ED's Mayerling on DVD!!!

AAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!

just received an email that EDWARD WATSON & MARA GALEAZZI'S MAYERLING is on dvd now!!!!

BUY BUY BUY!!!!

that will be my part of my birthday present for myself!!!

heehee!!!

Wheee!!!!!

the other part.. is of cos the air ticket to London this summer!!! WOOHOO!!!!!

paulsmith, royal ballet, h&m, cos, comptoir, marni, sketch, byron, yauatcha, strada, cath kidston, and much much more!!!! 

saving saving the poundies now!!!

a poem today...

London, we meet 

In Sketch, we dine 

Gather the lovebirds

True opulence we find

wrote this random poem to a friend in London, to gather one of our couple friends to meet at this fabulous place.

www.sketch.co.uk

ah blur + ah blah....

heehee... i bought these 2 little cuties last saturday... they have been amusing me ever since... i know it is not really nice to name them that, but i have to say, they are so adorably blur-looking, don't you think so? heehee.... this is elaine and I, after we bought de bunnies... heehee... they are really really cute...

开心餐＋爱心餐 ＝happie lunchie time!

my lunchbox for school!

this is just one of the example of an 爱心餐 (love meal), which i MADE it myself.. cooked and garnished... heehee... this little box contains, fried broccoli with white button mushrooms in thai oyster sauce, omelette with white onions, and japanese seasoning flavoured white rice. The 'hello kitty' spoon was a xmas gift in 2007 from one of my girlfriends... finally i took it out to be used...

it is always nice to have happie lunchboxes to cheer me up :) this is a Cath Kids lunchbox. it was for the Japanese market, hence the chopsticks.

more to come :)

i ♥ books! part II

yes yes... as i promised.. more about the books i owned... honestly i thought that this will be an excellent way of documenting which are books i have and i will not buy 'again'... i am such a history buff.. i have to say... gossips and scandals of the historian icons are always so interesting... hahahahaha

not to forget, i am also a fan of Death and Killing... they are just provoking to learn about these interesting minds.

and of course there are the lovie lovie ones... that i love.. :) i have a few others that were given to me by my girlfriends, but they are mainly in the boxes now...

and there were those random good reads...

i ♥ books! part I

i thought i should blog... i've been neglecting my blog and i feel that's rather heartless of me... anyway... i felt i HAD to blog... cos i have some much to share... yes yes.. the new books i have been... 'collecting' (erm... buying and spending money on... yeah yeah yeah... SHOPPING that's the word that i am trying to avoid)..
anyway... books are my weakness... i can't deny that... especially autobiography of individuals who... (for goodness' sake!) are dead! honestly, wh would ANYONE wanna read an autobiography of a person who is still alive, who could possibly alter what or how he or she wants the readers to perceive... true as well that it may also apply to someone, who is already dead, and the author could alter the facts and account... but... i just personally feel, there is so much more value in reading about a dead person than a person who is alive and kickin!
anyway... back to my list of books...
will start with the ones tat i bought from UK and Singapore... over the past year, and next post, i will share my new gem... yes yes... a gem indeed!!!!
so...
i got this 2 books from Royal Opera House Shop. which i readily spent 200pounds in the shop on books, program books, posters and dvds... it was so heavy lugging them around central london... got them during my very brief 3 days in London for a Dance education conference...
i am loving Jann Parry's A Different Drummer. wish i could see her one day to have the book autographed! it is an easy read, and a very humble insight to the genius mind of Kenneth Macmillan... I am halfway through...

Weird as I possibly am, i am intrigued with the scandals and gossips of historical figures... well... i am a dance history teacher, and i do have a thing for historical icons... and apart from studying these icons' involvement in history itself, i can't help it but to research on their social life. furthermore, i am an anatomy teacher too... good to know how the body evolved and blah blah blah.. enough said... i skimmed through bits of it... its really interesting on how Man perceive Man as a form of attraction magnet... and that.. it is considered a disgrace if Man do not surrender himself to vanity... and... there is a reason why the GYM is created, and it was purely for Man to 'beautify' themselves, and that they would have to do it... naked! hahahahaha so interesting! definitely learnt a lot there...

this is a fresh book... fresh because i just bought it about 2 hours ago... i started to read it and really like it... there were mention of Vaslav Nijinsky and Diaghilev (Both are big names of the Ballets Russes [1909-1929]). Well, let's face it.. i have an undying passion for Nijinsky, for his vision and his vanity and beauty.
apart from just that... the title speaks for itself... Igor Stravinsky and Coco Chanel. I understand that it is a novel, hence it may not be true, but, it is good to read the tale this author spins... it is rather lovely, i have to say, the description he paints in his words, does transport one to the glamourous 1910s-1920s!

Audrey Niffenegger had a new book in 2009. It will be my holiday read... which holiday, i have no idea.. but i will come to it... i bought it first, as there were some good deals at the book store...

i missed the film of Revolutionary Road. however i am always the fan of the book rather than the film. i never believe that film would do the book justice... honestly.... bought these books and will touch them soon...

this was one book that i wish i have, and i will only want it if it is autographed... and it must be fate! i had 2 friends holidaying in Melbourne in the recent December holidays. and i begged one of them to get this book.. and have it autographed. and he did!! Whoo Hoo!!! thank you thank you, and you know who you are!!!! Another girlfriend of mine, thought that i would like this book, and bought it for me for xmas, not knowing that i have made arrangement with my friend in Melbourne.. heehee.. and yes.. now i own two of them!!! and i ain't complaining!!!

PINK LIZZY

got home late one night... and found this on the kitchen cabinet!!!! excited as i always am.... drew out my camera and snap away....
i love the translucency of it's skin, that you could almost see it's guts...
i love the web of it's feet too.. heehee.. so adorable... excellent imagery for footwork in dance...

Open House in School

This is my first school entry... why do i put it here??? hmmf... i don't know.. maybe cos i love my job too much to share it here... but there is still a part of me that wants to protect that integrity, and work ethnic part... anyway... this is just random... there is of cos much more interesting, wacky and 'happening' photos that should just keep to internal circulation... well.. then again... it is hard to say, one day i may just go mental and covert my personal blog to a job/SOTA glorification blog... *ponder for a bit....* maybe not for now.... can't really tell what the future says.. hahahahahha...
anyway...



Here's the year 2 and year 3 kids of 2009 waiting for their turns to show off their stuff.... stuff being: Modern (Graham Technique) and Classical Ballet to the curious public of Singapore...
we are currently at Goodman Road Campus, before the monstrous building of our school is ready, just off handy road.
no pictures of the actual showcase... cos it's school property. :)
come by during our openhouse for the REAL DEAL!!!!

hmmf.. i think i should get back to bloggin...

just as the title says... i think i should...but there are so many many stuff to catch up about on blogging.. so many things have changed in my life recently... erm.. actually not... my life pretty much stays the same... busy as ever... contented with my work as always.... but... there are happy times, frustrated times, proud moments and sweet moments.... sigh..... people came and gone... i've learnt and grown to accept such changes... painful as it will be on the heart, but... one must embrace change to be a stronger and better person, yeah???
righty ho... no pictures this time... will catch up wif u soon.. peekaBOO!

The Movie Poster:Time Traveler's Wife

Oh My Gosh!!! The poster is finally out!!! As i once said, i wasn't keen on the casting... but... oh well.. what can i said, i enjoyed the book... here is the trailer: 

its time to blog bout this... WEDDINGS to date part 1

Weddings weddings weddings weddings....i lost count the number of weddings and ROMs i have attended in the past year... my peers have decided to sign themselves to eternal partnership.... eternal endless bills... eternal fights.... eternal loss of privacy... eternal bliss (for some maybe...) eternal fear of adultery...
anyway.....i have my HATES and loves of weddings... and for sure... the 'opening door sabo act' is definitely one of my major hates... it is completely and absolutely demeaning and humiliating... i can go on and on whinging about it...
WEDDING OF FION & MAX - NOV 2007
Fion and Max are both from my secondary school... they have been together for a long while... and since their marriage in 2007, they have a cute little
Fion and myself...

Fion, Terri and myself...

Audrey, Terri and myself... We used to hang out a lot in school... :)

One year after.. in Nov 2008... Audrey and Joel tied the knot... and similarly.. she is pregnant with her first child...here's at her wedding suite @ Goodwood Park Hotel.

I never understood the meaning or purpose for pouring the bottle of champagne into this pyramid of non-champagne looking glasses!!!!!
her evening outfit...
Then it was Florence's wedding.. Gosh oh gosh.. it was more than a wedding, it was a Junior School reunion!!! Terrifying... heehee... as much as it was good to meet up with the old foggies of the past... it was endearing too to see how much we have grown and changed...

well.. there were a few more, but i didn't get any photos from the event... there was Clari's, Megan's, etc...
Next up... more detailed of laysie and wymen's and boey and coen's... was the door b*tch for their wedding... hahaha...

birthday gatherings, birthday friends, birthday food, birthday smiles, birthday burps!!!

this blog is more or less... dead... well...its still resuscitating from... a very very long... very very.... extended.... stone-ness...
gosh oh gosh.. i've never been busier... i think... i mean for work... overseas student exchange trip... exams.. open house, markings... moving offices... dance showcases... choreographies... (erm.. we are talking about 6 items yah!!!) and i am not even half done with most of them... and my birthday falls in the midst of all these madness... and the only comforting thing is... EATING!!! i know... its not healthy.. but... i am eating for a reason.. hahahha for a few actually... i am eating for staying alive and eating to be happy, eating to relieve stress and eating to celebrate my birthday (over a few days of cos!)... eating with loved ones to have a merry good time!!! YAAAYYY...
this post will probably be dedicated to F O O D and F R I E N D S and F O O D!!!!

Mean Birthday cake from Mei Sing!! was EVER-DELICIOUS!!! tis is just the remaining for the picture taking..
Dinner @ Prego
Pizza and Dessert!!!

Dinner @ AKASHI with my working colleagues... it was also a farewell dinner for dear Mr Raufie, who is migrating to Auckland with his family!




The food was YummiE!!! i had the teriyaki beef set... S$18++, totally worth the price... it was tender and tasty... melting moments... ahahhaha... heard from the mates tat the tuna belly was yummy too!

I was completely STUFFED!!!
My first ice cream birthday cake for a long long time.. the last i had one for my birthday was probably in 2001...


Mr Raufie and i:
The cake was so HARD that it took 3 persons to STAB it!!!!first myself, then Mei Sing, then Wang Jiunn (Science teacher), then Jacqui, the one with the STRENGTH!!!


STABBED!!!
hahahhaa i had to PLAY with my food...
I love tis image... i look like a little girl... nose-ing around.. hahahaha
look at how oblivious Mr Raufie and Mei Sing are.. while i am fooling around.. hahaha

After dinner and dessert... we went for drinks at Regent hotel...

The boys figuring out wat to order...
Opening the pressies... from jiunn..
From Khiew and Jacqui... lurve 'wood would'
i like tis pic too.. hahahaha i looked so HAPPIE!!!
some sparkies for the road...heehee

BIRTHDAY DAY... BRUNCH @ JONES
with Vivian :)
My hearty english breakfast... the mushrooms were juicy, just like the way i love it... the eggs were fresh and perfectly prepared... i miss england!!!! makes me miss uk more and more *sob sob*

Viv's breakky: Smoked salmon with poached eggs...

the old hag!!! me!!!


Then... the following day.. it was birthday dinner with my family... we went to Royal China at raffles... i always wanted to try there.... main reason.... for i miss AROMATIC CRISPY DUCK so very very very very much!!!!
the dinner setting at Royal China... i love the knife!!!


My bro and his girlfriend, Anna
My Lobster Bisque with crispy rice cracker... This is very delicious.. the bisque was rich and flavorful!!!
And this blurry picture shows what i have been dying for.. AROMATIC CRISPY DUCK!!! unfortunately, it wasn't as yummie as the ones in london... i think the probable reason is, London uses FROZEN duck, and spore uses FRESH ducks... hmmf... oh and the pancake is not as yummie too... spore's too thick... nevertheless... at least i tried...
Right, here you go... first you lay the pancake on your plate
spread some plum sauce around with the back of your spoon..
Place some cucumber or spring onion...
pile on the aromatic crispy duck
roll it up...
take a bite!!!
Soon Hock.. fresh water fish with soya sauce.. YUM YUM.. fish was fresh and tender...
This dish was my favourite... Fried Pork Slices in Special Sauce.. a MUST HAVE!!! it has a very unique chocolatey burn taste, and the meat was exceptionally tender
Goose Web with Sea Cucumber..i avoided this... it looked too much like my finger...
My parents said that it is a tradition for birthdays to have noodles... well... they said... E-FU mee... i didn't enjoyed it that much...
We were absolutely stuffed.. well i know i was..
Last but not least...Dessert: Pomelo and Mango

Dinner @ Timbre
Seafood Aglio Olio - deliciously spicy
Chicken pizza... on very very thin dough...
Timbre Wings!!!! YAAYYY they remind me of my grandma's chicken wings.. which i miss very very dearly!!!

Tea/Late Lunch at friend's place.. Potluck...
Once of my colleagues had his mother in law prepared this mean and dangerous looking curry.. its Assam Stingray... all i can say.. SHIOK and SPICY!!!

Dinner@House with the BOEYS, Elaine and Bert
House is famous for its SKINNY PIZZA. we had 2... Squid Ink pizza, and
Goats Cheese and Salami pizza
Appetizer: 'Threesome' Prawns, Mussels, Clams
Tiger Prawn Cappelini
Mini Burgers
Mini Burgers turn evil, smoking a sweet potato fry
Lishan & Me
Elaine and Boey
Dinner Khakis
Lishan and Boey finally took their xmas 2008 present from me... this was the card on the present... EZOM2.hahahah
and Boey being silly... as always..


Dim Sum @ Royal China @ Raffles with sistas and their significant other and others..
Yaaayyy dim sum... Table setting is different from dinner... and so was the menu..
CHAR SIU BAO: ok lah... so-so

like i said.. a MUST HAVE: fried pork slices in special sauce... hahahhaa
some fried fishy thing that Ice ordered..
Fried Prawn dumpling... Yumms
Turnip Cake
Spare Ribs
Royal China Cheong Fun - Combi of Char Siu, Prawn and Scallop
Xiao Long Bao - i still prefer Crystal Jade's..
Siew Mai - not bad... lots of mushrooms...
Some buns with salted egg yolk and mango... yes yes... high cholestrol!!!
Some other buns with char siu inside... laysie liked it...
And of cos... what is Dim Sum without Har Kao (Steamed Prawn Dumpling). It is so exclusive that here's a saga of the pictures... Verdict: The prawns were fresh, juicy and the skin was rightfully made.


Seafood horfun... aiyo..bland until dunno like wat... baby food taste better..
and indeed...cos Ice gave a serving of her baby girl, Tasha's porridge to almost everyone...
We had some complimentary charsiew tarts...or was it chicken pie tarts... i can't remember. i didnt had any of it...
A big plate of freshly cut fruits to wash it ALL down...
The sistas and the 'brovers' and the little tasha..
Dressing up appropriately for the event... heehee...
After brunch we head to orchard.. the boys were not satisfied yet... we fed them at coffee club with coffee and pies and other stuff... soon after we headed back to the east for BLOOIE's. Most of them were first-timers at blooie's, it was quite a pleasant meal... Laysie's first time here!
our entree: tortilla chips...
my portobello cheese burger!! still can't beat my favourite at BRYON's!!!
HeyHey Steamboat with Jamie for a very belated birthday dinner... hongkong style steamboat. i tried this very interesting dish, century egg in fishcake and thai chili sauce...

Thought tis is funnie... Wenyang, the accompanist at school, made and call this: SUPERBAO!!!!
the kids at school were very sweet too... :) cards and big love note!