这回事。。。

缘分这回事，真的很奇妙。以为那一次后，就再也不会有什么交流。现在，却是好朋友。Life is always unprdictable.

我最亲爱的，很开心认识她！

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I thought of Voices as an interest. But I never thought I'll enjoy it more than anything else.

I thought music was an interest. But I never thought it's the the thing that I like doing the most, the thing that pulls me away from reality.

I may not be the best musician in the band, but I only hope to try my best and enjoy each moment.

People think I am anti-social, think I am slow at warming but actually, it really depends on the people I meet with. 

Sometimes, at times like this, I can't find the motivation to study. But I hang on with the motivation for jamming sessions, for friends.  

Till now, Voices is the best thing that happened to me in NUS. 

I just want to immense myself in music, that's where I'd like to escape to. 

Thank you for your Birthday Wishes

 Thank you to Temptations for the awesome cake!

Thank you everybody for your well wishes and for spending time to celebrate my birthday with me. <3

Last of 19

exactly 11 Minutes before I turn 20, finally going to hit the digit 2 already. Let's just recap how was being 19 like. :)

I celebrated my birthday a few times last year. first was with isabella, pauline, wip and kimying at Bakerzin My Village. Then, it was at home before 7dh came to my house at midnight. Following that was lunch and KTV with A and dinner with my family. Eventful birthday!

Finally, came graduation. Had a blast of fun time preparing for it. Surprise for Ms Liang and the boards for the rest of the teachers. Not forgetting the polaroids I took using Ada's camera. Really <3 NYJC alot. :)

So, the year started with me having fever for 5days! I was supposed to work as a tuition teacher but kinda gave the job up cos I was sick. The first time i finally went out of the house was for NYJC open house!

Helped them with their performance and had some interaction time with my juniors, friends and teachers. 

Then, I went to work at Parkway with Jun Kai, selling CNY cookies. It was sheer hard work because we needed to stand for 12 hours with 2 half hour breaks every day. AND, we had to keep talking and convincing ppl to buy. Nevertheless, I met many people from all walks of life. Even got to know friends from Malaysia.

Temptations Cakes

I was at Jovian's 21st Birthday Party last friday and he got his cake from Temptations Cakes. Therefore, thought I'll do a short review on the cake shop.

About Temptations Cakes

The legacy homegrown cake shop Temptations traces its roots to 1985 when its founders identified a niche in the quality and availability of gourmet cakes in Singapore at the time. In they stepped to fill the niche and success came fast as its signature etoile cake, amongst other delicious offerings, won the hearts of many foodies, dessert lovers and those who enjoy the finer things in life.

Temptations has been reborn in 2010 - on its 25th anniversary - with the generation of its founding partner breathing new life into the familiar brand that many of us remember fondly. With a dynamic new management team at the helm, Temptations continues to be guided by one of its original founders - skillfully bridging the old and the new so that the company is now perfectly poised to reclaim its premier positioning amongst cake connoisseurs while preserving the cherished memories of yesteryeat that made Temptations' cakes so unique and well-loved.

This was Jovian's cake, specially customized for him with a soccer theme. The cake was chocolate-flavored and it tasted not too strong, if you're not an avid chocolate fan. 

Temptations have got other cakes as well. One of which,  I found really interesting was Samantha's birthday cake. 

 Samantha had her birthday cake customized from Temptations as well: To the theme of Hello Kitty. One would probably expect little of the cake since we were commenting on how it looked like Hello Kitty was bleeding when the icing melted. 

however, to our surprise, the inner layer of the cake was a multi colored sponge cake! It takes quite some skill to actually do multi color coating so I must really applaud the chef!  

 So here's a picture of me with the cake which tasted really good. I am not a chocolate lover and usually, I'd end up with fruit cakes. BUT, with Temptations, I think I can have a greater variety of cakes in future!

Other than birthday cakes, they do sell individual slices of cakes at their stores too. I've tried their carrot cake and thought it was pretty good. The price isn't too expensive as well. Not forgetting bread ad cupcakes!

Okay, so here's some pictures of the cakes they have and their creations as well:

Panda Cupcakes

20cm Durian Cake

One of their more popular cakes, Chocolate Etoile

A more innovative choice!

     

3D cakes that kids will definitely like!

 

For Vegetarians, the Eggless cake series will definitely make a good choice.  L: Eggless Pandan, R: Eggless Corn.

For the older generation, perhaps the Cherry Blossom may be more appealing to them. 

 

They even have themed cakes!  L: F1 Themed cake, R: Noah's Ark

Want a slightly more abstract design?

How about having branded cakes?

Lastly. the snacks that are available at their store daily

 

   

   

Temptations Cakes is located at 42 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore 427766 and they are open from 9am to 8pm daily. 

For more details, the following are their contact details:

Telephone: 64409200

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TemptationsCakes

Website: http://www.temptationscakes.com.sg/

Global Issues - Train Services

I have been doing evaluation for global issues recently for one of my module and thought it'll be good to post it up. Pardon me for some of my grammar mistakes or even the lack of substantial ideas. Trying to improve on it!

Transport Issues – Train Services

According to Channel News Asia on 29 August 2012, Singapore is coming up with a new mass rapid transit (MRT) line. The Thomson Line which has 22 stations is estimated to open in 2019 instead of the previous indication of 2018. The new MRT line is expected to provide greater convenience as it will be connected to six interchange stations and facilitate transfer for many residents. The Thomson Line will also be advancement in the transport sector of Singapore as we will see progress in the technology used to minimize the hazard during the process of building the train tracks.

On the other hand, Yahoo News reports on 20 April 2012 on the third major MRT disruption in Singapore since December 2011. It provides an account of how the disruptions have caused the public to be late for school and work. In the article, anger and negative opinions of the public is being voiced out. Many people are criticizing SMRT for their unsatisfying service and sarcastic remarks about how the MRT disruptions are like the recent flooding incidents, becoming so unpleasantly common. Lamenting at how the measures SMRT have put it failed, consumers feel unjustified for the time they wasted due to train disruptions.

From ‘Public Transport Victoria’ on 21 June 2012, in Victoria, Australia, the authorities are coming up with planned disruptions in their train services. Similar to Singapore, they are introducing a new ‘Regional Rail Link’ that will provide new stations. However, the main difference is that they are planning for train services to be temporarily stopped so that they are able to conduct their “maintenance and renewal program”.

I feel that although the new MRT line may seem to provide more convenience to the people, we cannot be sure that the additional of 22 new stations will not result in greater train faults and disruptions. The fact that people are already pushing the blame of increased train faults to the recent opening of the circle line, there may be more complaints and anger if the new MRT line fails to provide quality service. While it may be unavoidable that train tracks may wear and tear, I feel that the building of the new train line should be taken even more seriously by the government than before. Also, what Australia is doing may seem to be feasible. The Singapore government should consider seeking a temporary disruption in the train services so as to allow for better upgrading of the tracks.

 References

1.       Public Transport Victoria (21 June 2012): http://ptv.vic.gov.au/news/news-promotions/planned-disruptions-to-train-and-tram-services/

2.       Yahoo News (20 April 2012): http://sg.news.yahoo.com/mrt-breakdowns--like-floods--are-now-part-of-singapore-life---.html

3.       Channel News Asia (29 August 2012): http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1222777/1/.html

Birthday Wishlist 2012

This year's birthday wishlist came abit late than usual because I totally forgot that birthday is just this weekend. Nevertheless, I thought about it and came up with this list.

1) Personalized Mugs

I always liked the idea of having pictures of friends on mugs like these. Living in NUS now, these mugs will definitely come in helpful and I'd loved to see pictures with my awesome friends on it.

2) Canon DSLR 600D lens

My current DSLR lens make it difficult to photograph at times especially things that are pretty far away. Therefore, a wider lens like this will be good!

3) Massage packages

My massage package with Wan Yang is ending soon so it will be super cool to get a new one since I'll probably do it quite often....

4) Graphic Tees

My tshirts are getting boring recently so having new tees will be nice.

5) Polaroid Accessories

I bought a polaroid camera in July and it lacks accessories. Pens, stickers, vintage bag or an album for it will add spice to my collection.

6) Facial package

Need to do facial soon and more often!

Huixian's AFSG Post Party

So, saturday was Huixian's AFSG Post party where she invited her friends for meetups. I went down late with my sister at around 445pm. Saw the cutie Caden. 

My sister said she want to take a photo with the baby of the star. Say hi to Ageyah! haha.

Sam says she want to bring Caden home.. But looks like Caden isn't very keen.....

Caden loves me more, don't jealous Sam!

The clique without yiusi, reginia and virina

Sent sam and yating home before heading back to watch the TVB singing competition and eating honey cornfalkes + milk! After which, Guohao, Mavis and Justin left, leaving roxanne, liyin and I. Joanna came shortly and we started our stayover!They were watching American Horror Story which I thought will be freaky since I don't watch horror. ( I was the only one who don't watch horror there!) BUT, turns out it was okay. 

Huixian's parents were so hospitable. Her dad cooked rice while her mum warmed up the food for us. Then, we had bobo charchar. The picture above is the portion that Joanna got from Huixian's mum.. We chatted abit about plans for Huixian's fanclub/fan page/website....

After American horror story was some comedic vampire show before we started watching the curious case of Benjamin Buttons. The show was SUPER LONG! 3 HOURS LEH! NO JOKE! It started at 130am. Liyin was already asleep and huixian joined soon after. I was kinda half asleep in the middle of the show while roxanne and Joanna was so high watching it! Finally slept at 430am. 

I woke up at about 830am to move my car before heading back to sleep. Roxanne left and I kept hearing Caden's voice haha. Was super funny to hear how he'll keep repeating "Mama my pants drop". We finally woke up at 1130am and decided to order pizza for lunch after washing up. 

Liyin left without lunch cos she had an appointment after that. 

While waiting for the pizza..... haha caden got "locked". 

We watched The rise of the planets of the apes while having lunch and the show was pretty awesome. Continued with a short part of The Game Plan before we finally left.....

Thank you to Huixian's Mum for buying me another pair of shoe!

It was a really awesome stayover Although we didn't had like HTHT, the time spent together was good. :)

For those who still doesn't know about it, Huixian has a fan page! Do visit https://www.facebook.com/HuiXianSeah for more of Huixian's updates!