My dad will be going to Germany again next Tues. Nope, my mom and sis are not going .. damn. Not too sure how long he is going to be there, maybe 2 weeks. My mom is going to be happy as that means that she will have the car all to herself.

My sis will be starting sch next Wed and with my dad gone, my mom has volunteered me to sent my sis to sch in the morn .... groan. That means I would have to wake up at 7am! At least I get to go back to bed after that :)

Nothing much going on around here ... still raining nonstop. Tomorrow is my bday and I am planning to spend the whole day out. Don't really want to spend it at home ... Will be meeting up with LC for lunch and then the rest of the gang for dinner. In between? I don't know, maybe just hang around town, do some shopping, burn off some calories b4 dinner. After dinner, we are planning to go to a Karaoke pub. Have not karaoked in a long long time ... better have some english songs!

On New Year's Eve, we are planning to go out to a bar and have a countdown ..... hmm, what did I do last year. Oh yeah, I was alone at home b'cos no one want to get together! Hopefully this year would be better .....

Rain Rain Go Away ....

It has been raining none stop today ... what a drag.

Went to the new Courts and Ikea at Tampines (pronouced Tam-per-knees not Tam-Pines). My parents were looking for a new washing machine (where some of them do indicate "SOFTENER" for a certain compartment which I told my dad was for softener ... however, my dad chose to ignore me when I pointed it out ... I was right, HAH!)

Anyway, I was looking for a bookshelf, my dad wanted to get one that is solid wood and not those cheap particle board type ... hey, my parent's are going to be paying for it, if they want to buy me a nice wood one, I'm not one to complain :) I found one that I like and would probably need two of them to fit all my books. I think my mom was ready to get it but my dad wanted to shop around first.

My mom then dropped me off at the MRT station and I went down to town to meet my friends for dinner ... yes, it's almost the same gang again. We have been going out to eat almost everyday since KL came home ... sigh, it looks like my ticker is not going to be moving for a while.

--- Kok Leong and I

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Huiyi and I

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Benjamin and Shanice

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我们 :)

It was still raining when I reach my hse's MRT station, it's about a 10-15 mins walk, did not have an umbrella and so had to call my mom to come pick me up from the station. Had to wait awhile as she was still at the club playing her slot machines and had to drop off her friend b4 picking me up. So I did stay dry, thanks to KL and Shanice's umbrellas and my mom's car :)

Going to be meeting Huiyi and KL again tomorrow, KL has 4 tics to see Charlotte's Web and so I'm going to bring my sis along.

Heehee, guess what my friend, Cassie, from the US sent me?

CHAPSTICK!!!

I love her, love her, love her! :)

Btw, this is the watch that my mom bought. Just a simple, elegant diamond watch. I think she, or rather, my dad, paid about S$7000. The t.c.w is 0.54

Too bad my mom's wrist is bigger than mine, if not, I would be sure to wear it too :) Hey ... she did ask if I wanted to wear it!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Had a great time last nite. Ben organized a xmas eve dinner at Medestos, a really classy italian restaurant (at least the one we went to was, they do have other outlets that are more casual).

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WD, Evon, Chye Huat Shanice, Ben, Huiyi, KL, Me, Kelvin.

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Kelvin and I. My sis helped me curl my hair ... so purtty :) It was alot curlier in the begining but my hair doesn't hold on to it very long.

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Huiyi and I.

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The Gals.

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After dinner, we went to the Devil's Bar for a Xmas countdown and to have a few drinks. The cover charge was $28 which included a free drink. They played pretty good music, aka retro music, but towards the end, they started to play more recent hits there were not as "dancable" Maybe we were just tired after being on our feet for more than 3 hrs ....

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Evon and I with our beers, I think I prob had more than 3 of those mugs to drink :)

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The alcoholics ... Evon, Me, Kelvin, Ben, Huiyi, KL .... Shanice was taking the pic, she is the sober one.

All pics courtesy of Shanice .. thanks!

KL is finally home .... a bunch of us went to the airport to pick him up, here are some pics ....

--- That is him on the phone .....

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We went out for dinner, he was looking forward to real asian hawker food so we went to a place in Bedok.

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After which, we went to Coffee bean ... Shanice, Me, Christine and Huiyi.

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The whole bunch that went to pick KL. Teck Yong, KL, Shanice, Me, Christine, Huiyi and Ben.

Today's going to be a busy day ....

Firstly, the whole family will be going out for lunch to celebrate my Ash's bday. My parents were in Germany during her bday so we are celebrating it this week. We are going to have a buffet lunch (typical family meal, it has to be a buffet) and I am going to have to try to not eat too much. Wonder how long it will take b4 my mom will comment on it and tell me to eat more. Sigh ...

After lunch, my mom wants to go down to town to look at a diamond watch. She saw one in Germany and wants to compare prices over here. Supposedly, owning a diamond watch has been one of her lifelong dreams. My sis and I would probably be tagging along as I am curious to see what the watch looks like. Haha, wonder if I would be able to convince my dad (my dad, not my mom) to get me a watch too :)

Later, I will be borrowing my parents, go pick up a few friends and head to the airport 'cos my friend KL will be returing from Australia for good. Really anxious to see him as I have really missed him. We talk pretty regularly either on the phone or online but it is so much better to have a person physically around ... can't wait to give him a big huge hug! :)

We are then going to head for dinner ... where? we have not decided yet, maybe somewhere near the airport .. haha, spore is so damn small, almost everywhere is near the airport.

I wonder how late I would be out? :)

I knew it was a bad idea 5 mins after I agreed to it. Why did I want it in the first place? What the hell was I thinking? It just seems like no matter what I will do, someone is going to get pissed off. What's the whole point in going through it when no one is going to come out of it happy? It's just another day ... Let me just spare everyone the expense and myself the agony.

I knew I should have listened to that little voice inside me. Why didn't I?

First day back and I have already argued with my mom .... sigh, why is this not surprising. She asked why I did not finish the milk, saying that is was expired, what to do ....

She left me with almost THREE 1 litre cartons of milk, I finished about 1 1/2. I don't like milk in my cereal so the only time I consumed milk is when I drink coffee and even then I use it sparingly.

How the hell am I supposed to finish 3 cartons of milk? CHUG it?

Talk about milk moustaches.....

On one hand she makes comments about how much weight I have put on but on the other hand, she complains when I don't finish food.

ARGH!!!!

Last day of freedom ...

Today is my last day of freedom, my parents and sis are coming back tomorrow morning. My bro borrowed the car yesterday and was not able to put more gas into the car into in b4 returning it, thus, I had to go out and run some errands today.

First I had to go top up the cash card from the car, then went to fill up the tank, washed the car AND set the trip odometer back. Wondering why? 'Cos b4 my mom left, she filled up the tank and set the odometer to zero. Some of u might think that it was nice of my mom to make sure that the tank was full for the car, however, u guys don't know my mom. The only reason she did that was so that she would know how much we drove the car.

Now I have to make sure that the hse is in order .... however, I know that no matter what I do, my mom would definately have something to pick on. I wonder what?

I have my own computer! :)

I'm in my room writing this entry and I am mighty happy :) A thousand thanks to my bro. He got a new comp and so he gave me his old one as a xmas/bday present. I have had my own computer, in my room, for more than 8 years. So, it took a little getting used to when I came back to S'pore didn't have one for my own personal use. I wanted to get one when I came back but my dad did not approve, so I just gave up on that idea ... no point in arguing with my dad.

Now that I have a comp in my room, it's going to mean that I am going to be online more often ... yippee! But that also means that I will be getting less sleep .... groan.

Hmm .... I was given everything except speakers .... I guess I will have to search through my dad's "collection" to find one :)

Had some friends over for a BBQ on Sat and we had a blast. Evon and Shanice came earlier and we went shopping. We had alot of food including chicken wings, hot dogs, taiwan sausages, corn (which we did nto touch), sweet potato, fried bee hoon (shanice made it), veggies, crab sticks, satay, otah .....

I invited my bro and ash and they became the ones that cooked the food. I tried to get Ash to sit but my bro said that she was a perfectionist when it comes to the BBQ and so she love to be the one at the pit .... no arguments from me, it meant more time to sit and chat with my friends.

We talked and caught up with some of our sch mates, it was surprising to know how well some of them are doing now.

It also became a nite of wedding pics and dvds. LC brought her wedding albums, christine brought a dvd of hers and Shanice had pics from her ROM. I missed all of them except Shanice's.

We chat till about 4am in the morning ... isn't it nice not to have my parents around? :) It they would have been home, I don't think we would have stayed up that late.

I will post pics when I get them ....

I am not answering my home phone anymore!

Well, it's just that I am home alone and I have not been liking the calls I get on that line. Mainly my grandma.

Ok, I know that is mean but she just keep asking so many questions and there is a language barrier between us .... yes, literally. She would ask me whether I have eaten, specifically what I ate, whether my parents called me, did my bro call, did he bring me out to eat, whether my bro and his wife are trying to have a kid, do I have a bf, if I do I have to introuduce him to her ... blah, blah, blah .....

Is it bad that I lied to her? Well, I just don't want to have to answer more questions if I give her a reply that would require her to ask why .... I thought that she would call once a week but so far she has called twice in 2 days. That's not counting the first day when I refused to answer the phone, wonder who was that ...

So far, the only other ppl who called were my dad and bro. The converstation with my dad lasted about, hmm, a min? And my bro, I have no idea why he called me at home. Call my cell damn it!

It's almost 3 am and I'm still awake. Just got done chatting with Cassie. It has been so long since I have talked to her. She is just so far away. I miss her alot.

I miss all my friends in the US.

I don't know what I am doing .....

I don't know what to do .....

At this point, maybe being home alone is not such a good idea ....

Here are some pics from my Fri outing with Shanice and Yvonne.

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We celebrated Shanice's Bday with ice cream from Ben and Jerry's. It is so damn exp over here ... I miss the rich creamy and CHEAP ice cream in the US.

Today my mom took me around S'pore. Because of the BBQ I'm planning this Sat., I have to drive around and do some shopping. However, because I have not driven for so long here, I don't know my way around.

I miss Mapquest :(

My mom tried to give me directions but when u don't know ANY roads, it is really hard to do. I don't even remember how to get to the grocery store that I know is near my hse and I have been there a few times. However, when u are not the one driving, u tend not to pay attention to the roads.

So, my mom first brought me to Geylang where I am planning to get Satay from, as per request from my brother .. he says that it is the best. After lunch, we then headed back home where my mom drove us to the grocery store. I made sure I paid close attention .... why wasn't I driving? Well, one word ... Mom ... that should explain alot :)

After that, we headed to the mall near my place where I managed to find 2 books, 1 of which I have been searching for a few weeks. The other caught my eye after I paid for the first and since it was a brand new title from 1 of my fave authors, I had to get it.

Came home and started on one and finished it .. haha, I think it took my about 5-6hrs? :)

Home Alone ....

I'm going to be home alone for about 2 weeks, maybe more. My dad is going to Germany on a business trip and since school is out, my sis and mom will be going too.

Me?

Well, I no longer qualify for a free tic so I have to stay at home. My parents did not even ask if I wanted to go. And by now, u should all know my mom, there is no way she would offer to sponsor me. Sigh, I guess it is hse sitting for me then ....

However, with them gone, it would mean that it will be a great opportunity for me to go on a diet! No mom's cooking, it is evil, Evil, EVIL!!! I wonder how much weight I would be able to take off .... keep an eye on the ticker above, hopefully there will be a steady descend.

Well, when the cat's away, the mice come out and play .... it seems like a good idea to invite some friends over for a BBQ :) But I have to remind myself of the dreaded scale!