Tracgers' Christmas Gathering

Had fun with my homies while reliving our childhood memories.

I miss life when we were young and naive.

Or maybe it was just me, still am.

"Friends Forever!" we used to say that so often to every person we knew as we penned our autographs in our friends' books. It was a trendy thing to do in those days.

I'm glad that we did remain close friends years down the road, hopefully, this shall last forever. :)

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm Possible"!

- Audrey Hepburn

You are the Reason I Live

Because this Christmas is all about You!

Merry Birthday, Father! <3

xox

My Horrible Hair

I look like tweety bird in this horrible hairdo.

This is the last time I'm ever doing a string cut, or cutting my fringe at Diana's again.

The thought that I'd paid for a rather irreversible damage is quite annoying.

I'm so embarassed I'm gonna clip my hair up for the rest of my life.

Merry Christmas

It's a lazy, rainy afternoon and I'm getting all ready for church, and doing last minute preparation for the gift distribution later.



Loads of people to distribute Christmas presents to. 'Cos I have too many friends.



And because it's such a lazy afternoon, I desperately needed something to perk myself up. What better way than to savor some nice floral tea. Recently, I'd received a series of floral tea as a Christmas gift from a really nice friend and I can't be happier!

Chose peppermint tea for the dopey Me this afternoon, hoping the mint would blow my brain. Unfortunately, it didn't cos my brain is still intact.



Hmm I can't wait to try this. Maybe for tomorrow morning.



Some sweet treats to go with the tea.

Okay wake up, Dopey.

There's a Christmas celebration waiting for me!

Hi I bought a new bag

My Japenese-floral patterned bag.

For you to envy.

My best friend's birthday

Hi, Happy Birthday!

We went to La Nonna at Holland Village to celebrate this personnel's birthday.

I must say, it is a great place for a gathering. Great food, great ambience, and great service! Plus, there is 1 for 1 main course from 12-2.30pm every weekday, if I did not remember wrongly.



To kickstart the sumptuous Italian lunch, they serve nice breaad and plain thin-crust pizza. You can tell that its quite appetizing from the way I munch on mine unglamorously.




Behold, my first try at squid ink pasta. Eelin was talking about it on end so i thought I should be adventurous for one day.

Its great. Really. The taste that is. The look kinda scared me abit. I closed my eyes while savoring it.

The sauce is so black that you can use it to refill your pen.

Wispy's 'curry puff' pizza. Or so, the waiter, with a sense of humor, called it. There's cheeze, ham, and mushroom in this giant pizza.

If you unfold this pizza, it can easily become a face towel.

Its delicious, I must say.

Then they gave us a cute fushcia knife to cut our tiny tiramisu cake that the waiters so kindly treat us to.

TGIF= Thank God I'm female ;)

These dudes tried to be funny. Oh well, they brightened our day.

Then we headed over to The Daily Scoop! If you haven't been to this awesome ice-cream parlour, you must have come from planet Mars.

Lots of awesome flavors for you to choose from. And the junior scoop, which i think is satisfying enough, is only $2.00. The cone inclusive.

Help me to love my life as you love it

All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
- Psalm 139:16 NIV

Robot

I'm working. The only life I have these days, is revolved around work.

Work, and my research, and numerous clinical reports.

And networking to garner support from the management for my research.

I feel like a robot.

I need life, I need God.

Celest's birthday

It's always nice to hang out with my dear graduates again! Yesterday we had a belated birthday celebration for celestine at a rather cool place in vivocity, King Louis, or something like that.

They have a live band and a gorgeous ambience with scenic view of the sea. It's a great place to hangout at an affordable price. Plus for every 2 meals ordered, the third is free.


Sorry i just have to show off my lovely purse I got from Thailand



Our pretty birthday girl and her Crispy Cheezy Chicken Leg.




Angie, with her chicken pullet, and Me with my beer-battered fish and chips.
By the way, Angie's hair has grown quite abit if you've noticed.



Close-up version of my dinner for you to envy.




Jade's ribs. *coughs* i mean her pork ribs for dinner.



Angie's Chicken pullet.

Crispy Cheezy chicken Leg.

And the lovely brownies we got for our birthday girl from P.Osh!

Lovely celebration, lovely dinner, lovely day!

Good morning

My exams are over and lately, I've been spending alot of money on... I'm not sure what.. cos i can't keep track of it.

This morning i decided to try the caffeine-free tea that I bought from Marks & Spencer.

An infusion of Camomile limeflower & Lavender. As the packing suggests, it has calming effects. It is a big mistake that i drank this in the morning but i was desperate for some floral scent early in the day.

I do love flowers. Very much. And this tea has pretty much satisfied my craving. Sigh.. if only I can have roses to greet me every morning as I enjoy breakfast.


Triple chocolate cereal also from Marks & Spencer. It's a tad bit too sweet for my palette but I enjoyed it anyway.

I'd love to have beef steak and some wine for lunch. But I don't have wine, and my maid has decided on fish from leftovers of Monday's dinner instead.

I'm trying to enjoy life to the best of my ability this week before all hell breaks lose when my research application is approved and my attachment commences.

Now, I'm feeling sleepy thanks to the tea. I'll promise to get the rejuvenating version to accompany my morning breakfast in future.

Chiong ahh

I just walked out of the battlefield.

Gonna walk back in again after my prof gives me a feedback for my literature review.

And this time, it'll be more deadly.

Behold

After 2 years of searching, I have finally found my most expensive bag.

Lately

I would say, its time to go sleepless again.

Shopping

The shopaholic side of me is back with a vengeance!

This is rather unfortunate because I am out of scholarship, and hence should content myself with living like a pauper.

I have alot of shoes I realize. I always thought I have only a pair of slippers, and another pair of nice versatile wedge for important events to choose from.

But a discovery of a couple of other 6 inch heels in the shoe cupboard proved me wrong.

Oops, ive bought two new pairs of pumps.

And i cannot wait for the next Cotton-On sale because the newest collection is gorgeous, but oh-so-expensive.

Either that, or i should travel down to Australia for the cheap alternative.

Of course, Mum would recommend that I content myself with what I have in my already bursting wardrobe. Not that I am not trying.

Unfortunately, gorgeous Forever21, the new H&M, and my best friend's, weiyu, amazing new wardrobe, fresh from her trip to America has got me wanting more.

More, more, more. As if I can never be satisfied.

Its time to meditate.

Please.

Don't ever speak to me again.

I feel sorry, that i single-handedly destroyed myself.

It's so painful... I can't even cry.

Chew on it

You are a daughter of Christ
No one can take that title away from you.
-- Not even yourself.

Vietnam food and big hair

This is weiyu.

And she had her hair permed.

This is me.

As you can see from this picture, I have highlighted my hair.

Oh no u cant, its in black and white.


We went to a vietnam restaurant. And this is drip coffee. It literally drips into the cup. For some reason, that makes the coffee taste amazing.


Sis looks better after using my My beauty diary mask. Lately, I'm into this series of mask. Look out for a radiant me these months until i get sick of it.


Us in the vietnam restaurant, Sharing our devotions and our testimonys of God's miracles in our lives.

Sis is gonna give another testimony tonight at church and i can't wait!

Dim sum buffet

HI.

I had dim sum buffet at Zhou's kitchen for only 13.80+

I could have taken more pictures... but i was too lazy.



I forgot what this is but this is very good!



This is prawn paste chicken. Ive been eating this since i was a kid.



Wasabi mayo dumpling!



Of course, its the company that matters most. I organised this for my dear nursing peeps.

Its a great place for a gathering at such a cheap price.

At night, we went to receive sis from her Mission trip in Indonesia. She looks tired.


But she had alot of fun.



... as you can tell.

I am dead meat. SOMEONE HELP ME

MY BLOOD PRESSURE HAS SOARED SKY HIGH! I AM SO STRESSED ABOUT THIS RESEARCH PROJECT!

I JUST got myself into boiling soup and i dont know how to solve it.

SO IM TURNIN TO MAGNUM ICE CREAM. HUR HUR

Strictly Pancakes

At Strictly Pancakes cafe, we came... supposedly for a weekend breakfast which ended up being a weekend Brunch because we did not make any reservations and it was just too popular, even at that time of the day for pancakes. It was noon time, at about 1pm.

Thus, we had to wait for one hour. And where else better than Rochor Road Tau Huay Stall which was just down the road. We delighted ourselves meanwhile with some very refreshing treats and had this:

Cold Tau Huay.


And we had surprisingly amazing butterfly fritters. Sweet, crispy, and chunky. Hmm. I never used to like this when i was younger because i had eaten bad, lau feng ones. But this was really good.


Weiyu eating heartily.



Finally we got our long awaited table at Strictly Pancakes. Please learn from this very tough lesson and make reservations before visiting popular cafes.

Nutella Milkshake. Drink it and get yourself an orgasm.

Every pancake comes with a piece of butter of a flavor of your choice and maple syrup. My favorite two flavors are garlic-herb butter, and Rum and raisin butter (good for dessert pancakes).


We shared smoked salmon with pancakes. Looks abit dry here but they have a bowl of mayonnaise with herb to accompany this. It is very good, according to everyone else. Me, the biggest salmon fan, unfortunately did not think it was that fantastic.


THIS IS THE BEST! I will visit the place again for this amazing Garlic-Herb Butter prawns with pancakes. The prawns are fresh, crispy, and (relatively) big. It goes surprisingly well with the pancakes. You get an explosion of crisps, sweetness, buttery and salty taste in your mouth with this dish. Suddenly I think I sound like I am writing a food blog here.

For dessert pancakes, THIS IS pretty WONDERFUL. Its very chocolatey. Its named The Drug for a reason. I will come back for this for high tea!


Then we had fun playing at the lounge area where there were comfy sofas.








Best friends forever :D