Tuesday, August 26, 2008

FTT - Passed!


driver-in-the-making cancan took her Final Theory Test this morn and passed! yay! was supposed to be studyin for it last nite but ended up watchin e very nice 溏心风暴II e whole nite. hadda wake up early at 9am today to study instead n i was kinda worried tt i might fail it cos of this last min prep.

e test turned out rather easy cos many qns required more common sense than anythin else. the driving schs r so high tech these days! they use a touch screen monitor for e tests n even have video clips showin various road conditions for some qns. cool!

yippee for now! hopefully i can finish my classes this wkend n start queueing for my practical test in Dec! :)

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Monday, August 25, 2008

iphone 3G

after a long 2.5hr queue at comcentre last sun, i finally got my iphone 3G!


me n tuckie finally at e seats after a good 2.5hrs


tuck tuck n tuck tuck bear payin attn to e counter staff


finally got hold of this baby!
love e design but am tryin very hard to get used to e sms-ing.
haha. crappy shit.

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Friday, August 22, 2008

the stupid iphone launch!

the long-waited iphone is finally here in Singapore! the baby was scheduled to be launched at 12am midnite on 22 Aug (Fri) (–> read this means e midnite on thurs nite!) at Singtel’s Comcentre. wat a queer time to launch it cos most ppl wld be workin e nxt day n response wont be as good as they wld like it to be. or so i thot..

having fallen in love wif e cool thing since it was launched in london, i wasted no time in registering for interest n subsequently reserved a white set to be collected at the launch.

so yup, at 11pm on thurs nite, we got dressed to go for e launch. stupid cancan even donned wat she was gonna wear on fri jus so she cld look nice in e endless pics she thot she was gonna take while buyin e iphone.

my tired driver for e nite


tuckie decided to come along as my cheerleader as well!


we arrived jus minutes before the launch at 12am


the queue was snaking.. it unbelievably stretched frm the main door of Comcenter till Killiney Rd, beyond LWS Sch of Music.. OMG. i was told by e staff that ppl had started queuing at 12PM that day.. which was 12hrs ago! OMG! wth were they thinkin man.


that was tuck tuck joinin e queue


the queue was not only long, it was chaotic! perhaps i’ve never been in any of such queues so i was taken aback. further down e queue ppl did not queue in defined rows, but jus squeezed among themselves to get in front.


lotsa waiting n queueing for e iphone fans..


i really did NOT expect any serious queue to be present, since almost all of us have alrdy reserved our iphone b4 gg down. Singtel shld alrdy hv an idea of e expected response n shld have taken measures to ensure that customers cld pick up their handset at e shortest possible time.

i was informed by a staff tt they had 80 counters set up jus to serve e iphone fanatics. i figured i’d be lucky if i can get to a counter in 5 hrs, cos there were abt 800 ppl in front of me, which means i hv to wait for 100 rounds b4 i cld get to a counter.

by then it was clear that Singtel’s intention was to create a queue as a publicity stunt. they wanna recreate e Hello Kitty craze tt happened 10 yrs ago but which still remains fresh in our minds. goddamit. i decided to leave after waitin for nearly an hr.

yes, i love e iphone n wld’ve gotten it in london if it wasnt locked to O2. but no, i wldn’t wanna be queueing for hrs jus to be the #801th person to get e phone. i shall jus wait till e hype dies down. bleah!!

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Final Week in LondonTown #2

while i stil have some time b4 e exams, here’s my 2nd last post on london.. i’m beginnin to miss london, n i miss europe even more!! boohoo.

as mentioned it was a week of good food n fun in the exciting Londontown!

we were bent on tryin out a few interesting n popular restaurants before leavin the city. our first stop was Babylon at Kensington Roof Gardens! the restuarant is situated on the roof terrace, amidst some “hanging gardens” (or so they call it) in e middle of e happening Kensington High St area!


tuckie had a very nice spidercrab soup


the food took half an hr to be served tho. tuckie wif his rabbit confit!


i had a fresh n well-cooked lobster platter! happie!


Us happy wif e place n e meal! love e food!


as usual cancan got some unique mix of strawberries, cream n meringue for dessert


after e meal, we saw some flamingos sunbathing in e gardens!


the VERY interestin toilet, where i can see e gents frm below e runnin tap!
the handwash n lotion were frm molton brown, but i think it smells eeky! hehe..

the following day, we headed for e highlight meal of the entire wk! lunch at a highly acclaimed japanese restaurant, Nobu! it is a Michelin 1-star restaurant at Metropolitan Hotel, a 5-star luxury hotel opened by Singaporeans!


since we havent got any Michelin star restaurants in Singapore, cancan was naturally uber thrilled!


i had the popular Nobu bento set..


indeed, the black cod melts in ur mouth. the best i’ve ever tasted!


tuckie had some unique (weird) squid pasta. he’s bad at orderin nice food haha!

after lunch, we passed by e beautiful Hyde Park Corner to soak ourselves in e much missed sun! the weather was great n e pics turned out pretty!


me with e Wellington Arch


siao lang at hyde park corner haha..


love this pic! against e bronze gate of Wellington Arch.

on another day, we checked out the Tate Modern Restaurant, which also boasts rooftop views of the city, as well as the River Thames. the view was indeed lovely.. we were seated by e window and cld see St Pauls frm e restaurant.

 
i love e quiet River Thames wif e glamourous St Paul’s in e bg.


my model for e day. my dt, my love.


i had very good haddock fish n chips tt day at Tate Modern Restaurant. bet tuckie immediately regretted ordering his weird weird salmon salad haha.

we’ve had quite a couple of nice fish n chips in London alrdy.. so this din come as any big surprise. nevertheless it was yet another good meal in Londontown for cancan! YAY!


darling at e bottom of Millenium Bridge after e meal..

on another occasion, we had lunch at Inn the Park at St James’s Park. it was an interesting lakeside restaurant set in the middle of the very fun St James’s Park!
me at Inn the Park.. where service was really not as good as at e previous restaurants.


some very nice unique soup we had again..
it wasnt long before we realised tt a romantic meal in e park also includes some dust n lotsa park-goers peeking into e restaurant. lol..


i had beef steak again.. it was very good!


this time darlin decided to be safe n went for beer battered haddock haha!

the food was pretty good at Inn the Park, but really i din think e bill was justifiable still! it went up to £60+ n was even more exp than our wonderful meal at Nobu. wat!! i cldnt even believe it.. i’d rather go back Nobu than to eat here! n given e bad service we encountered, i’m even more convinced tt this will not a restaurant i’ll be recommending to anyone. hmph!

ok forget abt e stupid meal.. after e meal we stayed ard in St James’s Park. it was really fun!


we saw cute squirrels!!

cancan was so happy in e park, she started skippin ard like a young girl!
tuck tuck on e other hand felt really happy to see his baby so carefree n innocent. it’s a scene i’ll always wanna keep in my heart, remindin us of how warm n pure our love has been.


cancan trying hard to pose wif e geese, but they cldnt be bothered wif her..


then she tried to be funny n pretended to feed e swan

swannie got conned a few times n swam towards cancan, thinkin there was food in e hand. after 3-4 times, swannie got angry n decided to bite cancan’s hand!! OMG! luckily swans have no teeth so it din hurt at all but e shock made cancan squeal n made others think she was mad haha.

on the sunday before we left for our summer trip, we had sunday roast at Masque Haunt, a cosy pub jus off Bath Street.


i had e beef set while dt had pork.. see our new dt babies!

hmmm.. i think after a wk of real good food, the sunday roast din turn out as delicious as we expected it to be. nevertheless, tuck tuck still loves e feel of e cosy pub, which also reminds me very much of our place in london n the sweet memories we shared.

after brunch, it was time to go for some shopping at Spitalfields mkt and Columbia mkt, in search of my pretty vintage skirt!

okie tt’s all for now.. watch out for e final entry on LDN TOWN!

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

back in the workin world again!

it’s been a tiring and busy period ever since i started work almost 3 wks ago, despite havin worked only 60% of e time n gg on study leave for e other days. i duno wat i’ve been so caught up wif lately. study progress is so slow, i wonder if i can even take e paper in sept.. today was a study leave day, but stupid cancan ended up goin for driving class n facial, n then shopped ard till 6pm. crap. unknowingly she spent a bomb again today.


this was her only wardrobe before she left for london:


a rather spacious 7-ft wardrobe

now in order to contain her new working clothes n e clothes she brought back frm london, an additional 9-ft wardrobe had to be built in e room!


the new wardrobe is huge! cldnt even capture e entire thingy wif my wide lens cam lol.. it’s got an upper n a lower hanging rod to maximise hangin space, but spaces are running out fast! eeeks!

today i calculated n told tuck tuck tt after collecting all my clothes frm e alteration, i’d have spent more than $400 on alterations alone since i came back! he started banging little tuckie’s head on e new wardrobe. i felt bad n decided to curb my spending for e rest of this mth. :(

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Monday, August 11, 2008

TGIF 08-08-08!

it was cancan’s first friday after startin work. we decided to have a nice meal at Marutama Ramen shop at Central, currently e best ramen i’ve ever tried in SG. not sure if the new Sapporo ramen is better tho haha –> we will try that soon n find out!

darlin wif his Aka Ramen


very nice dashimaki tamago for sides


i brought tuckie to office secretly. yay!

after dinner we took a short tour ard Central but realised there aint much to buy there except for japanese snacks (HAHA!)!! we ended up spendin $60 on e few packs of goodies u see below lol.. some of them taste REALLLLLLY GOOD man..!!


some nicely taken shots - me wif e japanese snacks!

then we went to eu yan sang n bought my fave guilingao which i used to eat daily lol.. i think i’ll eat them again on a regular basis after i get my first pay haha!

we decided to leave for home since there aint much to do there after buyin e snacks. at e carpark at home, we saw two empty lots wif a chair placed in each lot. wat crap.. i insisted that we move e chair n park at e lot to send a clear msg across to e very inconsiderate lot hogs that this will not be condoned.

some RC ppl came out to (i guess they were the culprits) n started standin ard n staring at us. bet they were pissed at us but cld not say anythin since they dun have e right to do so in e first place. i decided to show them my determination in eliminating carpark lot hogs by whippin out my camera n takin a pic of e scene so they can go worry if i will send e photos to e press haha! stupid ppl!!

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Monday, August 4, 2008

first day at work!

it’s cancan’s first day at TMAsia! yay!! erm well altho i look fwd to startin work, im not exactly lookin fwd to workin life. had a hard time trying to adapt to wakin up early in e morn, n focusin on work w/o msn, surfin, nappin for e entire day.

at 3+pm when e eyelids started gettin really really really heavy (LOL), e admin aunty suddenly called out my name n brought some floral basket towards me. i was really happy n thot “wah seh! e colleagues here r so nice, they even got their new colleague flowers on e first day!”

as e flowers were brought nearer, i realised it doesnt look like a dept effort.. i took a quick look at e card n saw “CANCAN” on it, n realised that my sweet darling has sent me flowers on my first day in e office! haha can’t believe i actually thot they were sent by my new colleagues!

a new bear named Bearie White came along wif e flowers. i immediately worried for tuckie’s feelings as he might feel upset that we’ve got a new bear. i havent decided wat to do wif bearie white yet.. how?

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