January 31, 2006

valentine's celebration @ The Cliff

We decided to celebrate Valentine's day today since he would be in tekong on 14th Feb. I was so excited wondering where he would bring me to this year since he always manages to find romantic places to dine at. The Sentosa Resort & Spa, beautiful isnt it? the peacock we saw in the hotel the ladies room at beaufort hotel is so pretty and elegant i couldnt resist taking a picture of it.
The Cliff

jianglei the beautiful sunset viewed from the restaurant
compliments from the chef maine scallops for starters wild cepe mushroom, the richest mushroom soup i've ever eaten
atlantic cod with spice onion rings monk fish, i've never heard of such a fish before but it tasted goodand finally for dessert,the lovely ivory valrhona chocolate. it's a white chocolate fondue, cocoa sorbet with coconut caramel sauce. yummy
outside the restaurant, after the most expensive meal i've ever eaten in my whole life.
at palawan beach

now it's time to exchange gifts! we must be telepathic or something coz we bought each other something from the same shop!
i bought him a Guess shirt and it's unbelievable what he bought for me... a watch-charm bracelet from the Guess valentine's collection! i was so pleasantly surprised when he presented it to me coz i would never have expected him to buy it for me. we saw it while shopping a few days back and i fell in love with it. But i thought i would never have it coz it cost like 200 plus. so imagine my extreme delight when i received this from him :D but i felt a bit guilty that he spent soo much on the present and dinner.
while waiting for the cab
jianglei's parents picked us up at harbourfront and sent me home. they also gave me quite a big ang pow. I felt quite bad that i havent told my parents about jianglei yet, coz i could never find a proper chance to. my dad seems to be quite against me having a relationship while still studying, he sounded angry everytime my mum said that she wants to introduce some ex-rj guy stuying medicine to me. I've decided that i would introduce jianglei to them if i get 4A's for my A levels. I will show them that their capable daughter is able to handle studies and a relationship equally well.

this must be the best valentine's day i'd ever have,and jianglei is probably the most perfect guy for me on earth.

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about taxi drivers in singapore. Had been reading comments about the service of taxi drivers in singapore on the newspapers and i finally experienced for myself how poor the service actually is. Me and jianglei called for a cab after our dinner, and the driver actually didnt know where to pick us up at. I got a little pissed off and irritated when he told me he had no idea where the beach station was and expected me to give him directions.hello? you are the taxi driver, you should know where it is, not me. I admitted that my tone was quite bad at that time, but that was because jianglei's parents were waiting to pick us up at harbourfront and we were already late. it's the first time im meeting his parents together and i would hate to give a bad impression. moreover, it was rather late and i didnt want to trouble them like this. my house is like at the opposite end of singapore from where they live and it's really inconvenient for them to have to send me back. So of course i was angry for the delay that the taxi driver had caused. To give him some credit, at least his attitude was good and he asked one of the rangers at sentosa to direct him to the place. i felt a tinge of guilt when he said he nearly went over the hill while coming to pick us up.
I know it's tough to be taxi drivers, but i believe it's their responsibilities to at least know the places of interest well. they are one of the first few people that tourists come into contact with when they arrive in singapore, and it would leave bad impressions if the taxi drivers are clueless about popular tourists spots. Singapore is probably the easiest place to be a taxi driver. The country is pathetically small and there are sign posts everywhere. There is no excuse to not know how to go to places, not to say hot spots like sentosa. It's not an easy job i agree, but it's what expected from them. The taxi companies ought to provide better training for the taxi drivers. seriously, the service sector in singapore sucks. It's really high time to do something more about it if the government is determined to remake singapore into a tourist hub. all the integrated resorts will be useless if people are simply turned off by the lack of good service here

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January 30, 2006

CNY

second day of new year!yum it's finally time for yu sheng!!May the upcoming year be filled with happiness and laughter now it's all messy
my extended family, with funny faces
in the car with my little cousin who i watched grow up
i was damn bored waiting for my siblings to finish watching i not stupid too. i refused to watch the show even though it's free, it's so lame.

now i've discovered the nacissistic side of me.

i have no idea why i woke up so early when i slept so late. i was feeling bored and decided to experiment with photoshop. didn't know it can do so many cool stuff! so if i look ugly in any photos from now on, think i'd just filter them so people cant really see my face :D



this picture was snapped so long ago...

January 29, 2006

it's finally Chinese new year, yipee! look at all the yummy food, how can i possibly resist them???
the pretty earrings that i bought from hongkong me and xinyi
me and pretty qinglingcute melise and kaiwen at my granduncle's house
i love this swing at my granduncle's house, it has been there since we were young.me and darrion
me and the aunt

me and adeline
small little lion dance
the baby of the family, isnt she damn adorable???
she loves piglet! everytime she cries, all we have to do is give her little piglet toy and she will smile happily. soooo cute right?
the handsome & talented, adorable and pretty. btw, this cousin-in-law won in many singing competition and appeared on tv before. he was offered a chance by jack neo to develop a career in taiwan but he rejected for his family. we were bored at my grandma's house and started taking narcissistic photos of ourselves. my cousin started it, not me!
me and bin bin, think he was damn traumatised by me for making him help me take so many photos. not my fault what, who doesnt want to look pretty in photos and im just not a natural beauty :(

me and kai kai. HE is the true photowhore, he took more pictures of himself than anyone else i know!
just a silly and retarded pic
my family