tadah!

presenting my own personal pair of sandals courtesy of my love.



this is a customized pair and is the only pair available in this look. you probably can buy a pair that comes with buckles but i have asked der to make a pair without the buckle for me some time back.. and i have totally forgotten about it.

woohoo! it's a nice surprise (that came sometime mid week) and i am really happy because he does hear and accede to my crazy demands sometimes.

thank you baby! it feels really good to wear it because i feel so loved!

it's been a while since i blogged about my lunches. it just means that i have been packing non stop or eating uninteresting food. actually, it could also be that i didnt have the time to blog.

was driving last friday and took the opportunity to have lunch with 2 guy colleagues. cindy was initially included in the lunch date, but very unfortunately, she had to do an offsite set up and couldn't join us.

so, we had lunch at dome in dempsey. seriously, anywhere is nice so long it's not in the vicinity of ayer rajah/holland v/fusionpolis.

and i really enjoyed the lunch + dessert even though i was coughing quite badly after all the cold stuff!






i had the spaghetti while the guys had fish and chips & lot burger. i was regretting my choice when i saw mark's delicious looking burger. i stole quite a bit of his fries!

and we adjourned to ben & jerrys for a quick ice-cream fix. i am just amazed that we managed to squeeze in that much within a short lunch.

must do that more often (read: good lunches) to get my sanity. food always pleases my mind and soul. how else to make one happy?

1. i am very tired but am on a blog roll. it just means i'm quite deprived from blogging.

2. i am burping of durian. super over dose of durian over the weekend and today.

3. i am very happy that der is finally coming back tomorrow! but it also means i no longer get to drive myself to work (hence have to wake up earlier)

4. i have never driven myself around in JB (without a passenger) and i did that umpteen times over the weekend, and even to and fro singapore and jb. managed to familiarize myself with more roads this time round. so yay!

5. i cannot decide if i want the aircon to be switched on. because when it gets cold, i switched it off and ten minutes later, i switch it on.

6. i could just be fulfilling my dream of visiting south africa this year! decision decisions. usa with der or south africa alone?

7. my room is getting a lot smaller with the amount of furniture that i keep adding. soon, i'll have no more space to walk.

8. i just spent the last weekend not spending a single cent! somehow, either the money's not mine or that i didnt get the chance to pay.

9. i am missing seafood now and i wish i am back in JB junking out in the alleys on sambal-immersed seafood. *yums*

10. i find myself to be totally devoid of feelings sometimes. or it could be that my brain has managed to shut out the emotional part of me in 'some' situations and i just feel irritated at myself for being so unfeeling. make sense? i don't know why this is happening.

ok. better try to sleep. have early morning meetings tomorrow.

and tell me what's the meaning of trunch?

i only know lunch and brunch... does trunch mean 3-in-1?




wiki says it's a village in norfolk, england tho..

dictionary.com says it's a small post.

i say... that's a typo on the promotional poster in the hotel!

my boss bought us some dumplings the other day and i took the opportunity to take some pictures.

yeah. you could say i'm cammie deprived. seriously, i don't fish out my cammie as often i do in the past.

something's changed in me huh?





i didn't manage to finish my dumpling tho. because before it came to me, i just happened to woof down a packet of bee hoon for breakfast.

*burp*

jen just told me that i'm getting fatter the other day. omg. this is so not good.

ok. i didn't take all the pictures of the stuff i had. sometimes, i was just plain lazy. other times, i was just too hungry. either that or that the stuff are the usual ones that i always eat and they have nothing much to shout about.

kicked start the trip with bak kut teh!





big bowl of mixed stuff, pig trotters, tau pok, and salted vegetables. it was just heaven tucking into these even its a hot afternoon. there was this chicken in a claypot thing but i apparently got too busy eating that i didnt take a picture of it.


durian as a dessert 30 mins after our stomach-bursting meal of bak kut teh. and no, i didn't have any pictures as evidence!

at night, we headed to meldrum walk. this place is really fantastic (in my opinion) if you can stand a cramp, darkly lit back alley. the food stalls lined down 2 blocks and it basically serves the equivalent of our singapore newton fare.






fried kuay tiao shop, fresh cockles, fried la-la, fried kuay tiao, sambal stingray, popiah.

the fried kuay tiao shop in the first picture serves really good stuff with cockles. my only complain is that the cockles are too cooked and swivelled up. anyhow, i just peeled my own cockles and dump it in for the fresh taste! the sambal fish is also really fresh and good, comes with loads of meat and i think it's better than the ones we have here (always thinly sliced)!

in between all these, there were also quite a bit of junk food thrown into the picture. i didn't take any pictures on sunday because i was so tired & grouchy from driving around so much, and i much preferred to sleep than to eat.

i simply heart my nails now. re-did my gel nails yesterday and i love the alternate white/red polka dots that i saw on the manicurist's hands..

and i requested the a similar work on my fingers going all red, doing a little cheat since i had my nails cut real short.

my nail bed is quite long, so i asked her to paint the french into the nail bed so when it grows, it still looks good! especially when my nails grow so fast!



i also love the 3-D ribbons on my thumbs and ring fingers. the manicurist thinks im weird to do it on these 2 fingers, she insisted that i should do - thumb, middle and pinky.

and you know, i have a love-hate relationship with gel nails. they are so pretty to look at and so lasting, but it's an arse trying to soak them off (1 hr) and repainting them again (2.5hrs).

i'm so ready to show off my nails to der tonight!

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*screams* my drawer just got jammed and while frantically trying to crank it open by undoing a screw, i chipped the 3D nail art!! *sob*

I am so depressed! STOOOPID DRAWER!