and after the fire......

sorry for the bad quality of pictures but ive been too lazy to bring my camera to school so all these were taken with my phone's cam thus the horrible result

but as u can obviously tell..... the brown parts are where the fire reached and etc

i love the first pic where the fire totally missed the grass and the cross!

its just been crazy coming back to school with all this mess around that its depressing to an extent.... cant imagine how its like down at san diego. but my wonderful school was so thotful that they did not even bother evacuating the students even thou the flames were already licking the buildings! utter madness.......

well now life has settled.... was hoping for a weekend at napa this weekend but my friends are too lazy to drive up so i'll just spend it with them instead in downtown :) need to start shopping for christmas prezzies coz it'll take me forever to get off my arse to do it so hopefully if i plan now.... i'll eventually get arnd to doing so :D

a mth and a little more and it'll be back to home again! time passes way too quickly

~missing my past weekend already

cali's on fire!!

santa ana winds
wind howling non stop
air is thick with smoke
sky is grey in colour
outside, car alarms go off due to the strong winds
a nice warm cuddle is missed at this sometimes scary moment
school remains closed
friends camping out at my place while schools is being evacuated
at home attempting to study
but
spend time cooking too much every time
fridge is now filled with leftovers enuf to feed an army!
shopping at nearby factory outlet :)
looking forward to another wonderful weekend coming up soon

hope the fire still continues so that school remains closed! heh

fire!

its been one hella crazy weekend!

did so much driving thks to having my mother in town.... then last nite i cldnt slp coz the santa ana winds were in town and it kept howling outside my window causing my car's alarm to go off at least twice!
and this morning i woke up to friends in my house coz they've been evacuated from school! hehe no school tmr!!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
what happened was that telephone lines fell in the canyon next to school and started a huge fire! the church rite across from our school has been burnt down to bits
and coz of the crazy wind..... the fire even spread out to other parts of mid cali.

even up till now there's 0% containment and its already 10pm so hopefully school remains closed for awhile :D

its now all smokey outside with the air covered with smoke and we're even running the aircondition to ventilate the air in the house :)

haha and like my friend said its becoming an annual thing these bush fires :D

dessert cravings

i just read that my favourite dessert place back home is having a macaroon fest!!!!

JOHAN! both of us shd be there rite now!!!!

they are having all kinds of different macaroons and even serving macaroon high tea! and the box is sooooo cute! sigh i want to be home rite now............ will it be crazy for someone to send some to me here? im deprived of good desserts here :( haha i just thot of someone who's coming up soon but too bad he's not coming straight to LA......

i want macaroon..........

family weekend madness

it was my grandmother's 80th bday this weekend and like all indo family gatherings it was full of politics and drama sheesh....
and im exhausted! back to sanity now with 4 bruises and a cough and a little runny nose :p

dinner was held at the local library.....

the girls.....

the cute little girl is our niece!

the cousins that were present

the whole family minus about 20 others that cldnt make it

:)

a little singapore thingy

THE REPEAL OF SINGAPORE PENAL CODE SECTION 377A, which allows for the prosecution of any male who commits an act of 'gross indecency' with another male

oktoberfest

happy oktoberfest to one and all!

i knw im a little late but better late then never rite? heh

hope everyone got their fill of beer coz i didnt... if it wasnt for sarah who mentioned it the other day i wldnt haf even realised that it is the beer season... life here is so boring.... how sad.

sooooooooooo i've just ended a dreadful week of madness in school but starting a weekend of lots and lots and lots and lots of family....... starting exactly a week ago i had 1 midterm, monday i had a paper due for history, lit on tues and today was quant and international marketing.... my brain is officially kaputs! but im glad with my results so far.... got my first paper back already and i did pretty well so crossing my fingers its a good omen for the rest :D
this weekend will not be relaxing..... as much as im looking forward to spending time with my cousins all in one place.... i haf to say im way too exhausted to feel the excitment. sigh. if only it was a different weekend.

i need a break.... a nice little one somewhere with him

just a little more it'll be the end of the month, then it'll be thanksgiving then it'll be time to go home! and its christmas again!!! can u imagine? time passes so quickly :) but rite now i wish it was going just a little faster....... im getting a little impatient

exhaustion....................

discovery while grocery shopping

i just got back from the supermarket and guess wat i saw.......

i HAD to take a picture of it.....
hahaha
can anyone guess wat it is?!?!

its RAMBUTANS!!!!!!!

and no my photo is not dark or anything.... that's wat they looked like all dark dark brown and shrivelled and small! hahaha

~its the middle of the semester and im loosing steam.... no mood to really study or do anything really.... all i want to do is curl up in my bed and read or sew more bears (and i just purchased a new bear book online so hopefully it'll turn out useful) or go on a holiday... and this is coming at the worse time of the semester too.... having midterms within the next 2 weeks and after alot of random presentations and essays due etc...... and it sucks not having certain persons arnd to make it better.... not having pple to go and martinis with :p im in need of a nice good strng drink desperately

~are relationships worth it?
sometimes i just dont think they are..... its really nice while u're with that person, and hearing things like they'll be there for u no matter what. so doesnt that include even after the relationship? i mean i dont need my exes to be there but where's the normal civility? y the need to spread untruths or even details of the relationship to others or even oversensitivity? sigh.... maybe i shd just stop trying to be friends with my exes. i personally find it sad that after all that time being with the person and to stop all contact coz it didnt work out, but i guess thats life

just a little more and i'll be off on my little break :)

star sighting

for those who know me.... do u think i resemble rachel mcadams?

in case u dont know who she is.... this is her

she was in movies like the notebook, wedding crashers

hilarious dont u think? anyway the only reason y im even blogging about this is that
1. im procrastinating about my homework and trying to put it off till as late as possible
2. i felt like blogging and wanted pictures
3. 2 different people have told me recently that while watching wedding crashers they thot she reminded them of me! hahahaha

anyway i tried making my aunt's quiche today and it turned out bad.... not horrible but still edible but still not good. might have been bcoz i added a little too much flour or egg.... it now just taste like a dry pie hahaha very long way from a quiche but i'll try again another time

in priscilla's style, i went shopping yesterday with a good friend of mine that's leaving way too soon :( my fridays now are going to be sooooo boring.... had to look for a blue dress for my grandma's bday thingy and i've decided not to bother anymore coz im spending too much money on everything else but the damn dress hahaha maybe i'll be able to get away with linen pants and a nice blue top heh oops but well no more shopping for me for a long long long long long time..... or until my mom comes hahaha

~i want to go to napa valley and eat and drink wine :) wonder who i shd go with........

bear lovin

haha introducing my brand new addition to my bear collection! and i made it from scratch too!!! proud of me? heh
my dear friend swasti is leaving in a week so i decided to spend friday with her.... we both had the most wonderful sushi lunch at beverly hills before walking to get sprinkles the cupcakes and yummy quiche on rodeo.... since swas was also down with a little flu, we decided to seek refuge at her house and i got her to teach me how to make a teddy frm fur! i sat my ass down for 8 hours!!!!!!! sewing, stuffing, poking myself etc..... and i ended with leaving her place with benadryl.... the bear's name for now :) haha coz both of us were pretty much coughing away the whole time we were making her

benadryl has a belly button, hair pin and an uneven nose hahahaha

yup so pris has finally done something crafty :)

~being in love is so wonderful.......
i shd stop watching all those sappy love movies

it was nicole's bday recently and she bought yummy dinner at takami sushi in downtown la.... and i think its time to gif up my poor camera.... its acting up all the time now sigh :(

starting my 4th week of school now.... a routine is starting and even with 3 days of classes only, the other days are all used up catching up on homework and the tons of reading that comes with my silly american history and eng lit class.

over the weekend, i got involved with a commitment that i hope for it to work out. crossing all fingers and toes!

im missing particular person(s) right now
wish all could just come with me to wherever i go

these people are irreplaceable
my family included of course

but other than my family, i wish i cld pocket them with me........

little things like going shopping, having a martini, laughing at the most retarded things just dont seem to happen without them.
time spent with them makes the day so much better and brighter

and i missed my brother's commissioning

so much has happened since my leaving just 2 weeks that it makes it so much longer....

:(

its days like these i wish i could be in 2 places at once

shit shit shit.......

got pulled over on my way home....... no more speeding for a long long time for me crap... cant believe i got caught! so stupid

now i haf to deal with this damn thing

inside.....

The front door and to the left is the stairs up! and behind that little area is the guest room walking straight ahead.... its er our dinning room and drinks room for now :)to the left of these rooms, our tv room for now? hahathen its the kitchen... (smaller than our last one but still good :) )

our backyard

so that's the first floor.....
going up,

to the left is jackson's room, straight ahead is mine and jayvie's and to the right is patrick's yes so that's a quick tour of the inside of my new place.... its still rather raw and messy but its the 3rd day since i've moved in so its really good haha....

more pictures will be posted soon, once we clean up at least

mustafa

before leaving back for the states, there's always this mad rush to purchase various things that will last me thru the next semester.... so where else in singapore can u get almost anything and everything all in one place at a cheaper price and opened 24 hours? Mustafa of course

at the stationary section.......

remember all these things?

well, two 21 yr olds were squealing as if they were in toys-r-us except they were stationaries! haha.... absolutely hilarious.... we probably gave the staff of the 4th floor the little entertainment they would get in a day

sarah ran straight to the colour pencils and shoved the duo coloured stabilo pencils at gina and i and proclaimed, " see they do haf vamellion and ....!!" ( i dont remember the other colour oops)

gina goes," pris!!! do u remember the glue paste?! we used them at newton!"

reflections

summer hols has just come and gone so quickly....
im left with my last week of school and it'll be interesting as to who and how im going to spend it... of course the usual last minute trips to various shops to pick up things im going to need in the states
not to mention my hospital stay that frightened me should i not be able to make it back to the states... maybe its just me but i swear im still feeling the aches and bruises from the multiple needle entries. my first hospital stay and it was as bad as i thot it would be... glad to be back on my own bed, thou the food served wasnt as bad as i thot it would be

im going to be sad to leave a handful of people especially those that i just spent a wonderful last saturday nite with.... thks to keith for spinning happy songs all nite

but in general the feeling tonite is one of depression, the realization that the certain few people i chose to trust in a certain aspect of my life are in fact a dissappointment. more into that category... oh well better now than later? but even then it hurts i guess
this trip has turned out to be different

but then again life moves onwards no matter what.... my next entry will be back in the states

2 days on sunny island singapore

friday.....

of course started out at cafe del marlittle miss gina din want the sun since she was headed off to bintan this weekend, so she decided to stay under the umbrella

then it was off to morton's or that was the plan...... and then split between baybeats and gstar fashion show :)
Saturday......... it was planned to be spent baking but seems like we're not fated to bake, so sarah and i went off to ps cafe for their yummy brunch :) a must go!
*ps lesson learnt - bring ur own maple syrup!

coz this tiny little addition of maple syrup cost $2.50!

other shots from that day....

quiet hacienda

anyone up for a swim?

it's natural that unexpected conflicts should arise, and it's natural that wounds may be inflicted during those conflicts.
The wounds pass, and only the scars remain
This is a blessing.
These scars stay with us throughout our life and are very helpful
-Paulo Coelho

I'm now ready to close a chapter of my life and move onwards. with only the sweet memories kept, i bid the rest adieu