2010 reflections.

For 2010, i wanted to:

#1- let $$ and my piggy bank become best friends
remark: not bff yet but their relationship is getting better. Though i think they will fall out again when i go UK and Europe in May 2011.


#2- get my driving license
remark: it didn't materialise that BUT i DID start my practical in Nov.


#3- pamper myself with short trips and holidays
Taiwan April 2010
free & easy-ed taipei, taichung (love!), kaohsiung, kenting (LOVELOVELOVE!).
Taiwan will always be one of my top holiday destinations.
The people there are real friendly, shopping and food is good and cheap as well.
Clubbing is lovely too!
How NOT to fall in love with such a country?!

the owning shaved ice + milk + fruits.

the lu rou fan (pork) that melts in your mouth.



ALL TIME FAVOURITE AH ZHONG MIAN XIAN!


@ koahsiung with Alvin, myself, shups and Kent (left to right)
all drenched after the jeep flew across the little stream.


fried tofu with mashed potato. VERY YUMMY!!!

playing with fireworks.


black dj @ club.

in taichung, taking photo outside the FIRST BUBBLE TEA SHOP IN TAIWAIN.
the bubble tea that we had was indeed AWESOME!
it was only 12 deg and we were dressed the singapore ssumer style.
i fell sick the next day =/

KENTING! lovely scenerys.

lying in the middle of the SUPER HOT road.
oh i miss these fun and crazy times!

highlight of the trip : jeep ride at kenting! much misses!

Phuket July 2010 with lydia and xiaohui.
was supposed to fly with andre but he punctured his lungs and couldnt fly :(
i was super worried back then but thank god for medical insurance which took care of 100% of the bill at raffles hospital.
seeing that i had no one to go with, the girls were super lovely to book last min and fly with me.

teased by lily the elephant

BEST PHAT THAI EVER!


look at how clear the water is!

the angmoh is actually our tour guide who is estimated to be 2m plus and had to take scoldings from his thai colleauge when the lady tried to cheat us and he accidentally exposed her.

@ karon viewpoint


Bintan with o2 girls in May

still waiting for the photos to be up *cough charmaine*

but it was pure enjoyment spending time with the girls, chilling, playing silly games and laserquest.

love this group of girls who have weathered through all those crazy deadlines with me and watched me grow.

(:

Batam with Andre in Oct

I've been so busy with work and Andre's been so busy with school that we hardly got to spend time together.

So we put aside everything and went over to Batam Harris on a couple package to celebrate our birthdays with a good massage (Harris massage is the best so far our of Bintan, Phuket and Batam) and spend some alone time chilling by the pool and treated ourselves to a steamboat dinner.

happiness is just as simple as spending quality time with the person u love.

remark: GEEEE looking back at all these beautiful memories, i guess i DID fulfill goal #3 pretty well!

#4 & #5 was about friendships.

2010 saw me through many rough patches with a few friends.

some were ressolved with heart to heart talks (thank you for being honest and taking the effort to clear things up), while some came to an end.

I really hoped i was able to find a reason to forgive and forget but i was not able to find any.

When it boils down to differences in characters, values, lifestyle and thinking, it is just not going to work.

There' so much in me that i wanna share but i dont think it's wise to hide behind the screen and start a blog war.

That is never my doing and it never will be.

Time to write messages.

All in all, 2010 had more downs than ups for me.

My grandma passed away in Feb.

She was a blessed lady who lived past 90years old and had 4 generations sending her off.

Although it was a blessing for her to be able to relieve herself from her sufferings (she was sick and had tubes over her and restrictions on diet), it is still sad to know that you can no longer see her or talk to her.

I fell out with two members in my family and moved out.

Dad was so worried that he got into an accident and had 7 stitches.

My heart was broken when i saw his injury and i was torn between moving back and facing shit and moving out to free myself from shit.

In the end, i couldnt bear to be selfish and i moved back.

$$ wise, 2010 was better than 2009 but it was not good enough to allow me to be financially free.

Love wise, I am truely blessed to have Andre Chang with me.

We have our fair share of quarrels but we learn and grow stronger because of them.

I broke down really bad many times and Andre never fails to be there for me despite his crazy workload at school.

He will hold me while i cry, listen to me vent my frustrations and be my trusty advisor.

His family and friends are also very nice to me and makes me feel wanted and accepted.

His mom always makes food for me, smiles warmly at me when i go over and his friends help him to take care of me.

Friends wise, it's a bad year.

I wasnt a good friend cos I was too busy and tired out by work.

I'm ashamed about that and i hope i will be forgiven.

It will be something that i will want to change in 2011.

Nonetheless, thank you to each and everyone who had been there to listen and share my woes and showering me with sweet gestures.