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I’m closing this space. Well, not exactly closing. I’m just not going to update anymore. Certain things have happened and it’s resulted in the decision to stop blogging. Thus, no more updates.

Blogging, to me has always been about sharing things that happened in my life. All the good things and the bad ones. All the laughter and joy, the saddness and frustrations too.

For me, the short little chapter here over the past months have been really, really interesting. I’ll still be writing in the house blog. But no more personal blogs.

Thanks to all for reading and sharing your comments with me. I’ve had fun writing the blog and sharing my life with you all.

Hmm… Let’s start with Tuesday (4th April 2006). Christine came by to collect her jacket, purse and some papers because she left them at my place on Monday night. So I pass them to her. Then she left.

Later, just before lunch, Wage came back from school holding a mysterious package. He said that he found it outside our front door.

The mysterious package.

“Huh? What’s this? Looks like soil.” (Hmm… I think the ‘Free Sex’ service is compliments of Wage. Contact him for more details)

Then he put it on the table. Neither me nor May Ying could answer him. So I suggested to May Ying to open it and see what it is. May Ying opened it and promptly said that it was indeed soil.

That’s when I started thinking. And so I said, “Maybe it’s the tea for making bubble tea!”

“Huh?” They both said.

“Uh, well, Christine’s Dad did mention that he’ll pass us the tea for making bubble tea last night. So maybe Christine forgot to pass it to me and left it at our door instead.” I said. “Hmm, lemme smell that thing first.”

“Ever thought that it might be anthrax?” Wage said, not really meaning it.

“How can it be anthrax?!” said May Ying. “Anthrax is white!”

“Well, they could have dyed it to disguise it,” replied Wage.

“Don’t be silly lah,” said May Ying.

Soil or Anthrax? Or just tea for making bubble tea?

By this point of time, I’ve already sniffed into the bag. And so I announced to everyone, “It’s TEA lah! For making bubble tea!!!” Upon finishing my sentence, I dashed into my room and grabbed my phone. Yup, there was a sms from Christine (I suddenly thought that she might have messaged me because I left my phone in my room and after I thought she left, I went to make lunch and I couldn’t hear the door knock because of the rangewood). The message read: “Hey I left a bag of bubble tea powder outside your door- knocked a few times but think u busy. my mum give u one! rem to take in ah! ”

It is bubble tea powder. Not soil or anthrax.

There you have it. Real bubble tea powder.

Yup, so case solved. It’s not anthrax or soil. It’s just bubble tea powder.

On Friday (7th April 2006), May Ying, Wage and I went to chadstone. We had to get some stuff…. And I was just wondering out loud to May Ying if Koko Black was opened. She said that she didn’t think that it’ll be open yet. But what a pleasant surprise we had! It was opened!

Here’s Koko Black @ Chadstone.

The familiar sign….

T2 is nearby…. opposite in fact…

So we all decided to go in for a drink. As usual, the service is really prompt and good. Plently of chocolates on display. Really great stuff.

I had the Chocolate Ice Cream Spectacular. It’s premium chocolate ice cream topped with freshly made chocolate sauce and dark chocolate shavings. It’s simply divine. It’s not those type of ice creams that makes your throat clogged and requires you to drink water before continuing. This one just slides down your throat smoothly and tastes perfectly nice. Beautiful piece of work.

Wage, well, Wage decided to just have a pot of Earl Grey tea. He’s not a fan of chocolate.

But they are really generous with the amount of tea leaves that they give…. Nice strong pot of tea…

Hmm… May Ying had the same thing as last time - Koko Black Hot Chocolate. It’s freshly brewed traditional recipe made with dark Belgian Chocolate - no powder. And made with only full cream milk only. The standard and consistency is the same as the branch in City. Simply too marvelous.

What we paid for all the heavenly stuff… It’s reasonable. And the good thing is that the drinks taste great. It’s funny how they put the address on the receipt as the one in Royal Arcade Melbourne. I guess that’s their first outlet perhaps.

Louis is a pig. Well, what I mean is that he sleeps like one. Take a look.

Sleep pose #1

Sleep pose #2

Sleep pose #3

Sleep pose #4

Sleep pose #5

Sleep pose #6

Well, I was using the lappie at my desk and my chair was somewhere else so I had to kneel down… And he promptly just lay on my legs and fell asleep….

Josh left his beanie behind… And Louis claimed it…

Last night, I cooked chicken rice for dinner…

While I was washing the veggies, I found a snail…

I present to you… Our dinner…

It comprises of…

Chicken! *duh!*

Rice! Ahbuden. If not called chicken rice for what. Right anot? Hahahaha

Veggies!

Cabbage soup.

We thought of drinking this….

But on second thought, we drank this. Why? Because I forgot to chill the Aloe Vera drink and because we’re all not done with our assignments. Better enjoy it after we’re done with assignments.

I didn’t manage to get the chicken rice chilli. So this had to do for the time being…

Yeap… That’s our dinner last night… Nice right? Well, lemme tell you, it’s never easy cooking chicken rice without a chopper to chop up the damn chicken. Try using a normal kitchen knife. It’s hard to hack the damn chicken into pieces. Don’t always believe what you see at those hawker stalls. It’s never that easy. Oh, but thanks to all those teachings from Uncle Mail, I managed. It’s like chopping firewood. Always aim at the same spot. Then hit it. Then try again. Then the wood spilts. Oh yes, it works the same way for chicken if you don’t have a chopper. Hee~ See, Girl Guide training helps! Hehehehe~

Ah… I guess this sums up a chain of interesting events. LoLz. All the reported events started on Tuesday (4th April 2006) and ended on Saturday (8th April 2006). Yeap, that also includes the sleeping poses by Louis. He did it on Wednesday (5th April 2006), Thursday (6th April 2006) and Friday (7th April 2006)… See, there’s always something interesting happening… Wahahahaha…

Alright, that’s it for now…

I finally managed to find the time to sit down and blog about Friday’s events. Hee~ Sounds as though I’m really busy right? Actually, I’m not. Wahahahaha. I’m just busy with clearing my room, doing my laundry, bringing the dog for a walk, giving the dog a bath et cetera. Okay, technically, that does sound like a lot of things, but practicality speaking, it doesn’t really seem much but it does take up quite a bit of time.

So anyway, on Friday, May Ying and I went on a chocolate spree. Hahaha. We tried the same drinks (or at least as similar as possible) at both Koko Black and Max Brenner. We compared both. But first… here’s what we ordered.

From Koko Black…

This is their menu. The selection for drinks is rather small though. But nonetheless, it still had all the all time favourites in it. But they had this wonderfully beautiful selection of boutique chocolates. They all looked so wonderful and tempting but also really, really sinful. We didn’t get any of the chocs though (after all, I do have the tendency of getting sore throats especially if I don’t drink water after eating chocs).

The ambience was really nice. We were at the branch at Royal Arcade Melbourne (by the way, Koko Black is opening at Chadstone. Yippee!). And they had quite a number of really cosy sofas and sofa seats that you could just sink in and enjoy the wonderful chocolates and chocolate drinks. Simply divine.

May Ying had Koko Black Hot Chocolate. It’s a freshly brewed traditional recipe made with dark Belgian chocolate without powder and uses only full cream milk only. Looks yummlicious.

While I had Iced Chocolate. It’s a rich combination of chocolate and vanilla ice cream with milk and topped with chocolate shavings. A cold and delicious treat.

What we paid…

Overall Rating:
Quality - 4/5
Taste - 4.5/5
Presentation - 4.5/5
Service - 4/5
Ambience - 4.5/5
Pricing - 4/5

Other Comments:
The milk used is really fresh and the drinks are not too sweet. Absolutely perfect if you want to have chocolates to snack with. Cosy setting and nice mood lighting, it’s just right for a nice networking (and by networking, I actually mean gossiping) session (okay, Girl Talk would be more appropriate) or just chilling out with friends and family or even by yourself! On top of that, the service was really good. The waitress came fast to take orders and the drinks were served really fast. It was quite crowded but still, they managed to serve our drinks fast and quick.

Our next stop was Max Brenner @ Melbourne Central. That was where I met Shi Kai too. To pass things. So anyway, the service there was really slow. When Shi Kai met us, we were just ordering. And then he left shortly to go to RMIT to settle some school stuff. After that, he actually came back. Just when he called (after leaving for around 15-20minutes), my drink just arrived. May Ying’s drink arrived 10minutes before mine. That’s how slow they are. REALLY SLOW and it wasn’t that crowded.

From Max Brenner…

Their menu had a much wider selection. There were many more drinks to order and the variety was greater… But a number of drinks sounded a bit similar to one another.

While May Ying had Marshmallow American Chocolate… (It’s essentially just whipped milk chocolate with melted marshmallow cubes)

I had Whipped Iced Chocolate Frappe… (It’s just plain milk chocolate blended with ice but they had to use the word ‘whipped’. Whipped ke lan!)

Both drinks just look okay. Mine looks like you can get it at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Nothing so fantastic about it. I waited so long for my drink that I thought that it would be something uber nice in terms of presentation. But then, when I saw the drink, my expression just showed this emotion that could be expressed in 3 very simple words - WHAT THE FUCK?!

And at the end of it, this was what we paid (for some shitty stuff)…

Overall Rating:
Quality - 3/5
Taste - 3/5
Presentation - 2.5/5
Service - 2.5/5
Ambience - 2.5/5
Pricing - 3/5

Other Comments:
Their presentation of the drinks wasn’t all that fantastic. It just feels really normal. Even though they are about $0.50 - $1.00 cheaper than Koko Black, the quality of their drinks is inferior. The drinks taste thinner and aren’t as delightful. The presentation makes you wonder why you didn’t just go into Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to order their Chocolate Ice Blended. On top of that, the slow service puts people off. I actually saw my drink standing there for 5-10 minutes without anybody bothering to serve it. Then why not make it self service instead? The ambience isn’t that good. Looks about the same as Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Starbucks or Gloria Jeans. It wasn’t a cosy setting and the tables were too low for the chairs. Makes sitting there for long periods rather uncomfortable. It doesn’t make you feel like you’ll want to sit there long, to have a good chat. Just makes you feel like leaving once you finish your drink.

My Verdict:
I like Koko Black better! Hahaha. You pay slightly more, but it’s really worth it. Taste, ambience, presentation, service and quality are all much better than Max Brenner.

Okay, so that same night, Wage, PZ and I went to Sin City @ Heist.

That’s just the 3 of us at Clayton Station waiting for the train…

Then here’s my a little bit crumpled ticket…

There was this uber long queue but we weren’t really queuing though… It’s kind of hard to explain… And… We met Eunice there… Small world huh? Oh, Shi kai was there too. Actually, I knew that he was going all along. Hahahaha. I just wasn’t so sure if I would end up going. Haha.

And so, this is Shi Kai, PZ, me and Wage… We’re just nuahing around. It’s damn boring. I repeat, BORING and it’s spelt B-O-R-I-N-G. BORING. Pronunciation: ‘bOr-i[ng].

Let me tell it why it was so. First of all, the air conditioning wasn’t powerful enough. It was just CRAP. There was no ventilation and the club had to put up fans which wasn’t really that useful unless you stood in front of it. Which was what I ended up doing. In fact, when there wasn’t anyone on the couch, the four of us promptly plopped ourselves on it. Haha. That’s how the pictures were taken. LoLz.

Well, but the mambo/retro/pop section was more fun. There was better breathing air, there was more space, the music didn’t repeat itself after a while, the air was cooler and not so hot (air conditioning was working!), not so many drunk people around (considering that we got into the club around 11plus, 12am, there were already drunk people slobbering on each other and throwing themselves at the feet of others) and they were also showing Ocean’s 12 (which I watched before so it wasn’t a problem watching it muted).

We eventually left around 4plus reaching Hawker Cafe at 5am for supper. Or rather, almost 5am. Cuz Wage had stomach problems, we took a cab back after that. For 3 people, the cab fare wasn’t all that bad I guess. $47.30. Beats taking the cab home alone. Hahahahaha~

Yeap… that pretty much sums up Friday’s events. It’s quite easy to see what I did on Saturday. I slept. And slept.

Random: Bananarama

Okay… Today, May Ying and I went to the city… we tried out chocolatey drinks at Koko Black and Max Brenner. The pictures and comments will come up later… Met Shi Kai for a short while too…

Hmm…. going clubbing with PZ and Wage later… Think Shi Kai is going to be there…. Oh wells, I’m not a fan of clubbing… Just tagging along to see the clubbing scene again (since I’m pretty sick of it somewhat… Hahahaha~ Most people would say, “Cause’ old already mah!”). So anyway… we’re going to meet PZ later…

I hope there will not be any A.Vs, A.Gs, A.Ss, A.Cs and A.Is there. I made a mistake in my previous entry. As in, I left out a few accronymns. LoLz.

And well, the Sexpo that I think Singapore should have is the HARD CORE (XXX) kind. Those that gives dildos, lubricants and condoms as part of their goodie bag. Not some kind of simple sex education that any Sexuality student in University can explain. Haha. At least that would broaden the mindset. Okay, maybe they still can have those youngsters kind of sex education thing. Just a part of it. And those under 16 would get a different goodie bag. Not a bad idea right? At least birth rates in Singapore might increase (that is, until they see how horrific it is to give birth I guess)….

Oh!! Josh came over before dinner to take some pictures. Candid pictures. Hmm…. He’s a camera bitch. Then again, I think we all are. LoLz. I cannot wait to get those pictures. Want to see what he took. I’m very sure he took my psychedelic-looking curtains and my messy room (because I was unpacking my stuff that was wet because I was caught in the rain!). Hahaha.

Am sleepy now though I’ve just showered. Hahahaha. But I guess the LLLOONNNNNGGGGG walk to Clayton will wake me up. Damn! I just remembered that I forgot to email my lecturer about my grouping for Social Psychology. I hope that she has totally forgotten to allocate me into a group and I get to do the whole project by myself and that she owes me a HD for doing 3 persons’ worth of work!

Okay, I’ve got to go call PZ now… I’ll blog another time….

Random line: Super Seven Sirens (#7)

Last night, we decided to have steak for dinner. Partly also because the meat chunks were big enough for steak and partly because there wasn’t really enough space in the fridge. LoLz. And we decided to chill a bottle of red wine that we bought 1 month ago. LoLz.

This is really undrinkable. We have officially decided to use it as cooking wine to add flavour to food instead of a beverage. LoL. Oh, this blur picture is proudly taken by Wage. LoLz~ He must have been still half asleep!

Here’s our dinner.

No soup because this is already a lot of food. Oh, we don’t have any wine glasses. May Ying and I forgot to buy them before we moved. LoLz. But well, no loss to us since the wine was horrid tasting. LoLz. Oooh! We had to use normal carrots because we didn’t buy baby carrots. Quite a last minute idea to cook steak… Hee~

Louis decided to sleep while we ate dinner… Haha… It’s a good sign… It means that he won’t bother us when we eat! LoLz.

Oh, I made the sauce… Hahaha… Some pepper mushroom sauce…

Well, when I’ve loaded in the pictures of the dinner that Wage cooked tonight, I’ll post it up. Till then.

Oh well… I’ve got some interesting pictures to share… Hee~

Right, the other day (I think it was last Friday), May Ying and I went to Richmond. Then, we also passed through the city too. And guess what we saw near Flinders station? We saw…

This!!! This little bird on top of the man’s head. Okay, I saw it in 2004. Not sure if it was the same bird (HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!) but it certainly was an identical pose. Only thing was, at that time, I wasn’t fast enough in taking out my camera and we already drove past it. LoLz~

And at Victoria Gardens, we saw this in coles! Haha…

Very cool huh. The REAL SARS flavour.

And this one too! BIG SARS indeed. Imagine if they sold it in Singapore! LoLz~

We saw this when we were waiting for a cab… Hahahahahaha… Carbon Monoxide Detector… LoLz

Remember Dee, PZ and I were milking a vending machine for money back? This is the one…

We got our money plus extra from the machine…

Oh yes, last Saturday, Louis got a caning for being really naughty… And while we were caning him… This is what he did to me…

Look at the long scratch

And some short ones…

Just when you think that it’s just all that… Nope… It’s not…

Then there is still this long one…. *bleahz* what a naughty boy!

Random: Duchess