Jolly Jolly Christmas!

It was just like yesterday that I was actually celebrating my very first real christmas in London. In fact, a year has passed and this year, we decided to stay in Notts and have a different kind of celebration.

No roast turkey with stuffing, no pig in the blankets, no 5kg of mashed potatoes, no baked parsnips and no caesar salad this year.

But what remains the same is the company and that's what I treasure most =)

24/12/2011 Christmas Eve


All dressed up for the Christmas eve dinner
with the beloveds
*spot my small little petite Xmas hat, cute right cute right? =p*


The Randalamos. Our 4th and probably the last
Christmas together =(


This year we have the Warwick's with us =)


Festive din din at Harvester. Turkey escalope,
rump steak, pan-fried salmon and the festive
combo!


Unlimited salad and desserts. The salad are so good and I
can sit there whole day just for the salad. *for vege-lovers like me*
Trust me, forget about the calories and fat. Cause the blue
cheese dressing is the one to die for!


The sweet sweet couples

Back to the tradition after dinner; Secret Santa <3

This year is a little special cause we had like 2 rounds of present exchange. One for the designated person, and another being random. You can buy anything you want and see who's the lucky one getting it.


She was my secret santa 2 years ago. This year, I'm hers =)
*hope u like the pressie*


Feeling honored to have the only guy in the group as my
secret santa! =)


Christmas presents for the lucky ones! Under a beautifully
lit-up Christmas tree.

25/12/2011 Christmas Day

Everywhere was closed and we decided to just chill at home with some home-cooked food.


Big breakfast with poached eggs on
toast, baked beans, grilled tomatoes
and sauteed mushrooms.


Look at our happy faces! Even with simple breakfast like
this. Christmas is suppose to be happy, isn't it? =D
*Feeling blessed to have them with me*

For the ultimate Christmas dinner, we had a 2-course meal!


Our main course! Loh Pan Mee made from
scratch, topped with minced turkey meat,
mushrooms and fried shallots *nyums*


Desserts; Pistachio gelato and Cherry Glacia frozen yogurt!


Presents I got this year! ^.^

Have been slacking a lot since I came back from the trips and exam is like just around the corner. Really really around the corner liao!!! Hence, a short post. So much to read up and yet, I can still slack *yaiks* And go London for New Year! *yaiks max max max*

Okay, I better stop here and start facing the books again!

Oops oops, before I forget.

Merry Christmas!!!

From Us to You
♥

The Perfect Winter Getaway

Wee!!! Just got back from the most amazing getaway with the Randalamos 'originals'.

You must be wondering where's that amazing place right?

Let the pictures below reveal it =)

#1 Prague


Charles Bridge and the Prague Castle


Some of the traditional food that we had in the Xmas market;
my favourite would be the bottom two on the left. All-time love,
the churros and the new-found love, trdelnik which is like a
must have for me every single day =p
*Definitely one of the best xmas market I've been to*

#2 Budapest


Night view from Gellert Hill overlooking the famous chain
bridge that connects Buda and Pest side of the city


Closer shot of the chain bridge and Budapest Castle on the
Buda Hill


Traditional Hungarian food! Which was too meaty for my
liking. And salty too. My favourite; the poppy seed strudels
and rum flavoured raisins crepe.

Both cities were magnificent especially during the night when the entire city is illuminated!

Super cheap food, cozy accommodation and most importantly, best companies ever =D

The only regret we had was the weather. It was hot compared to Notts and sad to say, it didn't snow at all =( *sigh*

Basically, one word to describe the entire trip.

SPLENDID!


Love the originals to bits ♥

p/s: More pictures will be loaded on fb. So stay tuned =)

Lectures Down, Holidays Up!

Had my last lecture yesterday *can't believe I don't needa drag myself out of bed for morning lectures anymore*

Just submitted my last assignment of the sem few minutes ago.

So, it's time!!!

To pack up.

Ready to flyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! *excited max*



Have a great winter everyone out there!

Lots of hugs from the author,

To keep all of you warm

XX

What A "Surprise"

Touchstone is done! Finally some time to update my blog. Another post to end November =)

As I have mentioned in my previous blog post, the 21st birthday of mine was really a memorable one. Not just the celebration part but also the 'treasure hunt' specially planned by my lovely housemates. The present was really a 'SURPRISE' for me.


On the 31st, they sneaked into my room,
pasted all the sweet wishes on the walls
when I was taking my shower in the
bathroom =)


After the dinner, they made me start the hunt and pasted
sticky notes all over the corridor to my room to facilitate
my treasure hunt. They told me it's in the kitchen, i went searching
everywhere in the kitchen. Then suddenly they said, it might
be in the store and again I went searching every corners in
the store room. But still, I couldn't find it anywhere! Not
anywhere in the house. Being me, of course give up la. Sleep
and try again tomorrow =p

A week passed and the present was still no where to be found. Until.......................... something surprising happened. There was this one night. When I should be studying for my Touchstone exam but unfortunately, no. I was basically on facebook and out pop this inbox message from our blur egg. It was a thread message and I thought it was something important. Happily opened it and guess what I found. A message from her to the others regarding my present. Apparently the present just arrived that night itself!!!! Now you all know what's with the treasure hunt >.<


This was suppose to be part of the treasure hunt
that they planned to continue that night.
Too bad, plan was doomed =p


Baby bear and Wooly wearing my present <3


The surprise!


Time for some punishment for the blur one =(


Thank you so much for the effort and present from all of you.

To the blur egg, don't feel guilty anymore. It's nothing, really. It doesn't matter if it's a surprise or not. It's the heart that matters. And I really find it funny whenever I think of your face, that innocent guilty face when I found you in hiding at the corner in Jacky's room. Lol.

Sorry again for the short post. Simply dead tired and am still recovering from the sore throat and fever. Gosh! I rather have diarrhoea and vomit than to have these =s

Gotta hit the sack early tonight!

Night peeps XOXO

When Twenty Meets One

I turned 21 on the very last day of October! Yes it is, a Halloween Baby =)

Sometimes I do wonder, why are people so afraid being in the 20s?

In fact, I felt good being 21! Officially an adult =D

It's time to let the pictures do all the talking.


The very first person I should and want to thank is definitely
my Daddy and Mummy. The key to freedom from them.
Being lucky, I've got all the freedom I wanted long time ago.
But it still meant a lot to me. Hehe.
*Daddy can still be quite protective at times, which i totally under why =p*


At first, I thought they wouldn't be any key from them
although I did tell them that I would rather want a bag than
the key *call me a bagaholic* =p But they still got it. And it's a
really pretty one. A heart and a key. Love love love the design.
Btw, guess where they hid it? If you're my friend on FB, you
would have known. Yup, that bag of anchovies in my fridge.
Zzz. They are just so cute! Now talk about creativity. Luckily
it was wrapped with layers, if not I'll smell like anchovies
everytime I have that necklace on.

It's always the cake surprise when the clock strikes 12. This year was not a very 'surprise' surprise for me. Haha. Simply cause the cake was baked in my very own house. How to not see the cake beforehand =p


But but but...... I still appreciate every effort you guys put
to make this cake for me. Especially the housemates who
went through so much just to make me a lovely carrot
walnut cake. My fav cake <3


The Randolamos. It's really been a while since we gathered
and have a family picture like this =)


The wish wish time! Somehow, the list
was extra long this year. It's only once a
year that you get to wish. So why not have
a long long list? Hehe

Who's as 'lucky' as me this year? Classes from 9 to 5 on my birthday. Looking on the good side, I had 200 classmates and lecturers celebrating with me *faint* What a day!

But all was good when the night comes. A decent dinner with the close friends after a long day class. It's not about the grand party and posh dinner that makes me happy. Just the right people at the right time makes everything right =)


Dinner in Le Mistral
*We were too hungry while waiting the food to be served. So we actually took a few
of these rock sugars as the appetizer LOL*


The Starters


The Main Courses


The Birthday Girl with her choice of the
night =)


The superb housemates! Smurf you guys to bits <3


The Girls


The Boys


I wonder who suggested to get this balloon? That person
can definitely read my mind. Exactly what I wanted on my
birthday!

It was indeed a memorable 21st for me. Thanks for the effort and blessings from each and everyone of you. Nothing beats the company on this very special day of mine. Appreciate it much.

♥

Truly from the bottom of my heart

Octobelly ♥

See how time flies. The last time I signed in was almost a month ago. I still remember dragging myself out of bed on the first day of class and now what? Week 5 just ended!!! Fourth year is totally not like any other previous years. Masters level now and everything seems a thousand times harder *sobs*

Who says all the fun should stop although it's gonna be a tough year? It's my last year of uni life, my last year as an undergraduate student and my last year to enjoy life before stepping into the working world. I definitely do not want to miss anything out and regret later =D

October started off with birthdays again! In Cafe Rouge. My current favourite place for french food =) Guess who's the birthday baby? Scroll down further and you'll know.


For the birthday boy


His treat. With his first salary. Red and white wine.
Which made me dizzy dizzy before my main course came ><


Wanna know why this place is my current favourite? Simple!
5 out of 7 ordered duck confit while the other two had lamb and
chicken. Guess that proves how good was the duck confit. The
best that I've had so far ^^


Still guessing who's the birthday baby?! A hint was already
given =p


The Birthday boy. Happy Birthday, Kelvin!!! Our drama
queen. Keep the drama going!!!

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It's Tuesday. What that tells you? Bet you won't know if you're not from Notts =p

It's the Oriental Night again! Oriental loves Neon in Coco Tang.


One from college to uni ; the other from primary school to
uni.


A decent picture of us which I really love. I can still remember
the caption: Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop
now and then, but the strings will last forever =)


The girls. Those that I managed to take a picture with =)
Why do I always have the smallest eyes among the girls?
WHYYYYY =(


Pre-drinking session with some new friends


Stolen from FB =p Look at the crowd that night.


Despite the crowd, we still managed to capture a piece of
memory without all the heads and hands blocking ^.^

Too many funny and embarrassing moments that night. But who cares? It's a night to sweat and have fun. A great night indeed. After the alcohol and dance, the heat was enough to keep us warm at a temperature less than 10 celcius. Walking out at that temperature without any coat and tights on. Impressive isn't it? At least for a person who is so afraid of cold, like yours truly.

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I simply love our timetable this semester. Most of the fridays are off days. Jealous much? Hehe. So why waste it? Weekend getaways are the best time killer =)


Bath, Somerset was the destination


After checking into the hostel, we came over
to this must-visit-place-in-Bath. The Roman
Baths.


My travel partners. Meet my two new petite partners, Wei
wei and Vee Mae.


It's all about the history. But nothing is more
interesting than this glass of healing water.
Which smells like rotten fish and tasted like
blood *yucks*


The day ended with a decent 3 course dinner
in this restaurant named The Hole in the Wall.
Cute isn't it?


Rise and Shine! After breakfast, we headed off to the Royal
Crescent which is actually a residential road of 30 houses
laid out in a crescent.


Bath Abbey was the next stop. A place where earth and
heaven meet. We took a tour up to the tower which
overlook the entire city of Bath.


Bath Abbey. Day vs Night.


At the peak of the Tower


Through the peeping hole


My favourite group picture <3


Souvenir from the cathedral. A bookmark
which reads; I've climbed up the 212 steps
of Bath Abbey tower and down again. 212?
Sap sap sui la =p


A must-try in Bath. The Bath Bun! If you're
wondering what's so special about it, I can tell
you this. It's nothing to wow about. It's basically
just a rich, sweet yeast dough shaped round that
has a lump of sugar baked in the bottom and more
crush sugar sprinkled on top after baking =.=


Another must-try in Bath. The ever famous Sally
Lunn's Bun. Which I thought was overrated as well.
The savoury bun with smoked salmon was rather
tasty but the cinnamon butter with clotted cream
bun was a tad too sweet for my liking. Perhaps those
with really sweet tooth will love it =)


Another world heritage site after Bryggen. Stonehenge.
I'm still wondering what's so nice about this few pieces
of randomly stacked rocks >.<


Came so far just for a picture =)

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Another birthday. But this time, a super super belated one. So so sorry for the late birthday celebration, our August baby. But better late than never, right? =0


In Cafe Rouge again. Duck confit conquered the table again.
Being indifferent, I tried something else instead. The
seafood pot which was good too. But still can't beat the duck
confit! *missing it so much now*


The n-th time 'Happy Birthday' from me
to you =D


The Randalamos with Yinny's love, Chong Yi <3

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Oovoo date on a Saturday evening with the besties. From all around the world.


Miss Pao from Malaysia, Siew Yee from Belfast, Qian from
Malaysia, Moi from Notts and Liz from Christchurch. Poor
Liz for staying up till 6am in the morning just for this oovoo
date. Get more sleep, girl!


It's us with our soft toys. From puppies to bears.

Me missy you guys so much. Another year to go till we can finally meet again, face to face. And I shall wait patiently =)

October has always been my love. Why?

You'll know when the next blogpost is up.

I think I better stop here and go help out my housemates for the small party later. Before the others crash our place with the wines and liquors. I love friday nights!

Have a great weekend everyone XOXO