the aphrodisiac

Friday, February 27, 2009

Double RAINBOW!!

A double RAINBOW right outside my doorstep (okay not exactly doorstep, i meant right outside my house)!!! Yep, i said DOUBLE not A. Look carefully... ... The second one on top is fading away already by the time i saw them.

This spotting happened yesterday, around evening as i was being a couch potato. I thought there were some annoying secondary school girls playing pranks outside my place (paranoid tt they're pulling my precious plants/flowers that i water painstakingly everyday). So i went out to take a look. Then my neighbours' daughters went

:"JieJie! Got 2 RAINBOWS leh!"

and i was kind of embarrassed that i thought they were some annoying sec sch people. I have forgotten that they have grown up since the first time i saw them in 2003 you see. So i responded 'smartly' with a

:"Oh really...? I see..."

Then 5 seconds later i realized what they said and looked up. W.o.w. It was so breathtakingly beautiful.

From one end of the rainbow...

To the other...

I would have loved to be on the end of the rainbow and see if there is really something magical there. Or at least be standing on human ground near the last of it and see where a rainbow really ends. But i guess a rainbow itself is magical enough already. Whats more, it was a double Rainbow! It was such a clear and big rainbow, unlike normal short ones you see sometimes after the rain.

I stood there for awhile, feeling amazed at the things nature can do. I'm sure others staying in ChoaChuKang/YewTee area would have seen it too, if you actually stopped and look up at the sky for awhile.

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

-William Henry Davies

Loved this poem ever since my own secondary school days... ... (:

My other neighbours came out to take a picture of it too, it was that nice. You just have to be there, then you will really marvel at the beautiful-ness of it. When my brother came back from his studies/work/attachment at DeLeSalle (i think?) for Physical Ed, i went over to him excitedly and proclaimed about the double rainbows. Then he told me that he saw it in school too, and the primary school kids were standing at the hallway going "wahhh... rainbow....". He shushed them into the hall, then proceeded to take a picture of the rainbow as seen at the top of this entry. HAHA.

Alright la, i know i went on too long about the Rainbows. Oh well. Let me show you one last photo of it okay! I tried to use the Panorama function to take 3 shots of the rainbow and connect them together. Except for the weird building efffect in the centre, i think i did not bad right? (:

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And out of nowhere i saw this picture in my folders:

My favourite girls with me at Terminal 3, doing our thing. This was taken quite some time back and somehow i found the photo funny yet rather picturesque. I realized with a pang that i have not blogged about my friends for awhile! I guess we still meet up for outings but it's either we didnt take pictures or that there are tooo many pictures that i didn't blog about them. I'm so sorry! 17385 and especially the girls, you are definitely not forgotten! We're having a chalet soon! (but VERY sadly, baby's going to be in Army by then. I'm so not ready for that to happen. Sighs.)

Let's all treasure the time we have on our hands! LoveLoveLove!

it's 12:18 AM now

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

first locked post

I took such an irritatingly long amount of time to get this locked post up. That i don't even feel like talking about it at all. Grr. Maybe another day. But still, big THANKS to jellobeanie/Felicia for helping with it!

Do you have a good poker face?

it's 2:00 AM now

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Nike Zoom Sister One+, Nike Mini

I interrupt my Bintan post part 2 with... NIKE!

Adorable right? That's Nikole, my Nike Mini!

I was just checking out the NIKE stores in town last week because I'm given a budget of $120 to get my sports outfit for work. Oh yes, did you know that the 2 leveled TopShop/TopMan in Wisma is now converted into NIKE?! It's quite cool, they even let you design your own unique Nike tee-shirt! The dressing rooms are carpeted with a nice lounge chair and full-lengthed mirror too!

So anyway, when i saw the Nike advertisement on Nuffnang, i just had to take a further look. It appears that Nike Women is having a new launch called Nike Zoom Sister One+! When you enter the site, you could browse through the new launch as well as fix up your own Nike Mini with the Nike collection of shoes, clothes and accessories! What's more, you chould choose your Nike Mini's skintone, eyes, hair and so on. It's super cute, like a branded online game or playing dress-up with your dolls (hey, don't judge me! i'm sure many of you girls love playing dress-up too okay!)

Even if you think you are not that interested in shoes or the like, go check out the Nike Mini section anyway! I bet you will spend a looong time there just fixing up your doll LOH (i spent over an hour?). It's such fun! After choosing the shoe for your Nike Mini, i think you will be keen to check out the new launch too! Hehs.

Oh, and i also bet my Nikole looks much better than your Nike Mini! So here you so... Nike Women's new collection, Nike Zoom Sister One+, The ultimate training shoe for women. Get your dose at http://nikewomen.com.sg now!

it's 5:25 PM now

Saturday, February 21, 2009

BINTAN part 1

FINALLY! My Bintan post!!!

Day 1:

On Wednesday 12thNovember2008, Baby and I went on our first short holiday together (just the 2 of us, unlike Taiwan!). My memories seem a bit hazy already but i'll try blog about whatever i remember ok (: Early morning, baby came over to meet me before we cabbed down to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

As usual, we were almost late! We had to run after we got down from the cab! I thought we'd miss our ferry for sure cause you're supposed to arrive like 45mins early somemore... The lady who collected our pass said "your ferry is here already, you need to go NOW." From there, we had to ruuunnnnn all the way down the long lanes to get to our ferry. We were one of the last to reach :x On board Aria Bupala (that's the name of the ferry -.-), i started to feel slightly queasy. I think i'm a bit seasick :( Thankfully, it was just a 1 hour ride so it wasn't that bad.

Tadah! WELCOME TO BINTAN! :D

Love the tiki-tack thing (i don't really know what it's called). It's got such an island feel~

From here, we had to board another bus to get to our resort. Pretty soon, we got to Nirwana Resort Hotel!

Here's a quick look of our messy hotel room and view. Hehs.

Wheeeeeeeee! The first thing you do when you get to a hotel is, ... ... FLING YOURSELF ON THE BED!

But FatFat got to it first. Oh well. You get first try then. *shruggs*

I got 2nd and baby got 3rd. Tee-hee. WHAT?! I told you i went Bintan with my BF, FatFat and Tweety remember?! Apparently, Tweet was too small to even fling herself.

We got settled in and decided to go out for a walk. I actually planned to do some activities like water sports there but my lazybumboy wanted to just chill. I got influenced too so we spent our holiday just chilling (as you will see soon enough). Hehs.

This was the start of my routine camwhoring before we head out everytime:

We strolled around our resort and check out the lil booths which showed us the activities we could do. Victor got SO excited when he saw the Buggy Rental. It was SGD25 for an hour (or was it 45mins?). Geez. Most of the stuff were obviously overpriced to knock (qiao1) the tourists. We rented the buggy anyway cause baby was literally jumping up and down with excitement already. Haha. The man asked for his Driver's License. Duh, my bf is only like halfway into his bike lessons so we showed him the learning pass instead. Said he didn't bring his license. He rented it to us after we showed him a test drive. Aiya, think he would rent it to us, driver's pass or not... But, we need a pass to drive a BUGGY meh? Really?! *incredulous look* Maybe cause we really drive on the road with the buses and cars i guess. Hmm... Now that i think about it, it was kind of dangerous :x

There goes my very happy boyfriend on his Buggy for an hour. Hehs. Windy ride, nice scenary and a cute boy as my chauffeur, i've got no complains either! (:

We saw this quaint li'l place along the beach. It's actually a seafood restaurant. We put that into our list of options for places to dine at night, then drove on.

We stopped at this small hut which overlooks the beach (or rather, palm trees). Sigh~ such a nice view and break from civilisation.

Happy boyfriend showing you the scenary.

Happy girlfriend enjoying her junkfood. Hah. I was equipped with junkfood to last the whole trip okay! Many of my pictures when i go out actually include me holding a pack of munchies... LOL.

The over-drama girlfriend says, "BABY! DON"T DROP DOWN OKAY! Then nobody will bring FatFat and I home already!" ...

A heartbeat later, "Okay lah, i sit with you too."

We decided to drive down to the beach that looks really inviting! Yes, i do know that the weather wasn't very sunny but at least it was nice and cool and not rainning righttt-t.

Boyfriend with very messy windblown hair.

Girlfriend, totally windblown. I have no idea what i was doing. Love the seabreeze though!

Inscribed plus out feet, just like in Taiwan (:

Okay, what i can only remember for the first day was strolling around and feeling blissful. Haha. Varrooomm-roooommmm... ... (the buggy actually goes puutttt-puttttt more i think?)

We got to this li'l park that had crocodiles and funky animals in cages. At the bottom left of the picture, there's this huge bird that looks like a vulture lah. It's darn creepy! Especially when it flies around the cage with its wings wide open and making that loud noise. *Goosebumps* There were big fat snakes too, and way too many parrots. Didn't expect to see these here at all.

Both of us got tired driving the Buggy so FatFat took over! Phew. Isn't he adorable? :p He drove us back to our resort after the hour and we got changed to go swimming/tanning! Yippe! The weather finally cleared for the better so we grabbed the chance. Hehs.

Routine in my bikini and dress.

Routine + boyfriend!

Here's the breathtaking pool! (This photo was taken on the following day actually when the weather was cool again) I simple ADORE the pool!!! The right side of the pool/picture leads to a li'l poolside bar! Meaning, you can swim over this little cove and sit on the stone bench with your wet butt. As your feet is still dangling in the water, you can order your mocktails, alcohol or fruits from the bartenders! You can just order the drinks and charge them to your room, no fuss!

There were a number of visitors there at the pool but it was not over-crowded. Just nice with us and other foreigners. Caucasians and some HongKong-ers. There was this super cute little boy in the baby pool with 2 aunties. He Totally looks like Victor when he was that age!!! Of course, we played with him and tried to converse with them a bit. Oh and subsequently thoughout the days, we saw him around the resort too. Hehs.

After swimming and tanning abit, we got back to our room to soak in the tub further. Haha. Then, it was time for dinner and all plans of travelling further to dine went out the window. Yep, we were that lazy. We settled on dinner at the restaurant downstairs. They serve Buffet style everyday but with a different theme each night.

I LOVEEE BUFFETS! This is when i can eat ze most! It was Western night!

I didnt manage to take many pictures of the food but they had a whole looong table filled with different delicacies. On the sides, they had a few counters with more food and chefs waiting for your order too! You tell them what you want, what sauce ectera and they cook it right in front of you. Oh ya, this was also the reason why we ate here. Baby came before and was won over with the meat from one of the counters!

He's not that good with Buffets though. He tend to take more rice and the serving of each dish was more than me so he got full easily in 2 rounds. Guys, sheesh (: Me, i take abit of everything and i can go round again and again! Fwahahaha!

My favourite part of Buffet is also the ...

Dessert!!! I was amazed by their wide array of dessert! From creme brulée to cakes and ice-cream, they seemed to have everything. I was so excited (by the time, baby was too stuffed and sleepy already) and just had to take a bit of each. Ya i know, GREEDY! So?

They had this sweet-icing-thing too... Don't know what is it called. Anyway, that was like my 3rd trip to the dessert area? Haha. After which, we finally vacant the place. I was stuffed to the brim too! I insisted that we have to take a walk around the resort at night because it would be oh-so-romantic and also 'cause we needed to digest. After a short walk and some gum later, we went back to our hotel.

We flung ourselves on the bed and watched some teevee. After which we crashed for the night in our comfy PJs (:

& That, was the end of Day 1. It took soooooooooooooo friggn' long for me to just extract and edit the pictures, upload them and finally blog about Day 1 okay! It is now 245am and i've got to wake up at 7am for Work. Zzzz. I'll blog about Bintan part 2 soon! (I will!)

Now i really got to catch some zZzs. Night world! *pulls the lamp switch*

it's 2:40 AM now

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Happy 2 Years and Happy V-Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wow, there are so many occasions (/excuses for us to splurge and go crazy) these 2 months huh? I'm busy with work and play as well as burning a hole in my pocket :x I bet you too!

This year's Valentine's Day also marks the 2nd Year Anniversary for baby and i :)))))))))))))))))

HAPPY 2 YEARS BABY!

We finally managed to have our camping trip and everything else planned and done on that day. Teehee (: We didnt manage to take any proper picture together because we were too busy and had too many things on our hands (such as the tent, food, cake...). However, i still have sooome pictures to update for the day laa. But im too lazy to upload them and do up a proper entry as usual. And i havent manage to get a picture of baby wearing my present yet so i guess this entry will have to wait (along with Bintan and the Zoo trip with my family)... I hope i update soon too. Please check back ok (:

Anyway, its 12am and i have not bathed. Pfft. I'd better go now. Oh ya, dearest Nique have left for Melbourne on the morning after my camping. NIQUE! I'm so terribly sorry i couldn't send you! Hope everything goes well for you over there! Please take care and (don't be a bimbo anymore ok)! Haha. Kidding! We will miss you so much nique, you are my best KBox partner! We'll visit you when possible okay (:

Alrightly, before i go off...

Of course i need a picture of baby and i for our double celebration! We have not been taking any proper photos so i'm using the Bintan ones. Let's take more okay! With FatFat too! Loveee (:

it's 12:00 AM now

Monday, February 09, 2009

RANT -A prick, that's what you are.

Sometimes i really can't stand you. You are SO annoying. So pretential.
You don't practice what you preach (and you want to question others?). You do underhanded things, yet seem to look justified on the surface. From the start, i was plain naive. Then i started to ponder. But you made me question my thoughts time and again. Now, i think the gossips about you weren't too far offbase. ~~You are evil.~~
Really? Are all these really what i'm supposed to do? Then what are you supposed to do?! Regardless of whether it is my task or that i was doing you a FAVOR, can't you just . speak . nicely?! I hate calling you.
Are you just plain selfish? Are you the bully trying to look nice (also so that i wouldnt think otherwise and be a good cover for you)? I simply Can't figure you out.
~~I guess you do bring out the worst in me~~ I guess you are the prick in my side.
You are really pushing my limits. I'm going to stop taking it soon and that will be it. Im going to let out or i could go. Im sure i can find somewhere better. I don't need the title, or the extra resposibilities, thanks.

*End Rant Part 10020434356*

*Blows out air* I actually forgot what a blog is about and it was just about time i remember. It feels much better to be able to let out my feelings here instead of just blogging about happenings with pictures. But i hate to have stained my Happy Blog with that.

Maybe JelloBeanie would like to help with the locked post thing? *hint*

Anyway, please refrain from responding to this entry if you know specifically what i'm talking about (esp in my tagboard). If you have no idea whatsoever, quit guessing and harping. I'm having a terrible headache and feeling so scukyfrustrated.

Thank God for my loved ones around me. I dread the arrival of 12March. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Baby let's run somewhere far away for a day or two, we'll bring FatFat along. Okay? Okay. I'm off. i wish. BYE.

it's 11:25 PM now

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