I've never heard silence quite this loud.

Internship Week 14

(Last Day of Internship)

It is my turn now to leave this wonderful organisation. Thanks National Library Board (NLB) for everything - my bosses and colleagues, my fellow interns, the guidance they provided me and the opportunities for me to grow.

From left to right:

Chim, Gwyneth, Elyssa, Anna, Cheryl, Ain, Jasna and Sabritri. Missing Taufiq and my designer! 🖤

(Last Lunch)

Last day of lunch with my lovely intern friends! Thanks Shaoyuan, Colin and Haziqah. Colin finally made the right order this time. Background story: he can't take spicy but he ordered spicy sauce the previous time. LOL, he was craving so badly for Eighteen Chefs but he couldn't eat a single bite! HAHAHAHA.

(Farewell Gifts from Colleagues)

Love the gifts that they gave me! (: Thank you all, I will use them wisely! My team also treated me to expensive three-course lunch by the way. Words alone can't express my gratitude to them.

(Farewell Gifts)

Tada! Revealing the farewell gifts that I have prepared for my team - hand drawn with love. P.S. I am quite proud of my artwork.

I ain't good with words, but I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for all your kind gestures. Than you for your guidance all these while, I really learned and grew a lot. The entire internship journey was tough yet an enjoyable experience. I would really miss y'all!

The battle is in your hands now.
But I would lay my armor down.
If you'd say you'd rather love than fight,
So many things that you wish I knew
But the story of us might be ending soon.

She is the type of girl that the moon chased and the stars wished for.

Internship Week 13

(NLB Camaraderie)

Work these days really make me appreciate colleagues better, LOL. Fatiha had some business to clear in the headquarters today hahaha, so I introduced her to my other intern friends (we were stationed in the headquarters except Fatiha). Had a great lunch today, and I'm happy that everyone can click so well together! (: You guys really make my day! Appreciate it.

(Ah Chew desserts)

Back to our daily grind - Ah Chew desserts - with Colin and Shaoyuan. I swear all our hard-earned money all went to eating desserts, specifically at Ah Chew. T.T All Shaoyuan's fault for the jio, because he knows that I can't resist desserts!

(Wok Hey Takeaway)

One of the rare times where we takeaway food back to office to eat, because we just wanted to avoid the crowd. Thought that the packaging for the Wok Hey was cool, but I didn't quite like the food because I find it too oily (and expensive). But apparently, Colin buys it often. LOL.

(Ah Chew Desserts)

Another day, another bowl of dessert. I guess we really need to stop eating, I need to watch my weight already?! This is the second time we were back at this place this week omg. T.T

(Jason's last day)

Time flies! It was Jason's last day for his internship already. Ded, we only knew of each other's existence last week during the intern presentation LOL. Better late than never, at least we made friends for a week now. Hahaha! (: And it's also soon going to be Caeryn's last day. Gonna miss the both of you, and all the best for your future endeavours!

You're the one that never lets me sleep
Through my mind, down to my soul,
you touch my lips.
You're the one that I can't wait to see
With you here by my side, I'm in ecstasy.

You know it's deep when someone's absence has an effect on your entire being.

Internship Week 12

Time flies, and I am really looking forward to go back to school! LOL, they always say grass is greener on the other side uh. When you are schooling, you feel like going to work. But when you are working, you feel like going back to school. These are my thoughts and feelings currently. Hmm x.x

We had this intern luncheon last Friday, and I am so glad that I decided to do the presentation in the end. I had an internal struggle initially because on one hand, I didn't want to do it because the thought of presenting to the senior management sounds scary and it is definitely not nice if I screw it up. On the other hand, I wanted to do it because it will force me to step out of my comfort zone, and yeahs I also wanted to impress them luh :P

(My favourite friend, Fatiha)

The presentation went quite well, and I am quite proud of myself. :D It was so sad that Fatiha had to miss my presentation because she had to run some work-related errands, and she only came after the presentation sighs x.x But ohwell, glad that she is embarking on this journey with me! The mingling session also allowed me to know other fellow interns, which is quite nice because everyone is so friendly and welcoming! P.S. I only knew of the existence of this other intern who is working at the headquarters during the mingling session T.T Goodness, I thought I was the only intern working at the corporate office, why nobody ever introduce us to each other?!

(Eighteen Chefs)

Finally eating some 'atas' food with the interns. LOL, Colin was not feeling very well so we decided to accommodate him and head to Eighteen Chefs for lunch. Guess which idiot place the wrong order? He ordered some spicy sauce to go with his baked pasta. However, he cannot take spicy and it came with chili padi somemore LOL!! We wanted to make him feel better by eating nicer food, but ended up he only ate one-third of his lunch. LOL, this is a joke seriously.

To celebrate the end of internship presentation, my family decided to head to Swensens for dinner. (LOL I made it sound like some super big project, but it really was eh - I had to went through four rounds of meetings and six revisions before my slides were finally approved T.T).

(Cream of Mushroom)

(Chicken Baked Rice)

(Carbonara)

(Rosemary Chicken)

(Lasagne)

This reminds me of the reason why I had not been to Swensens in such a long time. LOL, the food really not nice ehs! In my honest opinion, the bread with the soup was too hard. Soup spoon is so much nicer! I think you can also get better lasagne at Pizzahut. >.<

I suppose I love my scars
because they have stayed with me
longer than most people have.

You are not perfect but you are not your mistakes too.

Happiness is when the mother dropped by Bugis to find me for lunch! 😁 She got a shock of her life when she realized that Bugis is unexpectedly crowded. Hello mom, this is town area, what do you expect LOL.

(Mushroom Creme Pasta)

Met my SMU groupmates for dinner to catch up the other day (: It feels so nice because I don't usually keep in contact with my groupmates once our project is over. Furthermore, I'm not a true blue SMU student LOL. Really appreciate that we really make the effort to meet up.

Kaw Kaw SG, recommended by Fatiha, is a great halal Cafe. :D Their chocolate peppermint taste out of the world, and I think their fried portobello is nice too! Good to share because it gets a bit jelat at the end.

(Hari Raya goodies)

Food hunting in the office - I found these nice Hari Raya cookies! It taste different from the cookies I usually eat, and it's less sweet! (: Love it. Not sure who brought it to office, but ohwell I'm just responsible for eating it :P

Speaking of eating, the highlight of this week is that we have buffets for three days straight. I have been eating six to seven meals each day for that three days straight T.T Goodness. I cannot stand myself.

(Desserts)

Eat so much already still eat desserts. LOL, back to Ah Chew Desserts with the fellow interns. I finally ordered my mango sago and it tasted so heavenly! One good thing about working in Bugis is that there's a lot of food places in the vicinity (just that it's not that cheap) x.x

Shut off your phone,

Drive to the beach,

Forget about everything,

Just listen to the crashing of the waves.

You might hold my hand for awhile, but you can hold my heart until forever.

Internship Week 10

Forever leaving my office late. However, I had an 'interesting' Monday. I was due to be at some place at 8.30am, but guess which idiot is still trying to flag/call for a cab at 8.40am. In the end, I roped in my colleague's help to help me get a cab. Wth. It was a disastrous morning omg. I actually left house at 7.45am, but where did all the cabs/grab went to?! Went home for dinner after work before rushing to head out for some work related stuff again. LOL, finally wrapped up everything by 11pm. T.T I'm so exhausted omg.

I miss all the fun times x.x

Dinner with the JC friends a few weeks back. Thanks for being so accommodating to come down all the way to my workplace area, Bugis (because as usual, I end the latest) T.T We headed to Jinjja Chicken for dinner and got the worst dining experience in the end, zzz. 

(Jajangmyeon)

Amanda and I ordered a bowl of jajangmyeon to share. P.S. This bowl actually belonged to Christel and Yanlin. What we received was in a takeaway bowl instead. Wth, they ordered later than us but theirs came in a bowl but ours arrived as a takeaway T.T

(Drumsticks)

At least their drumsticks taste delicious, but I still prefer 4 Fingers'.

(More chicken)

And this came to us cold. Wth. I'm craving for some piping hot chicken wings and they serve this cold. T.T Went to the kitchen to complain and they still dare to say that it's warm. They finally relented after we insisted that they re-serve them to us hot. Tsktsk.

Did I also mentioned that the shop experienced a blackout as well when we were there? Gosh, lousy service. Never heading back again.

My lovely friend came to visit! 

(Yole)

Vivian Ng came to find me during lunch time! :D So happy because I really love it when people make the effort to travel all the way down to look me up for lunch. I feel appreciated, hehehes!

Finally trying Yole after so long. I think I have aged, because sweet stuff is no longer my thing. LOL, which explains why it took me so long to try Yole. Honestly speaking, I think it tasted similar to Llaollao?? LOL.

(Some treats from Japan)

Thanks for thinking of me. Haven't been to Japan but I'm glad that you brought back a part of Japan for me to experience. P.S. I think Vivian got some obsession with KitKat LOL, she got them in so many different flavors HAHAHA! :D

(My birthday present)

And she finally gave me my belated birthday present. It's like two months late?! Hahaha, but nice thanks for remembering that I mentioned before I have dry lips and getting me this lip balm/tint. 😍 

Even when the morning sky is bright,
There must be stars.
Although they aren't as bright as the night stars, 
They are hiding to illuminate.
For I know you shine, I will wait for you.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly.

Haven't been updating this space recently because I was really caught up with work. Felt very disconnected with the world these days as I stopped communicating as much with my friends? Goodness, I sold my life to the company. T.T I'm ending work later and later week by week sighs.

(Mushroom soup, garlic bread and ice lemon tea)

(Western delicacies)

Dropped by Hans for dinner with the family because I realized they have set meals so it's quite worthwhile, but I ended up being disappointed because I don't think the food is that nice. LOL, but we got free chicken wings!! #cheapthrills

Went over to Malacca over the weekend with my mum and her colleagues. It was a great trip because we had this non-stop eating session, but I swear I put on weight sighs. Will update on this again once I looked through the pictures!

Also, there's this woman (external party) who is super annoying but I still have to entertain her because it's part of my jobscope sighs. LOL, called to reject her but she write in to request again and I need to write an 'essay' email to my supervisor. T.T Walao, make my life difficult only. No wonder I need to OT everyday.

(50 cents ice cream At IKEA)

The other day where I went IKEA for dinner with my family. Wanted to buy a bigger shoerack but nothing caught our eyes x.x In the end, we got their ice cream cones! Pretty much prefer McDonald's vanilla cone but 50c IKEA's cone is appealing too! :D

(I love IKEA food)

We had meatballs, salmon lasagna, chicken briyani and beef cheeks. We got ourselves chicken wings and a cake for dessert too! Nice! 

Do you know how long this planet has been around?
Do you know how broad this universe is?
There are countless stars in the sky,
and this planet we live on is just one of them.
Time is relative, and
My feelings for you make my time stop.

As the stars fall down and the heavens fade, this girl is begging wait for me.

Forever OT days whenever I'm meeting my pals for dinner LOL. Finally headed to ABC Brickworks hawker center for dinner with JJ, and had this delicious plate of horfun and fried noodles! And I finally satisfied my sugarcane craving :D

Did I mention that the sugarcane that they sell near my workplace is expensive? LOL, I never once buy sugarcane there cause the soya milk is much cheaper. I like soya milk with grass jelly too, but sometimes I just crave for sugarcane T.T Sighs. But recently, I found this fruit juice stall that sells amazing juice too! Banana milkshake and papaya milkshake, my loves! 

 Also recently, I had a biannual meetup with the JC kids! (: So excited to see them because even though we seldom meet/chat online, but I love it when we update each other on our lives whenever we meet! 

(Chicken Katsu Don)

The friends went up to Ichiban Sushi first to wait for me because I was late (as usual). I cannot finish my work on time sighs. This internship is taking a toll on me. On a side note, the katsu taste amazing!!

(Hojicha Ice Cream)

Afterwards, we headed to Matchaya for desserts. We ordered the Hojicha Ice Cream and I love it! We gossiped a lot over desserts and wah, I 'learnt' a lot of things LOL. So many things happened yet I wasn't aware of it. HAHAHA.

(My JC pals)

Thanks Weina, Amanda and Moehan for the great meetup. You guys are really my best takeaway from JC! 

We used to watch the sun go down
On the boats in the water
That's sorta how I feel right now
And Goodbye's so much harder
Cause we were happy