Quarantined.

I AM SICK!!!!!!!! =(

I haven’t gotten so ill in such a long time that I’d completely forgotten what it feels like to be sick. And it absolutely sucks. Especially when I’m all alone in Dubai. Bedridden and hungry but mummy dearest is not around to check my temperature every now and then and cook porridge for me and make sure that I take my medicine after eating! =( I guess a person only really misses home when he/she gets really sick. Surprisingly enough, I’d never gotten so sick since I came to Dubai, at least not that I can recall.

Now I know, I hate being sick! I can’t get anything done. My sister’s coming tomorrow morning and I’ve yet to clean up the apartment. Shit loads of fallen hair, dust balls, sand (I have no idea how they got in) and a dead cockroach by the door, all screaming at me to GRAB A FUCKING VACUUM CLEANER ALREADY! And yes, in case you’re wondering, I managed to live like that for two days. Staring at them, staring at me.

Oh, but I did try to scour the kitchen top yesterday, rewashed the dishes left on the drying rack for god-knows how long and did my laundry. But because I was feeling so out of it, I failed to notice Cynthia’s attempt to murder me. (Kidding, but it did seem like it!) While I was half cleaning the kitchen yesterday, I noticed that the electric pump airport (in case you don’t know what it is, it’s like a water dispenser except that it boils the water and keeps it warm too) was completely dry! And when I say dry, I mean scarily parched. Haven’t you heard from your mum that this bloody thing could blow up when it keeps boiling nothing! Maybe because I’d discovered it early, so I was safe, at least for now.

Here’s a photo if you still don’t know what I’m talking about.

That was murder attempt number one. Not long later, I wanted to go cook some porridge since mum’s not around to do it, and I found some ant size creepy crawlers in the bucket of rice. Imagine if I wasn’t paying attention I would have cooked them up and eaten them altogether. *Shivers* But I wouldn’t have known so it’ll probably not be that bad. ha ha. Murder attempt number two.

Here’s suicide attempt number one. Since the electric water pump frightened me a bit, I decided to boil water in a pot. While waiting for the water to boil, I wandered into my bedroom and started to get distracted. After approximately 20mins, I suddenly remembered that I was boiling water! (How could that slip my mind right! Must be the flu bug.) I ran into the kitchen and hell was it smoky! Obviously the water had boiled over, and it was cooking the pot. Sigh. So I decided to stay away from the kitchen in case I accidentally fall over a kitchen knife or something. What’s worse would be that no one would even notice that I had died, probably until I’d rot and decayed.

Don’t worry, that all happened yesterday. I’m feeling a wee bit better today so I’m going to start cleaning the apartment. (I know breathing in dust balls is not not going to make me recover any faster.) =] Wish me luck!

A place called home.

Four and a half months into my unpaid leave and I seriously dread going back to Dubai. Even when it’s only for a week. Just the thought of being in the miserable desert land made me cringe. I could literally hear the Dubai airport staffs thinking, “Welcome back to hell!” in the hollow and twisted Arabic minds of theirs, with every forced smile, looking at passing transit passengers with envy. I’m positive that even they wish they were elsewhere rather than be working in this excruciating heat in summer.

I’m sure you’ve already guessed by now. I’m back in Dubai. Landed at half past noon, with the searing heat of 37 degree fucking celsius! Fine, 37-degree celsius is really not too bad. Since it is already autumn, and I’ve missed most part of the blistering summer heat in exchange for the tiny and muggy Singapore!

I had truthfully thought that I’ve gotten way too comfortable in Singapore and there’s no going back. However, to my very own surprise, I realized how much I’d missed my home (as in Dubai home) when I walk through the door (although the drive home still reminded me how disconsolate the desert is). Don’t you think it’s incredible? I was still feeling a little melancholy on the plane, yet once I got home I was ecstatically happy. I wasn’t aware that I’d actually become so attached to this place! Oh well, Dubai has been my home for the past 2 and a half years.

Anyway, the reason I’m back in Dubai is because my sister is visiting on the 17th for a couple of days before we head back to the little red dot on the 20th. Like i said, I’ll be back before you realise I was gone! =] We’d probably do some sight seeing, if that’s even possible in this heat. Can’t wait to play with my new camera! Oh, have i not mentioned that I bought a Canon G10? It’s like the best thing I’ve bought this entire year! (Even though it’s only August but I’m pretty sure of that!) You really can’t deny how amazing Canon cameras are. Even after I’d already lost 2 Canon cameras early this year, I still had to get a Canon! I’m simply bewitched by them!

I know I’ve digressed a little… but to hell with it. =P So Kate and Bertram and I went to Dempsey for Korean BBQ at Chang and then to House for drinks the night before my 9.45am flight to Dubai. That’s when we tested out the camera. Here’s some random trial shots and fucking awesome night shots (under extreme low light conditions) at House.

You have to agree that the night shots are fucking impressive. I’m really not a big fan of using flash, unless in absolutely ZERO light conditions. Other than the camera being a tad heavy, it’s simply god sent. =]

I am now completely worn out. Good night.

*Random side note: Can’t wait for Katheryn’s birthday celebration on Sunday~

My beautiful party people.

Believe it or not, we ended up at dbl o again on friday night. It was a bloody good night because so many people were in town and actually turned up! YAY~ We had one hell of a time. You people rock. =]

Number of people who turned up: 14

Number of no shows: 1 (You know who you are!)

Number of people who walked out sober: 0 (hehe)

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Happy National Day! Enjoy the long weekend! =]

Unpopular??

I can’t believe nobody asked me out on a friday night!

Okay, not exactly, because Cj’s telepathic mind told her to show some compassion, so she called me up today. ha ha. Her kindness is greatly appreciated. i was so, SO bored at home. Cj took me to Cafe Del Mar, it was my first time there and I only got myself mosquito bites. =( I had seriously thought that mosquitoes have already become extinct in Singapore! Guess i was wrong. Regardless, it was great catching up with Cj, we might very well be the only two people who have grown up and out of all the girls’ school bitching and backstabbing. I don’t want to be part of all that nonsense anymore. Don’t want to hear, don’t want to see, don’t want to be part of it. Really don’t.

Anyhow, after listing out all the people I usually hang out with and wondering why they’re not replying my texts or texting me, I realised that everyone else is already occupied with one thing or another. How sad.

Jasmin just left for Delhi on Wednesday and i miss her already. Zhenru is going to be in Zurich for a year and Valerie is still in Montana. Bertram is in Hong Kong or maybe San Francisco, Alicia is in Korea, Cynthia in Athens and Kate had a flight to Taipei. Sara’s busy working, singing her heart out like a true entertainer at Bar None tonight, Chengxi is out on a date, Moses is sick, Xiang has NDP rehearsal tomorrow and Iskandar is out with his primary school friends.

Like what the hell right!? Whatever. Friday is over. Saturday will be a better day.

Hopefully.

 

Scandalous.

Wednesday night. dbl o was a riot last night. With drinks as cheap as SGD$12 a jug of housepours and SGD$3 a shot. That could really be the cheapest drinks you can get in Singapore. And for your information, those drinks were anything but diluted. i was out with a bunch of SQ people. I know, i know. I haven’t really said anything good about SIA crew, so what on earth am i doing hanging out with them? But truthfully, that handful of them last night were probably the most pleasant i’ve ever met. I encountered a friend of Bertram’s who reminded me so much of my beloved Cynthia, in terms of the way they party. =] With that, you can only imagine how out of control the night was.

Airline crew certainly know how to party! =]

*more photos will be uploaded on facebook

On a side note, i think it is time to buy a new camera. I’ve been using my dad’s Sony T77 from Japan ever since i came back from London and Sony is really not performing up to my standards. I still think i need a Canon. A G10? what do you think? Although JayJay mentioned he just bought a Leica…… Tempting… and tempted.

I’m back!

miss me? =]

I’ve only been away for a week and I now have 367 photos to edit and upload and nobody is going to help me. ~>.<~ Yeah, i guess that’s not a large number? I suppose i’ll manage…. Anyway, if you don’t already know, i went to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, Thailand to visit my relatives. So much has changed in eight years! But i’m glad that Chiang Rai has yet to be ‘invaded’ by the Americans (conclusion due to the lack of Mc Donalds and Starbucks). Thailand is, of course, not my preferred choice of holiday destination (i absolutely hate Bangkok, the shop keepers are so fucking rude), but since it wasn’t my choice, and we went up north, it wasn’t as bad as i thought it would be. Things are really cheaper and people are generally more sincere and simple minded and we don’t get snubbed just because we’re not farangs. And there ARE a hell lot of them in Thailand. Even in Chiang Mai. But lucky for me, they didn’t bother me. I guess the farangs were not Americans. hehe.

Did i mentioned that i flew to Chiang Mai on Silkair? I have to say that i’m so impressed with Silkair! Honestly, they’re much better than i’d expected. The crew are friendly, professional and speak better English than some Singapore Airlines crew. They even managed sincere and happy looking smiles! wow! Seats also have much more leg room than those on Emirates and BA. Terrific for farangs and people with long legs. I’ll give them a total of 8 out of 10 points. why not 10/10? Because of we got ripped off for the ticket prices. 2 points deducted for lowering the price, one week after we bought the tickets. Subsequently even lower a week before our travel date. Bloody hell.. and we always thought air tickets are cheaper when bought earlier? Whatever. That has nothing to do with the crew anyway. Service delivery was excellent, always with smiles on their faces, despite the fact that it was an Airbus 319 there and 320 back, with single aisle (so damn annoying when people insist on walking up and down when you are doing the service). And yes, even though it was only a 2hr 30mins flight, there was a meal service (two choices, although small portions), with tea and coffee, unlike Jetstar Asia or Tiger. But neither Jetstar nor Tiger fly to Chiang Mai from Singapore.

So 8/10 points for Silkair. That’s a very high score on my chart.

All in all, it was a good trip and i would recommend anyone looking for a cheap, relaxing holiday, away from the increasingly commercialized south, to head to Chiang Mai/ Chiang Rai and experience its rustic charm.

Saturday night life.

I am suppose to wake up at 6am later to catch my 9am Silkair flight to Chiang Mai for my grandmother’s 100th day passing but i’m still up now, it’s almost 3am. Blah~ i’ve so much to blog about but i’m starting to feel the effects of too much procrastination. Anyway, let’s just do one thing at a time. So i’ll talk about Saturday night before i go on to my wonderful Sunday night and Monday afternoon with Dave. =]

So I met up with Chengxi, Alicia and Lincoln on Saturday night. It started off with drinks at Red Dot, Dempsey and went on to Butter factory and then to kbox at 4am in the morning. Our night out only ended at 7am in the morning. What an exhausting long night! Leo, Moses, JayJay and Kim came to join us at butter. Chengxi was shrewd enough to not join us to go to butter after dempsey. I really should have left with him. But regardless, it was still fun. PLUS. i found out that i get to cut that ridiculously long queue and get free entry to butter factory~ YAY~ =]

Lincoln, who just shaved his head for fun. Now looking like a recruit.

That’s Leo at the back who came to join us.

Moses who also joined us at butter at 1am!

Sexy alicia, who was already drunk.

Seriously, what’s up with SQ crew? They think they’re too good to be friends with non SQ people? I met some of Alicia’s SQ friends outside butter that night, so i was like my usual, friendly self, said hi to them, and i’ve never felt so completely ignored and downright insignificant in my entire life! Okay, exaggeration (about the entire life part but not the being disregarded part!), but still! Bloody hell. Who do they think they are?? Merely some ugly fucktarts. I know. No such word. But angry. I honestly think Alicia’s too good for Singapore Airlines.

This concludes my Saturday night~ no photos from kbox. NO i didn’t lose my camera again. Was too tired and lazy by then. Good night.

Thank god it’s Friday!

Thank god it’s friday! Not that it actually really matters. ha! but the baking/ manicure session on friday at Natalie’s was a success! We decided to try out the cinnamon rolls from Pioneer Woman and it turned out to be unexpectedly divine! I was a little skeptical of the outcome before we started, thanks to the two embarrassingly unsuccessful attempts to make brownies back in London, but it must have been Natalie’s magic baking fingers, they turned out perfect~

Here’s how it looked before we put them in the oven

And while we were waiting for various things to set, I started painting Natalie’s nails so that she can’t play with the dough later on and i can have all the fun. hehe. It’s the first time i’m doing manicure for somebody else, luckily i didn’t screw it up. ha ha.

Pretty? Want me to do your nails? =]

And here’s after baking. Yummm.

We didn’t add the frosting on top so they can be kept for a longer time. =] Anyway i didn’t forget that i promised Chengxi that i’d make him some chocolate muffins, but we were short of time that day because i was rushing to meet Isk and Beatrice for Indonesian Food at International Building at 7.30. So maybe next time yeah? i promise! After i come back from Chiang Mai on the 28th.

Dinner was at Rice Table. Buffet dinner at approx $30 per person! another cheap deal and it was pretty good, although Carousel’s buffet is still my favorite so far. We went to KPO for drinks after dinner. We all agreed that the places looks like a final year design student project. ha ha. Check it out when you have time. Beer’s 1 for 1 at $20, it’s a very light beer from France. Cheap~ And the place gets crowded on weekends, so either make a reservation or go way early! =] Here’s some photos from friday night.

Lucky for Beatrice and Isk, they got to try the cinnamon rolls fresh from oven. and they loved it! =]

*ps. Thanks Natalie for the lovely souvenir from Bandung~ =] have fun in KL!

V.I.P

As promised, photos of my haircut/colour, it definitely comes with some hopelessly shameless camwhoring photos whether you like it or not.

David is coming to Singapore on Sunday. =]

Midweek happenings

First things first,

CONGRATULATIONS to Isk for becoming the official Singapore idol blogger!

Isk, your photo on the Mediacorp site is SO heavily photoshopped. And the Sony Camera you won, which Media Corp claims to be $499, actually only cost $200 (if it is the same camera i have). ha ha. See you later for more gossip. =]

Do check out Isk’s blog or the official Singapore idol blog for Singapore idol updates~ (If you’re actually into that sort of things.)

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Let’s go back to Wednesday night. I met Moses for drinks at Timbre before heading to Zouk only to witness my dearest Cynthia getting all drunk and acting like her usual drunk self. So much for ‘i don’t drink so much anymore’ – quote from Cyn. Poor Moses must be so disturbed after witnessing how crazy the airline girls get when we party. There goes the good impression.

Moses and i

Moet and Chandon at Zouk only cost $160! So cheap!

Cyn giving me an awfully wet kiss on the cheek.

Cyn and KC who’s on a sin/mel trip

I have decided not to party with Cyn anymore. My boring, responsible and motherly self denies me of any pleasure when Cyn gets drunk and her gregarious self would sometimes get cosy with strangers. i don’t like what i see but she still does it anyway. I know, I know. She’s a grown woman capable of  taking care of herself so i should let her be. Very, VERY tough. We’ve been living together for more than 2 years now but i still get worried. Because i care. So in order for me to have fun, Cyn, if you’re reading this, i’m not partying with you anymore until i stop loving you and start learning to abandon you like your other friends did.

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SO! pilates was a blast. My muscles are so sore today. AND i LOVE IT! But i skipped today’s lesson. ha ha. I’m heading to Natalie’s for manicure and baking. =] Girly stuffs today. I’ll try to get a snapshot of my newly coloured hair later (it’s not blond so i guess it’ll look the same to you) and the manicure and the baking. Lots and lots of photos!

Til then, have fun, it’s friday! Woohoo~