blog closed for holiday

in another 6 hrs time, i will be on SQ A380 flight heading to tokyo, japan. grad trip with BBS is finally coming haha. despite e swine flu cases, we hav decided to go ahead with our planned itinerary, fully armed with travel insurance, N95 masks, regular face masks, vitamin C and hand sanitisers haha. hopefully [...]

dear’s birthday celebration

dear applied leave yest cos it was her bday ha. so we gt to spend e whole day tgt. picked her up at her hse at abt 11.30am and we made our way to ritz carlton for buffet lunch at greenhouse. it was our first time there and e whole place was pretty and comfortable.
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official graduate

results were released on e dot at 12am on 22 may. great news! i passed my AB311! though i got only a B for tt, was really happy alr. and thank you prof gerard gonzales for giving us A+ for our FYP haa. really glad tt i managed to grad with a first class honors [...]

meetup with future colleagues

reached suntec tower 5 at 4pm for a meetup session with future colleagues. e planned venue was actually at a conference room, but they decided tt e atmosphere was too formal for a supposedly casual and relaxed session. so in e end we shifted to e pantry, which was a quite a large area. snacks [...]

my new toy

whenever i see smartly dressed guys using blackberry, i wld think they look really professional and successful ha. i guess e popular smartphone brand among professionals has become some sort of indication of social status. i will wonder, when will i be in that position? dressed sharply in suit and tie, using a blackberry as [...]

what a dampener

haiz just a week before we are to fly to japan for our grad trip, this has to happen. swine flu in japan spread quickly in e urban areas of kobe and osaka, with abt 163 confirmed cases now and 4000 schools hav been ordered to close. experts also warn that e flu may spread [...]

NDP 2009

tickets for NDP 2009 are available for balloting alr! haha. since this ballot system started a few yrs back, i hav nv got lucky before ha. tried every year, but didnt manage to get any. not even preview tickets la. but well, i am trying my luck again this year. hopefully will lay my hands [...]

mothers’ day 2009

this year’s mothers’ day, my mum had a surprise from my sis who is working in HK. cos sunday is a working day for my mum, my sis sent a flower basket to her workplace. i guess tt was e first time my mum ever received flowers la (my father is nt e kind who [...]

new addition to my family

oh yea our family car is finally here haha.
went to borneo motors toyota roadshow at suntec city in mid feb to look look see see. but in e end we placed an order for a med silver toyota vios cos we thot if we wanted to buy a car, tt was a great time to do [...]

macau and hk trip day 4

how time flies, it was e last day of our trip. slept till 10plus am and our main itinerary for today: big buddha at lantau island. but before tt, we first went to 泰昌饼家 (tai cheong) which is famous for its egg tarts. indeed, they were good! haha. glad we managed to eat it before we returned [...]

macau and hk trip day 3

so fast it was day 3 alr. after a tiring nite, we still woke up early cos wld be meeting with cindy and jieen again to go to e famed 澳洲牛奶公司 at jordan. i went there with my family too last year but it was closed for CNY and we missed it. had heard lotsa [...]

macau and hk trip day 2

woke up very early at 8plus am cos was supposed to meet up with cindy and jieen for dim sum breakfast! they were staying at nathan hotel, jus a 5mins walk away from our hotel ha. after meeting up with them, 4 of us walked all e way to mongkok’s london restaurant (it is a [...]

macau and hk trip day 1

rise and shine and made our way to largo do senado immediately. it was still early and nt much crowds and of cos most shops were still closed. e buildings there all hav e european colonial feel and were nice.
went pass a portuguese egg tart stall and bought our very first egg tarts in macau ha. [...]

macau and hk trip day 0

our much awaited trip finally came on 30 april! it was our very first overseas hol on a plane tgt and naturally we were very excited abt it. took e train tgt with dear with our bulky luggages and reached changi airport terminal 1 at abt 2plus pm. headed to popeye first cos dear was [...]