GFF-GirlFriends Forever!

Spent a lovely Saturday out with the girls couple of weekends ago :)

Everyone’s so busy with our own lives it feels like a luxury to gather and spend a whole afternoon busking in each others’ company. 

Started our day at The Plains, with a simply but soulfully made brunch.

Then we shifted to K.Ki at Ann Siang for cakes and tea.

And to (finally) celebrate a birthday!! 

I think we got so comfortable there, we stayed for a good 4 hours straight, catching up on everyones’ lives :)

 I can’t help but feel soooo at home with the Scandinavian feel exuded by the wood+white tone, random splashes of colors and simple yet functional furniture :)

It’s always comforting and heart-warming to remember that you have a group of loving girlfriends to grow old with ❤

We need more tea-time chats plssssss!! :)

2 of a Dozen

I rmb the last time it was Rabbit year, I was young, carefree, listening to Britney Spears' 1st album and the biggest thing in life was preparing for PSLE.

12 years on, another rabbit year and so many things have changed.

Now I'm more mature (I hope), more grounded, and I can see that there is so much more to life than just PSLE. More expectations, more responsibilities and more decisions to make are some of the things that comes along with age, but I've also found more people who are here to share my ups and downs, learnt so many lessons in life that helped to make me a more wholesome person and found a faith that has brought peace and guidance to my life.

Long past the age of major birthday celebrations (ok, not THAT long, I just had my 21st couple of yrs ago :X), I'm just really glad to have spent my birthday this year having simple gatherings with my loved ones :)

CHAOS

As usual, it's Chaos' tradition to plan surprise birthdays for each other :) This year (finally!), the surprise for my bday is no longer at my hs!









Poppy Love

Pops gave me a belated bday celebration because he had his exams on 1 March, the day aft my bday.

So we celebrated on the saturday aft my bday instead :)



And he brought me for a Spa at The Retreat :D Just what I need after a crazy mth of career fairs, late nights and writing of papers :))



I loved the whole experience! The service was awesome, they even took our blood pressure b4 the spa and told me that I have slight low blood pressure so if I feel giddy at the steam room, I sld go out and soak in the bath to cool down b4 gng back in again :)




The ambience and decor of the suite was so lovely I feel relaxed the moment I stepped in... And it made me forgot I was in Sg.















I was enjoying myself every single minute during that 3 hours worth of spa, bath and Swedish massage, I told pops that we have to do this at least twice a year :p





:) Feels so so so pampered :)

Aft the uber relaxing retreat, pops brought me to Dinner at a plc I've long been wanting to go :)












It reminds us of those Italian courtyards :)







<3

And I thank God for all the blessings that He had showered upon me and the amazing people that He had placed around me. I thank Him for drawing close to me when I drift away, for not giving up on me, for not witholding his love from an imperfect person like me. I thank Him for watching over me, for guiding me, for listening to my tears when I cry and no words can express how I feel, for granting me peace that surpasses all understanding.

I thank God that He found me.

I hope that when He finds you, you will open up your heart to receive His amazing gift too :)

14 days later....

Time past fast when u're busy!

This week is equally exciting and full of meet-ups :)

But I'm not gonna incl the photos coz I'm too tired to upload (stayed up for Germany-Argentina and Paraguay-Spain last night zzzzz)...

I was so nervous on Monday coz Poppy's coming for his panel interview... He's dept is not part of my portfolio so my colleague is handling... I was so distracted for the whole morning until his interview was over. Met him for lunch aft dat, hoping that we get to lunch tgt like this nxt time :)

Couple of meet-ups, went shopping at Daiso (again) with XM on thurs, met Deon for impromt catch up and Zara-sales on Fri.

Met Team Sg to transfer EU trip photos on Sat at Pop's hs. In the end, the guys spent the waiting time playing Mahjong while me and Kit went for mani-pedi and nice chill-out at Starbucks :) So glad we still keep in touch and hopefully we'll cont to go for girly gossip sessions once in a while!

Met FS (aft like half a year!!!!) in the evening. original plan was to eat steamboat, but the temptation of the G-A match was too great to resist. So last min, we tried to go to Holland V for dinner at a plc which will broadcast the match. EVERYWHERE was booked full. Same at Chijmes, Marina Sq, Swissotel and even the sports bar at SG FLYER!! In the end we packed dinner from Hans and went to Pop's house to watch.... Lots of catch-up during the intervals :) SO happy to see everyone again!! Anw both matches were worth staying up for :) I cant wait to watch Spain vs. Germany!! I like some of Spain's players, but I'm still rooting for Germany to win :D And Muller is CUTE. :)

We went for our traditional Mc Breakfast at 6am in the morning and went bk to slp....

Rushed home to pick mum up for her haircut at Tampines in the aftnn and I was so tired I missed the exit and had to travel all the way to Yishun and back :( Wanted to go shopping with Mum, but felt totally gone aft waiting for her to be done with her haircut.

I'm super tired now,m but I'm waiting for my iPod to sync... alot of things on my personal to-do list this week. I better be more disciplined and get them all done!

Pop's coming to sign his Appointment Letter tmr :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Anw, more updates on work: I've been gng for a couple of interviews (both screening and panel), took on a new proj to prepare an interview kit (yes, it's personnel selection all over again!!) and some "welfare" stuff to do. So far progress has been well, but hope my interviews can be planned faster and more efficiently :)

Goodnightyyyyyyyy~~!!

Food + Company

Been having lots of nice food and great company lately :)
I feel love and happiness!

Started with Leng's advance bday celebration at Dragon Gate: Dim Sum Buffet!!



I dun think we ate alot, but it was great to be able to spend time tgt since early aftnn, just chatting away and indulging in food :)

Went to church for gospel rally and went for supper tgt aft dat



We were practically tgt for the entire day :D

Den it was the start of mugging week :(
But wad best to cheer me up den a good shioky meet-up over steamboatXLB with my fav groupies!



B L O A T E D - _ -
But very happy and satisfied :))))
I hope we get to meet up again even aft we grad coz this is one bunch of really nice and fun girls to be with :)

And TODAY!

I met up with CH, WL and my dearest Dahlingggggg :)
We met over Aston and big thanks to CH who treated us, yeah!!
So happy to see dahling :) She put on a LITTLE weight and I think she looks even more gorgeous now :) She'll be away for filming for quite some time... really looking forward to another meet up once she's back :)
I'm looking forward to WL's wedding toooo heeeheheh :X



Met mum in the evening...
She wanted to show me which "souvenir" she wants me to get for her in Europe...
We shopped ard and ended up at AMK Hub for supper at TB late at night haha



BUT b4 we went to HER destination, we went to MINE first :)



I realise so far EVERYTIME i go to Newlook, EVERYTIME I'll buy sth -_-
New boots for Eu, suuuuuper worth the money I tell u coz there's my fav S word hanging all over the shop :)
I bought 2 slouchy cropped singlets and mum bought a pair of jeans :D Everybody's happy (just dat I'm happier)!
Met Ben there too!

And my dahling's bday pressie for ME :) the MAC pressed powder that I broke couple of mths ago... sweet beyond words :) Now everytime I use, I'll think of her :)
**Pssstt, when's our Passage A photo appearing on the headlines??**

And since dahling mentioned it today:



I painted my nails all the spring hues I can find at home hurr.
And yes I do feel happy when I see them :)

BUT not all food+company are happy and nice coz during my (attempted) mugging streak, there was the case of the:

:(

ChaoticThrift Bazaar!

Aft burning my weekends on CT Bazaar and Dance... I really shld be doing my readings and weekly commentary.
So I thought I'd just upload the photos to my comp and leave it as dat.
But I had the urge to blog abt the Bazaar as well so...
Here's a quick one!


The set-up was a real chore...
But the end product was pretty satisfactory :)



Business was pretty good that day!
Which made all the standing worth while :) :)



But the in-charge there was quite irritating... He kept bugging us to help him take photos for this and dat..
One of which was his Korea collection.
We had no idea wad was it for :\
But he was nice enough to give us a pretty looking fan each :D
*which was extremely useful for the weather*



Daddy mummy came to visit and show some moral support



Poppy pie and WK came after their AS(h)TON dinner.
*Popppyyy, u look so cute trying to "siam" haha but too bad u didn't manage to*



We closed at ard 11pm dat day, exhausted but high haha
It had been a really interesting experience :)
The packing up was another headache... thank goodness the guys were there...



Went all the way to Bedok85 to have supper.
It was alrdy 12+ by then.



Had a great time chatting and all :)
The Bazaar is still on and we'll try to bring in more clothes as some of the stocks are running out.
DO visit us at Bishan!!
(evening till 10pm are good time to come :) )

Ok. readings, tuition and back to bishan to tend the stall.
CYA!!