uneventful life

now that school's in full motion.... i dont really have anything to blog about because im such a good student hahaha :)

chinese new year is coming up and this weekend is spent spring cleaning or at least an attempt to... im going to miss the lo hey again this year.... and all the yummy food back home :( and a trip down to sarah's house... damn it
i lurve sarah's house during cny

birthday's also coming soon which is never a good thing and i find out that this year my birthday falls on the worse day of the week for me coz i have class from 8am to 10pm which basically means i cant do anything on the day itself

this is my attempt at procrastinating from studying humanities.... i have a huge test coming up but really no mood to learn about the Renaissance period :(

went out last nite with my HK programme friends to this place in santa monica and the setting was so much like Indiana Jones, food was alrite but the company was great :D

im getting a little bored of my hair.... thinking of cutting it short again heh

its HAILING!!!!!

LA is hailing!!!!

hehe
i know its not exactly snow but close enough!
roommates are predicting snow over the next few days but i personally dont think its cold enough but who knows... with global warming :D

pictures

just some pictures with swas... thou she looks like she's a little cross eyed

she was in town recently for a short short 2 weeks and she's just left.... my life's going back to boring again :(

table 8

last nite was the first time in ages that i was beyond stuffed....
went to table 8 for dinner with swas and had yummy appetizers.... 6 to be exact to be shared between 4 pple.
then it was on to the main course.... fong and i shared their specialty potterhouse steak which had to be ordered upon reservation.... it was this huge piece of cow that was half fillet mignon and half new york steak.... and oh my goodness was it good. it is so surprising how it tastes so different on the same t-bone
everyone was struggling to finish up when it was time to decide on desserts..... we were all so stuffed even 1 dessert to be shared didnt sound too fun but y not rite....
but then the next thing we knw..... 4 dishes of dessert was placed on our table! ON THE HOUSE said the waiter hahahahhaa.... oh my goodness we were so astonished we were all just silent for 2 secs before reacting!
amazingly we actually finished up 3 of the 4 hahahahhaa such gluttony
~pure bliss

im now very very slpyyyyyyyy and i still think there's some part of the huge amt of steak we had somewhere in my system

oh oh oh and patrick got a piano at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so fun!!!!! its so good to hear music at home... esp now that im just about to head off for piano lessons :)

school madness

this is only the 2nd week of school and i feel as if i've been back forever!!!

so much has happened since coming back in malibu....

1. been dragged down to downtown LA to walk during nightfall about 6 blocks in a circle for an art walk

2. a failed attempt to witness a live art show in a dodgy area in east LA

3. figuring out classes and now im working for a non-profit to create awareness about nuclear something or rather

4. out partying, well sort of anyway

5. oh oh oh shop way too much like seriously madness shopping and all the money spent within freaking 1 week!

6. find out that my resume is not what is expected here

7. im ugly with my breakout engulfing my face

8. got a piano at home!!! weeeeeeeeee a real standup yamaha!!!!

9. need more sleep......

10. eat yummy wonderful sushi.....

11. trying to figure out what i should do for my bday

just some pictures to add more colour.... need to get the rest from swas who's back for hols!!!

School's Started :(

a new year a new beginning....
welcome to 2008!!!!!!!!
i know im a little late ~oops

so its been total utter madness since the night ushering in 2008

i spent my countdown at loof hoping to catch the fireworks gina was in charge of with good friends minus gina (who was obviously at work)
this year's countdown had alot of pple missing from it but i had to make the most out of it

sinclair trying to pose for the missing darling

then it was off packing the night away before meeting for my last dinner before flying off early 2nd jan morning
after 16-18 long long hours on the plane, across the pacific ocean and stopping over at narita... i landed in LA only to catch another flight to vancouver canada and that was not all.... the next day it was off to kelowna to settle my brother in to the 2nd campus of UBC
3 days of pure shopping for stuff.... whoever said girls shop bad i think guys are too just not as obvious.

white christmas trees!

since there was really nothing much to do we played cards to kill time :)

in total.... between the 2nd - 7th I've spent at least 26 hours on the plane not counting the horrible waiting time and service in the airport.... i never believed i would say this but im so sick of travelling and planes that for now im just happy to be home, well a sort of home anyway.

i arrived back in LA after missing a flight thus missing 1 day at school and driving home really late last nite i had class starting at 8 which is my very not interesting class of humanities woopee so as of rite now my brain has switched off for another few hours till i haf 3hrs worth of int. law :p the great life of a student

continuing on my ramblings im glad to haf made the short trip home... got to see good friends again, met their spouses, eat very yummy food, spend time with family.
now that i can actually sit down and breathe for awhile im so happy and glad and appreciative towards God for giving me the people around me and the opportunity to spend time with them

wishing all an overall wonderful 2008

christmas time!

hoping all had a wonderful christmas 2007....

mine involved time spent with family esp since we've got a cousin in town and wonderful nites out with good friends
spreading the wonderful joy, love and laughter of christmas
not forgetting all the yummy food we all get to to consume

like mj says.... "party time"

hoping that new year would be just as wonderful despite the situation rite now :)
wonder what my resolution shd be.....

~to all my great friends: i love u guys tons and thks for being such joy to be with

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

santa's bakery

it all started at 10pm wednesday nite.....
the working table was being set up with wat the elves needed for a nite long of cookie baking

flour, sugar, rolling pins, cookie cutters

slowly thru the nite...
the elves themselves started to smell like walking cookies

the end result at 4am.... the time of the elves

80 COOKIES

starting again the next day at 3 till 9
it was time to start the creative juices and make the butter cookies look pretty

dressed with coloured icing, holiday hundreds and thousands and silver balls... each cookie was then individually packed and wrapped with love and care that ended with the elves having cross-eye after

and now the model elf will show how to treat the cookies

step 1

step 2

bon appetite

madness

i can finally breathe.....

its been crazy since ive been back which is great coz then at least i got over my jetlag immediately

within my first 12 hours back i rushed off to a friend's wedding :) and got to hang out with the girls again!!! yay!
it was a nite of black and silver

that nite ended at 2am with me running on 4 cups of coffee the whole time and head held up with invisible strings

after 3 hours of slp santa sent me my wish for a few hours :)

johan was here on transit for a day!!!!!! weeeeeeee utter craziness brunch at marmalade then shopping then dinner at crystal jade
my crabmeat linguine and shrimp dumplings off my list of cravings
after it was off to the airport and then to dempseys for tea :) that place has changed so much and with so many new places that opened up there its now much more interesting.
wishing i could show u these new places

so that was saturday and sunday
monday i finally got to take a break from all this madness and met up with the girls in the evening for dinner at boon tong kee and then it was off to deserts at desert at 2am holland village....
it was yummy!!! but not cheap!

pre-flight

i freaked out
im not as strong as u think i am
i wish i could haf talked to u before boarding and leaving for the other part of the world

a shooting star

in just a few days im heading home!!!!
its a wonderful feeling and i havent packed yet ~oops
so many new places to check out
and definately a visit or 2 to the gym is called for
so many plans have been set
especially one of a day just stuffing my face with great friends all over the tiny island
2 finals down and one more to go thou i dont feel the urgency of it which is bad
this year will end with a good note
ive had a wonderful semester with all my friends back at pepp after all their different semesters abroad
and over the past weekend all ive done is stuffed myself silly with all the wonderful food LA has to offer with fantastic company and the weekend ended with a shooting star sighting!
so many laughters and gossiping sessions
im grateful for all the wonderful friends ive got
thank you all for making my life as colourful and amazing as it can be

gina
sarah
johan
delia
andrea
aja
nicole
~not forgetting b

pris is a really happy girl today

finals stress

some evenings i wish i have those professional cameras to capture the sunset. the picture above really doesnt do it justice and its on those days when im able to walk out of class after a long day and see that sight and its just blows my mind. its days like those that im actually grateful to be in pepperdine. its just one of those beautiful things in life that no matter how many times u see it, it'll still be as great as the time before

time flies so quickly before i knw it this semester is soon to be over and i'll be back soon enuf! but before im going to haf to survive finals.... been procrastinating all day today which is bad coz i haf 2 huge papers on monday :p
blogging is my last restort to put off studying

before we all would be leaving our own way for christmas my good friends and i met up for dinner :)



and that was aja drinking sake with a straw :)