updates

12:52 PM

havent blogged in a million yrs..been too busy and lazy to type anything decent or remotely interesting here. writing this post coz of a certain Mr Andy Macey in Tonbridge =)

anyway, Hannah visited Singapore a while ago! (it happened so long ago that I cant reli remember when =P)
brought her to eat loads of Singapore food - she reacted to everything with hmmmmm.. interesting! haha. hopefully that's a gd sign =)
Hannah with the ice cream uncle! - forced her to try the ice cream bread...

too bad she's not gg to come over to work anymore =( will miss her loads!

been so busy feasting at well (when i'm not on shift at work)
went high tea at Regent hotel with the GSK strat gals =) - it's English high tea!! hoho. fatty scones with lotsa clotted cream! sinfully blissful. i so miss the decadent cakes in UK!

cakes and more cakes!

celebrated oint's bday at Jumbo's again! hehe. our favourite place for chilli crab &seafood =)

look! they even provided aprons for the clumsy eaters..


yup! starting night shift later tonite.. woohoo.. wonder if i'll survive..
first pay check tmr!! =) so so looking forward to it =)

~gone in a moment..

11:40 AM

everything's one big mess...
surely it cant get any worse..

~gone in a moment..

12:06 AM

i reli wanna go back..
=(

~gone in a moment..

Tonbridge-Withdrawal Syndrome

12:35 AM

think i may be suffering from Tonbridge-Withdrawal Syndrome (if there's such a thing)

I MISS....
the nice cool weather (not the rain)..
the daily lunch walks/jogs around the pretty lake with Phil, Mark & Firouz..
greeting the swans, ducks and sheep while cycling through the fields enroute to work..
visiting the supermarkets and returning with a backpack full of yummy artery-clogging food..
the canteen's fat greasy chips drenched in vinegar..
Hannah's chocolate cakes + flapjacks...
Same-timing Andy at a rate of 1000 words/ minute and watch him look up and sigh at me in desperation..
"Rolling" over to Hannah's desk and disrupting her work..
being squished by Derrick..
trotting over to the pilot plant and be greeted by "Hello Trouble!"...=)
my failed attempts in blowing up the lab with my scattiness..
awesome "_" Day & the person who made it so very special.. ;P
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i miss everything soooo much..
i actually even miss cycling to work!! (note: only in fair weather though, and minus the endless bike problems, horrid motorists and racist stone-throwing kids!)
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yeh.. i'm definitely suffering from Tonbridge-Withdrawal Syndrome.

~gone in a moment..

is it the beginning or the end?

12:26 AM

I did see it coming..
but still.. it felt so surreal.. so very strange.

Hope that things will only get better from now onwards..

When you're all the way down at the bottom,
The only way left to go is up.

~gone in a moment..

Bergen, Norway + Beautiful Fjords - 8/9 March 2010

8:47 PM

Think I can declare that I've finally seen one of the most beautiful creations of mother nature..

If the Scottish Highlands were breathtaking.. the famous Norway Fjords certainly emptied out all the air in my lungs! heh. rite, not very poetic - but you get my point.

Bergen itself is a lovely lil city.. colourful wooden houses..tons of fresh seafood (yummy!!)...- for every meal!


... basically the entire place seemed to be part of a fairytale picture book - definitely one of my favourite cities!

we took the funicular up to one of it's many many towering mountains.. but it was too misty that day and our entire aerial view of Bergen was soon shrouded by clouds!

and then.. there was Troll land.. me + BIG BIG Troll! =)

Bergen aside.. we then took the famed railway - scenic train ride from Bergen to Oslo.. that's where the beautiful Fjords greeted us =)..



upon reaching Oslo, we then transfered to the overnight DFS ferry to Copenhagen..
pretty little islands with quaint colourful wooden houses!!

and we caught the sunset =)

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had mega seafood dinner buffet spread on board the ship with mommy and daddy as well.
what more can i ask for.. =)

~gone in a moment..

Scottish Highlands - 27/28 Feb 2010

8:19 PM

this is way outdated.. but juz didnt feel the need to blog it as i'm no longer sure if anyone's still reading this blog since i'm back in singapore now.

anyway.. Scottish Highland's breathtakingly pretty! - especially so when it's partially blanketed in white fluffy snow =)



Big Hairy Highland Cows - is that what they're called? Daddy was looking at those cows and drooling! hehe. 'coz i told him that Scottish cows are bigger, fatter and therefore more yummy!

and here's my mega fish and chips! - my very last one as well =P boohoo.. no more big chunky fishies + fat laden sinful chips in Singapore!

had traditional Scottish pub grub in Edinburgh as well. mmmmmm.. my succulent pork belly, haggis + apple and rhubarb crumble!!

i'm definitely suffering from English pub grub withdrawal syndrome.. =(

~gone in a moment..

Farewell lunch at The Chaser Inn

9:09 PM

backlog.. 4th March 2010

this is a long overdue post.. but been so busy packing (and throwing stuff away) in the UK.. i never did get around to bloggng this.

anyways, had my farewell lunch at The Chaser Inn with my lovely colleagues 2 wks ago. it was awesome =) the people that I reli like were all there!

here're the people from Bldg 12..

Firouz giving his heartwarming speech..

happily squished by "papa" Derrick!!

the masterpiece photoshop-ed by Phil.

miss them all already..
i just had to post this up.. who u calling shortie??

and here're my favourite ladies =)

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had dinner at Firouz's together with his famiy and Hannah (and her lil yellow car)
he cooked us a delicious spread of Iranian food!

there's beef + lamb with potatoes, rice & salad (sorry i dun remember the name of the dishes =P)

and his wife, Mel, made us homemade apple-pie. yummy!

there's even life entertainment. hehe. Lily performing bull-charging =)

thanks heaps for a lovely evening!!


~gone in a moment..

farewell dinner with housemates at Zizzi

7:15 AM

went for my farewell dinner with Syl and Cara at Zizzi's today despite the incessant rain.. Stu's MIA coz he got stuck at work. oh well. Ladies' night out =)

I finally got to try my massive Calzone!! been dying to try it for ages!! it's like a folded pizza with loads of meat and cheese waiting to burst out of it. yummy!

and here's Torta Zizzi - warm plum, fig and pistachio torte with vanilla ice cream. One of the best dessert ever =)

finally..the 3 well-fed and satisfied customers =D


~gone in a moment..

Happy Happy day!! =)

4:22 AM

haven't blogged in a reli long time.. coz i was either too busy doing last minute feasting or ill in bed (from an overworked disgruntled tummy) =(

definition of last minute feasting:
a mad frenzy of continuous frantic stuffing of all food local/ foreign in your host country, which is perceived to be hard to come by in your home country.

anyway, i have been suffering from severe last minute feasting syndrome - been stuffing everything I fancy! hehe.

one of my exotic favourites - smelly goat's cheese focaccia =) ~ so horrendously pungent but oh-so-divine! kinda like durian eh.

and here's most of the feasting events (those that I had time to stop and take photos of) in the past 3 wks!

Indian Buffet... sweet yoghurty curry.. nothing spicy at all.. but lovely all the same =)

alrite.. this didn't taste that great.. but it's comfort food miles away from home..somewhat crappy (and dodgy) but so familiar it healed my soul! haha
Chinese buffet for CNY dinner.. (this is the first of 5 plates!)

brought Hannah & Lucy to my favourite dim sum restaurant in London Chinatown - they loved all the dishes I ordered! =D so so very pleased.

and I decided I just couldn't leave without ANOTHER full Sunday Roast - roast beef, yorkshire pudding, veggies, roast potato + lots of gravy (not as great as the previous country pub lunch.. but the dessert's awesome!) - check out the thick melty chocolate oozing out from the big fat orange chocolate puddle pudding! hehe.

yup.. and for the rest of this wk I'll have to undertake the formidable task of clearing out the fridge, freezer and food cupboard. you know - you never ever realize just how much food you've got stocked up till you've got to finish ALL the food in 4 days??!

went supermarket shopping yesterday for EVEN more stuff to lug home..
and here's the basket full of Choocies + yummilicious goodies =) .. the lady at the check-out counter was overwhelmed.. she asked if ALL that food was for myself - I said yeh, I've got an eating disorder. hehe. you should have seen that look on her face!


yup!! reli reli lovely happy day today!! It's raining cats & dogs & the lil countryside of Tonbridge seems to be flooding.. BUT I finally managed to sell my bike today!!! =D yippee! that means NO MORE cycling! hoho. I was so pleased I gave my helmet & ugly high-vis vest & waterproof shoe-covers to the buyer as well. he's happy - I'm gloating =) lalalalala.. and I get to catch a lift to work with Hannah in her cute lil' yellow car! no cycling + all that feasting.. life is good =D

hang on.. on second thoughts.. I didn't even get to kiss my trusty ol' bike goodbye..
i'll remember you...
my lovely armadillo.

~gone in a moment..

Sunday Roast!!

1:43 AM

Hannah and Lucy treated me to traditional English pub roast today.. it was oh so MEGA and lovely!! =)

Hannah drove us to a country pub - The Hare, just off Tunbridge Wells..

Cappuccino & shortbread

My Roast Beef + roast potatoes + roast veges + mega yorkshire pudding!! ~i'm not a beef fan but that is the best thing ever.. soft and succulent =)

Hannah & Lucy..

my massive dessert.. Sticky toffee pudding + clotted cream. yummy!

went for a lil country walk ard Lamberhurst.. all in all a lazy, fatty, lovely sunday =)

~gone in a moment..

Tromso - northern lights!

5:30 AM

here are photos of the northern lights taken by keejun... they appear green in the pictures, but reli - they're grey when u see them. wish i've got more powerful eyes!




~gone in a moment..