it would be my darling Canon...

I managed to convince my friends into getting DSLR as well.. So we are pretty much "The Canon gang~" And not wanting our passion for this expensive hobby die down. We went shooting pretty much weekly.

And i must say that practise makes perfect. There's a vast difference in the photos we took initially and now...

First Night shooting at Jurong Lake

Night shooting at Merlion and Esplanade (Havent put up yet.. ha~)

Countdown Fireworks Shooting

Labrador Park Shooting (I)
Labrador Park Shooting (II)
Labrador Park Shooting + Mount Faber Night Shooting (III)

Botanic Gardens with my lensbaby 2.0 (I)
Botanic Gardens with my lensbaby 2.0 (II)
Marine Barrage Nite Shots (Also not up yet)

And also my Cameron trip!~
Part I
Part II

All photos are up.. so enjoy ya? :D

Been playing so much that I couldn't quieten down and start studying for my exams. To make matters worse, my dad was admitted last Saturday. Nothing too big happened, except that we got such a BIG scare fr the GP who suspected kidney problems. Thank God his kidneys are working fine. My papa was discharged on the Tuesday... He just needs to head back for a scope on Monday. Needing lotsa prayers for him. :)

All that hustling here and there made me even more tired to concentrate. The exam seems doable. I know i missed out quite a bit for the essay questions. =/ Anyhow, it's over and my BIGGER nightmare has yet to come.

CHEMISTRY again... All i have would be chemistry for the next 8 weeks. *sob sob*
i have to reiterate that i HATE chemistry. Hate... like Hate to the max. It's sucky that i can't choose my own modules. I rather do like forensic sciences or something else. Oh well~ another 9 more mths!! And that's hopefully the end of all my sufferings. *bleah*

Going shopping later, after school, for my new year clothes. I'm SUPER last min lah.
All i have is a pair of red pumps ready.. Chio?? hee~ Need to find stuff to match it..

And i'm going shooting tmr again~ yipee~

Labels: Canon 450D, pictures

I've been so caught up with so many things!
The last days of 2008 seems such a BLUR. Everything just zoomed past me.

I have TONNES of photos to share.. ha.. but cant find the time to blog abt them.
I need to find more time!! hee~

Just one for the moment.
My fave shot of the fireworks i took during the Countdown. :D

Labels: pictures

Hi-tea buffet @ Carousel

We went there on a weekday-afternoon But there was a crowd still (which we realised that a school is having their staff outing there)!!

Luckily we managed to get a seat..

We settled for hi-tea, cause it's CHEAPER and it fits our timing.
After watching "Body of lies", excellent movie.. (more of it in another movie post...)

Anyway, here's our array of goodies...

Sashimi was FANTABULOUS!!! I took quite alot.. Like 10 slices to enjoy.. hehe
Laksa was nice! Thick gravy with lotsa coconut in it. Lemak SHIOK!~ (had 2 bowls. =p)
Rojak was *bleah*.. Sabby refusing to use the rojak bowl to stir the sugar, peanut and stuff.. so we had WEIRD rojak..
Muah chee is VERY NICE!!!! We added extra peanuts..
Kebabs yummy~

I was already stuffed at this point... like eat so little though.. =/
So desserts.. i just ate a bit..


I MUST have ice-cream with sprinkles!! hehe~ Sooth my throat. nice nice..
Chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.. Neapolitan!
Pudding - pretty gross, all the insides flowing out.
Scone - too hard, not nice
Chocolate fondue.. NICE!!! haha.. the fountain is pretty~


Company was great once again...

This is considered our last meeting before my bestie flies off to work in US, Washington. :( And this silly ger only told us like 2 wks before she's flyin off. I swear me and sab wanted to kill her. Doesnt leave us much time to plan stuff with her. Everything was in such a rush.

We sent her off from T3 on the 29th Nov.. Her insanely EARLY flight is at 7am!! *&@^#&* so we met up at 4.30am, her place. And cabbed down together. Even at such a dead-early-time, the queue to checking-in was LONG!!! gosh.. We had coffee bean's brekkie together~ Said our short good-byes and off she went... her 14-hour flight... So long! (Nt including transit) No joke man..

We made plans to visit her at US next year! Yipee!! Free lodging.. muahahaha~
But... how am i supposed to survive my 14hr flight with SAB!!

hahaha~

Labels: food, food review, pictures

Once again...
Back-dated photos..

Makan @ Some middle-eastern food (Arab street)



No chairs or tables... Just cushions on the floor.
Relax and slack setting..
Sit until leg cramp... hahaha~ Cross-legged for a tad too long..




Food's pretty unique.
Omelette was GREAT.. Anything with cheese is GREAT to me..
Kebab was HARD.. (not recommended)
Hannas is flour with chick-peas. (Unique taste)
The gravy stuff is nice, especially with the bread dipped in.

Company was excellent.
This was a post-birthday celebration for Sumi..
Glad that she liked the gift we got her..
Something useful for her to bring to US..

:)

Labels: food, food review, pictures

A HUGE load of my shoulders. My mid-term break has arrived! FINALLY! Though it's a mere 2 wks.. but man i'm thankful for this break.

Mid-exams was on last saturday, honestly i know that i didn't put in all my effort. *sigh* It's just very difficult to study as all the lectures are SO DIVERSED. ONE moment it's about amino acid structure, the next is about crystallography method, den it's about some specific protein, P450 cytochrome, DEN it's about the modifications made on many different proteins. I sort of picked my way through the notes. Focusing on some, glancing over most, 100% sure on NONE. It's just tough to study this way, where there's no main focus. *bleah*

Been horrible sick for 2 wks.. Very Major Sick = poor immunity = outbreak of my skin. *sigh* Feels like i'm back to stage one all over again. *teary-eyes... double sigh*

At least i had fun the past 2 days,

Meshelle's Bday...


Only nice image i have of me. hee.. credits to Jer's facebook. :P
Here with beanie.. Dom and wifey calefare behind.. why i have bunny ears....

My hair is actually long enuff to french-braid it! ha~ Lotsa fun and laughter.. And received the wedding invites from Rick and Angelyn. Yipee~ Another friend getting married. Congrats Ah-Huat! hee~ Weddings are such Happy Occasions!!

Sunday was reserved for my date with God in the morning and Twinkle in the afternoon. :)
Brought my little one to the SKC Dog Show at Expo again! I felt really bad of neglecting my girl for the past month. Bad mommy. Been so caught up with school every night that i couldnt play much with her. So this is the special treat for her. Our second time to the SKC dog show.

This time i bought her some more dehydrated treats. Fish-skin for omega-3; fish fillet; and chicken feet! eeks! It's said to be good for them to chew and remove tar from their teeth. No harm trying. haha..

And also got for her a super-comfy-velour-red harness. She looks CUTE in the harness. Red and white = perfect match. We hung around watching obedience challenges. *The doggies are AMAZING! When will my dearie be as guai~* The beautiful showdogs. Had a ton of fun just dog-watching. Saw so many breeds.. from the tiniest chihuahua (even smaller than princess!), dalmations, rotties, huskies, basset hound, daushund, corgis, MS, shih-tzu, maltese all wrapped up, yorkies, saluki, whippet.. so many to bio~ :D

My lovely got unanimous compliments..
It's always "She's so affectionate" Twinkle can be crowed Miss Manja Queen.

Didn't bring my cam.. So no pictures of the dogshow. *bleah*

I'm gonna treasure my 2 wk of holidays.
More regular sleeping time,
more kopi/prata sessions!!,
more time with Twinkle,
more time to be a couch-potato,
more time for my PSP!

Essentially, more time for myself. :)

I think i'll go into hibernation mode. Hee.

Labels: dogs, happy thots, pictures, random thots, ranting, twinkle

Guess where we went to..

My 2 bros strolling in front of us..
Managed to guess where??yup... the SG flyer.. My first time there since it was opened like super long ago..
*suaku me*

Approaching nearer and nearer... The wheel gets bigger and bigger!!There! one of the carriages...
Interesting vending machine.... hmm..

Our makan place...
Entertaining my nephew with the fishy in the tanks...
How excited he is.. walking wobbly towards the tank displays..

Me and Juston!~A Closer shot... :D
Family shot....
Night lights on...

Happy Birthday Mommy.

:D

Labels: family day, juston, pictures

I'm always taking pictures of NICE food before they get eaten.. My friends would usually go , "Hurry up Michelle. We want to start eating." Hee~ Just realised i had A LOT of food pics in my hp. =p always wanna blog about them but i just forget.

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First up..

Desserts for sweet tooth ppl~
Like me and my girlfriends~

Meal: Dessert-Time
Location: H-D @ HV
Mango and raspberry icecream WITH WAFFLE~

Chocolate.. Cookies and cream... Brownies... Chocolate syrup..
Oo.. la la~
Verdict: Do i need to say more? Haagen-Dazs leh.
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Next-up..

Meal: Lunch time!~
Location: Disney restaurant @ Anchorpoint

I suggest this; cause it looks really CUTE!~ At last try once to get a feel for it right?
Definitely a kiddy place. Their plates and bowls are all made of plastic. -.- Many kids were there when we went.

The Menu.
All cartoon pictures, no 'real' picture. So you wont know what you are really getting.

Mickey-shaped PIZZA!! + Macaroni & Cheese + Tabasco (my fave~)!
Check out the cute "movable" seats. Too wobbly for my liking.
Cutesy decor with huge screen showing different movies on different dates.
We watch the High School Musical on that day.

A little gaming section for the little ones.
Verdict: Surprisingly the food tastes GOOD! I like the dough of the pizza. It has like spinach-infused in it. Yummy~ The macaroni & cheese looks so-so only BUT the cheese is just perfect. Love the cheese... IF you have kids, bring them there!
http://www.sgclub.com/singapore/disney_restaurant_65307.html

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We are seriously FOOD ppl.. Cause just after the disney meal. Guess wad. It's teatime~

Meal: Tea-time
Location: TCC @ anchorpoint

I have to talk abt the decor in this tcc. It's seems whimsical! Ratten chairs at the outside, gives a rather english-tea feel. Soft cushiony seats for the inside. We wanted to go into this shop because of the DECOR! ha~

My asaki tea..
Green tea with some dunno-wad. Tastes weird actually *bleah* i rather drink normal jap green tea.

Sab's Peppermint Latte something.. *cannt remember*
Our DESSERTS!~
The strawberry thingy tastes AWESOME!! Layers of spongecake and strawberry pudding-stuff. Yummy!~ The dark-devotion, chocolate cake with melted choc inside, didn't taste THAT nice.


Verdict: Nice place to just hang out and have tea. Citibank cardholders.. 15% off!!

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I saved the BEST for LAST~
If you love pasta, or nice food, you MUST try this!!!!!

Meal: Lunchtime~
Location: The Pasta Shop by sakae @ tiong bahru plaza (beside donut factory)

The shop is enclosed by glass, thus a very open feel, which i love. Tiong bahru plaza is not really well-ventured, thus the ppl flow is quite little. Nice and peaceful place to dine. The pasta here is more japanese inspired. And the pasta is just "Mmm~~~~~~" That's all we could came up with after tasting it ALL.


My order!! Sliced pork with cream soup.
I TELL YOU!!! the cream soup is Mmmmmm................ SUPER NICE CAN????

Here's the AFTER picture. Not shy to share... haha. WIPED clean!!!
Here's May's oysters with bacon + wobbly egg. I wanted to choose this too! OYSTER! yummy~ Tried the cream of this pasta. VERY strong taste of oyster... :D
Ginny's Ebi + Spinach pasta in tomato sauce. Super fresh prawns.. Spinach is hidden under the pile, thus you can't see it here..
CX's salmon + yummy mayo on dried pasta. The mayo is super nice also! Nice blend~
I'm drooling now as i'm typing.... .... MAN! we must go back there AGAIN!!!!!

And also their dessert!
Mine's the green tea tiramusi.. (nothing special.)
Middle one is green tea ice cream on red bean pudding.. The GT ice-cream ROCKS! Has a really strong taste of green tea of a more sticky texture. We suspected it might be a home-made gelare kind.. NICE! And the red bean pudding is sweet and yummy!~ Mix them both up. PERFECT!
To the right is the creme brulee... Strong egg taste with melted sugar on the top. :D


Verdict: WE WANT TO GO BACK THERE AND TRY ALL THE PASTAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Till i try new YUMMY stuff again... hee~

Labels: food, food review, happy thots, pictures

♥ Name's Michy
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