My early birthday celebration!!!

Had a really good birthday celebration on fri!!! I made BFF donate blood on my behalf. Iron too low. :( The HSA lady, whom I presume is a doctor, was so nice! She gave me a food coupon anyway. It's for people who donated blood. U made my day, dr grace leong!

With my "birthday cake" in hand, we went for seafood!!!! My all time fav food in the world! :)))

Thanks for the birthday treat BFF!!! But I still want my bangawan solo cake!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had a blast today for Saha's and my birthday celebration!!! Hers is today, and mine is 2 weeks later. Cos I dunno how to spend my birthday in Singapore, I'm going to be in KOREA!!! How awesome... 

Special thanks to Sam, aka Lingerfinger for my complimentary red velvet cake! I LOVE it. :)))))

Apart from today's birthday celebration, my life is absolutely spinsterish.
But I"m fine, cos I'm too lazy to go out.

On of the greatest gift (seems wrong) my ex gave, was the joy of watching soccer and F1!!!
I'm never bored on a sat night anymore!!! 

kayz back to soccer. 

Die Man u DIE. 

But they're not. :( 

Likdat how to run???

First a stalker, then a flasher. Now a swollen foot. God really don't want me to be running.

Sian... Getting fatter each day. Kenna asked if I'm pregnant again!!! and and, I'm overweight, according to my waist hip ratio. I may look skinny. But deep down, I believe I've clogged up arteries!

But how to exercise?!!! And everyday still gorge like crazy. :/ heck... Diet tomorrow...

Wedding gathering!

Michelle and Guan Tat were so nice to organize another meetup to thank the "xiong di" and "jie mei"! First time I had such meetup! Though slightly awkward, the company was great. I haven't had such a big gathering since Pam's bday! What an experience.

The food was awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee too! I've always loved Ban Leong Seafood! Price was rather reasonable. $400+++ for 15 people.

Thanks for the dinner!!!

I was soooooooo happy that day! Cos I finally watched the mousetrap! That totally deserves another post. I shall do that soon!!! hee.

Anyway, a little about today. I was sooooooooooooo down! (okay I tend to exaggerate a lot). I didn't get to eat lunch with my friend (that sounds childish, but lunch is the ONLY thing I look forward to at work). But my colleagues totally made my day! What will I do without them???

Jaded

It's oct already and I'm still the same as I was in Jan. What happened to my resolution??? Did I live this year in vain?

Tummy still so big. And also not much development intellectually. WHAT A LOSER....

I still love veg food!

As the title says it, I love my zai mi fen! It's from the tiong baru stall in front of a monkey temple. Love it! The zai mi fen uncle made good recommendations! (See the mushroom spring roll).

The drinks stall uncle is damn cute too. He demanded the BFF to be a gentleman and pay for me! Hee. And thanks to him, I got a free lunch treat! Yay!

P.s. Actually BFF alr intended to treat. :)

Michelle's wedding!

22nd sept is TatnChele's big day!!! 

Both of them are my sec sch mates. 

So happy for them! :)))

 Michelle was so pretty yesterday!

I love her day hairdo! 

 I'm very honoured to be a jiemei!

Though I didn't do much. hee!

Guan Tat! He was my sec 1 &2 classmates.

He used to be sooooooooo short and naughty. 

Now, he has become a real man. HAHA!

 Mini YTSS reunion? haha! I don't remember the 2 guys on the left. 

Lovely wedding!!!

and I LOVE the food at Man Fu Yuan, Intercontinental.

CONGRATS TO MICHELLE AND GUAN TAT!!!

10 YEARS TOGETHER IS AMAZING!!!

HAVE A BLISSFUL MARRIAGE!

btw, just found out that I've FOUR weddings next year, in NOV... 

Day 17,18,19

Day20:
I GIVE UP. :(((

Sad to say, I cannot be a vegetarian. I feel so weak, and I'm sick! Haven't felt so sick in ages. :((( Fever, sore throat, cough. :(((

I don't think it has anything to do with being vegetarian (cos I had so much fried stuff a few days back). But my body is not used to the lack of meat. Guess that's why my resistance to germs is so low.

Even though I've conceded, I'll try to be more vegetarian in my diet by having more non-meaty stuff.

Next step to my diet, I wanna #eatclean. But for now, I just wanna get well.

Day 16!

I haven't been so happy during weekdays. Cos I'm not at work! On course!!! Haven't had so much fun in a while!
Yup still managed to keep up with my veg diet. Had YTF and cesar salad, without the bacon bits. Still surviving. 2 more weeks! yay.

Family dinner

Cos I love the food at bespoke, I made my family eat there for dinner! We love the food!!! Yummy. :)

Thanks family for eating with me! So glad u guys are supportive!

P.s. Steven went too! He was the one who took the pic.

Happy belated birthday Val!

Met Val today at tampines! Watched ilo ilo. I love it!!! It's a little too artsy, but it's an arts film. I can relate to the show! I had 4 maids. Like them all!

The boy can act! So touching at the end. Love his buck teeth!

Gave Val something very practical for her bday! Totally know what she needs. :))) glad she likes it!

We then shopped like mad! Spent a bomb! Dinner was at ding tai feng. There is vegetarian stuff!! Good for me!

Happy that arsenal won!!! Happier I had company to watch with!!! Thanks to the bfs (not mine. Hahah! )

Super tired and not coherent... Night!

Friday the 13th

And it's the 13th day of my vegetarian diet!

Today's dinner was AWESOME! My NTU psy mates treated me to dinner at Bespoke, at Sunshine plaza. I love how my friends accommodate my vegetarian needs! THANK U!

We had:

- Unagi sushi

- Hiyaki fried rice

- Hot pot

- Cheese mushroom

- Tomato popiah 

So awesome... 

I overate again!!! At about 5pm, I had LingerFinger's banana walnut cake (my all time fave!!!) and a famous tiong baru market lian yong bau. My colleagues are so nice!!! Specially bought vegetarian snacks for me! :)))

Time to balance healthy diet with exercise!!! 

Sick

Too much fried.
I'm so sick of food!!! Esp goreng pisang.

But I've got to say, my mom cooks the best food!!! She made dried laksa today! Vegetarian style, of cos! :)

I don't wanna think about food for the next 12hrs. Time to sleep!

Fave restaurant

I went to zi zai vegetarian restaurant @ yishun blk 236 with my ytss friends today and I love that place!!!! Awesome zi char food!!!

I love their butter prawns dish! Vegetarian zi char can be just as awesome!

Thanks friends for sacrificing meat for me!!!

And thank u BFF for buying me mee hun kuek for lunch. I didn't eat a single piece of meat. All given to my BFF!

Day 11 complete! Yay!

Can't wait for breakfast tml! Thanks ms Lingerfinger!

Day 10!

No pictures as today was mad busy. Even lunch was a rush!

Brekkie was egg sandwich. Then I had Prata for lunch. Goreng pisang for tea ( unhealthy!!! :( ) and noodles for dinner!

Tried running today but I had no energy! Practically just bounced around. That's bad!!! Gotta rmb to eat something before running next time!

At work, today was a rather good day!

1. Managed to resolve 2 complains
2. A patient's friend said I look cheerful and hospital needs people like me!
3. I managed to speak to a doctor without stammering!!! I get nervous when I speak to doctors who sound super confident over the phone. But dunno why I was so pro this time! Can even joke with the doctor! Hee! Yay to confidence!

Day 9???

I've began to lose track of the days. Vegetarian diet has become a way of life! wow.

 Chee Kuek! My Sunday breakfast!

 Zai mee fen. OMG so sick of it. 

I don't wanna eat it every again. 

 My teabreak! From Lingerfinger! 

Then today... 

 Coffee and Lui Sa Bao!!! 

Love the explosive yellow egg yolk. YUMZ

 Lunch! Rice. Finally!!! 

And so happy today my BFF at work is finally back!!! 

Dinner! My mom makes the most awesome food in the world!

Olive friend rice!!! Superb!!!! 

p.s. I don't quite like taking food pictures.

Cos I don't do justice to the food. 

Shall end of with a picture from Kelvin's wedding!

He looks so good! :))) 

Kelvin is one of the nicest guy I met from work. 

Happy to be part of the wedding. 

Congrats once again, Kelvin!

Day 8- Back to veg

I'm so sick of zai mee fen. :( I don't wanna post any more pictures of zai mee fen. Time to get creative with my meals. 

Dinner was good though! We went to Paradise Inn, and my parents ordered so many veg dishes! Yay. So flavorful! And I love the tofu! 

I'm so hungry now though. 

hee... 

Wedding

Today I used one of my 5 cheat meals for kelvin's wedding. It was such a lovely wedding! Kelvin is the sweetest guy I've ever known. He invested so much effort into his wedding! So glad to be part of the celebration!

2 things I realised today.

1. I can survive without meat. I accidentally took a bunch of roasted chicken, and I didn't like them at all. Same goes to the roasted pork. That's comforting to know. I don't need meat to survive.

2. However, I need my seafood. I love prawns!!! My protein! I can't do without seafood!

Apart from the realisation about food, I know I can't make small talks for nuts. And I appear grouchy. But I'm not!

Today during dinner, I didn't participate in the conversations with my ex colleagues at all. I appear super rude, but I'm just too awkward. Sorry if I appear too bored. I just don't know what to say!!

Oh but I had so much fun after the wedding with Amanda!!! Thanks for the stories!!! :)) so it was a good night after all.

I'll end off with a picture of the wedding favour. Amazing chocolately cupcake! :)

Day 6- Close to nothing

No pictures today as I ate almost nothing!

Breakfast- A red bean bun and coffee
Lunch- Hum Jing peng + an apple
Dinner- Pasta (minus all the ingredients)
Supper- one third a mao san wang mooncake.

That's it!

Today, I was simply too busy to have time for food. And guess what. I took half day, but not for myself! Sad. But I had fun!

A birthday shoutout to my dad, hoho (cousin), and Nat (pam's bf). :)))

Day 5- Getting boring

I need to explore more food options! I'm kind of sick of ytf and vegetarian bee hoon. :(((

Breakfast was as usual. A cup of coffee and bread.

I had lunch with Weichao! He had to go veg today as it's the first day of the lunar month!

We wanted to go to a veg place near the temple, but it was pouring. 

So, we settled for veg at Tiong Baru market. 

The bee hoon tasted better than normal veg bee hoon as it has gravy! 

Very tasty! And cheap! Just $2.50.

But I got hungry an hr later...

 So, I got a packet of 6 red bean buns!

Of cos I didn't eat all 6. I ate 1! 

Though I know I can finish all 6. 

Dinner was AMAZING.

My mom made egg tofu, lady finger, and egg wine soup!

Egg wine soup is a modified version of hakka chicken wine soup!

Instead of chicken, my mom replaced with a fried egg.

Super yummy!!!!

Well, today I didn't feel as sluggish. Just that I got hungry very easily.
Not too bad a progress!

Note: I was happily planning for a trip to Boracay with a friend. But when we were about to book, her mom said no. So disappointed!!! :((( Well, next time then!!!

On a random note, I've actually beginning to take things easy, and not dwell on the evils too much.

So, here's a smiling happy face of me!!!

Day 3 and 4- Getting tired

I thought being vegetarian is supposed to make me more alert, and less sluggish. However, yesterday and today, I was so tired at work! But maybe it's my body trying to adapt. 

Gonna post 2 days worth of vegetarian food, as I don't wanna lag! 

Day 3:

The day started out with my mom stir frying yesterday's noodles. 

Super yummy!!! Perfect, with a cup of coffee! 

Yeah I've been trying to kick off my coffee addiction. Trying is the word. 

I just love the warm and rich taste. 

 Lunch was ytf again! But at a different place. 

Previously, my ytf was at connection 1 bukit merah hawker.

Yesterday, I went to Pearl centre's ytf stall with a hall mate, Joseph! 

Not exactly very healthy as they fry every single item, except the veg and tofu.

oh wait. That's everything in my bowl. 

Alright it's rather healthy after all!!! 

Btw, I snacked a lot in between. 

Granola bits prepared by Saha, egg tart from the clerks, almonds etc... 

I met Jamie for dinner!!!

So happy she accommodated and we went to Bali Thai, where they've a veg menu!

But I didn't choose from any above. 

I ate from their "Noodle bar", where you can choose how you want your noodles made! 

Mine was: Phad Thai noodle + Veg + Garlic pepper sauce. 

When I tasted the noodles, I cringed. It was soooooo salty!!!

But the very kind waitress had it changed for me! :) 

Great service!!!

Oh, she even told me to change my sauce, from XO chilli, cos that's not veg. 

Day 4:

For breakfast, I had yummy bread and coffee!!! Forgot to document my breakfast with pictures. OH WELL. It's okay cos tomorrow my breakfast should be the same! 

I went for lunch with the clerks! 

Kopitiam at SGH has a vegetarian stall. Good for me!

So I had healthy brown rice, with side dishes. 

Picture was hastily taken as it felt so weird to take food pictures. 

Still not used to taking pictures at everything. 

Then, along came tea...

Ang Ku Kuek from Lily's baby's first month anniversary. 

Not directly from her, but my clerk gave me! 

I love green bean paste ang ku kuek! 

Very oily though.

Mooncake! We went to the mooncake fair in SGH. 

Linda bought Shangri-La's moooncake. She gave us one!

Nothing fantastic. No comment. HAHA. 

Mooncake is just, erm mooncake taste. 

Overpriced baked lotus pastry. 

But, I do love mooncake festival!!! 

Avocado cake from Chai Yan! Also from the fair. 

It looked disgusting, but it was so good!!! 

It's so light and fluffy! I should attempt to bake this.

DINNER! 

My parents have been superb. 

My mom has been cooking vegetarian meals for Saha and I.

And both have been eating without complain!!! :))) 

Thanks for the yummy food, mummy!!! Saha and I appreciate it loads!

Day 2- Going strong.

Day 2 is a test of how I'm going to resist various temptations at work. My very kind colleagues are always feeding me with food. I'm their garbage monster, and I love to be fed! I feel so loved.

But I'm saying NO to nonsense food this month.

 Breakfast! 

It was leftovers from dinner the previous day. 

Rmb how sucky the bee hoon was? 

My mom made it awesome!!!

 Yong tau fu for lunch! Easiest choice! I just gotta choose all veg and tofu!

Gotta choose wisely as there are hidden slab of meat/ fish paste in the veg!

Almost got tricked by a piece of brinjal! 

 Dinner was sooooooooooooooo good!!!!

My mom made mushroom noodles and potato, carrot, and lots of misc herbs soup!!!

I feel so healthy!!!

Dessert. Lingerfinger Victoria sponge cake and red velvet. 

2 pieces actually. The picture is not representative of what I ate in quantity. hahaha! Courtesy of Sam again! (THANKS!!!!)

And with that, I ended day 2 of my veg diet! 

In between meals, I snacked a hearty portion of granola bits made by Saha! 

Yes I get hungry more often. Gotta find a way to keep my tummy happy. haha!

No exercise yesterday. 

My excuse? Rain and no strength. 

Yes LAME i know...

Gotta keep up tomorrow. 

Side note: I've been trying to keep myself physically fit. But mental strength wise, I'm weak.

I'm mentally tormented by that little shit pistachio everyday.Just gotta remind myself, there's karma. 

Give me some time. Trying to seek enlightenment. Almost there... 

Day 1.

Today is actually day 2 of my vegetarian. Yes I survived! For such a meat eater, it's such a major accomplishment. Yesterday was especially tough as I was out with my family for staycation! How to not have good food while out?

On Saturday, we had a good last meaty meal at Seafood Paradise. Rather pricey, yet not as good as those good old neighborhood hawker. But we had a filling and pretty much satisfying meal.

Saha and I woke up quite excitedly about our vegetarian month!

Our initial plan was to go Killney at Marina Square for breakfast. But it was filled with sweat drenched hunky male who had just finished their 21km army marathon. hee! So we changed our venue to Hans. I was rather pleasantly surprised to know that Hans have a fair bit of section of vegetarian dishes on their menu!

Saha's fried egg sandwich, which I took half.

My mushroom omelette! Love the bread! 

After breakfast, we went for a walk at Gardens by the bay. 

So expensive for 2 domes! 

But the price was justified by the pretty flowers!

And the freezing temperature. 

We then had lunch at Majestic Bay, a dim sum restaurant.

Major challenge for me as I love my har kow and siew mai!!! 

Not forgetting fried beancurd skin with shrimps, shrimps cheong fan etc...

But I pulled through! 

I had more than that. hee! 

Enough to make me half full.

Fish porridge without the fish! 

Pure vegetarian. 

Egg tart, vegetable dumplings, and liu sa bao.

Honestly, I don't quite fancy any of those. HAHA.

But I can't be picky.

Seafood Bee Hoon! Minus the seafood.

Tasty!!! 

Slurped up everything before I rmb to document it!

Then it was teabreak..

Butter cake, specially from Lingerfinger!!! Courtesy from SAM!!! 

Here's a shoutout to u! 

Sam, u're awesome!!! 

THANK U!!!!!!!!

An hr after tea break, I went for a run. 

I tried interval running, as suggested by Saha and Sam.

Boy I regretted trying interval running. 

I was burnt out within the first 1km!!! 

But I struggled and finish about 4.5km. 

Only cos I saw a wild dog. (which looked scary!)

Then came dinner! 

My parents bought veg bee hoon from northpoint.

Rather bland. But I finished the sides. 

My mom, the amazing cook, salvaged the bee hoon for today's breakfast. 

(See day 2).

Fruits! Cut by my dad. 

Extremely supportive parents! :)))

Last, but certainly not the least, 

homemade MANGO SAGO!!!!

Dessert from Andy's (Saha's bf) mom! 

It took me through Liverpool Vs Man U match. 

(YAY Liverpool won. and 

YAY YAY YAY Arsenal won!!!)

Okay that concludes my Day 1. 

Pretty good start for my vegetarian diet! 

A very special month

Sept will be a very special month. Not cos of F1. Not cos of my dad's bday (that's special thou). But, 

I"M GOING VEGETARIAN!!! With my darling little sister. 

Well, she did a one month vegetarian diet with her friend. And yes, she succeeded. I was inspired by her, and her books. 

1. Eating animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer

2. Don't eat this book, by Morgan Spurlock

I feel so disturbed after reading the books. Can't be bothered to get the details. Gist is, animals we eat these days aren't treated properly, alive and dead.

Anyway, there's really no point in eating meat, since we can get the same nutritional value in plants. Even though meat tastes good, it's more of the texture than the flavor. I can do away with the texture. Vegetables and tofu taste pretty good too! 

So yup, for the month of Sept, I pledge to go vegetarian for every single meals. However, as I've 2 weddings, a birthday dinner and a high tea treat to go to, Saha and I have set 5 cheat meals for ourselves. Just 5. And I'll payback those 5. 

Can I do it? Seems tough if I've super carnivorous friends. And vegetarian food is so hard to be found in Singapore. But I must try! 

Counting down... 3 more days. I'm excited already! 

New beginning!!!

Yay I've bought myself a new laptop!!! It's super chio. HOT PINK. I know it's so not me. But it's too pretty to resist!

 

I wanted to get a simple silver one from Harvey Norman. But there was only 1 set left, in hot pink. I was so reluctant and had wanted to take the display set. However, when Raymond (the very nice salesman) brought THIS out, wow. It was LOVE at first sight. I'm a closet bimbo. I never knew.

 

So yay! The most expensive present to myself! It's AMAZING. I'm still figuring out windows 8 interface. It's so different. Takes some effort, but I love this laptop nonetheless! :)))