Haven't been updating cos' I've been so busy.

Sometimes I wish there were more of me to go around, haha. Weekends are usually packed full cos' I've got tons of chores to clear, ME: The super duper cleaning freak!

Okie, in a nutshell:

Fridae:

Work, draggy and boring as usual then went for a predictable dinner with Lay Neo at Holland Village, proceeded to our fave kopitiam with super retro music to chill and talk cock.

Saturdae:

Had craving for chicken rice from Tanglin Halt, so psychoed hubby and Jules to go there for lunch. So funny, Jules went for her pre-Lasik review where they dilated her pupils so she had to squint the whole day. Lay Neo and hubby joined us too for the first time and foodie rating by Rex was 4 stars out of 5 for Tanglin Halt Chicken Rice with special recognition going to the gravy.

Then went home to take a nap before heading out to meet Shaun and Joanne for cze char dinner at Two Chefs, Commonwealth Drive again. Good news from the both of them, tho' not preggers yet, they managed to buy an exec maisonette in the same block as Shaun's parents. Damn lucky can? Super lucky house-hunting.

They just like got married in Dec nia, and were still staying in Joanne's newly bought flat in Choa Chu Kang then. Now, they managed to sell the CCK place and buy this resale maisonette liao, si bey heng lor... got HDB $40K grant somemore. So happy for them... can't wait till they get the keys then I can go kaypoh and see how jia lat the existing owner reno the place cos' they kept complaining about it. Shaun si bey ambitious, say wanna make like glass roof, sure cost a bomb wan lor.

After dinner, the Vans bade us goodbye cos' Shaun said he wanna go church the next day. He said he promised Jesus he will go if his health report comes back fine. Haha, turns out he only had a fatty liver. We headed down to the Yard to chill and then went back home to sleep.

Sundae:

Jules and I headed down to Roxy Mercure Hotel for the Friends & Family Fossil Sale, wah lau, grabbed many good buys lar. Jules bought like 4 watches, while I got one, the watch of my dreams. It's a Rado-lookalike design by Fossil, SGD80 bucks nia!!! Can you believe it? Stainless steel with diamond somemore wor. Si bey happy lor... even Emperor agreed it was a good buy and he hardly agrees with any of my purchases. Yes! and I finally got off my big fat ass to book my practical driving lessons!

Can't wait man, my 1st lesson starts on 2nd June, pray I dun buang the instructor's car lor... :P

So, it's like 6pm and I'm still stuck in the office doing overtime, no choice, I've got expensive habits to maintain, like my love for shopping!

Anyway, let me tell you all about my really good buy. It's a pair of Levi's skinny jeans for only SGD69.00!!! Freakin' good deal right?

It all happened last evening when I met Lay Neo at Anchorpoint for some retail therapy. I was early so I thought I'd go roam around first. Lo and behold! They were doing some kind of lelong sale for Levi's near the main entrance. See, it pays to go to God-forsaken shopping centres!

Damn happy can, I've been wanting to get a pair of skinny jeans for like the longest time. Last pair somemore, muahaha!!!

Lay Neo went to Charles and Keith to buy this pair of strappy heels that she's been aiming for the longest time, and we ended off with Jack's Place for dinner.

Bit of a recap here though, we were supposed to go to Queensway shopping centre cos' Lay Neo needed to make new glasses, her dog destroyed the last pair. And so we had an excuse to go to Anchorpoint, which is like our fave shopping place cos' all the stuff there are like dirt cheap! In case you din noe, all the stores are factory outlets for brands like Iora, Giordano, G2000, Pedro and Charles and Keith.

We usually can't resist the shoes and the bags more. I am a sickening shopaholic and the stuff that I collect, my GOD!

I noe my blog very boring la, but no choice, Emperor got no time to gimme tutorial. Once I learn how to do it, muahahaha!!!

Labels: Anchorpoint, Charles and Keith, G2000, Giordano, Iora, Levi's, Pedro, skinny jeans

I am having a really bad morning.

I am having this super duper stomachache from last night till now. Not the diarrhoea kind, maybe it's indigestion, or maybe I've had too much spicy stuff. Whatever, it just dun feel right. Nothing works, I even tried using the Ru Yi Oil people like to put on babies.

I guess I deserve it though, I'm like PMS-ing and nothing seems to taste good without chilli.

Some background here:

I used to be this person who cannot take any chilli, my mouth starts to burn, my eyes tear, my nose drips and my ear will generate fluid too. If the wanton mee or fishball mee uncle messed up my order and put chilli in by mistake, I would have to literally wash the noodles with soup before I could eat it.

Then I met my husband. We lived together for sometime before marriage, and they are a chilli family. My father-in-law eats plain rice with belacan, my husband eats chilli padi for fun. So obviously, my mother-in-law's cooking usually included spicy dishes. I couldn't help it.... It was simply survival, when you are hungry, you will eat anything.
And that's how I started eating spicy dishes and actually craving for them.

So... Emperor (my nick for my hubby), Jules and I decided to go home together after work last night. We stopped by Valley Point to buy chew bones for the dogs. It's this special brand of nylabones that are cheap and really hard, which the dogs love and only Pets Kampung stock them. Then we decided to head down to Queenstown Hawker Centre located near Margaret Drive for dinner, cos' it was on our way.

And, we discovered this stall on the 2nd level which sells super duper mouthwatering sambal stingray and sotong. We ordered sambal fried rice to go along and it was fantastic... The owner does it like Peranakan style which is slightly sweet & sour, like asam pedas. The sad thing is, he's moving back to his old stall at Joo Chiat near Tanjong Katong Road on the other end of Singapore next Monday.

We finished every single morsel of it, no pics cos' it wasn't like planned, but lemme tell you all chilli fans, it's damn GOOD lar!

So that's why I'm not feeling too good right now... ... *kua kua*

Labels: belacan, chilli padi, duper, nylabones, pets kampung, queenstown, sambal, sotong, stingray, stomachache, super, valley point

It's like the gloomiest Monday in months. Dark forbidding skies, thunder and rain pelting down. Seems like ominous foreboding to start my blog.

Well, first of all, maybe some intro:

I turn 29 this year, have been married since 30 Dec 2006 and I live with my husband, sis-in-law (my hubby's older sis) and 4 dogs in a 5 room apartment which my friends dub "The Housefly". Yes, I know, the human to animal ratio proportion is quite wrong, but we've gotten used to it.

3 of the dogs are Jack Russell terriers, Jack, Chip and Bubbles and they belong to my sis-in-law, Jules. My hubby and I own a chocolate lab, Ace.

From this info, you should be able to gather that our lives are somewhat manic at times. At the same time, I suffer from incurable OCD and I like things to be clean and neat. Yes, I'm a neat freak, my best friends tell me that's a serious problem. They feel I value my Kao Magic Clean wiper more than them.

But look at it from my point of view: If you had to spend 5 years of your life paying off loans for furnishing and renovating your home, wouldn't you take care of stuff too??? Couple that with the fact that I'm a Virgo, and it's like one of my characteristics ya know?

If you've been reading carefully for the past paragraphs, you would be thinking I'm a hypocrite right? Like my blog is titled "Lian at Heart" but there's nothing Lian in whatever I've written.

According to wiki, word def of Ah Lian is as follows:

Ah Lian is a pejorative term commonly given to a certain group of young Chinese girls in Southeast Asia, especially Singapore and Malaysia. These Chinese girls, whose collective age ranges from their adolescent years to late 20s, are usually centralised in the busier and more developed cities in the region. They usually hang out in Bugis Junction, Far East Plaza, outside Cineleisure and are regarded as bimbos, and are stereotyped as anti-intellectual, superficial, materialistic, and shallow.

Ah Lians are commonly stereotyped as having hair dyed in gaudy and bright colours, and attired in fashion mimicking hip-hop culture, or outdated Japanese fashion, although how much of this is true is debatable. Most of Ah Lians are wearing fashions that are out dated and they still have their hair straightened with thick fringe. They love to take own pictures and imitate the way Japanese girls take their pictures which is by making their eyes look big and puffing their cheeks. Few more examples of the way they take pictures are by putting a horizontal 'Peace sign' on their eye, putting a fist facing outwards on their puffed cheek. Another distinct feature of an Ah Lian is they swear in most of their conversations just like Ah Bengs. Much like their male counterparts - that is, Ah Bengs - Ah Lians are also thought of as being excessively flashy and show-offs.The Ah Lian "culture" is especially prevalent in the secular Chinese educational system schools, typified by their frequent use of vulgarities and appearance in cliques (joined by their male counter parts Ah Bengs).Ah Lians commonly speak in a kind of hybrid mix of Singlish or Manglish and Chinese, or Chinese-related dialects. It is also common for the grammar from these dialects to cross over English usage, creating English phrases with Chinese grammar.Ah Bengs and Ah Lians love techno music. One can immediately spot an Ah Beng's or Ah Lian's car on the road. Their cars are usually heavily modified with big exhaust pipes, and powderful woofer set at the back of the car. They usually drive very fast while listening to loud techno music in their car.Vulgarities are often use. At most of the time, getting near shameless Ah Lians and just happen to look at them and admire their stupidity and ugliness will earn you curses all the way to the past 12345678th generation, whereby your ancestors(or parents) private parts are being shouted at you. At times, some ignorant and arrogant Ah Lians acting class will try to use English vulgarities like the famous F*** and B**** when it is already NOT class when you use profanities.

See, I am sort of a reformed Lian. At the same time, I have always been an Ah Lian who can speak eloquently in perfect English, dun play play, 'O' Levels got distinction wan okie? People have always been shocked by the fact that I spent 10 years in a convent school.

I also graduated in Mass Communications, and now I'm paid to correspond in perfect English by emails to my customers. Sounds quite cushy huh? Well, all I can say is, it's not as easy as it sounds.

I have finally decided to start this blog, because I wanna share my views, life and funny stuff. It will not always be about new events cos I have decided to include my past experiences as an AH LIAN, in case one day, I grow senile and forget the things that made me the person I am today. Wah, say until like I won some Nobel peace award. *Chey*