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Smu's letter of acceptance came in today. And I can say it's a blessing from heaven :) have already decided to go ntu and have no hopes left for Smu but suddenly good news arrived in my letterbox.

I have already set a reminder on my phone to accept ntu's offer Tmr. If this letter came one day late, I would not have this chance. Mum is v happy and fully support Smu. I know I would end up choosing Smu cos it's quite obviously the better choice? But actually deep down im quite sad I have to give up studying at ntu. I am really quite excited to start school and start learning what I'm interested in.

But still I think Smu the choice cos

1) no one I know is going ntu
2) because of 1) can't find roommate
3) traveling distance
4) point 2) is just too disturbing
5) parents want Smu

Even tho i know smu is better and everything but I feel like I'm not willing to give ntu up.

1) I'm prefer ntu's course outline. It gets me very excited. Clinical psychology while Smu more on social psychology.
2) hall life ( that's if I can find a roommate)

Damn I realized my reasons for going Smu are not very substantial. They are like kind of built on small disadvantages but not how it's better for me.
I think cos I've heard quite a bit of negative feedback on how competitive, stressful, difficult Smu is but of course I've heard the benefits of it too. Like how it puts me in a better position after I graduate and stuff.

Ahh nvm shall follow what my parents say :) parents never ever go wrong. Seriously. Hahaha after so many years, I realized Hahah
My mum says she brought me luck cos she went with me to submit my application form LOL

What an incoherent post. Sigh I just hope I don't make the wrong choice. Confused and disturbed.
Last saturday cousins came to stayover cos we were all going for amore together the next day! :D

brought sis and cousin celes for trials! :)

in the toilet getting ready :

we went for Jazz and it was hilarious as usual.
everyone in the class was dancing damn nicely and i think we just screwed up the dance but we did try la hahaha
super fun but guess we really need to improve on our coordination hahahah

after amore, we went for lunch. some restaurant at CSM that is supposedly v good and cheap acc to grass
and it was really not bad and very economical. hahahah

us with our super yummy clam chowder soup :D








some of the food we ordered:








after that we spent a super long time deciding where to go next. missed like a total of 4 trains to decide where to go.

and we planked! hahahah

not as good as pro plankers but hey not bad for first try right hahahhaha

cousins were like: plank on the phone booth!!
CRAZY! HAHAHA


initial plan was to buy monopoly deal, head over to sentosa, buy yummy popcorn, sit down and play.

but cos we were all kind of paralysed after jazz, the furthest we could make it to was vivo city.
so we head over to Giant, got some drinks and snacks and went to a quiet corner at vivo roof top and played



the weather was quite hot, evidently. haha






played a total of 3 rounds. and couldnt take it anymore cos we were feeling damn warm and our legs felt super suan from the long hours of sitting on the ground.




after that headed over to BK to try the new mini burger


its super small!! hahah when you seperate them into two. dont they look like conjoined twins? joined at the... head, body and legs??

me and sis continued shopping while the rest went their separate ways and this marks the end of our exciting sunday. hahaha

love cousins outing :D
EH?!?!?!?! why still got funny people commenting on my tagboard?!?!??!?!
wheee i've got a new tagboard cos i realised the no of spam tags > no of friend tags -.-

Last wed 11 may :
Met up with Wendy for lunch + shopping. havent seen her in like aggeeessss.
She's very much the same except maybe got a little more atas. hahaha but she's still the blur wendy i know. haha
bought some clothes from f21. thanks to her being late. i was forced to shop around. and when youre at somersat, how to resist shopping there! so she's to be blamed for making me spend money. lunched at this nice cafe. brought my camera along but actually forgot to take photos with her -.- nvm next time.

Last thurs 12 May :

Went out with wei jia and yi'an to get presents for the Ning, jiajin and benz.
Got a small clutch fromWarehouse for ning and Vans shoes for benz and jj.





Last friday 13 May :

Went to cut hair! yes its by the cute hairdresser :D
have been there so many times but never see him before. i think he's new.
and he looks totally like a korean! like damn nice hair, small koreany eyes, nice clothes.. hahah he just looks good la.
and good looking man just makes a damn good salesperson. he ask you to buy hair products how to reject?! hahaha
anyway i left the salon a very happy person. like feeling very good. hahah i rarely feel good after a hair cut cos either my fringe is screwed or im just feeling pissed. hahaha
so yup he totally made my day :D hahah

anyway went shopping with sister at orchard/somersat. ate mos burger for lunch

this is my half eaten burger hahaha





she got her hair straightener thing. its quite useful i guess. will try using it some day cos my hair at the side of my face tend to curl. and when it curls, it curls very weirdly. its not like a nice curl but a ugly bend.

in the night went to eat manhattan fish market with the family. we all love it cos we love the seafood platter :D

last saturday 14 May :

the day of the flea! wtf at scape! :D
was feeling very excited about it cos i signed up for it like 1 month plus ago. so it was quite a long wait. the night before the flea. was busy packing all the clothes into boxes to be brought there. didnt expect to have to do so much preparation but actually we got to take lots of factors into account and at the end of the packing. i felt like we packed too much. hahaha like too many bags of things.

on the day of the flea. we were still packing. hahaha dad sent us down to scape and we were lucky we got stall number 1 cos it was just next to the carpark entrance so unloading and loading was v easy. and since we were stall no 1, we had lots of space next to us. and so we managed to get lots of fresh air. hahaha and dad helped us check the feng shui of the stall and he said the stall was in a good direction and that business would be good.


and yup business was really quite good. hahahaha. lots of girls came to look at our stall. i think cos our clothes quite nice. HAHAHA. and we were selling it damn cheap. price range from 5 to 15 bucks. like some brand new dresses going at like 10 bucks. sold away many of my f21 clothes too. brand new f21 clothes at 10 bucks! where to find!! hahaha and got nice and cheap bags and shoes also.

mum helped us with our money box. im so glad she was there or everything would be in a mess. wore my dr martens there and my feet hurt like shit. hahaha business was brisk and i think the owners of the other clothes shop opposite was kind of pissed. HAHA

brother came down after his db training and helped too. helped us to get drinks/food and helped us put the clothes into the plastic bags. haha. stall next to us selling Toms inspired shoes. and their business was damn good. i think they rent the stall every single week. not bad la people come buy their shoes shun bian see our clothes also. hahah

at about 7 decided to close the stall soon so we slashed all our prices. there was this girl who wanted to buy this f21 top. it was originally 10 bucks then i became 8 bucks and she was like: 5 bucks can?? WL siao so cheap where can. new one leh. 5 bucks?! opposite selling some damn ugly tee shirt for 5 bucks la! so yup i rejected her. hahaha

sold 60 pieces of items all tgt. managed to sell all our bags except 1 and all the shoes except 2 pairs. earned in total 500 plus. its not our profit but just how much we earned cos we dont know our cost price. but since we are not going to wear these clothes anymore. its good riddance and we still get money :D

mom and dad are both v happy. hahaha. and they are like super supportive. mom suggested doing it again and dad suggested bringing in clothes from overseas. hahah love them.

anyway it was a really good experience and i would definitely do it again when i have enough clothes i dont want. it was really fun but tiring at the same time.

Last Sunday 15 May :

Yi'an and wei Jia came over to bake for the birthday celebration in the night. We decided to bake vanilla cupcakes! Finally found a receipe where the cupcakes taste v yummy. It was kindof a mad rush cos we baked two batches and made icing. After that we headed over to vivo city for dinner! Ate at serenity restaurant. Remember I went there for bday celebration like 3 years ago? Food menu seemed to have changed quite a bit. All of us ordered paellas. Me and wei Jia shared squid ink paella and it was really yummy. (photos are all in Benz camera so can't upload any till I get it from him :) )

After dinner sat around to chat for a while. It's nice hearing everyone share stories about themselves and how they've been. After that decided to walk around. Went on the travelators leading to sentosa. Scenery was really nice. Found a nice corner and sat down in a circle to chat. Such a nice feeling being able to see and talk to all of them :)

Monday 16 May :

Watched ff5! Its really quite nice and exciting. Hahah. Definitely worth the money! Actually I have never Watched any of the ff movies before. So the next day I went to buy the DVDs of ff1 to ff4. Hahaha.

Friday 20 May :

Had mock driving test. And I did terribly. I had 34 points ( yes 20 and below to pass) and 1 immediate failure. I guess you can see how terrible a driver I am from my points. Hahah I think my instructor was utterly disappointed with me. Ahhh the real test in 2 weeks. Damn scared I'll fail. Anyway after driving I went over to my village at srgn gardens to chill. Alone. Hahah cos I'm too depressed abt my driving.

Anyway I have been wanting to like do this for a long time. Sit at coffee bean ( outdoor seats at coffee bean at village is freaking comfortable and relaxing) with a good book, a drink and a cheesecake. Woah this is life man. Hahaha. The feel of having so much time on your hands. Can just sit and relax for as long as I want. So I sat at coffee bean for like 3 hours Hahahaha
Am I cutout to be a tai tai??? Hahahahaha yes right!! just that taitais don't go for high tea alone.

Parents and bro all overseas now. It's really quite boring at home. When they are at home I could still play monopoly deal with them. was so bored that there was one day I just spent my whole afternoon playing mahjong on my phone. It's really quite addictive. Hahah.

there's a small retail shop at srgn gardens hiring. im considering taking up the job cos i ♥ $$ and i have always wanted to work in a small shop but i hope the working hours can be really flexible.

alright bye! :D
HI friends! im back with photos of the cupcakes i made yest! its vanilla cupcakes! :D

looks nice right! :B hahaha

and since it was mother's day yest, i decided to go with the pink theme. dunno why but somehow mothers=girls(or rather women)=girly=pink

and so i made some buttercream! and blended it with fruit of forst jam! and tadaa! i get pink buttercream.

vanilla cupcakes topped with pink buttercream + rainbow sprinkle bits + strawberries!

looks nice? :D

actually when i was doing it looked like shit. i swear. when you look closely, it actually looks terrible. hahah


the stupid buttercream kept melting and couldnt stay in its fixed position. i used like half a roll of kitchen towels to like keep the buttercream in place. it was like hell. i spent like 3+ hours in total on these cupcakes.




Since i havent been getting down to blogging for a very long time about my life. i shall do a summary of my week! (since its a sunday today!!)

i shall start from last saturday which is 30th April.

30th April:

Went out with amazing friends ( we shd totally get a group name for ourselves. i always have trouble thinking of what to call yall. like friends sounds too mediocre. and adding an adj infront of friends never fails to make it sound so corny )

decided to eat at pasta inc! they're no longer at lavender but have shifted to outram.

(sidetrack: i rmb we went there to celebrate gel's bday! which is also the day kuchi kuchi was given to gel :) dont have photos at the restaurant but only this 2 photos taken on that day.



okay back to main topic!
so we went pasta inc to celebrate dearest Yi'an's birthday!

most of the photos are up on fb le! so im just going to upload some :)






after dinner we went to Pinnacle@Duxton!
weijia's friend stays there so she helped us to get to the skypark! so thankful to her. if its not for her, we wouldnt have been able to enjoy the damn good scenery.

even the corridors look high class

dont this picture make us look like we are having our private pool party?? hahahah




the girl in pink is wei jia's friend!

1st May:

paternal relatives came over for dinner as usual. cousins brought along their new puppy. its a papillon! am too lazy to connect my iphone to the com so i wont be uploading the photos/videos. video is up on fb tho!
played with the puppy and i could sense reiko getting v jealous. hahahah

2nd May:

went to teach tuition in the morning. currently teaching a p6 girl eng and sci and a p5 boy maths.
eng is freaking hard to teach. perfect continuous tense, past perfect tense, present perfect tense, future continuous tense, simple future tense, subject verb agreement. wl all these learn in pri sch de who can rmb. damn stressed to teach. and most of the time english grammer comes naturally for us. so its hard to explain why isit like that to the kid.

went for dinner with family at serangoon gardens village. ate at this hong kong restaurant.
food's nice! :D fav is salted egg prawns!! bro's fav too! :D hahah

4th May:

went for driving in the morning. am starting to dread going for driving lessons. cos its so stressful. esp when i have instructors who kept questioning and scolding. but i guess thats the way it is la. seems like everyone else not only me hates driving or rather learn driving hahah. cant wait for everything to end. ohhh that day was learning U-turn.
so normally instructor would give directions and stuff.
that day he said: okay in front traffic light you turn right.
so i thought he was saying: okay in front traffic light U-turn right
so i proceeded to U-turn. then he grabbed my steering wheel and turned it super abruptly.and he was like: what you doing! i ask you to turn right not U-turn you U-turn for what.
i got a shock out of my life la.

and i also got scolded for not remembering bus lanes timings :( he linked it to me being irresponsible, a threat on the road, dangerous driver yada yada yada.

after driving went to vanessa weed house! before that borrowed a dvd at nex and bought yoguru! so went to her house to watch narnia and eat yoguru :D thats the good thing abt leaving so close to one another :D
realised oscar looks healthier and he still looks as cute as ever. haha

5th May:

cousin came over to stay and we baked apple crumble together. rest of the day was spent bumming around watching cable tv. with the catch up function on cable tv, i can watch all my shows now!!! wont be worried abt missing any episodes :D

6th May:

driving again. nothing much to say haha cos cant rmb what else i did on that day hahah

7th May:

which was yesterday. i went for tuition. went to eat sushi teh with aunt uncle and grandparents ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ major love them :D esp my ahma and ahgong ♥♥♥

after that went home and started baking :D decided to try brownies cos my cupcakes always fail. but instead of brownies in a pan, i decided to make brownie cupcakes! cos my brownies tend to always be uncooked in the middle so cupcakes make it easier to be baked :B

tried out a new receipe. which needed v v little flour. was very doubtful of it but the brownies turned out fine!! :D not v delicious but nice! :D (i hope )

pictures below!





decorated it with some fondant. yah the design is like kind of repeated from yian's bday cupcakes cos i have limited fondant mold cutters and cos my icing sugar piping bag lacks a connector so im unable to connect the nozzle on to the bag =.= the most i can get are blobs of icing but not flowers.
hehe i cant wait to go get it so i can try out more decorating designs.

after baking went out to meet nic and jiajin at nex for dinner :)
wanted to eat chinese food so we decided on eating at Soup Restaurant. food was not bad. very very filling hahah
after dinner we met benz and huat at bishan j8 for movie. was supposed to watch at the cathay but all tickets sold out. even cinema at nex was freaking crowded. luckily we managed to get tickets at j8. watched Thor. surprisingly, it was quite good. hahah. after that went home and joined my dad in watching the elections.
missed the first few results but was mainly only interested in bishan, marine parade and aljunied. and aljunied expected would be the last few constituency to be announced as i think the recounted the votes a million times. hahah

watched till about 2 plus i gave up cos the aljunied pap's airtime was so freaking long.

as im typing this, reiko's watching me from the side :) he so cute. just loves being around ppl. love keeping us within his sight. always rousing from his sleep with our slight movements. you sit next to him and he'll just snuggle next to you and fall asleep. loves how he rolls on his back so that he can get a bellyrub. loves how he tries sneaking into the house when my dad is not around. loves how he gets excited when we get home. loves how he barks at the people we dont like(we always say he knows who we hate). love how he looks at us with his innocent eyes. loves how he rub his face with his paws. loves how he follows us wherever we go. (dad calls him kaypoh dog). loves how he curls up in the corner when he sleeps. loves how he sticks his face against the ceramic flower pot as its cooler. love it when he licks our faces to show how much he loves us.(mum always scolds us for letting him lick our faces tho. haha) love how clean and nice his fur is such that kissing him on his head would not leave us with rashes on our mouth.
im so glad and fortunate to have an additional member in the family. it seems like he was a gift sent to us to love us. im so glad its him and not some other dog at the farm. sounds cheesy but im very proud of reiko and in my eyes, he's the most beautiful dog i've ever seen. he brings us so much joy and i cant help but love him even more.

alright shall end the post here. am going to make some cupcakes now for mother's day tonight!!! :D:D:D im addicted hahaha
okay BYE!!

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