Archive for July, 2008

2008 mid-winter update

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

it’s 3-ish new zealand time in the middle of my winter break.. exactly in the middle.. 1.5weeks gone.. another 1.5weeks to go.. i should really be doing my practical report that’s due when school starts and do some practice driving to get my full license.. oh well..

anyway it has been 6months since i last updated.. and i am hoping that there are some friends out there who are actually interested to know my update.. well.. it’s pretty much the same.. this little countryside town i am is too small for anything!!

no doubt i ‘love’ palmy.. well.. i don’t exactly hate but i just can’t wait to leave palmy.. no offense to the townfolks here.. but singapore.. aucky and welly are way more interesting.. there are like no shops and food to eat here.. can you imagine?!

anyway i might as well as enjoy this time to slack.. don’t know when is the next time i will have 3 full weeks to rest and relax again.. nothing better than hibernating in the cozy home during cold winter.. oven replacing fireplace for heat..=P

let me see.. what is interesting to update? had a couple of good dinners with flatties.. hallmates and friends in the past 2weeks.. did and continue doing heaps of laundry.. oh and went to welly on a shopping trip for a day.. and bought my new levis!!

earlier today was playing dressing up with flattie.. coz we got nothing to do.. and dress up as though as i was in singapore (and she in malaysia).. camwhore photos as evidence.. i was procrastinating and she simply had nothing else to do!!

i drove my gf’s audi to and fro welly last wednesday (omg.. a week already!) walked in and out like a million shops in few hours but found nothing much.. spilled petrol on my jeans.. which was a sign for buying new jeans.. heehee~~ my new fave levis!!

gonna miss the kiwi brekkie when i go home.. the only brekkie i remembered eating was dim sum and the wonton noodles at dover market last time.. next time i gonna miss the eggs.. bacons.. mushrooms.. grilled tomatoes.. sausages.. steak and hashbrowns!

i used to be a tomato-hater (still a veggie-hater) but these orange-red friends grew on me.. it gotta b the kiwi brekkie.. grilled tomatoes with salt and pepper.. yummilicious.. tried all varieties of tomatoes!!why didn’t i remember eating this b4??

exams was over only 2weeks ago and it felt like 2months.. haha.. totally ditched supply chains and everything.. my new love for tomatoes gotta be caused by the excessive study of greenhouse tomatoes for my coursework.. omg~~

did a shiseido facial last month.. immediate radiance! can imagine how potent their products are.. rejected all the sales by exchange for 2 free eyelash curlers..=P eyelash curlers are a must!! open up sleepy eyes.. as good as the shu umera 1!!

due to lack of shops in palmy.. bought heaps of stuffs from sasa.com.. my biotherm aquasource moisturizer and cleanser.. and sunplay range of sunblock.. these are seriously good products.. once i used them.. i love them.. not addicted.. just like~~

talking about addiction.. i haven’t touched nutella for almost a month!! limiting to no more than 750g nutella/month.. except for exam months.. and birthday months.. and my big stash of kinder bueno.. ok.. maybe that’s a little addiction..

due to the large amount of junk food i am eating.. and eva et al. been reminding how fat i became.. i decide to try to shed off some flabs.. tried a little of the master cleanse and salt water flush.. i like it..might continue for life..=)

master cleanse is drinking maple syrup lemonade with cayenne pepper.. sounds dodgy but it actually taste quite good.. drink a cup of it every night if i am not too full.. healthy lemonade and all the nutrients for my body to absorb through the night..

although this is supposed to be those detox diet plan.. i modified it to drink it as a night time healthy drink.. lemon is alkaline forming.. cayenne pepper are supposed to be miraculous.. controlled my night time indigestion and acid reflux pretty well..

also doing a slightly modified morning saltwater flush.. if i planned on staying in for the day.. i will do this flush to clean my digestive tract and colon before washing up and brekkie.. i thought this is really good.. may make it a weekly routine for life!!

last easter was another excellent easter i had in new zealand.. 2 of my gfs came to travel with me from singapore!! we had a great time.. drove around in a cute 2003 nissan march.. totally fall in love with her.. but too expensive to own..=$

our itinerary: auckland city -> gulf harbour -> sky tower + orbit restaurant -> hamilton gardens -> rotorua -> luging + gondola + hilltop restaurant -> taupo -> palmy for me and wellington for them -> waitomo caves -> auckland + brekkie at rebo

the watermelons in singapore taste way better than those in new zealand.. think it’s the time it takes to send it here.. it just isn’t the same.. but the ice cream here taste nicer than those at home.. on par with ben & jerry’s and hagen daz..

been trying to finish the harry potter fanfic i started 5years ago when ngee ann was closed coz of sars.. no inspiration for the ending still.. nothing very inspiration about palmy perhaps.. wanted to write that instead of the blog.. but oh well..

watch heaps of movies online recently.. sex in the city gotta be the best 1.. strong female bonding.. my fave.. love watching shows portraying excellent female characters.. like carrie perhaps.. and her gorgeous walk-in wardrobe.. my dream closet!!

re-read an article about the importance of girlfriends today.. the first time i read it was before i was 20.. i still find it true.. girlfriends are one of the most important part of my life.. life just isn’t the same without these babes.. you know who you are!!

there are just so much things to do.. and so little time.. i can think of probably 101things that i should be doing instead of updating my life here.. but their priority isn’t of great importance.. for example.. sleeping? time now is 5.10am.. morning!!

finished my lemonade.. prepared my salt water for later.. heck the beauty regime.. gonna wash up and get into bed before the sun rise.. set my alarm clock to be up and about by 12noon hopefully.. what better way to spend winter than this?