Dreadful? Sad? Fulfiling? Tired!

bWhats new thats what lot of people would say TIRED TIRED TIRED. i dare to say and nag so be it! i am not fake please remember that. body not in good condition. trying to recover and yes gog to go for my regular checkup again... NOTE : remember to make life easier for others cos life contains more than jus one segment. stop thinking that one is always right.

tabby last day. she sang a song for all of us and my eyes rained. dread monday. left after lunch today and headed for holland v. while on my way on the train, caught up with serena who i haven met or chatted with for a long time. ate a milkpan for lunch. lazy to walk around so i just shop and sat at cooking school since 1.45pm.

things i bot toda... at school at cambodia tabitha fair got xmas decor chart, silver earrings and a necklace. at cooking school, bot 2 boxes of tea, loads of boxes, a tiny mini spatula... and

today's 5 easy desserts.

chocolate cloud cake - flourless, bittersweet chocolate... verdict: alittle too dry.

Valrhona Chocolate slice. haven try brought it home to share with gx. seems not bad thou but very rich. the droplets seems a better option we tried the bars which seems too much.

tiramisu. glad to see live demo. not bad need more liquer thou. that will be my kind of tiramisu!

maple honey walnut oats pie. foolproof nice but a little sweet.

at class not many say the pears poarched in red wine with spices was their favourite, this is actually one of my favourite. i love pears esp when they are soft! for the 1st time i tried eggnog. its was good. i like it but dun think i will do this thou but anyone willingly to try i wan a cup!

very nice they gave us xmas plates and heres the portions i tried. next week attending easy desserts part ii.

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then i went to get ingredients for tomolo's potluck and came home. tired. yet to eat dinner mayb too much sweets. tomolo is a busy day.

everything has to come to an end

this is a very important week.

I pray that things dun happen. I tried to endure. People who dun go thru it daily should try it out. it not easy. why it happens cos theres no full-stop, not even commas, just always sad endings. think its time to wrap it up. its not good for anyone at all.

just started yet how come i feel sad ... i hope things turn out well. its so stressful to have such forceful start... hope this will end in a perfect way. i pray for them.

worse of all, my good friend, the one i always talk to in school, share my cookies with, always have things to dicuss from korean drama to music to tidbits..., always lend me her listening ears, she is always the angel vs the devil in me, she helped me pull thru days at work, dam sad rite now, listening to songs that will make me tear, 2 more days.

there will be more challenges i have to face since i decided to voice my unhappiness. I dun see why i should be bullied.

thanksgiving

martina's wedding photos from may

thanksgiving. an american holiday. to be thankful for what they had ... dun know much cos my tcher didnt emphasis too much about it. just hear as much i can when she read a story to the kids.

yesterday was a crazy day. i spilt blue paint on my left shoe... then got paint on my top and pants, a kido kick the orange paint onto the floor accidently... then i spilt the afternoon snack smoothie twice... bad day with liquid!

looked forward to go out with gx yesterday. I am really thankful for having him. only he can take my nonsence! he accomodates me alot. guess he understand me alot. glad he thinks alot jus like me and we had a different view today then as of the 1st time. Details were important and we had a great conversation. love watching movies with him. he catches alot of things very fast and i sometimes just dun get it, he can explain to me. the focus took us off track and its got more depth than jus what people see... but how many people actually got what it was saying? i really think not many! and people who judge are the worse... cos they can't see why. confuse never mind its for myself to understand. Really glad he didnt fall asleep! most important he understand why. sometimes what may not be logical to you, you have to go thru it and try to see the logic...


after the movies it was still raining. we headed to geylang i suggested trying the fermented beancurd cos i never tried it before in singapore. he tried it quite awhile ago with his friends. mayb bcos it was raining... could still smell the stench but the smell was not strong. he ordered the ma la stinky beancurd which i didnt like cos too spicy wished he ordered the fried ones... the porridges was very watery but it turn out light and nice, quite like it. lucky we ordered fried intestine to go with it cos only century egg in it...

the intestine was crispy and nice. i like bitesize and not chunks. the noodles was ok. the steam egg was very soft and too hot and not much taste... just the right texture but sad to say not nice. mines better!
veridict: can try! beancurd not bad!

schedule for today: pack room! bot too many things over the last 2 months! gota trash old stuff and find place to store new stuff! LAUNDRY day...xianz but no choice busy weekend. ann's family organise thanksgiving dinner. something new this year and looking forward to tonites turkey dinner!

schedule for friday: seriuouly nothing scary but i can understand how others feel cos that how i felt at first. sceptical. but as it goes nobody would believe. anyway, the free trial for facial mask is true. it was good. mask is about $9 a piece and its free and i just wana give it away, in effect almost like a free facial. i had no intention to sell plans cos i myself is just buying products only cos its effective. will be meeting up with people who decided to try the mask. meet aunt k for lunch tomolo.

schedule for saturday: chruch wedding, ck wedding. gx gog to be one of the bestman! love him in suits! then prob go home discuss xmas party stuff... from chalet to bintan now back to resort in JB... gota work things out.

schedule for sunday: no plans yet... rest day before work...

schedule for monday: back to work and ck wedding dinner at oriental. prob end very late cos gx will prob stay longer.

spa, baking class and wedding

monday to fri i really dun remember much... poor memory....

sat: early morning prep tuition stuff and suddenly heavy rain and i was late for tuition... was so difficult to get cab. after tuition went hunting for shoes alone... finally after 1hr i found it at isetan wisma.

happy that i found the shoes and also i bot stuff from anna sui to match but rushed back to tpy to get macaroons and lemon tarts for the spa party. for the 1st time i hadnt eaten anything since that morning! i was afraid no savoury stuff for the spa dinner i went to tabao 6 quiche from coffeebean. got myself a vanilla iceblended for breakfast lunch and tea... cos cannot eat before massage.

my 1st time at angie's spa. young lady boss! i had a detox massage and scrub was compliementary from my friend! when i finish my massage it was oredi 8+pm. party started with wine, strawberries, grapes and haha unhealthy food! eileen oso afraid no "filling food" ordered canapes from coffeebean! in the end we got loads of food! didnt bring camera cos SIL brot to hk haven return me.

went to have supper with gx. haven really been out in the midnites for supper.

Sunday: xmas cupcake class. went to meet joyce at holland v and we had da paolo pizzas. to die for, i hadnt had it for a long time cos had too much when i first discovered it with my cousin. but its still good! we chatted and i brot her to explore the place. and we went to class early cos i WANTED The seat! the last lesson i didnt get my seat and i felt so uncomfortable! i feel autistic! good thing about gog early is that we get to shop around with no one to block us and have the time to consider and squeeze with the rest after lesson to purchase stuff... spent a BOMB over 100.....

the cupcake fillings were very interesting more flavours. the designs she showed were pretty but again its all cream and sugar but it was good to see her show us the techniques. loved the penguin!

this is not a hands-on class so we get to take home 4 prebaked cupcakes to try. joyce and i am gog to bake together as company is more fun than doing it alone and we are sharing some ingredients such as flavourings... i got the orange essence while she holds the coffee essence. its $24.95 a bottle!
the non-slip batter bowl, silicon spatula, whisk, queens teabags, valhora chocolate powder, tiny silver balls.... MUST bake!

my hubby was great... he came to fetch me to the orchard hotel. i dumped all my things in the car and did my makeup in the car... there was not muc traffic and i got there too fast! its my collegues' M wedding, in the whole ballroom i only know 4 person. more pics when may send them to me... my camera left in the car and my handbag was TINY!

left is my grade 1 collegue who is secondary friends to the gal in the middle, middle is gx's fren who is the one who got me my sas job, who is the cousin of the bride, thats how i know the bride! complicated? we all work in sas just figure it out pretty easy to understand, in sas there are lots of webs. somehow somebody will be related.

after the dinner gx fetched me so i left alittle earlier then fetch his parents but ended up at hm at 12mn... cos ... cannot say why... gx went for a mini bachelor party for next week wedding. he came hm very late!

i am hook on with a korean song love the mtv! only tabby knows... no one will understand. so better not say... was happy to had "tea time" with tabby at WL Gelare today... i like talking to her... althou she's 9 years younger than me... gog to miss her company... SAD!!!

2 cakes and more!

saturday 10th : Aunt s' bdae tomolo. aunt k, ,me and ann planning for eat out for her bdae but she didnt wana go out and she planned her own bdae dinner. I helped to get satay from whampoa. bad news that my mil's market pet cat got hurt badly someone had slashed the kitty's leg and she bled terribly... mil was very upset and worse when she can't find the cat as it ran away when she wanted to see the wound...

went back and was glad uncle k made a special effort for aunt s' gift and aunt o got her kido to give aunt s flowers. ann and i gave aunt s g2000vouchers. got cousins to sign a bdae card for her. she got a durian cake which was goooood! favourite! we had a mini mahjong session and rushed to whampoa to see how mil was... not in good mood cos cat's still missing. i suggested carry on to break the sad... i dun like it. sil got her a "peach" cake. the tao was from crystal jade. mil was really not in the mood but oso no choice cos sil flying the next day early wee hours to hk and china to work. we gave her the watch ... she liked it but sad still... but better then sad all the way... we then went to meet soh, helen and mic for lust and caution.


Lust and caution. I hardly watched lee ang's movie. then for tony leung i hardly catch his artistic films cos gerald dun watch and i always missed it and unavailable on dvds... i like his acting and i think he is a very talented actor. dun think i ever see him act bad guy alot... so why this time he was ok to watch cos prob i nagged too many times about watching artistic film... and oso unexpected that TL would do sexual scenes... AND really i didnt expect more than 1 scene. he's daring! we caught midnite and we ended reaching home 4am!

Sunday 11th : gx slept 2hrs and woke up to send sil to airport. then we woke up at 2pm! i really cannot take late nites and esp when i am still trying to recover... went to meet sis in town to help her get her new red hp while gx went to help his fren out for wedding prep. its crazy i got hm late cos he accompanied his fren to send invites out! so late on mon morning so no choice got cab and arrived in time for work. work communication has got prob... new kid goofy kids... trouble. but i am taking things easy... counting down to days as collegues with tabby... monday dinner with gx family and 2nd aunt. ate crab at lorong 8. had my favourite creamy butter crabs and beehoon crab soup.

tuesday 13th : after school went to ps to meet ann for dinner and was xianz when gelare and secret recipe didnt have other kinds of cakes then cheese or chocolate avaliable. walked to robinson we stopped for my favourite mc himalayan tea latte then bot the cupcake dishes and walked on to taka to get mil cake. its my mil actual bdae. decided to get her Rive cake. i found the orange white chocolate cake interesting so i gave it try! glad it turned out good and fil liked it alot cos for the 1st time i hear him praise that the cake is nice! Mil is in a better mood cos the cat came back its recovering. she then took the watch we got for her and we taught her how to put on as this watch has a special catch. swavoski crytal rose gold plated black leather watch. she like it and thanked us. so glad she liked it.

wednesday : am tired jus now slept on the sofa... now laundry is in the machine and i gota hang it later... got 3 new cds... loading my newest worse buy ... lust and caution soundtrack... wanted the song the gal sang in the movie... dun have... lucky sstill got a few tracks ok but mostly minor keys so very almost scary to hear... got secret jay's movie sound track loved the piano pieces in the movie like most of the songs! haven really heard the other cd yet andrea bocceli. was just waiting patiently for his compliation! spent alot! more to come cos sunday gog for xmas cupcake course no hands on learning, going to learn how to use fondant. oso attending martina my collegues' wedding.

still sniffing i wana get well!

MIL bdae part 1

bcos sil flying to hk and china for work this sunday we went for our family dinner this monday which is 8 days away from mil bdae. so we planned 4 parts to her bdae. part 1 was to bring her and family to Lei Gardens for dinner and i ordered a bouquet of flowers for her on behalf of my fil. ordered then tell fil on monday afternoon when i got hm that i ordered flowers on behalf of him for mil. he was ok with it.

doi my florist as usual very early... even though i told him a later time to turn up... he was 1 hour early! some sort of 6th sense bah when we climbed the stairs out from the carpark, i walked faster then my in-laws and gx to check out the sidewalk and we almost bumped into doi at the lobby if i had not quicken my steps to check out the walk way! lucky when he saw me i put my hand up to stop him from coming any nearer! and he stop! then i signal gx to go up with his parents first... if not no surprise liao... the flowers were pretty! love the roses love the way he curl the petals sweet! met up sil and got her to hold the flowers and when we approach the table mil couldnt see sil at all cos the bouquet was the focus! after sil hand fil the flowers touching moment! fil gave mil the flowers... she loved it! she can't bear to put it down! happy that she liked it!


i got them to prepare shou tao for MIL 50th called and ordered a day before. it was nice cos it was bitesize not too big, not too much dough lots of paste and with a nice touch of salted egg yolk not the whole but enough to make it taste goooood.

peking duck was good crispy and the skin was nice. the fish was very fresh and the chilli sauce was tasty and the chewy konnyaku was a nice match. i wanted egg yolk prawns or wongkam ha but the guy suggested this prawn dish that he say is nicer! fried prawn with a nest of salad. the nest was made of malt. ok dish ... pretty presentation prawn fresh nicely fried but would have prefered other methods of cooking...

the next 2 dish was nice to eat but would have got a better deal if i had remember to look for the right lady and mention my "distant" collegue's name!!! she was a regular and the one who recommend me this place. the 1st time we were there with my mum,, sis and aunt... it was fantsatic and a good deal but didnt bring camera then!



glad mil was happy with the food, it was good but i dun like the guy who decided out menu whoever he is he not good! dun like him the food he got us was ok but not as fantastic as the last time when we were there. he is considered lousy! but food stil taste good but not as exciting as the last time!

the tea was then changed to a gongfu tea cup (i name it! cos reminds me of olden days)


in these little pots is my favourite yongzi gamlou! pomelo sago mango soup? and its sil's favourite too! lucky her she gog hk again and will be able to eat the hk authentic version! but this is one of the better ones i ate here! wished i could have 2nds... but too ex so i savoured it sloooowly. good way to end our meal. when we got home we ate the french pastries i bought. macaroons and hazelnut something forgot whats it called. FULL!

this is something small i can do for my mil. she takes care of me alot esp when i went thru the op. she was there everyday cooking porridge for me. its her big year and she's gog get more surprises! tomolo is part 2 and i am glad i got better today... anyway today had retail therapy with my sis and dap... got my mum a top and she was very happy... sis treat us dinner at sushi tei and coffee and cakes at spinellei... good deal and now after the hot cup of caramel earl grey tea i had ... yah can't sleep and now blogging. more to write but i got tuition so i have to sleep... but first my medication!