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Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
and she says to me,"hope u find yr dream", on her wedding day..
yup.. this is the words she said to me before i left the wedding banquet.
the words really hit right on!!
well, this cousin of mine..
whom i remember we played for quite some time and were rather close for a period of time until..
one day..
she made the decision to go australia..
and we never play again..
the bond we once shared..
the path that i almost took..
all seem so real to me on that fateful day..
it all came back..
with no warning at all..
hit me hard at the back of my mind while enjoying this joyous occasion.
so on that friday(last lastone),
after my work.. i went back home to nap for awhile and took a taxi to the hotel where the reception will be held.
it's a reception not a wedding dinner, i must say.
cos this is their third wedding reception!
and i must say this is a very different wedding dinner that i have been to.
i love this small gathering.
i love this cosyness.
i love the way everyone is so happy to celebrate, to reunion and to love.
the only upseting part is the taxi uncle bring us to the wrong hotel.. make me walk in my heels! @.@
but in a way.. i must thank the uncle.
he brought us to mandarin marina.. the new posh hotel.. and when we realise that we were suppose to be at mandarin oriental.. i was like.. Ahh.. that lok cock one.. abit disappointed. Seriously, the exterior is really sad and i am having high hopes that it will be at a posh hotel so u cant blame for being disappointed. BUT my perception of it changed immediately when i reached the hotel. i feel intimidated to some extent! the hotel is good in the meat but not at the shell! SUPER POSH LA.
the reception was a small affair. 10 tables. not alot. Families, relatives, friends. Parents friends and etc. we were very early for the dinner.. but we came early for a reason. The tea ceremony..
so oriental. I like..
toast to my parents for the acknowledgement of this new nephew
this guy is the coolest guy over there. He is not tt cool. It's his camera.
*please pardon the pics! my camera is bad at lowly lighted place. this gives me all the more reason to change camera! :p*
the couple! the groom looks good right?! i like this kind of look. Professional and clean.
*i am not implying.. he is the sort i always fantasize. but reality is always reality right?! :p*
after the tea ceremony.. the families can sit down and chat chat.. there's a special counter outside the suite where they will bring in drinks and small-bites for everyone. I felt like i am in a ball.. A real BALL.
this is the outside which i talked about.. Feels good! the ambience is just right. I like this kind of place!
boi like this. i quite like it too.. its just random shot.. din meant to get it right. Am satisfied of how it had turned out. :)
at the toilet with mama! she is my camwhored partner for that day! Too bad my camera is bad at night shot and my dad's good canon died because my stupid bro forgot to charged,if not i could have tons of pics with mama.
the first wishing that my dad wrote. my cousin's husband(the bride's sister) helped me get the lighting right. GRateFul!
and so i was called to be a flower vase!
hahaha
to tell the guests their seats.
but the fact is.. my aunt, uncle and the couple is outside to tell the guests their seats.
so i and my younger cousin just sat there and smile~
occasionally, spotting names before my aunt telling the guests their seats.
its like an international affair. a very bespectable guy came running to hug my aunt and give her freshly bake mooncake from hongkong. AWW.. so sweet! And i can feel that he is loaded so is his gal. but yup.. there are like ppl from hk and malaysia attending the wedding. so it feels to me it is like calling their friends in asia to join. Oh yah.. the groom was an Australian-chinese. He was born in malaysia(that explains the people coming from malaysia) and after his dad past away when he was 4, his mum brought him n his bro to australia to stay. Everyone has his story. isnt it. And i cant help but respect the mum and the groom. :)
the dinner. i was seated with my cousin kids! GREAT. i have the other 2 cousin and my bro with me.. But yah.. hahaha.. the adult cousin was seated with my parents. I do not know why the arrangement.. but yah.. quite nice!
{the only bad thing is that the waitress that served our table is lousy. I am upset that such a reputable hotel will enploy such employee. but yeap.. she just suck. if i was there for a dinner.. i would surely call for the manager. i have never see such lazy shit before. so what if she is serving a table for kids. She do not have the reason or right to assume that kids dun eat and wants to clear the dish everytime or do not want to serve the kid if they are missing from their seats! even my cousin cant stand her. She is just plain lazy i must say! Is there a standard for mandarin oriental? The more i think about it.. the more angry i got!}
well, putting this aside.. yup.. the dinner! not a bad one! but i dun really like the food. mama thinks its not bad.. perhaps, that waitress made me boil! :p
my aunt with her grandchild..
the hall..
the food
at the thrid dish.. there is a video showing.. It's the video of my cousin actual wedding at australia. I got touched. I saw the happy photos. I saw the simple family gathering. I saw australia.. I cant help but feel really happy for my cousin. She is what she is today. Cos she choose her dream.
and so my uncle's speech explains my cousin's sudden disappearance.
after her A level, she got accepted by a local uni. but not to the course she wanted.
she told her dad, she wants to go australia like her sister to pursue what she likes despite her mother objection. but being the understanding father. he allows her to choose. And so she choose her path. She follows her dream. And off she went, at the age of 18 to australia. Afterwhich, she did not come back. I do not know why.. but i came to know now. She did want to come back but due to the bad market in Singapore, she had no choice but to make another choice again. To stay in Australia to work or come back struggling to find a job. She made another decision of her life again and that is to stay. And with this, she got herself a good company(i heard) and got to know her bf who is now her husband. This is her decisions that lead her to what she is today. Successful, loved, happy and fulfilled. 10 years.. that's how long my memory do not have pictures of us together. i heart her courage!
on such a joyous occasion where everyone should give her her blessing. she came to me and said a goodnight that is so sweet that i cant help but want to follow it.
i missed it once.. but i am not going to let go it this time.
I am going to follow my dream.
the words really hit right on!!
well, this cousin of mine..
whom i remember we played for quite some time and were rather close for a period of time until..
one day..
she made the decision to go australia..
and we never play again..
the bond we once shared..
the path that i almost took..
all seem so real to me on that fateful day..
it all came back..
with no warning at all..
hit me hard at the back of my mind while enjoying this joyous occasion.
so on that friday(last lastone),
after my work.. i went back home to nap for awhile and took a taxi to the hotel where the reception will be held.
it's a reception not a wedding dinner, i must say.
cos this is their third wedding reception!
and i must say this is a very different wedding dinner that i have been to.
i love this small gathering.
i love this cosyness.
i love the way everyone is so happy to celebrate, to reunion and to love.
the only upseting part is the taxi uncle bring us to the wrong hotel.. make me walk in my heels! @.@
but in a way.. i must thank the uncle.
he brought us to mandarin marina.. the new posh hotel.. and when we realise that we were suppose to be at mandarin oriental.. i was like.. Ahh.. that lok cock one.. abit disappointed. Seriously, the exterior is really sad and i am having high hopes that it will be at a posh hotel so u cant blame for being disappointed. BUT my perception of it changed immediately when i reached the hotel. i feel intimidated to some extent! the hotel is good in the meat but not at the shell! SUPER POSH LA.
the reception was a small affair. 10 tables. not alot. Families, relatives, friends. Parents friends and etc. we were very early for the dinner.. but we came early for a reason. The tea ceremony..
so oriental. I like..
toast to my parents for the acknowledgement of this new nephew
this guy is the coolest guy over there. He is not tt cool. It's his camera.
*please pardon the pics! my camera is bad at lowly lighted place. this gives me all the more reason to change camera! :p*
the couple! the groom looks good right?! i like this kind of look. Professional and clean.
*i am not implying.. he is the sort i always fantasize. but reality is always reality right?! :p*
after the tea ceremony.. the families can sit down and chat chat.. there's a special counter outside the suite where they will bring in drinks and small-bites for everyone. I felt like i am in a ball.. A real BALL.
this is the outside which i talked about.. Feels good! the ambience is just right. I like this kind of place!
boi like this. i quite like it too.. its just random shot.. din meant to get it right. Am satisfied of how it had turned out. :)
at the toilet with mama! she is my camwhored partner for that day! Too bad my camera is bad at night shot and my dad's good canon died because my stupid bro forgot to charged,if not i could have tons of pics with mama.
the first wishing that my dad wrote. my cousin's husband(the bride's sister) helped me get the lighting right. GRateFul!
and so i was called to be a flower vase!
hahaha
to tell the guests their seats.
but the fact is.. my aunt, uncle and the couple is outside to tell the guests their seats.
so i and my younger cousin just sat there and smile~
occasionally, spotting names before my aunt telling the guests their seats.
its like an international affair. a very bespectable guy came running to hug my aunt and give her freshly bake mooncake from hongkong. AWW.. so sweet! And i can feel that he is loaded so is his gal. but yup.. there are like ppl from hk and malaysia attending the wedding. so it feels to me it is like calling their friends in asia to join. Oh yah.. the groom was an Australian-chinese. He was born in malaysia(that explains the people coming from malaysia) and after his dad past away when he was 4, his mum brought him n his bro to australia to stay. Everyone has his story. isnt it. And i cant help but respect the mum and the groom. :)
the dinner. i was seated with my cousin kids! GREAT. i have the other 2 cousin and my bro with me.. But yah.. hahaha.. the adult cousin was seated with my parents. I do not know why the arrangement.. but yah.. quite nice!
{the only bad thing is that the waitress that served our table is lousy. I am upset that such a reputable hotel will enploy such employee. but yeap.. she just suck. if i was there for a dinner.. i would surely call for the manager. i have never see such lazy shit before. so what if she is serving a table for kids. She do not have the reason or right to assume that kids dun eat and wants to clear the dish everytime or do not want to serve the kid if they are missing from their seats! even my cousin cant stand her. She is just plain lazy i must say! Is there a standard for mandarin oriental? The more i think about it.. the more angry i got!}
well, putting this aside.. yup.. the dinner! not a bad one! but i dun really like the food. mama thinks its not bad.. perhaps, that waitress made me boil! :p
my aunt with her grandchild..
the hall..
the food
at the thrid dish.. there is a video showing.. It's the video of my cousin actual wedding at australia. I got touched. I saw the happy photos. I saw the simple family gathering. I saw australia.. I cant help but feel really happy for my cousin. She is what she is today. Cos she choose her dream.
and so my uncle's speech explains my cousin's sudden disappearance.
after her A level, she got accepted by a local uni. but not to the course she wanted.
she told her dad, she wants to go australia like her sister to pursue what she likes despite her mother objection. but being the understanding father. he allows her to choose. And so she choose her path. She follows her dream. And off she went, at the age of 18 to australia. Afterwhich, she did not come back. I do not know why.. but i came to know now. She did want to come back but due to the bad market in Singapore, she had no choice but to make another choice again. To stay in Australia to work or come back struggling to find a job. She made another decision of her life again and that is to stay. And with this, she got herself a good company(i heard) and got to know her bf who is now her husband. This is her decisions that lead her to what she is today. Successful, loved, happy and fulfilled. 10 years.. that's how long my memory do not have pictures of us together. i heart her courage!
on such a joyous occasion where everyone should give her her blessing. she came to me and said a goodnight that is so sweet that i cant help but want to follow it.
i missed it once.. but i am not going to let go it this time.
I am going to follow my dream.
Beer Party @ ICU - korea updates
this is done on one friday!!
that fateful friday..
i was supposed to have a class but it was cancelled.
i should rejoice about it right..
but..
but.. my grp members decide to have a meeting!
wonderful.. so i and hohyun cant join the rest to daechoungho lake :(
but they took wonderful pictures for us and tell us their story.
but yah..
the point is i did not join their adventure.
and i did not have a meeting....
cos group leader is sick n did not tell us..
i is uber sad!
hahaha..
boi and the rest just reach the lake when i sms him that i am done!
so i and hohyun decide to explore daejeon "central" first.
(we had actually wanted to meet them in the afternoon after their lake trip to do some shopping!)
we took 513 to the station and walked around in the blazing sun..
we took shelter in underground shopping street..
but we went to the wrong one.. (the not so happening de)
that leaves us with no choice but to walk the main shopping district outdoor.
and hohyun keeps pestering me to buy sunscreen!
but yah..
he decide to get a top (aka spaghetti top) for sleeping n going out..
show off his muscles ma
we walked to various shop but we cant find cheap cheap de..
i ask him to give up the idea and do online shopping
like us! bleah!
hahaha.. but at least we kill some time to wait for the others..
the bus schedule cheat on them.. and they had been waiting at that place for the bus for like 1 hr? but still no bus in sight.
the worst thing..
there is no taxi.
hahaha.. so they are stranded..
but are helped by a very kind korean who conveniently just came back from NYC
with no lang barrier.. he called two cabs for them! WHAT LUCK!
*info: call cab in korea is FREE!*
but while they are having such happening experience..
i and hohyun walked into the most amazing bakery that i have ever stepped into..
i went practically mad!
the picture will do justice for me.
dun u feel like crying when u see such wonderful cakes and breads?
this is the cake shop: Sung Sim Dung.
no pictures allowed but we secretly took it.
(pictures were taken at a second visit)
so beautiful cakes!! so creative!
there are free samples of the bread.. and i must say.. They are really GOOD!
the interior decoration! how lovely! i want to buy the whole shop!
And so.. finally.. after sometime.. they are back.. and we went to one of the value pasta shop that joanna saw previously to eat. The price is reasonable.. but i wont say quite nice or cheap. but the poor guys can finally eat and rest! they are burnt and drained by the sun.. and haben really eat! it's near 3 pm when we finally sit down, enjoy aircon and laugh at the incident of what happened at the lake n (erhem* taxi! someone got touched by a taxi uncle! hahaha)
A few pictures of the lake!
dar says it was really magnificient! too bad i missed it! its really a DAM. and a big one! hahah..
finding the restaurant and standing outside!
afterwhich we head on to ABC mart to buy slippers! Can u imagine havannas selling at 20 sing bucks and DC too?! Thanks to Bryan who wanted to change his slippers and spur so many of us into buying slippers! It was such a hot day.. tt they sell this sort of things in the street. Jiang yuan is eating fruits k.. i saw the fruits(without the layer ice) before we eat.. after we are done.. it had become like this! hahah.. After eating.. i rmb jy says he is freaking cold already!
i think 6 of us bought slippers from ABC mart! it is like our world of sports! wheet! am happy that i got my DC slippers! Cost me like 20+ bucks! nothing fancy me from havannas! n my good old havannas who had companied me to travel so many countries can finally retire!
as it was really hot.. we decide to shop underground! so cool right! hahaha.. we bought alot of things! i bought a high heel! for 13 bucks nia.. and a few tops.. if i am not wrong.. but yup.. fulfilling and tired day.. gg back to school in the evening for the beer party that the welfare of ICU organize..
(i wonder when will we have such good welfare frm NUS? the party is really good!)
night of Daejeon. LCD again!
after dinner, we went to school. the beer party starts at 8. There are various activities. The obvious would be free flow of Hite beer! (dar dun really like! :p) there is also pikachu volleyball competition, biscuits eating competition, karaoke, cup noodle competition and watermelon competition! we are so excited sia!!!
eban wrote it! this is our Korean names!! :p
of course must take picture with it!
the lecture wing which has turned to a party place! wheet!
queuing for hite!
cup noodle competition. REally stressful sia! hahaha.. and guess what the winner got?! A box of cup noodle! so cute!!
we also went for the biscuit competition.. not easy k. needs to eat 7 in 1 min. The biscuit is so dry lor.. alot of us failed.. i never try.. just stand by and laff! :p we missed the pikachu volleyball.. cos they are too pro le! i give up on the game when i could not hit more than 4 consecutive serve! :p
the most awaiting competition is the watermelon competition.. the girls have been bitching abt it for very long. Since fruits is ex, we do not have the luxury to have fruits at our stay there.. so this is a very good chance for us to eat watermelon.. We girls wanted to go for it! hahaha.. lose also neber mind. at least we have fruits!
but.....
we saw the watermelons they cut.. we know how unglam we will get..
so we pushed the guys instead! bleah.
as the watermelon is not of equal size.. they have to get a winner to eat the smallest one!
ready ready..
the watermelon! can u imagine how unglam it will be? We didnt tot that it will turn out this way!
going to start soon!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
and this is my unglam dearie.. showing off the singapore ah beng!
will he win?! hahah
so popular sia! all wanted to catch a pic of them! (that's eban la!)
so can u guess the winner and the loser? haha..
and yup.. winner gets a watermelon too!
so after all the fun.. its time to head back room! eban wans to take a pic of us from behind..
then i decide to give him this..
hahaha..
looks like i am drunk hor.. but in actual fact, i just walked farniely..
eban spots another good pic..
and snap!
well done!
this conclude the wonderful friday
that fateful friday..
i was supposed to have a class but it was cancelled.
i should rejoice about it right..
but..
but.. my grp members decide to have a meeting!
wonderful.. so i and hohyun cant join the rest to daechoungho lake :(
but they took wonderful pictures for us and tell us their story.
but yah..
the point is i did not join their adventure.
and i did not have a meeting....
cos group leader is sick n did not tell us..
i is uber sad!
hahaha..
boi and the rest just reach the lake when i sms him that i am done!
so i and hohyun decide to explore daejeon "central" first.
(we had actually wanted to meet them in the afternoon after their lake trip to do some shopping!)
we took 513 to the station and walked around in the blazing sun..
we took shelter in underground shopping street..
but we went to the wrong one.. (the not so happening de)
that leaves us with no choice but to walk the main shopping district outdoor.
and hohyun keeps pestering me to buy sunscreen!
but yah..
he decide to get a top (aka spaghetti top) for sleeping n going out..
show off his muscles ma
we walked to various shop but we cant find cheap cheap de..
i ask him to give up the idea and do online shopping
like us! bleah!
hahaha.. but at least we kill some time to wait for the others..
the bus schedule cheat on them.. and they had been waiting at that place for the bus for like 1 hr? but still no bus in sight.
the worst thing..
there is no taxi.
hahaha.. so they are stranded..
but are helped by a very kind korean who conveniently just came back from NYC
with no lang barrier.. he called two cabs for them! WHAT LUCK!
*info: call cab in korea is FREE!*
but while they are having such happening experience..
i and hohyun walked into the most amazing bakery that i have ever stepped into..
i went practically mad!
the picture will do justice for me.
dun u feel like crying when u see such wonderful cakes and breads?
this is the cake shop: Sung Sim Dung.
no pictures allowed but we secretly took it.
(pictures were taken at a second visit)
so beautiful cakes!! so creative!
there are free samples of the bread.. and i must say.. They are really GOOD!
the interior decoration! how lovely! i want to buy the whole shop!
And so.. finally.. after sometime.. they are back.. and we went to one of the value pasta shop that joanna saw previously to eat. The price is reasonable.. but i wont say quite nice or cheap. but the poor guys can finally eat and rest! they are burnt and drained by the sun.. and haben really eat! it's near 3 pm when we finally sit down, enjoy aircon and laugh at the incident of what happened at the lake n (erhem* taxi! someone got touched by a taxi uncle! hahaha)
A few pictures of the lake!
dar says it was really magnificient! too bad i missed it! its really a DAM. and a big one! hahah..
finding the restaurant and standing outside!
afterwhich we head on to ABC mart to buy slippers! Can u imagine havannas selling at 20 sing bucks and DC too?! Thanks to Bryan who wanted to change his slippers and spur so many of us into buying slippers! It was such a hot day.. tt they sell this sort of things in the street. Jiang yuan is eating fruits k.. i saw the fruits(without the layer ice) before we eat.. after we are done.. it had become like this! hahah.. After eating.. i rmb jy says he is freaking cold already!
i think 6 of us bought slippers from ABC mart! it is like our world of sports! wheet! am happy that i got my DC slippers! Cost me like 20+ bucks! nothing fancy me from havannas! n my good old havannas who had companied me to travel so many countries can finally retire!
as it was really hot.. we decide to shop underground! so cool right! hahaha.. we bought alot of things! i bought a high heel! for 13 bucks nia.. and a few tops.. if i am not wrong.. but yup.. fulfilling and tired day.. gg back to school in the evening for the beer party that the welfare of ICU organize..
(i wonder when will we have such good welfare frm NUS? the party is really good!)
night of Daejeon. LCD again!
after dinner, we went to school. the beer party starts at 8. There are various activities. The obvious would be free flow of Hite beer! (dar dun really like! :p) there is also pikachu volleyball competition, biscuits eating competition, karaoke, cup noodle competition and watermelon competition! we are so excited sia!!!
eban wrote it! this is our Korean names!! :p
of course must take picture with it!
the lecture wing which has turned to a party place! wheet!
queuing for hite!
cup noodle competition. REally stressful sia! hahaha.. and guess what the winner got?! A box of cup noodle! so cute!!
we also went for the biscuit competition.. not easy k. needs to eat 7 in 1 min. The biscuit is so dry lor.. alot of us failed.. i never try.. just stand by and laff! :p we missed the pikachu volleyball.. cos they are too pro le! i give up on the game when i could not hit more than 4 consecutive serve! :p
the most awaiting competition is the watermelon competition.. the girls have been bitching abt it for very long. Since fruits is ex, we do not have the luxury to have fruits at our stay there.. so this is a very good chance for us to eat watermelon.. We girls wanted to go for it! hahaha.. lose also neber mind. at least we have fruits!
but.....
we saw the watermelons they cut.. we know how unglam we will get..
so we pushed the guys instead! bleah.
as the watermelon is not of equal size.. they have to get a winner to eat the smallest one!
ready ready..
the watermelon! can u imagine how unglam it will be? We didnt tot that it will turn out this way!
going to start soon!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
and this is my unglam dearie.. showing off the singapore ah beng!
will he win?! hahah
so popular sia! all wanted to catch a pic of them! (that's eban la!)
so can u guess the winner and the loser? haha..
and yup.. winner gets a watermelon too!
so after all the fun.. its time to head back room! eban wans to take a pic of us from behind..
then i decide to give him this..
hahaha..
looks like i am drunk hor.. but in actual fact, i just walked farniely..
eban spots another good pic..
and snap!
well done!
this conclude the wonderful friday
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