2009 was just like every other year, full of ups and downs. Its yet another year that defined who I am, and who Im going to be. As cliche as it sounds, its another year that I grew older. Many relationships around me were tested (friendships I mean!), some drifted, some stayed the same, and some got closer (Blocks!). But lets not dwell on things that we cant change, the could-have-beens.
Instead, hello 2010:) Since its a new year, we have to do things differently, so I hope To not get kicked out of school To end my As with no regrets To save enough money for post As activities (Taiwan!) To be happy every day I have
Guess what I put into the box for my cousin's present for gift exchange?
HAHA Wether's Original with Caramel filling sweets, 2 hairbands, and a bracelet. Oh and dont forget the butterflies. LOL
It looks so innocent when tied up and all, like its nothing much inside. My cousin would get a shock when she opens it man. Hmmm I dont even know if shes allowed to eat sweets lol!
There is never a dull moment with the Blocks I swear. Haha. On my calendar today I put "Blocks outing 6pm to 10pm" And noooo haha it went up to 12am and beyond! Haha. The initial plan was to catch the 6.40pm show of Bodyguards and Assassins first but then it was full house for that slot so we decided to watch the 9.30pm show. Ate dinner at Cafe Cartel first (of course it was a funny dinner haha), but we didnt sit for long. We left the place arnd 8.30 and guess where we headed to? The so called arcade there! For the machines where you caught an item with 1dollar and stuff. Haha you know what kind la, I dont really know what its called. Anyway! Went crazy with that thing. Its a "cheap" thrill and very very addictive. Between all of us I think we spent abt 30 bucks and only caught 3 small things. HAHA. Jasmine sounded like she was gonna give birth okay!!! LOL everyone was so enthu about the thing and bet all our money on Weirong LOL.
But anyway, headed to watch Bodyguards and Assassins and oh boy that show is damn long okay, abt 2 and a half hrs! All the way frm 9.30pm to 12am. Really! But okay la its not bad especially the fighting parts haha the front was a little draggy but it was intentional I guess to build up the feelings and everything. Jasmine and Sihui was like watching show with all the comments and wincing and everything lol and Yongjie was laughing all the way (poor Biondi!). Lol. We wanted to grab a 7 seater cab so that all of us cld go home together but we waited for damn long because some ang moh guy stole our cab (!!). In the end we just took seperate cabs home. Lol. We were all like standing arnd at the taxi stand waiting for a big cab to get into the queue. Told ya, never a dull moment. The last Blocks outing we got lost at Marina Bay cos we missed one stop to the MRT and now we missed a cab. Haha.
Its all totally worth it though,I wouldnt mind doing it all over again haha.
When you purchase a new handphone, you are dazzled by all its features, and wouldnt let it out of your hand. However Ive realised, as time goes by, these applications no longer interest you and the usage of the phone dwindles down to the basic of all phones - text messenging and calling. So eventually no matter how good your phone is, in the long run, only the basic functions of the phone for communication is important. And it's memory space of course.
Food for thought haha.
Blocks outing tonight! But for now, going out with my mum to check out stuff. My fan isnt working so we need to get a new one, and her phone is cocked up, the email function at least. Haha.
P.s. Veron,I'll write you an email when I get back! :) & I have a packet of shaker fries now haha
Havent had much to blog about lately, the family watched Sherlock Holmes on Saturday. Awesome show, I love that they explained about all the so called magic in the end and the tricks that the Count used. I also caught Avatar yesterday. It was long but surprisingly not bad. I wasnt that much into the show before I watched it cos it was overly hyped, especially in Taiwan cos they would screen the trailer during every commercial break on tv. It was everywhere on the streets too, as banners in Taipei. But okay I watched it in the end and not bad not bad. But I hate it when the indegenious cried. I mean, it was damn weird la when they cry. Sounded like a cat being run over by a car. Haha okay kidding but just yeah I winced everytime they made that weird sound. But overall, not bad.
Catching up with dramas everyday now because theres minimal things to do these days. Blocks outing tmr for another movie, Bodyguards and Assassins this time, & then dinner with them:) Last Blocks outing of the year haha cant wait.
New Year's Eve gna be a party at my cousin's place (mum's side again), where theres gna be the gift exchange thing. I wonder who was in charge of buying mine..... haha.
Okay so yesterday Christmas Day, we spent it at home in the morning/afternoon and then at night headed to a wedding dinner at the Fullerton Hotel. My dad's friend's son's (lol) wedding. Our table had my family with another Korean family that we didnt know. Cool right, they were talking Korean to each other and all, but we managed to talk to them get to know them and everything. In English of course, cos they are currently living in Singapore, the oldest son studying in States though but he attended the wedding. Ended abt 10 at night. The gifts were cool, wind-up music boxes (the kind Ive always wanted) and round poker cards. Haha.
Went shopping with my mum just now for gifts for the gift exchange during New Years Eve. Something that my aunt and my dad cooked up. They drew up lots and picked so that everyone had to buy stuff for someone. Kind of like Angel/Mortal game. Got some stuff for myself too yay. New Mac lip gloss and some hair pins from Diva. Haha.
Its a whole different meaning to Christmas this year. Barely any Christmas spirit. The tree that would be placed in the living room 2 weeks before Christmas every year is not there, because no one bothered to buy a new one, and no dad's-friend's-parties this year. Ive been going to the same house every year since I was small, maybe around 3? Yeah. Not this year though. & not forgetting, there's a wedding dinner tonight at the Fullerton. How different can Christmases get man.
Had a pre Christmas party at my cousin's place yesterday. Band Hero!!!
Belated birthday cupcake with 9 candles from my sister. 1 10-year-old and 8 one-year-olds. So cute. Haha. It was very sweet though (the cupcake I mean), she practically added one whole spoon of vanilla essence!
My daily breakfast, porridge with pork floss haha.
Packing our stuff into the car to set off
On top of the mountain! Near the top at least.
It was freezing when the wind blew past!
Cars was jammed all the way up because every one was trying to get up the mountain to see the snow.
A lot of the cars had this snow man on top haha, when we were driving up there were many cars with these that drove past us and got us so excited.
This one even had a toy on it!
My dad's creation. The fake 'cherry blossom tree' haha.
Cup noodle as the hat lol
This snow man looks like the car hit it and it plastered against the front right!!
My sister's favourite 山猪肉! Oh btw, it was 2-3 degrees there!! Yeah thats what the person told us.
Lunch at a hotel nearby
More flowers, 山樱花
KINDER SURPRISE IN TAIWAN EH. Not kinder joy but surprise. Cant believe they still have haha.
Reached our hotel in Taipei, 神旺大饭店, after a damn long drive. Like what, 4 hours please.
First thing was to dinner at Ding tai fung!!! The Taiwan branch beats the Sg one hands down. Service and all were way better.
My hotel was there, at 忠孝东路
Day five to the end was all at 台北市 already. Haha there are only a few photos because well, too busy going around trying to shop to take any photos. The camera didnt even make it out the hotel room LOL.
Ya somehow our hotel was opened by the wang wang brand lol.
Off to Taipei 101 to find Sihui!!!!
Walking around the place first, they stayed at Macs.
Bikes for rent.
New York New York shopping centre.
HELLOOO SIHUI HAHA. Your father's way of taking photo very funny. Lol. We headed to Cold Stone for some ice cream!
Cotton Candy ice cream. Lol. If you buy this you get one free so we just got it lor.
Some chocolate thing that the chinese words we fail in reading. Lol. But its damn nice.
Dinner that night with my dad's friends.
Okay so the nxt day was the earth quakeeeeee yeah lol. Slight tremor only la cos we were underground in 人间 (which is a damn cool restaurant btw). In taipei at least it was only 4-5 on the scale but in Hualian is like 6.8? Yeah, we were underground and could even feel it so means its quite bad. Lol. Actually! I thought my sister was shaking the table when it happened cos she was like running around and everything. Sihui called just to make sure I was alright haha awwwwww.
Well so thats that for Taiwan. Haha. Christmas Eve party tonight at my cousins' place and wedding dinner tmr :)
Day three, 16 Dec ! :D Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!! Recieved more than I expected haha, and many more on Facebook too:)
View of the lake frm the balcony at the dining area for breakfast
On the boat to go around the lake
Taiwan people loves dogs I realised. Dogs are almost everywhere.
A small man made island for the people to pray for some water deer or something like that.
The tree is shaped like a deer apparently, can you spot it? (No Im not talking abt the white statue below lol)
My brother and I thinks that the building in the background looks pretty much like a castle.
The hotel we stayed at.
They had bikes that we could borrow to cycle around the place!
Another temple that we visited on the way out to go to qing jing (Pssst Sihui its the place that you went too haha)
Bells where people are supposed to write their wishes/prayers on and hang on the sides of the steps. There are 365 steps all the way to the bottom, one step for every day of the year.
The one with my birthday:D Beethoven was born the same day as me okay!
Only these two crazy people would walk all the way down, then up again.
Writing down to pray for good luck from the study god LOL
View from the top.
Stopping for lunch!
Array of dishes
A castle like looking hotel we spotted along the way to our hotel. I had my dad pull over just to take a photo of it haha.
Our hotel! 云顶
Dining area with glass windows so that we could have a view of the mountains. The clouds were below us I swear.
Eagle soaring.
My brother and my room! There was a glass window on the ceiling so that we could view stars at night but it just kept raining the whole night!!! What a waste right, if the sky was clear the view would be amazing because we were so high up on the mountains.
Fake fireplace to keep us warm at night haha. Temperature was around 11 degrees in the afternoon.
It was getting misty already with all the clouds coming in.
Small marketplace outside.
Watching 射雕英雄传 in the room at night!
Two bottles of Malasun opened on the table with many many fruits. The pears there were HUGE, one abt 2kg? Yeah.
So it kept raining, so saddddddd. Nevermind haha next day we go to see snow!!! Or ice on the ground at least haha. Stay tuned! :)
