Cherangsty: Summer Holidays

I wish the title is true. Can't believe I see someone tweeting about how she is looking forward to studying. Wtf seriously. Nvm, moving on to happier things.

Things I have accomplished this summer! :)

1. Visit USS- checked :) So happy that there was a sale in NTU and that we went there on the first Monday of my summer holidays. Love the adrenaline rush, love the company too.

2. Learn how to drive- Yesss passed BTT (stupid e-trial that freaked us out) and passed FTT too.

3. Watch TVD and the channel U drama haha - TVD checked, too lazy to go Xinmsn to watch the drama hahahaa.

4. Read some books.
(Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, For One More Day and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, Delirium by Lauren Oliver)

5. Finally get to swim- Almost forgot how awesome swimming can be. But tanlines can be slightly ugly if they are longer than your shorts :( NO not my shorts short, the tanline really longer than FBTs.

6. Check out tulipmania at gardens by the bay- Haha headed to Gardens by the Bays twice!!! Once for tulips, once for CIP. Really love how flowers smell. But tulips still better than the flowers exhibition in June.

Awesome company at Gardens by the Bay. Pardon my fat legs

Mandatory jumpshots for places with space teehee

7. Get a job- Checked. Worked for one month at Tokio Marine, really preferred AXA though. The welfare at AXA was (Y) FREE FRUITS. But glad that I could eat lunch with Jia Hui everyday ^^

8. Finally stop being lazy and maybe bake something hahaha- Made pizza hmm.

9. Tried Paris Baguette's royal pudding and some of their pastries. Was not bad but I felt that it was overrated :(

Okay didn't manage to try the list of cafes I wanted to try and still haven't go to Timbre!! Already thinking of things to do during the break! Must try some of the cafes the next time when I am free!

Other worthy mentions:

1. Changed my spectacles

2. Headed to KL with friends (shall maybe blog about this soon and upload the limited number of photos)

Good nighttt. And AB0602, you really suck.

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Will miss reading during the holidays. Love how the words in the books and certain songs make so much sense.

Finished reading For One More Day, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Storyteller and Delirium this holiday :) Actually read some Catherine Lim book too but I can't remember the title oops. Really love the rest of the books I read this holiday. For One More Day and Tuesdays with Morrie were so inspiring, like really make you think about whether you are doing what you really want. The Storyteller was so omg, so proud of Jodi Picoult now hehe. It was more of justice vs mercy I guess. Delirium was like some tragic love story which takes place in somewhat futuristic society. Just finished it and was crying when I read the last two pages SIGHHH.

"You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart."

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they are chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

"Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn’t. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted."

"I realize that i do believe in people. In their strength to help each other, and to thrive in spite of the odds. I believe that the extraordinary trumps the ordinary, any day. I believe that having something to hope for- even if it’s just a better tomorrow- is the most powerful drug on this planet."

"But forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else. It’s something you do for yourself. It’s saying, you’re not important enough to have a stranglehold on me. It’s saying, you don’t get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future."

"It's so strange how life works: You work something and wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in the moment before things changed. "

"I know that life isn't life if you just float through it. I know the whole point- the only point- is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go."

"You have to go forward: It's the only way. You have to go forward no matter what happens. This is the universal law. "

Shall start on The Casual Vacancy later today. And hopefully I get to swim too :) Oh kind of want to read Lang Leav's work, The Timekeeper and try reading John Green's books.

Oh anyway found Lady Antebellum's When You Got A Good Thing. HOW SWEET. Play this at my wedding if it ever happens HAHA. Okay too much sugar (ice cream and sweets and maybe cause it's too late at night) okay good nightttt.

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Summer holidays are really coming to an end soon. :( Really going to miss these days when I can bum around at home doing nothing cause the next holidays I will be probably doing my internship sigh pie. Extremely unwillingly to start school cause I have to meet new people again, I am like super antisocial SIGHHH. Projects arghhh.

Marketing camp next weekend (I feel so antisocial), NBS welcome day on 5th August, heading to KL from 6th to 9th August. And then dreadful school beginning on 12th. Add/drop period. Time to get my modules. Arghhh bloody course registration. I wonder which idiot actually showed his or her appreciation to them. Okay maybe I am an unappreciative person.

Well between the last time I posted anything here and now, I watched Despicable Me 2, tried Paris Baguette at Wisma (only tried pudding the last time), passed FTT :) Despicable Me was quite funny but quite a lot of people felt that the first was better oh well. Anything with Agnes has to be good. She's so cuteee.

Paris Baguette was quite overhyped in my opinion. Erm the seafood chowder bread bowl was hard, the white chocolate pastry was forgettable. I like the crumble for the Queen's muffin which was actually some blueberry muffin. Love blueberries woohoo. Bacon roll was quite unique. Egg in it. Ordered Cappuccino to compare the taste here to the one in Korea hahaha. Oh well, it only cost $4 in Korea but $6 here. Not worth it. Starbucks much more worth it. I guess Huggs still have the best coffee in terms of affordability and it really taste good (if you really like coffee, since Starbucks is like erm sweet)

Queen's Muffin, Sweet Bacon Roll (and white chocolate puff and tiramisu in the background)

Shopping in Town on a weekday is so shiokkk, all the school kids in school ahaha. Finally got a blazer from G2000 for like $39 :) Always looking out for discounts hehe.

Okay I was at town yesterday haha. Was supposed to try Wild Honey (Eggs Benedict!) but the queue was longgg, so I tried Maison Kaysers which was not bad. I really like the fact the prices on the menu already included the GST and service charge so you don't have to take out your phone to calculate it haha.

Set lunch plus a bowl of soup for $11.40 and I became really full. Surprise surprise.

And then for dinner... I had dimsum again. Really want to go Tim Ho Wan the next time I go for dimsum LOL. Ate like $20 worth of dimsum whatttttt. HAHA really sat down there, spam tea and eat and eat. Finally tried the mango pudding, logan pudding and mango pomelo thing.

Okay shall go off to read some book BYEEEEEE.

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First week of unemployment and I am feeling slightly bored at home. Didn't bother initiating many outings cause I know soon I will be broke. One month of pay only sighhh and driving is so expensive. So I have decided to spend most of my days at home.

On Monday I headed out and checked out JEM. Quite cool to have some town-like shops in the west but I still love Orchard more. The smell of the air at Orchard, the Ion food hall with my awesome tako balls (woohoo), the ability to walk to Somerset etc are things that Jurong East can't really have. As for now. Caught World War Z, the adrenaline rush during the movie was good (Y) but there were loopholes and the ending was bad where they attempted to sound deep..Okay, can. Oh before movies, had Ambush for lunch. Making use of lunch offers where everyone was at work/school woohoo. Someday must try other food other than paella. Too risk averse hahaha. Ohhh was supposed to try Paris Baguette but the queue was really crazy. D: OHWELL. Anw I bought something for H&M for the first time. SHOES WOOHOO. Their shoes were pretty good. Maybe should buy the other pair sooooon.

Driving lessons on Tuesday. SO COOL. Drove the car to Sembawang to do my errands and then drove home. With the instructor of course. How cool to run errands with a car.

Then followed by more bumming around at home. And I watched Hansel and Gretel: The Witch Hunters. Gemma Arterton is so hottttt. Okay bumming around includes sleeping for like 10 hours but still feeling sleepy and then taking a nap.

I tried to exercise anyway. New obsession with this video channel which produces videos on workouts that celebrities do. Victoria Secret workout is reallyyy omg. Leg muscles. Tried some core strengthening. ARGHHH weak core. Can't do proper planks. Expecting more aches :(

And Friday (today or should it be yesterday) STARS warsss. DAMN IT. Didn't manage to add any cores in my first round and in the end I only got 11AUs, wtf. Have to depend on add drop period. Seriously the in-charge deserves a slap ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Okay time for sleep. Tired from all this STARS shitz. And maybe go walk around later today, get some food and make some food finally ^^