Kidnap my heart.

Cherish.

Saturday, November 07, 200911:08 PM

Awesome one. (Y).

"Good things don't last forever, but if we cherish, it may last longer then it initially could."

- Me.

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Dining workshop @ Bedrock!

12:37 AM

HO HO HO. Here's the pictures! :D

Alright, before that, the food wasn't fantastic (the critic's right), but the course itself was rather enriching as we learnt how to de-shell prawns, identity all the cutleries, table manners, etc etc. Really felt like an idiot at the workshop I swear. :x

TR01 on the bus without our lecturer! (Y).

(look at Tng's face. Mouth damn big, HAHAHA!)

Joey, our starbucks girl, and Chen Bin, stupid biceps guy. HAHA! :D

Marcus, who got a scare when I extended my hands to the back (I was sitting in front of him) and took his picture. Hee. :P

Arriving at Pan Pac Serviced Suites, Somerset.

1st course:

Homemade Flat Bread (Y)!

Bedrock Smoked Tomato Soup ( a lil' too sour)

2nd course:

House-cured Trout

Caperberry, Sour Cream

Encinares macabeo, Spain

(Y) x infinity! Awesomeeee!

The in-between:

Passionfruit Sorbet (Y)!

3rd course:

Crispy Skin Seabass

with black olive tapenade

-or-

Steak Frites

Shoestring fries, café de paris butter (so-so. :/)

Encinares Tempranillo, Spain

4th course:

Orange Crème Brulee

coffee or tea

I think I would never eat this again. :x

TR01 family photo!

Awesome experience I can say, with us first time having full strength at an "outing", and able to practice what we've learnt (our instructor was watching us for a bit. -.-). Hahaha.

Gonna have Jazz dance class tomorrow, which I'm super excited about, coz it has been yearssss since I last wore tight pants and danced around! and hopefully TBD1 (Team Bonding Day 1) would be fun tomorrow as well. (:

Im gonna crash, today has been a longggg day. See you!

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Wednesday, November 04, 20094:36 PM

Hellooo! I'm at home, resting coz I'm on MC. Supposingly this includes yesterday, but I went back to school all the same for econs, which I only sat in for 5 mins and the whole tutorial ended. -.-

So, so, I'm VERY VERY EXCITED about the dining workshop tomorrow!

Venue: Bedrock Bar & Grill,
96 Somerset Road, #01-05,
Pan Pacific Serviced Suites, Singapore 238163

Food: 4-course meal, with main course a choice of fish or beef. Fish would be seabass.

Time: 3.30-6pm (the timing where they're closed after lunch, before opening for dinner)

Course outline:

All about Western & Oriental cutleries, napkin, glasses, etc
Table setting - Oriental, Western & Buffet
General knowledge about wine & liquor
Demostration and practice on proper way of handling bun, toast, peas, mash potato, spaghetti, soup and tea
Demostration and practice on de-shelling prawns with fork and knife
Presenting yourself at cocktail party - image & behaviour

I thought we were paying 55 buck for some stupid unknown restaurant till just now, when I searched the web for the info.

"...Sadly, for all its great interiors, service and mood, there’s a but, and it’s a big one: the food is not great. And what’s more, it’s ridiculously overpriced. For $68, you’d expect a striploin steak to be tell-all-yourfriends delicious. It’s not. It’s chewy and full of fatty sinew. It comes with a choice of four sauces (the pinot noir reduction is the best bet, the béarnaise is too rich), but that’s it. The other side dishes are all $6 to $8 a pop. So a sirloin with a side of fries is $74.50(insert O:!!!), not including service and GST. Luckily, the side dish of truffled mac and cheese is a decadent winner, as is the creamed corn with pancetta. But at these prices, I want to feel like I’m eating the best meal of the year. It’s not even close."

-review from www.timeoutsingapore.com

TR01, here's the seabass you guys are having tomorrow!

sheesh. Hopefully the beef steak I've asked my class rep to order won't disappoint me eh. :/

Now now, one thing I hate about my course is that we ALWAYS HAVE to dress-up when it comes to classes/workshops like this. Looks like I have to dig my wardrobe for something presentable tonight... (i.e. no jeans) :/

Will be back with pictures yeah? See y'all! (:

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Drenched in vanilla twilight.

12:33 AM

The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and miss you

Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere

Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly

But I'll miss your arms around me

I'd send a postcard to you, dear

Cause I wish you were here

I'll watch the night turn light blue

But it's not the same without you

Because it takes two to whisper quietly

The silence isn't so bad

Till I look at my hands and feel sad

Cause the spaces between my fingers

Are right where yours fit perfectly

I'll find repose in new ways

Though I haven't slept in two days

Cause cold nostalgia chills me to the bone

But drenched in vanilla twilight

I'll sit on the front porch all night

Waist deep in thought because when

I think of you I don't feel so alone

I don't feel so alone

As many times as I blink

I'll think of you tonight

(Tonight, tonight, tonight...)

I'll think of you tonight

When violet eyes get brighter

And heavy wings grow lighter

I'll taste the sky and feel alive again

And I'll forget the world that I knew

But I swear I won't forget you

Oh if my voice could reach back through the past

I'd whisper in your ear:

"Oh darling I wish you were here"

- Vanilla Twilight by Owl City.

Awfully sweeeet song! Enjoy. (:

The weather's real bad, so take care and drink a lot a lot of water okay! Don't end up being like me eh, down for 2 weeks already. ): I miss dancing!

Peace out yo. \m/

I need to hear you say, that "I love you."

- Far Away, Nickelback.

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I'm already gone.

Monday, November 02, 200911:05 PM

You took me up, drew me in

Like a moth into your flame

Put your jinx in a deadly kiss

Your body locked me down in chains.

Didn't read the danger signs

'Til you crept into my mind

Made me believe you were so in love

I was mesmerized.

Fell Down to earth now baby

I heard my wake up call

You're not a high I can't get off.

[Chorus]

Too little too late girl

Didn't know what you had 'til it's gone

(Don't tell me you're sorry now)

Too little too late girl

Can't back what's already lost

Now you're alone

I still see your reflection in

A corner of my head

You're the tainted mirror image

That my heart has to reject

So I've gotta keep my distance

When you tell me you can change

You can't burn me

With the heat of your love

Cos I've put it in the shade

[Bridge]

Nothing you can do can phase me

Since I got my wake-up call

You can't do your damage like before

Can't turn back the clock

Can't make momentum stop

And every time I look at you

I hesitate

I get a trigger in my mind

That makes me rewind

And remember how you blew my heart away

- Don't Tell Me You're Sorry by S Club 8

That's all I can say to you.

No point telling me so much, coz you know I'm not gonna come back to you.
So just move on; it's better for you this way.

Thanks for telling me, but I wish everything, all the unwanted memories could be forgotten.

P.S. I don't know who the hell is S Club 8. Probably is the website's fault.

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why o' why?

12:32 AM

Helllooooo! (:

Sorry for not having a proper update for so long eh. Been reaaaal busy with school and work, but had some time to breathe due to my knee injury (Need not go dance). Can say it was a blessing in disguise eh! (:

Here are all my overdue photos!

291009, Thursday- CRF dinner!
the CRF family consisting of Gen (the HEAD), Candy (aka kans/kandi), Constance, Veira, Jessline, Ling, me, Benjamin, Faizal, Arvin and Brandon headed down to Newton Circus to have dinner after work! It was kinda of a meeting cum bonding thing, and we kinda had loads of fun! Just that I felt slightly left out, coz everyone's older then me, and somehow we just don't have the common topic. :x

CRF! (:

Me, Ben and Brandon.

311009, Saturday- me & Aunt day!
FINALLY finally finally I can take out a few hours to visit Grandpa at Dover Park Hospice! oh my, I felt really guilty for that eh. Lucky Grandpa understand eh. :x

But anws, the facilities, the nurses and food there was great! (Y) They gave out pink roses for all the patients there, are real polite, and at least he can take the meals there eh. Grandpa is really having a good time there versus TTSH eh. (:
They even have a multi-purpose room for us to slack!

Look at how my aunt makes herself comfortable eh. HAHAH. :D

And it's only one of the 3 sofas they have there eh!

The beautiful pink rose! ♥ (:

Aunt Leena. ♥

The super clean and nice toilet in the room! (there's toilet bowl for girls as well la. hahaha.)

011109, today!

Went to meet Gavin for dinner today. Suppose there was XJ, nigel, cheng, him and me, but XJ fell ill and Nigel was feeling too tired from camp. ): Cheng ended her work at 9, so me and Gavin headed off for dinner and shopping for his formal wear first instead.

And look what I've picked below (I picked the top, he got the bottoms):

SMART RIGHT. O:

Wawa must be SO PROUD of her babe when she sees this! HAHAHA. XD

Gavin's wound (or scar?) on his arm.

I thought it looked like a safety pin, so I put it together with it to compare. Look like right! o.0

After Cheng ended, me, Gavin and James accompanied her for dinner. And as usual, she went crazy. -.-

EVIDENCE:

Retarded #1

Retarded #2

Retarded #3

even when she looked away, her expression also super epic. LOL!

Retarded #4

Nice one James! HAHAHA. XD

And we ended the day off with nice night view from Marina! (:

I don't know why are you making me wonder again, when I thought it should have died down almost 6 months ago.

And it's super scary.

Please tell me that my hunch is fake. Pleaseeee.

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Decision time.

Friday, October 30, 20091:16 AM

Gen (my manager in CRF) talked to me today. yeah, about Fred Perry.

Fred Perry is under-staffed, while CRF (all under Asylum) is over-staffed, so 2 must go over to help them. And being the newest, of coz it would be me.

The good thing is, she is giving me time till end of dec to prove myself worthy of staying in CRF, and maybe I have to revise my work schedule. True enough, for whole of November, I'm only working 8-9 days. The total pay is not even enough to cover my expenses. Bloody hell, looks like I have to leave or squeeze another day out to work.

Sigh, I hate my timetable. So freaking hard to do retail.

& NRA?
It has always been my love to dance; it just take me away from the pressures in life for a while, for that 4 hrs a week. I really love to groove and dance, I really do.
But when it comes to crossroads, where I have to make a decision, where opportunity cost has to occur (too much econs, LOL.), what am I supposed to do?

I'm so exhausted.

Someone hug me, please.

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With love.

Tuesday, October 27, 200912:34 AM

♥

Your voice

was the soundtrack of my summer

Do you know unlike any other

you'll always be my thunder

& I said

Your eyes

are the brightest of all the colours

I don't wanna ever love another

you'll always be my thunder

- Thunder by Boys Like Girls

It only occurred to me today, how much you meant to me.

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241009, the day the world runs.

Monday, October 26, 20091:09 AM

Hellooo! I'm gonna do a short update here, coz im damn tired from work and tutorial work eh.

Anws, went for Nike Human Race 10k as a volunteer with yixin, sean, wawa, nigel, alex, kah ho, eileen, josiah, laksana, khai, suren, travis, brenda, keng wee. Before the race, me, wawa, nigel, khai, suren and brenda slept at the basement of Esplanade. The sofas there were shiooook, even though we only slept for 1 hr! so nice of the security guard to let us stay there eh. :D

Look at these sleepy people! every one was taking a short nap before the race starts, except for me, keng wee and khai, who were busy taking photos of them. HAHAHA. :P

The volunteer's shirt! (: but not as nice as last year's eh. :x

volunteers! (:

(Look at wawa's face (green pants). RETARDED ONLY. HAHAHAH! XD)

US! (:

(with qaiser as the red tomato in the middle, coz he ran. LOL!)

It was fun to be at the waterpt, from mixing the stupid 100 plus to rushing to refill cups and drinks (god, they were all so EAGER to get the 100 plus! -.-), and later playing sabo game to finish up the 100 plus. awesome awesome! :D

am looking forward to 3 things now: BB DINNER ON TUES (likea finally), Dining workshop @ Bedrock Grill (I think that's the name), and Standard Chartered race! :D

and so not looking forward to TBD (team bonding day), which one of the days falls on my birthday, at sentosa. shit, im dead. :x

To all my juniors & Qarissa: ALL THE BEST for tmr's Os! You guys can do it. (:

To you: All the best for your upcoming trainings and marathon! I believe you can and will do it, and I'm always here to back you up. (:

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let's dance till the dawn breaks, till the sky falls.

Wednesday, October 21, 200912:40 AM

Today FINALLY went for dance after stopping for 2 weeks due to laziness and work. I've already expected it to be tiring, but the level of exhaustion farrrrrrrr surpassed what I've expected, coz today's instructor was ANN.

Just a brief intro, she's the instructor who brought NRA to what it's like today, and she is the so-called "head" of NRA, and a teacher I admired a lot.

So, was pretty excited for class today, except for the fact that the amount of ppl was crazy (2 classes comb - 40 pax?)!

And hell yeah, she pushed us reaaaaaal farrrr. From push-ups, stretching, crunches to basics, she did almost twice as intense as her student instructors. I was already half-dead by the time she started on the dance steps! Gahh. :x

Somehow, what impacted me the most during the 2 hr long training was the whole chunk of things she told us after the routine ended. She saw our potential, and encouraged us to put in more effort, which many of her students (our instructors as well) did tell us, but somehow she inspired me more then anyone did.

"There are many movers out there - yeah, I call them movers as they literally just move, they don't dance; what real dancers do is that they show their emotions, what they are, their character through the dance. You can always copy, but it's not good if you look exactly like the dancer you copied from - it's sad to live under other people's shadow isn't it?"

From today onwards, I shall make a promise to myself:
I'm gonna be a true dancer, not a mover or copier.

Thanks Ann! Do come and conduct lessons more often, coz you know we'll miss you. (:

&& hopefully I can get chosen for Funkamania, even though I know the chance is equivalent to zero. :/

Oh, today was the 2nd time I hear people who don't hell look like they will listen to Taylor Swift blasting the same song, You Belong With Me, while waiting for bus home. Starting to wonder if God was trying to tell me something eh... hmm.

Starting school at 2pm tomorrow! Likea shiok only! :DD
finally am gonna get a good rest. (:

Alright, I'm going off, so till then. (:

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