#8 Silence

“Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?”

-Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

Chat Thai

I've been looking forward to try this thai restaurant so much after reading so much good reviews from the food bloggers online. Finally got the chance to try it with my friend yesterday during lunch but sadly the mango sticky rice is only available for dinner :( 

As usual, we ordered TOO MUCH coz everything seems appealing to us, lol! Anyway, we ordered green papaya salad, fresh spring rolls, phad thai and chilli fried rice for just...2 of us! We were quite shocked when the food is served as we didn't know the portion can be this big, lol! I have the tendency to order phad thai every single time when i visit a thai restaurant, love phad thai too much..haha!!

som dtum (green papaya salad) - $12.00 

You can actually choose the level of spiciness and we chose medium. It was still too spicy for us, lol!

fresh spring rolls - $11.00

This was quite good and the fillings are really generous, but this was just too much for 2 of us XD

padt thai - $13.00

My favorite dish among the 4 dishes, hehe! :p

chilli fried rice - $14.00

Love this fried rice too, very fragrant and not too spicy

Now I know why this place is so popular and there's always a long queue outside the restaurant. We actually went there on the 1st night trying to get a place for dinner but we gave up after seeing the super long like never ending queue, lol! Decided to go for lunch and only know that the lunch menu is slightly different from the dinner menu. WHY TELL ME WHY mango sticky rice is not available during lunch?! I was telling my friend that why can't we eat that in the afternoon? Anyway, the food was really really nice and i personally think that the price is quite affordable too, we ordered 4 dishes and 2 iced tea and the total bill came out with just $50+. I will definitely go back again for the mango sticky rice and some other popular dishes that we didn't get to try it this time!

chat thai thaitown

20 campbell st. haymarket

trading hours : 

lunch : 10am-5pm 

dinner : 5pm-10pm 

supper : 9.30-2am

#7 Fit In

I might appear confident and chatty, but I spend most of my time laughing at jokes I don’t find funny, saying things I don’t really mean - because at the end of the day that’s what we’re all trying to do: fit in, one way or another, desperately trying to pretend we’re all the same.

-Tabitha Suzuma 

Lovisa

Love my buy yesterday at Lovisa! Just knew about this brand yesterday and i couldn't resist to buy all these lovely little things back! I think i'm a little bit obsessed with rings recently..hehe! Anyway, aren't they pretty? :)

#6 3.34am

Someone once told me that human beings have three dimensions: how you see yourself, how others see you, and how you want others to see you. The closer the distance between the three dimensions, the more at peace you are and the more stable you become.

-Marwa Rakha (The Poison Tree)

渺小

最繁華的城市為何帶來最寂寞的北極熊 

最純潔的孩子如何走過最骯髒的垃圾場

最混亂的回憶永遠讓我想起最專注的一剎那 

最醜陋的世界偶然讓我看到最美麗的一首詩

原來最暗的天空總有最閃爍的星星 

為喚不回的 為做不到的 為還在活的我和你 

原來最大的懷疑總有最渺小的自己

向蝴蝶知更 向肉體靈魂 向芸芸眾生 

我該說感謝 還是對不起

最暴烈的流徙難道為了成就最温柔的小團圓 

最簡單的渴望從來不想證明最荒謬的大時代

原來最暗的天空總有最閃爍的星星 

為受過傷的 為犯過錯的 為還在活的我和你 

原來最大的懷疑總有最渺小的自己

向黄土灰塵 向肉體靈魂 向芸芸眾生 

我該說感謝 還是對不起

宇宙洪荒再沈默總有最閃爍的星星

某一天消失 某一天誕生 有一天寬恕我和你

原來最大的懷疑總有最渺小的自己

向恩怨愛恨 向肉體靈魂 向芸芸眾生 

我該說感謝 再說對不起

渺小-田馥甄

Throwback #3

Just had my 1st paper yesterday and i don't really know what to say about it. First half of the paper was so easy that i can't believe i spent so much time memorizing on that part. But the 2nd part of the paper was extremely hard that i kind of afraid that i can't pass this module T.T

Ok, i got really bored with the mugging so i decided to blog! Hehe! 

I still remember the days i met up with my friendsss before i came here, everyone was treating me like i'm gonna be away for 3 years, lol! Even my parents asked that why am i so busy meeting with everyone, after all it's just 4 months! Anyway, i meet up with my bff joanne, and the 2 lovely girls, zixuan and wanxi who i haven meet for ages! We knew each other since secondary school but i didn't get to meet zixuan and wanxi so often since we graduated. We decided to have our little catch up session at P.S.Cafe, Paragon as i was dying to try their truffle fries, hehe!

We took really long to decide what to order as everything seems appealing to us, lol! Pardon me for the bad quality of the picture, haha! We ordered P.S.Caesar salad, house bolognese and the truffle shoestring fries to share. The portion of the truffle fries was so BIGGG but it was so good that we just can't stop eating! Besides the truffle fries, i love their house bolognese too! It was really good! :)

We were busy updating each other and talk for really long until the cafe closed. Took so many pictures afterwards and we got a little bit crazy by the photo-taking app in my phone. We actually asked one of the staff there to help us take a group shot outside the cafe but apparently he failed at it! So i told the girls that we can take our own pictures using the app in my phone. It's something like a timer thingy that you can set the timing you like and get ready for the pictures! We tried so many ways to get a perfect shot like finding the places to put my phone, good lighting spot and etc, lol!

Ahhh..i miss the girls so much, can't wait to be back and see them again! :D

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OK back to reality, back to study, 2 more papers!! FIGHTING!!!

#5 Why

You say that you love rain, but you open your umbrella when it rains.

You say that you love the sun, but you find a shadow spot when the sun shines.

You say that you love the wind, but you close your windows when wind blows.

This is why I am afraid, you say that you love me too.

-William Shakespeare

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Ok, i chanced upon this chinese translation from weibo and i'm really amazed by it! Here it goes:

恋雨偏打伞，爱阳却遮凉。风来掩窗扉，叶公惊龙王。
片言只语短，相思谴倦长。郎君说爱我，不敢细思量。

I love aglio olio

The only reason I learn how to cook aglio olio is just because i miss Peperoni aglio olio too much after i came here. Aglio olio is the pasta that we ALWAYS eat for free when i worked there last time, it was so good that i dun think i will ever get sick by eating that most of the time :p 

Anyway, aglio olio is quite easy to cook actually. Found this recipe online which is pretty simple! All you need is the choice of your favorite pasta, garlic, olive oil, chilli flakes, parsley, salt and black pepper. You can always use fresh chilli and parsley but i seldom use these 2 ingredients in my cooking so i get the dried one instead and i thought it works pretty well too! This was my 3rd time cooking aglio olio here and I used penne this time coz im running out of spaghetti, haha! Personally think that aglio olio goes best with spaghetti :)

Added some sausage as i don't really like plain pasta :p

Love the recipe that i found online and the steps are super easy to follow. Saute the garlic and add in chilli flakes, add in butter cube after the garlic turns light golden brown. Don't ask me why, i'm just following exactly what the recipe tells me..haha! After that just add in the pasta and the toppings and stir until all the ingredients are coated evenly! Lastly, add in the parsley and season with salt and black pepper! SUPER EASY RIGHT!! :D

I think im cooking aglio olio almost every week here, omg! I guess i just love it too much :p

#4 Define love

If I could hold your heart I would keep it safe. Even when I trip and fall, and even when I break down, I would hold your heart close to mine, so it doesn't see the same damage. When I bruise my knees and scrape my palms you’ll never have to fear, and even if I cry, I promise, you won’t need to shed a tear. Love is everlasting. Loyalty is intertwined with faith. As long as you want me I will be here, standing with my palms out, waiting with my heart plain in my eyes, and a smile on my face.

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Brunchhh

It's really good to have no alarm snoozing on a lazy saturday and i can just wake up anytime i like. Made myself a simple cheese, ham and egg sandwich for brunch. All you need is just bread, egg, cheese and ham! I always prefer wholemeal bread than white bread, i dunno why but i guess i just love the texture of the wholemeal bread, hehe! This is super easy to make and I love how the egg just fit perfectly in the hole, lol! i thought it looks pretty awesome! Just love the melting cheese <3

Have a great weekend ahead everyone! :)

Throwback #2

In case you are wondering why am I doing a throwback, read here! :p Today's throwback will be the b'day surprise back in 2011 that Afrans did for me when we were rushing our fyp that time. Maybe i should just talk about Afrans for a bit, lol! Afrans is our fyp team's name and it was formed by a letter from each of our names. A is for Anelie, f is for Fish, r is for Rongrong, a again is for Aisyah, n is for Nerissa and lastly s is for me, ShinPuay! :)

Initially i was not in their group but with pl and wj, but 3 ppl is just quite impossible to form a team as the workload is real heavy (no kidding). So, we got separated and join the other groups. I'm so grateful that they accepted me as their new member and tbh i was quite scared when i first joining their group. I barely know them except Aisyah as we were in the same class the previous year. I felt really awkward to be in the group and somehow they look really scary at the beginning especially Anelie, haha! I still remember the 1st thing she said to me was "what do you think you can do for our group?" That was during our 1st meeting. And i was like..errr...don't know what to say, lol! But somehow we managed to click very very well and i was really really glad that i did my fyp with this bunch of people. Our relationship become super close as we meet each other so often to do our fyp, and i actually got my 1st part time job in Peperoni thanks to Anelie! So, i think i'm like meeting Anelie almost everyday coz we work together in Peperoni, hahaha!

Anyway, these pics were taken in Nerissa's place when we were rushing for our fyp. I didn't expect them to celebrate for my b'day and i was so so so surprised when i saw them with the cake, lol! They actually discussed very long for the choice of cake as they can't decide which flavor to get for me. Obviously they did a wrong choice by buying a strawberry cake! HAHAHAHA!

Someone was trying to burn my hair with the lighter! Please ignore my silly bangs, lol! And i have no idea why am i laughing like an idiot - - 

Really thankful to have them as my group mates and i am pretty sure our relationship and teamwork is the best among the other groups, even the lecturers were surprised by the strong bond between us, lol! We had so much fun during the process of fyp and of course we did face many obstacles and having a hard time when the deadline is near. It was not easy but we have pulled through and come out with the pretty awesome work in the end. It was a really wonderful journey with all of them and i can't really express how grateful am i to be able to work with them! Perhaps I will do more throwback posts about Afrans in the future! :)

lastly, AFRANS FTW! :D

Throwback #1

I was trying to clear some unwanted files in my computer yesterday and end up looking through all the old pictures that i saved in my computer. Feel so nostalgia just by browsing through all the old photos so i decided to do some throwback posts here, lol!

Throwback #1- My convent girls :)

These 4 girls are my BEST friends during secondary school. How i miss the time we  skipped our lessons and meet at the secret place (apparently it's some classroom that nobody used all the time). We did so many stupid things together and always try to sneak out of the school. I still remember the day we went to the mall near our school before our lesson and nearly can't come back to school due to the super heavy rain. Fyi, our school always flood whenever there's rain. And the rain on that day is no joke, the cab stopped at somewhere near the school and we have to walk under the rain. AND I FELL INTO A BIG LONGKANG just in front of the school gate, wth! 

Took these photos on the last week of our school and the last photo is so hilarious coz yx fell down for god's sake dunno what reason! We laughed so hard at her and nobody actually want to help her up HAHAHAHA wth XD

On a side note, maybe i can label this post as 'whatpubertydidtous'? Haha! 

#3 Doubt

We assume others show love the same way we do - and if they don’t, we worry it’s not there.

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Pasta for dinner

Just another lazy night with this kind of simple dinner, lol! Pasta is always one of my favorite food! Been cooking quite often since I came here. And I guess the toppings for my pasta is ALWAYS the same..mushroom and sausage (or bacon, sometimes!) Speaking of pasta, I miss Peperoni's aglio olio so much, oh squid ink and vongole as well!! *forever hungry*

#2 Drift away

I didn't intentionally do it but it just kinda happened. I lost communication with certain friends, and I became more independent. I’m just trying to look out for myself now. Trying to not get attached to certain people because it might hurt me in the future. Sure life’s about taking risks but there’s also a point in life where you get tired of getting hurt. Tired of trying. Just tired of everything. I’m just trying to live life happily.

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心在跳

你微笑 不代表你想擁抱 你的擁抱 不代表一切美好

如果說夢想是一個氣泡 至少我能夠 觸摸得到

我眼睛看不見你的需要 你的耳朵 聽不到我的祈禱

如果說天氣都難以預告 愛情的痕跡 往哪裡找

我要對你多好 你要愛我多少

有甚麼重要 也許答案得走過天涯海角 最後才知道

聽得見你心在跳 最重要

心在跳-金池

The beauty of art

Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow , for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. 

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I remember there was once I wished that I can't draw during secondary school time. I draw all the time. I don't know why, I just can't stop drawing. I keep drawing and drawing and neglect my school works eventually. My drawings were all over the places, on my textbooks,notebooks and even exam paper.  I think this explain why my mum was so angry and don't allow me to draw anymore. She actually threw away my drawings into the dustbin in front of me. Well, I took them back after she left, lol! I guess I put drawing as my  main priority that time and my academic results were so bad. I once regretted that I have this talent and I wish i can replace it with something else like a good memory that can help me in studying. I AM SO GLAD that my prayer didn't get answered last time, phew! Thinking back the thought that i had last time, it actually scared me, how can i make such a stupid wish. Although i don't draw so much like I did last time, but i still love drawing very much.  I guess the reason why I don't draw so often is just because of my laziness, lol!

#1 Afraid to love

Through the years you learn so much. You learn nothing lasts forever, and to appreciate people as often as possible because they could be gone in a second. You learn that sometimes it takes a few heart breaks to be happy. You realize that losing someone isn't the end of the world although the pain in your chest says other wise. And you learn that sometimes those movies where the girl has to watch the man she loves live his life happily without her are parts of reality.

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