#50 Parco Caffe
Monday, 29 July 2013
Oh, hi there! Pardon me as I dust off the cobwebs that have formed around my blog space. Haven't been updating for over a month now, partly because life got pretty hectic once I finished my summer term in UBC and headed over to the United States. And also partly because I got lazy while I was on summer vacation, ha-ha. I mean, after a long day of sight-seeing/shopping/having fun, all I want to do after I get back to my hotel/apartment is take a nice long bubble bath, slip into something comfortable, crawl into bed and relax.
But, I've been back in Singapore for almost a week now and have
TONS of time to kill before the next semester starts. Hence, I shall attempt to make full use of all this free time to finish editing my photos and hopefully blog a little more. I have a sinking feeling that next semester will be a crazy one for me
(FTW200, CAT & MA = FML).
Anyway, this entry isn't about some of the escapades I got myself into whilst abroad. The group of us celebrated Harris's birthday the weekend I returned to this sunny island. So thankful that I was already back by then, haven't seen the boys in a really long time. We ate at this really
ulu place around Tanjong Pagar that wasn't too bad. It costs S$36 for a 3 course meal and you have the option of choosing a 2/3/4/5/6 course meal. If you're wondering why I have photos of 6 food items, no it's not because I ordered a 6 course meal. Rather, Ian and I each had a 3 course meal and we deliberately ordered different starters/entrees/desserts so that we could give all their chef recommendations a try. I would say the only true
disappointment was the
Tiramisu, everything else was
SEDAP!
And yes, of course, given the location of where our dinner took place, we very conveniently traipsed on over to Taboo for some Liquid Buffet before partying the night away at Play :) I miss clubbing in Singapore, so much more familiar, safe and fun than it is abroad. It's good to be back.
Happy (25+1)th Birthday Harris!
XOXO, T.
Labels: birthdays, boozing, clubbing, food, friends
written at
12:49

#41 The One Before The Summer Exchange
Friday, 31 May 2013
Heh, any excuse to club is a good enough reason right? Can't believe that I'm flying off
tomorrow, feeling excited but nervous at the same time. It'll be the first time I'm gone from home for such a long time
(7 weeks to be exact). The longest so far was the 2 week confinement in NS, LOL. By the time I'm back, my baby girl will be 9 months old! Doubt she'll be able to recognise me when I get back. I'm excited because even though it's an exchange, I'm viewing this as more of a really long ass holiday, ha-ha. I'm nervous because firstly, I've never been to the States or Vancouver before. Plus I'm travelling with others who are as new to the place as I am and lastly, I don't know anyone who's staying at the places I'm visiting. Talk about venturing into new found land. Never been really good with adjusting to change, guess I'll be forced to learn on this trip. One thing I'm
SUPER looking forward to though -
SKYDIVING. If I do die there, at least it'll be while doing something adventurous.
The drowsy medication I took isn't kicking in yet, damn. Have a bunch of errands to run tomorrow morning before meeting the ubin girls at night for a barbecue at some Changi chalet. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep soon.
XOXO, T.
Labels: clubbing, friends, summer exchange
written at
00:58

#14 of Parties and Clubbing
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Just clearing the back log of photos that I've taken over the past month or two at parties or when I went clubbing, ha-ha. Crap, I realise that in 3 out of 5 occasions, I'm wearing the same baby blue shirt :( Sadly, I don't have any cash to buy new clothes :( Everything is going towards my summer exchange funds, aside from the S$92 that I recently spent buying a new Kanken haversack. Bank account has really taken quite a hit from all the clubbing, think it's time to start staying home during the weekends and start eating grass. Besides, exams are looming and I should definitely study a bit. OKAY, I have deadlines to meet, ciao.
XOXO, T.
Labels: birthdays, boozing, clubbing, friends
written at
18:16

#11 redCANDYLAND
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Okay, I know this entry is just a mega spam of photos, ha-ha. But it's my first time taking photos at a booth like this, possibly because
PLAY has no place inside to set up such a station for all the cam-whores. Which is ironic really, seeing as how gay people
(majority anyway) LOVE taking photos.
Anyway, popped by over to
Zouk at the start of recess week to celebrate
Chee's 22nd Birthday :) Might be going again tomorrow for
TGIW since I've no Thursday morning class this week :D Hopefully, photos taken by their roaming photographer will be up on their Facebook page soon; will probably do another entry involving those photos then.
OKAY BYE FOR NOW!

XOXO, T.
Labels: birthdays, clubbing, friends, photo entry
written at
17:46

#7 Year of the Snake
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
So the first 3 days of CNY are over... School officially starts again for me tomorrow -
sad face-
I've been slacking even though I have an assignment due on the coming Monday and I've not started working on it at all. Damn fucking sian to have to go back to school this Saturday, from
0815H - 1845H for make up lessons. Up till now, I still believe the SMU should get their professors to work their teaching schedules around the public holidays, to spare us all the pain of losing our precious weekends. Bah, might very likely skip the morning class since I have a dinner to attend
AFTER ethics lesson.
I've managed to take a bunch of random photos over this festive period. Much to my surprise (
and I'm sure more to yours), there's hardly any photos of me. I only took one(?) #
ootd photo; okay there was another one that was taken on the first day but I look really gross so I'm not going to post it.
My mum prepared these flowers for me to bathe with on the first day, probably for good luck.
Pretty Baby Tara.
Not so pretty here. Became increasingly grumpy as she had problems taking her naps.
I'm so thankful for all the babies that my relatives have given birth to.
I know this comment sounds weird, but having 7 kids (
age ranging from a couple of months - 9 years old) running about the house makes my CNY so much more fun and interesting. Before the next generation came along, visiting was literally a mind numbingly dull process. There's no one around my age because I'm the youngest, so I just sit around and watch everyone gamble, until it's finally time to leave and head to another household to stone some more.
Now, with all these children running around, I have people to entertain myself with. And I've got to say, it's definitely an experience watching the kids grow up. Most of them are well behaved, so they aren't a handful. And I say this because I'm not a kids person; hate them in crowded public transports, hate them in general shopping areas. There has been so many times I just want to grab a kid by his/her toes and shake them until they shut up. But... I'm biased towards children who are related to me or belong to my friends. So, I love all my nieces and nephews deeply :) Also helps that, like I mentioned earlier, they are all brought up properly and are well behaved, most of them anyway.
Went over to
Zirca
that night for the
LAST SUPERSTAR SUNDAY :( To be honest, should have totally seen this day coming; ever since
Avalon started operating on Sundays as well, business has definitely taken a hit over at
Zirca (
and business wasn't exactly bustling to begin with). Felt like almost everyone went down that night to party for the last time. The place was soooo fucking packed. The only time I remember it being so crowded was during the uniform party a year or 2 back. Oh and yes, the cat faces are there to protect the identity of my more discreet friends.
Got so freaking high that night, can't remember exactly how much I drank and smoked. Good indication of how high I was - woke up the next day with 3 bruises on my right leg and an injured left wrist. Apparently, I fell off the chair and I don't even recollect this incident happening - good job Tristan. Either way,
I HAD A BLAST. Woke up the next day without a hangover too,
double hurrah!
This is the only photo I have from the second day of CNY.
Thank god that every year on the second day, people come over to my place. So I slept till about noon-ish, before heading downstairs in my sleep attire and bed head to eat lunch. Similar to every CNY, mummy made
POPIAH! Lost count of how many I ate, but I'm sure the weighing scale will jolt my memory soon enough. Spent the rest of the afternoon playing with the kids, but they eventually got bored of me and turned to the iPads. Next year must put on
Drag Show for them already, LOL.
#ootd
More family visiting on the third day, which is different because usually on the third day, I'll swing by friends' home to hang out. However this year, only one friend invited me over to his place. Couldn't make it though cause I was over at my sister-in-law's god mother's house (
that was a mouthful) and he asked me quite late into the day. Had to head on over to my in-law's place after that as well; at least that was the
original plan. In the end, my sister-in-law's dad had the fever so we stayed home.
Ho hum* Yeah, kind of a boring end to my CNY, but this festive period has never been particularly exciting to begin with, heh.
Can't wait to collect more red packets and eat more good food over this weekend :D All the money received this year will be channelled towards spending on my summer exchange. Okay, tummy is making noise, time to head downstairs for second round of steamboat with the family! #
fatdieme
XOXO, T.
Labels: chinese new year, clubbing, family, friends
written at
18:03
