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One of my new year's resolutions would be to blog more often!
Heh, will try to make it at least 2 days once and if you have any topics or stuff that you want to see/know,
do drop me a comment or email to let me know yes!

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Our dear Caleen turned 21st on first january 2011.

I thought it was really cool to be born on the first day of the new year,
and after incorporated with the fact that it is a start of a new year too,
definitely a time to call for celebration!

 
Here's dear caleen with the peanut butter chocolate birthday cake!

We had a surprise brunch organised for her at Relish @ Cluny Court,
which is associated with Wild Rocket, another restaurant that I would like to try out some day soon.

Located near adam food centre or along farrer road,
the restaurant is actually in a lil shopping mall and on the second level.
Decor of the place was pretty simple with the traditional english breakfast settings,
pretty cosy and homely.

Here are a few piccas to start the entry rolling!

the elder sister and the younger sibling. :p

Us and the bday girlie

love moi yellow bag from taiwan!

the birthday girl who was touched by us! hehehe

Food waiting time was pretty draggy, I would say.
Choices weren't many and were rather similar to the normal english brunch restaurants.
Here's our picks:

Cod Cakes with mushrooms and sour cream.
Tasted just like normal Thai fish cakes, a tad weird for english breakfast though!

I would rate it 2 outta 5 bea's apples.

Smoked salmon bagel with potatoes.
Didn't try this, but looks pretty good!

the girls and their long awaited set.

Eggs benedict.
Pretty disappointing I would say. Except for the potatoes that were pretty tasty, I wouldn't recommend to have eggs benedict here.

Rate it 1 outta 5 bea's apples.

Relish burger set.
Mushrooms were awesomely tasty and i had a mouth of the burger,
tasted like sausage mac muffin. My rate for this would be

3 outta 5 bea's apples!

Relish breakfast platter set.
Im a huge fan of eggs but the scrambled eggs here was disappointing, rather tasteless!

2 outta 5 bea's apples.

Here's the decor of the restaurant.

Happy birthday caleen!

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I finally met up with wanling and susan, given the fact that our last meet up was 4 years back!
Gosh, i didn't think that it was that long and it definitely doesn't feel at all distanced during dinner last week,
Thanks to Susan who made the arrangement for us to catch up over a meal at Big-O @ wheelock.

Well, for food i will not recommend Big-O to dine in,
but for cakes, they have absolutely delicious cakes, people!

Met wanling and susan 6 years back when we were all working as mobile promoters!

Our self-timer shots! :p

wore my new jumper out!

*Chic Romper from

And guess what?
Bonito's previous legendary photographer, Tingzhi dear, is back from London for a holiday break!
Including wens, the three of us had a meal together before Tingzhi is leaving back to London tomorrow.
Been a long while since i saw the both of them, looking good still girls!

I will definitely miss you much, Tingzhi!

*Mini printed dress from

*Classic elegant black casual/workdress from

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS!

It's a brand new year of 2011 and let me conclude a bit on how 2010 had been.

Definitely agree with the saying that one year older, one year wiser,
and I am thankful for opportunities, experiences as well as lessons learned in the past year.

I suppose it might be my most hectic year in my life,
with the second last semester started in January to May,
and an internship in May till July, followed by the last term in school in August till December.
Wouldn't say it is a smooth sailing year, but definitely one which I had many first times,
and one which i made many new friends, and get in touch with the real working world.

FRIENDSHIP:
2010 was an absolutely great one for us.
Despite the busy schedule, I realised we have been meeting very frequently especially during weekends,
and they are the ones who keep me sane till now.
Names wouldn't be mentioned because you know exactly who you are.
And i just wanna say, a big thank you YOU for everything, girlfriends.
Thank you for standing by me in times of sorrows and happiness, giving me utmost faith and trust in me,
support and believe in me and not doubting me in anyway. That's all that i need.
Me too, feel the same way for you girls!

Of course, many other friends who have shown concern and care towards me,
or by making an effort to keep in touch by just a mere simple wassap msg or sms,
you are definitely appreciated by me very much!

FAMILY:
Everybody has been well, and younger sis has completed her secondary school too.
Daddy as usual, gets busy with golf almost everyweek,
and mommy, though busy with work, but have also become a best friend of mine who listens to my complains daily!! :p

LOVE:
I guess there might be a few who are curious, as i do get questioned on why is there no a particular someone..
Well, for those who follow, i guess you know it has been a good two whole years that I didn't have anyone special mentioned in the blog.
In other words, these two years I have been enjoying my singlehood,
and for those who are single or are experiencing breakups,
trust me, being in a singlehood and when you truly understand and feel the singlehood,
it is absolutely not a bad thing, or rather, a GREAT one in fact.

I enjoy the fact that your full focus is directed to somewhere you want it to be without distractions,
and hey, its rewarding!
And catching up with old pals or new friends certainly help to not at the least, make me feel lonely,
though you might bump into many sweet couples around.

I ain't shutting myself up or am being weird, hahaha,
but i guess i shall just leave everything to fate and see how the love life pans out for me.
But well, i really enjoy being in the singlehood to be honest!

CAREER:
It marks the end of university life a week ago, and it feels surreal till date.
I have to start looking for a job and it's kinda a mixed feeling.
A tad of worry at one side, but yet, an excitement on another side.
Will keep you peeps updated if you are interested! :p

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The last week of 2010 wasn't exactly a great one,
but it allows me to learn and know who are those that have faith and trust in me,
and I'm sincerely touched and thankful for you angels.
Needless for me to say much, but YOU, believed in me that I have tried my utmost best in those difficult situations.

Ironically, i thought that some understood me well and long enough, and give me as much faith as i give to them..
and I didn't expect emotions and new people they met in their life affect the faith they have that easily..
it's disappointing and sad to know that the emotions overpowered the mind to think logically of the underlying basis/ reasons of why a particular incident happened,
or the emotions overpowered the mind to see what exactly is the issue or who are to be involved/ not involved,
and at the end of the day, the reason for all the happenings was because of others.
Maybe, one should care less for others and be selfish sometimes….. sometimes.

Enough of these sad and mixed emotions,
but let us all welcome 2011 with open arms and new plus great resolutions.
May each and every of you guys to stay happy and may your dreams come true!

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i can't wait to introduce this MUST-GO italian restaurant for you to try!

Tucked in the corner of bukit timah road,
you can easily park your car with valet with tips system, or just by the road side along the terrace house.
Been there recently and I love the place!

Ambience was good (but could have been more cosy) and unpretentious,
with authentic italian decorations and furnitures that filled up the whole space.
The restaurant ain't exactly a huge one,
but because of its moderate space, it feels like one big family eating together.

The name of the restaurant is called the ,
and boy, you have to book it at least half a week in advance! (to be safe, one week in adv is better!)
Don't say i didn't warn you,
THEY ONLY TAKE IN RESERVATIONS BTW!

It's more on the higher priced end,
but hey gosh, the quality of the personable service and food definitely make the value worth while.
Kudos to them that they know exactly what to prepare by you just mentioning "oh its my partner's birthday.. or oh, its my partner's anniversary etc".
Trust me, they are that attentive and good.
Love it love it love it!

Did i mention that it is a good place for couple's anniversaries, or birthdays in my opinion?
if you are thinking of going there for valentine's day, PLEASE DO!
But remember to book it early!!

Didn't bring my camera, so here are some pics from the iphone.

The place.

These two are the MUST-HAVE MUST HAVE!!
Bread with cheese oozing out and wrapped with parma ham that is pan fried.
Squid ink pasta in crabmeat sauce.

 

Guess who we have today for Blogshop Fashion Inspirations?

* Olive lace-trimmed dress by Hope Alethia.

*Satin lace-layed minidress by Hope Alethia.

Two dresses that are prefect for dinners and functions!

How was your Christmas Folks?

Here's one photo for mine to begin with.

A joyful yet crazy us during the midst of dinner, check out all our expressions and poses!

This year's Christmas was a good one and no doubt, one of our most expensive house parties ever. Heh

Spent a bomb on the food, and as well as Jarrold, whom spent a bomb on the decorations of his place as our Christmas dinner venue.
Considering that the group's strength is 15 people, there will definitely be a bunch who are working and another bunch who are known as the "zhou bo" (do nothing).
Logically as it seemed, the zhoubo team are in-charged of the food preparation!

heh, I refused to name ourselves zhoubo (given that we are on holiday),
so i renamed our team to be the Masters Behind All Sinful Joy "MBASJ". Teehee

Presenting you part of the team…
 
Okay, actually leney and yalin were the main chefs, while i'm the part time one. Hahaha
i know its hilarious that we were dressed and look at our feet.
Pardon our flip flops cuz we know its gonna be a shoeless party! :p

I didn't have time to go earlier to prepare so i helped to get the ingredients and groceries the night before.
You have to check out our fabulous choices of food and their awesome cooking skills, read on!

And so i went over to leney's to help a bit on carrying the food and did some dressing up at her place before applepie came to get us.

Able to spot our theme for the party this time?

Applepie with val dear. <3

Jarrold, Yalin and Kenghow did a great job in the house decorations,
check out the Christmas tree they bought the the fruits of their labour.

Love the effect of the lights in the picture.

Leney and i prepared hats for everybody

With the magnificent tree, we had to snap shots of it before party begins!

Girls and the beautifully decorated Christmas Tree


My pretty girlfriends!

Us in our Christmas outfits.

Applepie and joseph

the sweetest lovebirds

pressies from each of us for dirty santa game later!

There were some dishes which were to be prepared only at Jarrold's place during dinner time,
and my caesar salad was one of it, so we were stuck in the kitchen for a good hour preparing the dish.

Pupu was the special guest once again, super adorable with the outfit.


Girls in the kitchen!

the guys and their usual booze

and wine

you gotta try our homemade garlic bread, absolutely delicious.

While a couple of us were in the kitchen preparing for the dinner,
a few of them were at the living room doing up this swirl paper decor up to beautify the place.

Check out apple's creation.


The handsome guys and all dressed up!

Kenghow, Selene and myself, the three people who religiously do groceries shopping for Christmas for consecutive 2 years.

Looking good people!
Yalin looks like some CEO retired tai tai. hahaha


With Velvet the mischievous dog!

val dear 6 years and counting (or even more!)

hahahha

besties <3

yummy food that you cant get it anywhere else! hehehe

Theme of the party was set to be as simple as it is – Christmas Colours!
So it was green, red and white.
Punishment for those who aint dressed to the theme would be to finish all the food (muahaha), im sure u can guess who are those!

We were informed that there was going to be a surprise for all of us,
and to think that we even laid out the bowls and dishes nicely on the table,
the actual venue where we would have our dinner was actually at the attic!

Gosh, check out the AWESOME DECOR!

Welcoming candles to light up the route and the room.

sweeties <3

Love the longggggg table!!

Kenghow's effortful creation- yummylicious turkey!

If you see the previous pictures carefully, you can see that there is just a plain grey backdrop behind us.
We were exhilarated to be presented with the ultimate backdrop on the glass panal which jarrold, kenghow and yalin did up the whole night before this day.

awwww, im so in love with everything here!

more love!


Me love champagne!

Cheers to a the end of 2010 and a good 2011!

guys and booze..

To show you guys a better view of the whole atmosphere that i'm totally in love with,
here are some more pictures of the awesome settings.

Never enough of Martini Asti (Please try it!! awesome bottle of champagne/wine)

When the clock struck twelve, we went downstairs for our dirty santa gift exchange game!

In case you are interested to play this in future Christmas parties, the game goes like:
1. we each have to get a present of about $10-$15.
2. we all shall NOT name our own presents and just wrap it up and place all together.
3. during the course of game, each of us is to pick a number (depending on the strength of your group, eg. 15 people, number 1 to 15)
4. going by sequence, the "number 1" will pick a present from the lot and open it immediately.
5. first present is exposed, and the "number 2" has a choice of choosing a new gift from the lot OR snatch the "number 1"'s present.
6. (1) if "number 2" choose a new gift, he has to open it immediately.
    (2) if "number 2" snatch the "number 1" gift, then the "number 1" has to choose a new gift from the lot and open it.
7. presents can be snatched at MAX twice and it will belong to the person who snatched it the second time.
8. game goes on and on.

so the catch is that the last few people will have a better sense of what gift to get unless it is something a lot sought after!

and my gift for the night is an IPOD/IPAD/IPHONE Portable charger by joseph!! YAY!! i need that!

Check out the rest!

if you see carefully, the present that joseph got was the magic clean mop, gosh, innovative idea by kenghow!

Selene specially baked the bread pudding for late dessert as we were too full, and it was heavenly.
Great potential housewife and cook, leney!

and we had log cake specially prepared by Caleen too, yummmmm!

Beautiful..

The mess after dinner


Leney's birthday is on boxing day, and we did an early celebration for her!

looking good couple, caleen and joseph

cute

pretty girls

<3

more pics with the awesome background!

see carefully, its 2010!

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

Hope you had an extremely fun-filled and blessed Christmas like I did!

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I bet you might have already noticed leney's hair, and yes!!!
She permed at SALON VIM by John, my stylist too.

Did i tell you Leney LOVES it very much?!

Met her before bringing her to her surprise permed hair session.
This is her long straight hair.

and after a few hours……….
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Check out her new hair!

one word – GORGEOUS!!!!

As usual, no regrets, and John certainly has one of the best and sincere customer service ever.
Gary, the boss of Salon Vim is another great guy, very personable and very people person.
Knowing both of them and getting to catch up with them every appointment is absolutely a joy and something that i look forward to.

With great hair, great services and great products (all by Loreal),
what more can i ask for?

and i did perm my hair that very day too!

If you are looking for perming, I suppose you know where to go!
Do call them up to enquire on prices and make your appointment!

HAVE A GREAT COUNTDOWN TO 2011!

Recall the previous dove entry that I have posted sometime back?

Hehe, since good stuff is meant to be shared,
I decided to bring along the Dove chocolate bars as snacks for our movie date.
And guess who are the special people who got in touch with Dove chocolates too?
The below was how they look without Dove…

The bobs, without chocolates to keep them excited and energized.

On a side note, I actually heard that a bit of chocolates intake everyday is not a bad thing after all,
and having chocolate each day is not bad as long as we practice the concept of moderate eating in our daily diet.
And here’s another random cheeky information about chocolates,
Guess why Chocolates are associated with Romantic gifts?
It is said that melting chocolates in one’s mouth produced an increased in brain activity and heart rate
that is more intense than that associated with passionate kissing.
And one will feel a slight excitement after eating it as well. :p

Check out the bobs after they got in touched with Dove latest creations!

Yes, with Dove you live like a Dove! Freedom,
happiness and you can flyyyyy!

In case you have missed the previous introduction into the various flavours of Dove’s latest creations,
here’re the mini recaps of the four indulging flavours that you have to try.

DOVE MILK CHOCOLATE
Wrapped classically just like the rest too,
I was told that this is the best and hot seller in stores!
Definitely living up to its name,
Dove is simply known for its rich chocolate taste,
Tasting rich even when its just plain chocolates without additional condiments.

DOVE CRISPY CHOCOLATE
I don’t know which would you prefer,
But personally, I love this flavour the most!
The generous serving of rice crips together with the chocolate is uber delicious,
Every mouth is filled with an ultimate taste of crips!
Check out the full bar of crips that accompanied the chocolate below.

Yummy!

DOVE HAZELNUT, ALMOND AND RASINS
I love the nuts, but not a fan of raisins,
But for those who love mixed nuts (just like daddykins),
Will love this flavour!
Daddykins has finished almost all of this from the new box I received!

Last but not least, DOVE DARK CHOCOLATE.
Weee, this is my second favourite.
Am a sweet tooth but I like it not too overly sweet.
Dark chocolate is just perfect for those who share the same sentiments as me.
You can easily taste the rich taste of cocoa after taking just a bite of this.

Did I tell you how lucky is it to receive these beautifully packaged chocolates from Dove?

I didn’t know the bars are packaged neatly in a classy box,
And i love the fact that each box is packed with individual bars,
Easy to give out during parties, easy to share, And easy to keep and bring for your friends!

 

Thanks to Dove and their generosity, Now I cant resist and am literally having a bar daily!!!

IT’S THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND THE YEAR END SEASON!

I bet you guys have events that you have to bring gifts for gift exchange,
Or playing games like dirty santa etc
This is absolute one perfect gift you can bring along.
Even for house warmings or just visiting,
It is easily unboxed and shared with friends, family and relatives during gatherings!

Fred not for wasteful food, Cause these can be kept and bring along anywhere easily!

DOVE® is available at all local supermarkets, hypermarkets and convenience stores.
I’m sure you will be even more convinced after trying it out yourself,
Just easily get them at Retails for just mere S$1.50!

TRY ALL NOW AND FLY LIKE A DOVE!
Want to try the silky smooth chocolates as well?
Submit your name, email, contact number and describe how much you LOVE chocolates to [email protected] NOW!
10 lucky winners will not just get 4 bars of chocolates but 4 BOXES of chocolates!!!
Take it as a Christmas gift from me!

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Some random happenings for the past two weeks!

The bobs went down to Butter Factory to support our dear Yalin for her Seventeen Queens of Queens pageant.
She did awesome and her short crop hair totally rocks socks.

My beautiful girls.

If you realised, i permed my hair!

It was done at my usual trusty place, SALON VIM,
and of course by my usual trusty stylist, John.
Love the curls though i wished that it could be bigger waves,
but my hair is too brittle and dry to do and achieve those.

Lene's birthday is on boxing day (26th Dec) and we all got her an advanced birthday pressie which was hair perming.
Brought her to Salon Vim to look for John to do it,
and GOSH, I UBER LOVE HER CURLS! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!
You have to see it yourself and I'll be back in another entry to show you her curls!

If you like it, you can look for John there,
mentioned my blog name and you can enjoy 10% discount!

Posters did by KH to support Yalin

Sinful supper at Newton aftermath.

The venue they held the queens of queens was extremely small or rather,
the crowd targeted was absolutely a high figure in comparison to the space.
Didn't know an event at butter factory on a Thursday night = club closure after event.
Everyone was kinda puzzled and I could see, a tad pissed by the whole thing as it seemed like the only right thing after the event would be to stay on in the club i suppose.

ZOUKOUT
Our first Zoukout together, but I thought it was good but probably i was tired and had a flight to catch at 6am,
so i was pretty spaced out by the time it reached 3 to 4am.

The whole lot of us went crazy but it was fun being together with the usual bobs,
able to let loose yet knowing we have one another to look after in the jam-packed place.

Love this shot taken by Keong!

Bumped into every gorgeous jerraine outside at 5am in the morning.

and the all guys sought after pwetty Jayneeeeee!

Juney girlfriend rocks great fun!

Couldn't find any picture of the girls and myself though, weird..

CALVIN'S 25th
Calvin decided to live in denial,
and held a maccy's birthday to celebrate his 2+5 (= "7") birthday.

i can't exactly recall when was the last time I have been to one,
or maybe not even once, but well, it was great fun there!
Except for the fact that it would have been much better if the place was air-conditioned,
the rest was pretty cool and great work for the staff to carry out the childhood games. Heh

Calvin in the middle with his lamborghini cake.

yes, you look great with the balloon and hat. teehee

Taking a stroll into the public area :p
and playing musical chairs with us  two (Dung and me) being the final two,
Dung was the last woman standing in the end!

The girls!

All the girls were supposed to give him a real kiss on the cheek but both of us just can't make ourselves do it!

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Check out what I have been busy with as well,

you will love it, but beware,you might go on a shopping spree after! :p

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

Bet you guys must be busy shopping for Christmas gifts because town is absolutely crowded!

Spent a good whole day out at town for a pampering manicure session,
and did some shopping along the way before ending the day with Rapunzel Movie.

A bit on what's up for my Christmas this year,
and it would be a gathering with the usual bobs at Jarrold's place and I can't wait!
I'm looking forward with feasting with meat and wine specially prepared by a group of us,
and I'm proud of the Menu I did on behalf of the team. Teehee

Are you feeling hungry? Heh :p

Muahaha, the crowns are looking good.
I personally tried the homemade lamb dish prepared by Kenghow last Christmas,
and boy, it was absolutely delicious, comparable to restaurant's standard in my opinion.
And being a big fan of Caesar Salad, i shall give myself credits for preparing that then!

I was looking through pictures of last year to do some reminiscing,
and found these peekas.
This was Christmas 2009.

A toast to the end of 2009 and a new beginning of 2010.

Sweeties of my life.

Girlfriends love. (As you can see, theme was knit, wool and socks!)
 

A uber fun-filled night which i reckon this has gotta be one of the best nights ever.

Watch the space for Christmas 2010!

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As mentioned in an earlier post, I had a superb MBS night stay with the bobs.
Our theme was RETRO NERDS and I am absolutely amazed by the spontaneousness of everyone,
and this is the beauty of themed parties.

Here's an entry for great laugh!

Back in the olden days, Class shot 1: Serious.

Class shot 2: Smile.

Class shot 3: Pledge Singaporeans!

Class shot 4: And GRADUATION lo!

Love the editing effect of these previous shots!

Food was extremely expensive at MBS, with only restaurants located around.
So apart from the usual pizzahut, sarpinos pizzas, we decided to give Timbre delivery a try since we all know that they have yummy pizzas!
Prices are reasonable and comparable to pizzahut.
 

The buffalo wings was a must-have too.

The nerdy students and the principal in blue.

More students and gossips.

And many of our girls' shots.

Gossip nerdies.

Principal and class teacher in front.

BULLY BULLY!!

Principal and myself.

Girls, please behave!

How can we miss out kOI?

Weeeeee! Huge cups for all

the model students.

And here comes the guys.

The bow tie rocks btw.

suspenders + bow ties = ultra nerd

The geeky kiddos

Geek and smart.

Too much is not good.

Our tripod (oops), and Yalin's self-made socks! hahahaha creative

Principal Lee.

Students have to take a break too,
so its time to get WILD!

Both games and alcohol set in.

muahaha, i can't help to giggle, they all look real adorable.

Forfeit!

Such a coincidence, Joe and his friend had a stay at MBS and joined us for games too.

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