#240

had work in the morning

same old.

though my boss was kind of fearing that we'd get flooded again

because there was heavy rain and flooding forecast for the weekend

but it was all good in the end.

also, went to jimmy's 21st

twas quite fun

i loved sonja, jean & karthika's speech/singing :)

it was soo cute.

also, the cupcakes were awesome.

(though it was technically a muffin with cheese icing.

i had a blueberry one,

it was very blueberrylicious.

#233 perks of the job

i love free stuff

:)

so today i got my free stuff from natio

because i did their online training

and i got quite a lot of stuff

i got a full size 'intensive moisturising day cream'

full size 'skin brightening face balm'

full size 'gentle face scrub'

sample size 'daily protection moisturiser'

an eye shadow sparkle dust' palette

a 'maximum curl waterproof mascara'

an 'ultra shiny fruit gloss' in passionfruit

and of course, a certificate.

amongst other things

this is one of may favourite things about this job

free stuff!

:)

also, went to jono's 21st tonight at theapartment

it was ok, i enjoyed it

though most of my friends left pretty early

and i'm not a fan of making friends with people who already have groups

at least i enjoy my own company though.

but vick was totally chatted up by some guy on the d floor

which i thought was pretty funny.

i also really liked the cupcakes (left)

they looked good being lit up like that

:)

though i think i was holding everyone up trying to take multiple photos of it.

haha.

♥

#232 dearest mother;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

i baked my mum a cake.

it's a strawberry baked cheesecake, but the base is actually sponge.

but since its under a layer of cheese, the sponge is a little condensed.

it doesn't look that good in the photo.

but i definitely tastes better than it looks.

we ate it just before and she loved it.

she said if i don't take any of it to work tmr

by the time i get home it would be all gone.

:)

i also took her out to dinner in footscray

my mum wanted to go to lentil as anything

but jacky was calling me cheap

because technically you don't have to pay anything there

but it wasn't my fault, she said she wanted to go

though, i ended up taking her out for chinese

roast duck rice and crispy fried noodle

yum!

also, a funny thing that we always do

cos we're an asian family

and we always eat at that same place

we always never finish it and end up doggy bagging

and it'd be dinner for the next day.

always.

but we've been going to that same restaurant for YEARS.

i would say over a course of 10 years

when it was in a different location.

though i know that say sonja's restaurant would hate doggy bagging

but since its a restaurant in footscray

(food is cheap, and the people who eat their are mostly cheap)

you kind of have to offer that service because heaps of asians go there

and if you don't, they go elsewhere.

anyhow, i also gave my mum a present

its a bath robe, but its really soft

and for some reason it took us ages to find one.

side note: why does myer not have soft bath robes? they were quite rough. not a single one. and david jones wasn't much better either. and they are the expensive stores. i ended up getting it from cotton on & it was super soft :)

i rate myself highly as a daughter.

i baked a cake, took her out to dinner and bought a present.

& i think that if i were a boy, i'd make a really good boyfriend.

haha.

♥

#231

today, we went out for clara's birthday

we ate at this indian place in docklands

it was pretty good.

but the serving sizes for the mains were really small.

& a lot of the time i didn't know what i was eating.

though i must admit, its quite fun trying new things.

also, funny story.

so we were checking if any of the stuff had peanuts

since rowie is allergic

but none of them did

though they had nuts

but the boss was pretty anxious about it

because they had an incident with allergies recently.

and was telling her not to eat some of the dishes.

he also made the kitchen make a special chicken dish for her

even though she's only allergic to peanuts

& she was already eating everything else.

and plus its just a mild allergy.

also, we had cake :)

(i baked it)

didn't really take a picture of it

(so i cropped one)

but me, sonja and susan decorated the top with mini m&ms

we wrote

'we ♥ u'

if you can sort of see it.

twas quite fun.

i love catching up :)

& i ♥ these girls to bits.

#219

new layout, again.
i really quite like this one
because it looks pretty pro
:)
and i spent forever on it.

because it originally it looked like the picture below:

but i'm a bit annoyed that i can't change the rate that the thing slides

i think it goes too fast.

but oh well.

btw, my wallpaper came from here

in other news,

i've been really bad this semester

i haven't really done any uni work

except for my research project

and even that i'm not on top of.

and even though i know i haven't done anything

because i don't feel like it

i end up continuing to not do anything.

gah, it sucks.

and i'm definitely a person

that if i'm in the rhythm or in the zone of doing something

i can do it for agesss

but when i'm not

i just can't at all.

sigh.

♥

p.s. HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY CLARA!

i♥you.

#136 DOMINOES

sorrryyyyyyyyyyyyy

i haven't posted in so long.

just been so busy and everything.

i will finish catching up on all the days

by tonight.

promise.

so tonight, i had to go to my uncles house

for his birthday

and i taught my cousin how to cheat.

haha.

no,

i mean i taught her how to play the card game cheat.

and emma was there.

even though it was a family thing.

gatecrasher.

haha, i kid.

it was so cute that vincent (my cousin, 7yo)

seemed so happy cos titus (emma's bro, 12yo)

was there

and they were running around playing all boy things

and shooting foam darts and stuff

whenever i come over these days vincent and sarah

just play their ds

haha

i'm not exciting to them anymore.

though i used to be.

sigh.

also, played dominoes with the adults

and emma's mum kept winning

like 90% of the time

lol.

but at least i did win once.

:)

also,

mum kept going about how

making the masterchef cake wasn't worth it

and it cost almost as much as buying a cake

but i beg to differ

since i only used like a bit of everything

and didnt spend that much

but i guess she meant cost

as in effort as well

but there's lots of ingredients left

and i found it fun.

and i was my first time baking a cake

so i was pretty successful for my first attempt.

♥

CAKE #135

i made a cake today

it looked like this:

pretty successful,

it had a vanilla mascopone cream layer

with semi candied cherries

and a layer of

well it said

'chocolate hazelnut praline mousse'

but it was hardly a mousse

more like a thick chocolate fudge

and tasted a bit like nutella

with praline covered hazelnuts.

the let down was the cake it self though

but i guess

it was the first cake i've ever baked

especially from scratch

and well

at least it was edible

though very dry

but i did manage to moisten it a little

by spreading the cherry syrup over it

&

i will get better at it

eventually

:)

also,

twas sonja's 21st party

had jap food which was yum

& i got so full!

but i missed out on cupcakes from the party.

:(

boo!

#134

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONJA!
love you ♥

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! #131

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKY!

i love you :)

you're so OLD!

old

old

old

:D

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so today, i feel like i've achieved a lot

even though i really have only achieved a little

well, i did finish an assignment from 9 am to 12 pm

even though i was supposed to do it last night

but decided to take a nap at 2am

and woke up at 6am

so proceeded to sleep to 8.30am

THEN woke at 9am to do my assignment.

luckily for me, it was a relatively easy assignment.

one bit was to pretty much write a resume.

so yes.

i also did a presentation/group assignment thing today.

but that was relatively ok.

but i was only worth 2% of my final mark anyway.

yeah, so i managed to do two assessment tasks today.

but i feel like i didn't do much

because i didn't really put much effort into either of them.

lol.

taking jacky out for dinner tmr

can't wait to go eat dessert

;)

♥

p.s. whoever posted on post #129 surprise, thanks. but it was posted as anonymous, so i don't know who are.

SURPRISE! #129

after a week of organising

and stressing

making sure he had no way of finding out

and preping food

for jacky's surprise party

i would consider today to be a success

besides the fact that

when jacky was just coming

everyone was in panic mode and didn't know what to do

but that was pretty funny as well

:)

and there's just SOOO much food left over

like an insane amount

lol,

funny cos my mum kept telling me i might not have enough food and stuff

but i think thats an asian parent thing

and also,

there was A LOT of salad left over

i think about a fifth of it was actually eaten.

and NONE of the salad dressing bottles was used.

haha.

sigh.

i guess i'll be eating a lot of salad in the coming week.

♥

GOOD friday #93

ok,
well today i didn't do much
do much
as in
do much easter stuff
went to a friend's housewarming/daughters first birthday
celebration thing
then hung around til 11pm
yes.

but um,
well, i guess i'll do my little spiel on easter
easter, now, like christmas
is ALL just commericalised
and lost ALL meaning
pretty much all
i mean
there was no eggs
or bunnies
when Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins
there was no chocolate
no easter eggs hunts
and like
now it seems for others
to be a perfect excuse for a long weekend
the same way i feel about christmas now
its just all commercialised
and people use it to profit from others
which i dislike.
i mean, for both i get why we had those celebrations to begin with
to ACTUALLY appreciate what it is for
but it saddens me deeply now
that no one cares what it is for anymore.

i mean another non Christian example
would be labour day
no one really knows why we have that holiday
the holiday there to for us to appreciate that we don't have to work long hours anymore
as in, we no longer have to work longer than 8 hrs a day
yes.
it is sad.
society shows no appreciation and just, well, TAKES.

its sad.

anyhow, i hope most of you read this whole thing right through
because, well. its the hard truth
we're in a selfish society
that takes, doesn't appreciate and doesn't give.

the end.

p.s. sorry, that this post was a bit deeper, than my normal random rantings. but some things need to be said.

BIRTHDAY #71

i love getting birthday messages
it makes me feel so loved
i also love cards
especially hand made ones

or notes
with personal messages
ones that make me smile
or laugh

i love you all ♥