sweaters and faux fur coats

are these early-winter-appropriate for hongkong/taiwan that are expected to have a temperature of 14-20 degrees in mid december?

images from here, here and here

lately,

trying to get in touch with my thoughts
to get inspired
should write more
reading torey hayden's "the tiger child"
take more pictures
spending time alone at home
waking up late
doing chores
watch films
arrange our photos in an album
plans to bake
learn to shoot in manual
make a skirt from scratch
scooping spoonfuls of haagen dazs ice cream from a tub

puts a smile to my face

a cat and a concert

tuesday. xiaoxiao sleeping on grandpa's tool shed roof the whole afternoon. air supply "love never ends" world tour in penang, with dad. it was super awesome! looking for their songs online!

bye, pasar malam (night market) now :)

"do you want my corn?"

that's an inside joke, which involved someone shoving her half-eaten corn in everyone else's faces which then resulted in bursts of laughter so tremendous it breaks windows and makes heads from tables away turn.

barely finished our last paper in time -- 2500 words in 2 hours? -- and immediately escaped to empire subang for dinner at chilis. when 5 hungry and liberated girls meet food, u can guess what happens next!

this is simin's diy tlr. so cool!

nachos!those jalapeno peppers are scary but it was gooood!

cajun club sandwich which michele and i shared

simin's fish and chips with weird-tasting dip sauce

anusha's lamb shoulder with ah-may-zing mashed potatoes! we ended up packing away 4 boxes of mashed potatoes!

kaireen's chicken chipotle with "the corn"

my hauls (from left) today, and yesterday, from f21 and diva.

nothing beats post-exam holidays, especially when they are 4 months' long! packing 4 months' worth of stuff to go home tomorrow! bliss!

blossoming

last few weekends, from grandpa's garden.
2 more days.

a test from above

i m feeling sickly, maybe it's cuz of the stress i m facing for the exams. my final year, such an important year, and it doesnt help that i m currently mugging on psychology research methods and theory. at this moment, i miss home, i miss everyone at home, i miss my cat, and i miss him. thanks to my sister who tagged me this photo of xiaoxiao :) it means alot to me now, to see that she's doing well and that everyone at home is too.

i promise i will do my best too, thinking positive thoughts. as mum says "it's just a test from above". i hear fireworks outside, that's a good sign :)

sugar, spice and everything nice

these were the ingredients for the perfect stress-buster lunch rita treated us to at the atrium cafe lounge at pyramid tower yesterday, in celebration of her belated birthday last week!

mega-(mouthwatering)-post alert!

for rm45 per person, u can eat-all-you-want! chinese cuisine, japanese sushis, nyonya kuihs and tidbits, middle eastern delicacies, western courses, anything and everything! i was there on 2 missions: to eat and to have fun!

wanted to grab the macaroni and the oysters but i was too full to fill them in anymore. what a waste! they looked so good! kinta and yujia both had the oysters and prawns and they said it was goooood!

we really loved the dining area alot, partially separated from the crowd outside with natural lighting coming down from the glass-windowed ceiling above us. this place exuded welcoming warmth which was a prettily added bonus to the whole dining experience!

rita's brother was there too, thorn amongst the roses. many apologies for having to suffer from the gossipy giggles and crazy antics of four crazily stressed girls!

the official start of food-hoarding

their desserts were out of this world! normally i would attack just desserts at a buffet, but somehow i was able to refrain from going all out this time. i wanted badly to sink my teeth into this,

this,

and this,

but i only ate these,

yumm-mieee! i was satisfied :)

dark chocolate cups with raspberries are not fattening, no they arent. am i right, or am i right?

birthdays are never complete without birthday cakes! although late, but still, better late than never!

i love how accidentally colour-coordinated we were, to make the birthday girl stand out more!

thanks, again, to the self-timer function. most brilliant thing ever on a camera.

happy belated 21st, rita!
we love u!