Monday, April 27, 2009 11:52 PM
my 19th birthday.it wasnt anything special. just home-cooked food and the couch; throw in a really good movie and company, that was how my 19th was spent on the 24th of april. i must dedicate my entire blog entry to the really mouth-watering tiramisu cake mum got especially upon my request;D if this was how close i could get to experiencing heaven every time i took a bite of my cake, i'll always ask for seconds.
it was so good mum didnt even protest to the use of coffee as a key ingredient in the tiramisu. mum detests the smell and taste 'the coffee bean' and the whole idea of how we can all enjoy a cuppa while she has to make two cups of coffee a day in the office for dad. other than that, she enjoys her job.
at least my 19th was a whole lot better than my 17th. i shall not dwell into the past again but my 17th was horrible, not even the birthday cake could lift my spirits up. so while i got a television for the house on my 18th birthday, just so we could watch 'ghost whisperer' at 8.30pm, we didnt do anything special this 19th, since i had school in the morning and driving in the afternoon. we couldnt go out for dinner since charmaine had a test in the evening at university. but it really doesnt matter, mum bought duck and we had chicken and fish dishes as well. she opened her last bottle of wine as well to celebrate my 19th birthday.
the presents i got for my 19th:
- a hair straighterner- from charmaine and sharon
- grandma's red packet -$20
- aunty irene's red packet - $20
- mum's red packet -$50
as elvin would say it, i could never give up the idea of shopping if i had money in my pocket;D true enough, i went shopping today with $90 to spend from the red packets i collected over my 19th birthday:D i kinda went over my budget by a few dollars haha, not really surprising. i bought a pair of jeans, a clubbing attire, a grey scarf and a high-waist belt all for just $129.75. teehee. i admit the clubbing attire was bought on impulse- it cost me $60, but you'll love the butterfly design on the silver dress attire when you do see it soon. i had to peel my eyes away from buying boots as charmaine wanted to buy with me, should they have a ' buy one get one free sale' she reckons we could split the price then. bugger.
im incredibly happy today, i actually did some reading up on introductory finance 201 and finished up on the tutorial for it as well. amazing! i guess the $129.75 was indeed well spent today.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:06 PM
the busy bee.
if blogging were homework, i would have failed it miserably;D i feel bad for not filing you guys on the updates in my life yet so far. i havent been exactly diligent in what i proclaim in my past few blogs either about blogging regularly.
'if the table is right, the writing will come' - extract from the 'sex and the city' movie. i do know in my case, it's not the table's fault i've been having the writer's block. it's either my bad judgement of time that has led blogging to this state because im busy off somewhere else or i just havent had a clue as to what to write about these days anymore.
anyway, today's a special day. it's the day before my 19th birthday. if my computer clock was set right and since daylight savings are over already- it should most probably be 48 mins away from midnight, though rightfully, i would only turn 19 by 11.00am on my special day;D God gave me one of his very special blessings today. the blessing of a woman. it cant be considered a birthday gift since i've already had it. i had my period. today, yes of all days to begin with, the day before i turned 19th. really, there was something always about when i receive those blessings...
the first i received His special gift was when i turned 12, and yes it was a day to remember as well. chistmas day, the 25th dec. i vividly remember mum was so overjoyed she made a toast in my honour of becoming the 3rd lady in the household. sharon was infertile then :D it was embarrassing, my cousins all jeered at me but it was all good fun haha!
there were a couple more special occasions when i received His gift again. one of which was chinese new year and i didnt even had to wear red underwear. haha!
i guess the only explaination i could think of at the moment was that i was due and the stress from all the mid semester tests i had this week just made it come. no idea really. im done with 3 tests so far all within a 3 day span and 1 more on my birthday- i saved the easy lab test for my birthday;D
tutorial classes were almost empty today. for an average class size of 11, only 3 of us came for tutorial, pathetic really and the 'i need to study for my mid semester tests' excuse is really unforgivable, but i guess as long as the tutors get their paycheck, no one cares really do they? i had to run off for work in an hour, of which 40 mins were taken up by the bus ride home and 15 for me to change into my work uniform and rush off to work.
thank god, my workplace is only 8 mins away;D work was really boring today- i stayed at the back most of the time, doing the dishes that piled up high in the sink because no one else wanted to do the dirty work. im fine with it really, with dishes, i could work at my own pace. serving customers, na ah. why do you think everyones' about 'fast customer service'? seriously, i could never bring myself to eat another lagsana- i really dont know how you spell it, knowing the hard pains it must have taken out of that poor girl at the back kitchen from all the scrubbing of 'crap' off the steel tins -_ -''
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:20 PM
easter break.
there's nothing much planned for these two weeks off school during the easter break; just loads of mid semester tests right after we're back in our curriculum. hell's just going to break loose come this friday when sharon gets her 4 day break from school- monday being a public holiday as well.
its just going to be the three of us girls this easter. unlike all other years, where we would have easter celebrations or easter hide-and-seek games with the rest of the relatives, this year would just be spent at home for dinner between the three of us. while woolworths and coles are packed with parents rushing to get last minute easter eggs and party materials, our weekly trips there would just be for groceries. sad really.
mum flew back to singapore to help dad with his accounts just a week ago, and we're still adjusting w/o her around. there's definately more screaming and arguing in the household over 'who does what'. i reckon when we do start university- the walls will come tumbling down. HA. so far, we've agreed that only sharon and charmaine does the cooking as the saying goes, 'too many cooks spoil the broth' - i would just add on to the trouble. besides, i cant cook what can i even contribute aye? HA. i end up doing the dirty work, washing up after dinner since it's all i can ever do, without wrecking dinner since it's in our stuffed bellies already. the watering of plants and ironing of clothes are my duties as well since i'm the only one who leaves for university later than the rest. -_ -'' grrr. charmaine does the dry-mopping once in a while.
now that's just some of the chores we have agreed to- its the ones that we dont, that's when things get ugly. but i guess we all forget about it after a while. afterall, we only have ourselves to depend on. if no one does it- there's no other sucker. ha, sry mum, we're not saying we take advantage of you. but you're always SOO nice!
