I love Cold weathers. Cos my makeup doesn't melt as fast, and I can bundle up as much as I want without breaking into a sweat, and sleeping is just oh-so-comfortable!
The downside is the sneezing, and blocked nose, and the occasional scratchy throat.
Last night's party was fun! I learnt one thing about myself - I need to practise Taboo a lot more to compete with my s_. It was like the pro-league Taboo last night!
I'm bringing my Uno pack to all our gatherings, it's time for pro-league Uno! Plus Intercept.
I love my book! Thanks J_ for giving me what I wanted! (Though one part of my brain is laughing cos I may have inadvertedly manipulated you... Ahahaha....)
Thanks T_ and S_ too for the BodyShop gift! Though I won't use it much, cos my mum provides all the cleanser, moisturiser, perfume and cosmetics to my heart's content, it is still a very nice gift!
And thanks for the Good food, good wine and other drinks, and definitely the Good Company!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
Of biscuity scones and salty cakes.
I'm merry cos suddenly a lot of my s_ are baking or cooking... Which means Free Food! Not just free food but Free Delicious Food!!
I suddenly remembered a remark I made to D_ on the way to the meeting - that every Christmas I get this sudden urge to bake. Which is funny, cos the last time I baked, it was in home economics class in secondary 2. It's weird, like my thoughts of beautifully baked cookies (I like the soft ones), brownies and SCONES (I LURVE scones!!!) would actually materialise as easily as I imagined. Of course not lah, the last time I baked was more than 10 years ago!
I still remember one funny baking incident in my home ec class, didn't happen to me, but to my classmates.... We were baking butter cakes, and they mixed up the sugar with the salt! We only knew when our teacher tasted it. She had this weird look on her face, kinda like didn't know whether to laugh or not. My classmate burst into tears, but the teacher comforted her saying that she would just mark them on the cooking skills and presentation. Seriously, it was a beautiful normal butter cake - except it was salty.
Later at recess, we started monkeying around, tricking people into sampling the salted cake. Hahaha... that was funny.
Yesterday G_ sms D_ that she was making scones and bringing to the meeting. Visions of beautifully large scones - with those raisin thingys, started appearing. When I saw the basket covered with cloth, I gave thanks for a friend like G_. The moment I uncovered the basket...
??!!!
The SCONES ARE FLAT??!
G_ was apologetic, but my visions of beautiful scones shattered. Tentatively I took a bite of the biscuity scone.
It was salty.
....
-_-;
However when I reached the middle of the bisuity scone, I started tasting that lovely milky taste that I know to be - SCONE. Even for that brief moment, I was contented.
I'm off to attend Christmas tea at G_'s. I think she's trying to redeem for my shattered visions of scones. So before I leave, I would like to once again say thanks to G_. I'm once again having revived visions of beautiful scones - with the raisins thingies.
I suddenly remembered a remark I made to D_ on the way to the meeting - that every Christmas I get this sudden urge to bake. Which is funny, cos the last time I baked, it was in home economics class in secondary 2. It's weird, like my thoughts of beautifully baked cookies (I like the soft ones), brownies and SCONES (I LURVE scones!!!) would actually materialise as easily as I imagined. Of course not lah, the last time I baked was more than 10 years ago!
I still remember one funny baking incident in my home ec class, didn't happen to me, but to my classmates.... We were baking butter cakes, and they mixed up the sugar with the salt! We only knew when our teacher tasted it. She had this weird look on her face, kinda like didn't know whether to laugh or not. My classmate burst into tears, but the teacher comforted her saying that she would just mark them on the cooking skills and presentation. Seriously, it was a beautiful normal butter cake - except it was salty.
Later at recess, we started monkeying around, tricking people into sampling the salted cake. Hahaha... that was funny.
Yesterday G_ sms D_ that she was making scones and bringing to the meeting. Visions of beautifully large scones - with those raisin thingys, started appearing. When I saw the basket covered with cloth, I gave thanks for a friend like G_. The moment I uncovered the basket...
??!!!
The SCONES ARE FLAT??!
G_ was apologetic, but my visions of beautiful scones shattered. Tentatively I took a bite of the biscuity scone.
It was salty.
....
-_-;
However when I reached the middle of the bisuity scone, I started tasting that lovely milky taste that I know to be - SCONE. Even for that brief moment, I was contented.
I'm off to attend Christmas tea at G_'s. I think she's trying to redeem for my shattered visions of scones. So before I leave, I would like to once again say thanks to G_. I'm once again having revived visions of beautiful scones - with the raisins thingies.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
I'm Back!
Yes I'm back! Medan was an enriching experience!! But I wanna wait for the pictures to come to me before I blog seriously. Anyway here's one of me, my G12 sisters and some of the kids and their parents we visited to give out toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap bars.
hahaha... I'm just remembering all the things our team did to ra-ra the kids, though I wasn't one of the main 'cast' - just supporting role, it was just nice to mix with the kids. I learnt a lot of classroom management from the church worker Sister Sri. She's got a song for almost everything! A song and a cheer to ra-ra, to quiet down, to line up... etc etc...
Monday, December 04, 2006
I'm off again!
Forgot to update the blog! Whoops...
Nov was month of slacking and mugging alternatively. Cos end of the month was exams mah. Not healthy man... it's almost like bulimia - you starve yourself, then you binge and so on and so forth. New Year resolution? Take it easy, study in moderation, play in moderation and do them consistently.
Oh and as the subject title says, I'm going overseas! In 9 hours I'll be on Silkair flying to Medan for my first ever humanitarian trip! Thank you all my sponsors! The Roll of honour Goes:
Siaohua
Eugene
Roland
Stella
Zhiwei
Edmund - I hope you got your dream job!
Elkan
Amos
Lynette - sorry for scaring you in China! :p
And of course, my lifesavers - Mummy and my bro - for countless giving money when I've gone down to my last dime prematurely... Ahahaha... -_-;
Oh! Also worthy of mentioning was my feat of mugging for the exams and rehearsing for Messiah at the same time! So 9am are my papers (there was one for each day, back to back) after the papers ended at 11.30, Go for lunch, then head down to Esplanade - study in the backstage lounge room, scram a bit of bite before 6.30pm rehearsal till 10pm, stagger back exhausted to home, study more till around midnight, sleep for the next day's 9am exam.
It was quite fun, but by the 3rd rehearsal I was feeling the side effects - grumpiness, spaced out, inability to focus on normal activities like walking, choosing what to eat (I just stood in front of the stall and blinked.) Oh and I nearly popped my eyes straining at the TINY notes - couldn't figure which line was that note on. Is that a sharp or a natural sign? The 3rd exam without a doubt, is the one I'm Most definitely insecure about.
So the Messiah concert on the 3rd came and went. Okay I'm being vague - it was quite a glorious feeling - playing to a packed concert hall (which I hadn't experienced since Birmingham - Orff's Carmina Burana) Best part of it? My goodness, the first rehearsal with the choir, despite the weak playing by the orchestra, sent chills down my spine. Something about hearing choruses singing 'Wonderful Counsellor' was just... ooh~ Indescribable.
So anyway, I'll be back with more stories on Sunday - Special waves to Em, Q_n and Elk_! Sorry, too lazy to reply back on the tagboard. haha
Special wave to my bro in Australia too! Don't let your managers catch you reading this!
Nov was month of slacking and mugging alternatively. Cos end of the month was exams mah. Not healthy man... it's almost like bulimia - you starve yourself, then you binge and so on and so forth. New Year resolution? Take it easy, study in moderation, play in moderation and do them consistently.
Oh and as the subject title says, I'm going overseas! In 9 hours I'll be on Silkair flying to Medan for my first ever humanitarian trip! Thank you all my sponsors! The Roll of honour Goes:
Siaohua
Eugene
Roland
Stella
Zhiwei
Edmund - I hope you got your dream job!
Elkan
Amos
Lynette - sorry for scaring you in China! :p
Cynthia
Shawn
And of course, my lifesavers - Mummy and my bro - for countless giving money when I've gone down to my last dime prematurely... Ahahaha... -_-;
Oh! Also worthy of mentioning was my feat of mugging for the exams and rehearsing for Messiah at the same time! So 9am are my papers (there was one for each day, back to back) after the papers ended at 11.30, Go for lunch, then head down to Esplanade - study in the backstage lounge room, scram a bit of bite before 6.30pm rehearsal till 10pm, stagger back exhausted to home, study more till around midnight, sleep for the next day's 9am exam.
It was quite fun, but by the 3rd rehearsal I was feeling the side effects - grumpiness, spaced out, inability to focus on normal activities like walking, choosing what to eat (I just stood in front of the stall and blinked.) Oh and I nearly popped my eyes straining at the TINY notes - couldn't figure which line was that note on. Is that a sharp or a natural sign? The 3rd exam without a doubt, is the one I'm Most definitely insecure about.
So the Messiah concert on the 3rd came and went. Okay I'm being vague - it was quite a glorious feeling - playing to a packed concert hall (which I hadn't experienced since Birmingham - Orff's Carmina Burana) Best part of it? My goodness, the first rehearsal with the choir, despite the weak playing by the orchestra, sent chills down my spine. Something about hearing choruses singing 'Wonderful Counsellor' was just... ooh~ Indescribable.
So anyway, I'll be back with more stories on Sunday - Special waves to Em, Q_n and Elk_! Sorry, too lazy to reply back on the tagboard. haha
Special wave to my bro in Australia too! Don't let your managers catch you reading this!
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