July 2, a misty friday afternoon. here i am, seemingly "no life", sitting right in front of the computer screen at home. i reckon this is the best way to conserve energy, isn't it? hehe. optimum rest during the hols is what i have always looked forward to while i was struggling with my essays, exams and assignment datelines last semester. and that's what i consider 'a fulfilling holiday' back home in singapore.

July also marks the month of Singapore Food Festival! yeah, i flew back here for goood food! and that's something i wana do! i will use the remaining 2 weeks to check out the food outlets. i'm definitely "ON!" for satays, roti prata, roti john, zui-gueh, teh-tarek, you-zha-gueh, laksa, mee robus, dao-sa-piah, dao-hueh zui, durian!!!! and much more.....yum yum! i'm starting to droooollll....

out of the 35-days spent here in singapore, yesterday was considered one of my most fruitful days i spent alone. usually, i'd meet up with friends or chris or people....yesterday was quite an exception. since everyone's busy working and studying, some busy getting married and some others looking for jobs, i'm kinda left on my own. having quite a long list of things to do, i decided to head for Orchard....where most of my stuffs could be done. oh yar, gota first meet up with joyce for a Subway lunchie. a pretty simple meal and a short chat with this 'rich woman', according to grace. hehe. thereafter, i was pretty much alone. shopping is of no interest to me!~ the Great Singapore Sale isn't a temptation at all! nothing strikes me....even if it did, i guess it's not the time to spend money on these "extras", isn't it? with that, shopping is therefore, a 'no-no'. so what did i do for the few hours?

1. Check out OP outlets in Orchard Wisma and Taka. really like their stuffs....but of course, i was there for another reason: check out the berms for Chris. well, it's a disappointing search cos' firstly, the salesgirl wasn't that helpful; secondly, the sizes left were really limited. there's just no luck!

2. Went down to Taka Post Office and sent a registered mail to melbourne. it didn't take long to queue and i was out within minutes. phew~ an important task done!

3. Walked down Orchard Road and there i saw HMV! oh yes, BP asked me to check out his jap anime cds he wanted. well, even though i'm not an anime-fan, i promised BP to help. while i browsed through the shelves, i came across Ocean Ou De Yang's cd Gu Dan Bei Ban Qiu--wooohooo! listened to his songs....man! fell in love with his voice instantly! a tenor-voice which draws the hearts of young girls like me!! hehe...yeah, really like his songs so much that i felt so bad hogging that headphones! eventually i just have to tell myself to focus on my "mission to HMV" before i could leave that chinese cd behind. well, about the anime cd....i found them!!! but whoaaa, it was super expensive! way beyond BP's budget! well.....too bad, i guess.

3. After HMV, i tried to explore the shops further down Centrepoint area....but nothing caught my eye....! decided to walk back to Orchard mrt station, even though my legs were tired. glad i walked....cos' i happened to pass by Paragon and remembered that i should drop by Singapore Airlines to ask them about the open ticket matters. got it done within minutes as well.

4. finally, when i got back to Orchard station, oh well, went up to Popular Bookshop...went to the notebook section to search for the specific orangey-coloured "Wassup?" notebooks for James. i was doubtful about my search as i've checked out quite a few branches and i didn't seem to spot them. to my surprise, i saw them!! so it was another mission accomplished today! =)

5. Came back home and yesssss....took on the 'Cinderella-role' and there i was vacuuming the house and cleaning up the mess at home. got a phone call from dad and man~ it was a good and bad news altogether! do you wana hear the bad news first? bad news was: my dinnertime would be DELAYED! i'm really hungry...but no choice....gota wait till 8pm! i'm starving! the good news to make me feel better was, we're going for Swensons! it was a worthwhile wait......yum yum bake rice and a Ring-a-Dinga-Ling ice cream served right after that! simply mmmm~ marvelllllous....

what made my day was a surprising news which i got at 9:45pm. it was an online message from Annie!! i have been anxiously waiting for her appearance on msn for the past few days. i never seemed to catch a glimpse of her at all. i had asked her to collect my hsy essays on my behalf from the history office last week. since then, there was no news. that made me really worried.

the hsy essay results were important to me as they determined my final score. i have been worried that i would flung my final hsy essay i handed up on the day i flew back singapore. i must admit that i faced multiple problems and difficulties when writing it up. my energies were really exhausted. what i wanted to do was to finish it up and hand in. so i expected my results to be mediocre or just a pass. to my surprise, i got an A+!!!!!!! i was totally thrilllllled!

man! i should call for a celebration! Yesss, i did it again! Another record breaker! God heard my prayers! without His help, i would have not made it! phewww~ i really heaved a sigh of relief when Annie announced the good news. would anyone care to celebrate with me??? anyone?