live life updates

Hello again! *WARNING* The following post may be a long one because it's going to be updates on the past few months!

1. #gcsescapes to Bangkok!
I had my first ever grad trip with Geena & Serene in March! Just wanna thank God firstly for blessing us pre-trip and during the trip! Before our trip, we were searching around for budget hotels and airlines. Everyone assumes that budget airlines are the cheapest but NO! We took Singapore Airlines and their price was almost the same as JetStar's price! It included a full-service carrier with meals and 30kg luggage! JetStar didn't provide meals and their baggage weight was only limited to 7kg (if I'm not wrong) and if you wanted to add extra baggage weight, you had to pay extra! So thanks to that amazing promotion that SQ had we were able to experience a good flight! Plus, how can you go wrong with SQ! :-) We decided to stay at a budget hotel also, considering how we were just students and had to scrimp on our accommodation! We found LemonTea Hotel and it's a really decent hotel!

iconic 'goodbye SG' photo

we had the pleasure of some good company who came to send us off on our very short trip haha!

now it's really goodbye SG!

Upon arrival in +66, we made our way to our hotel via the train! Let me just share with you how exceptionally convenient it is for tourists to take the train instead of cab. You don't have to wait in jams, which equates to spending more money since the meter will be running. Plus the train is really efficient and did I mention, quick? Being freshly-graduated students, we had to scrimp on accommodation as well so we couldn't afford the usual hotels our parents stayed in. We bunked at Lemontea Hotel located near the Pratunam area, and it is super affordable, only around SGD$20+ per night! Because this is a hotel we weren't familiar with at all, we got lost and walked for about 20-30 mins trying to find it! We ended up walking into some local neighbourhood, even all the aunties/uncles/locals were staring at us haha! Tip: when you're lost & need to find a way out, snap a photo first for memories' sake!

Initially, we did plan to do some sightseeing like go to the theme park and zoo, but girls being girls, shopping was a #1 priority in Bangkok! It's just the best to go shopping with girls, particularly Geena, because we have similar tastes! We decided to head to shops together because buy more get wholesale price ;) hahha! 

geena was raving on and on about this wanton mee, which costs us 100baht per bowl, not worth it at all...

we had this bowl of tomyum noodles after the wanton noodles for lunch, 60baht per bowl,
WORTH IT + SUPER DELICIOUSSS

one can never go wrong with thai milk tea

sort of the shihlin equivalent 

phad thai at rod fai night market

20baht passionfruit juice

rice bowl outside platinum fashion mall 

150baht = SGD$6 mookata buffet!

not worth it A&W at all

Didn't capture all the food adventures but I did take some videos so you guys can watch the video once I'm done (or start) on it hahaha! This trip, we took on Chatuchak twice, and surprisingly we managed to see the section where all the animals were! The puppies were the most adorable things there, I really wish I could just bring all of them back to Singapore!! Decided to explore taking the tuktuk too and I must say it's cheap~~ Well, apart from the time when we got conned -.- Wanted to go to the 1st rod fai night market and the guy ended up bringing us to the 2nd one instead, like a hello, we could easily take a train there, so that experience was a bad one. But other than that, our other tuktuk rides were really fun! NTS, please bring masks and sunglasses whenever you take the tuktuk again, the exhaust fumes are so bad?! Another huge favourite of ours is Platinum obviously!

you get a free cup of lemontea after you upload a photo and tag their hotel! plus it's really good lemontea :-)

chatuchak day 1 

40baht ice milk tea, can't go wrong with that

these poor doggies are mix bred, probably with lions because they're HUMONGOUS but so adorable!!

pretty diffuser

chatuchak park!

9pm dinner at siam paragon udon shop

when we tried rompers in the hotel after a day of shopping

street food time!

tuktuk adventure time!

last morning chiong-time to Platinum for the last time!

checked in, goodbye bkk meh sg

PS, Serene got called by the airport staff because she checked in her powerbank and she didn't believe she got called! 

All in all, there were some bad moments in the trip when we got annoyed with each other. It was bound to happen, since it was our first time travelling together and we weren't sure about each other's "systems". I admit, I did get annoyed when someone had her indecisive moment/some just wanted a late morning wake-up call, but this trip was definitely a memorable one! We had so much fun laughing at Geena's bimbo talk, eg. (her to the shop attendant) "do you know if other shop sells this design?" Like yo girl, obviously the shop attendant is going to say no because they want to have your business and not give their business opportunity away?? Can't forget Serene's daily diarrhoea problems because she can't take street food! Meeting some fellow Singaporeans were also a fun experience, because we were all complaining about how small the portion of the 100baht wanton mee was haha! This was my first grad trip with them, and I do hope it won't be the last because they are really chillax people to travel with! #gcsescapes to next location? ;-)

2. Charlie Wing Social Night
Before I continue, just wanna officially introduce you to a person that has been an integral part of my life since 2009 but is someone I'm very proud to call my very own boyfriend (which means no sharing which means you girls who think you can get near him, just siam cos I'll be seriously pissed off with you) from now on and he's none other than Joseph Wong~ You've seen him in many of my photos, he's part of my church gang and we've been the best of friends since 2009! We officially got together on 1 January 2016, but aiya we've been so close before that anyway hahaha! He's been someone that really means the world to me, he knows me inside and out all my mood-swings facial expressions, and he has an amazing love for God (important factor peopleee)!

bmt graduation

ocs open house

From the start of his BMT life, I've seen him change - for the worse (because he says vulgarities off and on and it annoys me so much) but way more for the better! His views on life have changed, he's been more humble and I can tell that the way he interacts with people is somewhat different in a good way too!
He definitely fought hard during BMT and his sergeants/officers/superiors could tell too and with that, he got posted to OCS! That was his dream, well either that or SCS. I am so proud of how far he has come! 4 months in BMT is no joke, and now he's 3 months into OCS! It's tough on him, sometimes the stories he tells me about how tough training is makes me wanna really help him get through it eg. carry his bagpack when he's simply too tired or just push him across some wall to complete his obstacles! But the brave soldier fights on and perseveres through the physical/mental trauma & that's what makes me so darn proud of him because he just proves to everyone that he is strong!

I really thank God so much for being by his side since the beginning of army! He has given Joe strength daily through trainings and with the Holy Spirit, He also gives peace to him :-) Joe's verse that he holds onto deeply is Jeremiah 29:11, and this verse has guided him through his decision-making and I am so happy that he still remains rooted in Christ despite the army lifestyle! Do continue praying for Joe to be grounded firm in Him even in OCS and also for us to trust that God works before us and that we can learn to put Christ before ourselves!

A huge thing I was greatly looking forward to was Social Night! Seeing other friends going for their friends/boyfriend's social night made me jealous, obviously.. They got to dress up and go for a pretty dinner with flowers etc. I know I'm not the girliest girl around, but I definitely won't hesitate if I had the chance to go for one! So when Joe got into OCS, I knew I had the chance to go for it hehe! It was a night both of us, I dare safely say, looked forward to! True, we were nervous because it was our first time going for such an event together but it was magical! Sneaky boy came to my place with a bouquet of baby breath flowers wrapped in a light shade of blue, & my dad had to spoil the surprise by telling Joe 'nice flowers behind your back' even before he gave them to me -.- After that, we headed off to Temasek Club where there were so many couples! Met Joe's good friend, David & his girlfriend Tiveyaah and I'm super happy I managed to hit it off with Tiveyaah! :-)

The night started young with some photo-taking and we had a buffet dinner nomzzz! Some cadets then proceeded with their dance performance, which turned into some surprise that got all the cadets to put on corsages for their dates as a way to thank their dates for coming! At that moment, it was really one of the sweetest things Joe ever did for me hahaha! We weren't those exceptionally sweet couples who loved to whisper sweet nothings to each other all they, we were contented with our simple lives so even though it was compulsory for them to do so, I felt really special at that point hehehe :-) So moving on, more performances and ooh games was pretty fun! Then there came dance. I must admit, I was super duper nervous about it. I've never ever danced before in public, well at least not like those kind of slow dances, usually it's just goofy dances with my friends.. But thankfully they played the 'Macarena' before the slow dance to kind of warm things up! Then came the time for all couples to sway to the beats of Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud'. It was hilarious though, some guys were like 'oh when's this going to end' and then when the song ended everyone clapped, only to realise the next song was still a slow one! The night ended on a high note, everyone being happy and merry, we all took more photos and it was really a lovely night :-)

photobooth! don't we look so prettyyy~~

After all the glam and glitz, we decided to head out for supper! It was my first time meeting his friends and I definitely wanted to get to know more about them and that was one decision I never regretted! It was a real fun night just laughing our butts off and his friends are a bunch of friends I hope he'll always have close friendships with! Thoroughly enjoyed that late night supper at Prata House where 14 people squeezed into 2 tables hahaha! Hopefully I'll get a chance to meet them soon!

look at the pretty baby breath flowers! i then proceeded to take a ton of selfies after this hahaha

3. The year of 21sts!
Lo and behold, a group of friends whom I treasure dearly are turning/have turned 21 this year! Our dearest Zuzu turned 21 in January and we decided to surprise him with a ticket to catch the F1 race in September! He's a HUGE FAN of racing cars and he's been following F1 for I-don't-know how many years, so you can imagine the amount of surprise he had on his face when he saw it! Decided to make him a fake one for now, because the real ticket would only arrive sometime later in the year haha! But it was one cool ticket! :-)

The twins just turned 21 a couple of days back, but they had a simple gathering a few weeks ago to celebrate their turning into adulthood! Looking back, 7+/8 years of friendship doesn't seem really long but we've surely gone through quite a bit as siblings in Christ! Ben has been the elder brother I never had and like older siblings, he's someone I look up to! To see him turn into a guy with a huge heart for Christ and to see his desire to want to share God's word and love to others is something that I really admire~ It's always a joy to see your friends grow up to become fine young men and I'm so proud that these 2 brothers have achieved that! Over the years of our friendship, we have gone through (as cliche as it sounds) thick and thin, heap loads of unhappiness but a ton more of excitement and love shared! They are my favourite pair of twins and will always be :-)

this guy here peeled prawns for that kitty cat there :')

well this isn't anyone's 21st but it was Jasmine's 16th so yay to everyone smells!

yo and my big bro ben had his 21st in a suite?! that was pretty cool too! :-)

4. #987TakingOneForTheTeam

Guess who won some places to a live web chat with Simple Plan? YAS GURL DAS ME! Warner had some contest on Instagram that actually got fans to re-create the band's latest album cover so being a loyal Warner supporter, I decided to chip in and do a version of the cover! 

 Okay the image is super blur but you get what I was trying to do right, if not just go google the band's latest album cover and you'll understand! And obviously, I won too hahaha!

To be honest, I was more excited to meet Geena & Leonard for dinner and catch up with them than go for the live chat. I'm not a huge fan of the band, I've heard a couple of songs and they're not too bad so I was just 'meh' about it. But I was wrong. When the band came on Skype, I was really really excited hahaha! It was just super cool to get to interact with international celebrities! *cue the memories when I helped manage artistes for concerts at Warner* Managed to also ask a question so yay, I sorta made an impression on them! We got to bring home some merch too, and I also won a signed CD! It was a really cool night, plus I got to meet my Warner supervisors again! 

not everyone can get to say "I've got a selfie with Simple Plan!"

A year ago I was their intern, how time flies! :')

#5. Random Holiday Moments

This holiday is way better than the holidays after O's! I've been waking up around close to 10am almost everyday and I laze around in bed for about 1h and basically, my life is so chill now! Somedays I'll head out to meet up with friends and I'm so glad now I've got much more time to catch up with people! 

joe's pop last december :-)

just look at joe's face

babysitted 3 kids last september/december/i can't remember haha

discipling these group of girls in yf this year with Esther! :-)

this is a yearly affair with the grandma~

towards the end of school, a day after Light Up A Lift at Drop It For Life and we made our own terrariums!

been meeting this bimba-si almost 1x a week (-:

haps bday cara! ft. 1/4 of gg

cara gave out cactuses as a thank-you-for-coming gift! 

best pest <3

hipster swag

I guess this absolutely long post has finally come to an end! If you've endured through this long post and read my stories/life happenings, good for you! I think such stories of mine are memories that I hold dearly to my heart and these are people that have made a mark in my life. It doesn't matter if we don't see each other as often as we did, but the fact still remains; that our paths crossed once & those paths will always continue crossing! 

Some people, or majority of bloggers, write blogs with fancy words & loads of flowery language. Unfortunately, you won't see that in my blog because I treat my page like a diary. The purpose of this blog is for me to keep track of the things that happened in my life and hopefully in the future, I'll be able to show this to my children and they can seem how blessed I have been! This page is definitely for you all to be a part of my journey growing up as well, so yup! Hopefully I'll try my best to keep updating this page! See ya~~