Cape of Good Hope!

Do you guys remember this from our history texts? Also home to the Flying Dutchman. We headed down here last weekend and even saw some ostriches and horned animal in the wild albeit from a distance haha.



Supposedly the southernmost tip of Africa (or that's what they tell tourists) but not really!

Hello from Cape Town

I got in on Saturday but internet is hard to come by. There's a monopoly by the broadband companies so it's expensive and not very accessible. We do get it at work but via dialup .... hmmmm. Anyhoo will be uploading photos as we go along!

Check out the gorgeous scenary at Camps Bay. Mountains in the back ocean in the front!



Wish the hubs was here because I am not a very good photographer and can't capture half the beauty of the place :)

In Transit

Taking a night flight to London is not a good idea. Got in at 8am which is like 3am Boston time. Didn't get much sleep since I was watching Atonement on the plane (it was good!). Stumbled over to Yotel that z & s told us about. The annoying part though is that it is in Terminal 4 and my connection is in 3. Arghk! Oh well anyway I was grateful to get a bed and shower since I could feel a headache coming along from lack of sleep.

Yotel room, 6 pounds an hour. Pretty clever though still kinda expensive. Beats sleeping on a chair though!


Hope I'll have internet before I get to work in Cape Town!

OK off to catch the next plane soon.

Happy New Year!

We invited some friends over and cooked dinner. It's really fun when you have time cuz it took us all day and the day before! Here's Moxie doing her job. We never have to clean the floor while we're cooking because she laps it all up haha. Though she has a knack of getting in your way which is annoying .... ok will add that to her new year's resolution ...

"Rrruff what's in the oven, maybe something will fall from the heavens" - Miss Moxie


The Menu
Yellowtail cerviche
Honey roasted leg of lamb
Shitake risotto
Ratatouille (copied from the movie!)
Belgian brownie with wildflower mousse
Oh and forgot photos of our Apple Soju Cocktail :D




Because it's new year's I feel obliged to make some resolutions, hmm how about for Moxie:

1) Get Mini to brush my teeth everyday
2) Lose 3 lbs by eating less. Do doga!
3) Get mini a job so she can buy me goodies
4) Do a better job cleaning the kitchen floor but not get in people's way
5) Stop shedding
6) Master the art of being quiet when raiding the coffee table or I will get busted.

xoxo Moxie

Eh brain dead now ....

Back from Sugar Loaf!

Twas was fun til hubs sprained his knee ... teehee must be the oldness. Actually not so funny since I had to drive 5hrs back

Countdown ...17 hrs

To the end of finals! I'll be done tomorrow and I might have an interview on Friday. Haven't heard back though, hope it'll be cancelled so I can start my holiday early. Anyway those finance notes aren't making sense anymore and blogging is much more fun when there are boring things to do ...

And when I am procrastinating I post photos of moxie! In this photo, taken when I was studying, she is crawled up in a little hole under the bed and next to my mess of stuff. I am surprised by how she can force her furryself into little holes.

Irritatingness!!!

Tried calling virgin atlantic to see if I could change the dates of my flight reservation. Another MOST annoying customer service call!

Me: I want to change my reservation
Agent: What? I can't hear you.
Me: What is all that noise in the background? (Sounds like 100 indian agents talking at the same time so I know it's not a poor connection on my end)
Agent: What? I can't hear you.
Me: GRRR * cups phone and repeat*
Agent: What is your reservation number?
Me: P as in Paul
Agent: T as in Tom?
Me: No P as in Paul, Peach, Peter
Agent: T as in Tom? Can you try other words?
Me: ARHGKKKKKK !!!!!!!!!!

I don't care if you transfer me to India or where-ever but the quality.... I know cost savings are important but how much more is it going to cost to rent a larger office? Don't hire the agency that has 50 people sit in a small office especially if they're taking phone calls!!!!!!! GRRR ..and oh yes, and make sure they can tell the difference between P and T. But maybe it's not his fault, it's the damn over crowded office ...

OK back to studying.

Altercations

Not sure why but I keep getting into these weird fights at school over space! I'm really a very nice and considerate person, I don't know why this keeps happening to me??

Was at the library yesterday in a meeting room. Some Nobo person had reserved the room but never showed, so naturally my team took it over. Anyway team member 1 left for class and I was to be joined by team members 2 and 3.

Then as I was standing at the door chatting with a friend and waiting for team members 2 and 3, psycho byotch appears ...

B: Are you the only one in the room?
Innocent Party Me: I'm waiting for my team mate for a meeting. B: We should maximize space. I have a team meeting. Why don't you guys meet outside in the seating area?
Innocent Me: Erh no thanks. (Did she not hear I have a meeting too????)
B: Are you Nobo? (Points to schedule on door)
Innocent Me: No ...are you? (INCREDULOUS)
B: ... (turns around all huffy) --> leaves
Innocent Me: Sorrryyyyyyyy (dripping with sacharin)

WTF is wrong with this psycho? Who does she think she is? I got there first! Like why would I want to meet in the seating area?? It's the damn library can?? How am I suppposed to talk in the seating area??

So later I spy the psycho byotch peaking into my meeting room to check that my team mates had arrived. *** FUMES ***

What I do at night ..... 2.45 a.m.

FACEBOOK!!! Ok so I was actually doing serious stuff like homework and writing cover letters but then I got distracted. See hubs and I were talking today about whether print newspaper would go out of style ... and we decided that the answer is no. Because reading serious articles on the web is too distracting!!! There are like a billion other things to do while you're online.

Ok so now that my fb'ing is justified, I can get to the point. You see there is no one online or awake to tell my omfg this is so gosh darned shocking news I learned. (Discovered on facebook of course)

OK so here it is ...

1) This nerdy famous professor dude that hubs adores (HAHA) was actually my classmate!!! Even though I've seen his photo like a billion times it hasn't registered ... till today ... when I was browsing people who graduated college my year on FB (where else) HEHE. Good thing his name starts with A, or it would have taken me all night to discover it. (Double HEHE) And come to think of it, I DO remember him now ... next to a vending machine in the computer cluster -> shocking!

2) My old college friend turned stalker/enemy is in Boston. GASP. His last name also starts with A haha. Wait till I get to the other letters of the alphabet. Oh and he has a profile photo on mem drive (where I go everyday!) with Boston in the background DOUBLE GASP ! But don't worry folks, I exaggerate a little, he is not really a stalker, just a little psycho keke.

Ok but my public service announcement for tonight is REMEMBER to make your profiles private on facebook. Don't be discovered by kaypohs like me :D ...

My Wild Animal Photo Collection

The highlight of my trip to Sichuan this summer was *drumroll* ---- pandas! No lawsuits so they let you do things that would never be allowed in the US :P

So cute right?


Awwwww


And the highlight...me & jiaozhi! PS: Pandas are stinkeeeeeee


This is ghetto panda:

Mouldy Bread

Ahh my blog has been neglected for too long. I think it's growing mildew and cobwebs kekke.

Since my last post, I am back in Beantown. :( Kinda toured asia .... Sichuan, Hong Kong, Beijing, Cambodia. Got a tan and eyelash extensions. The darned extensions are now unruly .... *sniff*

And *drumroll* I found this at super88 the other day! It reallly tastes like nai cha!! I <3 it !!!!

Look Alike II

My mom has been watching this TV drama lately and the aunties say I look like Hester Hsuan. Do I?? But but she's like old and her eyes are bigger!



Alright now it's back to doing "home" work. So much for a vacation in Singapore. The only plus unlike consulting is no travel :P SIGH

It's a Hard Knock Life

We got in Sunday morning and I started work Monday. School is starting to look like a vacation in the bahamas. I had it good. There are no walls on the floor and everyone is right next to each other. It sucks. I want my nice cushy office back!!! But my friend K is right, you get used to shamelessly surfing the web in full view of everyone after a while (1 day for me haha). It's like ... ostrich psychology...if I don't see them they don't see me.

Though the problem is there is no access to any of those chat clients or personal email. WTF! Do you know how TORTUROUS it is???? :( Ridiculous. And I haven't had much time to do anything else either .... since I go to bed at 11 ...

1000 Loads of Laundry

OMG I can't believe it's Wednesday already. Panic setting in. Have to get the apt into a somewhat clean state or it'll be all gross when we get back. There's dishes, laundry, bathroom cleaning, errands, packing, and why did I put off reading that stuff for my summer job??? Where did my 3 weeks of vaca go?

Guess I'm paying for those lazy somewhat summer days ....


PS: I took the photo with the fancy camera. Nice right? See it's the camera ...

Holiday Weekend

We wanted to go to Nova Scotia for memorial day (I so wanted to go there!) but thanks to last minute planning we ended up in NYC instead. It was aight, we got to see A's baby. Ate at Nobu (which was erh extremely unexciting). Though we had Kee's chocolates which were soo amazing!! (sesame and mango green tea were the winners) Moxie had a good time at the cousin's. The kids even gave her a much needed bath wahaha and let her sleep in their room. Now 2 more weeks to SG ...

Skool's out 4 Summer!

You know that feeling you get when exams are over? Somehow all my favorite procrastination activities (tv, blogging) don't seem like that much fun anymore. And I don't want to clean the apt or run errands. All I want to do is snack all day and think of more stuff to buy ...ARGK!

Anyway to make somewhat productive use of my time, I will plan some mini vacations from our base in Singapore and I will need help from you guys!

So far I have ...

Long Trips:
Vietnam/Cambodia
Australia
China - Everywhere + Lijiang again!
Tibet
Maldives
Mauritius

Weekend Trips:
Penang!
KL
Bangkok?
HK
Langkawi
Tioman

I don't know I need ideas .... and let me know if anyone wants to come with us :) Luxury and roughing it out trips welcome.

My Eyes! My Eyes!

OK I might be getting slightly prudish as I get older. But omg wtf are some of the people here wearing?! I know the weather is warming up but please please refrain from exposing more than arms legs and cleavage! But oh well gives me something to gasp at and bitch about.

1)Offender #1:
Walking to school this morning I saw this girl in what looked like shorts from the distance. but on closer look it was a skirt. and then as I was smirking in distaste as i gloated over the cellulite, the skirt moves up and I see lower butt cheeks! ARGHK dies.

2)Offender #2:
One of my classmates shows up yesterday in a tomato red imitation DVF dress. OK so the dress is aight but omg I can see half her boobs (u know dvf dresses)! Not just cleavage. How is this appropriate for class??? Ok for evening, but class?????

I will keep a look out for offender #3. Don't think it'll be hard to spot since I'm already averaging 1 per day.

Tee Hee

While at singapore day I sent my personal papparazi wtih his big honkin binoculas lens to take a photo of a "famous" Singaporean. See the photos here. They're private photos so log into your flickr account so you can view it! Enjoy and tell me what you think!

SG Day

We took the bus down to NYC for the first SG day! The lure of authentic hawker food was too much to bear. But now I'm so regretting it because ...

1. I was sick before I left, now I am sicker. My sore throat has morphed into a cold.
2. I thought the weather would be nice so I went. It was too nice .... 80 degrees.
3. Queuing for miniscule portions of food in 80 degree weather sucks.
4. My idol Anthony Bourdain was there but I did not see him. A photo with him would have made my day :P
5. The girl standing behind me in line for 30 minutes had the most annoying shriek ever. I wanted to gag her my kaya finger sandwich
6. Who the hell are the pa paya girls?

My Favorite AI Performances

Alternatives to reading cases ... and procrastinating

DH and I's favorite AI performance ever:


This one is mine :) -> The only AI who can dance:


I'm a closet claymate!!

Culture Shock

China was awesome, I especially enjoyed the noodle breakfast every morning :) foot massages and peach egg tarts from KFC! In any case I'm glad to be home. The toilet situation was rough (a hem ..trough) and the people ... aggressive. They can smell a foreigner from a mile away. But it was fun and I wanna go back! So many sights we haven't seen yet ...

Kunming was like any developing city. Suprisingly there was mad infrastruture with roads going out for hours. It also felt very safe, perhaps because the foreign tourists haven't invaded the place yet. We visited a business started on microcredit. The owners were really sweet and J made out (well traded) for a free sweater. Wish we brought more gifts with us!




Dali was aight, not really worth an overnight train ride on the Chinese train there, though it was quite an experience! At least we got to share the cabin with my fellow classmates and fully savor the cigarette smoke emitting vents.





My favorite was Lijiang. It's set in the mountains and gorgeous! Interestingly Singaporean business men have already discovered this place. There is a Banyan Tree Resort in Lijiang (we headed out there when we got tired of roughing it out and needed some 5* luxury). A Singaporean business men also has a private ranch out in the country side .. middle of nowhere but it's beautiful!! And apparently NUS donated money to start a school in one of the little villages we visited.

Walking beyond Yuhu village. Got to experience star status with the crew from CCTV following us. Wonder how they will spin our visit!




But now its back to the real world and studying for midterms booo.

See the rest of the photos here. You have to login to view ...

Just because ...

I should be doing laundry but ehh this is way more fun! Thanks S* :)

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The Trip to CA

So I didn't end up taking photos at the big G. Too embarrassing to whip out a camera in the middle of the tour? Well anyway the campus was aight. It was nice, a typical silicon valley campus, a little like a university campus. The free food was awesome. I spied piles of shrimp and crab claws in the cafeteria! Imagine that?! Too bad they fed us in a smaller conference room instead :P and no seafood either. GRRR. But we did get to dip our hands in the fridge and help ourselves to all kinds of soda and fruit juices. I saw this guy drink like 3 bottles of "Naked" juice just because it's free...cheapo!

The company has awesome perks but its a tad too cultish for me. And I've done the whole tech company thing already ... oh but did u also know they let u take food home in take out boxes for dinner?! You can see photos by searching on flickr.

Anyway the weather was amazing that weekend. I got to see the flowers my dad grew ...



We also got to eat at this korean place called ...*drum roll* DA CHANG JIN lol

Book Recs Etc.

I'm heading to China on Friday for spring break but I hate long plane rides. Anyone read some good books lately? I need something in addition to all the darn cases and studying for that finance exam we have when we get back which I know I won't get to. HAHA. I hope china airlines has good movies.

Oh and tips for China are welcome too. I'm already bringing lots of tissue paper :)

Choice: Luxury or Curse?

*whispers* so recently I've been getting several internship offers. This damn mba is finally paying off! I applied for all these different jobs since I was kiasu and afraid I wouldn't get an offer. So now I am left with a variety of choices that all seem quite interesting. Spent the past 2 weeks wrecking my poor little brain over it and narrowed the finalists down to 2 places. The bank in sunny Singapore and the big G! Well the big G is not in my pocket yet. But I've been invited to a second round in CA! I'm so excited to roam the G-campus. I promise to take photos.


Though I don't know how I would choose between the two. The bank is a good opportunity for me to try something different. The big G is well the big G!! I can even bring Moxie to work! Though I've been in the web industry before and this is nothing different. HRMMM guess I shouldn't count my chikins before they hatch.

Battle Scars

The whole interviewing process is humiliating. Rejection bites. I am sick of putting on my battle gear -> ugly black or gray suit. I am sick of writing thank you notes to people I'm not really thankful for meeting. I'm sick of talking about my great and inspiring leadership experiences. I'm sick of meeting interviewers from that bschool across the river who never forget to remind you about their pedigree.

But really the point of my post is to vent about this particular company. I interviewed with them on Thursday. They tell me they'll let me know on Monday afternoon if I made the second round. Interviews are Monday evening. Hrmm isn't it kinda TIGHT?

I have a compulsory class to attend Monday evening. But why would I go out of the way to rearrange my schedule for an interview I'm not even sure I'll be called back for. So anyway they call me Monday at 1.30pm (they were still wrapping up first rounds on campus). I have class all day till 9pm. The HR person asks if I can come in at 6pm. I'm like no way, can I reschedule? And guess what she says!!! NO. OK first of all it's not like I am begging them to interview me ok. They called ME. So I was like whatever, I'll not be coming in for a second round, but feeling quite buay song.

Then today, they send me a rejection e-mail. Excuse me, but the last I checked I was the one who said no!! :( WTF!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We didn't really celebrate this year. We usually cook a nice meal but we opted for Thai take out today. Though DH bought me a nice romantic tempur-pedic pillow. :) And I "ordered" with DH's credit card the Wii he's been wanting for a awhile. My arm hurts from punching and swinging already. Not sure how I'm going to explain this in school tomorrow!

On a whim ....

I got an email from an ibank this evening inviting me to apply for a position. Hrmm I've never considered banking as a career before (though it comes highly recommended by my brother). So anyhoo I decide to apply since I am kiasu and am now feeling stressed out. The interview is on Tuesday and I know nothing NOTHING about the whole banking deal. HOW? The worst part is I am leaving for TX tomorrow for a case comp and won't be back till really late on Sunday. Then I have an interview with amz on Wed and another on Friday and the following week I have 3 more. ARHGK *stresssssss* :( I have barely prepared my behavioral answers or practised for that matter. OH NO *panic*

Oh and can I wear my polka dotted shirt to the banking interview? Probably not huh? LOL

Trend Woes

I got this shirt today. It'll look so cute with pearls. Do you guys think it's too trendy for an interview? I'd wear it under a black suit for business formal and with a skirt or pants and a cardi for business casual ...

Darn I find business casual confusing, it's much easier to throw on a suit. I am so fashion unsavvy these days ... must be the age :(

Yo Mama Jokes

Yo mama so fat she put mayonnaise on her aspirin. This one cracked me up haha

Yo mama so fat when she sits around the house, she sits AROUND the house... (guest columnist: ~e~)

Yo mama so fat she walks in front of the tv, we miss the entire episode... (guest columnist: ~e~)


Update: For the insanely bored ... more yo mama jokes eeeeks!

Oooh oooh another one ...yo mama so fat, when she jump for joy, she get stuck!

Target is Evil

Ever been to a store where you always find stuff you need but weren't really looking for? That's Target damnit. Our newest acquisition. OK OK I know I'm very tacky :P ... but I will hide this in the bedroom ok?

Presenting: The HELLO KITTY Humidifier!


Here's to softer skin! Watch my ears poof vapor:


Target is so cool these days. They have Alessi designers, Luella Bartley, Issac Mizrahi, all designing for them. Sigh it's a love hate relationship with shopping there.

We Back!

It's always depressing when vacation is over. At least I don't officially start school till Feb but in the meantime it's studying for interviews ... :( I need some motivation!

It was a blast in Vegas. Vegas is ostentatious. We like ostentatious. That means more than one chanel and LV store within a 1 mile radius!! Won some money playing video poker (not enough to buy even a keychain)! Watched the 'O' and Lionel Ritchie (not my choice). Went to the Grand Canyon, a huge hole in the ground. Probably nicer in the summer. Napa was fun, bought some wine but then realized we couldn't bring it back thanks to the new airline regulations. Guess we'll have it next time we're back in CA.

Our winter sonata shot keke. Yes yes we need to get rid of the matchy matchy scarfs. It's puke worthy but I think we look good in this photo lah hyukss. Indulge me.


We also ate in Milpitas ...twice. Even though it's like an hour away. The asian food there is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I'm ready to move there :P

Rest of the photos are on flickr!

Damned MacBook

My **@*# macbook is broken again. This time the laptop doesn't recognize the battery so I have to plug it in all the time. WTF! I am going to the Mac Store tomorrow to throw a fit. :( To add insult to the injury I get rejected from the Apple internship. *GROWL* Say a prayer for the Mac Geniuses tomorrow :P

Sonoma and More

We've been so busy since we got to SF Sunday night. Spent Christmas at my aunt's place. I also got to meet the daughter of one of my relatives for the first time. She seemed to like me alot so I have to reciprocate :) she's such a cutie and I got at least 10 hugs from her for no reason awwww. Maybe I'm the youngest person she's met in a while keke

We headed down to Napa's less famous sister, Sonoma on Tuesday. It was raining and I was quite irritated with the weather but we made the best of it. Visited 2 small wineries (Lonely Planet endorsed) which was fun. At least tasting is still free!



The winemaker himself ...


Wednesday we did carmel and the 17mile drive. The ocean is way intimidating in the winter. The surfs were HUGE. It seriously felt like a tsunami was heading our way *gulp* ...



Pebble Beach


Thursday we picked up bro who came in from Singapore and we're off to LV tomorrow. Probably won't have internet access ...so Happy New Year y'all!

Merry Moxie X'mas Everyone!

I have a little too much time on my hands now that finals are over ... well not really since interviews are looming but I am a procrastinator at heart and I have to stay true to myself.

Halloween Photos!

I know Halloween was like 2 months ago ... but I've finally uploaded the photos! The theme was Japanese. Originally we wanted to be geishas but the white face paint wasn't really cutting it. S and I looked more like The Crow than Sayuri ....





PS. These damn Flickr photos don't resize very well anymore. Grrr! I tried to put up a bigger one and scaling it down but it looks grainy. It used to work! I hate flickr now.

Home Free ... For Now

OMG Finals are over and so is my semester from hell. I am also at least 5 lbs heavier but hey I never have to look at accounting again! Do you know how happy that makes me???

But now I have all sorts of errands to run. Gotta get my driver's license renewed (I've been driving on an expired one for a while now shhhh) and take the dog to the vet (poor Moxie's health has been neglected and laundry and the list goes on. Then we leave for Cali and Vegas on Sunday. YAY ... still have to plan what we're going to do. Send me suggestions!

Not feeling particularly inspired to write. But here's a funny photo of Moxie! She schleeps funny:

American Pencils

This is very random and I should be writing my paper. So I am using this really old pencil case that my friends got me for my birthday in secondary school. It's one of those old-school ones that's completely metal. Recently all my 'free' pencils have been breaking on me so I needed to get new pencils. It is very weird, because Americans don't seem to believe in lead?? They all use these disposable bic pencils. So sadly I crossed over to the dark side and bought the cheapo bic ones since it's more of a hassle to find lead. In college I actually bothered to buy nice stationary whenever I went home. Now I just don't have time to find nice cool asian pencils :(

Maybe after exams ... oh and speaking of laptop bags, I am using this really ugly one with the school logo on it because its free. I feel so ghetto...

I'll post a photo of the pencil case later!

Retail Therapy

It's time for an quick update! I was in NYC a couple Fridays ago for a day trip to check out companies in the city. There were a bunch of different club sponsored trips to choose from, finance, marketing, media...but guess which one I chose? The retail one! I figured I should pursue a career in something fun.

We met with people from 3 companies, M**y's, L1m1ted Groups, and Kh13ls. L Groups owns V1cky's S3cr3t and a whole bunch of other brands. K is owned by L'oreal. It was a pretty awesome time. Did I mention the free samples??? We got a huge candle from VS and lipbalm, hair wax, moisturizers from K. Anyway aside from the free stuff, we got to learn about the business and also met the product manager at M*cy'5 who worked with Project Runway (my favorite TV show!). Ahh to be paid to shop and read vogue.

So now it's going ot be a mad race to the finish now. Finals are in 3 weeks and all our papers/projects are due. :( On the bright side we're heading to SF for X'mas. Woohoo! Will also be heading to houst0n in Jan for a case competition. Interviews for internships will be in January. I'm so not looking forward to it. Looks like I won't get to relax much :(

MacBook: The Untold Story

MAD does not even describe it. *#*@!! I want to smash my macbook. It started innocently enough about a week ago. I was half way through studying for midterms and the computer just turned off. But I brushed it off ... seemed to be a one off thing.

Come today, it freaking shuts itself down every 3 minutes. I am trying to copy some files over from my hard drive for school and it doesn't even stay on long enough for windows to turn on!@!@! Did some Googling..apparently this is a known problem with MacBooks.... it's called RSS or random shutdown syndrome (aka intermittent shut downs). A heat dissipation problem. *GROWL*

So I took it to the Mac store and they tell me that it'll take 2 weeks to fix (no offer of a loaner either). SAY WHAT? Piece of cr&! *insert more expletives* How hard is it to replace a stupid chip?? And how am I supposed to do my work in the meantime??? I'm handicapped without my MacBook. Annoying Mac store guy then treats me like an irrational psycho by saying that it is impossible to create perfect computers (my fault???). Asswipe then suggests I go to an affiliate who can fix it in 3-5 days. But I'm still pissed. I have to pay $50 for a loaner for a problem with crappy Apple hardware that is no fault of mine (except for being dumb enough to buy one). :(( Oh and it costs an extra $300 for 1 day service. WTF!!!!

Bottom line: I am *#*@#@ pissed and *#! irritated. I've already screamed out loud once from frustration. The least they could do is speed up the repair service and/or offer a loaner. This is ridiculous. Ever heard of customer retention?? My opinion of apple has just gone down the sh1ts. That thinkpad is starting to look real nice.

UPDATE: I brought my MacBook to one of their licensed repair shops and got it back within a day!! I was pretty pleased about that. :) And the RSS seems to have stopped too...for now...*crosses fingers*

Yay for M!

I was really surprised to find a slip from the post office the other day wanting me to go pick up a package from Singapore. Turns it was from Matreshka! The parcel sure made my day especially since I was in the middle of midterms last week. Which are finally over by the way. 3 days of exams back to back only proved how busted my brains have become.

Matreshka ...thanks!!! xoxoxo :D You're the best!

Contents:
- Hair Mask (I need instructions on how to use this! hehe)
- Guilty Pleasure Korean VCDs ...woohoo!
- Flashing Singapore Cap...it will be the object of desire at all Singaporean gatherings ;)

Last Weekend ...

Went to A and N's wedding over Columbus day weekend. It was a beautiful jewpanese wedding :) on the Abigail K Yacht awwwwww. They paid so much attention to detail, and with the NYC skyline as a backdrop *sniff* gorgeous. I've posted some of the wedding pics I took since I'm a closet ex-bridezilla and I know many of my friends are too! HAHA! I'm so dissapointed that my **#@ camera died before the night was over so I don't have photos of DH making his toast.

I'm particularly proud of this photo. See the skyline in the reflection? HEE


The dining area. The centerpieces were a bottle of sake (japanese) and vodka (russian) surrounded by sunflowers and hydrangeas. Soooo pretty! The flowers in the US are fresher and more gorgeous than those in Singapore. I'm jealous damnit.


And it got all gorgeous at sunset, statue of liberty and all. My crappy canon does not do it justice ....


Finally ...the newly weds. Congrats guys!!!!We had an awesome time.


Need more wedding fix? The rest of the set is here ...

Twins?!

I didn't expect xy to be at her sister's daughter's b'day party on Saturday but she drove all the way down from NY by herself and showed up! YAY :) Funny thing is that we were wearing exactly the same color?? We didn't even realize till I looked at the photo! LOL

Bloated Tomato..this one's for you :)

CSI: Beacon Place

Disclaimer: This photo is not for the faint hearted. View at your own peril.

We opened the front door one morning and saw a ripped up bunny on our doormat. Yeah, I kid you not. Its guts were spilled out and different body parts were strewn everywhere. Thank goodness DH had a strong stomach and promptly trashed the dismembered bunnies.

So who done it? I think it's the neighbour's cat ... it was sitting on a deck chair next to the crime scene. Though we examined it for blood and found none ... HRMMMMM

Where's Mini?

Life has been getting pretty crazy so I haven't had much time for anything! Even the Mox misses me. DH was taking her out for her evening walk the other day when she came running back up the stairs. (She usually rushes as soon as we say "Let's Go".) Turns out she was trying to herd me so I would come along. I guess she misses me walking her in the evenings. So cute eh?

Here's my typical schedule:

7.00am: Rise and Try to Shine
7.45am: Jump into car and drive to school
8.30 - 10.00 am: Try to stay awake in first class
10.20 - 11.45 am: Second class + much needed coffee
12.00 - 1.00pm: Club Meeting + Lunch
1.00 - 2.30 pm: Quick lunch and catch up on email and cases
2.30 -4.00 pm: Class again
4.00 - 5.00pm: Recitation
5.00 pm - 7.00pm: Team Meeting
7.30 - 8.30 pm: Prepare Dinner
8.30 - 9.30 pm: Eat and catch up on some tv
9.30 - ?: Homework and Shower

And this is when I don't have to stay late for other activities like talks etc. My new bedtime averages 1.30am. For someone needing at least 8 hrs of sleep a day, 1.30 is like really late for me!

Swamped Thing

I am pressed for time and SWAMPED :( Just some random ramblings since it's more fun than reading zzzzzz

- I have no time for anything!! *BOOHOO*
- Apparently the 40k tuition includes some major ass kissing
- I am one vain mf. I lug my laptop and books to school in a 3 tonne tote bag?!?!
- I feel like Hermione Granger in a classroom full of Hermione Grangers. Class participation be damned!
- I am sick of meeting new people ... help!
- I am never going to finish my readings ...double help!
- I have no idea what I wanna be when I grow up ... triple help!
- I hate perky people

The Rents were in Town

Been mad busy with preterm, orientation and the parents in town. EEKS where have my vacation days gone? We did some touring of New England since they've already seen Boston. Drove to Rockport for lobster and Gloucester (of The Perfect Storm fame) the first weekend. Went to P-town on the cape the second weekend. I've always liked provincetown. I even found an art gallery I loved. Poli does great pieces with dogs. I am so lemming a custom painting of Moxie and us on the beach!

MMM Lobster! What trip is complete without it ...


I'm teaching them to start their own blog :)


The rents also spoiled Moxie silly. Oh yeah and us too. We didn't have to walk the dog or cook or clean. *sigh*