Frujch, forever.

Into my final lap here at SMU. The checkered flag is up! I'm drifting round the bend, just about to put my peddle to the metal. 2 more exam papers over the next 10 days and it'll be all over. My life as a student will be stripped off me... but the memories will be held dearly. But i'll save the emo part for another day.

Sadly though, some things had to say goodbye over the weekend. Frujch - my second home - had their last day of business on friday. It was a bitter sweet moment for everyone, especially the owners.


The 4th and last beer pong..

4 times more exciting and fun than the 1st one.



















Just look how busy we were on our last day!!!! hahaha orders were flying in, they were never-ending!

my poor darling was dead tired making all those delicious sandwiches and milkshakes for our beloved customers.

you should have seen their faces when i announced that sandwiches were temporarily our of stock... hahaha it was as though their world came crashing down. You could give them all a wedgie, and they would STILL be in shock. hahaha okay, i exaggerate.

here's a lovely video of the gurls receiving an 'award' from the arts and cultural fratenity... =)






AND when the doors of business closed for the last time, it was OUR turn to have fun...















And so now, the music has faded,
along with it, laughters all died down
I stand up in the once lively place
to take one last look around.

I remember all the colour paint
which on the walls we would layer
I would also miss the sounds..
except the repetitive songs of John Mayer.

I smile at all the silly names
that i invented for the menu
the friendly staff behind the counter
saying "hello, how may i help you?"

The smell of bread in the grill
the whiff of milkshakes and soup
the taste of my favourite Tur Key Ingredient
with the added lingoberry poop (?)

The only place i would gravitate to
Frujch is my second home and no wonder
So many memories i share with it
and each day they grow fonder.

I will miss shal's foosball 'quick fix'
and nab's occasional burst of laughter
My intimate fried rice moments with Malcolm
and my baby smiling at me from behind the counter.

And all the frujchaholics too!
gee, there's so many, where do i start??
all i can say is frujch and i love u all ...
it's sad that we have to fart. i mean, part.

Frujch is not just a name
I say it with a warm fuzzy feeling
it stands for the best times in my uni life
it feels so good that my skin is peeling...

There were times, seems like yesterday
that i felt this wave of emotion
If frujch's life was constipation
then comes the time to pass motion

So although a chapter has closed
the memories will stick like glue
here comes the cheesy end to the poem
*deep breath* "Frujch... i love you..."

And so now, the music has faded...

Birthdays, birthdays and MORE bdays.

So many of my friends are born between march 20th to march 25th! it's insane! 

first there was malik's! 

 

We (together with chao and char) had a great time! had quite good food at Ramen Ten, and then we watched Horton! hahaha it was really a spur of the moment thing, but we didn't regret watching it at all! it's damn funny. 

then there was my big brother's bday too! he brought us to Mayim restaurant at west mall! rrrreally nice food, but damn oily too. hahah so much for my healthy eating regime. haha

MY GOOD FRIEND SHAL pointed out to me that i completely forgot the extremely fun party at her place... hahaha see what i mean when i say that there's too many bdays!?!? i'm so sorry shal i wrote this very late at night and i totally forgot! but dun get me wrong! u mean a lot to me~ Happy happy bday babe! hope u were happy with the 'surprise'! haha and who has the pictures btw?!?! 

Other friends celebrating their bday: Huiwen, Melati, Merrylyn, Jun Mei and Paik! Happy happy birthday you guys! may all ur wishes come true! and may the signs of aging occur only after ure 40. hahaha

i told my friend about how many of my friends were celebrating their bday these few days... and after pondering, she asked: "is june a good time to have sex?" hahahaha that totally caught me off-guard. hahahah i only got it after awhile. so u can imagine what confusion i had before that. hahahahahaha. well. i dunno. IS june like, the lurve month? when hormones aplenty are hovering in the air... when Aphrodite is on steroids. u couples out there wait till june and let me know, ok? hahaha. 

Let the good times roll!

The past few days have been rather exciting...

starting from Waikiki @ Sentosa.... had loads of fun with my team, the "bruebellys"!! oh and we played bossaball too!! it's this cool new game played on this inflated volleyball court! So damn fun! couldn't stop bouncing around! almost started singing gummy bears theme song.
















<-- Then on monday I performed @ chinatown... for some SECRET event /program to which i am sworn to secrecy. just wanted to show the outfit i was wearing! So farnie! i was actually trying to learn the real way to sit from the ah peks around the temple. hahah








On tuesday evening, attended SMUBE's AGM. although i must say that the mouth-watering hotel rendezvouz catered food was a BIG pulling factor for me to attend... in the end, i just got so damn high seeing my old friends like Gayle, Wanida, Alvina, Eunice, XP... and my fellow old birds like LN, Heyuan, jeremy, jiahui etc... aiyah so many of u! u know who u are! Miss them soooo much.

And i want to thank Chloe, my dearest successor 1 year back, who has in turn now stepped down to make way for the next WARhead. Great job, girl. u can see how happy i was for ya. Ur bubbly nature is something that will stay with BE forever. Once a WARrior, always a WARrior!

Now, back to the topic about the hotel rendezvouz food. (think i'll call it rendez-food. hahaha) it was gooooood. gave me a high too, as many of my friends there would testify. hahah. i'm gonna bring my gf there soon i hope!

Bumped into Uncle Andrew today too. It's so nice seeing the guy who gave me great comfort and support and laughter since i was a freshie... he's really like an uncle or godfather to me.

And GAWD. if i got paid a dollar for evertime someone says i resemble Adrian Pang, i'll be retiring even before i start working! For the last time, HE is trying to be like ME. not the other way round! hahaha

Overall, a great day with a solid smile plastered on my face!

The long awaited...

Oh gosh. has it been 3 over weeks since i last updated my blog already?! geee. haha goes to show how busy i've been. And indeed these few weeks have been nothing short of crazy. Project presentations, report deadlines, assessments and all. MAN am i glad it's over. Still have the exams but STILL. what a relief. i can't wait for the term to end.

i'm just gonna let off some steam now. WHAT A BLOODY F**K*Gw2#@#%$^&% term it has been!!!

Right. anyways. I also just had my 1st long awaited Wii Party!!! It was a gathering with CHarlene, Malik and chao for char's bday celebration. How's this for a bday dinner: Ramlee burger, fried chicken & kebab from Pasar malam. Hahaha. hey it's awesome food. believe it.

Bought my dear sis an Esprit watch. She liked it! yay! hahah. let's hope she doesn't damage/misplace/pawn it when she's in USA next week. Happy birthday again, char!!

It was so so much fun!!! Wii is just totally awesome. Can't wait for my next wii party this coming friday!!

What i can't understand is how the hell is charlene so good at shaking the wii controller. There's this game where we had to shake the controller as fast as we can, and charlene beats all 3 of us!!! Hahahaha think guys would be quite "turned on" if they saw how well she could shake it. HAHAHA i told her it looked damn wrong.

Balls of Furry???

HAhaha yeap that's what Liling calls it (by accident. not intentional)... Balls of Furry. Hahahha sounds so wrong. It's actually Balls of Fury, the latest slapstick movie out in cinemas... Watched it with Janet, Shumei and Liling. Oh gosh i missed them so much. And it was so good seeing them again. Laughed so much... before, during and after the movie! Had a great time.

When i got home and thought back to the movie... i kinda deduced that, one way to find out if someone really can get along with u.. is to see if u both have the same sense of humour. Like, does he/she laugh as hard as u at a particular scene in the movie? Or is she or he the only one who seems to understand all ur attempts at jokes... that sorta thing.


Go watch Balls of Fury! Especially you don't mind a weak plot but with LOADS of hilarious moments. Funny stuff. Hehhe. Oh and Maggie Q is unbelievably HOT.

Thanks Janet, Shumei and Liling for meeting up!!! love u girls!

Oh anyway here's a riddle for you, that i'm sure some of you have heard b4: Which 2 types of peanuts are most likely to catch a cold?

4 shows in 4 days... ugh

Since thursday till yesterday (sunday), i'd been hosting non-stop. here are the events that i was busy with:

1st event, Thursday afternoon: Balls of Fury Movie Promotion event. Had a table tennis tournament going on at Jurong Entertainment Centre. Response was rather slow.. but i heard the weekend crowd was amazing. damn i missed it.

2nd event, Friday evening: EVE, ACF Night 2007. the crowd was hard to get going, but warmed up eventually. Hosted my very own stage games... but didn't get to do my last one. Sigh. oh well. This event should be my last school event i'd host for this term.

HAhaha merry's face tells it all!! the food was quite a letdown. Speaking of merry.. she's in Europe now.. lucky girl!! take care dear!

Wilson was so gone.

Old birds, anyone?

3rd event, Saturday: Tamagotchi event at Suntec City. I was like, WHUD?? Tamagotchi is still IN??? hahah amazing. But really, the idea of having a virtual pet with virtual poo (that requires a push of a button to clear up) is rather tempting.

So anyway just beside us there was an American Express Platinum Card roadshow going on, with various performances like kickboxing, yoga, and the caporeira dance as u can see from the video below. Quite a crowd pleaser i guess. Didn't really like their emcee though. Think he was a glorified Ah beng.










Met Malik and Charlene for dinner after the event... then while I and Malik were walking to the bus-stop on our way home, we saw fireworks coming from the National Museum! Coolness! hahaha. Sorry, cheap thrill.













4th Event: Ka-Ching!! $$$$ It was the final episode of the kids central show "Ka Ching" filmed at Vivo-City. I was there as a stage games host... just to play some games with the kids there. It was very fun!! And SOME of the kids were absolutely adorable! there were these 2 little girls who kept hanging around me. One even bought me jelly!! So cute...



















I was absolutely exhausted from all the shows... didn't help that some of the days i didn't really have good rest at all. But boy did i sleep well last night. haha. needed it lah i guess.

Oops i did it again?

Yeah i know this wasn't supposed to be about food. And if u think about it, it's actually me hanging out with my friends, over food! so somehow i'll have to talk about the food, right? right. hahaha.

Anyways i don't know why, but recently i've been having really wacky dreams... on consecutive nights too! I can't recall what they were about though. They say that having dreams is an indication that you haven't been sleeping well. The best kinda sleep is those that you knockout till the next morning, not dreaming at all.. Maybe i'll get my mum to knock my daylights out one night. See how that works out. haha.

So back to how yesterday (friday) went... i woke up in the morning and i prepared some of the quiche i made recently for Merry & Christina, whom i met for lunch later in the afternoon. My dear Chloe came up to me in the kitchen and gave me the yearning look... hahah just look at her! Apparently she likes my quiche too, so i made just a little bit for her. hehe she's so spoilt.

I then set off to have lunch with Sherms, Christina and Merry @ Aglio Olios. Got to see Brigette there as well. Man the world is just so small. haha. Anyways i had chicken cream pasta which wasn't too bad... but sherm's mushroom and bacon olio was the best!! Tasted really good! And slightly spicy too... which i find unique about their pastas. They're all spicy! of cos u could opt for mild spice... which i did. My tongue doesn't really get along with spice. hehehe.

And guess what we had for dessert?? Fried Chicken Wings!! woohooo! We just couldn't take it (or rather, I couldn't take it) anymore cos we were tempted by the other people around us having the chicken wings... and it looked too good to resist! And indeed we weren't disappointed! They were very delicious!!

It was just so funny how Merry had to cover her jaw when taking pictures. hahaha ... Oh and Sherms was really tired... can't blame her though... she has been stressed these few days.

Yeap and that's the yummy Mushroom and bacon olio that Sherms had.

But overall it was very very nice meeting Merry (my dear neighbour) and Christina again. Hope to catch up with them again soon! Maybe we could go back there for the chicken wings!!! Or we could have our Ching teng night @ bedok corner! muahahahah.

And at night i got to meet up with Faizal! hahah now i know how much i really miss that joker. It's just amazing how someone can go on and on talking about his life and be so dramatic and hilarious at the same time. Well of course besides being a funny guy, he's also a great person to talk to. You know, in retrospect, he was the one who made it easier for me to get over my homophobia. hahah Anyway the poor guy was been so busy at work... hope things clear up for him soon. And hope to catch up again, Zal! thanks for dinner!

It seems that quite a few of my friends (those who are working, at least) have been really busy recently... while i'm just chilling around enjoying my holidays. muahahah okok sorry, didn't mean to wind you guys up... what i meant to say was, hope you guys get through this busy period....

Like the saying goes "when the going gets tough, the tough takes a coffee break"...

And "Line the dough in the tart tin and bake for 12 mins until golden brown". Got that last line from my baking book. There's no link whatsoever so please stop cracking ur brain over this one. hahaha.

My Birthday Celebrations part 1

It was the 27th of July, when i spent the evening with my good friends (who else? charlene, zhichao and malik) at Sakura Restaurant at Orchard Shopping Centre. For those of you who have no idea where that is (which i admittedly didn't before before malik told me), it's the run-down building just next to california fitness @ orchard, with the 7-eleven and guardian at the 1st level. But who would have known that beneath the ratty exterior, there lies a haven of absolute gastronomical pleasures!












Round after round, we attacked the glorious variety of food they had there. Our motto: What they would cook, we would eat!

The lamb was exceptionally good though.

In case ure wondering the price for this buffet, it's $22 per pax. But the other costs that come with it like extra pounds gained, guilt from eating more than you should and discomfort from a bloated stomach varies with the person.





The 3 stooges!








As you can see, we came in as warriors: Ready to take on the food in battle. But alas, we met our match. We were utterly defeated. Underestimate the power of the food, we shall never again.














These were the presents from Malik and Chao. haha these bloody prankers gave me a Happy Fathers' Day card lah! and they also returned me my PSP game in disguise as a present! haha but they gave me my real present, which was a baking book! Awesome!! just what i needed! Think very soon i'll be picking up my spatula again. hahaa.

And of cos my dear sis got me something from Australia too! A nice (but slightly over-sized) cardigan! haha she always thinks i'm bigger than i actually am. But thanks babe! i'll wear it!











Charlene was complaining that she looked fat in the 1st picture (top left), so i told the guys to make themselves seem fatter so as to make charlene look thin in comparison. Thus, the 2nd picture. Hehehe their faces damn cartoon lah!




The 4 of us who couldn't resist the tempation of taking a group shot on the way to the bus-stop.
















We made our way to Bukit Timah to play some pool... and we decided to pass time by playing some "dai dee" on the bus! it was something new i must say. haha only SMRT buses with the inward facing chairs could allow us to do this. hahah.














This isn't a very good example, but there were times that Charlene struck a "killbill" pose... very intimidating, but embarrassingly to no effect. She still couldn't pot the ball. At least she made it look good. ehehe.













Yeap so that was the end of the 1st day of my Birthday celebrations!! it was a REALLy fun day. thanks so much guys!!

If you want the pics, try this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3245&l=95b83&id=514938240

Las personas especial en mi viva...(part 3)

I wanna take this time to mention all (if not most) of the people who mean a lot to me, but because of my selfish dedication to my work, school and other things, was not able to meet up with them frequently. Firstly, i wanna say that you guys have a place in my heart and I cherish u guys very much. And next, i really am trying to pry myself away from my other commitments to catch up with u guys.

from SMUBE: Tennis khakis!! u guys really make my saturday mornings a great start to the weekend!! funny antics on the court, great lunch thereafter... man. if only i could have every morning like that.
LN, Melwyn, Flea, Wanida, Gayle, XP, Alvina, E-wan, Jeremy, Nina... You guys are the reason why i look forward to going to the BE room, going for BE chalets, or even going for meetings. You guys brighten up my life. heart-felt thanks also to team WAR!!!
Special Mention to Faizal! Thanks so much for helping me in so many ways, making me laugh... and for being a friend i can really bitch with. haha cheers!

Stage-it: Merry, my dear neighbour. I couldn't have asked for a better neighbour. NOT just bcos u have a car and can send me home. hahaha (although i do appreciate it alot) but cos ure really a friend i can really talk to. It's enjoyable having you around.
the peeps from Anything Goes: Jeremy (we've been thru quite a bit bro), David, Zhirong (i could not have asked for a better partner), Cheryl, Louis (ure one wacko!), Wilson, Kevin, Val, Pat, and e-mixers like Niko, Jiahui(kaya), Sheryl, Dawn... I miss all of you.

Special mention to Nanas, i can't thank you enough for the care and support u've given me, esp during the Anything Goes musical. It meant a lot. Couldn't have done it w/o ya.
cast from The Sword: Tabby & Jeremy (u guys are just wonderful friends), Daphne (SO CUTE!), Tim and of cos Jason! I do see you guys around still, which i'm glad!
Other people from stage-it: Christina, Pauline, Frank, Sheena, Jiawen (aka Mable. HHAHAHA)... thanks to you guys, i wasn't too nervous when i was preparing for the play. hahah

from the Nations: Qingshui! Pamela! Joyce! Hui WEHHHH! You guys really crack me up so hard at times! Love u guys. Hugs. (Nabilah don't worry, got special mention of you later!)

SAJC: Mainly the councillors! Ivan Ferdi (SCRRRGGGG), Zheng, Sheila (u've been a great friend ever since ctss), Tim, Melati, Clara, Carrisa, Eugene... And non-councillors like Emily! Glad to know a friend like you! Special mention to Grace... ure such an angel. Although that's funny cos I was UR 'angel'. hahah! But i really am so glad to be ur friend. =)

Frujch a.k.a Sherm's close friends: Who can forget the hot mamas whose milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard??? haha Shal, Nabs, and Sharyn... Thank you soooo much for frujch. Thanks for accepting me as part of the frujch family. Love u girls.

9V: Dearest Janet! thank you so so much for being such a great friend. and here's a shout-out to Liling, Jessie, Laoda, Yvette, Steph and Leelian who have made my working experience such a carnival!
And I MUST mention these 2: Genevieve Ann-Marie Lin Liting and 'Muscle-man' Mervyn Goh. I truly have so much fun with u guys that it's sinful! I always end up laughing so damn hard when joking with u guys...

One more special mention to Brigette. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for being you.

They say that the value of life is determined by what you make of it. I say it's partly true. Your value of your life is also sometimes dependent on the people who touch your heart. Thank you, my friends.