::My Inner Door:: - Vampire.KNIGHT-

School has started yet again so there's no more slacking at home and rotting on the couch. Or the bed.

Actually that's not quite true since school's juz started so there's really not much to do.

So far OT seems to be quite a killer since I hardly have any idea what's going on. i have question marks on my forehead in lectures. I cant seemed to put a link between HIS rambling and the theory in focus. Really hope it'd get better as it goes along.

Played the third part of Darkness recently. Once the game began I couldnt help laughing at the all-too-familiar sight.

The scene is set right in our MRT train so the first thing that catches your eye is the orange seats, the train map and the sign asking you to offer your seat to those in need. Everything you can see in the train is detailed in the game.

However as usual, the laughter ends right there. It spooked me out quite abit. In fact I got a shock just seconds into the game.

The walkthrough on youtube is good. It also lets you see the game without playing it.

Anw here's some of my cooking chronicles. I had my very first attempt at cooking japanese curry some time ago.

Ta-da~ It was delicious. Granted I didnt make the curry paste myself from scratch BUT still it needed alot of other work to make it taste nice.

Another i made was tiramisu. Not my first attempt but I made a blooper of forgetting the vanilla essence this time round. At least the taste wasnt compromised much.

Yes there is the lack of cocoa powder dusting but I didnt have it. Sinful but yum yum nontheless.

Came home from Cameron a few days ago. It really is a far cry from genting seeing as there are no malls, no entertainment, nada.

However, it wasnt really as bad as I thought becuase it is quite a nice change to be in the natural green environment. And plus the weather was perfect.

When I first reached Cameron, I was freezing. It had just rained so the mist and winds had picked up. Just walking out of the lobby to take some pictures had my teeth chattering like nobody's business.

By the time afternoon rolled around, the sun beat down more strongly and that's when you start feeling the heat. Sweaters were all taken off. But the good thing is that this heat doesnt last very long and the coolness made up for it.

So, trekking thru a mossy forest (read: muddy) was part of a nature trip that we went for. My mother regretted that very much.

The thing about that mossy forest was that the ground was made up of many many layers of soft moss so when u stepped on it, its like a soft bed.

However, where there's a forest, there's mud. So all our shoes were covered in thick brown mud by the time we were done.

Thank god I didnt wear my loafers. However, when the guide was pulling me up, my show slipped from my foot, and my foot sank into the mud as I was getting my balance!!

So there I was yelling, "My shoe! My shoe!!" like an idiot and my dad retrieved them since he was just behind. AND I had to put my muddy stockinged foot back into them!

Naturally, the mud made a dirty imprint on the padding inside.

Anw I saw and learned many many different types of beautiful flowers, plants, fruits and veg at the farms that we visited. I thought I would be bored stiff at such farms but I actually had quite a nice time.

It was only when the trip ended for the day and we had like alot of free time left that I started to get really bored.

There were no malls or entertainment there. Other than the market, provision shops, farms and hotels, it was zilch.

What do these people do I wonder?

Oh and the hotel was ridiculous. We asked for extra pillow, they charge. Exra tea, sugar, charge. Adapter, pay deposit.

Goodness. It got so bad that my mother always made sure to add sarcastically to the staff when she asked for something, "So is there a charge?"

And Cameron is infested with strawberries. Not just the real fruit, but strawberry products of every kind.

Every where you turn, it's a sea of red. Strawberry pillows, plushies, keychains, stationery, magnets, chocolates, cookies, umbrellas, balloons and the list goes on.

Although the trips in Cameron were nice, one time is enough. Like I would want to see and experience the same thing again.

Without those trips, I think I would tear my hair out in boredom. You seriously cannot expect me to take a long, winding drive down to the market and stare at food and veg stalls. I will go mad.

Oh, and speaking of that. The mountain drive was terrible. The road had so many sharp turns and winding paths that your body is swaying every 3 seconds.

It was okay for me when we went up but my mother puked. This mountain drive is also one of the reasons why I'm not going back there again.

Plus its damn agonising loooong.

This time, we took the Five Stars bus with the entertainment. It is so much better than the Grassland one.

Xuan, tell your dad to stick to five stars.

For one, I could actually hear the movie I'm watching because headphones were provided. Not like in the Grassland one.

And the movies were much much newer.

However, my dad's one didnt work on the trip back. So he switched seats with my mum only to find that her lower-volume button didnt work. Poor dad had to watch his movie with blasting volume thru his headphones.

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On another completely different note,

I PASSED ALL MY EXAMS!

Woohoo!!!~

Pls pls pls let this remain the same all thru my 3 yrs.

I was really bored few weeks back so I began digging around my house for some activities to while my time away.

Chunie had a suggestion to paint after watching 10 promises to my dog so I took her up on tt.

Its been ages since I last touch my boxes of paint and some paints (well most of them anw) dated all the way back to when I was in primary school!

So its no wonder tt most of them had dried up so badly tt it might as well be those shaker u use for national day.

The best thing to draw and paint for this art amateur is of coz flowers. Not the professional type pls.

So here's two of my drawings.

In case you thought it was a rose (or worse, sth else totally..), this is tulip. I had to mix my still-usable colours to paint the tulips coz I dun have the shade I wan.

And above, we have daffodills. Forgot to paint a different colour for the pollen inside. Ah heck.

And so I have re-discovered the joy of painting. Though I have the attention span of a goldfish, I will try to continue with this.

Went to the cat championship show today. So interesting to see the judges probing and playing with the cat to see if it is worth any award.

Unfortunately I am no cat expert so I can only judge the cuteness and the elegance. And also unfortunately my results will be different from the real judges of coz.

But really some owners take too extreme measures in prepping their cat to their best. I'm pretty sure they get pampered waaay better than humans.

Anw, went running again today at the reservoir. As long as my dad's 3-min-enthusiam is still present, I have a feeling its going to be a weekly activity. And I also realised tt doing running frequently actually makes you gain weight. Dear.

So I'm back from the lovely cold weather to the heat back home.

Genting is still the same since the last time I went last year so nothing new to blog about.

We took the well-advertised grassland coach up to genting. the one with the tv and all tt.

It was a fiasco. The personal tv was anyway. The screen shows you three options that you can do which are video, music and games.

In the end, there was only videos that you can watch. No games at all. Then what's the point of having a games options? Cheater.

The music was soo old I dun even noe what era they came from!

And to make things worse, sometimes the tv doesnt even work! Banana's one didnt work on the trip there and mine didnt work on the trip back! wtf.

What's the point of paying so much if the volume is spoilt, the tv is spoilt, there are no games blah blah...

There was also a mini-drama moment while having dinner in the first world plaza. The neon sign on the second floor of the plaza above us caught fire.

Everyone was crowded near our table staring at the blazing fire and smoke billowing. No one seemed to care that it could be a danger and instead we all whipped out our phones/cams to film the fire. It was some time later before the fireman came to extinguish it.

Banana and teng didnt get to sit the rides at the themepark in the end. Haha. It probably sounds like a sad thing but honestly, it would be a waste of money for teng la.

I thought she wld sit those thrilling rides with Banana but noo, she onli wanted the indoor gentle ones like me.

Anyway when our bus reached the sg alighting point, I had to take a taxi home with my parents. There was a bloody long queue at the taxi stand. And then came the most infuriating thing.

This effing ah beng cut our queue while we were standing in line. Like right in front of me!!

What. the. fuck.

Am I blind? Does he think everyone else is blind?

Then I realised if i hadnt said anything, he could have actually gotten away with cutting queue. The guy in front of me couldnt have possibly NOT saw him. He didnt say anything! Is it becoz he's afraid of provoking a ganster-like ah beng with tattoos and pierced ears?

I was already irritated at the long queue and quite ready to snap at anyone. Thank god my dad was there.

His stupiack friends actually goad on him behind to talk back and argue with my dad when he asked him to get to the back. He had the nerve to act innocent.

I so fucking wanted to whack my luggage at them.

Can someone pls lock them in a boys home or in a jail for the rest of their lives?

Just the thought of it pisses me off. Argh.

I over-ate so much over the weekend that I had a bad tummyache! I so do not want to balloon up to my old heavy weight since I might have gained some pounds from all those food I ate.

And I havent even gone for my genting trip! Yikes.

Had buffet lunch on saturday. You know how it is with buffet, those pay an amount and eat all you can and all you want.

And that was only lunch. Obviously I didnt scrimp on dinner lest I wouldnt say I over-ate.

Had lunch at a korean restaurant on Sunday becoz my dad was drooling over Dynamic Korea's bbq episode on sat.

This korean restaurant offered the more authentic kind of korean fare and so not the seoul garden type.

What you see in the picture above are only the side dishes that comes with it. We didnt order any of this. This is included when u order the bbq I tink.

There are 2 or 3 more dishes at the other side which Isnt included in this photo.

The barbeque. We didnt have to cook those. One staff stands at ur table n cooks it for you which i so appreciate becoz I dun wanna be splattered with oil.

Btw, this is not buffet style so you order which type of raw meat tt you want.

And of coz korean fare includes wrapping ingredients in lettuce leaves then eating them up.
So dad, being my food model, puts the meat and other stuff from the side dishes on the lettuce and.............

wraps it up into this. Lettuce was abit bitter but it tasted really good. Eating it like this takes away the queasiness you have from eating too much meat.

Then we also had ginseng chicken soup which is the picture above.

And after the meal, we were also served their drink/dessert of the day. This is a really really lovely and refreshing korean barley. (which my dad says is chestnut as well actually). Really love tt.

On another note, I went running yesterday since I was feeling guilty about over-eating.

Felt the strain after 200m. Man, that was embarrassing.

Today I walked like I was treading on ice.

Each time I walked too fast or put too much pressure on my either foot, this horrid pain would shoot up my leg and it would feel like my leg was cramping up.

The consequences of not running since poly. Bad.

Went with chunie yesterday to watch 10 promises to my dog. Like all dog shows of this genre, it had to be heartwarming and so sweet it made your heart ache.

Maybe golden retrievers looked more like a symbol of loyalty and intelligence but you realise that these dog-lovers shows uses golden retrievers as its main star. like Quill for instance.

This show however incorporated an artificial touch to the dog. More specifically its tail. The staff apparently wishes Socks, its name, to swish her tail to the music. So it was digitally created. I s'ppose they did a good job just that it was quite fake.

Anyway we cried obviously. But we didnt sob as hard as we thought we would have. Because the actress kinda ruined a little of the moment. Her acting when Socks was dying was not natural at all.

And the adorable cute boy in the show grew up to be an ah pei!! So upsetting can! Didnt do justice to the cute boy at all.

So after that we went down with banana to meet teng to pay for our trip. banana shld prolly leave home more often so her parents can get used to the idea. Then again this might just cause her parents even more excessive worry.

Poor chunie got sick after she came back from India. Its a good thing she's already home in sg. So scary. Shldnt eat anything there.

Anw that's it. I'm done here so tata.

I had my first attempt at making tamago yaki today. turn out quite okay.

prolly doesnt look like it but this was made out of 3 eggs.. of coz the ends were eaten up by me b4 i took the pictures..

another random pic.. chunie bought me my favourite Resse's peanut butter cups from san francisco! *happy smile*

gobsmacking delicious~ u can juz pop the whole thing in ur mouth but juz rmb to brush ur teeth lest u give ppl n ur dentist a fright.

went to the cosfest held over the weekend. i guess the karaoke beat the other events lol. i truly applaud the bravery of many who.. well.. had the courage to go up onstage n belt out a tune.

many many talents were showcased at the cosfest which we see every year. still they never fail to amaze me. just the grafitti wall is enuff for someone with no artsy talent like me.

anw i am currently madly in love with pucca and garu~ they have got to be the cutest and most adorable couple in all cartoons/animation i have ever seen! *squeal*

alrite everything above was random.. juz wanted to update my blog with something..

tata for now~

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