Fab Fab Februlicious

Blog has been under hiatus for weeks. Why no updates??? Again! Its the lazy me. Procrastination as usual. Lab work started 3 weeks ago and surprisingly, am not as busy as I expected yet. Instead I was too busy booking flight tickets and planning my easter and summer holidays =.=''' Almost 1000gbp gone in just 2 days. So I'm practically broke now!

Anyway, gonna wrap up february in this post. So read up!

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Fab fab february started off with heavy snowwwww which only lasted for a night. Waited since November for it to come and finallyyyyy!!! Weather here has been really weird this year. Last year snow came around November and it lasted for about 2 weeks. Winter was pretty long then. During this time last year, I was still battling with the cold but look how sunny it is now! Double digit temperature can u imagine? Guess spring is about to step in =)


Snow was so heavy that it actually become so thick,
just enough for snow fight!


After the long wait, I managed to make my very first snow
angelllll. Nice nice??? Hehe =p


We tried out something new this winter too!
Sledding down the Portland hill. It was so much fun and
honestly, I didn't have enough of it. If only the snow lasted
longer, I would definitely go for another round.


Too lazy to make a big snowman but petite ones
are equally cute isn't it?


Wondering who made this?! Simply amazed by it.
Definitely not an easy task!


The ultimate fun and spontaneous group!

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No more lectures this semester and each and everyone has their own lab work to do in different places. Hence, we don't get to meet much often like we used to anymore. So, having random dinners could be the best way for us to catch up.

Started off with hotpot buffet in China Fu. Love their fish head soup.
Prolly cause I haven been having it for such a long time and I
seriously missed it so much. FISH!!!! ><


Their sweet potato and pumpkin dessert was the winner
of the night! After the first bite, we went crazy and started
ordering more and more. 6 of us had 48 of these. Scary??? But true.
So imagine how good it was. The owner must have regretted for
placing this dessert as part of the buffet. Or only for our case? =p

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14/2/2012. Valentine's. A day that all couples anticipated for. But for us, the singles, it's just like any other day. Every year has been the same. Just a few of us having a decent dinner together. Nothing special.

After a long tiring day in lab, good food always makes me
a happy girl again! Thali from Tamatanga. Always my love <3


The night ended with some chit chat session at Sinatra
over cocktails ^^


This valentine has been a bit extraordinary. Cause our beloved
thorn bought roses for the roses!!! Who said valentine is only
for couples???

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It's another SPICE night! Last year, I was down the stage, watching the performance while gobbling on the free food. This year??? I was on the stage, performing! Shocking shocking??? I was shock myself too when I agreed to be part of the dancing team this year. Haha. Always wanted to dance but never got the chance. I gave up the opportunity last year due to my laziness. Too lazy to walk all the way to Portland for practices. Plus the cold weather outside just makes me feel like staying indoor. But this time, I decided to fight against the laziness and do something different. And yup! I did not regret at all and I'm glad I made the first step. I really really do enjoy the practices and the time spent with the crew.

After all, what's life all about when you don't do something unusual?! Agree???

SNSD wannabe =)


Mr Taxi. Wanted to upload the video but the file was simply
too big and I have no idea how to compress it or whatsoever.
But it's everywhere on FB anyway, so sneak a peek there!


The drummer, the guitarist and the lead singer. Guess what?
They are all my lecturers O.o Surprising isn't it?! We were
totally impressed by their talents!

Cheers!!! The after party celebration at Mooch ^.^

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Last but not least, a lil updates regarding my lab work! The research I chose was regarding the antihypertensive effects of garlic oil. The project is still kinda boring. Probably cause it's still on the trial stage and we have not really started testing on the individual compounds of garlic oil yet. The project is also making me a lackadaisical girl once again. I've been slacking a lot lately. Seriously ALOT! =s


Dissecting the porcine pulmonary artery. My favourite thing
to do every morning and apparently it's the most interesting
part of the experiment =.=

One thing that I hated about this experiment is the smell. The garlic OMG!!! I used to love the smell especially when you use it for cooking. But imagine smelling it everyday? After 2 weeks, I sorta got sick of it and feel like puking everytime I enter the lab. The smell is everywhere!!! In the lab, at home and on myself >< 6 more weeks to go =x

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Before I forget, one super duper important thing to that I have to inform all of my beloved readers! All the hardwork paid off and........

I'M GRADUATING THIS JULY!!!

=D

Doom Day!

Exam results will be out in another 15 hours.

I've never been so nervous before.

My aims are getting lower and lower.

Just give me a pass now and I'll be more than grateful.

That's the most I can ask for.

*fingers crossed*

Bid Goodbye to 2011

Oopsyyy! I just realized that I actually forgotten one important thing in my last post. To wish everyone a very Happy New Year! Its just the beginning of Feb so not considered too late right? Hehe =p

For those who read my previous post would know where I spent my New Year this year. Yup yup yup, in London it is! Twas such an awesome and memorable one. Last year I missed the London eye fireworks cause I was in Birmingham celebrating with my bunch of college friends. When I came home after that, I watched it from youtube and gosh, it just reminds me of how pathetic was the one I saw in Birmingham >.<

31st December 2011


Took the super early train down to
London Kings Cross. Walked over to
St.Pancras once we arrived to take
a picture with this! Apparently, it the world's
largest Lego Christmas tree. It took two months
to build and contains 600,000 bricks.

Checked in to our hostel and all 6 hungry ghost
headed straight for some Jap food in Chinatown.
Sushi crave not satisfied yet but Japanese curry
crave is!


Then off to Selfridges. Always wanted to try
the Pierre Herme macarons there. We finally
did! The macarons were so gooddddd and I love
them. Even better than the ones from Pierre
Ledent which I got from Brussels. Those were
already super good, so imagine this?! Maybe
I'm exaggerating abit too much LOL But trust me,
it's seriously worth the money =)


After some shopping along Oxford street, we are here again!
Last dinner for 2011. Nothing can be more satisfying
than having a warm bowl of Kimchi soup down the
stomach during winter ^.^


It was just a year ago that we had our boxing day dinner
here, and see how time flies! We're here again a year later
but for new year's eve =)


After much squeezing and pushing, we finally made it to
the center of the crowd in Embankment and stood there for
almost 3 hours under the rain. Look at the crowd
and you'll know how much time we spent just to get a
close-to-perfect spot for the fireworks. There's this annoying
lamp post blocking part of the view, nevertheless we had no
choice but to stay right there cause there was simply
too much people and we cant afford to lose the spot that
we got earlier.


Look how amazing were the fireworks! It
definitely did not let us down. Maybe the
pictures don't tell much, but imagine watching
it in front of your eyes? For fireworks lover like
me, it really is the best firework that I've ever
watched for the past 21 years.

1st January 2012


Started our first day of 2012 like typical tourists! Visited
the Big Ben, London Eye and Buckingham palace again LOL
Simply cause my beloved friends are always too busy
spending money in Oxford Street and never had time
for these attraction spots each time they visit London.
Haha. Since everywhere is close on New Year, so why not?


Lunch with papaya milk and pearls <3


After watching the parade along Green Park, we made our
way to the Lyceum Theatre for the musical that we have
been anticipating for since October. Lion King it is! But guess
what, I slept for almost 50% of the show. Someone please stab
me! Such a good musical and we fell asleep?! Blame the fireworks
last night. Felt as if I just burned 40 pounds in the fire *sigh*


After watching 'sleeping beauty' instead of Lion King,
Covent Garden was our next stop. For more macarons!
Haha. But this time from Laduree instead. Not bad but
still prefer Pierre Herme =p


Next, is dinner time! If you want good steaks,
this is the place you definitely should be visiting.
Gaucho <3 The complimentary cheese dough was
the bomb starter. See the cheese oozing out from
it??? Don't you just wish you have one in your mouth
now??? =p


Me and my Rump Steak! With spinach as sides =)
The other two were the sirlion and the pork loin
with sweet potatoes.


Hopefully this is not our last New Year celebration together.
But I guess it most probably will be =(


Tower Bridge at night! Just outside the restaurant.
Beautiful isn't it? I think it is ^^

For some, New Year is no more than a change of a calendar. For others, this event symbolizes the beginning of a better tomorrow. No matter what it means to all of you out there, I hope you guys had a really great time like me and Happy New Year once again =)