Over the weekend, wherever I went I met people from school.

So I ended up at a geography convention this morning and it was great! Though my status felt tiny in that auditorium, being able to attend this conference was a definite good experience. There was a short Q&A session after the presentation of several research papers.. and the people who spontaneously raised questions started off with "Hi I'm Dr. (fill in the blank) from the university of (fill in the blank)....."

So I wondered what would I have introduced myself as... "Hi I'm Angie Lim from _ _ _!" Geeeez. I wondered if my question would have caused a short heave in the audience and if my lecturers would have just stared at me wide eyed. Thus I figured out I was better on the receiving end. Hurhur.

Met up with Qing for some shopping after the event.. and went for a tai tai-ish afternoon tea at the V Tea Room. Haven't been there in eons and the irish bailey's liquor cake still had its charm. : ) : ) It's one of those rare few cakes I'd eat and smile to myself like an idiot because the flavours blend so nicely they make me go all mush.

Well anyway we walked around and tried several clothes. Too expensive though, so I resorted to taking photos instead because i was sane enough to keep that card in my wallet. Le sigh! Here they are..





Well, I don't know what to say about my holidays so far. Sometimes I love having all the time in the world. Sometimes I feel highly irritated over the slightest thing.

In really happy news, Dad's back. : ) : ) He drives me around.. he makes the yummiest food at home, he takes care of me, he shares all his funny stories with me. Love love.

Angie, sometimes trust, ignorance and understanding is all you need.

Happy Feet was super duper cute. The first part was cute overload. Those little ones looked like itsy bitsy pears that came in grey. So cute! I'm still craaazzyy over those little itty bitty penguins.

Other than that, My lovely samsoon has got me glued to the tv whenever time permits. The show is so so funny and touching!!!

Ok I'm out.

Pics from last night's shopping : )

Aps came home with a top....


And I came home with the same top in 2 colours...


Forced Aps to take another one of me before she started snapping herself 423541 times


Well all in all we enjoyed ourselves.. been quite awhile since the both of us went on a shopping night out.. another one thus planned next week! Cos I wasn't able to get my face masks.. Time for rejuvenation and good ol' rest.

Something embarrassing happened in the MRT though. A rather good looking young man offered his seat to an unpregs 21 yr old cos she was making faces at her sister who failed to secure her a seat. Sigh I didn't know I was giving such obvious signs that he decided to offer his seat. Sigh I'm not even old, and I'm not even pregs! *faints*

Been thinking about what I want to do for this holidays.. I'll probably strive for a good mix of being out of the jurong area, and staying home to watch my serials and plonk myself on the bed with a good read in hand. Then again, not forgetting the exercise that has to kick in.. but that comes in... 4 days time la hor. HAHAHA *procrastinator alert*

You know, I was kinda excited that the new sports recreational centre in the vicinity has opened its doors FINALLY, till Aps casually mentioned that the ah-nehs may like to dip in the pool too. -_-""""

It's ok I hit her back with the subtle proclamation of who's out of the amazing race this week. Niak niak.

Post over. Time for My Lovely Samsoon. I'm so outdated!! hurhur

Waking up to a day with nothing planned feels WEIRD.

To start thinking about whether I should plonk myself on the sofa and start watching my lovely samsoon, do a mask later, or just watch local tv, or just surf the net.... is just PLAIN WEIRD.

I think I've been so accustomed to thinking about how to do my work, what's left to study, what I'm going to cover for today... thus planning for leisure just doesn't tick yet.

Meeting Aps from some good ol' shopping tonight though! : ) From now till then... hmmm

In other news, Dad's coming back this sunday. Whoooppeeedooooo! He said in his email that he missed us all haha I couldn't help but snigger a little cos my dad's a mush mush after all!

To the rest of the nie/ntu/nus peeps, JIA YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things absolutely did not work out well for me tonight and I let the tears flow just to vent out my frustrations.

For the past few days I had been building up on an immense anticipation about going to chinatown to get my tickets and accomodation settled for the bangkok trip. Whilst writing notes for my upcoming exam I made links to my destination place wherever possible. Hahaha show how much I've been thinking about the trip, but today when we finally got down to the place, things didn't quite work out.

The cost came up to be 50 bucks more than what I was willing to pay at maximum. The hotels were a mess. The service attitude was worse than terrible. I was angry at myself.

- Angry for letting myself be swayed by my mother who never fails to kill my holiday mood
- Angry at myself for not going to Chinatown earlier
- Angry at myself for not having the courage to just book the stuff on my own and find our own transport there (refer to point 1: angry at mother for her incessant nagging)
- Angry at myself for letting my emotions take such a rollercoaster ride because my beloved mother periodically gave me huge scares about EVERYTHING BEING FULL LA IT'S FULL.

So there. I've absolutely no mood to go anywhere at all anymore and please, the next time I tell you I'm planning a holiday, just drop me a short reminder, to tell my mother only after I've booked everything.

ARGH!!! I can't believe this is what I'm going through, just a mere 3 days away from the sodding exam.

This semester has been nothing short of crazy.

Through the emotional ups and downs, crazy nights/mornings, grappling with the desire to just throw everything aside and give in to the anything else except work has been hard to deal with. But the assignment checklist is finally completed and its a last sprint to the one exam before I sing FRREEEEDOOOOMMMMMM!!!!! Temporal freedom that is, before the next semester hits me even harder in the face. Geeez.

Anyway, guess you'd like to know what I've been up to so far since the last post? I can't really recall much actually because as of late my mind has all been about assignments, seeking temporal entertainment and enjoyment and basically just gritting my teeth to get through it all. I realise sometimes when I speak, I use essay language. Haha how scary is that!

Well, something to look forward to this holidays, is a trip to Bangkok with my boy... We're gonna get the tickets and accomodation sorted out this thursday so that's another form of stress release I guess. Wahaha.. Other than that, planned trips to KL are also underway for christmas and new year! : ) : ) Well I'm really looking forward to spending time with the KL folks but at the same time I'll be missing my sg boy! Can't have the best of both worlds...

I miss my dad.. he's gone travelling (again) and we eat out almost every night as a result. But more so I miss his presence around.. his quirky behavior and funny antics that make us laugh all the time.. He'll be back on the 26th though! before going off again in december.. I guess limited time together makes us treasure him even more : )

Meanwhile I should be getting some rest (real good one that is) before starting the mugging fever tmr. Lunch with Sarah P. tmr at nie, then sorting out of notes... Hmm I shall leave with some pics... from what's been up so far.


New York New York Gathering with the girlies


One of Dad's yummylicious home-cooked meals


Jason's sister's engagement party


I did her hair!!!


Dressed up to go to Goodwood Park!


Fieldtrip to Haw Par Villa


Made our own pretty earrings at prettyhooks workshop!


Lin Junhan left for the UK....


Still love this babe LOADS!


Can't wait for you to be back babe!! (This one old photo la but I miss her!)

And that's about it for now... More when my temporal freedom arrives!!