I haven’t shared this before—when I was 11, my mummy brought me to the cinemas to watch a film called Hilary and Jackie (based on a true story). It was a recommendation by my then piano teacher.

The cellist in the film, Jacqueline du Pré, more affectionately known as Jackie, is the reason why I chose to play the cello over a violin (which many had insisted on me to pick up).

There I sat in one of the theatres of Shaw Lido, awestruck and captivated by her. That feeling I had in 1998 is still stuck within me.

Do find some time to watch this film if you haven’t. =)

My song of the moment! From One Direction.

Am not into these boys though. Like I said in my previous post, Westlife forever!

Randomly clicked on one of the video links and I couldn’t help but grin non-stop while watching this MV.

WESTLIFE, I LOVE YOU!!! Forever and always. Ain’t no boyband can steal my heart away like you guys did.

I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about this trip yet. It was absolute fun! Okay here goes!

DAY 1

We took a morning flight to Phuket and checked in to our resort in the afternoon.

Brought our bunnies (puffy the sailor and poofy in kimono) along and they made a new elephant friend! I think the elephant is into puffy.

Headed out for lunch soon after since we were both famished! Settled for an alfresco eatery somewhere along the nearest main road.

My boyfriend reckons his photo looks cuter. Um… hmm.

Here comes the food!

Tom Yum Soup

Pad Thai

Gimme everything!

There were some other dishes but they weren’t photographed because we started wolfing down the food after these 2 came. Haha!

We walked around the area near our resort and ventured into another expensive resort. There was free Internet access so we just acted like we were guests there. Went there every day after just to surf the net and chill! Hahaha.

After this we pampered ourselves to some face SPA and massage. Dinner was Italian buffet in our resort because it was raining heavily!

When the rain stopped, we went out to get Banana Chocolate Pancake for supper. The hawker sets up her stall every night just outside our resort. Super awesome pancake. No photo though!

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DAY 2

Rise and shine early in the morning for our day trip—island hopping + snorkeling!

Waiting for our driver

At the Resort Lobby

After a short car ride, we reached the Ferry Terminal. PEE PEE Marine Travel was our tour company. What a hilarious name.

Ferry Terminal

This is our tour guide BEYONCE! Hahaha! Yes, I’m not kidding that’s really his name. He’s got a super wicked sense of humour.

Beyonce

We were on board boat No.5 and he taught us a fast and effective way to remember it by: CHANEL NO.5

And he said CHANEL NO.5 in a super sissified way. HILARIOUS!

One of the more memorable lines he said:

Remember to come back to the boat at 5pm. If you don’t come back, your brother, sister, mother, father, cousin and husband will miss you a lot.

But don’t worry about your husband, you can leave him with Beyonce~

HAHAHA. So sisssy!!!

1st island

Hopped to the first island.

My boyfriend topless on the boat. :O

Scenery along the way

Houses by the sea

After snorkeling

last island of the day

Unfortunately it started to rain when we hopped to the last island. We had to seek shelter at a small shed along the beach.

Boooooooooo.

Waiting for the rain to stop.

While we were patiently waiting for the rain to stop, Beyonce served us some fresh watermelons and pineapples. I’m always pleasantly surprised at how sweet Thai fruits are.

Thankfully the rain stopped after 15 minutes!

Back out at the beach!

It was still pretty cloudy.

Me and you, just us 2.

After lazing around at the beach, we headed back to our CHANEL No.5 boat. On our way back to the Ferry Terminal, it started raining very heavily again.

It was a super bumpy ride on the rough sea and the KOREANS (yes, we were on the same boat with koreans!) who were super image-conscious, couldn’t stand the rain water splattering in and hitting them on the face.

So they did this:

Macam funeral leh!!!

Hilarious!!! I told my boyfriend I feel like we’re mourning the death of someone.

After the rough bumpy ride, we were back at our resort. Sun came back up, so we swam and fooled around at the pool which was pretty much unoccupied, and had some 1-for-1 cocktails by the swim-up bar.

It was awesome. We love the swim-up bar!

DAY 3

Rise and shine for another round of day trip! First up—elephant trekking!

Soooo high up.

Boyfriend riding on an elephant.

I didn’t dare go down to sit ON the elephant. Yikes… scary.

Naughty monkey snatched tourist's water bottle.

After riding on an elephant, we watched the elephant talent show.

Standing on 2 legs.

Standing high.

After the elephants did their thing, the monkeys came on.

"We know... It's really hot in Phuket."

"We da muscle monkeys!"

ATV Ride!

Highlight of the day was the ATV Ride. SUPER FUN! Although I couldn’t really handle that hefty machine. I let my boyfriend do the job. I’m just in for the ride. Hahaha!

We did white water rafting too! No pics of us though, we totally forgot to buy the photos!

WOOOO!!!

I love white water rafting! Our Thai instructor made it even more fun!

After the fun day out we headed back to the resort, washed up and had a good dinner. It’s our 2nd last dinner in Phuket! T____T

We settled down at a restaurant by the beach.

Fresh coconuts!

Satay

Pineapple Rice, Tom Yum Soup, Cashew Nut Chicken, Green Mango Salad

It was a very satisfying dinner. *Buuuurrrrp*

DAY 4

Cornflakes for breakfast

I always grab a bowl of cornflakes for myself during breakfast. Finally on the last day, my boyfriend asked, “why do you bother eating cheap food at a buffet breakfast?”

To which I said, “It’s nice what! See that cute ang moh dude also taking cornflakes. It’s young people food. You don’t know one lah.”

Guess what he replied? “Ya it’s for KIDS.”

WTF………..

Cornflakes healthy, calories friendly. 懂不懂的?!

After breakfast we proceeded to check out of our resort, so we could go shopping in Phuket town in the afternoon.

Doing the same pose again.

The money left for shopping. Puffy wants it all!

Wahhh...

No........

Nooooooo!!!!!!

Stupid bunnies.

Brought this bottle of Collagen Drink with me to Phuket town.

We watched a movie, UNKNOWN, at Phuket Town. Then we had an early dinner at a Fine Thai Food Restaurant.

Relatively empty

Modern Thai interior

Patterned ceiling

Intricately-designed tissue holder

Thais are really good with this napkin-folding thing.

Fragrant Rice

Fried Fish!!!

Roast Duck Red Curry

Red Ruby

After a good dinner and some shopping, it’s our time to bid farewell to Phuket. T___T

Here’s a last look at our beautiful resort by the pool. We miss the swim-up bar!!!

If you haven’t visited Phuket, go soon! It’s a really fun destination for a quick getaway. ^-^

It is a size XS. Fits me fine (I’m a UK6-8) except that it’s too tight at my bust area. Kinda sad ’cause I like this dress a lot but it can’t be altered bigger.

Selling at SGD70 (excluding postage). Price negotiable. Interested buyers do email me!

Selling at SGD70. Price negotiable.

Brand New with Tag

More details on my eBay listing. [ link ]

JJ has outdone himself! Best album to date. Lovin’ every single moment of listening to the songs in there. Go get the album if you haven’t!

I’ll be touching only on the more memorable bits though. Here goes!

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First brunch of 2011.

French Toast @ Wild Honey

Eggs Benedict

Made sweet & sour mix ourselves so we could make Tokyo Iced Tea (cocktail). Searched high and low for sweet & sour mix but couldn’t find. Decided to make it ourselves and it was a success!

Strong man. We squeezed a hell lot of lemons and limes.

Saw the logo I designed (u@live) standing big and proud on the stage at NUS. It felt really good. =)

First logo I designed out of school, up on stage at NUS!

Was at one of the highest spots in Singapore. It was high.

MBS Sky Park

Had chocolate overdose from a freaking pancake, can you believe it? Got into a bit of trouble after devouring it, but it was unforgettable.

Choco overload

Received flowers at midnight from my boyfriend on Vday. My first time getting flowers at midnight!

Vday surprise!

Saw our merlion’s head stuck in a box. Pretty tragic if you ask me. Quirky though.

merlion hotel

Art-directed and doubled up as a food stylist for a food photo shoot for the Philips AirFryer. My first time doing this and it was exhilarating.

Felt super accomplished when I saw how good the photos turned out! ^-^

First time art-directing a food photo shoot

Did a photo shoot with a MediaCorp celebrity, Bryan Wong. He was extremely friendly and fun to have around! Glad to have had a chance to work with him.

Bryan Wong + AirFryer

Tasted the best sushi by far in Singapore… with a breath-taking view.

oishii sushi

Beautiful scenery

Tasted the most expensive chicken rice in Singapore. Won’t be eating it again unless it’s free.

Chicken Rice @ Chatterbox

Poached an egg.

Poached egg - success!

Poached a pear.

Poached pear with butter cinnamon - success!

Made green garlic bread with my boyfriend. It was delicious, hmmm….

green garlic bread - success!

Froze my ass off at Forbidden City as I downed a shot of Vodka Passionfruit. It was a super cool experience. Pun intended.

Cooooldddd!!! With my ex-colleague.

Changed company. Still a Graphic Designer.

hello inSing

Grandma passed away shortly after that…

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Found my dream home. I want to make it OUR home – @Lego

Dream Home

Went on a yacht thanks to my boyfriend Lego.

On top of a yacht

Got a super big bright pink flower from Kate Spade. One of my favourite accessories.

Big pink flower behind my ear

My boyfriend sent beautiful purple tulips to my office on the eve my birthday. My first time receiving surprise flowers at office! ^-^

Purple Tulips!

Had the whole Singapore Flyer cabin to ourselves on my birthday, thanks to my boyfriend!

Singapore Flyer Moet & Chandon cabin

Saw JJ at his concert. First time seeing him with EYELINER (2nd video)!!! Super sexy.

Saw yen-j at Singapore Hit Awards! So lucky, thought I wouldn’t get to see him in 2011 since I missed his autograph session and concert because I was in Bali.

yen-j!

Met Emmanuel Stroobant, the Chef in Black! I’ve always seen him on TV cooking and couldn’t believe I actually saw him in FLESH at SQUE!!!

Was super excited and shy, but thanks to my boyfriend who helped me ask for a photo together, I managed to get this photo taken with Stroobant himself! WOOOHOOOO!!!

Stroobant and I!

Met Vanness Wu.

super love his boots

Saw NONO at Ximending, but no pic!

Flew to Phuket with my boyfriend. Did white-water rafting, ATV ride and elephant trekking. It was crazy fun!

Beach Holiday

Flew to Beijing, climbed the Great Wall of China with my parents.

Conqured the Great Wall!

Flew to Bali, had our private villa with private pool, and bungee jumped by the Seminyak beach. Scared the daylights out of me O_O

Bali Private Villa

Flew to Taiwan and had 8 days of FUN FUN FUN! Super enjoyed exploring Tainan, Kaoshiung and Taipei with my boyfriend. I love Taiwan!

放天灯~！

Got scared the shit out of myself at Sentosa’s Spooktacular – with my friends on Halloween night.

They all not scared but I scared.

Had my first SAKE! I’ve always wanted to try. Shiok. Get drunk very fast.

SAKE - my poison

Introduced my boyfriend to his first Paulaner. He loves it. First time we ventured to Thompson too!

Thumbs up!

Best book I read this year: ONE DAY. Super love this book. Em and Dex! T_T

ONE DAY

Got a precious piece of drawing done by my boyfriend. 星空!!! I love it! ^-^

That's me and him.

Started lego-fixing with my boyfriend.

Pirates of the Carribbean

Boyfriend brought me to sky-dine at Jewel Box, in the cable car! WOO!!!

Sky-dining in a cable car

Handsome Masked Man

Sneaked a photo with Santa at Mt Faber.

Me and Santa

Went for a couple of concerts, musicals and plays.

1) The Lion King

2) JJ I AM World Tour

3) Dealer’s Choice

4) The Hossan Leong Show

5) Singapore Hit Awards

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Watched a couple of unforgettable movies.

1) ONE DAY

2) 星空

3) 那些年我们一起追的女孩

4) Midnight in Paris

5) Real Steel

6) Beginners

7) Hangover 2

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My favourite MV of 2011: Mayday’s 星空

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Started watching EPL with my boyfriend and I gave a few players in Man Utd nicknames. Now he calls the players by the nicknames I gave. Hur hur hur!

It’s been an eventful 2011 and I’m happy we’re  happy together.

Cheers to a fabulous 2012!!!

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第二波主打 – 不存在的情人

I like how this song is dangerously bordering on psychotic. Must be quite a show during a concert!

JJ Lin’s latest album 《学不会》 will be out TOMORROW!!! 31st Dec 2011. Go buy go buy!!! ^-^

Mmmm...

What’s so great about this beer, you might ask.

#1 My boyfriend, who is not a fan of Japanese Beer (I introduced him Asahi and he was lukewarm to it), LOVED KIRIN.

"This is good!"

#2 The taste.

With a heritage dating back to 1888, Kirin is one of Japan’s long-standing and most-loved beers.

Kirin remains the only brewery that produces beer made from 100% malt via the unique First Press Process: an exacting brewing process which extracts the purest and most flavourful portion of the finest ingredients.

The combination of the First Press Process and 100% malt is what sets Kirin Ichiban apart from other beers, and makes up the rich, as well as clear and refreshing taste discerning beer drinkers have come to love.

And now you might wanna ask, where do I find AQUANOVA?

AQUANOVA is in the heart of night life partying, Clarke Quay. More specifically, it takes over the space that was formally Clinic.

This spankin’ new restaurant & bar marries the concept of dining, drinking and entertainment — a pretty awesome place to chill-out, if you ask me.

Enjoy dinner and drinks over live acoustic music earlier in the evening, and then stick around to have some crazy fun at the dance floor later at night!

Now you and your friends don’t have to worry about where to do dinner, and where to skip over for drinks. AQUANOVA has everything!

Bar Counter

Live band

Food @ AQUANOVA

We were served a couple of dishes at AQUANOVA. Saffron Seafood Rice, onion rings, BBQ Chicken on sticks and pandan cotta. I must say the onion rings were super awesome and the pandan cotta was a stunner. Don’t be scared by its greenish exterior, it actually tasted very delightful!

So yes, if you ask me, this place is good for dining (food is safe for indulging, no worries), and all set and ready for partying!

The Beer Menu

The Variety

My boyfriend and I both agreed we’d totally bring our friends over to AQUANOVA for a fun night out.

Cheers!

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AQUANOVA
3 River Valley Road
#01-03 Clarke Quay Block C S179022
Tel: 63056768
[ website ]

I was lucky enough to be invited to the first live MTV Sessions, featuring Vanness Wu, at Resorts World Sentosa.

Filmed live in front of a studio audience, is a brand new music series developed specifically for artists to showcase their craft in an intimate, up close studio environment.

I must say I was pretty impressed by his short but sweet showcase. He’s a great performer, not that we don’t already know, but there is actually a quiet and endearing side to him that I didn’t know of. Mm, hmm.

I enjoyed myself thoroughly and I especially loved his performances of Katy Perry’s E.T, Michael Jackson’s The Way You Make Me Feel, and his very own Knockin’.

If you’re a big fan of Vanness, rejoice! ‘Cause MTV Sessions will premiere on MTV SEA Sunday, 1 January at 6.00pm in Singapore! So be sure to catch him on TV.

If you don’t have the MTV channel, well, subscribe now! Or head over to your friend’s (who has the channel lah, of course) and do a New Year’s Day get-together, have some drinks and be swooned by Vanness’ charm.

For more pictures and a video sneak peek to the showcase, head over to MTV Sessions website!