And so, twenty-thirteen is finally coming to an end. A lot has happened in these 365 days, the ups and the downs. Am digging out all the pictorial memories to summarize my year, hoping that the year has been a fruitful one...
Visited quite a lot of cafes...(My favorites are in bold)
D'good Cafe / N.O.S.H / Skyve / Delicious Cakes / Toby's Estate / Symmetry / Paddington House of Pancakes / Mad Nest / PoTeaTo / Drips Bakery / Saveur / Artistry / Social Sin / Vintage Tea Party @ House of Dempsey / Paris Baguette / Strangers' Reunion / TWG High Tea / 49 Seats / Le Chocolat Cafe / Carpenter & Cook / Jewel Cafe + Bar / OverEasy / Department of Caffeine / Little house of dreams / Muffets Room / Cake Spade / Rokeby / Wimbly Lu / Spathe Public House / Vanilla Cafe & Bar / Blisshouse Theme Restaurant / Swee Choon / Paul's Bakery / Woori-nara Korean Restaurant / Koh Grill Sushi & Bar / Maki-San / Omakase Burger @ Pasarbella / Au Chocholat / La Ristrettos / The Merry Men / Cafe Melba / Windowsill in the woods / Cali Cafe / Craft Bakery Cafe / Drury Lane / Restore Living / Providore / Song Fa BKT / The Loft / K-food Talk Family Korean Restaurant / Ssikkek Korean Buffet / The Marshmallow Tree / Dolce Tokyo / Marmalade Pantry / eM by the river / Grub / The Bravery / W39 / C.M.P.B / Eatplaylove / Lady M / PARK / Mu Parlour / Saint Pierre / Habitat Coffee / Creamier / Ronin / Anthesis / Element @ Amara / Carousel @ Royal Plaza (Scotts) / Buffet Town
& my favorite truffle fries list:
Au Chocolat, House @ Dempsey, P.S Cafe, Merry Men, Habitat Coffee, C.M.P.B
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Managed to travel to three countries.
1. Batam Montigo with Sheryl & Wenhui.
2. Taipei-SML-Cingjing with the family. First official family trip.
3. Yearly affair to Bangkok. This time with Wanying, Shawn and Jianrong.
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& so this year, i didn't manage to strike my "Complete half marathon" resolution off my list. Couldn't find anybody to do the Great Eastern 21.1km with me. And I probably did lesser runs in 2013 than in 2012.
& so this year, i didn't manage to strike my "Complete half marathon" resolution off my list. Couldn't find anybody to do the Great Eastern 21.1km with me. And I probably did lesser runs in 2013 than in 2012.
1. 12km Safari Zoo Run. First ever run that i forsaked (due to wh's injury).
2. U run omb challenge. 15km run and 30 storey. First attempt at climbing so many flight of stairs.
3. Nike Sheruns5k. Yearly affair with the girls but this year with zl replacing gj.
4. Color run. First run that i walked throughout.
5. (Yearly affair) Nike Werun10k.
2. U run omb challenge. 15km run and 30 storey. First attempt at climbing so many flight of stairs.
3. Nike Sheruns5k. Yearly affair with the girls but this year with zl replacing gj.
4. Color run. First run that i walked throughout.
5. (Yearly affair) Nike Werun10k.
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Had soooo many picnics earlier this year that i was labelled the 'picnic queen'.
Haven't had time to arrange a picnic recently, i miss those days :(
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& I swear people appreciate my backview(s) more haha
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Had two staycations - Studio M / MBS.
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I turned 21.
Didn't hold a party but so thankful for the many many celebrations i'd.
Didn't hold a party but so thankful for the many many celebrations i'd.
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McDonald's Hello Kitty Craze.
The last 3 kitties were especially hard to get despite being in the queue for 3 hours. & i was so happy to finally get my hands on the limited edition skeleton kitty subsequently thanks to a friend. My love for hello kitty never dies hehe
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A series of home-prepared food i've whipped.
& Lastly, a shoutout to all my dear friends who have been with me all these while.
CT clique - Yilin, Peiling, GweeJie
These are the girls i've known since secondary one, the girls who stood by me through the good and bad over the years. Thank you girls for always lending me your ears, for always being there, for always giving me insights and advices. Here's to many many more years of friendships ahead.
SIMDB leong besties - Kahwan, Joycelyn.
Am the youngest among the three but somehow, i always look the oldest among them mehz (i shall believe that it's because i'm the tallest). Anyway, thank you girls for always being so selfless, for always being so supportive and for always being so encouraging. Thank you girls for being here for me even when i've left the team. & Thank you girls for always listening to my endless woes and rants. Like i've said, you guys are probably my best takeaway from db.
Peixuan.
I could still vividly remember myself labeling you as the girl "who is anti-social and keep using her phone during group discussion during sociology" in Year 1. Such a coincidence that we'd a flea booth beside each other yet i was damn reluctant to talk to you initially. But i'm glad we exchanged numbers and so here we are today, thank you for being my best uni mate!! Can't wait to see you for our Hongkong trip, ai ni heng duo lubz.
Rebecca.
The one who listens to my ridiculously long rants every other day and always giving me really honest advices. Like i've mentioned previously, we've pretty different living habits/styles but somehow, our friendship managed to blossom amongst the differences. I appreciate how comfortable i can be around beckz. & Thank you for all the little things you've done - cooking korean food for me, sharing your CF (and kpop) knowledge with me, doing card for me, visiting me at work, bearing all my nonsenses and also for constantly replying my texts. Thank you for always checking on me! Here's to many many many more years of friendship ahead of us. Don't you dare forget me ok hehe, and here's to also (hoping) to materialize our korea trip (probably with Syl) in the near future. Lubz ya!!!! <3
(Pardon my tired face & swollen eye, i'd 6 straight hours of lectures prior to this.)
Sylvia.
We probably meet each other only 3-4 times a year but each time we do, we could go on and on about everything under the sun. I really cherish our friendship alot and am so glad that we grew closer after JC. Have fun in France for your exchange woman, i'll see you half a year later and be sure to materialize our fan-girl korea trip in the near future kayz!
Joselin.
Unexpected friendship which i really cherish alot. It's such a coincidence how we have the exact same lectures among our three similar modules in Year Two. Thank you for choosing to sit beside me during lecture last year and i'm glad we'd so much in common. Many more cafe dates to come! Meanwhile, study hard bb. Our second-upper lai lai *inserts muscular arm emoticon*
Prior to meeting these girls, I don't actually believe in friendships forged on social platform but these girls changed my thoughts. It's amazing how we can click and talk like we knew each other for a long time on our very first meeting. Can't believe we had so much in common and how we can just be so open about everything. Love you girls long time and know that i'll always be here for y'all <3
Drama girls - Grace, Wanying, Likhoon, Elena. (Xiuhui/Xueying)
Couldn't find a picture with all of us which shows how long we didn't have full attendance for our outings! :( Can't believe i got dragged (by Grace) to join English Drama in JC because i couldn't find anybody to join Netball/Touch Rug/Hockey with me and i didn't want to be all alone in the so-called "bitchy CCAs". Am so so so glad to have found all these girls and contrary to our CCA, we are not even the least bit dramatic. Can't believe we've known each other since 2009. thank you girls. You know i love all of you x
Yogubabes - Mandy & Zhenxiang + Stefanie.
I miss working and having our macs picnic lunch at Yewtee point. So glad to have met the three of you through Yoguru and despite our age gap (me being the oldest), i'm really happy that we still can click so well. More mega cheat day in 2014, full attendance ok om nomz nomz
Jialian.
It's been a joy getting to know you through working at Yoguru, my fellow bimbz.
Thank you for always sharing your dramatic life story with me and trusting me with it. So much love for you, picnic 2014 confirm okay. In the new year, my wish for you is to be happy! You deserve all the happiness in the world ok, lubz chuz!!!
I can't remember if we first know each other from tuition or from social media. Either way, i'm glad we made it this far. It's been a great 5 years of friendship! Though we might not meet often nor do we contact each other often, i feel really at ease each time we meetup. I love how we can always go on and on and on about so many things. Thank you for your presence bb, can't wait for our BKT and movie date in 2014. Know that you do make a difference in my life, ai ni!!!
And to everybody who is (has been) reading this space, or has been following me on social medias esp instagram, thank you all for always being so generous and kind with your likes and comments. I truly appreciate everything :)
So moving on to the new year, i hope to...
1) Graduate successfully with a second-upper.
2) Get a stable full-time job with nice colleagues, decent pay and a manageable job scope.
3) Travel to more countries / cities
4) Take up baking / cooking / third-language (korean hehe)
5) Find time to do volunteer work after graduation (been procrastinating about this for years)
6) Be a better person - For myself, my family and my friends.
Every closure is the beginning of something new. Please let 2014 be good, x
