Lost

Feeling rather lost recently. 

Work is no longer that straight forward.

I dislike my role now. Doing things which no one wants to do. 

Working under people who do not give a heck on my presence and contributions.

All they are concern is someone to get things done.

Hate those who gave sarcastic remarks on my new role. 

If i can afford financially, I would have left without worries. I am answerable not only to myself but also loved ones who depend on me for their daily expenses.

I need to find back my direction and work towards something worth fighting for. 

Save me from this darkness and may I see rays of sunlight soon. 

Limit is up

I am feeling frustrated.

Sometimes, it's the closest people whom will make you feel most frustrated.

I think my limit is up.

I shall control and not talk back when such situations happen again.

Time to take the leave home early, come home late approach.

I had enough.

September 2012 Part 2

Here are the events for Part 2 of September 2012. 

Karen's Wedding
Karen is among my first poly girlfriends to get married! The bridesmaids decided to organize a dinner to celebrate the last day of singlehood. Nana and me joined in as well. Picture take Wen's facebook. =)

The lovely bride to be (already married now) and the girls

The wedding lunch took place on 23 Sep 2012 at Carlton hotel.

Snapshots of the wedding

Really feel happy for Karen that she has found finally found the one to spend the lifetime with. Looking forward to the coming weddings for the group of girls.

HI Exams
After working in the insurance industry for 7 years, I finally took my 1st certification. This is the so called easiest among the papers. I made it with a one time pass! This will not be the last paper. Will work towards collecting all the relevant certificates for career advancement.

HI Exam

Last day of September 
On the last day of September, had brunch with Baoqi & Maytong at Robert Timms. The food was not too bad but I find it not warm enough. The food were more of luke warm when they are served.

Brunch with Loves

After brunch, we went Isetan Scotts, I bought my 1st bottle of Yuzu Shochu!After a dinner at Ippudo drinking Yuzu umershu, I became curious on Japanese wine. Isetan Scotts was having some Jap fair and it was fated that I should buy.

Yuzu Shochu

On the same evening, we had a family gathering at Brother's house to celebrate Sheena's birthday. Bought some food from zhi char stall and snacks from Old Chang Kee.

Party Food!

Bro's honey baked wings

The party ended with eating brownies baked my me. A little too sweet and overbaked.

My Bro and Sister~

Happy Birthday Sister!

Till next time..

September 2012 Part 1

I have many events which I want to document down. I just can't seem to begin from which one so I decided to do a summary of events which occurred in the month. I wanted to put everything in one post but I have more events to update than expected. I summarized in 2 post instead.

Outing with Waicheng
Though we chat almost daily on MSN and Whatapps, we seldom go on a girls outing! The rare chance came when the guys in our group went diving. So we went on an 二人世界 date! We always like to use such intimate terms. The purpose of the outing is to look for bridesmaids dress for Huarong's wedding. We decided to wear blue to go with the other two bridesmaids. I settled for a convertible dress. Waicheng manage to charm the sales person and got herself a free tube!

After many rounds of walking, we rest ourselves at Maison Kayser at Scotts Square. The cafe was crowded  but we did not wait long for a seat. Waicheng ordered a croissant and I order a raisin bun. Both tasted nice and most importantly fresh. The coffee taste good too. We spent about $20 in total.

Maison Kayser

Hossan Leong Show 2012
Wanted to watch the Hossan Leong Show in 2011 but missed it. Went with Nana this year. The show was good. I support local talent. Haha~ The theme for this year's show was travel and foreign talent. The jokes mentioned were mostly related to Singaporeans. Na and me took a cute photo that day.

I am in good company!

The Village
The younger sister started working in Esplande in July. She bought me and the Parents to watch the highly raved Taiwan play, The Village, 宝岛一村。The play is about 3 families who are China immigrants and their lives in The Village in Taiwan. What ought to be a temporary stay became a permanent one. The play begin in 1940s and end at 2000s, Although this play depicts the history of Taiwan, it is also applicable to Singapore which is also an immigrant countries. People from different countries like China, India and other countries came and settle down in Singapore and make it their home. The play trigger many emotions which leaves people feeling nostalgic. On a lighter note, the sponsors gave every audience a bun after the play. The bun had a significant meaning in the play. This was a rather refreshing ideal to end the play.

Till next time..

Baking

After many years, I finally had an oven! Oven was sponsored by my Dad. I will repay him with my baking outputs. When I was younger, my dream is to open a cafe selling my own bake stuff. But as I grew older, this dream is impossible with the harsh reality. Nevertheless, I am happy being a home baker. :)

Been chatting with Waicheng on baking for sometime. Been inspired by her each time she gave us her baked goods to try.  She recommended Joy of Baking. There are demonstration videos attached to each recipe. The step by step demonstrations are really useful for new bakers like me.

For a start, I baked Chocolate Chips Muffins. The recipe is of course from Joy of Baking, The reason I chose to bake that was it does not require an electric mixer. I have yet to buy one. I will get it soon. How can a baker not have an electric mixer! Lots of recipes required that to mix the batter evenly.

Some pics of my baking process:

The batter in the muffin tray, I sprinkled them with cinnamon sugar. Mix cinnamon powder with sugar and you will get a nice mix of cinnamon sugar. Like what the recipe says, it adds a light cinnamon flavoring to the muffins.

Batter in muffin tray

Something is baking..

Tadah~ The output~

Enjoy my bake of labor.. Haha~

The muffins tasted better than expected. Does not taste too bad for a new baker, My mom found it too sweet. I shall lessen the sugar level next time. Baking feels like a therapy to me. No matter what the output is like, I know I did my best! It will get better each time. Can't wait for my next baking session. :)

Till next time..

Nights Festival 2012

Went for the Nights Festival 2012 with Baoqi and Tong. 

Nights Festival 2012 was held on two weekends, 24& 25 Aug and  from31 Aug & 01 Sep 7pm to 2am. Admission was free.

This is the 5th installment since it was held. My initial thought that the activities was only restricted to those at the museums but I was wrong! There were many more activities. More information on the activities can be found here. Most of the activities are held along Bras Basah area where all the art related organisations are at.

Here are some of the exhibits which I visited:

MIMOïD II

The facade of Singapore Arts Museum was transformed to different themes. The picture I took was when the building was transformed to some forest theme. Music was played during the transformation. It's quite an interesting visual experience 

Seeker of hope: Works by Jia Aili

Although it may not seem like but I kind of like going to paint exhibition. Each art pieces represent a message which the artist want to bring across.Some may be up to our imagination. Jia Aili's works are a reflection on the dramatic changes in Chinese society after 2000. 

I particularly like this piece:

The art exhibition is held at Singapore Arts Museum from 6 July to 23 September 2012.

Exhibits from SAM 8Q

These exhibits in 8Q does not seem to be Nights Festival related. Nevertheless, we still went for a visit since admissions were free. 

 A room full of colorful drawings. Visitors can also contribute to filling up the wall. The trees remove of those in the movie, Lorax. 

The theme of this exhibitions is on boxes. Visitors can also contribute by drawing the the boxes. This is one which I found really cute. 

The title of this exhibit is Grow a garden in the dark. The room is filled with paper leaves and butterflies. UV lights were on to create the glow in the dark effect. 

Review for this year's Nights Festival wasn't as good as the past year. Since it was my first time, I find it pretty impressive. Will be there again for 2013 Night Festival!

Seven Years

One of my sec school classmates initiated a meet up in Facebook. The last time we met up was 7 years ago. The previous meet up was for Esther's farewell. Esther had went to US for further studies. The group of girls were mainly those which I get along well during my upper secondary days.

I was late for 2 hours due to last minute work. I was still contemplating if I should go since I was so late! I asked them to wait for me. Could not miss the chance to see them. I was glad I went. Great to see them after 7 years! One of the girls, Junwei is getting married! Friends of the same age group inviting you to their weddings is a sign of aging. I wonder if I can ever get the chance to hand up invitation. 

A photo collage of us, 7 years ago and later. 

The 2005 photo, from left: Irene, Junwei, Esther, Baoyun, Serena and me. We still look pretty much the same. The 2012 photo would have been picture. Serena was feeling tired that day and did not want to have her picture taken.

It's not easy to reconnect with old friends. The feeling is familiar with a bit awkwardness. This can be understood because seven years is not short time. We have already lead different lives and only reconnected now. We may not be a closed knit group. I still hope to be able to meet up with them at least once or twice a year to get updated on each other's lives.

This is a beginning of a new friendship. :)