9th driving lesson on the road + Jurong Point + Library

On my 9th driving lesson today, I finally did something different from the usual left turns, right turns and U-turns. With the instructor leading the way, I saw a familiar sign. Farmart! Went there before to feed the goats and I was wondering why he want to take me there. Are we going to tour around there? Or he needs to buy something there? My queries were answered when we moved further in as there's actually a private circuit inside one of the small road there!!! Talks about saving cost, going to BBDC circuit can cost as much as an additional $28++ Now this private circuit only cost $5. Hehe. This private circuit is really very private. The road leading to it is like some unpaved road and is rather narrow. Inside, we practiced S-course, crank-course and slope. S-Course is damn difficult. The instruction keeps holding the metal pointer and point point here point point there but I just couldn't catch what he is trying to tell me to look out for. So my car is always either too left or too right and worst is mounting the curb. Tried a few rounds and most not successful. So on the way back, my instructor asked me whether I got the correct "feel" for the road already or not and I just laughed. One thing to not, do not step on the accelerator during the S-Course. No chance to be fast. Have to be real slow. Just let the car inch forward and I have to learn to turn the steering wheels FAST! Like playing mahjong. I am at a disadvantage since I don't play mahjong!!! Another thing to note is during slope, must remember to step on accelerator before releasing the handbrake. If not once the car slides down, it would means minus points during TP. After coming out of the circuit I was totally in a shagged mode, forget to on signal light some more. Gosh. I definitely need more practices.

At the end of the session, both bf and my father came. Nearly get caught as bf is driving his bike and he thought he want to fetch me so he faster say he's here to bring me eat the Dim Sums at the coffee shop there. The dim sums there were delicious. After that went to my Ah gong house for praying ah ma and had lunch there. Due to the driving I didn't go Mandai with the rest. Chatted with S4's mum and she told me some really interesting things. Make me laugh non stop.

After which, went to Jurong Point to meet Mum. She was there for a Billy event. An avid supporters who never fails to go to his events one. Even bought his concert tickets on the spot. I on the other hand was not so interested in all these. Window shopped at Jurong Point a while before heading to the library. I've started the interest of borrowing books since I'm making those handicraft cards. It always gives me a sense of satisfaction after finishing the cards. Especially yesterday I made another card from my company's unwanted brochures. Even my bf said it's nice. For today, the library allows us to borrow up to 6 books each and after showing them the receipts we can exchanged for a library note pad. Ended up, borrowed 12 books. 3 on cooking, 4 on crafts, 3 short novels, 2 comics. Enough to occupied me for the whole of next week and next next week to stay home. Shall not spend so much time outside since I had spent a bloody lot of $$ on unnecessary things like my handphone bills. Stupid mobile facebook and mobile MSN. Sigh makes my handphone bill more than doubled. Sometime I hate my handphone cause it don't supports WI-FI. On a happier note, I'm going to Ikea soon to get myself a $3.90 STEKA flying pan. SUPER DUPER CHEAP!! A similar one can easily cost $38.90. Somemore this one has got a non-stick surface. I'm so going to get it soon!

8th Driving lesson + CAN! Green @ Hort Park + Marie Bday @ Icon

My day is fully scheduled today. 11-12pm went for my 8th driving lesson. Instructor today mood don't seems very good. Not like his usual joking mood de. So serious. Make me scared and lost my cool. Nothing new was learn today. Just the normal on the road driving. So boring!

After that, went home, prepare a bit and went our again with my parents to the Hort Park. The 3rd CAN! event is held there. It's also the Clean and Green 2010 carnival there. Meet Lis, her colleague Cyn and bf there. Just nice the four of us will also be going for the A*Mei's concert next year. Hehe. For this event, we brought our collections of plastic bottles and tetra packs for recycling. There's a machine for us to put those recyclables in and in exchanged we get a lucky draw coupon. You can never imagine how much bottles some people collected. It's so much that the organizers have to limit to one person 20 bottles if not I think some of them can stand there the whole day just putting the bottles inside the machine. There's also some games stalls and flea market over there selling "green" thingy like organic food, energy savings appliances. I bought myself a hair dryer there for $14 which I considered cheap. At the CAN! Green event, we make a painting of our hands and also growing a herb in a plastic bottle. Mine is a spices used for cooking. After that, we found a spot and we had a mini picnic. Thanks to Cyn for bringing the foods she made and Lis for the drinks. I didn't stayed for the lucky draws cause I need to go attend Marie's birthday celebration at Icon.

Father drove me there. I couldn't find my way even though I've reached. After I finally reached it was already quite late. Everyone was eating and I faster get somethings to eat too. However, not long after I settled down, it was time to go already. The saddest thing is today I couldn't hitch a free ride home and had to take the MRT back. So sad.

Happy Halloween~! Sakae Sushi and Horrorthon @ Marina Square

I think Halloween should be made a public holiday here. Isn't it often being said that we are not socializing much with our neighbours as we had long adapt to our closed door policies. Halloween will be a great door opener as we go around tricks or treating. Cool right? It's also a day whereby we can be "devils". Vampires, Zombies, bats or even pumpkins. Too bad it's not a public holiday here and not many people knows how to celebrate. Even have to work on this day. Sigh.



Dine at Sakae Sushi with bf and Samena. It's a very long awaited treat from me. LOl. Kept ordering from the menu and we ended up too bloated to finished the sushi so we just ate the topping and leave the rice behind.




After which bf left as he did not buy the tickets to watched Horrorthon. Samena and I continued to shop. My aim was to buy a decent shoe as I could feel the sole falling out. Who knows, the sole came out 3/4 when I was just outside Charles and Keith. Fated to buy from there but I didn't get the first shoe I set my eyes on as it ran out of my size. Samena also bought a pretty elegant white shoe for work. Heehee.



Finally it's time for HORRORthon!!! Consisting of 3 horror movies. Halloween 1, Halloween 2 and Saw VI. The first two movies are CRAPS!! I gave them ZERO stars. It's a total waste of my time and money to watch such a lame movie. The storyline has got no story line and the whole movies are all about stabbing, kicking, punching and saying the F* word. OMG~ Really can fall asleep but will be awaken by the shrill sound effect and the sound effect is the only factor that makes the movie scary. Saw VI is better. I give it 7/10 for its storyline. Though it's not so much of horror at all too.




Scare Pills which are just cheapo jelly beans. -_-" Though we got free flow pop corns and drinks. We didn't really make full use of that. Didn't even manage to finish our first round of pop corns and drinks how to go for second round?



When it was time to leave, we saw many many branded cars parking outside with their hazard lights on and traffic police monitoring. Guess it's some kind of VIP event again.

Gathering @ FEP w MoO MOo Friends

It's so true that Singapore is a food paradise. We have food from all over the world. Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western.
PSH recommend to us to try out this Korean style food at
SU KOREAN CUISINE
Not need to fly over to Korean and we got to taste the full course of the Korean dishes. I was already cold, tired and famished on my way to Far East Plaza so I am immediately turned on after seeing all these food. Especially drinking the hot Ginseng chicken soup, it just cheers me up despite the gloomy, rainy weather.















Oh ya, Halloween is coming!
Asked them to take a photo here and they say they are afraid?
Where got scary?
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*HIC*
A little thoughts on today's gathering.
First the discussion of the Christmas day meet up is quite weird.
The so many "cannot buy" list is the part that I can't fathom.
"No chocolate, no mugs, no decorative things, no body shops, no this, no that and this list can go on forever.
So why not say what you all want instead? I suggest.
And the answer is one word "Branded!"
LOL.
Okie. Like what they say, we are all working adults, how can our presents be so childish?
Increased the budget to a whooping $80! Hoho.
I don't even remember they set such a high budget during birthday.
Birthday can no need give presents but Christmas must. Why leh?
Aren't birthdays more important then Christmas?
We are not even Christians. Hmmm.
Perhaps Christmas is a standard gift exchange day like what SL analyze de.
I'll just take it that way then. :)

HP Private Sales @ Tangs

Went to the HP Private Sales at Tangs. It was a midnight private sales affair at Tangs and being a member with Tangs I easily get the invitation to go. Dine at my favourite Ayam Panyet at Lucky Plaza before going to FEP to shop. Bought some birthday presents there and bf went up to find his friend who coincidentally had a manicure and pedicure shop there. Since it was quite late, I didn't do my nails there. About 9.45pm we left FEP and walked to Tangs. We thought we could stay in the shopping mall and wait till 10.30pm which is the official starting time of this midnight sales. However, the staff asked us to leave. We were asked to wait at the lift lobby until 10pm+ before the registration starts. I wasn't so tired but bf was like wanting to sleep already. Finally, the door opened. We walked in through the red carpet like VIPs and collected our freebies. After which, we browsed the HP product. I was quite tempted to buy a 3-in-1 printer + Scanner + Fax machine but give up the thoughts eventually. Since we got nothing to buy, we went to the other section that provides us with free massage and free make-up. Quite shiok. After the makeover, bf and I were asked to take photos with the laptop. It looks like we are the ambassadors. Haha.

QTSS gathering

Instead of going to my own school gathering, I went to another secondary school gathering.

Bro Tecky back from Tekong ! ! !

Bro Tecky is finally out of the Tekong Camp. Look at him now. . . So skinny and tanned. I wish I had his tanned complexion. Haha. Anyway, it's still good to be back home and he still prefer home bed to the six inch spring bed inside. LOL. See how wide his smile is. I hardly see him smile so happily. Haha. Heard from him a great deal of things inside. He told me he had no time to bath. There's two, three days whereby he have to sleep without bathing. Eww. He also stand all the way from Pasir Ris to Clementi. OMG. What rule is that? Even if there's seats they cannot sit down? Maybe they are afriad that once they sit down, they would fall asleep and might accidentally missed the chance to give up a seat to those needy and you know with the wide used of camera phones around. Those who displayed such action would get a photo shot sent in to STOMP and get instant "recognition". I dislike those people who always take photos of people sitting in trains and commenting that they did not give up their seats. What if it's the old people who rather stand? I've encountered before ok, I asked the old lady want to sit down not, she say no leh. Cause next stop is her stop ma. Then, others who didn't see would assume that I didn't give up my seat. ZZZ. So I rather take bus. Haha. Other then not enough time for bathing, they have to go through water parade - forced to drink down water to prevent heatstroke. Then bro told me he failed the Standing broad jump and pull up. :( Tough. In poly he can pass one leh. Oh ya, and for those who still think they will push those who can't swim down the swimming pool and let them to drown or to swim by themselves, you are having the old perception of army. Now, they have remedial lesson if one don't know how to swim. Special instructor would teach them step by step one. First is to learn to float and there's the positive and negative floater. So good lo. Free eat, free sleep, free swimming lesson. On rainy days, they will go for lectures. Seems fun if one's physical abilities foundation is well build up.