T I N K L E S

2010-06-11T10:28:00.001+08:00

This blogspot thing isn't working out so I'm going back to good ol' wordpress.
http://tammism.wordpress.com

2010-05-11T23:17:00.008+08:00

I haven't blogged in what - two months?! Didn't really have the time nor mood. So what did/do I have up my sleeves?

Firstly, exams ended last week and here's goodbye to semester two. Good riddance. My stress level was really at its peak towards the final week of my exams and I can't be happier that it's finally overrr!

So the day after exams ended the gang trooped down to Adeline's house to pay her a visit (actually I think we created havoc at her home instead) 'cause that poor girl injured herself (at a pretty sensitive area) on the second day of exams and couldn't sit for the rest of the papers.

Here's Bernice and me cam-whoring at 8.30 in the MORNING while waiting for the others. Yes we met that early.

Hi, I have crazy friends, tyvm.

Awesome Ganny-made cookies

And then we feasted on oily, sinful (but yummy nonetheless) KFC

And this Adeline got each of us gifts! Here's what I got. Awww. So sweet can. I felt so guilty that we didn't get her anything :p Except create a lot of noise pollution in her otherwise peaceful home.

Am already missing them. It's seriously like a wet market when we get together. And hope Gan is well in the faraway land called US.

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So the past few days have been spent with the bf. Didn't see him much during the past month or so it was catch-up time.

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Don't know what the rest of this vacation will entail. I'll probably be starting work soon but I haven't confirmed where and when. And I'm getting bored. I really really want to get out of Singapore for a bit but I don't have the finances to. :(

Ah well. All I know is that I need a good break to recharge.

And I'm probably going for paintball with some uni mates soon. Kinda looking forward to that. I hope it's worth the money.

Till the next post, bye, whoever is reading this.

2010-03-13T11:07:00.002+08:00

“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem."

- Theodore Rubin

Haven't blogged for a month. Many things have happened but if I really think about it, I can't seem to remember much. Everything appears to happen so quickly, leaving us with little time to ponder about life.

Lately, I've been having a barrage of thoughts but I feel I've been putting them aside, refusing to properly acknowledge them.

But there are still many things I am very very thankful for. Further details will be shared along the way. One thing I'm sure of: 2010 will be an awesome year. A year of breakthrough and of new things. :)

2010-02-15T00:28:00.003+08:00

Happy Lunar New Year! This has always been one of my favourite festivities. This year's CNY isn't much different from the past years'. Same old people, same old places. Routine, but perhaps comfort can be found in this routine too - knowing that nothing much has changed since a year ago. Although there are people I'd rather not waste time to visit, I will still do it. Personal reasons.

Somehow, amidst all the festive joy, I am looking forward to school resuming on Thursday. Am I mad?! School resuming = looming onset of FOUR tests = less time to study = ... you get the idea. I must be mad. :\ Maybe it's because I feel cooped up, having to go according to the schedule of others (i.e., parents) during this CNY that's making me wanna break free. It's been nothing but a rush to point A, B, C (etc) these two days. But it's still been a good CNY. :)

Earlier tonight, we had dinner at my grandmother's place and she asked me if I had music classes in university! Hahahah. I told her, we only had that in primary and secondary school but she didn't seem to understand what I said and proceeded to ask me if I had sports lessons (P.E. class) in uni. :D

Oh and tonight, I made many interesting discoveries. Singapore is really really really small. That's all I have to say. :D

It all started when I went to google about this BS that I really like which has been missing in action lately. I wanted to know what happened to it and I found the BS' owner's personal blog and read a few entries that caught me by surprise. Yes, Singapore is really small. Here, six degrees of separation doesn't exist. It's more like two. Sometimes, one. ;)

Tuesday might see R and I visiting the SPCA!

2010-01-20T22:04:00.005+08:00

So school has officially started. It did a week ago actually. And my friends and I had a nice break from lecture today! There was a bazaar at school and look at some of the stuff I got:

Strawberry ring

Remember this snack from primary school! Old school, but good as ever.

My friends and I got this honey 'cause it tasted pretty good. 3 different flavours.

On 13th Jan, we celebrated Bernice's 21st birthday in school. :)

"Cheat" present.

The real deal. Heh.

Wow,

2010-01-16T23:45:00.000+08:00

It's been more than a week since my 21st birthday and I've yet to post an entry about it. Anyway, my birthday celebration was, in my opinion, a blast. It was a very happy night spent with the most wonderful people.

On 8 January, I woke up thinking, okay! I'm 21 now. Doesn't feel any different. In the afternoon, I met Reid and we went to Woodlands to collect my birthday (cup)cake. The house was a long walk from the MRT and it was a scorching hot afternoon. Nevertheless, we collected the cupcakes and took a cab back to my house, where we packed all the equipment and decorations and got ready to leave. My brother came with us to help us set up the place.

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To cut the long story short, the party was a success. Let the pictures do the talking!

Secondary school buds.

Crazy poly mates (missing a few)! They gave me a Topshop "credit card". :D

Dear girls from Uni! Thanks for the dresses and OPI colours!

Performance by talented singer/songwriter Jon Chong

Pretty cupcakes

Cellgroup. Look at the awesome birthday card that Ruixiang made! Amazing.

Only game I got to play that night!

Okay, there are many many more photos but blogger is taking forever to load them. So check out my FB profile for the other photos!

I had a really awesome night and when I got home and opened my presents I felt so loved. Very sincere gifts I received. :)

Thank you everyone, for making my 21st birthday a memorable one. Thank you for the time, effort and money you put into it. Thank you, for helping me during the party in every way (decorations, food, shifting, etc). Couldn't have done it without all of you! I appreciate it. ;)

I'm 21!

2010-01-06T00:41:00.003+08:00

Feeling excited for my 21st. That kind of heart fluttering excitement. Now looking back, the past two decades seem to have flown by. Was I just a short (ok i admit I'm still pretty short now), bespectacled and geeky 13 year old eight years ago?!?! I can still remember my days in school when I was 13, the strong bonds I had with my friends, the stupid arguments we'd get into, thinking how we were so mature when actually we were just beginning to grow up... These memories make me laugh. If I ever have a chance to sit with my secondary school friends and reminisce with them, it would be a bittersweet one.

Now, I'm really really growing up. If you ask me whether I miss my teenage years, the answer would be "no". Don't get me wrong, I do love those years. I miss how friendships could be so pure and easily maintained. Even though we were young, we understood the meaning of trust and honesty among friends. I miss how the world seemed simpler and kinder. Things aren't the same now though. As we begin to mature and learn, the world just inevitably gets a little deeper and darker.

But no, I don't miss those "innocent" days. 'Cause I much prefer to be growing and gaining knowledge, even if it means that some of the knowledge I gain negatively changes my perspective towards life. But I believe good things can come out of bad stuff and that the world is still ultimately a beautiful place. :)

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's party. I hope everything will run smoothly, that it won't rain, that my guests will not be ridiculously late, that all my friends will have fun, that no one will inform me last minute that they cannot make it (!!!) and that I will be very happy and have many good memories.

AWESOME 2010

2010-01-02T23:55:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

The last day of 2009 was great and 2010 has been awesome so far!

31/12/09 was spent at Reid's eldest brother's solemnisation. It was sooo sweet, especially when they read their vows to each other. I can tell they really adore each other. :) And the solemniser was quite funny. He cracked jokes from start to end. Haha. We then had dinner at Merchant Court and omg, the food was so good! Everything I tried tasted good. No wonder it's expensive. :\

Went home after dinner and five seconds before the clock struck 12mn and 2010 arrived, Reid and I lit an apple scented candle and had a candlelight moment. I'm hopeful for 2010. It's going to be a much much better year!

On 01/01/10, we celebrated our 2nd anniversary (actual date is 02/01!) and he made egg pandan bread for me! Lookie! So cute!

Yummeh!

We then headed to my house and I finally showed him my gift! A video montage. And it was a success! He was touched. Hehe :)

Steamboat!!! Yes. A lot of fishballs. And I only ate 1 1/2.

Simple but fun day. And he did write me a LL. Ok, I did strongly hint him the night before. Hahah. But it did make me smile silly.

02/01/10, today. Celebrated Viven's 21st!

Recently, I've been very into making photos look vintage. Check out this edited photo!

Naise.

How come blogger makes uploaded photos look so crisp in a really horrid way? :\

3 days of fun! Days ahead will be spent preparing and getting stuff ready for my 21st. I'm gonna be 21 on Friday! Ahhh!

Ok bye.

21ST BIRTHDAY WISHLIST

2009-12-31T01:43:00.006+08:00

Are you ready?!?!?!

Here's a list of what I would love to receive for my 21st birthday. Don't mind me being blatant! It's better to give something I like than something I don't care for, riiight? Right. :)

Okay. I love clothes, shoes, accessories, makeup, books, stationery and some tech gadgets . But my tastes vary. So, just get me vouchers!

The Voucher List:
1) Forever 21 (wantwantwant)
2) Topshop
3) Charles & Keith
4) Schu
5) Times
6) Prints
7) Springfield
8) Kiehl's
9) Tangs/Robinsons (so I can buy makeup!)
10) SEPHORA. Pleeeease? :)

11) Crabtree & Evelyn

Alternatively, you may also give me CapitaLand vouchers.

If you're the kind that don't like giving vouchers, here's another list you might wanna check out:

The Other List:
1) FABRIX LAPTOP POUCH for my macbook pro 13" (have been wanting this for ages! Design wise, something cheery and nice)
2) OPI nail colours (anything in shades of red, pink or brown)
3) A cute wallet from Accessorize. They're having 1/2 price now, hurry!
4) Zany leggings (not too zany please)
5) Body-con dresses (can probably be found at FEP. Not too revealing or short please! Preferred colours: black, grey, navy blue)
6) Night light! (Action City has - I would like pink!)
7) A Polaroid camera!
8) A pink rubber skin for my Blackberry 8520
Okay, and here comes the BIG (i.e. very expensive) one which I don't think I'll receive but I'm just gonna say it anyway,
9) I want the Canon Ixus 200 IS (in PINK! Gold also can)! Anybody? Hahaha...

Hahahaha.

Thank you everybodyyy!

xoxo

Busy as a bee!

2009-12-30T23:15:00.002+08:00

And lurvin' it. :)

The past two days were spent working on my anniversary gift to Reid. It's a... Video montage. He doesn't read blogs, so I guess he won't see this. And I can't suppress the urge to show it to him already!!! 'Cause I think he will cry seeing it. We'll see if he does!

Met up with ML last night. Had fun chatting with her over dinner and rushing to buy a present before the shops closed. Guessed what, we didn't make it in time. All because of a glitch with the ATM that wasted a bit of our time. Argh. Gahh. Well, she'll get it tomorrow I guess.

So tomorrow's NYE. In fact, it's NYE in aprox. half an hours time. How come there is no... Atmosphere in the air? Christmas was like this, and now NYE's like this too. What's up with us all? :\ Anyway, I'm so so so looking forward to 2010. There isn't a lot to look forward to yet, but I'm just excited to make it a good year. If it's possible, I want to make it a year of no regrets. That shall be my motto for 2010! 2010, Year of No Regrets. Hahaha. :)

We won't be baking muffins tomorrow anymore. On a tight budget now, and also because it's Reid's brother's solemnisation tomorrow evening.

Okay, it's 0009 hrs now. HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!

Bleah

2009-12-28T02:25:00.002+08:00

The past week was pretty mundane. Today's the beginning of a new week (the last week we have of 2009 in fact!) and I'm hoping things will get better. I'm pretty sure they will - am gonna meet my bff from secondary school on Tuesday, attend Reid's brother's solemnisation on the 31st and celebrate the end of 2009 and the start of 2010 with Reid at night. We're gonna do homemade steamboat again. And bake muffins. Hahahaha. Then on the 1st (of Jan!), we'll celebrate our (official) 2nd anniversary. It's actually on 2 Jan, but we have a friend's 21st birthday to attend on that day so we'll make do with 1 Jan! The reason why I keep saying the word official is because that was the date he chose to make it official.

I'm creating a wishlist for my 21st. Makes everything easier, doesn't it??? And I don't mind getting vouchers (that I want). Beats stressing over what to get and me not liking the pressie doesn't it? Hehehe. Money would be good too, but it's weeeeiiird receiving money from friends.

STAY TUNED. :D :D :D

2009-12-25T17:17:00.001+08:00

Truth be told, I'm a little disappointed in how Christmas turned out this year. So far at least. There're 7 hours to the end of Christmas so I'm hoping the rest of the day and night turns out better. But Jesus is the reason for the season afterall.
To say I'm upset is an understatement. In fact, I feel let down. I feel like a complete idiot, I really do. I'm just someone who can't measure up to be the person you wish I could be. It doesn't help that the people around me are the sort of person you wish I were. I'm like the bad apple, the thorn among the roses.
I've never really brought this up to anyone, but it has becoming a little overwhelming - to say the least.
Ok end of story! I look forward to a better tonight and a better year ahead.
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A cheery x'mas

2009-12-24T11:59:00.009+08:00

Met up with uni friends last night! We had food at Chalk @ Old School (omg, had to climb the 213975 steps to get there. The girls had to stop for a breather or two a coupla times!) where we had some pretty nice food.

Escargot! Ate this for the first time.

Yummy fries

Like the pizza on the right! Ham is delicious.

This is the gang!

Muffin baked by Gan!

Dempsey's B&Js now...

Yes, most of the photos only consist of us girls! Hahaha. We brought cam-whoring to a whole new level. Anyway, glad we had sucha fun time last night! :)

And today's Christmas eve! Certainly doesn't feel like it is. Church tonight and tomorrow morning, family lunch gathering... Same old same old! But well, better than nothing. :)

Don't you love...

2009-12-21T21:29:00.000+08:00

...my new blog template? So cute right! I love it. :D

Caught Avatar with Mr R Tan this afternoon and it is awesomezx. I don't know how to describe it but well, just watch it - and at the cinema! Not at home on DVD :\

I'm thinking of getting a hot pink casing for my BB but it's so expensive. S$68!!! Do they sell it cheaper anywhere??? :\\\

Friend,
I'm washing my hands, washing my hands off it all. I might once (long ago) have been responsible but not anymore. I'm detaching myself, I'm walking away. I'm not a fool and that's the truth.

Yes, that's the truth, friend. It's been so long, nothing anybody does helps, what's there left to do? I really don't know anymore. Maybe the best thing you could do is to listen. Well, the other best thing to do now is to move on with life. Major cleanup, remember? ;)

Nobody likes to be made use of and nobody should be made use of.

It's one of those lessons in life.

Nobody should be taken for granted, but we take people for granted ALL the time.

After swallowing all my emotions all these while, I have decided that enough is enough. We cannot help those who refuse to be helped.

If we keep doing what we keep doing, I'm afraid we're gonna end up lonely, lonely, loooonely people. Because one by one, people will leave.

Lesson learnt (?)

2009-12-19T12:02:00.000+08:00

Was gonna post this yesterday afternoon, but sent it to the wrong address!

I can't wait to check out Forever 21 at Somerset's 313!!! Four freaking levels ok. No joke. One can go crazy there. No, one would SURELY go crazy there. Hahaha. I'm blogging from bus 165 now, on the way for steamboat with cgms. Ok, that's about it. The bus is making me giddy. Ta!
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

Test test!

2009-12-15T12:30:00.000+08:00

Just set up my blackberry blogger email posting. Testing if this works!!!
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

/edit YES IT DOES HOORAY

OH HAPPY DAY 2

2009-12-14T01:11:00.000+08:00

<3 the shoes! Looks like I'm not wearing shoes at a glance. Hehehe

On another note, yesterday's flea pretty ok. Sold quite a bit of my hair accessories but couldn't get rid of much clothes!!! But still, pretty happy with what I earned. Not too satisfied, but still good! :) And I must say... Beatboxer Shawn Lee is amaayyzinngg! No wonder he's ranked 9th in the entire world!
Had a nice night after the flea with my family and Reid. We dined at The Pizza Place and then took a stroll around the Esplanade. It was definitely something uncommon for us as we're not the sort of family who often does such things. Usually, it'd be dine and head home, or dine and shop for groceries and head home. But tonight was good. :) It felt very peaceful and happy.
Here are some shots I took at my aunt's house after the flea! These are my faves...

2009-12-12T11:11:00.000+08:00

I slept at 4.30am this morning. I got woken up less than three hours later to a group of people creating a HUGE din. Huge. I thought people were fighting. I tossed around in bed, trying to figure out what happened but one's judgment when one has only had three seconds of consciousness is impaired. The people sounded weirder by the second. Frustrated, I got out of bed and went to the front door to check it out. I peeped through the peephole and guess what??? My neighbour was getting married!!! And the girls were in the midst of torturing the guys. And man... Did the guys take a LONG time to finally get into the house. My whole family woke up from the noise and my parents were quite puzzled over what was happening until I went to their room to tell them what was going on. But still, congrats neighbour!

YAWNS. Still tired but have to get on with the day already. Many things to be accomplished today. Get ready for flea at expo on Sunday, and prepare stuff to be given out at Orchard tonight! Yes, I'm gonna do some advertising/promotion for http://caramelcove.com tonight. I'm gonna be giving out free hair accessories to random strangers to promote CC. And flea on Sunday! Some friends and I are having two booths at Expo hall 8 tomorrow, 13Dec'09 and will be selling second-hand clothes, brand new clothes and accessories (that would be me). The flea is part of my church's carnival, so there will be many other fun stuff like games and performances. It's going to be wild, so come down if you're free! And gimme a call. :)
Here's the flyer:

Ok! Time to go and prepare everything. Exciting! :)

2009-12-12T02:06:00.000+08:00

Finally checked out the condo of a friend's where I'm hoping to hold my party at! I hope 8 Jan is available for booking.
Bought an IRMA from Ikea the other day and am loving it. It's just so woolly and soft and warm. Makes you feel like you're a baby nicely and safely wrapped up. Hahaha. Really, it's somehow ALWAYS warm. Even if the aircon's temp is like 18 degrees, it's still warm. Not like how some blankets (esp the cotton kind) turn cold under cool temperatures. And it's only $3.95 from Ikea. :)

When do you know when you need to perform a major clean up? For your life that is. Clean up of all the bad stuff. The negativity. The parasites.

OH HAPPY DAY

2009-12-09T01:21:00.000+08:00

Blogger. Urgh. Don't remind me why I switched years back, now that I've returned. Anyway, today was a good day. Despite the fluctuating weather! It's definitely a good feeling when good things happen one after another, especially when the past few days were quite crappy due to certain unresolved issues! But God is good. He delivers.

Tomorrow (or rather today) I'm gonna check out the few places I've shortlisted that I'm gonna hold my 21st at. I hope I can get everything settled soon so I can start sending out invitations. Things like these make me excited. Haha.

And is '09 really coming to an end?! 'Cause it certainly doesn't feel so. It doesn't feel like there're only three weeks left of this year. I can still VERY CLEARLY remember exactly what I did on the 31st of December last year. I met RT at his workplace and waited for him to knockoff from his halfday and we took a bus down to Harbourfront. There, we bought tickets to Sentosa and got on the Sentosa train. We headed to the Luge area and on the way walked past the 3D Magix theatre. We played the Luge, had a lot of fun and was going to leave (on tight budget you see) but decided, might as well go watch the 3D Magix show since we were already at Sentosa. So we watched BOTH the shows. The water log show was more fun than the pirates one. After Sentosa, we took the bus to RT's colleague's home to watch and learn her bake. We ended up having dinner at her place and spending the last and first hour of '08 and '09 with her family. Hahahah. After that we went home. Has it really been a year?!?!?! It's too hard to believe. Why is it that the older one grows, the more one tends to feel the effects of time? That aside, I wanna do something special on the last day of '09 too. Something I can remember one year from now. In a good way of course. Whee, I love planning for such stuff. :)

Tell me, somebody, how do I forget something I don't want to remember? I know I can't exactly erase it out of my memory, but how do I begin to feel less concerned about it? The thoughts gnaw at me throughout the day, giving my mind no rest. I know things are not as bad as they seem, I know things will be ok, but I still feel unrest. URGH! I need peace in my heart and mind, that's what I need...

So today was a pretty awesome day. And tomorrow shall be awesomer. :}

New blog, new beginnings!

2009-12-07T15:33:00.000+08:00

So I decided to create an all new blog - a very random decision on a lazy Monday afternoon. Too bad I can't import all my past blog entries from http://tcye.wordpress.com. But anyway, good time to start a new blog I guess, with the year coming to an end! Only three more weeks of 2009 left. Can't believe it!
Is Christmas really coming? I can't seem to feel that happy vibe anymore! I did last month but not anymore. Maybe I need to go walk the streets in town and shop for presents. Afterall, Christmas is a season for giving isn't it!
So anyway, short post for now! More coming up. :)