Girls & Ladies...

in general, i tink most girls/ladies tend to complain when someone commented tat they dun like their age. when one is being said to look younger than her actual age, one may tink whether the other party finds tat she is kiddy looking or childish in thinking. when one is being said to look older than her actual age, one will be rather upset and start to stock up on facial products, wrinkle cream and anti-ageing lotion. when we were young, we tried to dress as mature little adults. when we r much older now, we try to dress casually as over-age little girls. haha.. contradicting thinking indeed.

& as one starts to grow older, the way on how pple address u differs too. the very common example will be the encounters @ hawker centres. rem the days when u were being addressed as "小妹" or "Ah-Girl" by the chicken rice stall owner or fishball noodles seller? i rem tat when i was in pri 3, i had tis really short and tomboyish hairstyle. i was mistaken as "Ah-Boy" by the chicken rice stall owner. haha... then as time passed by, the greetings became "小姐" or "Miss". by the time when ur face starts to show the signs to show ur age, pple may start to address u as "Auntie". unless u manage to meet some really nice and kind hawkers who r so good & polite with their words, u will then escape the fate to be called "Auntie". & i am pretty sure tat these hawkers muz be having really good business from these "小姐们". heehee...

previous weekend's happenings...

last weekend, it was rather happening and interesting. a fruitful weekend with lots of catching up with friends. 1stly on Sat, i went for the Safari Zoo Run with the girls. it was a 6.2km run around the Zoo and Night Safari. the run was flagged off at abt 4pm, a rather good timing. hahaha.. not much sun, cooling weather. as it was still early for the animals at Night Safari, we did not manage to see any interesting animals at Night Safari. When we were in the Zoo, we were greeted by different animals. our pace were slowed down as well as we would like to make full use of the opportunity to take a good look @ the animals. anyway, it had been donkey years since i last visited the Zoo, hence it was a good opportunity to re-visit the Zoo. & as quoted by Stella: "since we paid $38 for the run, we muz make full use of the money to enjoy the Zoo." haha... definitely! we took our own sweet time to look at the various animals such as Otters, Elephants, Polar Bears, Zebras, Giraffes, the "infamous" White Tigers and Orang Utans. our conclusion was tat Polar Bears had the best treatment. with a whole area to themselves as their playground and swimming pool as well as a private bedroom! hahaha...

after the run, we were taking a rest while waiting for the lucky draw which we were not tat lucky to win anything. Oh well, though we went home empty handed, i guess all of us had fun afterall.

Chimpanzee in action... this chimp looked like it was doing the guard duty as it was sitting far at the corner, away from the main group of chimp.

lazy pigs sleeping under broad daylight. and their sleeping position looked really funny. back to back...

the White Tiger territory...

we saw 2 white tigers. one was resting quietly at a corner while the other white tiger was super "AA" la... trying to attract everyone's attention by cat-walking up and down..

as for Sun, i met up with my Spice buddies for a gathering. it was supposed to be a combined bday celebration for Lian, Jun and myself. for me and Lian, it shld be super belated bday celebration. haha.. this gathering was organised abt 1 mth ago and after much changes and cancellation, finally we managed to meet up properly for a simple yet entertaining dinner @ the famous Melben Seafood! it was a long wait for the food to be served as the restuarant was full house. while waiting, we had our usual chit chatting sessions abt anything and everything under the sun. with Jun around, how could we miss out on the old jokes which always make us laugh whenever mention. together with Chee Wei and Ziqi, the atmosphere was even better as Jun had someone to sing along with. & usually one of us (Lian, myself, Lin or Jas) would be one of the target for the night. heehee... for the very night, i guess Jas became the most prominent center of attraction as she brought someone special along. well well, no matter wat was being said or commented abt, everything was juz for fun and laughter. nutting would be taken personally. i do look forward to the next gathering and if possible, i hope tat Lian will bring her special someone along. Lian, dun worry... i am pretty sure tat Jun will give the similar kind of frenly greetings to him. hahaha.. get ready for it, yeah~!

Melben Seafood is famous for the crab dishes and we ordered 2 different ones. Crab Beehoon Soup and Butter Crab (as shown here). this butter crab was simply delicious, esp with the fried "man-tou"... woohoo~!!!

photos taken before the actual feast starts...

& as Jas & her bf were late, we did not take any pic of them. & we oso miss out on our group photo!!!! hahaha... we muz be too hungry to tink abt tat ah...

Sentosa Flowers 2009

paiseh to all my faithful audience ah... i had been quite lazy in updating my blog as i was hooked on a hong kong tv series for the past few weeks. finally today is the last episode so here i am with some updates for the past few weeks. heehee... quite outdated photos but nvm la. better than nutting mah. :)

during the CNY period, there was this Sentosa Flowers exhibition @ Sentosa. it is a yearly event and tis year i had the urge to go take a look. so i asked my cousin, Seow Wai who is a "花痴" and Aunt Cindy to go together. the flowers were not as fresh as i tot they would be. however, judging from the response of the crowd, i guess everyone still enjoyed the event quite a lot. as for us, we had our own fun too.

tis is the MOO MOO year so of cos MOO MOO is a must @ the exhibition.

alrighty.. u guys will be saying tat i act cute liao... well, with such cutie background, i muz act cute a bit mah... hee~

welcome to Sentosa Flowers 2009~!!! PS: there is something weird abt tis layout, rite? try to spot the weird part...

fresh morning greeted by this lovely Morning Glory~

the farmers' corner... with sweet corns, pumpkins, chillies...

"樱柳" haha... dunno correct wording or not.

looks like bed of roses, rite? but they r not ah... some very colourful flowers which i forget the name liao...

some funny shape fruit... or flowers?

spikey-pooky... is called powder puff flowers, i tink...

i like the leaves.. very unique design...

the orchid corner with all kinds and breeds of orchids... there were pure breed orchids and the really lovely cross breed orchids...

lovey-dovey...

awww... how i miss this place... i rem during my sec sch years, 2/4 had an outing to Sentosa and i took some photos here.. with Lian, Jas and Lin...

some CNY structures made by various pri, sec sch and tertiary institutions... materials used r all recycled items...

lavendar... lovely...

With all the pics of flowers posted here, i would like to say

"Happy Valentines' Day" to all~!!!

silly technical errors or pure laziness of human beings???

beginning of the lunar new year, i encountered the 1st unlucky day of the yr. it was supposed to be my driving practical test yesterday. i went for revision lessons diligently from mon to wed in order to prepare myself for the test. i tried to read thru all the little notes i wrote for different test routes the night before so tat i wun forget to do the necessary lane changing at the respective junction. on thurs itself, i went for the warm up drive abt 1 hr before my test. i was waiting anxiously and nervously yet my name was never called. when i went to check with the traffic police dept, i was stunned by their replies. they DID NOT have my records! which means i can't take my test at all! WTH~!!! my 1st reaction was how can it be as i already paid for it. i even had my booking records and payment receipts printed out. i showed to the examiner, but they juz can't do anything. they asked me to check with the driving centre instead. at tat point in time, i was really agitated. i tried very hard to suppress my emotion and went over to the booking counter to explain my situation. i was referred to one of the senior staff in the office and he tried to look into the issue by checking out where was the error and try to resolve the issue by getting me the earliest available test date. he explained tat becos i did an online booking at abt midnite, the booking data was somehow lost in the process when they sent the updates to the traffic police dept at 12midnite every day. so i questioned them whether they have a 2nd round of confirmation for list of testees. i was given a very shocking ans as "NO". i was really disappointed by this ans as i tink there shld be some form of re-confirmation on both driving centres and the traffic police dept before the test. & another disappointment is tat since the driving centre allow pple to use online booking and transaction, updating shld not be done only once a day and when errors of such occur, they simply push the blame to technical fault. honestly, i dun buy their explanation. but at that point in time, i really can't do anything much. my mood is totally dampened and all i wanna was to be able to settle on a new test date asap. thankfully they were able to get me a new test date which is abt 1 week later and gave me a complimentary lesson. at the end of the day, it is not any complimentary lesson tat matters most. wat matter most is i prepared myself mentally for the test yet i was not even given the opportunity to go for it due to some stupid technical errors which human beings shld be able to prevent it if a little more effort was contributed...

now tat when i calmed down, i was able to blog abt my encounter. & to tink back abt wat my brother said abt viewing the issue from another point of view in a very "ah-Q" thinking: maybe if i went for the test yesterday, i would have mount kerb and fail the test badly. haha... i guess tat is the only way i can do to comfort myself now.