whyhellohid

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:14:29 GMT

Am now in Dubai aka the land of food glorious food!
Will be heading to Mall of Dubai soon & im already drooling thinking of carls junior, subway, krispy kreme..... & to add on to the excitement are thoughts of h&m n f21....

Aniway i met my favouritest batchies the other day for some dimsum! (thanks ilyana)

I can down 20 pieces of dimsum on my own im telling ya.. so good. so so good! Its been a while since i met the girls.
Time realy flies!

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:26:20 GMT

Happy Birthday Sport!

So for sports birthday we had a tea party n Sport was the chip Mad Hatter complete with the hat. Chip Mad Hatter had 3 other mini hatters.....

SO CUTE! hahaha. I refuse to be a mad hatter. Im Alice! lol. Flat, oily hair Alice who woke up late n didnt have a chance to wash hair cos her mini mad hatters told her not to be late but were late themselves!!!!

my fav girls.

While they conned Jansport to go buy lunch i decorated the balcony for our tea party. There was a (melting) ice cream cake, macaroons, sparkly n an array of sweet treats from Bakers Inn... yummm!

I think it was not such a bad job given that i only had 5 mins! Everything was so colourful n pretty! Birthday girl was suprised to see me cos the night before i called her to wish her a Happy Birthday since i was supposedly leaving for Dubai & only coming back a week later.

The party's kinda over n they're now hard at work (riggghttttt!!!) whilst im here trying to beat my high score for a game on my phone. Ahhh, projects n presentation, one part of school that i dont miss! But this part i miss.....

hanging out with you gals.... :( Sorry for all the birthdays n outing's i've missed.

& have a great 21st Jansport. Make sure u have a bf by ur 22nd ok! LOL

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:17:24 GMT

just one more in nude. and another in white. and silver. and yellow. and lilac. and light pink. and gold. oh... yeah.. must have red.. then i'll stop. hahaha. addicted much?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:45:33 GMT

just a quickie post before bday boy comes!

finallyyy i get to wear my neon yellow dress out n im very satisfied with the bday cake.. it smells so good im not kidding!

after this its off to bangkok for a 5 days getaway... be back soon everyone! :)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:13:41 GMT

what completes a lowly oh so shameful oh so degrading day of table clearing.....( pardon the sarcasm, i just couldnt resist :P )

capetown is just simply breathtaking...........

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:25:27 GMT

I feel like i've been here forever when its only been 4 days! Thank god i'll be home in 24 hrs.. I miss my 42k, i miss my mummy, my friends, my cat, my room.... Everything thats home, i miss!

Yesterday we went to Verona....

"O Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

Best part of today has to be Juliet's balcony! Romeo! O my Romeo, wait for my return and then we can go dating ok!

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:23:12 GMT

u know, going sightseeing with kakis, no matter how well u can click, will never be as great as going out with a true friend....

...definitely not a forced/fake smile!

:)

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:18:28 GMT

yupp i brought a big cam to milan!

im here in stingray's room and im supposed to wake her up 13 mins ago but being the sweet sweet sweet friend that i am, im gg to let her slp abit more- 17 mins more to be exact cos we're supposed to head out to Duomo nowwww!

look at her....

how can i wake her up when she's sleeping like an angel!
i wish i look half as angelic as she does when asleep! i know i dont for a fact cos i have this terrible habit of gg to sleep without washing my face, even with work makeup, jalan2 makeup or no makeup!

(stingzx told me to remove my picture cos according to her its nightmare-inducing. :( )

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:45:52 GMT

Day 1 in Milano part two passed by with me in pyjamas in bed all day. Was feeling abit shitty about missing out jalan rayas with diferent group of friends- especialy the one with my batchies. havent seen fazlin, mat, siti, hisham, aisha etc etc for very long already :(( Its already coming to the 3rd week of raya n i've only gone out 3 times? Two times being the first 2 days of raya n the 3rd time was last week to 42k's house (if thats even considered jln raya..). BAH!

Aniways my good friend Stingray will be landing here in a few hours time and we're gg out to see Doumo n what not later! Since i missed out on the main city area of milano the last time, im gg to cover it this time n im looking forward to it abittt cos i have a kaki! Stingray's my buddy from primary school n she lives a block away from me nnn i helped her get through the interviews! I foresee a day filled with gelato after gelato, pastry after pastry to make up for the last time i was here during the fasting month!

Its about time for me to update about my first Italian Adventure right!
The other time i was here my kakis all the happening kind, can click one! and 3/4 of us have not been here so we all went out together-gether!

Our plan was Lake Como on the first day, Venice on the 2nd n Milan city on 3rd day after our shuttle to Barcelona but we were so tired that we just slept on the third day! It was so so so hot n it being the start of the fasting month on the 2nd day didnt help either!

A 30 mins, 80 euros cab ride brought the 5 of us to Lake Como. The cute taxi driver managed to convince us to pay him to drive us all the way there instead of dropping us at the train station(where we planned to catch an hr long train to our destination). When u call for a cab here, the cab drivers start their meters at the current location that they are at so the startup fare for us that day was already 12 euros (sgd $29?). yuggs!

First stop was lunch!
One word. Terrible! We each had the set meal and had a choice of 1 starter, 1 main course n a dessert n i only chose the right stater- Nicoise salad (2nd pic). My other two choices, the funghi pasta (1st pic) n green apple sorbet (3rd pic) was just....uhm not appetising? The best dessert out of the 4 available was the pictachio sorbet (yes, u guessed it right, 4th pic!)

After lunch & camwhoring in the toilet, we headed of to the ferry ride! Its something like the ferry ride in Istanbul where the ferry brings u to different stops n u can choose to go down to explore the places or just enjoy the ride till it stops back at the first stop. And like the one in Istanbul where at everystop u get to savour what they're know for- fresh seafood, here, every stop is like a gelato fest!

solo shot! LOL!

group shot!

i irritated the shit out of this kaki of mine for taking this shot. hahah.

Aniwayss we decided to go down at one out of the many stops cos we were all tired since we only had 2hr of sleep after touchdown....

Hot italian men best complemented with coool italian gelato. THUMBS UP! :P
Took a walk around, gossiped, laughed, took pictures and off we go back on the ferry!

saw this man with his small sampan in the middle of the lake. next time just pay 8 euros n take big ferry ok!

We got back to the train station cos we decided we wanted to experience the train back to Milanooo. Guess what, we only paid 3.70euros each (for 5 of us less than 20euros) which means we kena scam bad bad by the cab driver cos he told us it'll be abt 20euros for each of us!
@#$%#!

Met alot of queer folks (weird, not gay) in the train who prolly thought we were the queer ones, what with the sunnies and matching nail colours! hahahaha!

They kept talking abt us in italian (they made it very obvious that we were the topic of their conversation) so we retaliated and spoke abt them in mandarin! dont play play with sg gals ok! :P And look at that cute old chikopek behind me!

Oh this is me and my 2486587429th gelato at the train station in milano. thats how koyak we all look at the end of our first (long) day!

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Our trip to venezia the next day started at 6am cos we had to catch the first train there!

outside our hotel, waiting for the cab to the train station again!

OMG. the 3 hrs ride was just...suicide. We were tired n sleepy but we didnt dare sleep cos we heard all kinds of stories about pickpokets n stuffs. so we tried to entertain ourselves....

with our cameras! hahahaha. damn vain u know these girls!

throughout the ride we kept gg 'are we thereee yeeeetttt?' 497296536397x. seriosuly tooo long! cant believe i even contemplated on gg to pisa from milan which is like 4hrs away. 3hrs cannot tahan what more 4hrs!

finally we were in venice...

YESAAAHHH!
buttt being the gundus that we are....we all dont know whats there in venice!! hahahaha.
i bought a touristy guide book which was not helpful at all! so we just followed the crowd(s)!

we got around venice in river taxis, not to be confused with gondolas. the gondola rides were exorbitant n we were all not willing to pay. nvm, am saving my virgin gondola ride for when i n my loved one come here again, if ever!

masks n sweets make venice a very colourful place.
we were super aimless la n we got agitated n irritated very easily cos it was blazing hot n there were tooooo many people. so we just quickly made our way to the landmarks, posed, clicked the shutter n left ASAP.

(eeeeww. cannot stand my pose but bo pian la its the only picture of hid in venice so die die must put!)

as soon as we were done 'sightseeing' we took refuge in Prada. Aaahh thats more like it for me. Airconditioning n leather goods. Best combo next to hot men n gelato. :P
We lost track of time in LV, prada, feragamo....and before we knew it we were late for our ferry, which was also the last ferry out of Venice!!

eh wait, i found another picture....

hahahah look at that face. this was taken when we got lost while trying to find Prada. That was a super forced smile cos i was realy damn pissed already. Inside i was gg GET ME OUT OF HERE NOOWWWWW but they just had to insist that we take a picture with the gondola since we wont be taking a ride in one. market price/saham drop many many pls!

That, my friends is the gist of my first time in Italy.
Hopefully there'll be less forced smiles later with stingray!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:22:31 GMT

This past month a few of my good friends (finalllyy.. heh) turned 21!

There was Phee's party- Flora & Fiona....

(i got her those pretty gerberas to suit the theme!)

& then there was Mel's 21st.....!

(me & the guys drove down to suprise her at her chalet!)

Everybody had like a happening 21st- what with parties n chalets n big group of friends celebrations! Since I didnt have any for my own 21st maybe just maybe i should for my 22nd (which is coming reaalll soon in jan!).......or maybe not. $$$ could be used to get a new bag! heh. Or u guys cld get me that new bag. Or throw me a party. Either one. or both. :) LOL!

So how did i celebrate my 21st u ask? Well i wasnt even in Sg for most of it! :( We're supposed to all be given an off day for our birthdays if we asked for it n i did but by some cruel twist of fate i didnt get it. I was to be in Perth from 13-15 so i thought hey it wont be that bad since i'll be landing at 1pm latest on THE day!

When i was in perth i bought myself a Sara Lee Choc cake from woolworths (sp?), went to slp at 8pm and at midnight perth time i woke up n blew out the candles. i felt a bit sad but i told myself its okkkk i'll be home in a few hours! At 7am i woke up a lil early so that i had a bit more time to cut my cake n eat a slice!

(latest trend at h&m- furry wooly paint-coats. :P )

Notice i said eat a slice n instead ate like 1/3 of the cake. haha! still complain fat! tsk!
Fast forward a few hours and we were all checking in at the airport when suddenly there was a fire alarm and we were all evacuated to the empty land next to the airport. it was so drama, just like the drills we used to have in primary school! Apparently there was a fire in the airport but they couldnt locate it!

Time check, 12pm, 1 hr had gone by n we were still outside. The thing about perth at that time was that it was super windddyyy, so windy that one of my falsies flew away! by this time there were helicopters in the air and news crew all around; many aiming their cameras at us (not exegerating i swear!) cos we were all trying to act cool n maintain image while the strong winds were blowing our 'humps' n buns away! They still couldnt find the fire though!

(right before the falsie flew away. n look at my hair! no amt of hairspray wld have helped keep it in place! oh n told u wooly furry coats were in style then)

It was 3pm and we were STILL not anywhere near gg home. We were now all seated in a bus that was brought in specialy for us. The people operating our mode of transportation for home(ehem) were all discusing on whether they should/could bring us all to sg due to some limitations in working hours. They laid an ultimatum- if we were stranded there for another hr, we all would stay for another day in perth. the horror!! i almost cried i tell u....

Finally after being shut out of the airport for about 6hrs we were let in! Took awhile for everything in the airport to resume but we were flying off and away to my relief! Landed in sg at about 9pm, with only 3 hrs left to my 21st, SAD OR NOT!

Thankfuly i had someone who was kind enought to spend the day (or what was left of it) with me & even baked me a cake.. thanks hor!

A week later i read on yahoo that the whole hoo-haa was caused by a cigarete butt that somehow trggered the fire alarm..... -.-" there was no fire afterall. thanks ehhhh!

So yala... next year, to be safe, i've taken leave for my birthday man! n ironicaly, we've made plans to spend it overseas, somewhere 19hrs away.... yeayyy! :))

Ok here's some random outfit pictures.

Need. to. get. a. fashion. sense! Haha i know i know im always in a dress+cardi combo righttt. but what to do i like what n its the only combo that hides the unsightly bulges (tummy+arms!!)!

Alrighty, thats all for tonight. :P

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:08:04 GMT

just as i thought everything wld be complete, the perfectionist cum cerewet-ist in me decides that its just not IT yet. i've now come up with more to-do things.

- paint (or at least get someone to paint) ceiling purple. the pink has to go although it matches with the wallpaper n brightens the room.

- find a simple cheap plain black rug

- find/think of lighting fixtures to brighten up room thats like super dark (but cosy i must say!) n feels like the inside of barney with all the purple n black!

- print pictures!

- buy more funky cushions! iwannagohome has gorgeous pieces which i have been banned from buying- 42k always says 'BED FIRST'. now that that's settled, im gg on a cushion spreeee! :)

- get simple black comforter n pillows for sleeping usage n oh a simple black container to contain everything when bed converts back to sofa.

- thicker classier curtains!

- stop obsessing abt room already!!!!!!! its costing toooooo muccchhhhhhhh! :(

aniway my cats (i've 3!) r more impressed by my bed than my mum is! My sis told me that the first thing they did was to hop on n try to scratch out the emnbedded crystal beads! lol! The part where u lean on when its a sofa can be put down so that the whole thing becomes like a flat matress-ish thingy..

brisbane tmro although i just got back at 10pm just now. must.work.for.rug/comforter/curtains.....

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:35:08 GMT

OH MY GOD I AM SLEEPLESS IN AUCKLAND.

its 3.30am here which is only like 11.30pm back home n i cant sleep!!!
i've to be up in 5 hrs but here i am in the lounge utilising my 2nd access code for 20mb/60mins (whichever less) of internet cos my first one was used up by the 2nd lj i bloghopped to (either by tippytapp's sales post or anayrah's mushy bday entry- u girls ahhh!!!). We're only entitled to one code a day but a smile n tiny laughs can do wonders ;P

Although its my first time here i cant be bothered to head out cos its cooollddd n nowadays i find it more enjoyable (& economicaly wiser) to stay indoors. caught the other boelyn girl (saaadd!!!) n the chaos theory staring no other than ryan reynolds (HOTNESS!) n deception (3rd time watching it!) back to back the whole of today. (yes i was only awake for 6hrs. now u know why i cant slp!). Cant wait to be back cos it'll be brisbane from 11-13, off on the 14th, standby from 15-17, colombo turn 18-19 n finaly rayyaaaaaaaa on 20th!

n i cant wait to see my bed cos the delivery man called me today to say its heree or shld i say theeree.

urgh now time for me to go back to my room n force myself to get some ZzzZzzs.... till later!

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:29:26 GMT

urrgghh i hateeeee packing/unpacking! u wld think im used to it already but hell nooo. i usualy leave it to the last momment. as with painting nails. am off to auckland today n i'v eyet to unpack from my last trip, what more pack n my nails r still wet. yugggsss. n im still in front of the laptop- procastinate much?

Heres my family, before i go off n dump crap into my luggage!

hahah i am convinced there was a switcheroo at alexandra hospital on 15 jan 88! my other fam members are totaly not vain, hates dressing up n gg out! plus they dont have dimple(s) (which i found out on csi is a dominent trait to be passed down!). the only thing that makes me believe we're related is that we all have small eyes, big faces, big apetites (which leads to even bigger bodies!).....ok la thats like alot of things...fine fine i may not afterall be some descendant of some royal family la; doesnt hurt to dream abit though right! :P

n Yes yes i realise that i am such a hypocritical indiv. hahaha i know i said the dessert buffet was not up to standard earlier but i take back my words, somehow they have improved in a span of a week! this time the waffles were fresh n they had pancakes and a new bottle of maple syrup (favvv!) and everything was tip top. Carousel was full, so was straits kitchen n i do not like sakura at all so swensens it was! It was geylang thereafter for my dengdeng. although i was damn full i managed to stuff 300g of that lovely thing cos im gg to be away for a week and 300g divide by 7 wld work out to be an acceptable amt of dengdeng daily right! :P

ok time to go. siaanssssss. by the time im back my bed's gg to be here. yeayness!

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:30:22 GMT

I finally got a bed!!

ok not realy a bed bed but a sofa bed kinda thingy. i've had enough of both my mum n dad asking me 'so when's the bed coming in' each time they see my face so today we went bed shopping- 42k n i. At first i wanted a simple bed frame with no headboard then i change my mind n wanted a sofa bed then i saw realy beautiful (& realy expensive!!! oh god how am i ever gg to afford a home!!) headboards n decided maybe just maybe i shld get a bed+headboard and then i fell in love with this sofa bed n it was only $199 n i was sooo happy until...... yeah u guessed it right, they didnt have it in black!

le sigh. i don t know why my luck's so shitttty when it comes to things like this. The search resumed and lo n behold there was this realy bling-y black sofa bed at the corner of a shop that caught 42k's eyes n he pulled me twrds it cos he knew shiny n tacky is my thing! but jeng jeng no price tag! i knew if i hoped hard it'll prolly cost like 3 million dollars (or something exorbitant along that line cos everything i like seemed to be out of budget) but taadaa it fit the budget of $500 n i said yessssaaahh n paid for it. i think i scared 42k a bit cos it took me less than 5mins from him pointing it out to us asking for the price to me saying 'SOLD!'. talk about impulse buy! i guess im just sick n tired of the whole room thing dragging so long! fortunately the room's almost done. i feel damn loved the people around me cos i swear i've only contributed to 15% of the hard labour. each time i go away n come back there's like significant progress in the room. my dad finished up the rest of the walls n put up the curtain rod, mum sewed the curtains n cleans up after us & 42k spraypainted my wadrobe black, painted the door black n put up the frames.

i swear if it was left to only me my room wld go back to its original dumping zone state but sans furniture now. As u can tell all i have to do is choose the pictures to be put into the frames but till now the frames are still empty! how like that! (oh man im sorry u had to read such a long n wordy paragraph on my room, trust me this entry doesnt get anymore interesting after this. lol)

Aniwayyysss the other day my dear minah/my closest longest lasting malay galfren finaaallyy turned 21! (my dear catch up can, me n melly turning 22 already laaaa! lol)

i owe u a proper celebration so get well already!

Didnt get to catch up with the bday girl for too long cos we were late for our movie- Coco b4 chanel of course! Trust me i felt like getting myself a classic flap ASAP after the movie; thank god it was 11pm by the time the show was over or else i'd be a kidney/heart/organ poorer now. Before the movie we tried the swensens buffet at ion & despite being the dessert freak that i am i wasnt realy impressed. the spread appeared impressive i must say but the quality just fell short- waffles were cold, pancakes not to be seen despite being in the menu, ice cream so-so etc etc. wah since when i become food critic ah? but aniways here's some typical shots u'd expect from a dating-dating entry on whyhellohid.....

throughout dinner i was practising for my full frontal shot for my new staff id. urgh. i hatteee frontal shots cos i just look like a ball pls! i swear im gg to like turn to my left at the last min each time they're just about to take the picture. imma do it 43957317 times until the id person gives up n let me have a left sided picture for my id! hahah.

oklah im gg to start choosing the pictures for mY room although we all know im gg to be distracted in like 5 mins time but hey at least im starting then just procastinating right! :P

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:48:59 GMT

? bandwidth exceed? wth? how ah like dat?

Aniways i just checked-in in Zurich and thank god i got a room in the new wing of the hotel cos i dont plan on stepping out ever! the rooms in the old wing are kinda....motel-ish and the bed super cannot make it one. cannot imagine having to spend the next 2 days in that room! Its been some time since i've set foot in Zurich- the last being last dec. For me, this station is kinda love-hate; hate it cos its sooo boring- the city is a tram ride away & there's no english channel on tv! & love it cos hibernation in room means save $$! Thank god for free internet in room now- the last 6 times i was here last year, we had to pay for internet!

U know, when i talk about things that are 'religion-related' i feel abit wary cos like i've said a gazilion times im neither extremely pious nor am i trying to be one. At this point in time i guess i do what i can & i'll admit its kind of hypocritical of me to be so strict when it comes to some things (e.g. food/drinks) n so lax when it comes to others (e.g. dressing, social contacts). Ultimately i hope i dont get any backlash for writing what i write here cos whatever i put up, its just stories of how i spent my day(s). Something i'd like to read n reminisce next time on cold lonely nights (like this).

Aniways, disclaimer aside, today i broke fast on board after 23hrs of fasting. Now dont get me wrong im not asking for sympathy or what cos im fully aware of the musafir clause that wld exempt me from fasting but since i know i can take it , why not just fast right? Since im doing a day day flgiht (left sg abt 3pm?) n its summer in europe (daytime is longer), the whole time i was in the air the sun was shining brightly. There were 2 schools of thought on board- one group followed sg time and broke fast at 7+pm sg time whilst the other decided to follow zurich time and broke fast at 8.10pm zurich time which is 2.10am sg time. It was 23 hrs of fasting for me cps i was working with the pple who followed zrh time and it was definitely an experience... The first 19 hrs were ok- i still had alot of energy n could flash my megawatt smile but by the 20th hr everything started to go downhill. lol. my lips started to go realy dry and i was realy shagged out n my legs were weak. by hr 22, i was basicaly equivalent to a shrivelled prune- plain dehydrated. Thankfuly i had super understanding superiors/collagues who made everything easier. As soon as we touched down (time check 8.18pm zrh time) one of my superiors poured me a realy cold glass of apple juice (nvr tasted better!) and another colleague called to tell me to go have my meal. I was further touched when i saw that my superior, and the other colleauge i was working with (all 3 of us were fasting) , had prepared everything for me nicely. There was a plate of kurma n a cold glass of water n plate of pasta that they had reserved for me earlier on. We gobbled down the food as fast as we could cos we had to get out of the plane ASAP n we still had other duties to do before that. Realy like hungry ghosts! lol. Its realy an experience that i'll rmbr for life or at least till the next round of fasting.

wah so wordy this entry! haha i got so many stories to tell you all ah actualy but i nvr bring my memory card here ley! :( Ok i'll be back realy soon alright! take care till next time!

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:01:44 GMT

my last day in milan went like this:

3.30am: alarm sounded after 3 hrs of slp. snoozed.
3.45am: alarm sounded. cursed (still can cos puasa starts at 4.15am today) n got up
3.45-4.45am: got ready (today is shit face day. hair still ok), drank last 1/4 bottle of water(shit forgot to buy water! :( ) n sat down waiting for call from 42k, he promised.
5am: still waiting, poor boy must have fallen aslp after tiring day at work
5.20am: gave up waiting. reported at work for lobby, sad.
6.30-12.30pm: shuttled to barcelona n back. crew had pastries n sandwiches for meals. damn. shld have rmbered to buy water cos cabin air is damn dry n all the talking n smiling is making my throat dry.
12.30pm-1.15pm: almost fell off seat i bus back to hotel. realy damn tired! confirmed fact that im just gg to slp in n not gg to Doumo.
1.45pm: still in uniform waiting for phone to ring & it did!!!
4pm: fell aslp whilst still on the line. told u i was tired.
8.45pm: woke up all of a sudden n realised its time to break fast! open room service menu- veg options limited. :( it was either a margherita pizza- no thanks! have had that the past 2 days or a greek salad- def not enough after a whole day of fasting! so got them to fix me a cheese sandwich with fries & a tiramisu. for a total cost of 21 euros which is like 40+ bucks. urgh (apparently most tiramisus here are alcohol free!)
9.30pm: finally food arrived. sandwich looked pathetic n fries were oil soaked. i miss home. i miss my mum's fried rice. (omg i feel so shitty typing this).
9.40pm: gobbled everyting up cos i was famished. msged the boy but guess he's aslp as with most of u guys it was afterall 3+am... :(
4.30am: woke up to some italian song on italymtv. must have dozed off after eating. realised its too late to have a drink.
4.30-6am: lj hopped while smsing home. am homesick. stomach growls.
6.54am: typing out redundant entry. shld be aslp. room is in a mess. no energy to get out of bed to pack. waiting for 42k to get home n call. reporting in 3 hrs.

u know when u look forward to something soo much it just falls short n fails on u. thats how my last 4 days were. i miss home. it feels like i've been here ages. will be breaking fast on board and sahuring on board as well cos touch down is at 7.35 which is day #4 right? looks like its another disapointing break fast for me till i get to savour my mum's tomyam fried rice (yes as u can tell i cant live w/o my fried rice!). I can do this! No musafir-ing for me cos im too much of a lazy ass to pay back during the year. till home everyone. :(

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:58:20 GMT

Venice was..... uhm.. alright? i guess the scorching sun & the fasting was a bad combo for sightseeing... either that or im realy not into sightseeing cos i took less than 9 pictures (can u belief that?!?!) n we did not take the gondola or go into any of the landmarks of venice! lol! we spent our time in search of LV n Prada n Ferragamo. hahaha. so lame, we could have paid only 3 euros to get to the city centee/duomo where all the big name boutiques are, but noooo we took a buttaching 2.5 hrs ride to Venice (which cost us S$120!) only to spend our time shopping! n we nearly missed our train back! lol.

lucky we (& our pradas) made it back to milan on time! :p

looks like u kids will be receiving empty green packets from kak hid this raya cos she blew it all on a pair of classic black varinas, a very pretty shiny clutch n a special something in Italy. hahah!

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:05:34 GMT

Buongiorno everyone!

Im in italiano already and one day has passed, which means i have 1.5 days left & which also means that.... my first day fasting this year would be here! Now if ur wondering how we fast when we're overseas, well there's always islamicfinder.org for prayer times & whatnots. Its going to be quite a challenge cos its freaking HOT here in summer & the day time is damn long pls. Sun rises abt what 4am-ish n sets at like 9pm-ish? So even though i will abstain from food/drinks/swearing/dirtythoughts(haha!) i dont think i can wear decently cos it realy is damn hot... :( im definitely nowhere near being the perfect pious individual n im not proud of it but i do try and do what i can i guess. (oh no why do i feel like im gg to get flake for this?) BUT ANIWAYS ANYHOWSSS its 4am here n im awake cos im supposed to meet the kakis at the lobby in an hr! we're catching the first train to Venice! :) Yesterday we went to Lake Como n its been awhile since i've been sightseeing so expect loads of gag-inducing vainshots! lol!

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:23:25 GMT

ok i know u've had enough of the room thing but i've nothing much to update on. Here's some from the day we hit Ikea Tampines right after i touched down from Brisby!

If ur thinking of getting anything frm Ikea, dont bother with the one in Tampines; everything i needed they didnt have! Just head down straight to the one in Alexandra. Less crowd and more stock! My initial plan was to just get minimal things but i ended up with a hell lot of things! But it was great fun!! We spent an hour just deciding on what frames to get to achieve the montage thingy that i had drawn out. Seriously if i was with a person who had half the patience he has i'd prolly be dumped right there n then & hve a frame up my ass. I can be a perfectionist n be realy anal when it comes to things like this.. And the best part was we refused to pay for delivery so we decided that we could bring everything back on our own.....blatantly ignoring the fact that he drives a car and not a container truck or a lorry! Imagine trying to squeeze in a full length mirror (its realy damn huge), another half sized mirror, 8 frames (1/2 of which are again, huge ass (size matters ok! :P )), chest of drawers, and other small misc items like baskets n boxes into the boot & backseat, not forgeting that my cabin trolley bag and my mamasan bag already took up 1/2 that space! But we did it alright after dismantling half the insides of the car. if can take out the doors n the roof we'd already have done so sey.. And after all that we had nasi lemak boon lay- good way to end a day!

& that's man hard at work while woman is....hard at busybody-ing :P

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:26:56 GMT

Guess wheeeerrrreeee? :)

Wall: $650
Mirrors : $300 (I know right, like wth!!)
Frames: $150
Dresser: $300
Bed: $0 (hahaha i ran out of money to buy a new bed & i've confidently gave the old one away. its the floor for me tonight!)

Finding out that you & your partner bring the best out of each other/ seeing the (almost) end result of ur 'project' : simply priceless.

(oh and i couldnt get my 2 off days so its off to beijiing in 2hrs time for me. die already liaoxz )

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:32:06 GMT

i have a new addiction- changing where im supposed to go to. I've been up the whole night scrolling through the bright green window (those who know will know what im talking abt), alt-tabing to see if the dates coincides and alt-tabing summore to see if im on the gaining or losing end if i change. So far i have a few swaps in transaction & if it works out - i reeaallllyyyy hope it will- i might just be gg to milan (received an email just right after posting the last entry on how i'd like to go to milan, what luck! :)) on the 20th. shit. i hope i dont jinx this by typing it out. I've been eyeing these white & pale pink miumiu clutches at ion and if i realy get my butt to milan, i'll take it as a sign that u, miumius, n me, are meant to be. heehee.

When i need a rest from the screen i head to my room. No not to take a nap, but to continue to throw out 99.9% of the crap thats in my room. Its part of the roomrevampmission. Now if u didnt know it n saw pictures of my room, u'd think it belongs to a 6 yrold girl. Its all baby pinkish and flowery n glittery with minniemouse-ears + fairy wand + teddy bears. My mother even got my name embroided on my pillows and comforter. Yes i loved it then(no not the embroided things, although realy sweet of my mother, but the whole girlygirl room). But now its time for a change! I gave away my Beijing for off days which im gg to use to paint (ok fine someone else is gg to help me with that), wallpaper, and decorate my room. Cant wait to get back frm Brisbane to choose the wallpaper n accesories. Im thinking something along the lines of classy, red & black.

Hopefuly i sustain the enthusiasm long enough to actualy complete this roomrevanp, but i wont be suprise if i lose the steam in say 2 hrs. hahah. i do have a track record of stopping things midway. hmmm. lemme see. i didnt complete my Occupational Therapy course, my getskinnythroughexercise plan backfired even before i started using the pink gym ball that i got just because it was, well, pink (try n spot it in one of the pics above!) and my clothes are still in 3 black rubbish bags even though i started my attempt to reorganise my wadrobe abt a month back :P

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:48:35 GMT

Im heading to Brisbane again tmro. Its been Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth & Brisbane the last few trips. Next month I have Sydney, Perth & guesssss what? Brisbane. I feel like a rockstar gg ard Aussie for a concert. How to be motivated like that?

I want to go back to the states. Not realy too keen on places like Rome or Athens- wld be nice but i'd rather statesshoping. hehe. Wouldnt mind a Milan, i havent been there. Sigh. im realy convinced i've been given the shorter end of the stick when it comes to where i get to go. :(

Aniways ups are randomness from San Fransisco, mostly taken from the Cheesecake Factory. I loovee that place. They have a magaziliion cheesecakes for u to choose from... Anything from Reesepeanutbuttercupcheesecakes to Oreacaramelswirl to Godivachoccake to whateveralreadyheavenlythingmadeheavenliercake. On my first trip to the states, i was advised by the kakis i had lunch with to share a slice with someone else cos i'd prolly not finish it, but hey presto i lapped up the whole slice under 2 minutes and was raring to go for another. Cannot la. I cannot continue doing this. I dont know how people can only stop at 1/2??

Speaking of which, i just cant stop eating. I realy love my food. I realy love my sweets. I love my ice cream (might be heading down to swensen's ice cream buffet later!!). I wish my stomach was a black hole. I wish the calories dont matter. I wish the fat will melt. :(

How do u skinny people resist these divine temptaions huh?

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:54:08 GMT

Last year, we hit Adelaide.... This year, its Perth's turn!

Was hoping against hope that i wouldnt be called up that Tuesday but as luck would have it I had to fly to Perth that day. Not such a bad thing, in fact it was a greattt thing cos i finally got to meet our dear ms Jessica beyond the comp screen and i got to spend the day with Melanie! I've been to Perth a gazilion times, ok maybe just 7 times, but i swear i've nvr had so much fun cos Melly drove me to Freemantle!

Hahaha there were so many birdies in that park that we had to cross to get to Joe's Shack(where we had brunch). Melly's scared of the birds and I must say i was quite fearful that they would just come and attack us too. I dont know, birds just got that damn evil look everytime they see u eye to eye right? But i die-die must take picture at the park and i dont know why i look like one hell of a giant bird. must be birdtribution.

(I should wake up earlier to look tiptop in pictures when im overseas! Hahaha i always wake up on the dot or best still, late, when im outstation, leaving me zilch time to like blow my hair nice nice and put on makeup nice nice. Flat hair bah. Blotchy face bah.)

It was cooollddd and i forgot to bring my leggings so i just tahan-ed! I kept getting chills in my bones and now im paying the price in the form of coldrash (urgh.). We started off with a very heavy seafood brunch!

Ceasar's salad, Fish&Chips & Battered Squid. Sedap. Yumm. It was good to serve 3 so Yana, we helped u eat your share :)

Whats always the best thing to do to complete a good meal? Ice Cream of cos! Nevermind if its winter or if ur bare-legs are already freezing! Lol. If u have a Baskin Robbins near you, quick, run there and get a scoop of Tea&Scones. Imma telling you i dont drink tea but i think its damn goooood. First had a taste of it in Dubai and never looked back. Oh and Making Cookies too. Its realyyyyyyyyy heavenly. Mel's choc scoop was good n rich too. How was the rum&raisins mel?

I realy liked Freemantle. Its nice to just walk by the pier and enjoy the breeze (with leggings on of course). We had originally planned to catch a movie so we headed back to the shops when it was about time but us being us we decided to ditch that and go window-shopping instead!

The streets were lined with 2ndhand bookstores, record shops and vintage clotheshops. Melly got a cookmag for $1 and i got a (1997) New York Lonely Planet (its NYC in 2010 for us after Tokyo!) for $3! Then we found this realy cute cupcake themed shop! They had a small tea room decorated with flowers and all things pretty with Alice in Wonderland playing in the background.

Although it was a short day (had to head back early cos i had to catch some zZzzZzs b4 heading home the same night!) I headed home feeling all happy cos nothing beats gg ard a new place with an old friend...

I have another short day in Perth coming up in 3 weeks time and i hope you're free for another scoop of ice cream on that Friday smelly, no make that, 3 scoops (each)! :) and Yana, get a ticket down to Perth ASAP so u can join us pls!

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:53:13 GMT

The other night, we went to watch $ingdollar at the Esplanade!

Quite funny la if u are up to date with whats happening in Sg. Just watching kumar alone is worth the 38 bucks. Also established that like me, someone's better picture-side is his lefty! ( whats yours? sure have one! )Anddd guess who we met- Ms hottie Fatihah! A few months back....

I did a Dubai/Istanbul, one of my more memmorable flights cos there was my batchies (the one we went to the burj for lunch) and also cos i met 2 kick ass kakis (ms fatihah n ms jaswin) and also cos.... thats where i met 42k- i was working on the aisle he was seated at on the flight back from Istanbul to Dubai! Apparently that wasnt the first time we met cos our 42k claims that he saw us shopping at Taksim Square the night before. Or at least he noticed Fatihah; would not blame him cos she's sucha hot chick (ahhh just my luck to be surrounded and outshined by these beauties!!) and he said he only saw glimps of this girl in a leather jacket who kept twirling and twirling around excitedly (sounds pretty much like me). Its such an unbelievable story cos Taksim Square was PACKED with people that night!

hahah just look at how close we kept our bags with us! Istanbul's not realy very safe for tourists cos there's alot of thieves n conmen just waiting to cheat the liras out of you.. Heard one too many stories of such cases so we decided to be (very) safe! hehe. Oh and before Taksim square, we went to a mall only to be greeted with stares cos we stuck out like sore thumbs! The ladies there were dressed quite conservatively and here u have two malay minahs dressed uhm..differently? :P We had stalkers (scary!!!) and admirers (the cook at the joint we had lunch at gave us extra portions and even served us even though it was self-service! we felt like goldfishes in a bowl though cos the whole male-dominated joint was watching our every move, smiling from ear to ear, throughout the whole time! damn funny!!) And then when we wanted to cab back we were so scared we wld get conned and kidnapped so we decided to choose the most decent looking cab driver who turned out to be muslim and recited Al-Fatihah when we told him our names. I still crack up thinking back on that momment.

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my room in dubai. huge with a kitchennete equiped with a fridge, stove, washing machine/dryer and cooking utensils, big toilet and walk in area n a couch!

But it was too big for my comfort so i bunked in with jaswin! She conquered the bed n i took the couch but we didnt exchanged a single word and chose to speak through facebook instead! When we woke up in the morn we got room service breakfast (pancakes for me, n french toast for her) and a few hours later we, ok i, got hungry again n we ordered Pizza Hut, but not before gg through the whole fiasco of trying to understand the pinoy phone operator and getting our orders across to her.

oh n whats a trip w/o shopping! dubai had massive sales ard that time n i got my fav leather jacket for a steal from topshop and a mermaid-fin-cut-formal-skirt from zara which i like many many n random stuff from where else but h&m!

We're still amazed at what are the odds that he'd see us that night and then be on the same flight with us the very next day? And it was only later that i found out he was on fazlin's/liza's (my lovely batchies!) flight from singapore-dubai n dubai-singapore! The world works in mysterious ways dont you think....? :)

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:42:00 GMT

Im away most of the time but im always up to date with the latest happenings back home thanks to.. no not E!news.. but ms nurharyanayahya! Dont judge a person by her size cos she may be petite but she's always packed to the brim with detailed juicy stories each time i meet her- even better than a vivie. ok la bedek, maybe vivie a biiiit better. :P

hahah. sorry cannot tahan. must steal spotlight first.

Yes as i was saying, we've known each other since we were what? 13? 14? from the bpghs days to njc, from billabong to guess to lv/chanel, from short hair to straight hair to permed hair (n hopefuly not no hair!!), alot has changed.we've had our petty fights and we may not agree with each other all the time (i like my new black flats even though she thinks its realy ugly), but one thing is for sure when we hit the shops, we have one hell of a time! :)

(if this was facebook, melly, i'd tag yana's hp as youuuuu!)

Seriously, if u had seen us in town that day, u'd cringe at our not-so-intellectualy-stimulating conversations and bimbotic remarks. But who cares right!

till many more shopping trips to come my dear yana.. we've conquered hongkong, whats next? san fransisco? :)