Packing to NZ!

Am unusually cool and efficient at packing for my 2 weeks holiday.

It's kinda strange, considering it is my virgin visit to a foreign land and not during the best of seasons - winter with temperature reaching sub degree. This could be due to various reasons, such as:

• Numbness due to work - anxiety and excitement have not kicked in yet! My travel mates have expressed the same haha
• Am bringing an ultra large luggage - I just dump everything in!
• 80% is winter clothing and I inherited them from my bro who just returned from Europe. Basically the stack of long john's, fleece jackets, pullovers etc are folded nicely and so I (refer to point 2).
• Seasoned traveller (no way haha)

Seriously I have minimal visualizations of how it is going to be there. I mean, the pictures on google images are picturesque and enchanting, but I have never seen nor touched snow, and neither have I found myself amidst gorgeous mountains ringed with untouched, flawless lands that stretch as far as the horizon, and to be driving, too! To add on, it's going to be the most freezing my low-fat body will experience. So it's gonna be a really fun trip with much excitement, exhilaration and vigour to wake up to everyday!

Gratification begins in 3, 2, 1 days...

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5 months since the air ticket was purchased and still quite can't believe I.AM.REALLY.GOING !!

When I leave my workplace it is dark and serene.

When I reach home the rice is cold. And the newspapers look foreign. I finish the leftovers.

Mom commented, "Since when you come back early for dinner?"

:/

I miss...

I miss...

...the days I would just lay on my bedroom floor and gaze at the blue sky and white clouds, pondering over nothing at all.

Oh how I yearn for those carefree times.

Snow angels in Hobbitland

They say IT SNOWS IN NEW ZEALAND!!!


I've never seen real snow before, let alone feel the snow flakes land on my skin/face! OMGOSH SO ENTHRALLED!!



HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR - 13 days!!!

My next love?

Stunning looks with smart technology.

Mom's Dumplings

Mom decided to make her glutinous rice dumplings that we have been craving for for 3 years! This is rarer than once in a blue moon.

And the end result! Recipe can be found here.

Yummy, sumptious, and full of love.

Nom nom nom nom nom nom
(so many 'nom' cos mom said glutinous rice must chew more times before can swallow so can be digested easier).

Random pics

Bugis shopping

Bugis is such a treasure!

I know we all frequented Bugis when we were in our younger, uniform tucked out days - catching a movie, window shopping at bugis street, watching young children being amused by the iconic fountain... back then, there weren't so many places we could hang out. A decade older, we celebrate our maturity by hanging out at more atas places like Dempsey's, quaint cafes located off the tracks, Ion Orchard, Marina Bay... we seemed to have deserted the beauty of Bugis together with our once-innocence and naivety.

Yesterday was the first time I walked most elaborately at dear ol' Bugis. Oh my, I was awed by the size of Bugis Street! I mean, I have always used Bugis Street to cut across from Bugis Junction to Albert Complex/Sim Lim/Burlington Square, but little did I know that Bugis Street is so much an under-rated shopping haven! There were plenty of corners to turn and every corner brought rows of shops into your sight; there's a level 2 and level 3 to boot as well, and I didn't even have the energy to head up! The narrow walkways lined with shops bursting with mannequins and racks of clothes of the latest fashion were reminscent of Chatuchak - but better, cos some portions were air conditioned ha! The prices are comparable too! And when your feet are getting tired, head back to the centre to grab a refreshing lime juice or some taiwanese snacks to munch on. Guys, fret not, there are plenty of stuff for you too - phone accessories, gadgets, tees decorated with abstract logos, checkered long sleeved shirts etc.

Oh, realised that Iluma is now renamed Bugis +, and there are major renovations work ongoing. Gone are the restaurants (New York New York, Asian Cafe etc) and the movie theatre. Very soon there will be a seamless bridge at level 2 linking Bugis Junction to Bugis +, replacing the previous brainless design of having to exit one mall, taking the escalator and walking a bit to reach the other mall.  There's now a McDonald's, and Koi has found itself a larger shopfront with a more spacious area for people to wait for their thirst quenchers. There's also a new shop Celio that sports trendy guys' apparel, and oh yes, Uniqlo's opening on 8 June!


Purchases (from Bugis Street and OG):

1 working top - $33
1 casual brown shorts - $10
1 wallet - $63
3 casual long sleeved shirts - $88

Priceless:

1 Nando's dinner (1/2 chicken with 2 yummy sides)
1 pray at Bugis temple
Aircon comfort at OG
6 is the size of her shoe
1 awesome, fuss-less company :)



And that pretty much sums up my Sunny Sunday :D

I'm so coming back to Bugis Street!