Barbarossa

Went to this moraccan restaurant just now at this place call Barbarossa. Its situated inside a lovely park, this isolated building with a little river right in front of it. Very pretty place, 3 storeys high with a outdoor terrance, you can see high rise building skylines beyond those lush greenery around..

I wanted to take more pictures but was having dinner on the first floor and so all I took was some photos of myself and the food there. By the time I reach the second floor with the gorgeous view for drinks, my camera went flat.

Can you see my face getting visibly thinner? That's 3 kg weight lost. Haha!



Oh and thanks for that necklace! It went very well with my blue cotton dress.. love it!







Total damage: 286 rmb.

The pasta is the best of all. The beef stew is average, but the lamb balls are disappointing. 4 lamb balls laying an two slabs of bean cakes with hummus spread in between.. for the rate of 50 rmb. Not very nice.

A date at that place is very excellent though.

Soft candlelight, diana krall singing in thr background, the cool night breeze, my flatemate and I lament so much that why we had to come with each other to a place like this and not on an actual date with someone else!

Another reason why I love this place, Thursday is Ladies night. They served Bailey's free for ladies from 9pm - 12 am.

Oh yes, I had my glass(es) of milk and you can be sure I can sleep like a baby tonight.

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Gym tomorrow at 8.30pm. Need to run off the guilt.

Shit..I'm JOLYN LIM CHIN FEN'S best friend now.

If you are reading my blog, most likely you know Jolyn Lim Chin Fen as well.

May not directly, but still should have heard about her coz I always like to talk about my friends to friends. SO eventually, all my friends kind of "know" all my friends.

Jolyn wrote a blog dedicated to me recently on August 25th.

(Yes my dear, its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overdue.)

(and no, you are not going to extort $200 from me for membership fees)

(..and NO I don't look like a bloody Ah Lian on our first day of orientation!)

Ok, Jolyn keep complaining about why I did not tagged or reply to her postthat she work so hard on.(sorry). Well, coz bloody china server is very resistant towards Singapore servers. I had to go to www.peekatwork.com in order to access my blog. Right now, I won't be able to tag on anyone's blog except mine and Aliah's.

(btw, love you Ali!)

So I will post my response as an entry.

Happy? haha.

Ok , thanks.. for your entry. I love it. I feel like a cat after a big bowl of cream.

..but. do you HAVE to put that many unflattering photos of me???????!!!

Hey, I got my poise, sexy, sophisicated image to uphold alright!

Also, I thought this entry is solely about me, which is why a wry expression appear on my face when Keong appears in the entry at the end.

!!!!!!!!!

Wa kao.

Idiot. Need to insert Keong in meh.

*mutters mutters* "say write about me still die die want to add Keong inside also..."

And what you mean by "enduring but irritating attendence"!

So I'm wondering, despite of all those nice words, cleverly and stealthily inserted are sentences of criticism of groundless accusations and attacks to my almost.. no.. not almost but perfect nature.

You die when I go back Singapore Jolyn.

As best friend, I do believe I have the privilege to smack you on your head whenever I want to now.

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I just came home from this great place call Zapata's.

Realisation of how well I could talk to people hits me when I had a really funny debate for an hour with a Swiss guy talking about women and their underarm hair, how many women shave it.. or not shave it and how much he farts when he drinks.

Its really goodbye to you this time

I have discover a new way to get slim fast. Just cry your heart out one whole night and miracle of miracles. Everyone keep telling me I lost weight the next day without prompting.

Crying really burn a lot of calories.

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Remember..

How I dash to the door and hug you so tight the minute you come from work.

How I always tell you all those gooey mushy love stuff and force you to say them to me.

Yii Dear Dear
Yii Ai Ai

How I always make you sleep with me and make sure I fall asleep at night before you can go do your stuff.

How I hurry you home from work all the time so I can see you.

How I like to stare at your face .. no matter where we are.

How I always want to hold your hand even when we are eating. You always scold me for doing that. "Sam, How can I eat with one hand!"

How I always make you hug me.

How I always steal kisses from your lips.

How I always like to squeese your face

How I like to shake and throttle you and tell you to keep saying that you are mine only and you always pretends to end up dead.

How I always wake you up to eat breakfast with me.

How I always love eating breakfast with you

How I always sing love songs to you in repeat mode.

How I force you to memorise those songs I create for "us" and for you to sing to me everyday.

How I cry the first time you got sick

How I cry the first time you got mad with me

How we talk on the phone every single night

How I always say we should break up but both of us can't bear to be apart from each other

How happy we were.. wherever we are.

......

I could go on forever.

But forever is no more.

I love you dear.

I'll always remember and I hope you will too.

I love you all :)

Dear sweet guys,

I got your prezzies!

Its not the Fedex I was hoping for, but Singpost is good too. Haha!





I got it in the afternon. Everytime I start opening it, something at work came up and I only got to really see its contents when I got back home.

I love it!





1 bracelet
1 watch
7 necklaces
8 earrings

Thank you darlings.

I feel loved and its great.

Happy 24th to me!

I know I have not been updating for quite some time.. so be prepare for a really LONG entry today.

Shanghai have this famous tower call Pearl tower.. I think that is what they call it in english. Haha.. Here it is..



..anyway it have flashing pink lights.. and personally I think it looks like an alien spaceship.

For some spectacular view, one can go to the Bund ,which you can see the Huangpu River. It really reminds me of our Singapore River back home..makes me a bit homesick!















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I have been cooking a lot! The other day I tried my hand at chicken curry.





Taste is alright .. but I cannot say it taste really authentic though! Haha!

BUT I do cook a really successful Black Pepper Beef!





Oh and did I mention that I cut my hair again?



Heh.



So short right? Hehe...

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Oh and for something scandalous.. there is a Sex Exhibition in Shanghai the other day.

Naturally I went. (",)



ONe of the exciting pictures there.


Anyone interested in a game of "tie me up?" Check out the arrays of whips and "harness".


Tickle tickle..


Blow me up baby




Ahem.


And for what our friendly Korea neighbours provide to the sex industry



I almost thought it really was Osim. After a second look.. Haha..


Nice er..logo


All shapes and sizes people


How do you like it to be madam?


Oh and the most interesting thing about this exhibition is that it features 300 sex relics of ancient china! And so it claims. haha!

Photography is not allowed but I managed to sneak a few shots before getting booted by the staff.

Yes they are jade sex figurines




This one is this stature of a guy tied with chains.


You know what the caption on that stature says?

"The only thing that cannot be tied down."

And the finale.



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Oh yes!

Happy Birthday to me yesterday!





First time spending a birthday away from home... so thankful for my wonderful room mate!

I didn't take much photos yesterday coz all we did was to shop, but we did went out for a good dinner just now.



At a place call Malone's.. two cocktails, pork ribs ,barbeque chicken and spicy beef fajitas... it was ok, but strangely ,all we could think about after faced with all that food is to go home to our comfortable rooms and dvds.

We coin this phrase as us being Auntified.

Here are the reasons why:

1. I cook breakfast and pack my lunch to work. (everyday literally)

2. I find eating outside is not worth the money when I can jolly well cook it myself and its healthier too and without msg.

3. I keep all the unfinished food to keep for tomorrow.

4. I prefer to eat healthy food.

5. I start to act more and more like my mother.

...but you know what, although, I still don't like the idea of me turning into an auntie, but hey, its tickles me pink to think that my mum did leave a very lasting presence to me. And that makes me very happy because it almost feels like she is just here by my side.

Really quite touched by all my friends smses.. calls.. so happy when I heard my Mum, Dad, Sis and Bro's voices but most of all by one of best friend, Fabian.

Know him for 10 years and he NEVER remembered my birthday! Finally this year, he remembered and called me to especially sing a birthday song to me...

Best part, he followed up with a email and attached a surprise birthday video for me!



Thanks Ken, Celina, Sean, Enhua,Vincent.. love to all.. and you dear sweet Fabian. Big hug and big kisses!

......but I don't get to eat the cake. Crap.

You know the phrase of how absence makes the heart grows fonder, well Fabian is proof then. Haha!That stupid idiot.. treat me so nice only when I am in Shanghai.

But really, I find that I seem to get closer to to some people only when I'm away... like my sister. Its not that we are not close before but now it seems that we outwardly care about each other more now that we don't see each other.

......I kind of miss quarrelling with her sometimes over here. Haha!

I'm just kidding Sis.

Oh ya, Sis, by the way, please do help yourself to borrow my clothes before they get mouldy!

Heh.

Thanks again guys.. :)

Love to all!