Love is not just looking into each other's eye, but looking outward together in the same direction.

Spent the entire day trying to teach my parents how to play Daidi and Bridge (poker card games), just so during the Chinese New Year we can find four players easily to start the game. LOL! My mum doesn't really understand the game, but she still manage to win by luck. Okay lorhs #beginnerluck #jealous

(The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf)

I decided to go running this morning, and when I pass by Lot 1 shopping mall, I saw a newly-opened store!! Super excited because there is a high chance that there are promotions! :D We ended up buying two Medium size cups of cookie crumble ice blended drinks for $6 each. 

Loving Lot 1 now because there are so many drink options available - from Liho to Koi, Starbucks and Coffee Bean. Nearby YewTee Point has Koi, Liho, KECHA and R&B 巡茶 as well. It is paradise?!

(Swensens Ice Cream)

Played pool with JH, and even though I suck at playing, it was quite fun lehs hahaha! Wah I think the last time I touched the stick was like 4 years ago? Super rusty LOL. And after the game, we rewarded ourselves with 1-for-1 promotion for Swensens ice cream! Verdict: diabetes.

On a separate day, I met the extended family for dinner at Hong Kong Street to err... celebrate pre-Chinese New Year. LOL, we always need to find a reason to justify our expensive eats.

(My favourite cereal prawns and baby kailan)

(Fish and sambal kangkong)

(Soup)

(Prawn-paste chicken)

The prawn-paste chicken is really the bombz. This is my always-must-order dish from the restaurant, and so far I haven't found any other places that sell prawn-paste chicken better than this food place!

To end on this note, I love tzechar!!

When a woman loves a man,

the sweetest thing in the world,

is to hear him admit that,

he treasures her.

I think I could count all the stars of fall.

Y4S1 Reflections

"Last semester, best semester," they said.

And indeed, it is really my best semester. I think I have surpassed all the expectations that I have put on myself, and I am quite satisfied with everything thus far. There is still a tinge of regret of me not being able to get my first-class honours, but ohwell everything happens for a reason and I am glad that I went with what I truly want, instead of choosing the thesis route like what majority of the students did. :D

NM4883F Financial Journalism

(NM4883F Financial Journalism)

I remembered myself scrolling very hard through the entire module list because I have no modules to take. There are very little PR modules available, and I have no interest in game design and media studies, so I took quite a long time to finally decide that I will plunge into the world of writing and pray hard that I will stay afloat.

I took financial journalism in the end. I remembered myself being very worried about it, because yours truly has never been good in her writing. I also consulted Belle multiple times to ask about the module, because she was the only person I know who took it before. LOL, I sound like some kanchiong spider. T.T

I don't regret taking the class. Weiyi has been a great mentor and lecturer, who is quite dedicated in his work. Even though he might be harsh at times (considering he once sent me an entire email in CAPS because my writing is so horrible), he is quite patient in his teaching (I also once received another email from him full of compliments hehehes, but he also sent me a whole list of feedback on how to further improve my piece luh).

Overall I did pretty decent in the module, all thanks to his training. I really think I learnt a lot from him, and I really encourage anyone who is interested in writing to take the module under him! :D

(Last lesson: we relieved our Korea days by having army stew!)

(Featuring Regine, my Korea exchange housemate)

I don't feel sorry for 'psycho-ing' Regine to join me in this module LOL! I made her join me for the first lesson, and I really think my persuasion skills are so brilliant that I managed to convince her to take the module with me in the end. :D HAHAHA. Thank goodness for her, if not I think I will have die a horrible death from the project work.

NM4102 Research Methods

It was chaotic right from the start, because some idiots in the class made a fuss about wanting to form groups with their friends. Come'on, we are already university students, do we really need to create so much trouble by arguing with the professor throughout the entire lesson just so we can be with our friends?

Long story short, I ended up changing my groups twice. But ohwell, I am quite okay with my final group. Thank goodness for Clara, she is really the pillar for holding the entire group down :D It wasn't the smoothest group project that I have worked on, but at least my group mates did not go missing-in-action nearing the deadlines. For that, I still feel thankful.

GEH1070 Traditional Chinese Medicine

The two of us did a five-man project work. Perhaps we were both Year 4s, and we know how the entire thing works. We worked really well together - I think we only met up twice to discuss and work on the project before submission. The professor was so shocked that we actually finished the project two weeks before the deadline LOLOL. Thanks Chu Ning. I love our efficiency and group dynamics. :D

Conclusion

This is really the end of my journey as a student. I am glad that my last semester ended with a bang, but I hope that everything will go on smoothly with me embarking on the new path as a working adult. :D Cheers everyone, I wish you all the best if you are still studying!

A part of maturity is learning to
love some people from a distance.
To keep their well-being in your
prayers but take a path,
away from them.

You got me feeling drunk and high.

(Cheers to the New Year!)

Another 1-for-1 promotion at Starbucks, and we definitely are not going to miss it! My sister and I grabbed their Christmas flavors without hesitation - Gingerbread Latte and Toffee Nut Crunch Latte. Personally, I prefer the latter! :D

It was a crazy week because there's suddenly many things to clear at work before I head for my holiday trip to Japan. And I also got called for job interviews and writing tests, and everything was just cramped within this one week. It was simply mentally draining. T.T Crossing my fingers and praying to my lucky stars that everything will go well!

(Salted Egg Potato Chips)

Throwback to happier times. I suddenly missed going back to school. T.T My life is now is just full of worries, with my biggest worry about not being able to find a job. Sighs, life of an unemployed.

Anyways, JH and I dropped by Habitat by Honestbee awhile back because it was highly-raved with all the new technology and stuff like that. To be honest, I wasn't all that impressed LOL. But since we already specially made the trip down (p.s. that place is so ulu), I am not going home empty-handed. I left with a bag of salted egg potato chips in the end, and my verdict is that Irwins' taste nicer. But hmm.. recently Irwins is in the news regarding dead lizards being found in their products?? Ewwww.

(A bowl of warm soup for the rainy weather)

The grandfather requested to have his birthday lunch at Pastamania, and so Pastamania it is. It is funny how everyone wanted to reserve a Chinese restaurant to celebrate his birthday, but he insisted that he wanted to satisfy his cravings for Western food instead. LOLOL~ I mean, elderly usually prefer to eat Chinese cuisine isn't it!

(Garlic bread and my half-eaten pizza)

Trying my best to make everything look aesthetic because guess who was too famished and dug in before realizing that a photo has not been taken x.x Didn't manage to take photos of all the dishes that we ordered, so this time round I shall review their more interesting pasta flavors!

(Salted Egg Chicken Pasta)

The salted egg sauce is slightly grainy but I think overall it is still quite flavorful. The pasta is complemented by deep fried chicken chunks which are quite tender as well.

(Tom Yum Seafood Pasta)

This is wayyyy too sour for my liking. This is my go-to pasta dish whenever I head to Pastamania during my secondary school days, but I have no idea why it became so bad now?! Times have changed, and tastes have changed but why did it changed for the worse T.T

(Laksa Seafood Pasta)

This dish is just plain weird. Pastamania is so disappointing. I feel that their usual pasta dishes taste so much better than their newly-launched fusion flavoured pasta. In all honesty, I think their usual pasta dishes doesn't taste that great either. If you have more budget, I am pretty sure there are many more nicer spaghetti restaurants around!

Oh, angel sent from up above.
I feel it coursing through my blood.
Life is a drink, your love's about
to make the stars come out.