caramel rumba frappuccino

Music and Lyrics

2007-03-22T23:43:00.001+08:00

Another of my Fav movies.
Watched it with none other than my favourite person to watch such lovey doepy shows =)
Can imagine our friends frantically nodding their heads now.
Haha. They'll understand why.
Cos each time it comes to a really sweet scene, you'll realise that both of us cannot take it.
Weak hearts. Sorry.
haha.
But on a more serious note, this show really rocks man.
Ok, i knw im well known for my ''movie promoting skills even when i myself havent even watch the movie yet''
BUT
this time, i can vouch for myself.
That i DID watch the show and it really really ROCKED
=)

Enough said.
You should catch it yourself and understand what i mean.
Definitely worth EVERY cent=)

Good Movies Put Me In An Ultra Good Mood =)
Not forgetting the wonderful Caramel Frappuccino and Potato Salad that went with it!
Absolutely heavenly!

Just a little sidetrack.
Starbucks coffee goes the BEST with their Potato Salad.
Trust me =)

Yay! im feeling happy but sleepy

Another interesting point to note,
i Just found out that Miss porky Ooi has finally grown up!
(In a gd way)
She's currently attached!
Jaws Dropped!
Im still utterly surprised! =O
But im really happy for her!
Her guy's really sweet to her =)
Im so sure that they'll last till marriage!

Goodnight =)
(Sorry for the abrupt ending, kinda of sleepy!)

Sweet Valentines (:

2007-02-21T10:38:00.000+08:00

yepp. We spent Valentines Day Together.
And all the places Gina mentioned we went?
They were somewhat Different from the usual places you go to shop.
Chinatown and the new shopping mall at Clarke Quay.
Which made the day Exciting & Interesting (:

You know, though it was a "Lovey Dovey" day, and it was meant to be spent with "your other half"...blahblahblah
Being single, I wouldn't want to spend the day with anyone else but my Right Butt, Gina. And, I would like to think the same for her too. Heeh.
My Right Butt actually took the day off from work to spend the entire day together with me. Hee. Shopping of course (:
She had to leave early though. Had work the next day.
Thus, I spent dinner time with Jiali.
She's my Primary School Best Friend.
Her attempts to act Les with me definitely failed as i kept looking at her in disgust.
While she, broke out in laughter before each attempt was about to succeed.

Two best friends in a day.
That surely makes up for a guy right?
Right.

Such Friendships will last me nothing short of a Lifetime :)

A Special Day Together

2007-02-15T12:29:00.000+08:00

Haha, dont get me wrong.
Yes it was Vday yesterday and we did go out together!
Although it wasnt with a hot guy, haha
but still it was one of the best vday i ever had!
Although it was supposed to be a super shopping trip and we didnt buy much,
still it was very fruitful for me =)
Got pampered yesterday, did our manicures. Yay!
took 2 different set of neo prints =)
Mel will update them as soon she she scan them into the com!
We went to all the ultra cool places yesterday!
Bugis Street, China Town, Clark Quay, Vivo =)
Not bad eh.
Indeed another special day spent =)
And not forgetting the night b4!
hahahaha
our little secret! =)

...dont worry guys...
we're still available.
haha
we're not LES!!!!!!

Missing it =(((

2007-01-23T22:57:00.000+08:00

Oh man.
After looking at all these photos,
then did i realise how much i miss the NY trip!!
I wanna go back again. =((
i really really miss it alot alot..
Looking through all these photos really gave me such a warm feeling...
Its just so nice to be able to relive all these memories again...

The NY+Disney trip is definitely the best thing that ever happened in my life.

Interesting Stuff & New York.

2007-01-23T12:42:00.000+08:00

1. Though New Yorkers do not look Super friendly on first sight. They are actually pretty nice people when u approach them.

2. New Yorkers are very Well-Mannered Courteous people. They always say "Thank You" and "You're Welcome".

3. They always give way to those leaving the Subway first before boarding.

4. Some strangers even offer to take photos for you, of you. Without stealing your camera after that.

5. Everyone in the restaurant participate in Singing you a Jolly Birthday song when it's your Birthday. (Happened in Serendipity)

6. Cashiers always ask you "How are you doing today?" before serving you. (I got nervous when the Cashier at Abercrombie
and Fitch served me. When he asked me that, i goonly replied "Thank You". Like, how does "Thank you" answer "How are
you doing today?")

7. Soaps are mostly sold in blocks. They don't really use the liquid body soap. I think.

8. In Disneyland, some parents actually use child leashes on their children!

9. Their Cabbies are pretty deaf. We have to practically shout like, 5 times before they understand where we wanted to go.
(Instead of saying 45th Street as Forty Fifth Street, We had to keep repeating it as Foooouur Fiiiive Street.)

10. Their Subway is 100 years old. Around there. And the Cabins are disjointed.

Through the Kaleidoscope.

2007-01-08T23:00:00.000+08:00

Us. On some Budget Airline Business Class :)
First time sitting Business Class ok.
Haha, actually, its not that spectacular.
The only difference was:
We got served drinks when people in Economy Class were getting seated.
We had the luxury of choosing our snacks from a variety of choices while people sitting Economy Class only had Salted Pretzels.

Agnes and her Funky Colleagues!
There were the 5 of them (clockwise from top left):
Agnes, Lynn, Cindy, Aaron, Angel.
They were so Cool, they played all the rides too (:
5 plus the 3 of us, we had 8.
Perfect even number to take rides.

This is Epcot. The First theme park we went to.
Pretty Cool.
But not that exciting.
We chose to head there first because most of its rides are indoors.
So, it was the perfect choice for a Rainy day that day.

Finding NEMO!

While we were waiting for some Ride.
Can't remember the name.
But it was the most thrilling ride in Epcot.
It was like riding in car that went for a test drive.
A really fast moving car.

Though it Rained the entire day.
The Rain did not dampen everyone's mood.
That's the Magic of Disney (:
Many just opted for the Mickey Mouse Ponchos.

We went to Animal Kingdom the 2nd day we were there (:
One of the most thrilling rides of all is found there.
A Must go.

For the Fun of it, we even got our faces painted (:

While we were there, we also caught The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast performances (:
Spectacular.
But needless to say, Broadway's rendition of Beauty and the Beast is Waaay Better.

The next day, we headed to Magic Kingdom (:
It's where all the main Disney characters are.
Because it's family oriented, so the rides are not as thrilling.
But the sights are definitely Beautiful :)

We even took a tour of Minnie Mouse's house.

There, we watched both the Day and Night parades (:
So nice...
Sitting down on the Pavement with all the little children surrounding me, I felt as if I was one of them.
Ready to be mesmerized by the Magical world of Disney once again (:

Then! We watched the Fireworks display at Disney (:
Super Duper Cool!
It's like, one day of Fireworks display in Disneyland is equivalent to 10 years of Fireworks display during our National Day Parade.
We just stood in awe.

On the 4th and 5th day, we headed to Universal Studios (:
There were loads of cool rides.
And funny creatures walking about.

Finally, our final nght in Orlando, Florida.
Our last meal.
We were all in Gina's words, pretty "bushed out" by then.
Kinda Sad, and Hungry as well.
So, with this mix of emotions, we actually look pretty hilarious. Haa.

So Happy (:

A Dream Come True =)

2007-01-05T22:09:00.000+08:00

Hey all! =)
Really sorry for the ultra duper late update.
Was feeling really tired and all ever since i came back to S'pore.
Been going out everyday since then.
Haha.

Okays lets start on my Disney World experience!
First of all..
I must truly thank my Darling Parents for giving me this chance to fufil one of my childhood dream.
I've always wanted to go Disney World.
Ever since i was a really little kid.
But my parents were always not keen on the idea.
Cos firstly, its very ex.
Secondly, they're too old to appreciate it. So they wont enjoy it.

One word to describe Disney World.
Beautiful.
Its like really a Dream come True man.
Its like..every child's dream.
I dont even know where to start.
Ok. Heres it.
Disney World is made up of 4 Kingdoms.
Epcot. Magic Kingdom. Animal Kingdom. Mgm Studio.
Guess which's my Fav.
Well, Magic Kingdom for its sights and Animal Kingdom for its rides! =)
Do u know, I actually got to see Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom!
How cool is that!
Cinderella is like my fav Disney Princess!
Im so in lurve with all the Disney Princesses actually.
They're all soooo beautiful.
We got to like watch all the different parades.
Both during the day and at night!
OHHH...the fireworks...
Man..they're the most amazing thing ive ever seen man.
Its like..they're not the normal kinda of fireworks u know..
They're really massive!
And colourful.
And interesting!
They had like all sorts of random shapes!
Smiley faces. Hearts. Spaceships.
Bt the rides, heres a few of my fav
-Spiderman 3D ride. (Its really dam cool!)
-This dinosaur flume ride thingy (Its the best flume ride ever man)
-Mt Everest Roller Coaster!!
-Rock and Roller Coaster (Fastest roller coaster man i tell u.)
-Twilight Zone of Terror (Its like this free fall ride in an old hotel setting!)
Yeah..there were others too. But these were the more memorable ones =)

Overall,
I really had a great time at Disney World and Universal Studio man.
Both were really a dream come true for me.
I really enjoyed every bit of it.
But i guess the next time im going back there again will be like 10 or 20 years down the road.
When i bring my kids there.
But im so glad i got to go at this age.
When im still young enough to appreciate the wonders of that place as a 'child'.
The next time when i bring my kinds there, it'll be a total different kind of experience already.

I wanna go back there again=((
Time seems to past by us really quickly when we were there.
We will reach the place like really early before the kingdom is even open.
And play till the last remaining hr b4 it closes.
Imagine how tired we were man.
But it was all worth the while=)

Gosh.
Im really zonking out real soon.
Promise ill update photos soon.
For now its just this reflections yeah. Sorry!

:)

2006-12-24T13:34:00.000+08:00

We are pretty tired now.
Cos Gina and I woke up early.
Had only 6 hrs of sleep.
Why?
Course we are Vain.
Haha, we woke up early just to do Manicure and Pedicure.
Much cheaper here.
According to Gina.

Wah, first time feeling so pampered (:
U just have to sit there.
They massage and scrub your legs.
Then apply the nail polish.
Really just do Nothing :)

But not having enough sleep left us pretty beat the entire day.
But, Once again, we went shopping (:
Went back to Manhatten Mall cause we didn't finish looking at the shops there yesterday.
Haha, didn't buy much today.
But still bought something ;)

Well, really tired already.
And we won't be blogging and updating the next few days course we will be heading to Disney World in Florida (:
We will when we come back though (:
Can't wait for all the exciting Stuff ;)

Well, there's only one bar of connection left on my com.
SO i can't upload the photos we took today.
Well, will mass upload loads of photos another time ok?

Hello To my Family (:
HoHoHo!
Merry Christmas Our Dear Friends 0:)

2 wks 1 day. And Still Very Excited! =)

2006-12-23T14:28:00.000+08:00

Finally went to see one of the main highlights of New York today!
The Brooklyn Bridge.
It was really really very beautiful…
We were like all so amazed at the marvelous work of the engineers.
Its like..its one of the oldest suspension bridge in the United States!
And it was the first ever suspension bridge!
Impressive huh.
And we got to see it with our own eyes =)
We walked abt half the bridge and decided to go shopping next.

So, we went to check out the Manhattan Mall.
The mall that we were supposed to check out yesterday but failed to.
Haha.
Man. We shld have visited this mall earlier on man.
Its like Mel recalled our tour guide saying that this mall is one of the biggest in New York!
And man. Theres like so many gd places to shop at inside this mall!
Its really awesome!
We didn’t have much time and so we only shopped at like 2 shops and already,
We bought like a thousand and one items man…
Imagine if we had the whole day or smth…
I bet we’ll return home with a million items man…
Haha..okay..thats just a slight exaggeration..

Ohhh..this is something damn cool.
We had dinner at their food court.
And u know, their food court is like so different from those in S’pore!
The food court here consists of like various fastfood stores!
So its like Subway, and more of these kinda of fastfood stores..
(Neither Mel nor me can remember any more names)

And thennnnnn….
We watched another broadway!!
The Producers.
Highly recommended by my bro…
‘This is what drama is all abt!’ (Exact quoting from my bro)
Haha..and it truly is.
Cld see that all 3 of us really enjoyed it.
It was as very different experience from watching the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ show.
Beauty and the Beast was more of like entertaining and stuff..
But The Producers was more of like content based…a comedy…
Damn funny…
I specifically liked the ‘gay scene’
Uber funny!!
If you were right here with me now..ill definitely re-enact for u to see man…
Its super funny can…

Ohh another interesting thing.
It rained today.
I heard that its been raining really heavily in S’pore now…
But here, its usually just cold weather.
But today. It RAINED!
WOW. Rather rare in New York during this period when we’re here man.
Heehee. Okay that’s rather random actually.

Ps. Counting down to our Disney World trip! =)

Our most fruitful day! =)

2006-12-22T13:50:00.000+08:00

Our day started off really late again.
Note ’again’.
Haha.
We, or rather I woke up at like almost 12pm!!!!!
Can u believe that!!!!!
Maybe it might be the most usual for some people.
But definitely not for me!
In S’pore, I would have gotten up by 8!
Guess its just too comfy here….heeeee

Wanted to check out Manhattan Mall today.
But. But.
Haha…alighted at the wrong stop and ended up at Union Square instead.
And Lynn told us before that theres quite a lot to shop at union Square.
So we decided to just check it out!

When my bro visited us,
he kept telling us to try the roadside stores..
which is quite a common thing in New York.
They sell all sorts of things..
Bagels. Honey Roasted Nuts. Hot Dogs. Kebabs.
And we tried the Kebabs!
They rock!
Its like some barbequed meat in those hot dog buns...
Yums Yums =)
Just look at my sis's delighted face.

We saw the shop Forever21 and decided that shall be our first stop!
And guess what..
We never expected that that will be our first and last place to shop!
We got into the shop when it was still bright day light.
And by the time we got out, it was Pitch Dark!!
Haha..
We didn’t even realize that we shopped at just one shop for almost 5 hrs!!!
But it was all worth the while!!
We each bought like 5 items each!!
Which is rather a lot considering how picky the both of us are!

Went to Times Square for dinner!
I just lurve Times Square!!
Its really pretty!
All the buildings…advertisements…people…broadway theatres…
Seeing this place..it really feels like the city that never sleeps!
Its just so lively..so happening!!
I simply love it! =)

We ate at another really really cool place!
Its called ‘Apple Bee’
First heard of it when my bro mentioned it.
He was supposed to bring us there to eat actually…but didn’t in the end.
So we decided to try it on our own.
And my aunt, Agnes, joined us too!
In total, we ordered a Potato Boat, Apple’s Ribleys, Grilled Brick Chicken, Fish and Chips,
Haha the list hasn’t ended yet…
And last of all, a plate of Hot Sizzling Apple Pie for dessert!!
=D
It was heavenly!!
It was Finger Licking Good!!
Its was really really YUMMMY.
Okok..i know you got my point already. Haha

And then, Home Sweet Home!

Ps. I Just So Lurve My Life Now! =))

Purple Bliss (:

2006-12-22T01:47:00.000+08:00

And I just love love love what we did today.
We went to MoMA.
Manhattan Museum of Modern Art ;)
One of the places I could only dream of going after watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Now, one of my dreams has come true (:
One word to sum up the place?
Cool. Damn Cool.

We just spent our entire afternoon there.
This time round, we could understand the artworks better because we rented some commentary device.
So there were certain sculptures or paintings that we could stop at, admire, and hear the commentary simultaneously.

We headed to the Contemporary Art section first.
Do you know?
They change the art pieces there at least once every year.
Because it is Contemporary Art.
Haha.
So the art pieces can only stay Contemporarily.
It’s that literal.

Let me just share some of the interesting stuff we saw.
Remember Jackson Pollock?
Saw his artwork at the Metropolitan museum too.
Well, these here are by him as well.
He is fond of just using bold lines.
And instead of using an easel, he prefers to put his canvases on the floor or the wall as he paints.
Or splash rather.
Pretty bold stuff he does.
Rather interesting (:

Ohh! And at the contemporary art section, I saw my favourite (:
It’s a collection piece entitled “From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried”
By Carrie Mae Weems.
She did the collection to showcase the plight of African Americans back then.
Try to read the words on the pictures.
Very very interesting :)

Gina’a favourite is this somewhat spooky film by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, entitled “The Wind”.
Its really damn cool can.
Its like there are 3 videos shown concurrently.
Each showing different images.
Disjointed pictures.
Its like for example,
One will be showing the lady cutting up cloth
The other showing her totally messed up apartment.
And the last showing another messed up corner of her apartment.
Its really damn eerie man…
Very disturbing.
Its really -madness-
Haha, that was Gina typing by the way.

We saw another video at the Contemporary Art section.
It was Beautiful yet Disturbing.
The Sublime.
Haha. It showed a young lady, wearing a sundress and all.
Very proper, carrying a flower like stick.
She was just walking down a lane.
With her hair flowing in the wind, not caring about the world.
But when she walked pass a car, she suddenly used the stick to smash its windows.
And then the music is interrupted by the sound of glass shattering.
I recorded this video.
But since I don’t know how to upload videos.
I can’t show you guys!
I really like this particular video (:
Eerie.

These are some more works by Pablo Picasso.
:)

And Vincent Van Gogh’s famous, “Starry Night”.

Pop art!
Famous works by the artist Andy Warhol.
Famous for his pop art works.
I actually got to see them right before my eyes.
After being shown some photos by my secondary school art teacher.
And gothic literature teacher.
(:

I can’t remember who did this.
But remember this?
(*to my classmates)
We were shown this picture during one of our lit periods.

I thought this was really interesting too.
A soft sculpture.
Cause sculptures are usually solid hard right.
But this one is different.
It’s a soft sculpture of a phone.
Perhaps depicting the decline of domestic phones replaced by the fast emergence of cellular phones.
Haha, soon, every household will not have any common home phone.
Everyone will just call each other’s hand phone.
But, that’s only my interpretation ;)

Ohh! And there’s this one.
A cup covered with fur.
You know how irritating it is when a strand of hair gets into your mouth right.
You will just get so engrossed with taking it out of your mouth; you stop talking and just maybe forget about what you were talking about altogether.
So, according to the commentary, the artist was trying to depict a tea party, which didn’t involve talking.
Which, defeats the purpose of having a tea party actually.
Interesting stuff huhh?

And we actually got to see the artwork “The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali.
I thought it was going to be a reasonably sized potrait.
But no. It was puny.
Haha, so funny to say PUNY after being overwhelmed the entire trip by HUMONGOUS stuff.
Other than appreciating the melted clocks.
I was wondering to myself.
It was so puny, yet he was able to capture soo many details in this portrait!
Brilliant you know.
Can u imagine how small his paintbrush must be?
Even punnier than the puny.
Haha.

It was really exciting for us to view works of famous artists right before our very eyes (:
A memory we will keep and defnitely treasure for a lifetime :)

I couldn’t leave MoMA without a souvenir.
So I got this!
I will keep it with the rest of my Mugs (:

So, after it closed at 5.30pm, we headed to Chinatown to have our dinner.
Gina and I were craving for porridge.
And Joey wanted to have Fried Rice.
In the end, we were so hungry, we just settled for a convenient diner.
Gina had Roast Duck Rice.
Joey had Roast Pork Lo Mien.
And I had Roast Pork and Chicken Rice.

(: MoMA.
I was living a dream.

Simple and Nice (:

2006-12-20T15:17:00.000+08:00

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves today (:
The day started off on a high.
Why?
Cause we found a RAT in Agnes's house.
I think it’s because we brought too much tidbits and goodies over.
Haha. 3 bags is A LOT right.

Gina saw its tail in the goodies cabinet.
And she Screamed. Ok, Shrieked. Haha.
After she told me, I was damn scared.
The thought of a rat just scares me.
So I kinda squatted on a chair in case it ran out or something.
Haha.

So, after catching our breaths, we thought all was fine.
But, No.
I, out of all people, have to witness it run across the hall, and out the main door.
I Screamed of course. Then jumped onto Agnes’s Bed.
Then Gina screamed too. And ran to a Chair.
Joey was all Cool and Calm. Haha.
But I have a feeling it’s because she was already sitting on a chair.

We were supposed to leave the house already, but Gina and I were too scared.
Scared that the rat might run across our feet or something.
Haha. We even asked Joey is she would like to piggyback us to the entrance.
So, after a mentally grueling 10mins, we finally got over our fear and got out of the apartment.

Well, we headed to the pharmacy first.
Cause Joey had to get some necessities.
Gina got a GLAMOUR magazine.
And I was just enticed with my favourite (:

Some self-portraits we took on the Subway on our way to Central Park (:
These are specially for our parents.
Who just want to see more photos of us.
So hang in there our friends. Haha.
By the way, we didn’t stupidly wear sun glasses indoors.
We were just too lazy to remove them after putting them on, on our way to the Subway.
And we needed them anyway, at Central Park.

Our next stop was Central Park (:
The place is simply BEAUTIFUL.
No on goes there to get stress. Let’s put it that way.
It’s like this one huge huge park in the midst of office buildings.
The view was just Splendid.
Look at the photos and u know what I mean.
Say, “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooo!”
It’s all u imagine a park to be, and then more.
You hear Birds Chirping & Children’s Laughter.
See Squirrels Chewing on acorns and Families Playing American football.
Everything we came across just adds on to the wonder of Central Park (:

Haha. Squirrels.
So uncommon in Singapore yet SO common here.
Our amazement with squirrels is soon dying out. Haha.
(Joey is still very amazed with them though. Always the one spotting squirrels around.)
At Central Park we saw like Communities of them.
I even took a video of 3 in 1.
There was even a Black Squirrel!
Rarest of the Rare.
Haha. Sounds wrong.
So what.

We also saw Horses.
Pulling carriages.
Being the animal lover she is, Gina was sympathizing with the horses.
I was just admiring them. And their huge size.
One horse is like, 2 heads taller than us.
And that’s their body only okay.
Cool ;)

At Central Park, we saw a Playground.
And I just had to play the Swing.
My ultimate favourite.
It was super cold. The weather today was Super Duper cold.
And the swing made it worse.
With the freezing wind blowing into our faces.
And our bare hands gripping the chilled metal bars.
I thought my face was going to crack any minute.
And Gina felt her lips were going to fall off.
Can u Imagine that?
But it was FUN (:

There was a slide there too.
And it was super steep.
So quite Scary.
But we tried it anyway.
FUN (:

Then we moved on to try the tyre swing.
Joey’s idea. (Haha, yarh. Gina and I didn’t really want to try it at first.)
At first we couldn’t figure out how to move the tyre with 3 people on it.
So we found our own method by taking turns.
2 at a time. With the 3rd person taking photos and pushing the other 2.
It was loads of fun (:
Hehe.

Ohh! And we tried this special swing.
It is actually a swing for the handicapped.
It is like a normal swing, except it has a proper chair instead of a plank of wood.
I don’t think we have swings for the handicapped in Singapore.
Maybe we should have one.
No wait.
Actually, I think all swings should be like that.
User-friendly. Haha.
Seriously, it’s the best kind of swing the 3 of us have ever “swinged” on.
It’s so Comfortable.

Don’t we sound just like some Toddlers.
Still fascinated with the world.
The world of Playground.
Haha.

Well, it was so cold.
We thought some Hot Dogs would warm us up a little.
So we each had one.
With ketchup and Mustard.
Yummy.
So simple, yet it was the best thing to eat in the world at that point of time.

Well, the same guy who sold us the Hot Dogs sold Ice Cream too.
We thought it was kind of cute.
So here’s it.
He sold like so many Exotic Ice Creams.
We were kinda tempted.
Mann. If not for the Chilly weather.
Haha.

We tried finding a spot to relax.
You know, to read stuff, listen to music, enjoy the scenery.
But it was too Cold.
The wind was really strong today.
So we decided to head to Starbucks to have a cup of Hot something.
We finally found one nearby.
Starbucks is simply SO convenient to find here in New York.
It’s like, 7/11 in Singapore.

Gina and Joey both had a Hot Chocolate.
While I had a Peppermint Hot Chocolate.
Yumm Yumm I tell you.

And you know what?
Nothing in the world at that point of time beats:
Sitting in a warm Starbucks while its freezing cold outside.
Drinking a cup of Peppermint Hot Chocolate.
Reading an Oprah magazine.
Listening to Corrine Bailey Rae.
Watching people walking by.
And being with Gina and Joey.

Gina was reading Glamour magazine.
While Joey was reading a fantasy book she got from a thrift shop just outside Agnes’s house.
I’m sure the both of them were enjoying the time at Starbucks as much as I was.
So simple, yet nice (:

After that, we headed to Broadway (:
We took the Subway.
We are now so accustomed to it. I think we are experts already ;)
And I tell you.
Broadway is damn cool.
It’s like a juxtaposition of Central Park.
We saw HUGE billboards. Lighted ones even.
Many advertised Broadway shows.
Some advertised Clothes and Departmental Stores.
The sight was simply captivating.
The Lights, the People, the Shops.
Everything Single Thing.

Broadway is like this entire area (not just a stretch of street), filled with theatres.
They are not all next to one another.
There’s the Lyceum Theater, Marquis Theater, Belasco Theater, Duffy Theater, and many many more.
And in between there are Shops, Diners and several Hotels.
The one where we watched Beauty and the Beast was at the Lunt Fontaine Theater.
The interior was just as ultra cool as the sight of its exterior made it out to be.

Beauty and the Beast.
Never loved the show so much before.
We were so excited the entire day.
Every moment, we were looking forward to watching the musical.
Joey loved the various settings and props.
Gina loved the lights and colours.
I fell in love with their voices.
In short, the whole musical was Perfect.
We clapped enthusiastically after every song they sang.
And there was a standing ovation at the end too.
We weren’t allowed to take any photos actually.
But I managed to take a few.
Beautiful (:

Experiencing a musical at Broadway just makes the entire experience more magical.
I don’t know how.
It just has that effect.
It’s just different from watching one at the Esplanade, or the Indoor Stadium.
You get what I mean?

Again.
Another beautiful day in New York.
Just feeling so happy and fortunate every single day (:

A Taste of Paradise =)

2006-12-19T23:25:00.000+08:00

Today’s another really really awesome day!
Can’t emphasize how fun today was!
Especially when my jeans’ button is about to burst open any time man. (shall explain why later)
This really awesome day was made possible with a really wonderful friend of my Aunt.
Who's named Lynn. =)
She’s a really fun person to hang out with!
She’s really like one of us.

Grand Central Station.
A sight on its own.
Its like 'cityhall' in Singapore.
The architecture here is like damn nice.
Very Grand. As the name puts it.

On the way we did a Little Shopping.
At Champions (Shoe shop)
Gawd.
U must see the shop man.
Its like just rows and rows and rows of all kinds of shoes!
Sneakers.Heels.Flats.Boots.
You name it. They have it.

YAHOO!=)
haha. Guess whats that for!
Obviously not an attempt for promoting 'Yahoo' or smth.
We finally went ICE SKATING today! =D
We ice skated at Bryant Park, which is near Fifth Avenue.
Bryant Park had like many of those little pretty shops selling all sorts of things.
From cute little Dangling Earrings to Abstract Paintings to Apple Cinders.
All at reasonable prices.
Quite interesting actually.

Skating was really fun!
*Mel and Joey nodding their heads vigorously*
It was like an outdoor skating ring.
Imagine skating with trees all around u, feeling the cool natural breeze brushing past your face and the not-too-loud music keeping you entertained as you skate.
Sounds nice right? =)
Its truly an experience man.
it was made even more fun when my sis and I took turns to let Mel pull us round the skating ring.
At a speed of 1 round/min.
Not exaggerating.
it was so fast that i thought I was almost flying at some point of time!
At the end of it, we were really sweating like mad man.
It was so bad that i felt as though i was swimming in a pool of sweat!
haha okay. that sounds quite gross actually.
But seriously man. I think this's the only exercise we've done ever since coming to New York.
Of course not counting the tremendous amount of walking we had for shopping larh.

When we were done with Skating, we were like drop dead Gorgeous.
haha okay i just had to say that.
Correction. i meant, drop dead THIRSTY.
So we decided to head to my new found favourite drink place.
Jamba juice! Yummy.
U shldnt be scratching your head at this point of time thinking what it is if you've been reading our blog regularly.
So anyway, this time we both tried something new.
Mel had a Banana Berry.
While my sis and i shared a Berry Lime Sublime.
I shld give it the Most Refreshing and Thirst-Quencher Drink award man.
U have to try it if u ever get the chance to man.
Trust me.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.

My sis soon got a craving.
For.....guess what.
*Drum Roll*
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none other but a
CHEESE BURGER from Macs!
And Mel and me had an apple pie each.
Quite cool.
Do you know that their packaging is different from the Macs in S'pore.
But i like the Apple Pie from S'pore Macs better.

Anyways.
Shopping is next.
Again. I know.
But this time, we went to somewhere really really really really really X10000000 COOL!
I tell you...it doesnt even feel like a Shop can.
it feels more like a lounge or a club!
Abercrombie and Fitch.
The lighting in the shop was like very dim and they had like pounding music playing throughout the store.
And it was SUPER DUPER crowded.
and man...we never drooled and stared so much in life before can.
They actually advertised and promote their stores by hiring Male Models as their salesman.
My gawd.
i tell you. You'll faint when u see them man.
Firstly, they're at least 6 foot tall.
Followed by a really hot hot hot Bod.
and a real Sexay face...man...drooling again.
There were like 2 sexay hunks standing by the doorway and one at every staircase. And a gazillion everywhere around the shop!
Literally just posing and saying 'hows your day' or 'have a great holiday' or 'Good night' to every customer that past by them.
Haha. Didnt buy anything from Abercrombie and Fitch but yet nonetheless equally fufilling. =)

Continued shopping.
At various places.
Oh theres this really really cute shop that i personally really liked!
Claire =)
The stuff they had were like damn cool can.
I really wanted to buy almost every item from the store lar!
In the end i bought this really cute pink alarm clock with golden butterflies on it.
Man.
Its really love at first sight can.

Went to another store called new York and Company.
Quite nice also.
Mel bought a top. My sis and I bought pyjamas bottoms. And i bought a black ring too =)
H&M was our next stop.
But sadly, mostly working stuff.
So didnt get anything

Another interesting thing happened today!
We actually got to see real life paparazzi.
u shld have seen Mel's face.
She was like really excited!
It was like some movie premier thingy.
'Note On a Scandal' i think.
Damn cool can.
We actually got to see the red carpet!

Highligh of today!
Serenedipity!
Best dessert place!!!!!!!!!!!!

My eyes nearly popped out i tell you,
Just simply by looking at the desserts they served.
and by the awesome decorations!
The ambience.
I rate it 11 out of 10 man.

even their menu's so nice.

I lurrrvvvvve this place so much that bulls can fly!
But good things come with a price.
We had to wait in total of almost 4 HOURS just to get in!!
Can u believe that??
4 hours waiting time!
We arrived at only about 4.30 to get a reservation.
And they told us to come back at 8!
Which we did. (Shopped during the waiting time)
And only got in at around 8.30.
But. It was all worth the while.
Ask me to wait an entire day. I will still do it man.

Okays i know you're probably very curious as to what we ordered.
So heres it.
Main Course
-Seafood Pasta
-Mixed Grill

Side Dish
-Hot Spring Wings

Desserts
-Frozen Hot Chocalate
-Forbidden Broadway Sundae.
-Rasberry Yogurt

In total, the whole meal cost almost 120US,
Thats like around 180Sing.
But man.
Trust me.
Its all worth it man.
It was really Finger-Licking Good! (Sorry Mr Kentucky, Hope you dont mind me borrowing your slogan)
Actually this entry's title is inspired by this!
And also, upon reading this entry, you'll then understand why my jeans button is bursting,
haha.
think we put on 5 pounds alone at this shop!
Sigh Sigh Sigh.
Guess you'll have no trouble figuring out our new resolution for the new year ahead!
haha.

Went home soon after.
Wanted to see the night life here actually.
Theres this place called the Village,
Where theres like a lot of pubs and cafes.
But. It was ICY COLD.
We couldnt take it and so, we headed home instead.

Yawn.
Im ultra tired now.
Guess we all had another pretty long day.
But today was really exciting.
Will be turning in soon.
Tml's another exciting day!
Its like, throughout this whole trip, im always excited bt something =)
Which is good.
Good night ! (:

Cool Blue.

2006-12-18T13:16:00.000+08:00

(: Boo!
Another wonderful day ☺
The day started off with us finding somewhere interesting to eat.
Somewhere near Agnes’s (Gina’s aunt) place to eat.
Because Ian (Gina’s brother) had to return early to pack his bags to head to the Caribbean.
Cool huhh.
Backpacking at the Caribbean.
I think Gina and I may try backpacking sometime too.
To some other interesting place.
Maybe, Nepal, Switzerland or New Zealand.
Hee…

Well, we have been quite deprived of fruits the past few days.
So, Agnes stopped at a grocery stall to get a bunch of seedless grapes.
Gina’s most favourite fruit.
Look at their grocery stall!
Their veggie all looked sorta fake because of their colour.
Just look at their green peppers.

Then, we headed to some small place to have Brunch.
We could have missed it if we walked a little faster.
They had an array of Pizzas.
There was like a Spinach pizza.
Haha, doesn’t sound nice right.
But kinda cool. Something I think, Singapore doesn’t have.

Finally, we settled for a Beef Lasagna, Calamari (yes, it starts with a ‘C’), and Hawaiian Pizza.
Haha, I know what you are thinking.
Go ahead and roll your eyes.
“Out of all the authentic pizzas, you have to choose Hawaiian”
Joey wanted to try it. And I think Ian thought it looked good too.
So yar, we just had that.
Rather HUGE. And it was Tasty and Yummy (:
They made one huge pizza especially for us.
The old-fashion sorta way (:
I like the Calamari. Hehe.

Then, after that filling Brunch.
We went to some 99 cents shop.
Singapore has $1.99 shops, so New York has 99 cents ones.
Basically, the shop sells every necessity available, and more.
They have loads of Party and Christmas stuff too.
But the shop is quite a “cheater”.
Some of the items are actually more then 99 cents. rolls eyes
Don’t worry though.
Gina and I made sure ours were worth 99 cents before we purchased them ;)

After that, guess what we did.
Shopping!
AGAIN.
Haha…Yup. Again.
This time round we shopped at this mall called Century 21.
They call themselves America’s Best Kept Secret.
But, I don’t think it’s really a secret place to shop since it’s so big.
It’s located opposite Ground Zero, near Wall Street.
And they have a few outlets around the U.S.

The shopping would have been so much “fun-ner”.
IF, the 3 of us didn’t have headache.
Mine started at the 99 cents shop.
Gina’s started at Century 21.
Joey’s I’m not sure actually. Hers is slight.
But altogether, it’s enough to spoil the mood.

So, we weren’t really in the shopping mood.
Despite it all.
We managed to shop for 5 hours.
We covered the entire shopping mall.
Including the children’s department ;)
I didn’t take photos though.
Like, I don’t think u guys actually want to see photos of a Shopping Mall right.
Ok, the truth is.
I was busy shopping.
Haha. We bought a whole lot of stuff.
Cause everything was on Christmas discount.
So, pretty worth it :)

Well, that’s pretty much what we did the entire day.
I puked at some point later in the day.
Gina and I then had cereal for dinner :)
Coco Pops. Heh.
Joey had Bei Bei Mian.
Tomorrow then my friends (:

A for Awesome =)

2006-12-18T13:02:00.000+08:00

Good Morning lovelies =)
This entry was actually meant to be written yesterday but I was too tired.
Fell asleep b4 I could do it.
So here I am writing it the next morning instead!

Yesterday was another fabulous day.
My bro was there with us =)
We had a HUGE sumptuous breakfast at the restaurant called New York Style.
Finally we ate something that’s ‘truly New York’.
As compared to all the Chinese cuisine that we’ve been eating for the past few days.
Bleah =X

Man, the food portions here in the States are really HUMONGOUSLY HUGE!
I can like practically have just ONE of their meals for my breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Okay. U get my point.

Guess what’s next.
SHOPPING =)
Haha.
Expected right.

In the subway.
On the way to Prince Street.

A pity Shopping only lasted for a short while.
Cos my brother was feeling tired.
And actually the rest of us were somewhat feeling lethargic as well.
We only shopped like for 1\2 hr and we decided to get a drink.
From this is really cool place called 'Jamba Juice'
We ordered a Carribean and a Mango A-go-go
It was really Refreshing! Very NICE =)

New York has a lot of those roadside stores.
Selling mostly Jewellry, Bags and beanies.
But they're rather ex thou...
Avg about 15 to 20 US for a pair of earring, and about 30 US for a tote bag.

Oh Basking is another commonly seen thing in New York.
Be it on the streets, at the subway stations, u see them everywhere.
Quite nice actually.
They really help bring out the X'mas mood!

We decided to head home not long after!
Took the subway back again.
Do you knw, you'll actually get to meet alot of strange people in the Subway?
We met a Santa Claus and someone who speads the gospel in the train itself.
He was like just shouting across the entire train!

The rest headed home and guess what Mel and me carried on doing.
None other than Shopping!
Haha guess really nothing can stop us from doing the thing we Lurve huh.
We actually could spent the rest of the evening at the Pharmacy Shopping!
Incredible huh.
We bought Food (Honey Mustard Pretzels) and Lotsa of Makeup!
OHHH..GURLS listen up (Guys too if u’re interested),
Makeup here in US is really Cheap!
As compared to in S’pore larh.
One normal Maybelline Mascara cost only like 4 US here! (that’s only about 6 Sing!)
Isnt it awesome??
I almost went crazy shopping for Makeup.
Bought like an item for almost every part of my face! Haha.

Home Sweet Home.
My bro was like preparing dinner =)
Guess what we had for dinner!
Jap curry =)
It was really really Yummy.
But I think I had too much curry!
My rice was practically drowning in it!
Each of us had like one HUGE bowl of it!
My Aunt had 2!
We watched Take The Lead and ate at the same time.
Take The Lead was nice…Somewhat similar to Step Up actually.
Oh well, that’s all I can remember from last night.
Think I fell asleep soon after.
Heehee.

Oh well. Today’s gonna be another awesome day!
With my brother =)
Cant wait for whatever’s that’s planned for today!
But its so sad that he gotta leave us this evening =((
He’s leaving for the Carribean tonight.
To ‘chill’ as he puts it.
He’s gonna be there for about a month and will only return to New York on 13th Jan.
And by then we would have been in S’pore already.
Boohooohoo =(
Im stopping here for now.
Will be eating my yummy cereals in a minute.
BYE LOVELIES =)
MUACKS

Ps. Missing And Loving My Dearest Lovely Papa and Mama! <333

Another day (:

2006-12-16T23:32:00.000+08:00

Hey all ☺
Today we left the house at around 12 plus.
That’s cause Gina was trying to finish up the last entry.
Which has by the way, around 50 photos.
And, Joey and I were watching the Jerry Springer Show.
I don’t think we have it in Singapore.
It’s sorta like a show where people quarrel openly.
Jerry Springer asks questions to fuel the quarrel.
And the audience gets to voice their point of view on the issue at hand.

Yesterday’s episode was on the topic:
“Dumb your lover…You’re mine.”
That is the exact title of that particular episode.
Well, the title speaks for itself.
You should get the idea what the whole show is about.
There was a lot of vulgarity as each party lashed at the other.
One almost escalated into a fight. And the other actually fought.
Pretty Interesting to see.
Of it all, I think Jerry Springer’s final words made the most sense.
He said, “Loving doesn’t need convincing”. And of course, more stuff.
But that sentence stood out.
You don’t need to convince someone to stay by your side if he/she loves you.
Those who want their "lovers" back probably deserve better.
Well, interesting stuff huhh.

Oh well, after that, we headed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
So cool.
They had like sections displaying sculptures, paintings, furniture and photos from different time periods and countries.
There was Medieval Art, Modern Art, Greek and Roman Art, Egyptian Art and so on,
There were so many different sections, we had to choose.
And we spent the entire afternoon there.
Before we went home and meet Gina’s aunt (Agnes) and her friends for dinner.
I have to add though. I think we are too young to appreciate the displays.
Like, some things I saw made me pretty excited because of what I have learnt in Gothic Literature.
But the bulk were foreign and difficult to appreciate.
Overall though, I enjoyed it.
Because I’ve always wanted to go to a painting gallery, but never got around doing so.
Gina couldn’t really enjoy because she had a slight headache.
And Joey was trying to rationalize some abstract art.
Rather cute.

Egyptian Art:

Their tombs! We actually got to see one before our very eyes.
They had like, different sizes for different people.
Cool huh.

These kinda cute looking bottle were used to store the internal organs of those being mummified.

This is Egyptian craft. They made these little things, in the shape of baboons, monkeys, buffalos and frogs and sold them.

This is what they wear before they were put into their tombstones.
The Egyptians had to look good no matter what.

Ohh! My dear lit friends.
Does this remind you of something?
Haha.

Gross! Some hair thing.
Probably should use it for some horror movie.

Medieval Art:

Rather ornate.

Painted glass windows.
Reminded me of Gothic architecture stuff.

Arms & Armor:

We found our Knights in “Shining” Armor.
At a museum (:

Modern Art:

We got to see works by Picasso and Van Gogh (:
Yarh. We don’t know how to really appreciate them.
But it was interesting and oh-so-cool.

When I look at the paintings, I’m just fascinated by the colours the artists use.
Like, there are so many colours on a palette.
How do they choose?
This painting titled "black iris" is really nice.
Go figure why it's black.

A colourful one by picasso.
:)

I think I can do this.
I was thinking this when some lady said the same thing too.
Haha.

the cute one.
looking right at you ;)

Ooh, this is by Jackson Pollock.
Some issue regarding one of his works appeared in Lifestyle, Straits Times sometime back.
So cool to be actually looking at one of his works right before us :)

Gina’s favourites :)

Drawings, Prints and Photographs:

It was interesting to know that illustrations in children’s books are works of art too.
That made me feel like collecting a whole bunch of children’s books.
Those with nice drawings (:

This is etching. We learnt this in secondary school art.
These are pretty complex works though.

And this form of art, my dear lit friends, is called Chiaroscuro.
Bold black lines with dual lighter tones.

This is to depict the “fall of man”
That’s what the words at the top of the picture say.
Adam and Eve succumbing to sexual desires.
Representing the beginning of the downfall of men as we Sin.

Then we moved on to Asian Art.
We saw the statues of some Indian Gods.
Rather cool.

Well, we were pretty beat by the end of it all.
But we still treasure every single day (:

Expanding Our Never Ending List (=

2006-12-15T21:52:00.000+08:00

Washington & Philadelphia.
2 more new places adding onto our list of inteteresting places we've been to so far!
Our day started with, the usual, a loooooong bus ride.
But nonetheless, we still know how to have fun! (=

Before we knew it, we were already in Philadelphia!
We got to see the Independence Hall first.
The birthplace of the United States.
The Declaration of Independence took place here.
Cool huh.

Ok i know you're not exactly very enthralled by that.
But check this out man.
The ever Famous Philly Cheesesteak!
If u ever get a chance to go to Philadelphia, this's a MUST that u gotta try!! Satisfaction Guaranteed!
YUMSSSSSSSS!!!!! =D
Its somewhat similar to a hotdog bun.
Only that its so much more tastier and interesting!
There were like a million of tiny pieces of chopped up Beef, slices of Cheese, Delicious Sauses (Tomato, Mustard and Mayo), Onion (Which we chose not to include), Salt&Pepper (Which we also chose not to include)
Sounds good? (=

Along the way, we passed by another eye-catching place!
United States Mint.
Where all the Quarters, Dimes, Cents and Dollars are being created!

Our next stop was the Baltimore Harbour.
A really scenic place.
A total picturesque.
It certainly looked like something that could be printd on a postcard!
Mel found it so surreal.
As though such a beautiful place could never have existed.

Ok here's an interesting finding.
At least for Mel and me.
Haha.
We found out the many wierd obsessions of my Sis!

Wierd Obsession Number 1.

Wierd Obsession Number 2.

Wierd Obsession Number 3.

Wierd Obsession Number 4.

Wierd Obsession Number 5.

Haha.
I saw this tree which had clover like leaves.
And tried finding a four leave clover.
But obviously failed.
The leaves were like so high up that we had to jump to get one.
Then we realised that the picture with us jumping mid-air was kinda of cool.

So we decided to do the same on a bench.

Ready on your mart.

Get set.

Jump!

The Beautiful Sky.
A Rainbow on its own.
We really liked it cos we rarely get to see such a Magnificent sight in S'pore.

At Washington D.C
It was like a place full of Majestic Buildings.
Most of the headquarters are like located here.
Department of Transportation.
Department of Education.
Department of Energy.
Just to name a few.

The Aeropace Museum!!
We were all so fascinated by it.
But guess who was the most intriqued.
Tada!

Ever wondered what a piece of the moon looks like?
Well, we got to see and FEEL what it was like!
Contrary to popular belief,
The piece of the Moon at the Museum felt really smoooth.
We used to think of it as rough, jagged and uneven.
But no, here's how it looked like.

There were like a Million different types of planes here.
So many that i lost count.
Not like i'll know the differences between them anyway.

Haha an interesting Finding which really fascinated Mel!
See it yourself.

More interesting Stuff.
The first telephone.

Marilyn Monroe's Gloves.

George Washington's Battle Gear.

Prince.

First Ever Barbie Doll.

The American Dream House (built over a period of 10 years)

First Ever Flying Object.

Moving on.
The Capital Building.
Yet again another beautiful sight.

The Vietnam War Memorial.

The Lincoln War Memorial.

The Korea War Memorial.

Thomas Jefferson.
3rd President of the United States.
Drafted the Declaration of Indepence.

At the National Museum Of Natural History.

The HOPE DIAMOND. An extremely rare Blue Diamond.
Do you know
*Only one in a 100,000 diamonds are coloured
*And Blue is the rarest colour
*This diamond is said to be cursed ( Misfortune will befall its owner. )

The Supposed Highlight of this Tour.
The White House.
A pity it was closed that day due to some special event going on.
So heres as far as we've got.

Finally.
Home Sweet Home.
Ordered Jap Food for Dinner.

Looking back at the entry i've just written,
the past 2 days were no doubt fun filled.
And we got to learn so much from it!
Hope u guys too gained something from reading it (=
It has already been a week since we've arrived in New York.
But it really really doesnt feel like it!
Okay. i think i've said that like a million and one times.
But that just proved my point.

Shopping. Yet again ;)

2006-12-13T09:08:00.000+08:00

Today's a beautiful day :)
I mean, what can be better than -
Waking up late.
Leaving the house at whatever time you want.
Eating Dunkin Donuts for Breakfast.
Shopping.
And having Subway for dinner :)

Ok, other than the fact that we got lost on the Subway (what we fondly know as the MRT), the whole day went pleasantly well :)
Yesyes. We did get lost on the Subway.
Were supposed to stop at Prince Station. but we ended up at Union Station instead.
Nonetheless, we found our way back ok.

Well, for breakfast, we had Dunkin Donuts again.
Haha, i tell you. We are so gonna get tired of eating donuts.
But we are enjoying it while we are still enjoying it :)
Since we can't have it in Singapore, and the only way we can enjoy it would be to go across to Malaysia.

We had: 2 Chocolate Chunk Cookies
: 1 Boston Creme Donut
: 1 Caramel Ice Latte (gina's)
: 2 Chocolate Ice Latte (mine and joey's)

Ahh. This is what I call. Living Life to its fullest ;)

Then, we took the Subway.
Yes, got lost.
But then found our way to Prince Station, where we shopped at Soho.
A place known for selling hippie clothings and amateur artists original works.
Well, we didn't purchase any of those, but we bought a whole bunch of other really worthy items :)
These are the shops we shopped at.

Ohh, Gina and her sis had another first, yet again.
Gumballs.
They were intrigued by the colourful gumballs and the entire gumball machine.
They soon got tired of chewing on their gumballs though.
It cost only a quater.
Which is like, 0.358 cents Sing.

Haha, another interesting thing we noticed while shopping.
Some of the shops' mannequins have huge boobs.
Haha, and i tell you.
They are like, never-seen-before-on-any-mannequin kind of big.
Haha..ok, i mean. They have like, Z cups.
According to Gina that is.
I will say..They are just HUMONGOUS.
(Haha, I think "humongous" is quite a funny word. Just like, Fukete Ba Ku Teh ;) )

Ohh, other huge stuff?
Their Addidas shop!
Its like, 5 levels okayy...
Not kidding.
What else.
Their Billboards.
There was one with Kate Moss on it.
Advertising for Calvin Klein. Another for PSP.
So cool.

Haha, bet you guys must be pretty bored looking at what we have for our meals everyday.
Still, this is our simply yummylicious Subway dinner :)

Ohh! And the guy who served us.
He asked what we were from.
And when we told him we were from Singapore, he actually know it is a country.
Whats more, he said he heard it was a pretty nice and decent country.
Whaa..So proud :)
Actually, the girl who served me at the jeans store said she heard of it before too.
Well, at least they didn't think it was some part of China.
Not that I have anything against China.

Well, that's all we did for today.
It's already the 6th day.
But we are still enjoying every single day and every single moment of it :)
Relishing the fact that this is a Once in a Lifetime Experience.
Hope you, my friend are enjoying your holiday in any way :)

Shopping ;) And the Subway Experience

2006-12-12T21:55:00.000+08:00

WAITTTT!! Before u carry on reading this entry, please go and see our previous entry again. We uploaded more pictures and edited some of it. Thks =)

As an appetizer for this post.
First check out the map for New York's subway.

http://subway.umka.org/maps/new-york.gif

Its super extensive and seems Super complicated at first sight.
But well, guess when one gets used to it, its rather simple actually.
This is actually one of the biggest challenges faced by us.
Considering that we can even get lost in S'pore SMRT system. Haha.
But guess what!
We survived it! haha. We managed to get home safely! All in one piece!

Honestly speaking, us Singaporeans are really too spoilt man.
Do u know how crowded the subway is in New York.
Its really worst than in S'pore!
And not only that. Its also rather old and rundown.
Its being built like a 100 years ago and they've not done anything to it since then.
They dont even announce when the doors are about to close.
Mel and my sis almost got left behind cos the door closed b4 they could enter.
But luckily the lady in front of them literally gritted her teeth and pulled apart the doors by force with her bare hands!
Man..haha..im making her sound like The Hulk!
And its damn stupid can, they only SOMETIMES announce the approaching station.
And even when they announce it its like no point lar.
It comes out like some soft unclear whimper can. Totally Pointless.

Finally.
Today's the day that we finally tasted the 'Shopping in New York' experience =)
I must say that its really pretty Exciting!
Gap, Victoria's Secret, Forever21, Zara, Aldo, Macy, le chateau, strawberry just to name a 'few'. Ok. Old joke. i know.

The shops open only at 9. But we were there by 8.30.
haha see how excited we were.
So we decided to chill out at Dunkin Donuts first.
We were too very Excited bt that!

We orded in total
-1 chocalate frosted donut
-1 frosted coffee roll
-1 Mango and Passion fruit Smoothie
-1 Strawberry and Banana Smoothie

It was totally Yummy!! What a great day to begin our day :)
I can hear your hungry stomach grumbling..heehee...feeling jealous?

Our first stop was Gap.
Which according to Mel, its actually like the 'Giordano' in New York.
Ohh..Victoria's Secret was really really exciting.
We spent like almost an hour there!
Their stuff are really super attractive.
Its like they're all being packed in really nice bags and they're like glittery Gold, Black, Pink, Red.
I was like so tempted buy every single thing in the shop can,
But oh well, the usual me. Always getting conned by Advertisements.

Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Sounds interesting right.
Thats where we had our lunch.
Tacos and Barritos were what we had.
Not too bad.
But not really my cup of tea thou.

Next. Macy.
Macy is like this SUPER DUPER HUMONGOUS shopping mall with like 9 floors!
Its so huge that my eyes almost went cocked!
The shoes were like all stacked in rows and rows and rows and rows!
But the bad thing is that its quite messy actually.
But we didnt really get anything from there cos they sell mostly designer wear.
Calvin Klein. D&G, DKNY, Pea in a Pod......

Ohh...and u gotta check out their escalators.
Its really creaky and cranky. haha
Look kinda of really scary actually.
I had a tough time trying to get on it.

This shopping mall had like the total X'mas mood!
They had like really beautiful X'mas decorations outside the building.

Alright. Thats all for today.
Guess we're all pretty exhausted by now.
Its only 10pm here and im already beginning to Yawn...
Tonight will be an early night for us.
Goodnight =)
We promise for an even more Exciting and Happening post tml!
So do come back for more ;)

One World Wonder :)

2006-12-11T13:10:00.000+08:00

He-lo!!
The weather in New York is so so cold.
Lowest, minus 6 degrees.
Highest, 2 degrees, around there.
I have never worn sooo many layers of clothes in my life.
We look like sausages.
Haha, we were joking that even if we were to fall down the steps, we wouldn't feel pain at all.
In fact, the fastest way down steps would be -

1. cover our faces with our 2 hands, protected by thick gloves.
2. kneel, head facing the steps.
3. take a deep breath.
4. roll head first.

Trust me, if you were to dress like us, you will not feel the slightest pain.

Well, the past 2 days were spent at somewhere really exciting :)
The journey there was super duper long though.
It took like almost 7 hrs just to get to our destination.
But when we reached there, it was all worthwhile :)
The Niagara Falls.

It is one of the 7 wonders of the world.
We now know why.
Gothic literature students will understand me when I say it was truly a Sublime moment.
It was majestic and massive and its natural beauty just overwhelms you.
We just stood there for a really long time beholding the magnificence of one of the wonders of the world ☺

It was there and then, when we were appreciating the beauty of the Niagara Falls then did we realize that the tourists and locals around us were much older than us.
According to Gina, a lot of them were with walking sticks.
But you know how she likes to exaggerate.
Nonetheless, my point is, it hit us again.
How fortunate we, two young girls, were able to come to New York, and behold the Niagara Falls.
Not many people, maybe in their entire lifetime will get the chance to do such a thing.
Moreover, hehe, our parents are the ones paying.
Just one more thing in life we have to feel blessed for.

Oh yar, the place itself where we 3 slept for the night was pretty eerie though.
Eerie because, the place was rather deserted.
Other than the place where u view the Niagara Falls, the other places were so deserted.
It felt like one of those movie settings for a horror show or something.
Like a place which used to have so much life, but now neglected.
Maybe, it’s just the cold weather. Deterring people from viewing the Niagara Falls.

Talking about cold weather, we didn’t get to see snow actually falling.
But, we saw snow on the ground.
First time for Gina and her sis.
Pretty Exciting :)

On our way to the Niagara Falls, we stopped at the Corning Museum of Glass.
It was d**n cool.
The museum showed displays of different kinds of glasses with different colours.
And do you know?
Glass is made out of very fine sand. 70 percent of it, that is.
And to add colour to glass, they have to add certain elements.
Like for Blue colour, they add Cobalt, and for Red, they add Gold.
Cool huhh.

There, we also attended the glass making show.
They got a pro with over 20 years of experience to demonstrate how a glass vase is made from molten glass.
He knocked it, twist it, blow it. Basically molded it into the glass vase.
At the end of the demonstration, they gave away 2 already made glass vases.
And guess who’s the lucky girl?
Haha, not me larh. Gina!
She got the light blue, opaque one.

FOOD.
Wah. We are so gonna get FAT.
Haha, both days, one to our destination and the other, back.
We had Chinese buffet for lunch.
Just look at the amount we ate.
And that’s not even dessert yet.
They have like, 3 whole rows of food, one whole row of dessert, and an ice cream counter.

The past few days have been so packed with activities.
We are simply loving it.
It has already been 4 days and it doesn’t even feel like it.
Gina and I are even thinking of extending our stay.
So we can go explore the rest of US as well.
Like, Los Angeles, California, Canada, just to name a few.
We’re so excited about tomorrow as well.
We shall update again ;)

New York in a Day =)

2006-12-09T19:29:00.000+08:00

Today, we had our fill of having a brief but thorough introduction of almost the whole of New York.
I never knew New York City was that congested!
Guess thats what makes New York Unique!
The only way to make space for more buildings was to tear down buildings!
We had a guide to show us ard.
We first passed by China Town which i didnt even knw it existed in New York.
All the signboards and shop names were like in Chinese.

We went to Wall Street too.
95% of the people actually work there!
We actually got to see the 1st government office in US where George Washington useed to work.

One minute of silence please.
For those who died in the infamous incident of the 911 case.
Ard 2800 people died...
This includes 343 firemen and rescue workers too... =(
Whats left of the 2 majestic twin towers is a HUGE hole.
Which is so sad.

The Empire State building. The haven for King Kong.
It used to be the tallest building till World Trade Centre took over.
If my memory dont fail me..i think its abt 102 storeys high!
And do u knw they only took 1 year and 45 days to build the entire building?!
Man..It was like FREEZING cold up there!
i swear i almost got blown off the building by the ultra strong and cold wind!

It was actually quite a great experience to be able to see the whole of New York fronm up there.
In fact, it seems kinda of romantic too!
I think someone actually proposed to his loved one at the top of the empire building.
So sweet can. *hint*

OHHH...one thing abt New York is that they really seem to celebrate the festive season Christmas.
Everywhere had like really colourful beautiful lights!
There was this really really HUMONGOUS X'mas tree which had almost 3000 light bulbs!
And do u knw the X'mas tree is actually a REAl tree!
Unlike those plastic green fake trees used in S'pore.

Patriotism is definitely another quality seen in New York.
US flags were literally seen almost everywhere!

Off we went on a cruise!
Saw the 3 famous bridges New York.
The oldest Brookyln bridge
Which was totally made manually by man.

The Manhattan Bridge.

And the Williamsburg Bridge.

One of the most interesting sight seen while on this cruise.
*DRUM ROLL*
The Statue of Liberty.
We definitely owe her one man..
Without her, we wont be here.

Some interesting Facts of the Statue of Liberty.
-She has a 35 foot waistline..heeehee..suddenly we dont feel as guilty eating so much now.
-The 7 rays of the crown that she's wearing represent each of the 7 continents.
-The torch that she's carrying is covered with thin sheets of 24k GOLD.

Lunch time!
Guess where we had our lunch out of the wide array of choices available!
None other than Yoshinoya.
Cos its already the cheapest although its relatively more expensive as compared to in S'pore.
I had something special thou, its not available in S'pore. BBQ Chicken bowl. Super YUummy=))

Ohh! We also came across an entirely hello kitty shop! Sanio.

Madame Tussauds, The wax museum!
It was definitely the highlight of today!
Really damn fun!!
We took countless pictures with all the famous people in the world!
Jennifer Anniston, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Michael Jackson, John Trovolta, Hugh Grant, George Washingtonm, Oprah Winfrey and Ghandi (Which mel went crazy over), Super Man, Bill Gates and Albert Einstein (which my sis went crazy over), Johnny Depp (Which i went crazy over), Just to name a 'few'.

OH MY GAWD!
GUESS WHAT!
Mel actually went into the CHAMBER of HORRORS with me!
U shld have seen her man!
Im so proud of her accomplishment! She shld receive a medal for Bravery man!
Even my sis didnt dare can.

Hmm, the last place we went to was the United Nations Headquarter.
It was erm OK lar.
Quite interesting actually.
They had like this campaign against aids.
There was this Purple dress made entirely of purple condoms of different shades which Mel totally fell in love with.
Too bad prom was over. If not she would have definitely use it for her prom gown.
But it was really super cool. U must check it out!
Well, that was the end of the introduction to New York.

Guess all of us havent really adjusted to the difference in timing.
Now's already 3am and me and mel are still typing this entry.
And we have another long exciting day tml!
We're going to visit the __A___A ___L_!
Ok im sure smart enough to figure out!
Tune in for more tml if u wanna find out! ;)

To New York ;)

2006-12-08T12:13:00.000+08:00

Separately, we didn’t sleep the entire night.
We arrived at the Changi Airport physically, emotionally and mentally exhausted.
You guys should have seen the look on Gina’s face.
Haha, you wouldn’t dare mess with her then.
Nonetheless, we were all excited and hyped up about the trip ahead of us :)
On the inside that is.

Haha! Gina brought like 5 luggage in total can.
One for her and her sister’s winter clothing.
One for her brother’s stuff.
And the other 3?
Haha. Guess!
FOOD! Tons of junk food.
I tell you, we are so gonna get fat when we return.
Think we have to Roll back to Singapore at the end of our trip.
Don’t be surprised. Hor.
Don’t say we never warn you. Hor.

Both our passport photos are damn funny.
We keep making the people who check our passports laugh.
Haha…Gina’s photo is like, worse than her EZ-link photo can.
You know how BAD that is.
TWICE. People laugh over her photo and asked her to change it.
Mine just caused a few giggles.
Just because I tried hiding my “luscious” lips in the photo.
It is a pretty awful picture.

Another funny thing.
Our names were almost called out over the PA system at both Singapore and Malaysia’s airports.
Why?
Duh. We were trying to find our way to the correct gate.
See what happens when we are left on our own?
Haha..I’m sure there will be more to come.

We had a stop over at Malaysia before we carried on taking another plane to the US.
So, on the first flight from Singapore to Malaysia.
Before the plane even took off, we were already munching away at the goodies we brought with us.
Like, Taokaenoi (seaweed snack) and Suan Mei.

On the flight from Malaysia to the US, before the crew could serve us brunch we were already munching away at a bunch of snacks.
We watched Click!
It’s a very very very good show.
Funny and touching.
And brunch was finally served.
They gave us a choice of Nasi Lemak and Omelette.
I took the former, and Gina the latter.
And guess what they gave us for dessert!
MAGNUM ICE-CREAM. Our favourite.
But really, I could tell Gina loved it more. She was certainly in paradise.

Lucky for us, we occupied 3 out of 5 seats in our row, and the rest were not taken up.
So, we each had 2 seats to ourselves for sleeping.
We didn’t sleep much actually. Couldn’t.
So we went through the prom photos Melissa took yst, on her ipod.

We transited at Europe, Stockholm.
Haha, it was like the first time we've been to Europe.
And we stayed there for about 2 hrs.
Now, we can include that in our list of countries we travelled to.
Though it was a mere visit to the airport.

From there, we had a loooooong 10 hr flight to New York.
So near yet so far.
Gina slept like a pig. Oink.
Took up 2 seats larh.
Other than that, both of us watched The BreakUp & Just My Luck.
And, she watched The Road to El Darado, Home on the Range, abit of CARS, Just for laughs (And laughed damn loudly), half of Friends.
I watched Futurama, The Simpsons, all of Friends and a little bit of Numb3rs.
The flight was in total 23hrs long!
It is like, one entire day spent on the plane, just being couch potatoes can.
Sure fat one larh. Haha..

At last, we landed at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, which is in New York.
Not as good as expected. Airport was pretty run-down.
But we survived the immigration procedures.

There, we saw Starbucks!
Man, it is said that they have one on every street.
I shared a White Chocolate mocha with Gina, while her sis had a Caramel Macciato.
The African American lady who served us was D**N rude can.
Gina felt like slapping her.
Aside from that, the array of goodies their Starbucks had to offer is like, so much better than Singapore's.

We had to wait a super long time for the taxi-like car.
Like, almost an hour.
Then, we had to travel to Gina's aunt's place.
That took another hour or so.
It was FREEZING.
We couldn't feel our fingers and our cheeks went stone-hard.
It was an exciting experience though :)
I mean, how rarely do u get to not feel your fingers and get stone-hard cheeks?

We returned to Gina's aunt's cool studio apartment, took a hot shower, and here we are!
It's 1:00am here now and we have to sleep soon.
We have a long FREEZING day tomorrow.
minus 3 degrees celsius.
Ok, that’s all for now.
Tune in for more tomorrow ;)

Always There (:

2006-12-03T00:23:00.000+08:00

Well, the past few months have been pretty tough for me.
But I'm so glad Gina's always around.
She's a really good listener if you guys don't already know.
And I Thank God for her :)

Well, on to update.
Since the holidays started for us, we have been making plans with each other.
Haha...I spent like, 25th to the 30th of November with her. 6 whole days!
But each day is still as fun as ever (:

We went to watch Alison's dance performance at L.A. Connections near Clarke Quay on Saturday.
With Jiali, my primary school best friend.
Haha, as usual. We almost got lost.
But, with the sheer power of our women instincts. We finally found it.
Alison's dancing has really really improved ;)
Other than that, i felt that night was kinda like a stepping stone for our "business" too.
Close friends will know what kinda "business" we are talking about.
But for the benefit of others, we shall update on it another time.

Well, what else.
We went to the gym.
Watched Step Up with Sonja and Sharon :)
Went tanning, played volleyball and soccer at Sentosa with my classmates.
Shopped for prom stuff.
She slept overnight at my house, and we watched Bride and Prejudice on my mac.
It was pretty hilarious, but we just got tired laughing.
Haha...i didn't even catch the last bit of the show cos i was dozing off.
Or in Gina's language...I was simply Bushed Out.
Haha...go figure.

Gina really has to come up with her own dictionary.
Close friends will know...She has problems with her hearing.
(I don't think she minds me sharing this)
So, everytime she hears something wrongly, she really tries u know.
She never fails to try figuring out what someone has just said.
But, the problem is...everytime she tries guessing.
The sentences she put together always comes out wrong and funny.
Haha..I don't remember what exactly.
But when it happens again, which I'm quite sure it will, I will note it down to post it.

And...to share a piece of Happy news.
Gina and I are going to be away on a holiday to the U.S.!
We are heading to New York and it's already confirmed.
We are to leave next Thursday morning.
And we won't be back for another 3 weeks.
Yeh! We shall shop, eat, have fun...Simply enjoy life (:
This will be our first time to the U.S.
And we will be spending Christmas in snow!
What's more, we will be spending it in Disneyland (:
We are truly 2 very fortunate girls i must say :)

Since we are going to be away for Christmas...
That also means no Christmas party this year :(
Unless someone plans one.
Gina and I wanted to.
But, we just have to go on this trip.
The last 2 Christmas Parties we had were Fantastic :)
We had so much fun, and we hope everyone had a blast too.

Funky Punky Monkey ;)

Well, you guys just wait till we get back yar?
Probably we will plan something again :)

2006-11-21T10:48:00.000+08:00

Lean on me gurl, cos you know ill be here for you=) Just like the way these bottles stand complete with eachother..

2006-08-27T23:55:00.000+08:00

Just thought i wanted to share something=)

ok here it goes..

'Each time you're feeling down or disappointed when things dont go the way u want it to, look ard u and think of 9 other things that's going your way. This way, only 1 thing is not going ur way but 9 others are. So be grateful and SMILE' =))

Busy Busy :(

2006-04-30T10:28:00.000+08:00

Gina and I have been busybusy.
with our Studies.
we try to meet up every Sun to study together though.
we TRY.

Gina's performance is on the 26th of May :)
All the best Gurl :)
I'll be there watching, supporting, cheering :)

2006-02-20T21:32:00.000+08:00

Mel's competition is this sat!!
Good luck pal! =)
(i promise ill blog more when i have more time k! for now, it'll just be these short posts!)

A little note...

2006-02-10T22:37:00.000+08:00

To mel!
Just wanna wish u all the best for ur upcoming dance com!!
ill definitely be there be it rain or shine!!
I have FULL confidence in u and ur team!!
U must do me and urself proud k!
Gd luck gurl=)

A Blessed Christmas. (:

2005-12-26T01:03:00.000+08:00

Gina's right.
We have spent the past few years of Christmas together.
Just not this year.

My mum has the habit, ever since i was little,
to organise a Christmas party.
We would have games, food, and loads of merriment.

3 years back, I invited Gina and her sister, Joey, to my mum's Christmas Party.
I guess it was like the first time Gina went to a Chritmas party.
Am I right?
She had fun.
I had fun :)
Everyone had fun :)

The following year, we decided to plan our own Party ;)
Alison was gracious enough to book the function room a her house for us.
We were all excited, planning the games and preparing some food.
The games were of outmost importance.
We wanted to make sure our friends had fun :)
We even agreed on a theme.
It was Retro.

Gina and I were so excited, we got our costumes real quickly from M'sia,
when we went there on holiday together with her family, and Alison.
She bought a Stripped attire and a black hat,
I bought a Polka-Dotted attire and a Polka-Dotted hat.

And the one on the left is Sherene, with her Retro outfit :)

We were glad most of our friends made an effort in their retro dressing :)

We copied my mum's cute peg game, and played it at our party too.

These were taken at the end of the party:

As you can see in the background of these photos,

there are some circles on the walls.

Gina and I thought of the design and decorated the walls.

We kinda felt the retro means circles, so circles go on the walls.

Haa...

Then, last year, we had another Christmas cum New Year party.

This time, held at Suhendra's condo's function room.

This time, the theme was Funky Punky Monkey.

So bascially, you just had to dress funky, and/or punky.

haha...or even Monkey if you wanted to.

Similarly, we had games, food, and deco.

Looking at these photos, I'm betting my friends had a blast. ;)

Sherene and Pepper playing the Velcro game. They are stuck onto each other.

Harvinder and JiaShin also stuck together during the Velcro game.

Lyndon and Jocelyn displaying teamwork in the newspaper game.

Winston and JonSee. Another team playing the newspaper game :)

Queueing and waiting for the Traffic Light game to commence.

Shawn and his mask, playing the Blanket game.

Harvinder again, and his mask.

Roy, and his mask. And Su in the background.

Everyong helping to disguise JiaShin so that the opposite fella wouldn't recognise her.

Cheerful Pepper :)

The mask is so contrasting to Sherene's Pretty face :)

This last picture was taken after the party:

This year we didn't plan for a party,

and we celebrated christmas seperately.

Next year, perhaps next year, we will have another one.

0:)

HOHOHO! merry merry XMAS!!!=)))

2005-12-24T21:51:00.000+08:00

i just realised smth..
almost every xmas ever since ive got to knw mel had been spent with mel and her family..
let me see..
sec 1...guess we arent tt close yet huh..
prob it started in sec 2..
i still remembered what i wore...a black sleeveless top and a red skirt? (well, at least thats what i have in mind..but judging on how poor my memory is..its prob a little off..)
and i remember tt at tt point of time..
how much effort we put in trying to dress stephanie(mel's cousin) up..
oh boy..one cant imagine how hard it was to make her wear a simple skirt and a sleeveless top at tt time..
now she's wearing it all the time! lol! how people change..
i can only vaguely remember the details of the parties..
theres this game..(for adults only)
haha...clothes pegs were clipped all over the guys' body...
and their blindfolded wives have to search for the pegs!
and theres another one also!
whereby the guy will have to use his upperlip to kiss the cardboard while the gurl will have to use her lower lip to kiss the cardboard...put both cardboards together..and u get a whole lip!
and i remember mel telling me that her parents' one was perfect=)
oh and i just love the whole crowd at mel's place every xmas!
it just brings out the whole mood of xmas!
esp with all the lovely cute little kids running ard! gosh i lurve them all!
rem tt really cute little gurl?
who kept wanting to get married!
lol!
she's super cute lar..amanda's her name is it?
remember how i tricked her into having to knock the door 3 times first b4 entering the room! haha..
xmas has never ever been so fun for me..
well mainly becos my parents arent really "party" people and they dont lyk such large crowds and stuff..so usually..xmas eve will just involve lazing ard at home..pratically lyk any other day..
so im glad i met mel!=)

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone :)

2005-12-24T12:32:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas Eve everyone :)

This marks another year has gone by,
and another year of fabulous, great, exciting, joyful, splendid
and all other wonderful words to describe my friendship with Gina.

The picture in Gina's previous post is a picture of the bracelet we made.
We decided to have it with random beads on.
Purple Beads.
Then a Pink Butterfly in the middle.

We chose the beads seperately.

Gina chose this:

I chose this:

We chose this:

Jiahao said u don't need bracelets to prove our friendship.

But guess, we juz lyk the idea of having matching bracelets :)

2005-12-24T01:06:00.000+08:00

the special bracelet=)

2005-12-24T00:57:00.000+08:00

unspeakablejoy. the people that make my life complete =)

my turn!! =)

2005-12-24T00:23:00.000+08:00

arghh..finally..its my turn!
what shud i first talk abt...
most of our history have been written by mel already..=(
k heres it..
what makes the friendship that i share with mel so special=)
well to begin with..
the trust btw us..(which is smth i find the most important)
i never ever have to worry bt my secrets being let out by her..and i hope its the same for her too...
we understand eachother perfectly well w/o even needing to explain further..
she knws exactly what mood im in at tt moment and she knws how to suit it perfectly well(and im really grateful for that)=)
she can sense it when im in a bad mood and she'll just let me be by myself..(it may seem nth great but well, i dont usually reveal my emotions that easily..so even when im in a bad mood.."normal" people cant tell..but melissa is special!)
we laugh at almost pratically everything! and most stuff that we laugh at can only be understood by the 2 of us...others will just go "huh?" and we'll just keep on laughing! which is why some poeple just cant stand us..
she's one of the very few who has seen the other side of me..as u can see..usually im lyk very crappy and rubbishy and stuff...but beneath that..im not really lyk that..and i think so far only mel and jiahao have seen tt side of me=)
we tell each other everything and she's always the first person ill think of whenever ive got a piece of gd or bad or wadeva news! rem tt time when i got in for ogl..haha..she was the first person i called! sorry jiahao! hope ure not feeling jealous! lol!
theres just so much that has been said btw us w/o us even having to literally say it out loud..ok..maybe u wont understand what im trying to say but nvm...
we never ever have to put up a front when we're with each other..i can say whatever that comes to my mind and i dont have to worry bt how she will think bt me!
lastly..she's the joy in my life..may seem lame or mushy but trust me...i dont knw what ill ever do w/o her being ard...oh no..this is sounding abit lesbianish..lol..dont worry! we're straight people!

Remember tt ice cream spoon in that picture?=) to others, it may just be a normal plastic pink ice cream spoon..but to us..its smth special..haha..that day we discovered tt special yummy finger licking flavour! lol!

~Drama Mamas

2005-12-20T14:03:00.000+08:00

I have mentioned in some previous post that TK DramaClub was where me and Gina met.
Coincidentally.
Well, let me just share some of the stuff we have done together...
In Drama.
The performances.
Late Rehearsals.
Disagreements.
But Mostly, and more Importantly,
Laughter. Fun. Joy.

I don't have all the pictures.
So my dear drama mama frends of ours-
Sher,Vane,Tee,Elke,Ally,Joce,Tung,Sabbie,Ams,Naz,Farah,Suilan,Hafiza,Suelynn,Xinyi,Krystle.
If you have any photos of our performances
The 7 dwarfs.
Eat East.
Chicago.
Beauty Pageant.
Mind's Eye.
Fame.
Please send them to Gina or Me yeap? ;)

So here goes:

For an Intro, heres some photos of the Drama Club.
Dont think everyone is in it.
But its the best I have.

The Only 2 performances I have photos of is
1st, Chicago.
yes, its from the show Chicago.
We did a dance for Teachers' Day.
We were sec 3?
Some people and frends even, didn't like it.
Thought we were Bitchy.
Yeap, we get loads of such comments when we are the drama gurls.
Till we are immune to it.
But,
Mrs Chee said it was nice :)

The next and last performance we got to do before we left TKSS for good-
Fame.
For Speech Day.
In secondary 4.
It was a Blast.
Had fun with practises and the performance itself.

This was after Mrs Lim complained about our "Too Funky" costumes.

This the complained about "Too Funky" dressing.

These photos were taken after the performance.
Some Drama Gurls and Lijuan.
A close frend of the Drama Gurls.

And this photo is of some DramaGurls.
With the 2 NCC land (Jeremy Ho and Benjamin Tay),
and 1 NCC Sea (Imad) guys.

That's all the photos I have.
There were other performances which we did though.
Lyk the 7 dwarfs we did in sec 1.
I remember I was Dopey.
The sleepy Dwarf.
Haha...it was so easy to act Dopey.
I just had to act sleepy.
Better Still, I didnt have any lines to memorise!
Haha...
And, I just had to fall onto the ground and be dragged off-stage by Kaygel.
:)
I cant remember which dwarf Gina was acting though.
I remember!
Alison was the Witch!
Xinyi was Snow White!

In Mind's Eye.
It was our SYF piece.
Sadly, we got a Bronze.
I was a Soul.
Tee was my "Body"
Alot of late practises.
All Worthwhile :)

And remember that Beauty Pageant thingy we had for one National Day?
It was in Secondary 2.
I was Miss Siam.
u know? Mee Siam, Miss Siam?
Yeahh...haha.
I was acting the Malay contestant.
Gina was the English contestant.
Miss Cutlet.
Haha...
Alison was the Chinese contestant.
Miss Chee Cheong Fun.
Krystal was the Indian contestant.
Miss Doseh d/o Masala.
Vanessa was the Mixed contestant.
Miss Rojak.
She, obviously won the Beauty Pageant.
It was meant to produce a Racial Harmony effect.
Haa...

Well, photos would have made it interesting.
But, I dont have them.

As you can see...
TKDramaClub holds alot of our memories and times spent together.

:)

Me too Me too :)

2005-12-14T14:14:00.000+08:00

Gina bought me stuff from Shanghai too :)
haii...
guess thats how it is...
Miss each other even when overseas.
Heh.

She bought me:
Coach Butterfly keychain.
(I have the blue and she has the pink one)
Little Twin Stars pink pencil.
(she has one too)
a Butterfly necklace.
Shoes.

the Butterfly motif is pretty special to us.
Right gurl?
let me see...
we have like 5 butterfly stuff we bought together ever since right?

The first was the Butterfly from Happy House.
its like a soft toy like that.
the size of your palm.
if ur palm is the size of mine that is.
haha...
Gina and I had to put a safety pin at the back of it so that we can pin it on our bags
After a year..
It wore out.
Ohh Boyy...
It was lyk diiiaooo...
You dont wanna know how horribly dirty and ugly it looked..
haha...
u can say..
we wore it out.

Then came the Butterfly keychain from Ripcurl.
one was pink and the other was blue.
We couldn't make up our minds.
So we kinda juz anyhow switch the bags and settled with one.
Mine Pink, hers Blue.
We had it for another 1 year?
yeap.
It was a rubbery material kinda keychain.

Next, we got another Butterfly keychain from Esprit this time.
It's made of metal.
There were 2 colours- Blue and Pink.
However, we both lyked the Blue one.
Colour combi nicer.
So, we both got the same one.
Nice Nice.

The last 2?
the necklace and the keychain she juz bought from Shanghai for me :)

You can say...
The Butterfly is a symbol of our frendship.

(:

2005-12-10T22:55:00.000+08:00

Mel and me..
watched full hse today!!
lurve it so much!!
cant wait to watch more of it!

Grining frm ear to ear=)))

2005-12-10T22:52:00.000+08:00

Mel's back frm japan
bought many stuff for me!
2 lollies(my fav colours),
my fav milk chocs!
a really special lucky charm(for my studies)
and a whole set of stationaries!(including a lovely disney marker with sleeping beauty on it!)
hope i didnt miss out anything=)
heehee=)

2005-12-09T17:07:00.000+08:00

That was taken back in sec 2 is it?
Lol. What a long time ago that was.
The period of time when me u alison,
were gd friends..
We were preparing to watch oliver twist right?
Man, i can still remember..
I was wearing super formalish la...
and so were u ;)
with your sexy white off shoulder top...haha
Wonder where it is now...

yipeeeeeeee

2005-12-08T22:53:00.000+08:00

mel's in Singapore.
gina's in Singapore.
Gina bored no more :)

booooo

2005-12-02T22:14:00.000+08:00

mel's in japan. gina's in singapore. gina's bored. =(

How We Started.

2005-11-22T22:00:00.000+08:00

Let me start by sharing how WE came about.

Approximately 5 years ago.
We were in the music room in Tanjong Katong Secondary School.
Our first drama session.
I still remember our instructor's name then, (gurl, u remember not?)
his name was, and still is i guess, Benjamin.

Why i still remember his name that vividly?
Cos he was lyk this reaching 40 year old guy who told us to call him by his name - Benjamin.
As though he was cool and innocent and OUR AGE. Haa...
Later we realise - artists are juz kinda informal.

Ok, that's beside the point.
The thing was, there was where and when we met,
again.
Coincidentally.

It went lyk this -
We had to introduce ourselves and from which primary school we came from.
When it was my turn, i said "Bukit Batok Primary School".
And gina, as always, with the shocked expression on her face went lyk,
"Hey! I went there too...In primary 1 and 2!"

U know how coincidental is that!?
Haha...ok, im getting abit too excited.
But, isn't that soooooo coincidental?
Lyk, we were seperated in primary 2, then brought back together again in Secondary 1.
And mind you, it's a huge-huge shift from Bukit Batok Primary to Tanjong Katong Secondary.
Cos these 2 schools are lyk miles and miles apart.

Haa...the funny part was.
We were posted and supposedly in the same class in Primary 2, 2S,
but knowing gina and I, we both have no whatsoever recollection of each other.
Hahaha....

There you go.
Yeap.
How We Started.
I will search for some of our really old and embarassing photos then upload them ok?
Ohh yarr, frends of ours, if you have any embarassing/old/glam/unglam/new photos of us, do send it to either one of us alright?

:)

winkz =)

2005-11-17T15:22:00.000+08:00

How mUch aRe The '2 bAbes' in the mirRor! *woot* *woot*

My Side of the Story.

2005-11-17T12:51:00.000+08:00

So you have seen from Gina's entry how our blog name came about, and that's basically it.
Gina favoured Caramel Frap cos she lyked the oh-so-sweet flaour it has.
I, on the other hand (haha, dont know y so formal but aniwae), preferred the chocolatey taste of the Rumba Frap.

But not for loooong, after countless trips to Starbucks..
After alllll the experience....
Gina, as always, talking so fast, faster than a bullet, ordered something the person taking the ordered heard as
CaramelRumbaFrappuccino!
so taadaaa!
That's how it all started.

From that day on wards..
Hooked.
Hoooooked.

Gina, you remember where we got the first Caramel Rumba Frap?
At Concourse, the Starbucks there...
Remember?

Oh well, so that's that.
And here's our story.

Be prepared to take in the massive load of things -
Full of Fun. Joy. Rubbish. Nonsense. Warmth. Acceptance. Understanding.
& a whole lot of other stuff. ;)

Let me juz give you a peak prevew.
We met in Seconday 1.
Funny looking at all.
haha....u have to admit you were looking funny too when you were Secondary 1.
Don't be so ignorant.

Gina with her Hello Kitty shirt i still remember..haha...
And me, with clothes that don't even look my age.
You know, Secondary 1.
You haven't really found what-kind-of-person-i-am stage?
Yeap. That.

From there, we have been through holiday courses together, did CIP together, SHOP together, plan wacky perties together, gone overseas together, slept together (on the same bed that is, but i can assure you nothing happened ok), watched plays together, auditioned together, gone for parties together, doing sports together, going to the prom together, ......

So that's that.
Tune in for more~
We'll be sure to upload tons of photos.

:)

back in the days...

2005-11-13T21:53:00.000+08:00

hmm..just trying for now..anyway..if tt picture do appear..haha well..tt was taken a loooooong time ago..what..when we were just sec2?? haha..can tell from our hairstlyes huh..we're just so cool together! lol=) drama..miss those times...

CaramEl RumbA FrappunccinO =)

2005-11-06T22:24:00.000+08:00

this special drink..is not just any normal coffee drink..its infact the most delicious tongue-licking tasty yummy drink ever!! Both of us luuuurrrvvveee coffee..esp starbucks coffee!! We pratically live on it! ok..maybe thats juz a slight exaggeration..well..b4 we discovered this special drink called caramelrumbafrap..i myself will always order caramelfrap while mel will always order rumbafrap..she apparently doesnt like caramel frap on its own while i..dont like rumba on its own..and then on this special night..i think i spoke too fast or smth..i ordered 1 caramel rumba frap..i meant 2 individual drinks..apparently..only 1 came..and then they told us that it was what i ordered..caramelrumbafrap..and so..we decided to just go ahead with it and to try it..and my gosh..its delicious!! simply yummyyyy!!! i can still remember how excited we were at that time as this drink was indeed a combination of both our fav drinks! haha! perfect! we told ourselves =) ever since then..we became a loyal fan of tt drink! we can never ever resist the temptation to get one each time we past by starbucks..so pple out there..DONT try this drink (its only specially for us! haha!)..or u'll get hooked on like us..trust me..its really addictive!