iCaramba!

breathing out.............

school's finally over!!!!! no more projects.... no more classes
though the only thing left are the finals heh
but watever.... for now im just going to breathe a sigh of relief

with only 3 hours of slp last nite rushing to get my 15 page paper done and 2 shots of expresso.... i find out that I FINALLY HAVE HOUSING!!!!!!!!!

today's a really good day.... well to an extent it is anyway. i no longer have to worry about housing when i get back to pepperdine coz my friends haf found me housing off campus.... i dont really knw where yet or how it looks like but its a 5 bedroom house and ive got 2 really good friends im moving in with so im really happy! wooopeeeeee!!!!
note to those who want to visit: you better visit now while i have a cool house to stay in! a house NOT an apartment!!!!!! yay!

on a sadder note..... delia's leaving in a few hours..... this semester has passed so fast and its the end already. i dont knw when i'll be able to see her again and im going to miss her sooooo much. she's been a wonderful friend to me, and thru this trip we've gotten closer.
to this darlin: take lots of care of urself! u will be in my prayers and i cant wait to see u again soon whereever that might be... thanks so much for being such a great friend and making hk enjoyable and fun. cheers to all the time we spent gossiping and laughing :)

some pics taken at dinner at iCaramba! a mexican restaurant at soho as a farewell to delia

the whole group of us

i haf a 15 page paper to write......
more stats homework......
commitments i haf made for tmr.......
something i haf to get for someone but i haf no idea wat.............
and dinner out tonite........

:(

oops

alrite to set things straight......

I DO NOT THINK that EVERYONE involved in the previous entry are like i said they were and im sorry.
it was a sweeping statement and to the anonymous commentor im really sorry if i haf offended u.
i think some of the people there are really good people and worth keeping as friends but the majority of them i personally find superficial and that's only what i think that's y this is MY blog and i was just feeling frustrated and thus the sweeping statement... so there's no need for people to get personal.
if i really did think everyone was that bad a person, i wldnt even bother to keep in touch with some of them especially now that i'm overseas

changes

talked to a friend recently... and i havent seen him for a few mths
he has changed.
ive always had an issue with him trying too hard to prove that he's cool enuf for the others arnd him and before at least he kept it to a minimum, but now it has become who he is...
i dont care. i knw him too well, knw his little secrets, just because we no longer see each other all the time doesnt mean that u have something to prove to me. or to anyone else especially friends u've grown up with.
i try to make it a point to talk to friends that mean something more to me and since being in hk i have actually talked to him once a week? once in 2 weeks? but the amt of change the minute he goes thru once put in the far east grp is too much. he thinks he has something to prove to them... but for what? they are all superficial people afterall... they are not ur real friends pls dont drive the ones who dont judge away. these are the friends that u need to treasure and not piss off by acting, putting up a front.
so what if u're study smart? be proud of it.... dont push it aside by trying so hard to be part of this group that thinks its so cool to date girls half their age, wear bathing ape and other street cult brands... cant u see its all a waste?
we din work out but there's no need to keep telling me that this girl want u or that girl want u.... i'll be whole heartedly happy for u if u find the one right for u. there's no need to act like such a tough guy
im sad to hear the changes in you. and this is me not even being able to physically see it for myself but only thru the phone. i hope u will snap out of this soon or u'll loose the ones who truely care for u.
i hate being the one telling u to chill with the acting, but i guess that's wat friends do rite? but to what extent?

~i was really hoping to transfer to ur school. on one hand is coz its a better school but both ur friendships were also a big pull factor but now i find myself hesitating. one changed so much, the other swears that we'll be friends but what is ur definition of friendship? cutting off all forms of communication for mths?

(once involved does that mean u're under a ex-es list but not under a friend? is it really not possible to be normal friends after the past? will there always be a rift between?)

whoever said females are so complicated shd take a look at the male species

lifesavers

in the dreariness of it all......
these SAVE me......
i knw they're unhealthy but i really dont think sitting down for such long periods doing stats homework is healthy too

this one i blame daniel for getting me hooked on it!

nicole jus got back frm manila and she was really nice to get me 4 small packs.... yummy

im going to grow sooooooo FAT from all these snacks.... Pris is going to become a big round ball

~its only monday but i yearn for the weekend already...... :(

utter randomness

its the weekend again!

went to the docs again today.... need to kick this cough away once and for all coz its come back again since coming back here to hk

gina's coming soon!!!!!! i can hardly WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we're going to haf so much fun and its so nice to have her here.... if only time could fly just a little faster.... but then again when gina does come, its going to be finals so its a no win situation haha

i miss
sarah gina and johan
a hug from brad and old fart
the comfortability of all the guys arnd me

my last trip back home has made me want to go back soon again but this trip will be different... gina wont be arnd. and this trip back will only be 2 weeks long before i haf to head back to la *sigh.... i want to stay longer... spend more time with my brothers and my friends... in other words haf fun over starting studying again haha. cant wait to see matt again.... he's one friend that even though we haf little in common, there's a sense of comfortability of being arnd him that makes me stick arnd... maybe its his enthusiasm for life that's so hard to find, no judgment passed, the uniqueness of matt... its all so attractive

i hate stats..... im having such a hard time understanding the subject.... did so badly for my last test its depressing..... was hoping to get really good gpa this semester but jus coz this one subject its going to muck the whole thing up

weather for today: cats and dogs with thunder

rain rain go away come again another day............

since i was so smart to think that its no longer going to rain here in hongkong, i left my wellies back in singapore and the moment i do that, God decides to be cheeky and let it pour here!

i love the smell of rain and the cool weather that comes with rain but i hate the wetness! my shoes get ruin and feet soaked thru.......

but other than that this weekend ended rather well. went to ruth chris' steak house on Sunday for Mike's bday and had my first good steak in the longest time.... gina.... we were suppose to go to Morton's for the wagyu steak sandwiches!

everyone dressed up for dinner and we were the youngest around the restaurant! haha the US beef was good but i felt that it was served with a tad bit too much butter. some places that ive had the perfect steak would be lawrys and boa... but this was a good dinner. dessert was delicious too heh

haha the very satisfied mike........

have nothing much planned for this week as its back to school and the books.... one more final project to complete before finals come.... blah
its crazy how this semester is ending already. time flies so fast.... sometimes i find myself wanting it to end much faster but its times like this when im having fun with the friends ive made here that i dont want it to end jus yet. all these people that ive met here in hk.... we're all going our seperate ways after this semester and i dont knw when the next time we're meeting again

it was absolute mayhem

ever go clubbing with ur laptop?

its a pain in the ass! haha i had to bring my laptop along last nite coz nicole and i were due to register for our classes yesterday nite at 1130 rite smack in the middle of the launch party. spent a whole hr in the lobby of the hotel of where the club tribeca was located trying to get my essential classes. and i was only able to get 3 out of the 5...... crossing my fingers that i will be able to get the rest that i want.

last nite was CRAZY!!!!!!!! after the last blog entry, a group of us headed down to tribeca for the launch of juice magazine and it was soooooooooo crowded! as most of u already knw im not a fan of waiting and crowds. but by the time we got there we were not able to get in immediately coz the fashion show was still on and they werent allowing pple in. so it was waiting outside time and we had to wait a whole hr! argh.... it was bad coz i had refused to line up as usual and started this whole new crowd rite in front of the bouncer coz i was on the guestlist. so after.... everyone else started to stand where i stood saying that they too were on the guestlist. it was MADNESS

but there were some really pretty pple arnd....

the best part of it was when i had finished my registration and got upstairs again when they were serving my vodka jelly!!!! hahaha....... it actually came out ok and everyone liked it! this girl was licking the cup clean! and i started talking to her.... "oh u really like the jelly?"

"yes its soooo good, not very alcoholic but yummy"

hahahahaha if only they knew...................................................

the nite ended pretty boring.... agreed that the djs were good but it wasnt a really fun party... the guys were all drunk by the time we decided to leave at arnd 1. instead of heading off again to somewhere else, the girls and i decided to come back to the dorms and call it a nite. but it wasnt without some fun.... delia found a vending machine that had 2 packets of food stuck and so delia and nikki started shaking it 360 to try and get it out! haha and the best part was that none of us had actually paid for the food! so we spent at least half an hour making a fool of ourselves laughing and working the machine in attempt to get the 2 boxes of food out in vain. (if only i knew how to upload videos i would show this craziness!) :)

so today was set aside in vain..... im officially not in a good mood. it was one of my better friend's bday today and i had set it aside to spend it with him upon his request. and the next thing i knw he plays me out for the whole day! guys suck.... they can never ever keep their promises! freak they're so unreliable and i keep thinking that they will keep their promises but i guess not.... sigh

happy belated my dear

gina's officially 21!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

happy birthday my dear.... sorry im a day late haha but its only a blog entry and im sure u're having too much fun in phuket to log on and blame me

its been soooooo busy since getting back from spore...... wont haf a breather for a while. im only finding time now in between engagements to take a rest before the drowiness of my cough syrup hits me :p those things are strong! within 3 days of coming back ive done a presentation which the rest of my grp mates haf to take credit for coz i din do anything. love lots to them... thks guys for covering for me :) went thru the most horrible stats test EVER... it was bad bad bad. think that's the one subject that will affect my gpa and its so stupid! argh. its not like i dont study.... freak blah urgh. and today got up to go to tribecca, the club where tonite's event is going to be held to see what i can do to help with cecile. and oh my goodness.... we both were made to make vodka jelly and im really crossing my fingers that no one will haf food/jelly poisoning coz seriously the kitchen was DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!! yikes it was sooooooo DIRTY and ylucky and ewwwww seriously its sending chills down my back just thinking abt it. and cecile and i had to make do with wat little they had to make the jellies. and its the first time ive ever been to a kitchen where there's no dish washing detergent in sight!

so more abt the party later.... im off to rest... the slp has kicked in

the most WONDERFUL weekend

it was
GINA'S 21st BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!

it was one crazy weekend that i had....... flew back home for an amazing 4 days of non-stop partying and just hanging out with friends. im totally exhausted but feel rejuvenated by meeting all my friends. it feels so good and safe and comfortable to be back... getting hugs from all my guy friends. this trip to hk really made me appreciate things back home so much more especially my friends. i'll be really sad when everyone is done with ns and head off to different parts of the world to continue their education. and its already starting.... brad's heading back to arizona so the next time i go home he wont be there :( BUT i get to see him in az! im looking forward to seeing him back in his comfort zone.... its going to be another good trip and hopefully it'll be soon

this trip back was meant to be a surprise for miss gina but she was smart enuf not to fall for my bogey blog entry 2 entries ago... haha so it wasnt much of a surprise for her when i showed up for dinner :p and this was on friday nite. after we girls did wat we do.... watch dim sum dollies! it was a really good musical and dave tan was the evil flower which was really funny!

sat was spent getting ready for the party of the year! it was pouring the whole day! wet wet wet. but nonetheless us girls got our nails done... hair and makeup all taken care of. sarah and gina looked gorgeous as usual. had a good mediterranean food before heading off to level 72! tt's when the nite started and ended with me making an embarrasement of myself infront of everyone................

sunday was spent with my darling brothers. they've all changed so much since i last saw them - its really not so easy for me to send them into camp when all i want to do with them is spend more time with them talking to them and irritating them (one of the perks of being the only sister) :) cant wait to see them when i go back in christmas

here was what i did over this past weekend:

FRIDAY

• met up with rah rah and shopped for gina's present while doing some quick shopping heh
  
• went over to canele's to pick up present part 2..... a polkadot chocolate box to put the tiff&co. box in... pang is really an amazing pastry chef



• had SUSHI!!!!!!!! yummy met gina here haha... it was such a hassle to fig out a way for my entrance only to find out that she was expecting me.... but yummy sushi nonetheless
  
• watched little shop of horrors by the wonderful dim sum dollies. we havent watched this without each other yet. heh...


• headed off to zouk and butter factory with sarah. gina wanted to rest in preparation for the next day so it was only the 2 of us along with my friends frm the us in town with me. met up with kah sian in zouk and he was nice enuf to buy drinks for sarah and i :) ks and i ended up with an agreement that while he's earning more than me... he'll take care of me and vice versa once i earn more than him haha. ohhhhhhhhh i had a wonderful supper at boon tong kee.... yummy chicken rice and fried beancurd. the nite ended at arnd 5? when ks was falling aslp while hanging out at home
  

SATURDAY

• brought stuey, nicole, delia, sanji to banana leaf to haf yummy indian food. only thing was that it started to pour cats and dogs when we were done with lunch
  
• went for my first pedi and mani in the longest at hv


• got ready for dinner


• went to esmiralda in chijmes for yummy mediterranean food and good dessert too


• headed over to level 72 to start the partying!

the menu for the nite: lycheetinissss & champange

damage: 10 BOTTLES OF VODKA = 250 LYCHEETINISSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11 BOTTLES OF MOET

SUNDAY

• recover from the nite before which i seriously dont even remember wat time it ended. thankfully i had stuey arnd to drive me home.


• checked out zouk flea market with sarah


• had a little tea with my neighbour, cece pat. i havent seen her in at least 10 years and she was back coincidentally the same weekend as me! it was crazy to see her so different from wat i remembered her to be
  
• spent the evening spending time with aaron and ivan, sending them to different ends of spore to their respective camps



• drove arnd to show the hk pple one last time
  
• met jon, dre and oldfart at alamin
  

MONDAY

• doctors - for him to put me on a ton of antibiotic blah
  
• got my eyebrows threaded - i finally feel like a lady again
  
• golf! 2 full hours of it
  
• walked over to alvin's new shop to say hi to him and earn
  
• hung out at alley's with sarah and gina and johan with the best lychee margharita made by the one and only ashlee
  
• went over to brad's once he got up frm his slumber..... jus to say hi to him and get a huge hug before he heads off to az and i wont be able to see him for at least another 3 mths :(

all the partying, meeting up with friends and eating was all squshed into 4 days! its crazy where my weekend has gone and im back here in hk not ready to start classes again. sigh its back to reality for me and its not nice... all the studying and school stuff. sniff

love lots to gina who threw an amazing party!
rah rah and johan for being there with me all the time.... i already miss u guys!
the amazing guys - jon, dre, brad, oldfart and chai for giving me the huge hugs i love so much

good luck sarah for ur finals! its back to the books for both of us :p
~gina.... have fun in phuket! u deserve it!

words cant describe the fun i had this weekend :) it feels like such a dreamm..........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XOXOXO

walking flu case

sniff sniff cough cough.............
blah

im soooooo sick! down with a horrible flu.... havent been able to get a good nite's slp in wat seems like ages. my poor roommate has to put up with me coughing in the middle of the nite

sniff sniff cough cough.............

~i want to be sayanged :(

cancellation of countdown

well there goes all my plans again.................
the countdown to my next big adventure was suppose to be done over this weekend but everything just isnt working out early this morning. blah

over the last 3 weekends everyone has been leaving for beijing... and since i dont really want to go again i decided to stay in. THEN cecile suggested that a group of us girls leave for macau for the weekend. it was going to be soooo fun.... 6 girls in macau? i was really looking forward to a weekend out of here. then everything started falling apart......................
1. i wasnt able to get my tickets until dad sent me money rite.... so now only the expensive ones and available.............. so i was thinking abt it
2. stats test got pushed back by a week.... so instead of mugging over this weekend tt passed i haf to mug over this coming weekend
3. last of all cecile has family stuff she HAS to do this weekend so no more trip :(

blah crap blah

need to read for stats now
:(

well i guess now i can study for stats over the weekend

hmewrk post AGAIN

im doing this before i forget........ im suppose to discuss - education in general

just thinking back on conversations with friends i have made here about their background.... in general everyone's gone thru their own hard times to get to uni. whether it is abt going against their parents thinking that uni is a waste of time or just money issues. but one thing that alot of the europeans do before entering uni is to work. and the best part is that they go to a neighbouring country to work and enjoy life for at least half a year. having done this route too by taking a year off to travel and work... i really dont regret it one bit. it was really interesting and i had fun for the most part at least. but i had worries that i would not be able to get into the groove of studying again after that break.

for most of the europeans... graduation means working. whether it is working back in their own countries or the neighbouring ones. all of them would aim for getting the highest paid job. even though most of them are reluctant to work elsewhere due to various reasons... they are willing to migrate just to be able to get better pay.
for the chinese on the other hand even thou majority of the girls are more independent now. they do consider marriage as one of their options after graduation.

rocker chick

countdown to next adventure: 5 days

tonite i helped cecile out to gif out flyers at lan kwai fong for the launch party of juice magazine. officially ive gone out every possible nite this week! tues for halloween, thursday - ladies nite, friday- to be with a friend to check out guys, and now sat - giving out flyers... and seriously i haf no clue how some pple are able to go out every nite to party coz im officially EXHAUSTED.

this weekend was roommate weekend. we spent the whole day today hanging out. since cecile wanted to head to mong kok to get some stuff to wear for tonite i decided to accompany her there and take a look arnd too. i ended up buying pink hoop earrings and pink and black stripped long socks! haha all in the fun of tonite. you see, our tshirts for juice is in the colour of black with pink words and we thot it would be funny for me to wear such high socks for the first time in my life and the results...... it was hilarious! thankfully i was able to wear my converse with the outfit and could do all the walking in lkf without much problem. getting to lkf was a trip on its own... i felt as if i was dressing up for halloween again as i NEVER dress like a rocker chick out. the hot pink and black socks definately drew alot of attention! haha im think im getting use to the crazy socks.... might even start liking them :p

looking at the photos.... i actually think that i can pull the look off thou... what do u think?

to my amazing crazy roommate - love u tons
im really lucky to haf her arnd to keep me sane and take me out to yummy curry bread bowl dinners. we're so similar and im so happy that i haf her as the very first person i had to share a room with, a very small room nonetheless. lucky thing is that she's alot nicer than me :)

kebabs at 330am

countdown to my next adventure: 7 days

weather here in hk is getting chillier.... the wind is blowing stronger and i wore jeans for the first time since getting here! its such a nice perfect weather coz its not so hot and humid as before and neither is it winter cold... its just nice

i realised that ive been really slacking here in hk.... i havent gotten my eyebrows threaded since singapore and myself waxed since then too! i feel soooooooo ugly............. and my skin! holy shit its REALLY really HORRIBLE i dont remember the last time i had such bad breakouts. its like puberty all over again just worse. for once my concealers are actually being used which is BAD freak! i wont be surprised my dermatologist making go on antibiotics again to get rid of all the pimples on my face! ewwwwwwww maybe tt's y no one's interested in me here haha.... bad bad bad :(
i feel UGLY

but anyway today was good.... finally picked up my new ck pants. i still haf some problems with it but its an incentive to loose wt haha... we'll see how that goes. after a long stats class which ended my week in school... i was ready for a nice slow nite in with mr richard branson. this is my 2nd time reading his autobiography but its the latest edition so there's suppose to be new materials included. BUT poor cecile had an arguement with her bf which ended up with me getting dressed to look pretty at 10 pm.

mission for the nite: dance dance dance

while everyone else went off to a salsa club in wan chai, cecile and i opted to go to lkf for some serious dancing. since thurs are ladies nite.... we decided to club hop the nite away. unfortunately, lkf is such a hilly place and with heels... its really gruesome haha but we had soo much fun just the 2 of us. for the most part, the djs were really good playing good songs so our mission was accomplished. unfortunately, the serious lack of good looking guys were and are a pain. :p

all of this ended with yummy kebabs consumed way too late that im sure my diet just went out the window yet again. these yummy kebabs can be found in lkf and is a good reason to go clubbing there haha. after all the dancing, elbowing guys away from us and conquering the hills of the area, i decided that the kebabs would be a good reward for a good nite's workout heh. the diet can always start tmr rite

anyway good nite everyone... wishing all a wonderful weekend ahead!!!!!!! muack

halloween hk style!

THE place to be on Oct 31st is Lan Kwai Fong....... its pure madness!!!! people upon people.... police..... barricades.... and more people!

it took my friends and i a whole hour and a little more to work through the crowds.... and this is us squeezing our way through everyone else coz it was predicted a 2 hr long wait before being able to enter into the street of lkf! madness..... thankfully i was warned the day before to expect to walk a really detoured route thus the shoe of choice: flats..... but i was really not expecting the crowds!!!! it was crazy! sooooo many people.... some in really good costumes too

STAR OF THE NIGHT: stuey! he was dressed as a fairy princess on rollars

he was such an attraction that the rest of us had to be his manager/bodyguard... dragging him away from the crowds who had formed around him wanting to take pics and keep him away from guys who thot it was funny to poke him

the nite started out pretty chilled after working thru the crowds with nicole, delia, andrea, christine, tariq, stuey and i hanging arnd to check out the other costumes but then it got a little boring and frustrating with all the crowds. so after a yummy kebab sandwich.... we spilt up. christine and i stayed back to meet up with karen while the others headed off to a different part of hk. thankfully i choose to stay back coz the girls and i decided to meet up with ryan and the italians at dragon-i and the party really started there! it was sooooooo fun! the guys were all dressed up in their jackets i felt so under-dressed but i was in my witch costume so who cares.
this club came as a recommendation by my dear aaron and as expected it was packed full of pretty people, crowds that im more used to. and it was such a relief to be there. first club no 9 and now dragon-i im really starting to have fun! as much as the pepp girls and i enjoy ourselves when we go to other places.... i have started to miss this scene quite a bit. im not sure how they're going to take to spore clubbing.....
but back to dragon-i.... karen and christine had to leave early while i stayed on with the guys to hang arnd the cushy chairs outside and spent time convincing the italians i was in fact singaporean not american like ryan says i am! haha.... the more i hang out with the europeans... the more i want to try and get an internship in london this summer and make aaron take me in (this is heads up for u my dear) and travel to see all these new friends ive made here in hk. it'll be fun to see them in their own homeland showing me all the local places. crossing my fingers it'll happen heh. europeans make the sweetest guys arnd!

but as all nites haf to end.... my smashing halloween had to end too. unfortunately or fortunately it ended a little too late that i cldnt make it to this morning's class haha.
a witch with a hot french maid and pretty gypsy

VIVA ITALIA and to many more nites like this one

please say hi! :)

haha hello mery! i din knw u read my blog!!

im just going to say hi to all my friends, those that i knw who are actually bothering to read my rubbish......
-sarah
-gina
-johan
-mery
-brad
-matt
-aaron
-daniel?
......... and to those friends that haf somehow found this without me telling u abt it :)

*miss all of u tons

~haha i love notes left on my comment portions coz i never knw who's reading my ramblings

day to honour the hiking god

not that mondays off has anything to do with me coz i usually haf mondays off... but it was a public holiday here in hk. got up and spent all afternoon sitting my ass down work on stats and it was extremely frustrating! freak.... i really dont knw what's going on with the subject blah

but as always i had something to look forward to.... met up with karen and christine.... and today's mission: find costumes for halloween!

its a little last min i knw but we did manage to get some really cute stuff.... hopefully it'll all come together tmr. and goodness its sooooooo cheap here! im jus going to plan ahead and buy wigs here for next year! afterall they're going for 100 hk? its soooooo cheap!

after... the dear girls brought me to their local shopping and oh my goodness it's crazy! bangkok mbk all over! and for the first time in the longest time haf i done some thrifty shopping! in all... i spent 500 hk tonite and bought a ton of stuff! these included my costume.... an oversize sweater... a belt.... shoes.... tights and a hat! i manage to buy a whole outfit and extras for 500hk! haha arent all my gfs proud of me.... haha wonder if it'll last more this trip coz rite now im officially BROKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no more $$$$$$$$$$

sarah and gina will like this place.... haha gina when u come i'll bring u there! u'll love it

cheap cheap shopping :p

my body clock is officially screwed up.... sigh.... its 230am now and im not even tt slpy. i dont even take naps to make me stay up. i hate it.... i hate all the issues i haf with certain people but jus cant say anything to them. its the friends that u're seemingly close to that u cant really say anything to them in case u'll offend them or something. and sometimes friendship jus ends up in that particular stage where everything's awkward and no one wants to take the first step, either that or im tired of making the 1st move and seem whinning and clingy when all i want is just for everyone to be happy and not loose contact so easily. i know that friendships are hard to maintain with all the distance with everyone all over the world but that just means that more effort needs to be put into it. and while we are still capable of it y not? good friends are really hard to come by, friends that you can talk to, click with and do the same things as u. trust me im learning it the hard way this trip and maybe tts y im being more sentimental. its not hard for me to make friends if i want to and ive made tons here in hk... but there's only those few that i feel the need to keep very close coz all of u mean so much to me. and u guys i can count with both my hands only so pls dont take it the wrong way when im bugging u to see if u're alive.

its not easy to sit on my bum waiting for u to contact me coz ive decided that this is the extent to which im going try before i turn annoying.

y must all things be so complicated once getting to this stage in life?

food glorious food

bernard was over this weekend and as expected... it was another weekend of wonderful food. it started out with spoon on friday nite. 8 course dinner with 3 glasses wine pairing.

lobster jelly with cream of butter lettuce and French caviar

Foie gras tasting, terrine/steamed and custard

Creamy chestnut soup with fennel, black truffle and caramelized chestnuts

Grantinated macaroni with fresh porcini mushroom, Parma ham and arugula

Pan seared scallops "a la Mariniere" creamy potato

Tajine with lamb tenderloin and autumn vegetables, spicy/citrus sauce

Orange/Grand Marnier finger, vanilla milk shake

Crispy chocolate and raspberry, raspberry sorbet

the menu was made from ingredients that im not particularly crazy abt... like the mushrooms and foie gras... i normally wouldn't haf eaten the whole dish finish if there were these stuff in them but they were really good. the foie gras especially was very nicely made... i think its the first time ive ever eaten finish a whole course of foie gras and still nibbled off bernard's plate. haha he's so conscious of cholesterol that he only took the sides of the delicious foie gras. sigh the "perks" of being a doctor haha. the lobster jelly was really interesting... first time ive ever tried something like that. the scallops were very well cooked not over done.

spoon is located in the inter-con hotel in TST and offered amazing view of the hk habour. compared to iggy's back in spore... spoon's alot bigger so its not as quaint and somehow i wasnt too impressed with the food. dont get me wrong its really good but iggy's was mindblowing kind of good. the wine pairing was a dissappointment too... i only liked one glass out of the 3. iggy's on the other hand had a fantastic selection thou i haf to admit that i got pretty drunk that nite with a glass for every course haha

not to forget... dinner ended with chilli choc and hazelnut cakes... the choc was really good... so smooth on the inside and the spice of the chilli was only as an after taste... very unique

so that was friday nite.....

now on to sat nite.... unfortunately i din take any pics but we had dinner at the shi-shi aqua roma/tokyo. got to see the light show finally and i wasnt too impressed? haha but at least now i can say ive seen the light show of hk :p the food was pretty good. i had a wonderful plate of baked pasta and for dessert their wonderful icecreams... the breadsticks there were really good too. oh and their tiramisu... oh my goodness... bernard ordered that and it was amazing! so light and fluffy best ever.....

haha i sound and feel like such a glutton!

for the last meal with my dear friend before he heads back to spore... we headed to tai po today and had another wonderful meal.... this time italian..... oh my... its in the middle of nowhere but it had really good and cheap and thin pizzas..... sooooooo yummy! the trip up takes abt half an hour but i think its totally worth it. after lunch bernard, gwen (bernard's friend from spore whom stays in tai po for work and introduced me to this place) and i took a walk thru the markets and checked out all the fruits... haha. tai po really reminds me of toa payoh back home... so local and simple haha somewhere i kinda feel out of place but nice to walk arnd nonetheless. wonder if i can go back there again soon....

it was sooooo good of bernard to take me out to all these places. i havent had a good sit down french meal in such a long time and this did not dissappoint me one bit. haha bernard... over for only a weekend and i think i blew a huge hole in his wallet! haha.... oh well heh my sugar daddy for yummy meals

and now its back to dieting in anticipation of the next good food period whenever that might be :)

club no *9

TURNING CAT WALKS TO DANCE FLOORS IS OUR THING

to end off this tiring week.... most of the pepp pple decided to check out the great wall and shanghai but for the rest who stayed behind.... we decided to party hard in central on thurs nite and boy was it fun!

it all started out with cecile.... my wonderful roommate.... we decided to try this club on top a building in central. it was a pretty cool club... one of the best ive seen so far in hk. the people there at least looked decent to pretty with an outdoor balcony that offered central's skyline. it was pretty boring till cecile's interior decorator friend showed up. louis was basically our sugar daddy of the nite and took care of us the whole nite. haha im such a spoilt girl.... missing a sugar daddy at clubs so it was wonderful to haf louis around. haha

there was a fashion show planned so while the girls and i were waiting arnd for it to start... some of the photographers decided that these 4 girls were crazy enuf to be taking pictures of so they decided to take pics of us instead! haha goodness... wonder which mag they work for

while the show was going on, cecile and i were out on a mission to take photos with/of people in the club. thing is... cecile works for juice mag and the pics were for the portion at the back... it was sooooo fun jus approaching total strangers and asking if we can take pics of them. lets just say both of us got quite a few offers and it was hilarious! it was a good ego boost coz i was feeling really ugly that nite.....

after all the work we got done, cecile and i found nicole, delia and the newly arrived stuey and sangi dancing! the music of the club was GREAT... dj did a good job of selecting songs BUT the problem with club no 9 was that they din haf a dance floor.... so the girls were soooo creative and used the elevated cat walk as our dance floor! hahahah it was such a fun nite.... no one else joined us up on the stage so we crazy foreigners were left to dance the nite away in full view of everyone else

my roommate rocks :) thks to her i had a wonderful time clubbing

cecile and i
louis, the sugar daddy
nicole, sangi, stuey, deliasangi enjoying himself with all the girls around him
haha cecile and i hard at work taking pic with random pplemy favourite guys here
this is my favourite pic of the nite :)

~now ive got sore eyes for not being phsically able to remove makeup from this nite once getting back to my room