Saturday, December 20, 2008
CHRISTMAS dinner at Home!! =)
6:48 AM

this wk's been reli great! loads of department and project group xmas lunches!! hehe.. great time to get fat and round reli =)

anyway, Stuart put up a huge 6ft tall xmas tree with beautiful decorations in the living room! =)

complete with loads of presents below.. so Christmassy!!!

Stuart stayed home the entire day yest preparing our massive xmas dinner feast!(also coz he's sick..thanks to me). Cara, Sylvia and I were ordered to sit at the table and wait to be served. hoho. I felt like a Queen!!

here's the starter!! (thick slices of smoked salmon, king prawns + mayo + garlic bread!)

and the main course.. Stuart said my serving was the LARGEST. haha. (see how bad my reputation is.. ) anyway, there're loads of turkey meat + cranberry sauce, pig in a blanket (sausage wrapped in fat bacon), yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, carrots, brussel sprouts and roasted sweet potatoes!! it was AWESOME!!

there was red wine as well.. and Cara baked Minced Pies =) but they're all too stuffed after the massive meaty meal.. so I cleared up the minced pies for her.. hehe.. tog with my Ben & Jerry's Ice cream!! (it's awfully cheap here)

after dinner.. it's presents exchange!!!!
here's my card from Stuart..


basically the card reads.. that the penguin's eaten too much tt he's gonna explode (great description of me eh. heh)
here're my presents from Cara and Sylvia!!

Sylvia bought me Belgium chocolates and Berlin guide book =)
and these are from Cara.. red woolly reindeer shoes to wear at home!

and hot water bottle to hug to bed at night..

i LOVE them!! will come in handy during winter =)

anyway, today's my last day at work for the year!! lalala.. alot of ppl in the office are taking next wk off as well.. so everyone's kind of like in the xmas mood today and wishing everybody else Merry Xmas! lots of hugs and kisses on the cheeks (that's the way they do it here). but obviously guys dun kiss guys. duh.

Merry Merry XMas EVERYBODY!!!!!!! =)


~gone in a moment..

Friday, December 19, 2008
6:42 AM

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the best of what they have..

"Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain."

so so true.. (especially in the ever-rainy UK).

think positive, be happy.
I'm happy =)


~gone in a moment..

Monday, December 15, 2008
beauty and the beast!!
5:56 AM

made a last minute decision to go up to cambridge this wkend. one of the snrs had a ticket to the beauty and the beast musical and needed someone to go with him.. and since i'm the most free person ard.. i took up the offer!! (he graciously sponsored BOTH my expensive train tix up to cambridge and meals as well - sounds too gd to be true eh?)

and i'm so glad i did.. it was like reliving my childhood all over again!! (beauty and the beast's the very first movie that i watched in the cinema when i was a kid..) the musical was simply AMAZING!!! the lovely characters belting out the songs with their pitch-perfect voices. it was like watching a fairy-tale unfold before ur eyes =)

cambridge was hmm.. rainy. it rained the entire day!! (the entire southern part of UK was raining on saturday.. so oh well) shall go back there to reli explore some other time.

ooh.. finally got to try nandos for dinner!
it's kinda like our kenny rogers.. but the chicken is sooooooo gd! and they have REAL chilli sauce tt's spicy. so miss it. (it's ketchup EVERYWHERE here)

went chinatown (london) to visit my favourite bakery on my way back to tonbridge. i bought 4 huge bread and ate them all up! i reli need to live next to THE bakery.

loads of xmas lunches & dinners next wk!!!! hohoho.. "santa claus is coming.. to town" =) time to feast, get fat and be merry!!!


~gone in a moment..

Thursday, December 11, 2008
6th/7th Dec - Bath Wkend Trip
6:21 AM

went Bath over the wkend. It's a really pretty town, bustling with life and activity! there's a huge xmas market and loads going on there.

Bath Abbey.. the interior's gorgeous! stained glass panes.. sculpted figures on walls, crystal chandelier.. anyway, we scaled a flight of 200+ steps all the way to the top!


Roman Bath.. grand and pretty =)


the famous Sally Lunn bun.. with a history tt dates back a few hundred yrs! (it's a plain bun reli.. but somehow addictive)

the next day we're off to stonehenge! juz a pile of rocks actually.. nothing much. but oh well, apparently it helped to tell the time of the yr and day a long time ago!


the cherhill white horse..

and the quaint little Lacock village! it's tiny yet so gorgeous. rows of tiny little brick houses with wooden doors =) oh.. and Harry Potter's filmed there!


yup.. all in all, a great trip! looking forward to xmas =)


~gone in a moment..

Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland
6:39 AM

went Edinburgh over the wkend.. it was a reli loooonng train ride.. 5.5 hrs from tonbridge!! entertained myself by eating once every hr.. haha.. time passes much faster that way!

beautiful scenery en-route to Edinburgh..feels like New Zealand actually.. green fields tt stretch on forever.. the blue sea & clear skies.. complete with woolly sheeps!! =)

snow covered fields..


it happened to be St Andrew's Day.. so it was FREE admission to the Edinburgh Castle & Holyrood Palace! woohoo =) people people everywhere..
anyway, it was freezing!! -2deg celcius even with the sun. we were so wrapped up we looked like penguins =P
Edinburgh Castle..

panoramic view of the interior..

view of Edinburgh city from the Castle (built on top of a hill)

St Giles Cathedral..

Scott Monument

Arthur's Seat.. i wanted to climb it.. but it was too cold!! so yeh.. that will have to wait till my next visit! (panoramic view)

the cold and foreboding Holyrood Palace (the Queen's abode).. the exterior looks like nothing much, but the interior rooms are so so grand!! it's extremely pretty and very beautifully decorated.. but no pictures allowed. i enjoyed this much more than Edinburgh Castle actually.

the night scene...

Winter Wonderland with the ice skating rink..

yup, and lastly, how can i forget the food? haha
here's the re-knowned HAGGIS!!! (HAGGIS is a traditional Scottish cuisine, made up of sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with onions, oatmeal and spices, and boiled in the animal's stomach for 3 hrs!!!) it sounds reli gross i noe. but if u juz eat it without thinking abt wat u're actually eating, the thing simply tastes heavenly =) i could eat it everyday!! (and i dun even like meat)
the expensive (and super delicious) version from restaurant.. served with potatoes & radish.

the cheaper and passable version from a cafe.. - the brown mash resembles dog food eh.


Cullen SKink soup.. it. is. so. darn. good. smoked haddock cream soup i think.

my birthday cake from the stevenage gang.. cherry and butter loaf cake

a THICK and super expensive block of belgian choc fudge. it's supposedly very famous. this thing costs 5 pounds! splitted it with kevin. it's tooth-achingly sweet.. my brighton fudge tastes better =)


yup.. tt about sums up the Edinburgh trip.. will be back for the Scottish Highlands tour when it's not so cold.

to my dearest family: thanks heaps for the lovely bday card!! it made me feel so homesick.. *luaffs*
thanks Vince & my lovely housemates as well for the card, choc & cake that I still can't eat coz I'm sick. what a great time to fall ill eh. love you guys =)

caught a very nasty cold and had to call in sick. i got to stay home today! eating and sleeping in bed the entire day is a fabulous way of recuperating =) still coughing like mad though. staying home another day sounds so so tempting.


~gone in a moment..

ME~
23 yr old fresh grad from NTU (beginning to go stale)... stuck in the mad world of elites. perpetually tanned w/o even trying; nonsensical; prone to mood swings; yet highly lovable when asleep.

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♥ I adore FOOD!!=)
♥ love adventure sports, travelling ard the world, experiencing the unexperienced.
♥ my beloved family & chumchum.
♥ dreams to be a doctor.. or a food critic!!

I have ZERO tolerance for:
(1) disgusting house lizards!,
(2) fishball noodles,
(3) cycling up monstrous slopes (this will stay here for the next 16mths of my stay in UK)

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