Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind.
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singapore and bangkok 2008 trip Sunday, September 14, 2008 Singapore trip 2008 (all these were supposed to be in point form but i couldnt copy it over) you really dont have to read it. =) August 1 Arrived Singapore from Hong Kong past midnight Got home and unpacked and showered Played with doggy for a while. He still remembers me. I know cos he didn’t bite. Haha. Went to sleep in my comfy childhood bed with all my stuffed toys. Sweeeeet dreams. August 2 Got up really late around 12. Best sleep I would say? Went to ghim moh for brunch, fishball noodles and green tea=superb breakfast Took 111 to orchard to shop. Got a jacket from billabong and sunglasses. Evil lil brother actually did more shopping than I did. He got like clothes, a ring, cuffs and a crumpler bag. He’s even more materialistic than I am. Seriously. Had old chang kee on the way to Taka. Curry puff, squid on a stick= sinful but who cares Ate more at the foodcourt. We’re such pigs. I have to say we simply can’t forget about local delicacies. Didn’t have much time. Took the train to the airport to fetch dad. He came back from Germany. I really want to have his job. Get to travel around to different places all the time. Brought back lots of chocolates for us. Got home, he unpacked, settled down and went to Long beach for seafood dinner. Black pepper crab, fish and vegetables= heaven Got home, watched TV and slept. August 3 Went ghim moh for brunch. So funny all of us had milk tea. Dad suggested we go to the Singapore flyer next. Roughly thirty bucks each? Was alright. I think I preferred the London eye though even if this is higher. I don’t know. Maybe I just like London a whole lot. My favorite destination ever. I think? Took lots of photos. Should have gone up slightly earlier then we would be the only ones in the capsule. There was another family in there and they were kind of a waste. Haha. They were sitting for more than half the trip! At least we had someone to take photos for us. Went Queensway hawker to eat again. We re such a family of pigs. We eat as we go. Went Dawson supermarket for grocery and snacks. Went home and slacked for a bit Went to crystal jade Xiao long bao for steamboat. Was alright. Not a huge variety but acceptable. Again, my appetite still want that great so I only felt like eating so much. Home sweet home after. August 4 Woke at around 12 again. Dad went to work. Mom had work too. Messaged lyefong to see if she was free after school and she was. Met her at clementi and went to Holland village for Swenson’s. Had my beloved sambal fish plus starbucks after. I have to say I’m not use to seeing the prices in Singapore anymore. Even though the prices are about the same in US and Singapore, seeing it being 3 bucks here is better than 5bucks. I was like wow, that’s pretty expensive but after doing the conversion, it’s actually the same. Haha. Went home and played guitar hero. Wasn’t fun since we were using the controllers. Bro just got the game since he said it was cheap. How lame. Slacked around. She left around 7 ish. Sent her to bus stop and went home for dinner. Finally some good home cooked dishes. Continued slacking. Watched more TV. Played with bro’s DS till late. Think it was 3am? Mom asked if I wanted one too. Haha. But I rejected her kind offer. I already feel bad for not using my psp that often. I’m very tempted to update my psp and change it to original games. It just takes forever to download and those discs that I have keeps freezing when I load them. Annoying! August 5 (I dont know why these are in point forms) o Went ghim moh for brunch again with mom and bro. fish noodles and milk tea. (I miss them now. Nothing satisfies my craving for chili padi or noodles in soup. It’s like they only have instant noodles here or pasta. How boring…) o Left for orchard again to shop. Bought 2 tops since we had vouchers anyway. I wonder where my mom gets all her vouchers. It was from united colors of Benetton and so their abbreviation is UCB. Heh. I got it only cos it stands for UC Berkeley. I’m obsessed. The family actually did think it was Berkeley since the actual name is faint. Sweet. o Went to cold storage at isetan. Love that supermarket only because it’s mostly Japanese stuff. Mom and bro bought stuff for their dinner and home we went. o Left home again shortly after to meet Jaime, sq, crystal and shirlyn at JJC. Something was telling me to wear uniform but I was in a hurry so I didn’t change and couldn’t get in in the end. Boo. Visiting hours was over at 6 when I reached. Plus I got off 2 stops earlier. I mistook the 7 11. bleah. Walking wasn’t too bad anyways. o Passed them chocolates. Pretty awkward but it was okay. At least I got to see them after a year. o Went JEC for dinner at Macs. Met huihui and huiping there too. Took a couple of pics, caught up a bit. They had to study for prelims so we left kind of early. o Dropped by at popular to get some supplies. Haha. I still prefer my old stuff/brands of stationeries. Certain things just can’t change. o Got home had soup and slacked more. August 6 o Got up and met nemo at clementi. Bubble tea! It’s been a long time. Still loving it. Used to get it all the time after school. I hardly get it here now since I don’t drive. It’s like I have it once every 3 months. Perhaps longer. o Went popular to get pens and colored paper. Went home and guitar heroed plus crashed. o Nemo left at 3ish for CIP stuff. Mom came home and fried some junk for us. Started packed since we were leaving for Bangkok in the evening. o Disaster struck! o Our flight was at 8.30pm but dad didn’t come home till like 7.30. He had lots of stuff to finish doing and I guess there was traffic on the way home too. o Rushed out of the house called cab and we got stuck in traffic again. o Reached airport at like 8.10. Quickly got the people to check in our baggage. Good thing one of them was still around. Ran to the gate. Exhilarating! Haha. Won’t try it again though. o Arrived Bangkok and took cab to Sheraton hotel. Funny how their official airport cabs are more expensive than if you take one by the road. They’re there so people wont get cheated but instead they re the ones who overprice their fares. o Settled down and went to look for a place to eat. Walked down this whole stretch of stalls. Interesting I say. There were tons of people selling clothes, food which I really wouldn’t try, fried insects and such. There was even an elephant! o Settled in a café and was served by a transgender. Hah. I mean no harm. Had pak Thai, prawn cake and vegetables. Was okay. Wasn’t quite in the mood to eat. o Went back to hotel to shower. Was past midnight after so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! Haha. Gave her her card and cup. Sweet dreams after all that rushing around. Haha August 7 Got up late again. Took subway to some big mall. Had brunch at some steamboat + sushi place. Interesting. Lots of fresh seafood. Walked to the mall but didn’t buy anything there other than food. They had 2 whole levels devoted to food and we went crazy. Had donuts and pepper lunch. Yum. Even contemplated going to kfc but of course we didn’t. Bro got some ice thingy too. Went to supermarket after to get more snacks. They have really cheap stuff. Went to a nearby seafood restaurant near our hotel. The food was awesome! Oysters were the best. Super fresh. But the tom yum soup was crazy hot. I couldn’t finish a bowl. Even their kang Kong was hot too. I was almost suffering. Haha. Black pepper crab was alright. Went back to the hotel. Too much walking and eating. Lol. August 8 Went to Robinsons a couple of blocks down. Had food from some café that is supposed to be popular in Thailand. Food was just alright. Walked around and we went to the supermarket again. We love supermarkets! Went to Carrefour next. Lol. Dad said we weren’t really in Bangkok since we just shopped in malls that Singapore has. Not like we went to any tourist attraction. I guess we were just lazy. Got more snacks. Bought lingerie too. Haha. It s like half the price that of Singapore and it was branded too. Triump? Had KFC after. Wasn’t that good. I think I like Popeye’s or jollibee more now. Went back to the hotel. Watch Olympics opening ceremony. Dinner at the same seafood place. Oysters again! We wouldn’t miss it for the world. Haha. Had lots of fried food though. So we watched until the teams started coming out and we didn’t want to miss Singapore but didn’t want to sit there until it was over so we rushed back to the hotel. Funny. Opening wasn’t that great though. At least that’s what I thought. Can’t deny that some parts were cool. All the drummers in sync. Sleepy time. August 9 Got up and had breakfast before checking out. Took cab and it was so much cheaper than when we came. That’s how I know the airport cheated us. How lame. Got home and doggy popped. Made the washing area a mess. But he’s a dog stuck at home so we can’t blame him. Unpacked, settled down and watched national parade. It paled in comparison to the Olympics obviously so I got really bored. It’s always the same stuff and performances. Sent out smses for BBQ too. Dad went out for dinner with his client I think so me and mom and bro went to crystal jade. Had black pepper udon and some dim sum. Went cold storage next to get food for bbq. August 10 Dad had to work that day. Went Holland village (that s the most frequented place for me seriously read on to confirm. Lol. ) for lunch at fosters. Food was okay acceptable. Was in a rush to get home to meet Marlene so I left first while they went to get something. Went swimming until Jaime and sq came. Fun! Went up to shower and watch part of New York minute. Nemo, shining and Kelly came shortly after and went down to eat. Talked and caught up quite a bit. Finding out where certain people are. Haha. Slacked at home after. Took pictures. I think I bored them. Haha. They left at around 11? They had the hardest time trying to give directions to my place. Haha. Funny. Its ulu pandan get it. Ulu. Cleaned up and brought doggy downstairs. I miss bringing my doggy for walks though he’s pretty unsociable and barks at other dogs. He has quite the strength too. Always turn away when I see other dogs. August 11 Met carissa and xiuying at Holland village (see Holland v again). Had NYDC. Its been such a long time since we last met. Glad we got to catch up. Nothing changed really. How many years has it been now? 6/7 years? Slacked at home. Doodled and took pictures while eating snacks. Time passed really fast though. They left around 7 ish and I went out to meet mom and bro at Conrad hotel. We had buffet. Food was just alright though I had my long craving of laksa and bak kut teh. Dad joined us after his own dinner with his colleagues. Drove us home. Bro was also suppose to go back today but since he was using standby tickets and the flight was full, he couldn’t get on. Mom had to buy tickets for him in the end. And mom had to trick me in the morning that they woke up late and missed the flight. Mom will always be mom. August 12 Bro went back in the morning. Spent whole day with mom for once. Went to Camden for dental. The dentist was mean. Bleah. Went out to orchard again to shop. Got a pair of converse shoes. Mom was bugging me to actually get shoes. Wow. Went to the supermarket at isetan again to get groceries for dinner. Got more Japanese snacks. Looked around for my Japanese milk tea too. Was expensive. 7 bucks for 1.5 litres. And I didn’t even finish it since I had to leave and I wasn’t home al the time. Went to mom’s office after to bake cupcakes and a cake. Turned out okay. At least they weren’t burnt. She has an ant problem in her kitchen. Haha. Went downstairs to the Ridgewood shops. Saw dr chan my family doctor. She has really really effective medicines. Plus she’s really nice too. Hope they don’t move. Those shops are like slowly going out of business. Oh wells. Times change. Went home and I watched my Chinese drama while mom cooked. Was simply delicious. Fishcake, steamed egg, salty wings, spinach, minced pork patty with cuttlefish. I’m all so hungry now. Brought doggy down after feeding him. I miss my puppy. Going to make a scrapbook of him once I get a hold of all his pictures. August 13 Got up at 9am since Felicia was coming. Finally got to meet her. Its been ages. Slacked and talked. She managed to touch doggy without getting bitten. She’s the first. Haha. Went to Holland village for sushi tei. (see Holland village again). Had tempura udon and chiwanmushi. Yes the sashimi salad was great! Worth it too. She had to leave for school after. Went up to mom’s office to surprise her but the way I pressed the bell downstairs gave it away since im the only one who presses it hundreds of times. Checked ticket confirmation but I was still on standby for Friday. Sad. Bought haato ice-cream downstairs. Milk tea flavored. I m in love with milk tea! Went home to get some stuff and left for national library to return my bro’s books. Went bras basah too to get colored pens. Lol. Then to bugis to try and find my little miss shirt but couldn’t find them, in the end just went to hallmark to get Joyce’s present. Didn’t know what other stuff to get for the rest. Took the bus to long beach again for seafood. We got off a stop early and almost got lost in that maze of restaurants. Lol. Pretty bad service this time. We ordered black pepper crab but they gave us white pepper. It wasn’t that bad though. Quite alright. A change once in a while wont hurt. Ordered fried mantou but they gave us steamed. Of course we asked for a change since steam bread in curry isn’t good. Haha. Their chili crab wasn’t as good as jumbo’s at ECP. Got home and reluctantly packed. Super rushed and dad complaining about my stuff wasn’t helping. There was tons of stuff to pack. Was afraid I couldn’t manage to smuggle my snacks in too. That was the most horrible part of my trip. The packing and leaving. Slept at 2am after talking to nemo and I had to get up at 4.30am! Haha. August 14 Dad drove us to the airport. Super saddening. Tried really really hard to holdback tears. Couldn’t help it once I was inside away from them. That’s why I didn’t look around for souvenirs too. Slept on the plane and missed my meal. First time I had no idea they were serving food already. That’s how sleepy I was. Slept again till I arrived at Hong Kong. Security check was insane. They checked my bag cos they saw a black image. Duh they found nothing. Messed up my stuff only. Phone card failed on me. Tried so many ways to try to call parents. Annoying. Finally sent her a free msg to top up my card. Talked for a while and once dad called, it got cut off halfway since it was out of cash again. Money eater. Tried the pay phone. Put in five bucks and talked for like 15 seconds? Lol. Lame Got on flight to SF. Slept and missed my meal again! I was hungry too! Had cup noodles so it wasn’t too bad. I actually wrote all these on the plane after my noodles. Drinking coffee might have helped stopped me from sleeping. I wrote all these on the plane at 8.04pm Singapore time. 14 august. So my whole trip might have seemed simple and lots of slacking around but to me, it was awesome. Couldn’t have asked for more. That’s why I felt so miserable once I came back to “normal” life. Home is the best place ever. No doubt about it. There’s no restrictions or self consciousness, get to call anyone to go over to my place whenever I want, sleep anytime I want without having to worry about them complaining, or do anything without having to worry about what others might think. Even taking food out of the fridge is weird for me. Get the idea…. I miss those 3 weeks. Update about Hong Kong next time. The week before all of this. I typed this on Microsoft word and its 5 pages! Best essay ever! Love my family to bits. Too bad they’re in Macau now leaving my puppy behind and I haven’t talked to them for 3 days? I actually wonder how much their phone bill is. Hah! just some photos from bangkok and singapore. theres definitely more but too lazy to upload. most pics with parents too and they dont want to send it to me.. if only we can select a couple of pictures at a time.....  bangkok's biggest mall donuts! i took the chocolate cremed one yums pepper lunch was good as a snack. muahaha. mom's birthday flowers and cake. i wonder when dad got them. still dont know. my lil puppy who's gonna turn 7 soon. missing his hugs a lot. from the singapore flyer chili!!!!! steamboat at crystal jade macdonalds with jaime and sq! carissa xiu ying and me! primary school is missed! milk tea! one cup is missing. flyer! waiting to get in the flyer. im flying?lol. family shot!thats all for now....... my eyes hurt from sitting in front of the com all day! i should go study now. i did do physics today though. =D |
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Music & lyrics
find a way back into love. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova One step at a time
falling in love. jaime marlene huihui junhao kelly jervenne huiping crystal felicia diana
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