My Getaway. :D

A filial son flew back all the way from Brisbane to surprise his mum for her birthday. Therefore, he declared himself a few days off and we met up on 2 occassions to catch up. Met up with Tim for supper once where he lived in S'pore for 8 years and had only been to Newton Circus only twice...hahaha. Then, met up with him again just this monday for dinner at Marina Square and headed down to No. 5 for drinks. Played a few games and as you can see from the pictures, peanuts were the punishment. Made a few new friends, Beatrice, Charlene and Shintya. They are nice girls and fun to be with. Alright, enjoy the pictures and laugh all you want....go ahead laugh out loud...i know you want to!

Spent a day to Kusu Island with Sis, Ellenmae and Jinde. We went on a chinese junk cruise, which had high tea. Well...not the really nice ones but at least there were snacks...hahaha...there were a number of tourists on board and i think we were the only locals. When we got off at Kusu Island, we went straight to the temple to pray. While praying, the tourists were like stunned to see us praying. They must be thinking, how come these people will know such a thing. Then, a caucasian couple went a bought a packet of incense and followed us.

After the cruise, we headed down to Clark Quay's new shopping centre, Central. Walked around abit and headed to dinner at Tapas Tree along the Singapore River. Food was good, ambience was great and the company was fantastic. If the weather in Singapore is better then it will be perfect. A great day spent!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELICIA!

How time flies...its the special day for you once again. I know you are in the midst of essay writings and deadlines but don't forget to enjoy this day and have a day off at least. Don't overwork yourself cause knowing you are the person who will get things done, plus eat your meals! How am i going to answer to your mum when you are not doing well there! This is for you Elicia Lee Yi San! To the person who stuck with me in my 3 years in poly and even 1 semester in UQ...love you!

WASA misses you...so quick come back at the end of the year so we can meet up and have a wii party! hahahaha...have a great birthday!

I am posting this entry a little early cause i will be out the whole day tomorrow and will not be able to blog in time. So here goes...

J stands for the joyful self that you are and the joy that you bring to the people around you.

I is for the imaginative you for being able to sew a chococat for me and knit a scarf as well.

Noble is who you are, when you are able to sacrifice your precious soccer time on Sundays to have lunch with my family.

Daring is your middle name when i got to see the crazy you when we were in Movieworld and you dragged me to sit every single ride with you, but it was worth it...i had fun!

Enthusiastic you will always be, whenever anyone asks you to join them in doing a particular thing, eg: Rollerblading with Ellename.

Happy Birthday Dear! I hope you will enjoy your day...you better enjoy it cause i planned it! Hahaha....*HUGS*

Met up with Shu Jun, Anilia and Jinde for dinner on Thursday night at Sketches, Bugis. It was great meeting up with the girls but our dear Ms Lee Wan Rou could not be there as she is having her exams. Jia you! Elicia, we all miss you dearly, come back soon at the end of the year and we can have a gathering again k! Jia you in all the assignments! You can do it!

Each player of the game starts off with ten weird things or habits or known facts abt yourself. People who get tagged must write it in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

1. I normally like to think of what to wear for the next day and take it out of my cupboard so i can sleep a little longer...cause i can never decide what to wear at times and i can sit in front of my cupboard for the longest time.

2. I am very clumpsy as i tend to trip or knock into things everytime. Oh, i am kinda prone to accidents...especially when i cross the road..scary.

3. My right eye has a hidden double eyelid that makes it look that i have super duper small eye compared to my left eye. All the ladies in my family has it too.

4. I can't stand untidiness but my room is in a mess as i am sharing it with a kid and her mum...lol.

5. Sometimes when i talk, no one will respond to me...the ever famous aileen_no1 came from here.

6. I have a thing for people with long eye lashes...especially guys...haha

7. I love to eat and i spend most of my money on food nowadays.

8. My sister named me. When my Dad asked her what name they should give me, my sister suggested "Aileen", where you happily change the "E" to an "A" from her name.

9. I love to play with kids but i may not have one in the future...still young to tell.

10. I'd like to own a cafe someday. I really hope my dream can come true.

6 people that I’d be tagging:

Lim Jinde
Jason Yeo
Juliana Ong
Jess Lee
Anilia Sim
Joanne Leung

Met up with Cynthia and Wynn today, had coffee and walked around in the afternoon. While walking, the three of us felt tired and so stoned so we continued to sit down and have more coffee again. After that, we walked somemore and we sat down and ate somemore. Basically, thats what we did the whole day. Did alot of catching up as i did not see Cyn for like a year. We talked about everything under the sun, especially during our poly days. Those were the days...the fun, the joy and laughter even though we are always pressing for time...miss it!

Last night, while waiting for my mum and ellenmae to finish their musical at the Esplanade, "The king and I", my Sis, Jinde and i went to the Hong Kong Cafe at Marina Square and ordered Tau Hui...its HUGE!!! It came in a bucket and we counted that we had 10 bowls in total from that bucket! It coste us 6 bucks..so its quite reasonable and the tau hui was smooth too!

Daddy cutting cake

Table of drinkers

Blowing candle

Mixed Fruit Cake

Tay Family

Smiling Faces

With Jinde

Its such a joyous occassion when your family and close friends celebrate your birthday with you. Its always the company that makes any kind of meeting fun and memorable. I hope my Dad enjoyed his day.

My sister and I planned a dinner for my Dad with his close friends and not forgetting the Tay family of course. When he told us that he will decide on a place for dinner, we told him that dinner has been arranged by us and he does not need to worry about anything else but just to show up. The Tay sisters has been stressing for Dad's birthday for almost 2 weeks on the menu and the venue to hold the birthday dinner and not forgetting the budget, since we are not receiving any income at the moment. Hahaha...but all went well...we ordered Dad's favourite dishes and we did not forget the alcohol. Jinde got him a bottle of brandy, i bought a bottle of Blue Label whisky and Dad's friends brought like a case of wine, champagne, more whisky and brandy. Therefore, there were 2 tables which one of them was classified as being "the serious drinking" table. hahaha

Dad played cards and we had karaoke after dinner. I did not had a chance to celebrate his birthday with him in China last year, but i'm glad i did this time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY! I LOVE YOU!

Spent a whole day with Candice yesterday...when i got home i realised that i brought my camera out but totally forgotten about it...so there are no pics taken with my les partner...

We met bright and early at 9.40am and headed down to chinatown...then walked to Amoy street for an early lunch. Alright...here comes the real deal. A few days before, candice and i have decided to do something stupid...well not totally but at least do something that we will normally wont do. We decided to go for a trial yoga lesson since its free (thats what we think). When we got to our 1st destination (shall not name names...haha) the person at the reception said we gotta have an appointment before coming down but when candice made the call some smart ass person told her its alright not to have any appointment and come straight down. We waited for quite some time and decided to leave since the staff was busy at the counter and totally forgotten about us.

Next, we went to a nearby place which as yoga as well. We sat there for an hr with some sales representive yakking away telling us about their place and company philosophy...blah blah...anyways then she decided to get down to the membership fee, which candice and i were not interested from the start. Our main aim was just to have a trial lesson which they dont have cause they were still renovating -_-''' When we already told her that we will think about it and get back to her like upteem times she can't get the idea in her head. She happily went and called her manager for help, which made us wasted another 20 minutes sitting there listening to him yakking away. ARGH!

Therefore, when there are advertisments saying that you can go for a trial lesson, do not! Its just a waste of time. Walked down to Clarke Quay to the new shopping centre, Central but there was nothing much as most of the shops were not totally open yet. Took a train down to Orchard and shopped at Far East, had drinks at Paragon's Starbucks enjoying the jazz music from a cd shop opposite, then took a bus down to Bugis, went to bugis village and then bummed around at Bugis Junction enjoying like 30 mins of the free massage thingy from osim that massages your back. Later, we walked down to Marina Square, walked around a bit and we tried out the new u squeeze from osim, which candice loves as it massaged her tired and almost breaking legs. Took a bus back to my place and showered before Jeslyn picked us up for supper at Bukit Timah...

Had an absolutely fun day catching up with candice and jeslyn. We did nothing but walk and eat the whole day. Thats about it...

**** Joanne Leung has a new blog!**** Hahaha...Jo Leung, you better update often so i can be updated on your pathetic life in Briabane without me! hahaha

Happy National Day Sinagpore!!

Playing game at Jinde's Place

Pro skaters at work

Grrrrr

Driving my new set of wheels

Acting tough

Wheeeeee

Headed down to Bishan Park with Ellenmae and my sis for a roller blading session with Jinde. Its been ages since i last roller blade and also since i last exercised. Took me some time to get used to me set of wheels, fell down once so i think i am doing well. Hahaha..

Ellenmae is such a fast learner...just over an hour she improved! My legs were kinda sore at the end of the day but it was good fun and we are going roller blading again next week and its Ellenmae's treat...hahaha she is richer than me! Ahhh....kids nowdays...*tsk tsk*

Met up with Cailian, Jingyi, Candice and Esther, some of the GB girls at Pitstop Cafe at Boat Quay for dinner and board games today...its been 4 mths since i last saw them and they are all doing well...we were playing board games till we were all like practically brain dead from thinking, especially the memory game...haha

I enjoyed myself even though we did not do anything exciting but its great to hang out with old friends. Cailian reminded me that we met when we were in seconday one, ten years ago!!! How time flies...we are getting older by the minute! Soon, one by one will be getting married and we will be going for wedding dinners and i will be becoming poorer as i have to give ang baos to them...ahahaha...Can't wait for the next gathering!