried eggs and beansprouts. Well, after mixing everything together with the seasoning (gochujang+vinegar+sugar+seasame), the presentation and individual ingredients didn't matter as long as it tasted good.

I made agar-agar, mum-style! I used normal agar powder and added gula melaka, eggs and coconut milk. I loved the ones my mum made and was craving for some.

Oreo cheesecake! I learnt that, to get that ice-cream texture, I'd just need to freeze it. It tastes less creamy but you won't get sick of the cheesecake while having that one slice.

I just decided to play and cut a slice out to make a sundial out of my oreo cheesecake =D

Now this is another cheesecake, for Faezah's birthday and mine. It's a nutella cheesecake, but i didn't put enough nutella in the cream cheese filling so the flavour didn't come out strong. Then I decided to use nutella to design the cake as well. haha! it was fun... I used baking paper to make the cone-shape thing such that i can write with nutella.

My attempt with apple crumble. This was how it looked before baking. Looks really powdery.

The baked apple crumble! The sultanas in the crumble got burnt! For some reason, i preferred eating my crumble cold, so I put it in the fridge overnight before cutting a slice (it was really hard) to eat.

My obsession with salads at Austin Hospital resulted in me attempting to create my own thai sweet chilli chicken salad. I boiled chicken breasts (it'd be great to grill them instead). Then I added celery, corn kernels, red capsicums and apple slices. The salad dressing includes thai sweet chilli, lemon and some honey.

My final product! When I made this, I didn't intend to put so much stuff but the amount in the salad bowl just kept growing. Well, that bowl satisfied a couple of stomachs that night!

I baked this for father's day. It's just a normal apple crumble with nutella words.

When I bought Cadbury choc chips to bake muffins, i came across a cookie recipe on the choc chip package. So I decided to bake the cookies according to the recipe. The cookies turned out SOOooooo crispy it didn't feel like cookies, more like biscuits. That's probably because I didn't add any milk to the batter. Taste good though, with the butter, sugar and choc chips. so sinful...

My cookies just got smaller as i continued baking but they looked nicer as well

I used the remaining cookie mixture to bake one huge giant cookie which i gave to Eshan in the end.

My first attempt at baking banana -choc chip muffins! They looked slightly burnt. I had a huge problem with mashing the bananas because they were not exactly that ripe. The muffin texture was quite chewy but i liked it.

My second attempt at baking muffins! This time, i baked banana-cinnamon-choc chip muffins! My first batch failed because I put too much muffin mix in the cups and the paper cups couldn't support the growing muffin, so part of the muffin collapsed. The ones in the pic are from the 2nd batch and i put much less muffin mix.

Sydney trip

How I wish blogger had an easier way to upload photos...
Anyway here's my Sydney trip blog post while I'm procrastinating whether to start on my assignment.

I went there with Faezah, Justin and Lai. We went to Blue Mountains the first day we reached Sydney. We drove from the city to Blue Mountains. It was a long drive and it was tiring considering that I didn't sleep much the previous night. Oh yea, I was driving a Toyota Corolla Hatchback. Initially, there were issues with the Toyota and Thrifty (the car rental company) decides to give us an upgrade...to a Hyundai i30. haha... The guys were complaining so much about it cos it was considered a downgrade to them. So we stuck with the Toyota. So we stayed at YHA Blue Mountains. I thought it was gonna be like really ulu or something with nothing around. It was actually a small town. I was a tad disappointed actually.

We went abseiling the next day. We spent a whole day abseiling. We challenged a couple of cliffs, 5m, 15m, 30m and 60m. We actually wanted to go canyoning instead but probably the weather wasn't the best since there's swimming involved. It was quite fun, and easy of course. Initially we climbed down, then we experimented with jumping... and finally we challenged ourselves to jumping + spinning 360deg on the rope. Got a few bruises but the experience was wonderful. The downside to abseiling is... if you want to repeat, you have to climb all the way up AGAIN. We did twice for each height other than 60m, which we did 3 times. It was TIRING to climb. I've got all sorts of sore muscles after all that climbing.

That's me abseiling down a 15m. There's an overhang where I get to just lower myself down while sitting in the harness.

That's the 60m one. Insane but exciting =)

The next day, we went to the next attraction in Blue Mountains: Jenolan Caves. Of course, we did caving. It was just a basic cave for beginners. Initially, we had to abseil down into the cave entry. Having abseiled the previous day, all of us were so confident. We never expected that 10m to be soooo difficult. We were abseiling down a limestone wall, so it was reaally slippery. I've got a huge bruise because I slipped and slammed against the wall (i think the bump is still there ><). Then we entered the cave. It was quite interesting but challenges a bit of our physical strength and size. They made us squeeze through holes - which proved a challenge to me cos i'm fat. Well, I succeeded =D the guide is actually larger than me so he joked that if he could go through, anyone else could. We have to climb, slide, and step at precarious rock positions. I was really afraid I'd slip again but I completed the course safely.

A couple of marine fossils we saw while caving.

That's me trying to get through the cave hole. I was struggling to push myself through ><

In the morning prior to caving, Faezah and I actually went bushwalking for a while because we had time and the guys were being lazy. Great view and nice weather. We were photowhoring so much on the way we couldn't really finish the whole trail. I don't have the photos but i guess she uploaded those on facebook since she took them.

The next day, it was time for us to leave Blue Mountains for Sydney City. We visited the 3 sisters at Blue Mountains.
There's the 3 sisters. Easy to recognise right?
So we reached Sydney City. Well, we were lost in the city trying to find parking spots around YHA Sydney Central (and they didn't have any). The roads were sooo confusing and forbid us from making right turns and left turns randomly. So annoying. Then Lai and I had to return the car and we got lost trying to get back to Thrifty. We finally did though and took a train back to YHA.

They have 2-level trains! So nice... We got in and sat on the upper level =D
So after that, we walked around a couple of attractions around in Sydney. Justin met up with his friend so the other 3 of us went off on our own. We walked around Haymarket, Chinatown, Darling Harbour and all the way to Circular Quay and Sydney Opera House! Woooo~ Sydney Opera House is one of my dream place. Just love the achitecture and atmosphere soooo much <3

Not an amazing photo, blurry.
At night, we slept early to prepare for the World Cup Semi-finals. Apparently, Paul the Octopus predicted that Spain would win and the guys actually went to bet on Spain. So we woke up at 4.30am to watch. haha it's really difficult for me to stay awake during the match. Spain won eventually =(

The next day, we went to Sydney Fish Market =D Needless to say, we were there to FEAST!

Lobsters were yum!!
So Lai and I decided to challenge our limits and tried sea urchin. It was.....gross and fishy. The fishy taste was sooo intense I had to soak it with lots of soy sauce and wasabi to get rid of that. We were struggling to finish. At the fish market, we just went around trying other stuff. Since we could only sit at benches belonging to that particular seller, we have to wait long for benches. It's a touristy place. I eagle-eyed a bench for like 10 - 15mins waiting for those peeps to leave. When they finally did, Justin put the food down and while we waited for the prev peeps to leave, a couple swoosh-ed in (like literally!!) and sat down and started eating! I was sooo shocked. I just stared at them for a while and started reasoning with them that I was waiting there for ages and I didn't notice that they were there AT ALL! They just gave me lame excuses like, "we were waiting for long too (like wad, 1min?) and our food is turning cold (wtf, my food isn't?)". Then I requested to negotiate and the wife's like no. SUCH AN UNREASONABLE BITCH!! Then the husband spoke up and asked us how many of us there were. Well, there's 4 but only 3 were present cos Faezah is waiting elsewhere. He's like..."Only 3 of you are here so we get the seats" and they continued eating and killed the poor prawns like there's no tomorrow. that idiot! They're not even Chinese/Asian lor!! They're freaking Caucasians! Now I shouldn't really stereotype people should I? So annoying!

The same day, the weather was really bad and it kept raining the whole day. Just dampened our moods totally but I really wanted to go to the Sydney Opera House's tour since I didn't get to go the previous day since we were too late. Well, we got there ultimately, trying to figure out the transport system and public transport available. I loved the tour and I got to see the Concert Hall and the Ronald Sharp Organ which took years to build and tune! Loved it sooo much.

On the last day, we just walked around the city, shopping a little, eating... and prepared to take the flight home. During our flight, we actually saw snow mountains! It was a spectacular view from the plane. I saw like Fall's creek and Mt Buller (if the steward was right). =DDDD What a great way to end my trip!

This is fall's creek I think...

Updating on my mornington trip next time!

"My girlfriend is a Gumiho" =D

Took this from dramabeans... This pic is absolutely hilarious! I love how Seunggi looks and his character in the show =D I'm so gonna watch this!!

My latest obsessions..

I forgot to add one more reason to my love for Mondays...
Dong Yi's new episode of the week is uploaded on Monday!
One reason to like Tuesday...Dong Yi's 2nd episode of the week is uploaded on Tuesday!

Yes!! i'm so obsessed with watching Dong Yi that I got my mum to download and install PPS - over skype - so that she get to watch Dong Yi as well. I know she'll like it =D Dong Yi is something like Dae Jang Geum but I think that it's much more draggy than Dae Jang Geum. It has a more modern feel in terms of the language and tone used. As usual, there'll be a few comical characters to lighten the mood of the show. One of them is Lee Kwang-su...who's also co-hosting the variety show "Running Man", mainly hosted by Yoo Jaesuk. I watched the first episode with Lee Hyori and it was damn funny. Anyway, I thought Lee KwangSu really portrayed his comical character well in the Dong Yi show where they kept making fun of his height. Then there's Han Hyo Joo who's portraying "Dong Yi", the main character in the same-name show. Not a big fan of her but am still able to accept her. She's pretty versatile, but I'd love to see her in a mean character. Then, there's Ji Jin Hee, who's the emperor in the show. He acted in Dae Jang Geum as well, as the officer in love with Jang Geum. His character, as the emperor, is soooo different that i'm not getting used to it =( I preferred his stern outlook in Dae Jang Geum.


My next obsession is...watching America's next top model!! Couldn't find another drama to start on especially when i'm still on Dong Yi (and waiting...) and Baker King is still being broadcasted and hasn't ended. Was pretty happy when I found it on PPS because i love watching ANTM for some reason. I'm on cycle 13 at the moment. Gotta catch up with the other cycles after that.

My next obsession is... eating avocadoes! I got so crazy about avocadoes...I have avocado salads all the time and add avocado to my meals. It's fattening...which is why I did my research on the net and found out that my maximum intake is half an avocado a day. Well, I've to exclude some other fat sources of course since it's pretty fattening. I had this misconception that avocado is high in cholesterol and bad for you. However, it is soooo delicious I can't resist the buttery texture. So, I did my research! and found out that it's a healthy fruit, which contains lots of nutrients, vitamins and healthy fats, but must be consumed in moderation of course. YUM!!
Look at the creamy green interior...omggggg



"The avocado is known also as the alligator pear, because of its shape and the thick, leather-like appearance of its skin. The avocado is a very versatile fruit in that it can be added to everything from salads, to dips and salsas. There is a common misconception that you shouldn’t eat avocados because of their high fat content. The fat oils in avocados are nature made, unsaturated and unhydrogenerated. In fact, it has been found that the oil of an avocado is one of the most valuable of the unsaturated fatty acids. Of the 30 grams of fat typically found in an average size avocado, 20 of those grams are health promoting monosaturated fats, especially oleic acid. So don’t fear, they are good for you, and yummy too!" - took from a website - i didn't plagiarise!

My next obsession is... making noise in my room. I used to stay with 11 others on the same floor so I didn't dare to blast my instrument. Now i'm staying with 3 others, and on the upper level. Not that sound-proofing is good in the flat, but at least...less noise reach my housemates? haha! I try to play earlier in the evening and play when there's hardly anyone around.

My last obsession is... a seekret =D

Loving mondays, dreading tuesdays

A few reasons why I look forward to Monday...
i) It's not a day for assignments because i'd be out. Stress relief?
ii) Kacau Jaey
iii) CO practice!
iv) it means one day of the week is over
v) get to visit the city and shop for asian/korean/supermarket stuff

A few reasons why I don't look forward to Tuesday...
i) Monday is over so I gotta wait for the next Monday
ii) Probably lacked sleep after arriving home late from CO practice
iii) Gonna be a long day filled with lectures and tutorials

Then again, how many more mondays can I have without having monday blues? Not many...3 more =( I'm totally not looking forward to that. Haiz... Gonna miss my friends at the CO practice for sure and the fun we have during practices. More monday blues too...

Inspirational quotes

It's weird how I decided to change the title of my blog suddenly... while I was surfing for some quotes that I could use for my blog title, i chanced upon some beautiful inspirational ones:

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!

Don't know why but whenever I chance upon quotes, I feel that they apply to my situation in one way or another. I'll try to keep them in my mind and use them to guide my actions but sometimes, I'd just forget all about them especially during times when I'm extremely down. Maybe when I'm depressed, I should prepare a book of quotes that I can refer to which can help me stay positive about life =)

Anyway, school started for me 2 days ago on a sat and continued on a sun. Fortunately, it wouldn't go on for every weekend else I'd be really upset, losing all my weekends. My last semester would definitely be a hectic semester. We started school one week earlier than others and have school for almost everyday for the whole day!! =(

Haven't had time to update about my Sydney trip and my road trip to Mornington! Maybe I should find some time to proceed on that. I was totally occupied with school, admin stuff and of course, dramas =D I started watching Dong Yi. It's a drama that's like Dae Jang Geum but for some reasons, I like these kind of dramas which would involve some kind of intellect fight, sabotage and romance with the king XD I've already reached like ep30 but the drama hasn't ended yet. I can only access till ep34 on PPS but there's 50 episodes in total!! Omggg I'd have to wait really long before the romance progresses. ROAaaaRR... The drama is contributing to my stress, ironically =( My obsession with the drama reduced time available for me to deal with my administrative stuff. Haiz...I should stop procrastinating already!

Heehee...me trying to squeeze through a hole during caving in Blue Mountains, Sydney.

ohhh i changed my blog layout again!! just bored and playing around XD

new update!!

Haven't updated this blog in ages! late by a few months XD

I can't exactly recall what I did our these few months... all I remembered was, I was so busy with all the assignments and placements. Not like I don't have time for other stuff... just that i tend to dedicate more time to the assignments and exams.

Placements were awesome. I had a placement in acute care. It's a general surgical ward so i got to learn various nursing skills. I enjoyed that a lot. Then, I had a placement in a rehab ward for gerontics. Not my type of nursing work but it's really nice seeing those elderly recovering from their major surgeries.

During the first semester, I didn't really do much travelling. My sources of relaxation came from dramas, tv shows, internet surfing and occasional hangouts in the city with others. It's only during Easter weekend when I went to the Sovereign Hill Gold Mine in Ballarat. It's a nice educational place and I got to see gold mined and processed! ohhhhh.... the sight of the shining gold is sooo wonderful. How I wish it was mine!

Went ice-skating twice as well! I'm not really good at it i guess... cos i'm afraid of falling so i kept walking instead of skating ><

Anyway, assignments and exams are all done! Was a stressful period because I had to achieve a minimum grade to get into the Honours program. Hopefully, I can meet the requirements especially when I'm not really good with essays.

Also, I had plenty of problems with my Honours program other than meeting the grade requirements >< The Honours program is no longer a full-time one year program. It's only offered as a part-time program spanning 2 years. That means, I can't really enrol in that since Visa requirements state that I need to enrol in a full time course. Plus, i don't wanna waste 2 years in a part-time program while being unable to work and gain experience. Then again, I don't think i'm allowed to work. Arghhh... all the complications have been stressful for me and I tried liaising with all admin people for help and advice. Not getting a conclusion at the moment...unsure of my future at the moment =( I hope something can be worked out eventually...

During this stressful period, I picked up a new hobby! that's baking and making desserts! Well, just the simple stuff, not too complicated. Enjoyed experimenting with flour, sugar and butter and baking lots of stuff which i distributed to everyone else eventually. I baked...muffins, crumbles, pies and made cheesecake, jelly, longan drink and experimented with different kinds of salads.ok...shall update on my sydney trip another time!

Just something random

This is for all dragon-single ladies =P I took this at river angbao. I think that's like one of the main reason I go there for, to look at all the predictions for the different zodiacs.

I just wanted to share some pictures =P I took this during CNY of course! This loh-hei looks absolutely nice right? This is like the biggest loh-hei i've ever had. Lots of abalone and of course, lots and lots of vegetables =P I love eating our home-made loh-hei. I think it tastes better than those outside.

Busy busy weeks ~

School has started since last week! I'm having this week off however. I think the lecturers wanted the lecture theatres all to themselves and it'll be easier to book if we started school one week earlier.

It was a tiring week last week. Had school from 9 - 3.30pm with only short breaks in between. In addition, we had to start our group assignment! I haven't really started working hard. Just not in the mode yet but I did work on the assignment. During the week, I just spent most of my time trying to settle in my new flat and environment. Found a few ex-chisholm people around Barnes Way and visited their flats. Made a few new friends in Barnes Way as well. I had quite a busy week.

Even though I didn't have any lectures this week, i didn't know why i was sooo busy. I think I was pretty occupied with the group meetings and meet-ups with friends. Then there were housewarmings. I think most of my time were wasted on missing buses as well T.T

I had a "wonderful wednesday" where i missed 3 buses (that's like 1hr+ lost due to waiting). Firstly, I was supposed to set off for felicia/shamay's place for a study session. I wanted to take the campus bus so that i didn't have to walk 30mins to get to the other side of the uni. The bus didn't come so i ended up walking anyway (after all the time wasted on waiting). Then after the session, i went Austin hospital to get admin stuff done. I was waiting for the bus to get to Northland for shopping and the bus due according to the timetable didn't show up. I had to wait for the next. Then at Northland, I was shopped for a quilt (in preparation for cold weathers). When i got back at the flat, i realised that I bought the wrong size. I felt like killing myself. Then i rushed to take the bus to get back to Northland. The bloody bus didn't show up according to the timetable and I was exasperated. I quickly switched to an alternative route and got to Northland to have my quilt exchanged. The only fortunate thing was, I met a new friend =)
Thurs was a busy day for me as well. Out for group discussion, then had singsoc meeting, then had a catching-up session with faezah n gen (somehow a bigger group appeared at maccas later), then went for simone's housewarming, and attended bar night later. I dropped by chisholm to drop off a sg freshie with sueling and we ended up playing piano and chatting with a group of friends till late in chisholm. then i went back to my room @ about 2+am with security escort. haha!

Intending to chill over the weekend and wait for monday to arrive. School's starting again and I hope I can get my frequency and mode set right for studying. Oh! but my enthusiasm for Monday practices would still exist =D

Melb again~

I'm back in Melbourne again! Is that good news or bad news?
I missed home sooo much and I didn't feel like leaving at all. It was nice of Emmie to come and send me =P I had problems along the way though. I changed a passport but I forgot to change the passport no. in my student visa so i was held up at Changi airport. It was easily settled though. I'm so not gonna take the 11+pm flight ever again. The seats are so uncomfortable, Krisworld simply sucked and I hated my whole flight experience. Luckily I was permitted to take the shortcut when passing through the declaration counters so I didn't have to wait 1hour.

Got to my new flat where I met my flatmates. There was a hell lot of cleaning in the house. I went for grocery shopping with felicia first, then she helped me move my stuff back from her house. Then I started cleaning my room, cleaning the flat, and unpacking all my stuff all in one day. It was reaaally tiring. Luckily toto came the next day and the two of us worked on cleaning the whole house after getting our new vacuum cleaner =))

I felt really lonely those few days though. Most of my melbie friends were still in Singapore or Malaysia. So toto and i went back to Chisholm to visit some of our friends there and it was really great meeting them there. I felt less lonely. Just when the fun was about to start, school started for me as well. I would really love to crash Chisholm's parties >.<

Fortunately, there's some activities organised @ Barnes way =) Gonna meet my new neighbours and would be going to first bar night! Yongxin is here~~ so happy XD

Somehow, I know... I just know I just know I just know. You don't.

Sarcasm

How I wish I could point at you and laugh and say this, "See! I told you so!!"

Just more updates about my Jan

During January, toto and jasmine came over to singapore to tour! I didn't really follow them around but I went with them to Sentosa and Chinatown. Didn't photowhore much but we did take a few photos XD

Also, on 23rd January, I had a concert! The process for the preparation for the concert was tiring but I still had fun nonetheless with my new-found friends. The actual performance didn't really go smoothly because everyone were anxious or something. The rehearsal was much better than the performance. However, I must really thank hy (and her sis) as well as faezah, toto and jasmine for coming to support me! [I noe that jaey can't make it so u're forgiven. lol!!] After the concert, i pangseh-ed faezah and co. and hy +sis to join my newfound frens for post-concert celebrations. We went to partyworld next to singapore conference hall to sing. It was quite awkward but got fun later, when we began to self-entertain ourselves when others were singing. Anyway, there weren't much singaporeans around during the KTV. It was more to welcome our VIPs from hongkong and malaysia who came specially to watch the concert. so my fren and i felt awkward initially. Our other frens came later after moving the instruments back to the CC but they left a while later to drink @ a pub. Yijia and I preferred singing and self-entertaining ourselves. haha!

I felt a sense of emptiness after the concert day. It was difficult making new friends and I got really involved in KeatHong CO. It's a pity I won't be participating in their other activities after this concert (for this year la). I felt disappointed as I really wanted to continue with them. I'll definitely miss my newfound friends but i shan't remember to keep in contact with them =)) I don't wanna fly back to melb!!!

Anyway, after my attachment ended, I went to blood bank to donate blood. The funniest thing that happened was... i couldn't donate blood cos my iron level was too low!!! ROFL! 12.5 was the minimum allowed and my level was 11.9mg. HAHA! goodness~~ no wonder i feel lethargic all the time. I was laughing while the doctor was advising me. I can't believe I actually have iron-deficiency (not really deficiency la... just insufficient for blood donation).

Anyway, i met gladys later @ vivo city. We couldn't stop chatting XD it was great catching up with an old friend. I don't believe that over time, you'll gradually distance yourself from old friends. I knew there were exceptions, and exceptions have happened to me a few times already, but i'll still do whatever i could to keep the remaining friendships left =D can't wait to meet her again for sakae sushi!!

Here comes boring feb!

My drama update:
Starting watching tokyo dogs. Oguri shun is damn funnie in that show and mizushima hiro was a bit exaggerating but was still alright. I'm gonna watch a HK drama next XD I wanna watch Gong Xin Ji!

My kpop update:
I haven't been listening to much kpop songs recently due to my obsession with Jaiho. (mx ROFL). Have been updated with the kpop news though. I liked CNBlue's new songs. I like that kind of slow rock rather than heavy metal. Also, the kpop from the new girlgroups were too retarded recently, which explains my shift. SNSD's new song Oh! was damn retarded, and was slammed with plagiarism criticisms. They "plagiarised" Rihanna's shut up and drive. sheeeeshhhh... I won't assume anything but i didn't like that song. I preferred Gee and Tell me your wish. Waiting for songs from the power groups like 2NE1, Hyori, 2PM, Wondergirls and blah blah blah!!

Taiwan 2009 food galore!

All the following food went straight into our stomach and got digested =D

@ Taichung ~

Mashed potato covered with cream cheese and bacon

Huge takoyaki balls with plenty of ingredients inside. yum!

Bread filled with fried noodles. Popular in Japan

Cold squid with mayonnaise. I liked it >.<

The muahchee balls that got mx's stomach so full she got scared of it Our first mango ice shaving in Taiwan!

@ a dimsum restaurant @ somewhere. lolz!

Xiaolongbao that isn't super nice

Cheecheongfun. I like this kind! the wet wet one with fillings

I loved this because there's prawns inside =D

@ a shopping district in Taichung, in one of the recommended restaurants.

Soft egg and cheese toast? i can't remember >.<

This is the rice pudding.

Beef noodles! Omg this was reallly good. I loved the soup

@ Sun-moon lake. I didn't post all the pictures cos not all of them were nice. We ate a lot there though.

Fried yam cake. I love the crisp of the skin.

@ Fishermen's jetty in Danshuei, Taipei

Long ice-cream. Woots!

@ a shopping area in Taipei. We were hungry so we got some crepes.

Savoury crepes with lots of ingredients. This is mine

This is hy's chocolate banana crepes. I think it was nicer than the savoury ones. Anyway, they are not exactly crepes cos the skin is like...pancake skin.

@ a pseudo-japanese restaurant near our hotel

Tofu with bonito flakes

Yakisoba. Doesn't look like right! it looks like some chinese chow-mien with udon.

Doesn't look appealing but the fish slices were thick and fresh

Cheena/taiwanese omurice! Quite oily. haha! Those food satisfied our hunger for the night.

@ Shilin Night market

Giant sausages! I didn't eat my Taiwan sausage there so I just had the bigger version.

Spring onions wrapped with pork. The onions' taste was too strong for my liking.

The shilin chicken cutlet. The infamous one! lol...Mango shavings. Do i need to explain more? Yum!!

@ a food court near Taipei 101

Huge hotplate with plenty of ingredients. Looks really yum!

@ Jiufen

Stall owner's photowhoring. These are just 1% of all the photos in her shop.

The meatballs sold in the shop. They taste really good. Worth a try!

a coffee cafe. I loved the coffee! their coffee had jelly inside. These are just the cakes on display which i was tempted to try as well.

@ toilet bowl restaurant in ximending

the menu was omg!! hu-lu-lu xi bian (watery stools). omg i couldn't stop laughing while reading it.

Hy's pasta that came in a sink plate.

Mx's curry rice that came in a toilet bowl!

My baked rice that came in a bathtub. Not that bad >.<

Fried nuggets that came in a squat-toilet. ROFL!

Ice-cream that came in squat toilets with the shape of shyt. rofl!

@ Wakaru in Taipei

My ramen set. It was huge but i managed to finish the protein parts. haha! The soup tasted a bit weird but still alright. I preferred the soup base at Ajisen.

Hy's Katsu set i think. Looks yum as well!