Happy 21st to us.

the five of us decided to celebrate the birthdays we missed together, just before 2005 comes to an end. it has been quite some time since all 5 of us hung out altogether. you see, i've know this crazy bunch ever since sec 1 where our friendship first blosssomed during our church's youth camp. since then, we have been growing up together, seeing each through everything, thick and thin. anyhoos, dinner at Esplanade's Al Dente was great.. thanks to the coordinator Sharene. She had really pretty table cards for the each of us and even a game planned while we waited for the food to arrive. we had the whole birthday schbang...right down to a cake with candles, even when it wasn't our birthday. Here are more photos of one of my most memorable dinners this year..

guys.. i really enjoyed every bit of the evening and here's looking forward to more crazy moments right till we turn old and grey.

currently listening

Ooh Wee

by Mark Ronson

i give You my heart

Festivities.

Tis the season to be jolly. i should be feeling a warm tingling sensation of love and joy during my favourite holiday of the year, but instead all i am seeing is the colour blue. don't get me wrong, i enjoyed every bit of it with my family and friends over the christmas lunches and dinners. The thing is i've been clearing out my room, a room cluttered with tangible things attached with memories. Memories that have turned into hurt, dissappointment and disillusionment. I had a tough time trying to sort them out, deciding on where i should keep or part with them. But the hardest and most painful part is learning to let go of the emotions attached. though the photographs, letters, journals, etc.. are now stashed away on top of my wardrobe cupboard, there is still much hurt locked inside my heart. I thought i was stronger than this, i thought i was over it, but the truth is i am not... well not until all that has happened ever since i got back. I am still holding onto much more than i thought i was.

"Father lord, i look to You for comfort. Lord, mold my heart the way You want it. Teach me O lord to follow your plans for me, and that I will obey it with all my heart. Direct me in the path of your commands, and perserve my life according to your word. Amen"

p.s. and to a certain wonderful few... thank you. *you know who you are* Thank you for just being there when i needed you guys. for listening ever so patiently and lovingly. i would have felt 10 times worse if it weren't for u guys. :*)

5 Reasons why you should only sing Karaoke with people who love you.

1. they will tend to be the ones who will not poke fun at your lousy choice of songs, your horrible screaming voice, and of course your 'try-hard' attempt to sing chinese songs even when u have no idea how to read 3/4 of the lyrics on the screen.

2. when it comes to the free flow of assorted peanuts, they will eat the ones that you don't (esp the yucky green peas) just so you can ask the waitress for a refill and pick out the ones you like once again.

3. still on the nuts, in an event your friends only eat the ones u do too, they will understand the need of bringing an empty plastic bag so you can throw away the ones u don't like and get ask for a refill. (hey! singaporean or not, technically, you have already paid for it alright!)

4. when you subconciously start grooving and dancing to chao men's (grasshoppers) "ah la ma wah some pa pi li pa la AI BU PA".. they will join you. come on, you know you once loved that song..

5. they are the ones who will still love you after.

thanks gillian and suann. i had a blast.

oh yes, and to g, because i love you too, i will not show the rest of the world the 'recording'. wink.

I am enjoying this! Things are going good, real good actually. So much has happened in the course of 1 week! well for one, everyone is finally back altogether. with this i'm refering to my beloved girlies, sharene, g and su. i really missed all of u so so so dearly, u have no idea. Gillian's back!!! She got back from london on sunday.. in case u are wondering, g's the smart one studying at LSE. And she got a job offer!! In celebration of the good news, she treated su, veen and myself to dinner at crystal jade. I even skipped my taxation class under the 'bad' social influences of Miss Su Ann wong. We had fried Man tou, xiao long bao in a special chilli soya sauce thing, la mian, ma po tofu, pan fried dumplings, shrimp fried rice oh and fried red bean pancake. Alright, i admit i've been eating heaps these days. its not like i can help it right, the food is just too good here. And to think dinner was already filling enough, we had mango pudding dessert at this newly opened hong kong cafe just next to lido, opposite the huge zara store. Its super duper shiok, but kinda expensive though. you know how when a guy shares meals with girls, he tends to get a bigger portion of the food than the girls especially when it comes to eating things like dim sum. well in our case, its the complete opposite! I think we were just too greedy for veen to handle. poor dude, i think he didn't get enough to eat. HAHA.. this is so embarrassing.

Naomi Watts popped by after dinner last night. Despite Veen trying to chomp her head off, he is a very hungry growing boy, she gave him a huge, wet smackaroo.

Now for Photo updates!

Friday Night at Wala Wala

Dinner with Sharene top row: su & i taking random photos at east coast park
middle row: sharene, su and i at esplanade's thai express

He's got the whole world in His hands,

He's got the whole world in His hands,

I fear no evil,

for You are with me,

strong to deliver,

mighty to save.

- Album: How Great is our God, Passion

I finally went Jogging!!

.......

and now I'm aching all over.

It has almost been a year since i jogged my usual east coast beach route, thats why.

Had dinner with jeff & his friend's at Carl's Jr. The Burgers and Onion rings were massive.. super shiok la. I didn't get to snap any shots of the food though because it was all 'tension' and awkward at dinner. Uru and I were an hour late and we didn't expect jeff to bring along 5 other friends!! Anyway, after dinner we headed to Indo Chine's Forbidden City. p.s. su, g, sharene..we have got to go there to chill one day ya. Can't wait until you girlies come back!

Here are some random photos taken along the way.

Alright, its back to more Burnout Revenge for me. Hhaaha.. can you believe it i'm hooked on my brother's xbox games.

Currently Listening

There There

by Radiohead

Back Home

Yesterday was the first day i ventured into town since i got back. Met up with youru and shisiong for lunch at Wisma's new foodcourt. After that we were walked down the streets of Orchard, browsed through shops, and sipped on hot fragrant berry tea at The Balcony. i don't know why but i'm currently rather sick of shopping, i just can't seem to master up the energy and enthusiasm for it. maybe its because i ain't got the money for it. sigh.. double sighs. I need a job. but getting a job means having to forgo this wonderful life of lazing on my couch watching tv and dvds, sleeping all day, and going out with friends as and when u please. that's just too much for me to give up. grin.

Tea @ The Balcony

Later at night, after having my barbequed sambal stingray for dinner at home, I met yang and alvin for coffee at siglap. The boys were in the area and so decided to swing by for coffee. even though i was extremely exhausted, i still met them because its really difficult to get anyone staying on the other side of s'pore to come down to siglap for coffee! Anyhoos i had a great time catching up.