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Berlinda Cheong Hao Min
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Monday, August 29, 2011
It has been a while :) @ 6:16 PM
Mei Mei - See, your sister is so pro
Me - What? for riding the horse?
Mei Mei - are u blind? it is a jaguar!
LOL
It has been abt a month since I last posted..i know i should have kept this space updated while i was in korea, but...i have tons of excuses to explain why i didnt, so i shall not list them :)
i have been back for abt a month alr and (very reluctantly) need to get on with school since the new semester has started. I am experiencing some withdrawal symptoms from my trip but not as bad as the rest, haha. Many other ppl missed myeong dong (alot), the food, even the super-duper good green tea latte..etc..well, for me i missed the food a lot!!! it sounds funny even to myself because back when i was in korea, i really misseddd singapore food...cuz.., korean food is simply too healthy, hahaha! i missed the fattening laksa gravy, the oily chicken/char siew rice, i miss my mum's dishes...curry.........u name it! all the unhealthy food, haha! but now...i missed the healthy lifestyle that i had over there...all the long walks that i have to do when i transfer between mrt lines, kimchi every single meal, nice spicy and sour stews that i can have for dinner....ahhh...miss miss... i will definitely go to korea again, or perhaps make those trips as often as travelling to bangkok..hmm, shall see abt that :D
I will perhaps blog more abt where are the good places to go in korea next time, i will definitely tryyy to make more effort to keep this space alive :)
Till next time!!
BTW!
the above joke was abt my sis playing maplestory...can see that we are both happily rotting at homeee :DD
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
GSS- Korea!! @ 11:52 PM
Just a short post before i board the plane :)
Currently at changi airport Terminal 2 and making use of the remaining time that we have to waste before boarding :D
On a more serious note, i have mixed feelings towards this trip.
I am excited over the fact that i am on a stress-free summer term to clear my mods and i get to shop and explore korea. but...at the same time, the conversation that i had on tues with someone may be (i pray very hard not to be so) the last one with him...this thought truly brings a heavy feeling and burden to my heart as i depart from singapore.
Well, at least I had that conversation, at least i can say that i left without regrets..
Seoul, here i come :)
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Thursday, June 09, 2011
Double joy!!! @ 8:24 AM
Yesterday, i had bipolar disorder symptoms...haha! just being descriptive of my mood swings :)
At the beginning of the day, I had mixed feelings about my exam results. I am not too confident of doing well and neither am i very certain of having my gpa plunging down. The thought of a drop in my gpa really makes me very fearful and stressed out all this while..i am reminded of my first drop in my gpa. The digit '3' in front is enough to make me cry for the whole afternoon last year.. i really don't want that episode to happen again. I guess my mixed feelings is partly because i, literally, crammed before each paper..something that i have never done before for exam preparation. This makes me doubtful of how well i can remember and the quality of my answers as compared to others that have studied much more thoroughly then me..
But, at the end of the day, I can be re-assured by God's grace and mercy.
For it is written in the scriptures in Romans 8:28,
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. "
I did have food poisoning which hindered me in the process of preparing for exams
I did have less time to prepare for my core subjects due lack of time
I did have less sleep each passing day during the examination period
Still, all these things work together for good and I am extremely grateful at midnight on 8 June.
That aside, my loafers from missypixie arrived yesterday! another thing to be joyful!!! :):):)
I was on 'Stealth mode' when i missioned to grab the shoes from the mail box.
Why? cos, my mum don't knows about it. and, she will scold me since i am going to korea..."为什么还买.......etc.......... " will come...haha
I did have less time to prepare for my core subjects due lack of time
I did have less sleep each passing day during the examination period
Still, all these things work together for good and I am extremely grateful at midnight on 8 June.
That aside, my loafers from missypixie arrived yesterday! another thing to be joyful!!! :):):)
I was on 'Stealth mode' when i missioned to grab the shoes from the mail box.
Why? cos, my mum don't knows about it. and, she will scold me since i am going to korea..."为什么还买.......etc.......... " will come...haha
So,the plan was,
1) go down and grab the shoes when mum is cooking in the kitchen
(that way she will not hear the opening and closing of the door)
2) come back quickly and close the door softly
3) dash into my room and lock the door
4) try out the shoes with mei mei
5) hide the shoes and when i come back from korea, i shall say i bought them in korea-- FAIL
(that way she will not hear the opening and closing of the door)
2) come back quickly and close the door softly
3) dash into my room and lock the door
4) try out the shoes with mei mei
5) hide the shoes and when i come back from korea, i shall say i bought them in korea-- FAIL
I cannot say 'i bought from korea' since mei mei also bought the loafers and will want to wear them while i am away..
Lol, we were discussing in the room about step 5 and mei mei was like
Lol, we were discussing in the room about step 5 and mei mei was like
mei mei - 'i think mummy open the kitchen door'
me - 'serious?' (throw loafers under my table and use my chair to hide them from sight)
mei mei - you in stealth mode ar, hahahahahaha!
end up we decided to tell mum, paper cannot wrap the fire..haha
and yes, the nagging did came...haha
I really love the loafers (even though i had one alr :P ) it is sooo comfortable, i really dont want to take them off :) haha
me - 'serious?' (throw loafers under my table and use my chair to hide them from sight)
mei mei - you in stealth mode ar, hahahahahaha!
end up we decided to tell mum, paper cannot wrap the fire..haha
and yes, the nagging did came...haha
I really love the loafers (even though i had one alr :P ) it is sooo comfortable, i really dont want to take them off :) haha
well, with hard work (although all last min)
mugging desk
if you look carefully at the papers, it says 'my life does matter' (ignore the caption on the cup)
tb and notes are piling up for papers that have ended!
and little things in life
ooo, look at them in their packaging!
loveeeee
and with God's reassurance
all things will be fine :)
Good things comes in pairs :)
(even for my grades)
mugging desk
if you look carefully at the papers, it says 'my life does matter' (ignore the caption on the cup)
tb and notes are piling up for papers that have ended!
and little things in life
ooo, look at them in their packaging!
loveeeee
and with God's reassurance
all things will be fine :)
Good things comes in pairs :)
(even for my grades)
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Monday, June 06, 2011
Counting down and homebound @ 12:10 PM
Heyy!
well, i have been very confined to the house lately, just dont feel like going out..why?
1) I will not be tempted to buy more things!
2) I can chiong finish watching Dong Yi ( very nice! :) )
3) Lazy to go out of the house, haha,
go out = choose outfit + make up + choose bag + spend money + remove make-up
(zzz...算了吧, haha)
(zzz...算了吧, haha)
yup, so, stay at home is the best :)
hee, laze ard and read the Bible and revise my korean (progress to date=stagnant) hahaha!
but, i did like the usual packing of the room and i am my mum's telephone operator, picking up the phone that rings all day and pass it to her...and some simple 'scrapbook'ed note for mei mei to encourage her as she goes thru common tests :) jia you mei mei! and i made a camera ang pow (?) for a friend in church. haha, cos i did not go for his bday party due to exam preparations and i feel very bad :( haha, at least my 'present' should reach him. And his present is my contributions to his DLSR fund!
i had fun doing this! feels like i am doing something for art and craft class back in primary school! I went to dig out our old colour pencil to colour it :)
and...time really flies, please fly faster! i used the 'days left' app on my android desire and i have 2 count downs, one that is heartening and another that is..disheartening..
my heart is pounding...THE day(s) is/are approaching
hee, laze ard and read the Bible and revise my korean (progress to date=stagnant) hahaha!
but, i did like the usual packing of the room and i am my mum's telephone operator, picking up the phone that rings all day and pass it to her...and some simple 'scrapbook'ed note for mei mei to encourage her as she goes thru common tests :) jia you mei mei! and i made a camera ang pow (?) for a friend in church. haha, cos i did not go for his bday party due to exam preparations and i feel very bad :( haha, at least my 'present' should reach him. And his present is my contributions to his DLSR fund!
i had fun doing this! feels like i am doing something for art and craft class back in primary school! I went to dig out our old colour pencil to colour it :)
and...time really flies, please fly faster! i used the 'days left' app on my android desire and i have 2 count downs, one that is heartening and another that is..disheartening..
my heart is pounding...THE day(s) is/are approaching
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Tony Moly and doughnuts! @ 2:56 PM
Heyy!
Really excited now!!! i just got my Tony Moly latte art morning pack!!! it has a super cute packaging!!!
Tony moly!
Tony Moly Latte art morning pack!!! :D:D:D
Met up with joee just now and we made our way to their outlet at raffles xchange. Initially, we were attracted by the U-weekly readers offer, there is a gift pack with 3 items at $40 only!!! i thought it will be a good buy, just that it includes an item known as berry berry wrinkle sleeping pack. I dont think i will be needing that now...well, anyway, when we were there, the sales person told us the promotion was only applicable to their outlets at bugis and marina square.., well, it seems fated that we will not be getting the gift pack and we were pretty put off by the wrinking sleep mask too..haha, but i still got this super cuteee product! I have read good reviews abt it, cant wait to try it out tmr!!! :D
finally changed my blogskin! it was a chore but i like the fact that it is simple and doesnt have a 'welcome' page..nicee!
hmm, oh, i made doughnuts on sunday! it is pretty easy but it taste the best when it is freshly made, it turns a bit hard when it cools down.. some pics to share!
Doughnutss!
The doughnut maker/cleaning lady :P
finally changed my blogskin! it was a chore but i like the fact that it is simple and doesnt have a 'welcome' page..nicee!
hmm, oh, i made doughnuts on sunday! it is pretty easy but it taste the best when it is freshly made, it turns a bit hard when it cools down.. some pics to share!
Doughnutss!
The doughnut maker/cleaning lady :P
A short post! till next time~
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
updates @ 10:41 PM
Hi!
thought of just having a short post today :)
Well, i have finally reunited with my korean notes from my friend. I think i lent her in Year 1 sem 2, and we keep dragging abt when we can really meet for her to return the notes to me. Finally made the move to discuss abt meet up, haha. why??? cos i am going korea for summer studies!!! will be flying on June 22!! excited!!! :D
the thing is i completely cannot do korean language at all!! :( japanese was easy but not korean!! I was on the train and flipping the notes...the things inside looks foreign to me! oh no...i seriously need to re-learn it over again. I think knowing the language is important. Reading various comments from flowerpod, the people there dont really comprehend english, even simple english may be hard to get your point across..so i really need to pick up the lang again!!! Started today, but I only sustained for half an hour :P
Just finished masking while typing this post! I loveeee doing mask :) My skin was in the worse condition ever after exams and right after it ended, i got onto the routine to put on a facial mask everyday. My skin condition really improved a lot! shall blog more abt it next time :)
Alright, i have to turn in early..will have to accompany mei mei in the morning tmr :)
Nights world!
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Back Blogging!!! @ 5:39 PM
Hiiiiiee!
it has been a while since i last blogged..well, the week went past really fast! i did not blog is partly because i dont have pictures to show..haha, and nothing much to say also..lol
soo, this is the last day of the week, i have lots to say! :D
I have a new found love, photobucket!!! It really helps me to upload photos sooo much faster! One reason why i hardly blog was because i really hate to use blogger to upload photos! It takes a million years...so this just completely put me off to blog..haha, but all problems can be solved with...........PHOTOBUCKET! wahahaha, yupp, i am using it right now! love love love
ok..i watched pirates of the carribean with joee on monday?? or was it tues?? aiya...age is catching up on me, cant rmb, haha..but i think that it is ok...only...not fantastic..i seriously thought the series ended with the third movie...somehow i find it kind of draggy to continue on..hmm, usually when u continue a series, u have something that u have yet to resolve or the story has not ended.. Like..harry potter, voldemort did not die until the last book, so the series will end with the 7th movie..but of course, if they have a movie on HP but depicting what happened before harry potter time...like their parents..etc, then it will be nice :) anyway..the story kind of ended..right?? except the fact that he lost his ship again...but, bottom line is..i find it not as nice..yup, only one photo! my outfit for the day..
Top from missypixie! love the material, but it is a little sexy..haha, at the back is translucent chiffon..and no lining! i wore a tube..hee, i am not that daring :)
we had the usual chat and after-dinner starbucks drink to catch up:) i am soo full at the end of the day...i think i have to say byes to my non-flabby arms and awesome weight after exams :(
Then...oh! i had facial on wednesday, shiokness is enough to describe my experience, hee, and i went to get some vouchers for the april/may babies in church! They invited me to their party and i did not turn up..i feel really bad if i dont give them my presents :( so..that day, i had a long walk...my legs are really starting to ache..
Thursay..i decided to stay at home just in case my ex-boss from yoguru ask me to help her out with shifts, she did actually, but before i replied her, she had found her PT girl to replace alr, haha, glad all is well for yoguru! soo, had some time to pack my room and the pile of tb+ notes stacked under my table..hiaz...wonder how will my results turn out...this is the very first time i "crammed" for my exams...i really really put in the best i could to get a good grade..really hope everything will turn out ok... and i decided to bake! haha, it has been some time since i last baked, and it seems that i have been baking cheesecake for a pretty long time..haha, it all started with mum's comment that there is no breakfast left, she wanted to bake something until i decided it is time for her to take a break and let me (the bum in the family) to bake :D made cupcakes!!
before going into the oven...
baking...
baking...
done!
hee, took me abt 30 mins to finish everything,they are marble cupcakes! it wasnt a recipe from the cookbook, just that i used the same method that we always used to do the swirls for marble cake and apply it to this batch of cupcakes! they were really good! my baking skills are not yet rusty, yay! :D
Friday, was a tiring day...
I went out early in the morning with joee to catch kungfu panda 2!!! it was soooo nice!!! better than pirates in terms of the funny parts of the movie :) hahahaha, couldnt stop laughing!! he is soooo cuteeee, xiao po! we catched the first slot of the day and we feel really out of place...the theatre is full of younger, definitely primary school, kids...shall think twice abt the movie timing when i had to catch a cartoon movie in future.. then, we went to 313. Ahhhh, there are sooo many nice clothes ard...but!!! i cannot buy them all!!!! :(:( i need to consider the fact that i am going korea and i need to save up my money....end up i couldnt resist and bought some thing from f21 :D hee, a top and a sparkly bag!! nice!! really tired that day because we did a lot of walking...and shopping at far east plaza...there are soo many nice clothes...but i cant buy...it is really like a dagger is stabbed into my heart...and it gets stabbed even deeper whenever i see something i like and i cannot buy...:(:(:( june22 please come soon....
pictures!!!
joee...
had afternoon tea (or should i say coffee) at starbucks @313!! joee's latte coco powder design :)
my all time favourite caramel macchiato~~
tried this toasty bagel in cheese with cream cheese spread, so cheesy, but yums! :)
wanted to do some swirling and missed the frozen yogurt at far east plaza, so i got some! controlled my swirling and made sure that i dont swirl too much:) my skills are not bad! hee
my outfit for the day! learnt how to dress like that when i flipped my japanese magazine, niceee,
oh, took that in uniqlo when i was trying out their tshirt:)
my buys!
poor leg...
dinner at soup spoon!
still had my favourite, tangy tomato!!!! yummmsss~
and finally saturday! my cousin's wedding
i checked out some of the make-up artist videos on youtube to find inspiration to do the make up for mummy and myself! mei mei always does her own make up...she dont need me le.....:(:(:(, hahah, fake emo
went to church in the morning and then to town and got my first purchase from sephora!
i got this eyeshadow primer to help prevent the eye make-up from creasing and fade away, it really works! my eye make-up is usually gone at the end of the day but not on that particular saturday night! it was really a good buy!
anyways, was busy at abt 3 plus because girls really take super long to be ready and to doll up!
pictures!
mummy :)
mei mei
meee!!!
decided to wear this dress from love, bonito instead of another piece that i thought of wearing. I think this piece better suit the event that i am attending...at mandarin orchard :)
I couldnt really capture my eye make-up due to the lighting, but it was a bit plum-silver colour :) niceee!
Pictures at the hotel!
50 tables...
camwhoring before dinner :)
Then, it finally started...
I love the lights...
the opening video was too long...i was like...dinner dinner?????
and he sang..
while the bride comes in...
then, half way thru, we watched the video on the gate crashing..etc
and they changed clothes..
yes.., he wore that to get his bride...we were all like....wats the link??? it will be understandable if his nick ard his wife is mario..but he is not!! then still go and get the costume....very ex....leh...aiya, so long as he makes his wife happy is all that matters la..and he said his thank you speech...
and thats abt it...we had a very longgg dinner....it only ended at abt 11 plus....reach home at 12 am...tired...and i drove back home! cos, daddy had a bit too much of alcohol...shake head, hahahaha
ok, thats al!!! a veryyyy long post after soo long! have a great week ahead!
:D
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