"Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away"
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Join panda's cousin teddy as u start painting her site
with a myriad of colours you see below!
So watcha waiting for? Start painting and enjoy! :)

Anyways, tt was the movie I caught the other day. Haha.. decided to support local films for once. It was alright. It wasn't fantastic but neither was it repulsive either. It was just ok. :) I thought tt jokes used in this film, just like the gun scene wasn't exactly the type of humour tt wld crack me up, but jokes tt wld make me just go 'oh ok.. i catch tt joke' but yet not laugh, u know what i mean? Haha.. but well, all in all, it's an ok film.
The 3 day part time stint was ok. Depending on what ur assigned to do and the ppl at ur station, the job may actually just turn out to be ok. But let's say u get stuck at a booth with many slackers, then well... happy new year to u. Haha. SL came up with an analogy tt ppl from our uni are just plain hardworking. I guess tt's true. Ok, well let's not point fingers here shall we. Anyways, to sum it up, it was a pleasant experience all in all. And SL did not regret working for these 3 days too! Haha... what made it all the more sweeter was the pleasant surprise abt the pay isn't it? Hahaha.. and being able to catch the actress JT is another plus too eh?
This was just one shot I took of SL during breakfast together, just before our day began. I bet she'd kill me if she knew of this blog's existence and her horrible pic here. But watever. HAHAHA! Meals were provided during the 3 days and I guess we're probably well known amongst the suntec staff by now. Haha... (inside joke) Oh yeah... something we learnt during this job was tt the direction of escalators can influence the flow of the crowd by SO MUCH. hahaha
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Oh yeah and before I forget, beautyasia reunited me with claudia the santa claus! See the pic above? That's us at the booth. Haha... She's a really nice lady. Seeing and talking to her just felt so good. Oh! And before I forget, Thanks so much for ur lovely gift! I love it! If only Albertina was there as well! That wld have been a perfect reunion! Hahaha! I miss u Albertina! Anyways, on a sidenote, both Claudia and Albertina really made me think that Italians are probably one of the nicest ppl on earth! They're just so friendly and understanding. Absolutely no airs at all! Hopefully I'd be able to make it for the DFS this coming may. That wld have been really good. :)
Alrighty! Guess I gtg! That's it for the short updates. Gotta wake up early tmr. Oh man! Zzzzzzz! Hahaha.. Alright! Ciao! Cya all ard!
I'm not sure what the theme was but perhaps it had something to do with the sea cos there were many floats that were sea creatures like fishes and octopuses. And of course, Ryan was fascinated by all of them! It kinda had a disneyland parade feel to it too actually cos there were also ppl on the floats waving to all of us.
What made the night even more special was the F1 racing car! There really was excitement in the air and everyone crowded around to catch the magnificent precious few moments of its wooooooooosh. It was really loud as it sped past us. Even its smell/smoke remained seconds after it left us. Ryan was the luckiest amongst us all I guess. Know why? I only managed to hear and smell the F1 car. But he managed to have them all including seeing it cos I lifted him high up to the sky with nothing short of the best views and freshest air available then. Isn't he a fortunate boy? Imagine how ex a ticket to catch the F1 car up close and personal is!
Yup! And that's ryan! He was practically like a little monkey jumping from one place to another. Haha... Oh and he loves looking at those little boats too.
The above pix are some pretty boliao pix actually. They were actually taken at a temple near my place. We went for some new year blessings during one of those nights when we were off nanny-duty. Haha. Actually, come to think of it, I guess many wld have thought that we were some tourists or something cos no Singaporean in the right frame of their mind wld wanna snap pix in the middle of the night at a temple I guess? Hahaha
More boliao pix of us taken at home. Haha... and yeah.. I wld agree man.. sabrina really looks as though she's advertising for some home ads or something. AHAHAHAHA
There were loadsa cny goodies stocked up at home. Now check tt out! A whole table full of various cny goodies plus a huge hamper which we've yet to open even till now! Haha! And b4 I forget, thanks for ur whole bag of cny goodies too bubu! Appreciate the effort of lugging them to and from work! Muacks! I adore ya! One thing great abt cny's tt I get to eat loadsa tangerines! I love them! Especially those honey tangerines tt taste so heavenly, just like the ones u see above!
Anyways, here's a snapshot of my top 4 favs during cny! Prawn rolls are nice! Just tt they r kinda spicy for me... so the idea is to not take too much of them else I'd be a toilet crasher for sure. Next up... cashew nuts! I love cashew nuts!! Even ryan loves them! Yusheng's definitely something I absolutely love as well. It's REALLY AWESOME! And last but not least, the tarts baked by my malay neighbour. We call her makchit and let me tell ya.. she bakes the best tarts in town. I swear by them! They aren't too sweet and they really melt in ur mouth and i'm by no means exaggerating. Anyways, she's really nice cos she never fails to deliver them every cny ever since I was a kid!
Haha.. the pix above are just some tt I took during the first few days of cny when serene n ben came over to our place with the kids. Haha... They were the redsters cos all 4 of them came in red! haha... Look at Ilyssa in her traditional costume. Isn't she cute?
And there's Ryan, who's also in his traditional costume. Haha... But it sure was a pity cos his pic turned out to be a blur shot! And yup.... tt's sab in her messy hairdo. WAHAHAHA... let's just pray hard she doesn't read this entry else my head's just so gonna roll. 
Got tt for bubu as a vday gift this year. Ordered it online and thank gdness it was shipped over in time! Haha... I had itchy hands as usual so it turned out to be too colourful i think. It's probably a distraction even. Sorry!! :) But hey! It's the only copy with panda touches available in the world ok! Don't play play! Hahaha... lol "My most meaningful v day after so many years" sure puts a smile to my face. Haha... anyways, glad u liked it!



See all those yummy fruits? I can't wait to attack them after they're chilled in the fridge! Oh another thing we had to do was to cut out red circles from sheets of red paper and to stick them on each item. I've no idea what's the meaning of it. But anyhow, i was instructed to do it. I'm not sure why but I'm really unable to cut out proper circles. Everything turned out looking like red hearts instead. It wasn't intentional and instead of scolding me, mom actually praised me for being creative on V day. Phew! Guess she was in a good mood else I wld have had it there and then! Haha
If not for this event, I wld never have found out that there was at least 3 types of ang ku kuehs tt are sold. So far, I've only seen the 1. round and flat ones and 2. the round and sharp ones. I've never seen flat and rectangular ones before like the ones u see in the bottom of this pic. Amusing eh?
There were so many ppl checking out those fortune boards! And amidst the crowd, guess who I spotted yet again? Mandy!! Haha... It seems to be a yearly affair eh? Saw her there at that very same spot last year. And wow! It's now the following year! Guess she sums it up best when she said 'may we meet at the same spot next year!' Yeah! U bet!
One thing awesome abt cny in Singapore's tt streets are always lively and full of activity, esp in the nights, just like what u see here in this picture. I mean... all the various stalls lining up the pedestrain street gives so much life to the area being such great nodes of activity. Stall vendors shouting out their fares for sale + the crowd + an occassional cai shen ye ('fortune god') roaming the streets while distributing his red packets of well wishes does add a cny feel to an otherwise increasingly westernised singapore i think.
The crowd outside the temple was really like OMG. As it wasn't exactly 12am yet, many were waiting outside and along the sides within the temple with their lighted joss sticks of various lengths and thickness. Apparently they were waiting for the stroke of midnight to jostle for first place in sticking their joss sticks into the urn. I'm not really sure what the reason is for that though. But anyways, we didn't join in the wait as my eyes were already feeling really uncomfortable being all watery and stuff. 