no crowds in new year's eve...

I'm getting old... was in orchard on christmas eve. Couldnt squeese through the crowd. It was jam packed with people. Mostly teenagers. Couldnt move at all outside taka. Hence, I decided no countdown parties for new year. Just me and a few friends over at my place for the new year. Its a good thing I can see fireworks from my room.

Merry Christmas to all! May God bless you this christmas =)

Christmas... and Movies...

A christmas song is playing in the background now... X mas spirit all around... shopping centres packed with ppl buying gifts; long queues at gift wrapping counters...

Before I continue, the place where JusCo was (mentioned in my previous blog) is Tebrau City.

Watched Eragon just now. It's an alright movie. I give it 2.5 stars out of 5. Nothing extraordinary. Remembered this phase "one part brave, three parts a fool/stupid/an idiot ( I can't remember what the last word was).

Wanna watch The Curse Of the Golden Flower. Yes, mainly cos Jay Chou is in it. But another reason to watch; Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li. I love Chow Yun Fat shows... always good. Besides, Zhang yi Mou Shows are worth a watch. Another one which I would love to watch is Blood Diamond. Coming out soon...

Watched Borat Yesterday. It's hilarious. Had a good laugh. Another show that's funny would be Rob-B-Hood by Jackie Chan. It's damn funny too. I didnt know Jackie Chan could double up as a comedian cum action star. I love the baby in that show... It's soooooo ccccuuutteeee.....

SPCA and Vivo City.... For the first time...

Went to SPCA for the first time... on a wet and rainy day... Maggy wanted to buy their SPCA notebook... looked at the animals there... It was smelly at the dog section. Stentch was overbearing.. Cats were cute... reminded me of Lily.. I wonder how's she doing now... I hope she's well taken care of by a new owner who would give her food, water and shelter. And toilet train her too....

Walked around VivoCity for the 1st time. 3 storeys. But its a long walk from one end of the shop to the other. Reminded me of JusCo which I went a few days ago. Had Fig & Olive for dinner. Proceeded to Pacific Coffee Company. The seat that we had was pretty nice. Could see sentosa from there. Cable cars illuminated at night. I wonder how Sentosa's gonna be like after the IR is built. Imagine Universal Studios opening there...

shopping in Spore and JB

Just came back shopping in Orchard in the afternoon with mum and sis. Noticed that shopping centres have somehow changed a little since I got back. Gap just opened its Spore outlet in Wisma, and one in vivocity, i heard. The entrance to the basement of wisma has been closed off.

In fact, food places have changed in shopping centres as well. Nooch in citylink has been changed to New York New York. According to Kel, the food there is only medicore, but there's always a queue there. There're now a few "cha chan tengs" (Hongkong-style cafe) in Spore. Kel and I tried one that's opened not long ago in marina square. For less than $10, you'll get delicious food. Pretty good.

Even JB has changed. Mum drove to JB on thursday to visit grandpa. Roads in JB has changed again. Bridges has been built halfway and construction has stopped for whatever reason no one has a clue about, new shopping centres have been built. My uncle took us to Jusco at this plaza which I cant remember the name. Carrefour and The Store was in the vicinity as well. Jusco has all the shops in there; adidas, nike, converse, mango, breadtalk, Levis, Padini etc etc. Its really huge. Plus Jusco is like another Giant. A megamart which sells everything. Just a side-track: I noticed that shops of similar kinds like to be beside each other. There are 2 beauty shops (that sells soaps, shampoos, beauty care products) that are right beside each other in Toa Payoh Central. 2 bag shops also beside each other in TP central. ANd Jusco, Carrefour, and The Store right near each other in JB. Makes me wonder why they do it. No doubt, consumers like us benefit. Being near each other means they have to compete with each other, and competing with each other means that we get the best deals for a cheaper price! Hahahahaha

Been doing nothing much since I got back. The first and foremost thing I wanna do is to enjoy my family's company. Its been 9 months since I'm not in spore and I really miss their company. Havent had a chance to hang out much with friends. But I'll be meeting up with them the whole of next week so its good. So far met with Kel and Maggy. Maggy brought me to this bar in Mertitus Mandrin called "Mezzbar". Not bad. I like the live music. Been watching DVDs which I brought back from Bangkok. Hee hee. Some of the DVDS are of bad quality. I learnt a lesson. Never get DVDs of movies that are recently shown in the cinemas. What you get is a show where a person secretly taped it while watching the show in the cinema. Either get a DVD of a movie which has already been shown at least 4 months ago or watch the latest release in the cinema. That's what my aunt told me as well, Haha, whose's speaking from JB where you can get pirated DVDs...

Back in Singapore... and Jetting off to bangkok the next day!

On the 4th of Dec at approximately 1 25 pm in the afternoon, I landed in Singapore. As I was about to land, I saw spore's CBD, marina south, the esplanade, to the east coast, to the expo, a train stopping at expo mrt station all from the airplane. Once again, I'm back in Singapore. A land which seems all so foreign once again.

To tell ya the truth, I;ve been so used to the life in Perth. Not being used to the crowd, the humidity, and most of all, the noise. I've been keeping thoughts and comments to myself in the past 9 months. Suddenly, I find it so hard to start talking. Nevertheless, I;m glad I'm back. ANd this time, its different. I feel so blessed having my family and friends around. With my mum constantly coming to my room talking to me, me bullying my sister once again, and having my dad around me. With Amanda, Gary, Siqiao, Maggy, Emelia, Waner, Kaili messaging or calling me when I touched down in Spore. I miss hanging out with them. Its that comfortable feeling I get once again. I can open up to them anytime. One thing good about singapore is the crowd, the comfort zone i get with the people around me. I cant describe how much emotional support they've provided me and the people I can turn to chat with. They're so willing to fork out the time to talk to me, to spend that time they have with their busy lives to meet up with me. I cant say how happy I have them in my life.

I'm jetting off to bangkok tomorrow with my e3 friends tomorrow. I have a good feeling about this trip tomorrow. Kel and I cant stop talking about the trip. Met up with her at suntec today to exhange money. The exchange rate is 1 sing to 23 baht. Kel mentioned that I've seemed lost in singpore, like I havent been back. Yeah, some shops have changed. The fashion is different here compared to perth. Been buying lotsa clothes in perth. The language. I felt like I'm in a foreign countey while i was listening to them speak singlish once again while taking the MRT. So different to the beach, the shops in the city, the supermarket, but overall, life as a whole.

Anyways, Kel and I watched HAppy Feet. Its a very cute movie. Hee hee, if you have a chance, go catch it!

The trip with my parents in perth have been good. Or at least, better than the last few trips we've ever had. Had a chance to catch up with my parents. Drove the whole time they're there with the hyundai elentra i rented. No accidents. everything's good and they're pretty satisfied with my driving. They now have a chance to experience life in perth. And my dad, mum and sis came to a consensus that Perth is boring. All three couldnt stand the summer heat, and most of all, the flies. Hee hee. Nonetheless, they all had fun.

Just to blog about this in case I forgot. I showed my mum pics in my laptop one night and she made 3 comments. She said that Jasmine looks like a smart girl, Bernice looks like me and Suyen doesnt look like a med student at all. Hee hee. Yeah, I agree with them, but they're all great. To me at least =)

Will blog about the bangkok trip when I come back. Till then, everyone take care....