i hope my sense of humour would still last like hers, when im old and fogey after 50+ good years.

so UNCLE ivan (he is just 29, but insisted on me calling him uncle!) was very very kind to buy me a great bday dinner yesterday at Brotzeit. :D

while the rest of the gang (Jenny - his wife, Hayley and Qizhong) was tucking into the ribs, i happily settled for my veggie pizza which tasted superb. ((:

[credits: http://www.brotzeit.co/]

the amount of food and drinks that filled the table last evening was massive and unbelievably, they managed to clear it all up!

so plentiful of jokes were cracked over dinner, at Hayley's expense while the ivan and me were bombarding her about hooking a.m and how she preferred her sausages big and tender! LOL. so sorry Missy Loh! you DO know we LOVE you right?? :P

the dinner was eventually concluded after an ardous effort to clear the table of food and

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everyone claimed they would never step into Brotzeit  for a good 3 months! qz was super epic tho, he claimed he'll never step in there for a good one year! LOL.

so after makan, wyiteck sprung a surprise visit on us and we headed to the bar at SMU for another round of drinks which finally got over at 10plus.

was super dog tired when i got home last night. yawns.

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& in case you haven followed me twitter (search for "shermainos") i got a huge bomb dropped on me today aka 6 days before my last day. ive officially got 4 more vessels under my care, totalling up to 8 freaking vessels. pffft! ):

xoxo,

sher

OH-MY-GOD.

its gonna be my last day soon in OTC (i'm officially on an eight days countdown)! gonna be back in school to kick start my final year.

i back tracked and realised my last post was during my exams BACK IN freshmen year! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! yes. i'm officially back to blog, for a good long time i hope. *cross fingers*

just in case you're wondering why the sudden enthusiasm, and thats becos im feeling guilty. realised sam kept me on her blog roll despite me not blogging for freaking 2 years! YES. so im making amends now.

sept has been a pretty good month for me.

1. so thankful i've cleared all mods. greatest credits to the lovely boyfriend who kept pushing me to study, attain good grades and treating me to good treats to motivate me. :D

2. Im going to BKK soon! A special bday treat from the boyfriend (yes, he is god sent) and i do hope i'll be able to bring the whole bkk back within a short span of 4 days! :D

3. im quite looking forward to kick start school simply becos i've got more friends doubling the role as my classmates this time round! managed to get into the same class with some OG mates and karie, so i think the 3 long hours lectures will be a breeze, i hope.

4. my skin is officially recovering! *thank god* im experiencing some major skin crisis as of late and after spending on facial and revamped majority of my usual skincare products, my face is getting better! big credits to steph tho. was having dinner with mummy and her one day and just as i was feasting away on the choc fondue, she shot me the "your face your face!!" look! LOL. totally epic. the downside of this whole issue too was, i had to abandon my expensive (by my standards) skincare products. steph said the products were too strong for my face and told me to stay off them for a good 3 months before resuming & finishing off whatever i that's left. and so i  had to bid goodbye to all lancome, khiels, avon, dior and blahs. )'":

alright. time for tea. till then,adios amigos (:

xoxo,sher

two papers more, three dreadful ones to go.

i cant wait to thread my toes in the calming & cooling waters and laze around like time has left me behind in the trace of its grace.

credits - [beach-backgrounds.com]

its getting suffocating in here but then again, what must be done must be accomplished.

prayers. please let me pass it all.

i woke up to the stillness of the dawn at 6 this morning.

and god bestowed the best picture of hope anyone could witness at that time of the day

[credits : wallpapercube.com]

i was a wreck yesterday. the whole or morning, noon and evening. it was eventually till i emptied my quota of drops of the year that i went to sleep and found myself awake to this morning sun like yesterday was just a nightmare. amazing how emotions could caught up with us just when you least expect it.

& just here i am memorizing weber's words on how rational individuals are in this society. how irony. no. wait a minute, we're individuals of contemporary society instead, having numerious fragmented identities that just transcend our thoughts before we're aware, where it had just took us.

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quote whitey - the one wise old man that constantly reminds us that we can love magnanimously.

"The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past, and recognize that every day won't be sunny. And when you find yourself lost in the darkness of despair, remember, it's only in the black of night that you see the stars, and those stars lead you back home."

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prayers.

Talk about Man being the most intelligent mammal on Earth when we contrarily always refuse to accept reality that - you reap what you sow.

found a good slap in the face as i face the bare minimum of life now.

gone were my useful days.

night prayers.

Just as the dark clouds gathered outside, threatening a heavy downpour anytime soon. I seek the comfort of warmth in contrast to the howling winds outside - to admit to some things I never thought I would ever did as i share the stories of the past with Dav.

Honestly, if you knew me well enough, you should have known I was never fond of "M". I was never ashamed to admit loudly that i hate her and dont you try to put the two of us together. I've lost count on the numerous times when I put "F" in the spot when he was trapped between us - the 2 girls which he held so dearly but knowing clearly that no hopes should be haboured to see the both of us getting along in the many years to come.

& sadly over the years, "F" was always trapped in the spot as he tried to withheld news from "M" when I was in shit fearing that she would gloat at me which he had witnessed, while I pounced on any chance in return to gloat at her in front of "F" when i heard how badly she had ended up in her life. I was cautioned many times by people around me that it might be god's grace to bestow "F" to "M" especially when she was trapped in a broken family and how "F" could instead play the substitution father role to her. My mind as always, would simply be flung into turmoil - from silent resentment as a kid to spouting hurtful sarcasm of present today, not fearing at all of  how those daggers would eventually reach her.

But strangely, when i was telling bf about "M" and how much she has been through over her growing years, i felt a sudden pang of guilt as i recalled how many times over the years when i've been such a devil and bitch towards her. maybe i've been too self-centred, maybe i've been too extreme but it had never struck me once that i would regret whatever i've done.

But at where we are now, i guess the once-so-simple resentment had evolved into a hatred that had distant us, keeping us apart like two poles of a magnet.

I do hope god could grant me the wisdom to wake up from my stubborn senses one day & admit it was wrong of me to nurse such negativity towards her and bravely bury the hatchet between us rather than regretting all these when the time was too late for any remorse.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mohandas Gandhi

Just when Est & I were drifting in and out of our concentration on our IBM module at the renowned Gek Poh Mac, some young lad came up to us & asked

young dude: "aint you suppose to be having your hols?"

Est & me - raised eyebrows.

did a quick check on this dude, literal paul twohill kinda.

yep there you go. he looked almost like this except he's got shorter fringe which was just covering his eyes?

i couldnt stressed how long it took for me just to check him out, but for that brief moment ,our little young dude here just hadta moved his head back a little A COUPLE OF TIMES to like slightly flip his fringe without his hands.

yea. you bet. i was simply "impressed" with this fucktard.

HAHA.

couldnt love est's reaction any better. she just totally slash ignored him and went back to her iphone while i entertained our surprise guest. ((:

me: "nope. we're studying"

young.dude :"shldnt u be having hols now?"

me:"i wld appreciate if you could leave us alone."

young dude: "oh sorry.."

and strolled away.

est :"i bet he must have thot u were a poly student."

me : "wtf. i look so young?!"

est :"u are wearing a SP shirt now eh"

AND... we broke into laughter.

oh boy. given that dude age, i bet he must be barely hitting his first 2 in d front.

which made me regret terribly on how i could actually pull a joke on this young lad here.

imagine!

me :"take a seat"

young lad sits down and must be feeling darn impressed with his pick up line and expecting some good response.

me:"you do know if you're interested in me, i couldnt have afford your expenditure too bro."

young lad raised eyebrow (yep. his turn now!)

me:"well i can see your standards of dressing and what a pity that i'm not working now, or i wouldnt mind sponsoring you some eyeliner or some goth nail polish and some neat vans sneakers."

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shiokness level x10 on the thought of that! HAHA.

i couldnt be more excited thereafter he left imagining how i could totally make a fool out of him. LOLS.

oh well, at least he's got some worth. just when est and i were so darn sleepy, some dude just came along to lit it up a little.

;)

after a tiring and screwed paper i set off to D's place to drop off the phone and synders.

was feeling super drained when i got to his place but i guess any girl would have felt an instant lift of spirits if you were to find your favourite lunch waiting on the dining table. (:

pulled a princess stunt instead and i just headed straight for the bed to zonk while D carried on his search over the internet and flyers.

got up after much reluctance and i realised he asked for an extra serving of olives on my veggie patty! ((:

discussed in detailed after lunch and we abandoned the 8D Swiss plans (THANK YOU UOL, you donno how much i've fking scarificed for you!) and decided to  head down to JP instead to see if we can get some good short getaway plans & only to realise that...we're down to the same schedule clash issue.

drove down to westmall to watch the biggest movie of all time - avatar! LOLS. oh yea, yours truly finally had a chance to watch it! ((: did some light shoe shopping and i came home to do my much overdue skin care regime! ((:

nothing fruitful but nonetheless contented . nights y'all (:

gonna get rolled back into the whole study trauma in less than 10 hours away.

A night under the lights of the city as we indulged in the soothing atmosphere of the room and warm duvet for the night, ending it on a good note - a good round of catching up with my 3 awesome friends/sista as we drown the night with our laughter and the sinful treats of coffee bean. ((:
truly, what a warm night to remember.

ps. will post the remaining pics on fb (:

ps.lum & sam, when we start working again, can we go do it together too? hehs. (:

i couldnt get to sleep despite being mentally tired over all the mintzberg structure theories! its close to 3.40 am now and in less than 15 hours to go, babes and i will be having our last dinner together for year 2010.

jas aka lum lum will be heading to tasmania in less than 72 hours and i cant help wondering at this hour of the morning, how did we forge such a strong friendship within a span of 3 years of our tertiary education? it didnt came by chance for us since the three of us were never a clique back in year one. i was with my own gang while they had their circle. we were just plain classmates who never hanged around after school & i cldnt recall exactly what happened in year 2 that we came together as project mates and before you know it, it was always us and eugene attending lessons tgt, doing projects together and sticking it all the way till we graduate, started working and now stepping on to our final lap of the education level.

a shot of us on 22/11/2007 - in class ((:

i really love our recent batam trip despite one small glitch. i guess not many of us are that lucky to find sweet pals like babes whom i could comfortably lie around with on the bed, watching dramas, having endless topics to catch up on, completing each other sentences, having an unspoken mutual understanding when we're together, showing your totally unglam but fking true side and shamelessly claiming to the whole world that, "if my world falls one day, i'm god damn sure i know who could help me hold it up again."

ironically at batam, we didnt do any fantastic or exciting sports that is totally thrilling that made it memorable, but we jz lazed all day in bed together and only heading to the supermart to top up on snack stocks and heading for massages! thats how quiet the trip was but a much needed break for 3 of us plus a good round of catching up.

sam was asking if we would end up crying when we send her off and i used to wonder to myself too. but at this very moment, i guess i could be very much affirm that, if i were to tear, it would be tears of joy to see lum lum going on to a new chapter of life which could promise her a brighter future and a lifetime of unforgettable living experience in aussie land.

sure there will be times when i feel the sudden pang of nostalgia when i pass by the CCK swimming pool, stepping into Raffles City Doroperks, Pizza hut (especially seeing the drumlets! my 2 babes all time fav dish), qian hu and so many more places, but i could almost vouch at this very moment, all these times wouldnt stop all together but will be very much resumed when we're all done with our studies and reunite back into the industry!

thank you babes, for being there when i was adapting through so many stages of my life, being there when i feel i couldnt hold it out any longer, pulling me back to sanity and never fail to instil in me that i was never alone in whatever i do and wherever i am. we'll definitely pull through this ardous few years in our respective own fields and reunite one day, back in d same setting as we rant endlessly on our lives (perhaps with new additions? aka yr new bfs? LOLS) and sharing all the sweet, sour, bitter and spicy moments! i love u girls for who you are and cheerios to the many good years that will be here to come!

cant wait to see us don on our grad robes again & take a group snap shot with our parents! ((:

love always,

sher

4.15am 8th Feb 2010

ps. chanced upon this from sam's old blog! an entry from jan 2008! ((:

i couldnt stop smiling when i saw his email this morning! D thot i wouldnt be able to read his end week email in time and he replied me within hours after he got my reply! :D

it'll be the last reunion hols trip for 2010 later today for babes cos jas is leaving in less than 2 weeks time. )): and i guess the only perk side is sam and i can go shopping like wild women and jas wouldnt be at our backs hounding us with "why are u buying this for?!" )):

so......no shopping officer for a year! HAHA.

ta-da! a recent  picture of D when he was at new orleans! <3  he'll be reaching morehead on the 14th feb! hopefully he can be home earlier before march now! -cross fingers-

hey world,

sorry if my last entry was on the11th and the uber lack of updates. but if we're friends of twitter then u'll know i'm pretty much alive and kicking!

i dont how how weeks flew past and how seconds and minutes slipped past me.i just pray earnestly each day for march to come by slower which aka spells PRELIMS MONTH. conversely, it also means boyfriend will be home! i'm really doubting that we'll get to meet even UNLESS he is so sweet to come over to the other side of the island - boon lay from where he stays - marine parade! HAHAHA.

gah. i miss his breakfast home deliveries!! he never fails to delight me with awesome sinful breakfast which brightens my day instantly~ ((:

so i guess march is pretty much a love-hate month~ boo.

nothing great has been going around too except

1. jas is honestly, for real fking leaving SG soon. )): i hate counting down but i cant resist it too.sighs.

2. had awesome dinner meet-up with kel and eunice love. ((:

3. i've got 2 home-made cheescake treats from jas! <3 lum lum

4. i've been seeing lovelies quite regularly.

5. babes and i are really meeting up more more more frequently than ever~ guess we're like cherishing the remaining time. )):

6. batam this weekend! :D

7. steamboat with 6 angels at my place! effin good catching up moment

8. FINALLY met up with xuanie, Jiongyu and jiayi! :D

9. my new LC from zurich! *bliss

10. i've lost weight despite my more than 5 meals a day including supper. wtf. -.-

love.

sher

I know this may sound random to you. BUT! i think i've got awesome neighbours!

it all started in the late noon. after having lunch with gramps, i headed home to do my weekly mopping of the floor. i donno how you guys did it, but it never fails to exhaust me everytime i do it. my dad is scrooge when it comes to cleaning. the floor must first be vacuumed properly before you mop the first time with the detergent water, thereafter with the clean water and eventually the marble care. so imagine is like 4 rounds of cleaning just for the floor. GAH! but anyway i always get exemption for the marble care round cos i'm simply too lazy to do it.

IMAGINE THE FLOOR HAS THE SQUEAKING NOISES WHEN YOU WALK ON IT AFTER THE 2ND ROUND OF MOPPING! so i always find that its uber clean to my standard, so no more additional round of marble care when i do it. PERIOD!

so back to the neighbours story.

after cleaning, when i was just at the sink drinking water i saw my opp neighbour waving at me tryna get my attention.

some background info on this neighbour:

i know her as aunty christine and she has like 4-5 kiddos which age range between 17-20+. we're staying on the C block while she's at the D block. so our flats are positioned to that only our kitchens are opp of each other like this

not sure if you my got gist now. i took this shot from my kitchen's service balcony so it overlooks into her kitchen's service balcony. so anyway! my dad is like damn on "gam" (good) terms with her. as in imagine they can overcome the literal distance them and shout across to talk eh. on a often basis, mind you -.-

there you go. their voices haveta be loud enough to travel across this distance!

anyway so when i walked over to the window, she suddenly asked/shout across "girl, u mopping the floor just now ah?"  i was like damn stunned. aunty christine stalking me eh. LOLS. so i nodded in reply (i refuse to shout like my dad!)

and she continued " the way you're holding the mop, posture is wrong leh! will hurt your back! you see ah, you must hold it like that upright and mop" and she went on to show me a live demo! LOLS. i was just plain stunned there after her awesome demo i thanked her and told her i will bear her advice in mind. HAHAHA.

so there you go. my caring neighbour. ((:

faceshop was having some store-wide promos recently. and guiltily i couldnt resist. gushed!

ps. dear guy readers, i know this entry may sound disgusting to you, so i guess i would highly recommend u not read it, for the sake of not ruining your image of me. LOLS.

alright. i shall admit it outloud now.

i've got awesome-ly downright ugly, stubborn, disgusting blackheads issues!

as much as i am always reminded by joe ma that i should be thankful for my manageable face since i do not have really crazy acne issues or "shining" aka oily skin hence reflecting any light - like literally! (except for my t-zone!!) or sensitive skin (where you can only use this brand or type of product and nothing else!), i always resent my nose. i could never figure out why do the black pricks always could stubbornly re-surface even if i painstakingly use the biore MEN'S nose stripe to remove them! and did i emphasised how sometimes some of these pricks REFUSE to be defeated by the nose stripe and continue to sit gleefully on my nose?!

-inhales deep breath-

anyway so when i was shopping around face shop that day & i chanced upon this nose treatment product!

this whiz-bang product is supposed to help with the clarification of your nose pores through its peel off technology. to be honest when the salesgirl came forth to recommend it to me, i was quite quite reluctant to believe when she claimed the creamy mud pack can be PEELED OFF after ten minutes! i mean its cream based leh, so i clarified indignantly if she meant wash off after 15mins in mandarin (cos her english was quite bad and i thot she cldnt figure out the difference between wash off and peel off. LOLS) but she insisted in english, its peeled off! and you wouldnt believe what she did. she squeezed a huge chunk of it on her hand (the size of a fifty cents coin!) and told me to walk around and she'll prove it to me 10mins later!

i was really astounded then but felt a slight new-found respect towards this random salesgirl for her professionalism. i mean she took pains to prove it to me leh! erms. but i've gotta little confession to make as well. secretly i wished after 10min that the product wouldnt dry up so i could haughtily give her that see-i-told-you-so since she squeezed so much on her hand la! LOLS. so yours truly really browsed around for ten mins (i even caught a glance on the time on my HP! HAHA) and turned around after ten mins- cos she was like following me around  d shop and good god, IT REALLY HARDEN SLIGHTLY AND CAN BE PEELED OFF! & i could swear she gave me d smug look as well when she eagerly tore d base off her hands! (&*^&$##) so i bought it. case close and done.

ps. and erm some accompanying products which that smart ass salesgirl claim is suppose to make my nose mud pack work even better.-sheepish look-

SO! here is it, the majority of my facial products excluding my cleanser, face mist and moisturizer series!

ps. pls ignore the sally hansen at the back . LOLS.

moral of my face shop expedition: alright. i was beaten at the end of  the day. DEFEATED! (^#&t#^*#)

it was a good month. i get to spend time with my loved one, girlfriends and other peeps.

My blissed moments

Darl and i FINALLY managed to talk on the phone after about two months. felt really good to be able to hear from him as we catched up on topics which are pretty impossible to talk about over emails. altho i didnt getta see him when his ship was anchored at the eastern OPL but uncle arthur did! ((:

meet the engineer on board - Mr D! ((:

p.s.pardon the messy look but his dad caught this shot of him whilst he was busy with his bunkering duties!

guess uncle arthur, aunt hilda and i got all excited and we packed him tonnes of local food, mags and snacks that darl claimed he didnt needta restock when he's at indon! HAHA. but oh well. 1 month plus more till Mr Engineer is home! cant wait! ((:

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after the three days class ended in malaysia, delvin daddy and the others performed a short skit for our taiwanese, vietnamese,singaporean and malaysian guests! had a superb rowdy and fun timewhile everyone indulge in the post xmas festive joy.

p.s. wish sam was here with us to join in the fun ((:

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we finally had time to resume our xmas photo taking session at orchard. while mum was overwhelmed with happiness that night (since it was eons ago when we had xmas shots times) ,dad however was just busy snapping shots testing his phone camera! LOLS.

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[credits: http://shiokhochiak.blogspot.com]

my indulgence in consecutive durian suppers! -guilty-

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and lastly, my OPENLY declared wish to Mr D, i'm dying to head to aussie next year despite it being literally impossible since my exams end in may'2010 whilst he is leaving in may too. but oh well... CANNOT DREAM ISIZ?!

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loves,

sher

despite the flu bug keep returning on and off since thurs, nothing could bring the jolly spirit down.

just when i thot the good round of fun ended when i got home from a sumptuous jap dinner at townie yst night, i was pleasantly surprised by this email from Uncle Arthur

check out his pics from his sand boarding experience at Perth‏ where he and aunt hilda just got back from. (:

looking at these pics just make me wanna go aussie so badly again! ): but lets see how darl's and my schedules are next year when he's home first! haha.

i really really wanted to do an entry as of my stated title but my nose kept dripping after the nasal spray dosage again! ): so i promise to do a sequel on it soon when i'm back from msia!

dinner at ikea with babes - sam and jasmine this evening! <3 dont ask me why. but coincidentally we're dining there as we did last year again! HAHA. oh well. im just so thankful that i could spend my actual xmas day with them and my parents while we're at msia this year! ((:

dining at ikea for our xmas celebration 08!

the usual 2 bundles of sweet joy ((:

while believe it or not. we're sleeping TOGETHER on xmas day again! HAHA. something which i've yet to try it with Mr D even! =x haha. and as much as i hate to admit, BABES we're looking much OLDER!! (chant: SK II! SK II! ROFL) meanwhile, i'm just gonna soak into the positive vibes of xmas and not dwell on how jas is going aussie next year and sam most probably getting that job abroad! i hate to be singing bday songs over skype and ranting endlessly about my life to you two over some stupid laptop!! )):

a 2008 xmas shot with my dearest parents while we were at boat quay.

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dear god, thank you for blessing me with so many kind and loving family members, boyfriend, babes, friends and so much more. i couldnt be more thankful than i am now.

arranged in no order - meet my loved ones to be thankful for! <3

my sweetest boyfriend. thank you being you baby ((:

the very very loving ones! ((:

xianie.ting.aud.karie.est (ps. catch u sweethearts soon over d same setting in jan ((:)

precious sam and jas. (thank u all for all the good and bad times babes (:)

the sweet grandma that takes soo good care of me!

my very lovely jie jie ((:

the awesome 2 that always make me roll over with laughter in school

the sweet sister which dote on me in abundance!

my fantastic lunch gang that could always light me up instantly!

so yea. thank you all angels. <3

night prayers.

sher

Psssst! some sneak preview before i post the truck load pics on FB! ((:

trio pic with the glittery tree!

a shot with sweetie pie babe! <3

goofy shot with kel (:

the awesome two that made the evening overwhelming-ly fantastic! <3

cant wait for monday and tuesday evening with my girls now! ((:

good night peeps! :D

hugs,sher

hey people.

i'm not entirely feeling like super sane now given that i just wrote a highly me-feeling-super-disturbed email to Mr D and i bet he must be rolling his eyes over and over again and probably thought i'm like over-reacting and being a nutto. BUT I STILL NEEDTA RANT. so sorry if i've hurt your eyes boyfriend. ):

so i'm just gotta post random pics and lighten your eyes a little while i sulk here over my miserable student life ):

there you go. my lovable pup that keeps me company when i'm on my drama series! love hugging it till sooooo tight whenever i saw lana-clark, peyton-lucas or haley-nathan heart wretching scenes!

you must be wondering wtf is this! well this dearest phone here caused us quite a bit drama last thurs in school! i never did realise d school campus is equipped with facilities like this where shld you accidentally left your notes in the class and you realised the classroom is locked thereafter when you're going back to retrieve your notes, you can use this to get in touch with the school admin people! and to think karie, est and i went through a whole drama of walking and asking around the campus when this phone is quietly hanging outside the classroom where we're trying to get est's notes from!

est and karie trying desperately to make sense of what this inaudible automated phone system is saying. HAHA. the sight is absolutely priceless especially when we're getting weird stares from passer-bys since we're making this call in d middle of the busy walkway in school! LOLS. moral of the story : we've learnt how to take full advantage of our school facilities in the most awkard manner! HAHA. check out est's awkard expression! :P

on a more thankful note, i guess some of you knew about my major trauma on the "latio" experience recently & i'm really blessed to have so many close peeps and girlfriend to cheer me on although i've yet to get over it. but nonetheless thank you girls for being there for me when i was really down. couldnt love you girls enough (:

est being a sweet pill accompanying me to have a good hearty meal of jap after econs on tues to cheer me up despite her being so tired after her sis's wedding. thanks babe. really appreciate your company that day! ((: <3

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feeling better after a good round of words with her and feasting on the tempura ice-cream for our desserts! (:

and the very next day my babes had a full attendance surprise lunch for me at r.place to cheer me up!

had uber sinful cheesecake at secret recipe for desserts after sakae lunch!

so once again a super big thank you to you babes for showering me with so much love! couldnt love you girls enough! ((: