Monday, May 31, 2010

some heartwarming developments have come up, but i shan't blog about it just yet. maybe soon.

mama's back in hospital cos her other arm is swollen and bruised now.

we dog owners should bring our dogs to the park and let them play. although mine will probably be fainting at one side. we can eat pizza? hmmhmm. ^_^

um, if you're wondering what happened to my finger on sunday, i accidentally cut it on my eyebrow razor in the morning. it was dripping quite alot of blood so nurse mommy insisted i let her pressure-wrap it cos a plaster would just get bloody quickly again. eep! it should be okay soon. a lesson to never try doing your brows when you're still groggy. thank God it's my finger and not MY BELOVED EYE. could have done unintentional double-eyelid surgery...

ANNIVERSARY. mom and dad like to spend their anniversary with tim and me. they wanted to have lunch before i left for ophir so i brought them to this moroccan place that benjamin brought me to last time (thanks ben). it's laid back, relaxed, reasonably priced, tasty and foreign so they liked it alot. (YAY! if not epic failure sia drag them all the way there in the hot sun.) they especially liked the tea and the lamb. and perhaps the owner too, since they talked so much. had a great time there. :)

after lunch we went a'walking along the rows of shops for a couple of hours. then i rushed back home to pack my last minute stuff and cheong to admiralty mrt for dinner with the mister low. again, he was wearing gmarket. lol.
sweet.

obviously very hungry.

bad timer shot.

this was mom really liking the tea.

chummy cheeks. our sheldon.

cozy!

nice moroccan owner.

giant hanging toys means TOY MUSEUM!


i liked him.

first time seeing goli. LOL one dollar. if kampong kids saw the price they sure say SIAO.

MAD CUTE!


mom enjoying random shop. it smelt really nice there.

old stuff.

very, very vintage

they say the shops looked something like that long ago.

crazy bird earrings.

yucky blister from walking.

landmark.


apparently it wasn't authentic since dialect wasn't allowed and baba malay has alot of dialect. almost bought until i realized that.

i might post up some ophir pics soon? when i compile a good bunch in which i look pretty. hah. i'm starving...

Saturday, May 29, 2010

i'm home.

the trail was more difficult than i expected? alotta kiddies were going so i thought it would be fairly easy. BUT i forgot that the kiddies are mad fit, lightweight, and over-enthusiastic. they all mount everest also can lah. (figuratively)

the climb was definitely much more difficult than lombong. alot more harsh uphill trekking and less rock climbing. the uphill stair-like trail just seemed neverending, and towards the summit it got so tough and it started raining while we were trying to climb up boulders. apparently by that stage some people were half crazy and making all sorts of strange noises while trying to push themselves up, haha (p. sng p. sng!) i was slow but i was in the first group (all the kan cheong kids lah) to arrive at the summit very much ahead of time. was always one of the stragglers of the first group. the boys were very nice and helpful and... sturdy. they would sometimes wait while i was busy panting, or turn back and make sure i was still alive. marc was the best cos he always offered an actual helping hand. dunno why everybody else so scared to lend hand. as if i would rip it off or something.

sher and my "to-be-shared" bag was carried by sher most of the way cos i got so winded whenever i carried it. so while climbing i told her i'd make her a thank you card the size of the bag, hah.

the view at the summit was great. at first the clouds covered everything, but they slowly parted just for us. it was really the toppest top so there wasn't much room, but enough to take loads of pics, which are all over with everybody cos we all brought cams. i think i look really bad in them though. was very muddy and grosse from the rainy boulder climb just before. pulled all my hair back into a bun and wore a hairband, which gave me two even abrasions behind my ears. nice.

when we weren't at mt. ophir we were at the resort, namely on thursday evening and saturday afternoon. it was alright.. three star? i dunno. my roommates were nice. there was a waterfall, like three waterfalls a little trek up from the resort and some of us were crazy enough to trek SOMEMORE after coming down the mountain and returning to the resort today, just to enjoy it. it's like the fraser's hill waterfall times three, and alot cleaner with alot of space to play. just as cold, very shiok. don't regret the extra exercise but was in pain going up and down.

along the way on the climb i was seriously breathless, muscles were straining to the max, was thinking to myself "why in the world did i pay to do this why in the world did i pay to do this... where's the stupid rest point... where's the freaking summit where's the freaking summit" x 1000. but i had no intention of quitting, simply because it would be impractical (have to waste energy going DOWN without having seen the top?) and super waste money lah! so in fact instead of thinking of quitting i was thinking what should be done if i died along the way. told sher to bury me in some convenient spot so i don't burden someone else with carrying my remains down. the kind of talk older people snap at. choy choy!

we could get up and down in two days cos we didn't start from the very base like everyone else. a bus took us to slightly above the base where's the official information huts with maps and stuff and we started climbing there. and we were so ahead of schedule thanks to those kan cheong fit kids lah. practically zooming up.

at our camp site there were NEW TOILETS, life savers! we camped near a reservoir two hours down from the summit, really pretty. gabe and sher and i boiled alot of water for the cup noodles. we were the 'older teens' so all the other kids were driven away from the fire and we decided to do the boiling. just before lights out there was some issue with my sleeping place cos i wanted to sleep outside where it's much cooler and more comfortable but wasn't allowed to cos there were guys sleeping outside. anyways i didn't wanna make an issue out of it so i just moved back into the tent. it's called respecting authority. spoonful of swallowing my own rights and views because it would simply make things ugly unnecessarily. i was moved to a tent with more space after reshuffling some people (seems like all my fault.) and i tried my best to relax and catch some sleep. i can usually sleep anywhere on any surface (it's a talent) but i cannot sleep in humid heat or with people snoring their lungs out, both of which were present at that time. thank God i still managed to wake up on time and felt alright. haha, when i unzipped the tent and stood up, the ache in the thighs kicked in full force and i hung on to a pole in front of my tent and held it to my face for a good 10 seconds in the blue early morning light saying "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." freaking people out.

summary of events:
THURSDAY
admiralty MRT dinner with jay, leave.
kena stuck at m'sia imm cos my photo was too outdated. kena brought into "the room".
reach the resort around 1. supper pack bathe and sleep.

FRIDAY
wake up ridiculously early. breakfast, devotion, bus, climb.
checkpoints 1,2,3,4,5, small stream which i drank from. the guide said it was totally drinkable but the parents who were there forbade their kids from drinking it so it was a bit weird me drinking it in front of them. but i had to choose between diarrhea and parasites or dying from thirst since i was out of water so i chose diarrhea and parasites, which i didn't get also fyi. actually parasites i dunno i have or not...
summit. photos. happy like mad.
climb down to camp. sad like mad.
reach camp, chiong for shower. pitch tent cook play cards icebreakers sharing (everyone had to share something. every single person.) zee.

SATURDAY
wake up ridiculously early. breakfast devotion pack climb down using the rough road for four-wheelers.
reach base, hop on bus.
reach resort, change, trek to waterfalls. (siao right? pay money already mah must do everything.)
queue to bathe, bathe, lunch, LOL session, photo taking.
hop on coach and head home.
drop off at marsling mrt and catch ride from the ongs. (thanks!)

i've managed to not break a single nail (hoho!) AND i've manages to keep my white shiny legs scar free. the graze on my knee doesn't count since it's.. on my knee. sadly i have a truckload of blisters.

more when i have the energy. goodnight for now. wow, boom bam baby what a long post!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010

ophir trip is on, i'll be away thursday to saturday. dad wants me to go and ... breathe.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

afternoon with mei mei shermaine. okay lah she's only a few months younger but we made a big deal out of ranking when we were little.

mouthful of teriyaki chicken.

sandal broke while we were in the middle of HDB area! road mad hot. walked like this for quite a while. i need new sandals. luiiiiiii!

after our haircut. waiting for her mom to get her's done. i tagged along impromptu. this was in khatib.

W for WHOA~

aha.

my oreo mirror.

was sweet chatting with sher's parents again. i get the feeling that they know me so well. the MBCers are going for an ophir climb this weekend and i really wanna go, but i gotta fork out the money somehow. must confirm by tonight. UHHHHHHHH, luiiiiiiiiii!

having my girly woes. tummy pain~ and i look like a... pear.
guys really really hate it when you snatch caps off their heads...

10 things in my head right off the bat.

lesson point i'm thinking about from today: self denial.

daydreaming about: bbq sleepover at new church place.

drooling for: tsukune rice burger and corn soup.

longing for: prince charming. =0

smelling like: shampoo.

talking to: ben.

sympathy for: timmy who has to go do coverage on event tmr morning.

playing with: my hair and the plastic hammer i bought from daiso.

in need of: what seems to be alot of stuff. phone for starters. mine's spoiled, the charging part is a mess.

relieved that: i didn't loose my camera today although i thought i did. panicked at SSC. in the end it was at home.


and i'm only supposed to write 10 but i just have to add that i wish i learned ballet and karate when i was little. okay the end.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

TEDDY APRON DAY.
..........................................................
first off, happy birthday to s.Gemma!

met geil after lunch (ha) and shopped for the stuff we needed. seriously, we were so blur it was pitiful. in the end i just asked the aunty at poon huat where everything was and gave up on finding the stuff by myself. i mean, what in the world is vegetable shortening?! those who know be at peace ples.

reached (her) home late and began the baking. i was in charge of the brownie mix and geil did the icing. all was okay until the oven tripped the whole house thrice. so we resorted to the convection oven. the heat was set too high so some got burnt, thankfully just one or two. cooled them, iced them, had laksa party, then rushed off to church. our late dinner combined with the late sembawang shuttle bus made us SHAMEFULLY LATE FOR CHURCH, haha. latest i've ever been.

yeah i finally found a reason to use my bear bear apron. mom bought it for me when i was tiny.

pink icing. massive forehead.

M is sitting there so she can snag some icing when i'm not looking.

oozy fondant. WHY LIDDAT AH? i didn't use it in the end. brought it home with me.

pre-oven.

M E S S

i did these for s.Gemma, the birthday girl! it's crazy hard to do this with the buttercream icing.


dooly face. uh, i washed off whatever makeup i had on at geil's so i look horrible.

she's carazeh and i have six fingers. dig that!


i just finished eating a sausage mcmuffin from breakfast and i am very tired.
nobody died from eating our cupcakes today, FYI.

goodnight everyone.


Friday, May 21, 2010

SKYpiano

(anyhow playing)

sky: why the sound liddat?
ag: cos the soft pedal is on. did you do that?
sky: i never click anything.
ag: press, press! not click. you only use "click" when you're using the computer.

he still kept saying click.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAY!
YOO ARE TWENTY-FOURRRR. (:
this was in 2007 (!) and i look the same? something is wrong with my growth. i grew to an 18 year old's state when i was 14 and stayed that way till now. only change is... that i put on weight. jay on the other hand has become like, buff! and he has abandoned his long hair. he looks better now. (you must say the same thing about me.) when he sees these old pics he always says,"... i so skinny."

faster book out and enjoy the day lah, you.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

CUP AND CAKE

geilamon and i are planning to make cupcakes. dunno when yet, maybe friday? she's great. she can really put up with randomity. (i coined that term, mmhmm.) i was grocery shopping at shop and save last night and i walked past the.. cupcake paper cup things. what're they called? *looks at recipe* ...baking cups. so i walked past them and suddenly wanted to make cupcakes. msged geil and she liked the idea as well. only thing neither of us has baked them before. i almost typed baken, lol. but we'll figure it out.. at most get everything wrong and throw it all away lor. no, at most eat bad stuff and throw up. yeah, that would be the worst case scenario.

or we eat then die. hmm. or OTHER PEOPLE EAT THEN THEY DIE. oh my goodness that's definitely worst case scenario. must make them sign something before eating...

those unimportant thoughts aside, i chose the recipe for brownie cupcakes! sounds good right right? GEIL you have to go shopping with me to this shop called... poon huat. baking stuff shop. got quite a few things to buy. don't worry i will budget. ;) and maybe can buy some cute packaging from daiso also. heh heh hehhhh.

i'm suddenly very interested in cake decor. after watching this show where these cake people make and decorate ridiculously amazing cakes.
:D

there's a beetle in my room. i saw it buzzing around just now and freaked out but when i got my dad to come annihilate it, IT WAS GONE. gone as in hiding. later sure come out terrorize me again one uhhh how to sleep. i'm too frazzled out to sleep now. OTTOKHEH (HOW)!

weeps.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

the horrible state of my face has driven me to drastic measures-- tomato juice. (i don't like tomatoes. but the juice is tolerable. cos you can add sugar. which i keep reflexively spelling as shugar for some strange reason. although that would totally make sense too.)

BOOM BAM BABY.

i just compiled an album on my comp titled GEILAMON AND THE ANNA LEE (that's what she likes to call me cos of ... something.) i should use my cam's VIDEO mode more oftennnnnn. hmmhmm :)
baby doesn't wanna get up today. the morning rain is too good.

last night's SUPPER. the grill stripes are so cute. that's timmy's hand. army boys always wear watches.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

WEEK END
um, the pics are in reverse order. heh~
she's back at the home
bran pre- surgery. power eyes.
braces! we're sitting on a lip- chair!

unsuccessful. ha.

성공!

okay now i can reveal who this is for. JAY! but very anti-climactic. i accidentally asked him "do you like the painting?" BEFORE he opened up the present. i thought he opened it already! everyone take a moment to say

AIYOH WASTED NOT SURPRISE ALREADY.

haha. happy birthday in advance lah you!

got signature one leh. kkkk~

oh, mama's discharged from SGH and she's back at the home in hougang now.


Saturday, May 15, 2010

last night i took some antihistamines (meds) and i didn't know the drowsy effect would carry over to today. really sorry for sleeping half the time at teens today! i don't even remember what i did when i got up.. it's all a blur. and i was so cold. i only realized the blue shirt i used as a jacket was so dirty after i got out of the house.

lol i drugged my self so stupid.


bran went for surgery today, and in the process they removed more and MORE teeth! total 10. (!!!!!!!!!!!) so he's more or less bogay now. they got the tumor outta his gum too, and.. they removed all the warty mole things on his body. he has shaven spots and stitched up bits all over, but, he's so normal that it scares me. he eats like a pig and begs for food, plays alot. the only thing that's changed is the way we treat him. like when i was taking a nap just now, he jumped on the bed and started conquering it inch by inch. but the poor dog just got out of surgery right so how can i push him aside. then when i wanna pick him up i scared to kena the stitches. so i just moved and moved until i was almost hanging off my bed. pfft. will post up pics of him when he feels like letting me take them. he looks pretty bad, but he's fine.

i think it was 2 nights ago, i had this major sugar rush after eating something.. forgot what, late at night. smsed people random things i was suddenly very curious about, the things you usually wonder as a passing thought but don't actually bother asking cos it's plain weird. the next day when i got up and i remembered i was like "oh no.. ples be a dream so embarrassing." but i checked my sent msgs, and they're there.

smacks forehead.

oh speaking of forehead, my forehead has a crapload of pimplessssssss. *sad lip-quiver*

Friday, May 14, 2010

I'M MAKING SUSHI! lunch for daddy and me. although i think i'll end up being full from 'testing' the sushi while i make it. i need to buy mittens... i keep burning my fingers.
i forgot what time my braces appointment is today...

timmy's on duty tonight, again.

for some reason only the left side of my face has zits on it. ugly! it seems to be zit season for me. i'm eating tao hway now, with a childish hope that the goodness of soy will magically heal all my zits by tomorrow. soy supposedly good for skin what right?

heh.


i napped from 6 - 7pm yesterday and woke up with a throbbing head, horrible! popped in 2 panadols and stoned for a while until sky came. but the panadols didn't kick in until after he left. nice. should have taken something stronger.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

seems mama is well enough to be discharged soon. not sure when, though. amazing huh. was telling jay the other day, now people are just gonna think i'm a drama mama and that i made a big deal out of something small. that isn't it, okay! i was really preparing myself... she was in such a bad state, hanging by a thread.

"when you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

thank God for the comfort and relief he provided for mama. she managed to stay sane and didn't have to go through that much pain like some of her neighbors. there are a few amputees in her room, i think. =| and staying sane is a big deal okay.. at least to me. cos she knows who i am and can still call my name.

thanks to mommy for the surprise! mommy jjang~

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

"good morning everyone. yesterday, jie jie brought me to ken and lulu to get my hair cut. she had a strange conversation with ken and i could see her making her smile + frown face. i was really gross and lulu had a hard time with my swollen cheek. (can you see it? my left eye is smaller than the right. doesn't help with the females.) when jie jie came to collect me she carried me all the way home even though i'm about 8 kg, because it rained and the floor was muddy."

"i'm taking advantage of being so clean and handsome now by jumping onto beds without asking permission and posing like the lion king. last night i tried to hog the entire fleece blanket inch by inch while jie jie was sleeping, but in the end she woke up and shoved me to one side angrily, muttering something in korean. i am now suntanning my butt cos for some reason, there's a patch of white fur on it."



this is done. :)