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My frigging 19th birthday

2012-02-07T01:47:00.002+08:00

A super awesome one, thanks to many many people. All the little/big/crazy/funny surprises, a big thanks and a big fat hug. *SCREAMS* I really enjoyed every single thinggggy. From Le forketta with darling, to Mozza with the family, to a birthday surprise from a friend, to birthday lunch with valen, to a spanking surprise from valen and his friends, van, and my poly clique, to clubbing at phuture, to megazip with breasty. SUPER HAPPY. and not forgetting the little surprises like the birthday card and bracelet from ka and the special home delivery gift from SM and cheong. SUPER TOUCHED by your little efforts (L)

Should let pictures do the talking. You will understand what it means when they say "A picture is worth a thousand words". Shall we start the pictures rolling? :D

MBS- Mozza

Fried potato, ceci & herbs

Funghi misti, fontina, taleggio & thyme

Burrata, slow roasted tomato & Sicilian oregano (for meat lovers)

They used firewoods! No doubt, I really love their pizzas

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And again, what's a complete meal without desserts right? ICE-CREAM CHEFS!

Get any mix-ins you want, that's the fun of it!

Marche with Valen (L)(L)(L)

This is my lover.... Focaccia bread :)

Mushroom crepe!

A must get at marche, Rosti!

And in the night........ the sweetest thing happened.

My Fat Lady's red velvet cake, really nicely done with my favorite colors, polka dots, cream cheese.... (L)

So glad they made time to come. Thanks to.......

The man behind the scene. You're the sweetest thing ever.

What do you think I said? When he did this..... I was like OMG VANESSA, DO I SHOUT FROM HERE?!

And the cookies he made for me.... loved! Not forgetting the necklace and ring! :))))

The next day...... MEGAZIP WITH BREASTY!

We were seriously super excited!!!

We were taking this on the buggy! :D super scary cos it was moving super fast!

we were trying to mouth megazipppppp

Perspiring like some freak.... but super happy!

High elements! I completed level 2 & level 3. The lydia hor..... completed lvl 2 alr then dont want to play level 3 alr! so i did it alone.. lol!

Northface! I managed to climb upppppp whoots ^^

Lydia..... seriously likea polar bear hugging her boyfriend.....! Until the crew member had to save her.

The inside joke is....... lydia CMI!

Afterwhich, we went..... Ramenplay for dinner! :))))

Gyoza is a must order in Ramen Play! go try kay frigging good?!

TATATARRRRR~ I HAD A GREAT WEEKEND......!

Rude and self-centered people

2012-01-31T21:26:00.003+08:00

You know, on many occasions I seem like I don't care. And when I do that, I am NOT acting like I don't..... the fact is this, I really DGAF. I mind my business, and whatever that is making you feel angsty, it's your freaking problem and hell it's not mine?

I don't care okay, really. Not until you shove the blame to me, when it wasn't even mine to start with. You ass clown, I'm upset because each time I try to tell myself to give you a chance to believe that you're actually human... you threw that chance away.

Rude people.............................................................. @#$%^&*()_+

Pre birthday celebration with D

2012-01-31T00:31:00.004+08:00

This saturday i'll be turning 19.

I'm a super bread and pizza person now. D suggested that we settle for Le Forketta for awesome pizzas to celebrate my birthday in advance! Apparently, they've two restaurants in Singapore, one at Dempsey and the other at orchard. You need to go Dempsey if you've a car, I love the greens over there.... you feel like you're faraway from the city area.

I should let pictures do the talking because my energy level is running low, and I feel like sleeping alrdy

Bread basket, I love this ttm

We got the Funghi pizza, I love mushrooms.....! The pizza dough was juuuuuust amazing

Pumpkin stuffed tortellini topped with cheese. Very interesting dish, but I don't think I can finish this alone.. luckily me and D shared everything :))))

The pizza is quite BIGGGGG

Cute lil thing. olive oil and vinegar!

What's a complete meal without dessert right? My all time favorite, Ben & Jerry's!

LOOK! it's a swinggggg

Darling! :)

Double scoop ice-cream on a warm brownie, too sinful!!!

and..................................... I..................... am..............................
FINALLY back for training, I won't say I found myself back (it's still too early to say that) But I found my smile back on court, and I'm so happy I feel like skipping around.

That surge of adrenaline rush, that yearn to want to watch your favorite size 6 ball swish into that net with a sound that nothing could beat, that sudden change of mood, that moment when there's no stress, that carefree 2hours, that moment when coach called my name like how he use to, that moment when no one shouted at you, that moment when you were taught and corrected with patience. It was exactly how I felt tonight. It's been really long since this made me smile and I'm so glad, very very.

Basketball... Are you my boyfriend? Why do you affect me so Much?!?!?

CNY day 5

2012-01-28T23:03:00.002+08:00

When I posted these pictures on FB, my friend went like....
"Neoh Yi Hui Dragon or tiger year??
You are wearing a tiger shirt.."
HAHAHAHA!

Went over to my aunt's place. I dint win, so I stopped playing then we went down to play badminton! mwahahah

GIF with my cousin JACOB

HAHA, I was told to stick out my tongue when he strangled me mwahahaha

I want this so badly

2012-01-28T14:24:00.003+08:00

I was talking to SM about IVP matches. You know I dint perform the whole season at all, I was totally off peak, off form and anything gross you can think of. I don't even know if I was playing basketball, was I holding an orange bomb or something?

Everyone has their ups and downs, I know we can never always be at our peak. It's my fault that I had been skipping trainings, I know I got myself into this. Till now, I still stick to my point that I am losing it and I feel like giving up something that I held on for so long. I am barely hanging on.. as much as I wish to shine on court again, as much as I want to get this passion back, I really feel the distance. This interest and passion was with me since I was a kid, I really liked everything about the hoop.

You know, Monday is our semi finals against SIM. You dontknow how much I really want to play, how much I really want to find myself back on court.
我真的很想找回自己，这种心酸我很难说，你也不会理解。我不是一定要跟以前一样，纯粹只想要慢慢一步一步的爬起来。我不想，也不敢想太多，我害怕又像那时候一样哭着回家，那种感觉真的好难受。我不想十年后望着这个奖牌，告诉自己这不是你自己争取的。不是我辛苦得来的东西，我真的不想要。我很清楚篮球是 a team sport，但是想想看没有努力换来的成绩怎么会开心呢。最近的我，不知道怎么了，想太多。

现在的我，也不知道该不该给自己多一个机会去努力，你说呢？

Chinese New Year 2012

2012-01-27T23:15:00.006+08:00

As promised, an update!

Bento looks really cute here!

Been real busy with CNY stuffs, basically..... Eating and going out. When Friday struck, I was really god dam happy and looking forward to the long weekends. Poof, it was gone and I had to drag myself to school facing project submissions and all the dull and boring shits. You know, blog, I would gladly take you as my assignments, school would be real fun then. The test this afternoon didn't go that well. I did fairly well for Mid sem test, hitting the As. People say you reap what you sow. I'm quite glad, because I was havoc-ing quite a lot previously and I'm a last minute person.

I love Chinese New year. Goodies, new clothes, red packets, reunion dinners, cards.... pure bliss right? OH, you know I keep buying monochrome colored clothes. I shall remember to buy bright colored clothes for CNY next year. HAAAA~ And I should stop wearing black because it's conducting too much heat.

I was just talking about new year resolutions for year 2012, and here January is almost coming to an end. February is nearing, my birthday is round the corner, and I'm turning 19 soon. You know I'm not afraid of turning old, but I would want to stay 18 forever. I'm still not independent enough to even believe that I'm about to AGE, dang I hate responsibilities, setting good examples, being a good role model.

OMG see.... my constant worries are here to haunt me again. There's actually a lot my heart wants to say, a lot my mind wish to speak. This part of growing up is getting more complicated than it seems on the surface. Talking to older people makes me think more, makes me question myself even more.

LOU HEI! before~

After~ My family is super crazy when lou hei-ing. The picture says it all. SOT PLUCK

Sister turns 21 on cny eve. Love you biatch! (L)(L)(L)

My nieces! super cute. oh btw im an aunty already......... :(

Ciaoz! happy chinese new year everyone, may joy and health stay with yall! (L)

TO ADD ON!!!!
Projects are burning our brains. I was talking to my classmate today (he's not my groupmate btw) He told me they went crazy in the midst of doing project that they started talking about lame stuffs. They were talking about: who will be the last man standing if we were all stranded on an island. Guess what they said about me? They say I'll prolly not be the first few because I will make a basketball hoop using straws and coconut as basketball and I will shoot hoops. Then they say nat would prolly be the survivor because she will paddle out of the island (she's a kayak-er) HAHA so lame..... i've something even more lame to share

My heart speaks a language you can't comprehend

2012-01-27T13:13:00.002+08:00

Hey!! Ill be back to update tonight! Sorry for Mia-ing!
For now, wish me good luck for my Internet marketing paper!!:))
Loves!

Rattling post on life

2012-01-19T23:43:00.006+08:00

Just a rattling post on life and my constant worry out of nothing. Just void spaces in circles.
Maybe it's the lack of time. Or the power of my favorite hobby. Maybe both, how they collaborate into a vast, vast emotion spiraling down my gut.

I wish my days could be longer. I wish life wasn't this short. I wish life could end happily like how fairy tales only portray the happily ever after. They missed out the part where they should label that DVD cover or that Enid Blyton storybook with an expiry date too. Everyone decays into nothing. Even if they reborn into the next life, there won't be Tom and Jerry, maybe Jerry and his nagging mouse mother. Or Tom with Spike. How painfully tragic. Like Romeo and Juliet became Romeo and Juliet's Dad...

Everyone lives in the unknown with a kind of uncertainty. We all know how death takes everyone away, one by one. Just like how my aunt passed away a few years back. It just depends who's in line first. Why don't we all have a queue for death, maybe things will be more organized. But then again, if we all know when our death dates are, the already very messy world would turn into a real mess.

And I'm watching Super Model Me now. It's the elimination round going on and the 4 models left were told by the judges to name out who they think should go home and they're told to state a reason. At times, life is so nasty, sometimes it's so fake I feel like shutting myself from everyone else. One even said, "This is SuperModel Me, not BestFriend You..."

My maid just shared with me her love story. This java guy tried to woo her, he brought a box of chocolate and a stalk of rose and as he walked closer to her, he dropped the stalk of flower.... the story stopped cos I burst into laughter!!