Nocturne

Whitening my teeth

2011-08-03T13:00:00.000+08:00

Been wanting to do it for ages but was waiting till my teeth were fully straightened before I did it but I wanted to look good for my wedding (who doesn't?) so I decided to do it one month earlier.

Okay it didn't go too well for me because I've got extremely sensitive teeth.
I guess every part of me is sensitive so I should have expected it but I NEVER expected it to hurt more than a freaking surgery!
I gave up after the first round (there are 3) so my dentist got me some toothpaste for sensitive teeth and tooth mousse to prepare me for the next two rounds.

I even had painkillers before we started, I can't imagine how bad it would have been otherwise. It's hurting even a few hours later.
-_____-

My dentist suggested injecting the gums before we start again and I said hell yeah why not!
I'd willingly take 4 jabs in my gums than this shit all over again. :(

Upset! This is the first time I've given up something because it was PAINFUL.

Okay I'm going to roll around on my bed now because it won't stop hurting.
It feels like I just got deep fillings in all my teeth all down to the back. Grr.

Oh, on the bright side, even with one round of treatment I can already see a huge difference!
I couldn't stop showing off to my mum while she was eating just now, lol.
*BIG GRIN*

Cafe Epicurious

2011-07-24T17:36:00.003+08:00

After reading the rave reviews about their all-day breakfasts and affordability, I found out that they had an outlet near me at the Rail Mall and decided to give it a try....
MEGA FAIL.

Was pretty peckish so BF and me both decided to have the Full Monty sets.
I guess maybe I've been spoilt by hotel room service breakfast sets but this was definitely not worth the trip, time and money.

For $22 you get: toast, 3 eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, half a tomato, baked beans, orange juice and tea/coffee. Sounds pretty good right?

The eggs I had sunny-side up and BF had scrambled and were probably the only okay items in the set, and not even better than what I can produce in the kitchen myself (and I am no regular in there!).

His scrambled eggs were extremely normal and not salty enough, much like the fast food breakfast type except we were not given seasonings on the table.
My sunny-side ups were a little uncooked on the top (Salmonella anyone??) but I still ate it anyway because I was hungry.

Bacon was streaky bacon terribly cooked, not crispy at all, pretty flat and soggy. Some of it landed in the baked beans which I hate because I don't like my food to mix!

Sausages were terrible. Tasteless little pieces of things fried in too much oil..
Never had such terrible tasting sausages before in my life.

Mushrooms were tasteless and just... slightly charred without seasoning.

Grilled tomato was sour and unseasoned. I've had better even though tomatoes aren't my favourite but I've raved about some at other restaurants.

The baked beans were probably okay because you can't really screw up canned baked beans right?

The orange juice at least was freshly squeezed and reasonably nice but the tea was weak and tasteless.

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You know sometimes service and ambience can sometimes rescue a place if their food wasn't so great?

Nada for Cafe Epicurious.

Ambience was terrible. It was okay when I got in at first then later on larger groups of people came in and it became squeezy and terribly noisy with uncontrolled kids shouting and making noise.

Service? I've seen other reviews that stated service was good.
Well in fact actually service was good... only initally.

I had intended to stay a little longer after my meal to relax (my intended time of stay was maybe 5-10 minutes) but I hadn't even finished my tea before some larger groups of customers needed some seats (there were other empty chairs around) and the staff started hassling us with the bill.
Anyway after the group with the kids came in and sat next to us I was already preparing to go.

It's just unfair that they serve families, groups and people older than us with more respect and give them better treatment.
Isn't my money of the same value as theirs?
I get this problem at most places in Singapore, not only at this food outlet so I'm pretty pissed off by now.

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I finished off my meal with dessert at another restaurant nearby with MUCH better service and ambience.. The dessert wasn't too bad too.

Judge for yourself if you ever want to be tricked by reviewers and go there for a disappointing experience like me.

"Good Parenting"

2011-07-23T22:19:00.001+08:00

Me: I don't have enough table space to study...
Mum: Sit on the floor and write lor.

t(-_______-)t

lies flat on bed

2011-07-23T15:57:00.002+08:00

BF had an off day for our medical check up (there are so many!!) so we decided to head to the Science Center one last time before we leave.

I was foolishly thinking it would be quiet on a weekday but NOOOOO there were so many kidssssssssss OMG.

I noticed a pattern while walking around the place (last time I went there was 4 years ago so it wasn't too fun for me, plus kids' screechings were really annoying me)- the PRCs tend to just try to elbow us out of the way regardless of whether they are young or old, couples or families. WTF?

Come to our country still want to try to push us out in any way possible!
Definitely will not stand for it.
No matter how many Singaporeans they managed to push/nudge/ram out of the way I refused to budge for them, because everyone waits their turn, I waited mine, I was there first so they can bloody hell WAIT like everyone else!

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Since I've been inactive like an inert gas since last year, the walk around SC took it's toll on me... In the later part I was whining already 'cos my legs were so tired!

So BF decided it's time to get my ass out for some exercise (AT LAST!!) and the next day after work he took me out for a jog.. Which turned out to be 70% walking but at least I'm aching today lol.

I need to get out more! :(

New addiction

2011-07-20T14:56:00.003+08:00

Anyone who knew me in my secondary school days would have known that I was crazyyyyyy about earrings. I couldn't stop buying and in fact now I have a huge rack full of earrings (but don't wear anymore because I switched to non-costume jewellery a couple of years back).

Apart from my crazy make up purchasing recently, I've also been indulging myself in bags. *sigh*
I just can't seem to get myself to stop even though I still have quite a few completely untouched bags.

My room is freaking filling up with bags! I guess it's time to clear them out again..

Help?

Make-up Madness!!

2011-07-15T14:08:00.003+08:00

The moment I was released from Hell (AKA exams), I had a meet-up with my godparents where we went for a little shopping and hit Sephora.

... And there the madness started.

I had initially only wanted to get 2 MAC lipsticks, brush cleaner and a glitter eyeshadow from Urban Decay.

THEN my godparents spotted a sign stating we'd get a free bag if we spent $180.

I added on a concealer from Too Faced and 2 pairs of UD eyelashes.

THEN my godparents saw the same sign stating we'd get a $40 voucher if we spent $240.

I added on a moisturiser and sleeping mask from LANIEGE.

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The next day: Bought a contouring and highlighting powder from Too Faced, using the $40 voucher.
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Following Sunday: Benefit blusher, 4 cleansing foams, Sephora blush brush
The next day: 2 MAC brushes (got the $40 voucher again), Sephora mask, Fekkai shampoo (using $40 voucher) (and a Kiehl's toner + Shu Uemura eye concealer)
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I'm still lacking: Stippling brush, foundation brush, stick concealer, face primer, body moisturiser.

Total spendage on make up + skincare: $700ish? WTF.

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*has been looking up DIY skincare products to avoid bombing out again*

:(

I can't wait to get to the US where I can get organic stuff to make DIY masks and also where I can get skincare/make up cheap off Amazon!
(Will be too far from town so free local delivery is WIN!)

Parents' Meet-up!

2011-07-15T13:49:00.002+08:00

Okay backdated entry from 10 July. :)
(The same day I got the bloody cabby.)

I'm guessing there were 6 nervous parents as we prepared to meet at the lobby of Mandarin Oriental hotel.

BF and me cabbed over to pick up his parents before heading over to the hotel.
We were early. Damn Singapore traffic- if there had a jam we would have been just on time, but in any case it's more polite to be early than late.
My parents and godparents arrived soon after, but again we were still 30 minutes early for our reservation at the restaurant.

There was a blood-curdling-ly awkward wait around the lobby as the parents kept switching around their chat partners and taking turns to walk around to admire the hotel decoration.

Finally the time arrived for all of us to head over to the restaurant for some yummy food and less awkwardness.

At the restaurant:
The initial plan was to let everyone decide on what they wanted to eat but they ended up pushing the responsibility around until it landed on BF and I.

Fortunately for us, I had already examined the menu online beforehand (I mean I had to pick a place with good food what right!) so we managed to quickly settle the orders.

Then, another thumb-twiddling wait while waiting for the food to arrive.
The parents seemed to be getting along well.. The table was getting a little too noisy.
I looked around and, oh shit, there was this dude from another table glaring at us.
>.<

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Okay to cut a long story short, the food was pretty yummy, I think I'll go back there for their dim sum buffet (KUROBUTA CHAR SIEW OMG!!!!!!).

Um, so I guess the parents all know each other now and are set for our ROM! :/

Medical exam!

2011-07-15T13:35:00.002+08:00

Went for it on Tuesday (12 July) so that I can go on the detachment with BF. :)

I was pleasantly surprised when the medic managed to draw blood at the first stab (I had been vigorously pumping my arm with a bag of drinks beforehand) but because my veins are so tiny the flow kept stopping with every pull of the syringe.. So what ended up happening was a little jab further in every few seconds. The medic was being very careful though, I could feel his hands trembling because he was trying hard not to hurt me.

The vaccinator (new term eh!) was nice too! He carefully explained all the stuff I was going to get, what could be the side effects and then did the injections very painlessly. Most of the pain I felt was purely from the volume injected. In fact the pain lasted till today, but it's almost gone now!

All in all I would say they were extremely well-trained for such little experience (the blood tester told me he's only been here for 3 months) and very caring guys.

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So why did I do a blog entry about such a mundane subject?

I really really wanted to compliment these young boys for doing such a good job, in fact I would have written in to compliment them if I had remembered to get their names. :( Unfortunately it was early in the morning so my brain hadn't really woken up yet.

Seriously that was the least painful blood test even compared to qualified doctors/nurses who are stabbing people all the time, non-stop! And also very quick and painless injections done even though I had 3 simultaneously done, as compared to some (I'm guessing non-qualified) doctors who manage to make me hurt for more than a month!

Aside from the skill, their attitudes were also really good, being very patient with all my nonsense questions, checking everything thoroughly with the doctor before proceeding and explaining everything properly before we started. And as mentioned above they really put in the effort to be good at what they do.

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I can't help but wonder at the difference in the behaviour of young Singaporeans like those guys and the ones I meet outside. And they say youths are the rude ones?

bloody cabby

2011-07-10T11:14:00.001+08:00

BF pre-booked a cab last night.

Last minute change of plans for destination so we only managed to tell the cabby when he arrived. When I apologised he went all mad and started saying "you say sorry no use! Your plan change then you don't care my plan!"

Okay fine so to make up for the difference I paid him extra ten bucks.
Guess what? He got too much pride to say thanks but he just kept it rightaway. I felt like boxing him in the face lor. Nabeh it already make up the diff so still so angry for fuck? Some more I apologised again when I paid up! KNN.

So proud and angry then dun accept the extra lah. Bloody Singaporeans always like that one.

depraved giggle

2011-07-09T22:17:00.004+08:00

I just realised that my dad has been wearing the t-shirt I got him for his birthday super frequently.

In case anyone thinks it's weird that I'm so happy about it..
We're not that close so I just find it really cute! :D

Or maybe attempting to complete my professional ethics module is getting on my nerves because the freaking page loads super slowly and keeps logging me out!! (*%$%^&*

Oh, and I also find it really cute that tomorrow's in-law's meet up lunch are getting all four of my parents jittery. ^.^

P.S. I feel like slapping the designer of the PEM with a smelly fish.

I can't listen to music anymore.

2011-07-09T15:49:00.002+08:00

I miss pole too much.. Every time I hear a (nice) song I feel like dancing.

I can see the choreography in my head!

DAMNIT. FML.

P.S. I shouldn't have started listening to music! I haven't stopped bouncing around my room since.

T_______T

New school and MBS!

2011-07-01T19:32:00.002+08:00

Went out to register for my online lessons and get books for school, but BOO they didn't have it ready yet so I'll have to wait and then drag my ass to go get them. They're gonna be mad heavy!

But also lucky that I didn't get my books today; BECAUSE I went with my mum to MBS!

A couple of months ago she said she hadn't been there yet so since I was nearby today I decided to bring her there for a walk.

My mum usually doesn't doll up or even go shopping much and never ever had an opinion on clothes.
But amazingly today she managed to pick out a nice bag and a *ahem* lace spag top for me! Fortunately for me all the 3 tops I got today were on sale because they were all in XS! For once I'm loving my size :D

Mum managed to get a nice necklace and shoes as well!
Am happy she's finally buying nice stuff for herself! :)

It's like BAH everywhere I go

2011-06-30T15:52:00.002+08:00

Custom made item 1: Wedding Reception Dress

Before my exams were over I had already been looking around online for all my wedding stuff. Of course there were pretty okay designs but because of the shipping charges and shipping time I was reluctant to order them from overseas.

So the moment I broke free from my books I went on a hunt!
... And was extremely disappointed by the lack of creativity in Singapore's bridal shops.
I mean some pieces were so uninspiring I cannot fathom how anyone would want to wear them on their big day. And those were wedding gowns.
It was worse for me because I was looking for short gowns for my reception.
All I saw were hardly fit to be worn by bridesmaids/sisters or even flower girls!
It was appalling and disappointing.

To top it all off the rental was crazy! For such boring pieces (short dresses) they wanted to charge me $580 for just the rental! I didn't even bother to ask how long I could rent it for because they were so blah.

Sure, there were cheap rentals.. Like maybe starting from $150.. But the dresses were in terrible condition, with the cotton piling all over the them. Would you want to wear something like that for a once in a lifetime event? -_-

Fortunately I managed to stumble on a bridal shop (literally, I was looking for another shop but got lost on the way there) who had a designer who totally got me right from the start!
After some consideration I decided to get my gown custom made there as I could see that they had quality designs (though nothing that gave me the OOOH I WANT IT feel).

An hour or two and a broke bank later, I got the design that I wanted!
Can't wait for the fitting in a month!
In the meantime I'd better not get fat. :)

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Custom made item 2: Wedding Rings!

It's not just the lack of nice designs of dresses in bridal shops that we have over here. The wedding rings too look appalling; and that is even worse because you only wear your gown once (and take as many photos in it as possible) but you wear your wedding ring for life!

So we decided to get our rings custom made as well.
Armed with my terrible drawings, we attempted to explain as well as we could to our lovely .. jewellery store sales manager?

Because of my demanding specifications he had to personally source the stones I wanted and pick them one by one (out of a hundred) because I noticed that some of them were flawed.
I bet he was cross-eyed for a bit after that because our stones were small and we had a total of 64 used!

Anyway, we picked up our rings recently from the very sweet manager and he told us that our design was so 'Very nice' his colleagues wanted to suggest them to other customers.

I was actually a little bit not happy about that because you custom make your stuff to be unique right! What's the point if many other people are going to have the same thing! Plus it's MY freaking design so how can they just anyhow use it!

HAIYA. Anyway I'm very happy with the results but just a little bit mad about the idea stealing thing. Want to use my idea then at least freaking pay me! *scowl*

Exams are over and (*&^%#$%^&

2011-06-22T20:07:00.002+08:00

Initially I was like YAY I'm FREEEEEEEE!

Then was the mad sleeping because of lack of caffeine after exams.

After that was the "I'm so used to studying so I'm still going to study": I went mad and started on my Professional Ethics online module (which has been left hanging halfway ever since hahaha).

Then the weekend arrived and BF brought me reception dress-hunting.
I always thought it'd be a breeze and I'd be spoilt for choice but NOOO the only dress I liked had to be booked already!
It would have been much much easier for me to get a long dress but it's like a bit crazy to do that for solemnisation? Even though I won't be having a chinese wedding dinner but still... I might have to reconsider.

So now I'm messing around trying to find out where my lecturers are going so I can register at the same school and at the same time going nuts because my BF is involved in NDP and isn't allowed to take leave to accompany me to hunt some more! Grr.

Don't tell me to go myself. Who the hell looks for a wedding dress by herself!!

MY exam answer to your stupid exam question

2011-06-03T02:14:00.002+08:00

*question gives a few absurd proposals made by the finance director of the company and asks to analyse/evaluate and comment*

My answer?

Your finance director's proposals are terrible, will lead to the downfall of the company and he's an idiot. Why don't you sack him and replace him with me? :)

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I'll probably fail the paper if I write that down though. :(

It has started...

2011-05-27T15:39:00.001+08:00

Okay I am so unprepared for this.

Couple of days ago one of BF's buddies called me "da-sao" and then last night another one of them called me Mrs Poh!

YIKES.

I'm afraid of what's going to happen after 13th August. >.<

ARGH

2011-05-25T04:47:00.003+08:00

I have had so many reactions to my coming ROM... There are quite a few that are quite annoying really.

Most annoying from my side:
1. Wow how come so fast?!

Which is just code word for "Is it shotgun??"

2. Wow, congrats, finally!

Finally what? Have I been left on the shelf many years?

**UPDATE**

3. Why so early?

There's no such thing as early or late or too young or too old to make mistakes. Anyone can make a mistake at any age. Plenty of examples all around us, no need for me to state any. Besides we are both mature enough to make our own decisions.
My parents, godparents and even grandparents approve, are happy, and give us their blessing. So who are YOU to question me?

4. Some nonsense about why not wait for him to be back or other baseless misinformed questions by strangers.

We are leaving Singapore TOGETHER.
So how about you ASK and get your facts straight before asking me dumbshit questions?

Most annoying from his side:

1. Is it shotgun?

Well I guess guys are more direct.

*sigh* No it's not.

I'm going to get a cinch-waist corset dress for the day itself.
A picture is worth more than a thousand words in this case...

Exam fever and wedding

2011-05-24T16:53:00.002+08:00

I've been preparing for my June exams since the beginning of the month *groan* and it has NOT been going well. I hate my Performance Management and Financial Management modules AND lecturers, have not been attending classes because it's a complete waste of time and I didn't feel like I was gaining anything from the classes. Add being extremely sick for the first four months of the year to that equation and that means I haven't actually been studying at all for the past 4 months.

To add to the chaos, BF told me we might be going on his work detachment to the USA for 2 years so we have to get married before that.. So we've been doing all the preparations along with my exam preparations.

Never knew a simple solemnisation would be that troublesome and costly.

And also, I can't believe I'm getting married already.. I haven't turned 22 yet!
O_O

On a happier side note, we went to get our wedding bands made yesterday.. And I side tracked and bought a necklace as well. OH MY MONEYYYYYYY! But it made me really happy. Super worth it and I've always wanted a heart shaped diamond. :D

I have two identities

2011-05-04T09:14:00.002+08:00

I've been using an alias to do my freelance modelling work.
I'm not used to it when people call me different names, lol.

Identities:
1. Corporatey accounting student
2. Model and pole dancer

The two worlds are so separate I will never be able to or want to assimilate them.
But yet it feels so odd to be living two lives at the same time.

Especially when people call me by my alias and I forget to respond... ARGH!

For a better, healthier lifestyle!

2011-05-04T08:33:00.005+08:00

I've been falling sick so often this year, it's got me thinking- there must be something wrong with my lifestyle and food intake because I didn't use to be like this!

Since 1 Jan (on that day itself) I've had bouts of severe flu, pain in my throat and nasal passage, leading to prolonged cough, to the point where I couldn't breathe without leading to a coughing fit and puking or passing out immediately.

I recovered for about 2-3 weeks in March, then right after that I got a round of tonsilitis and after that recovered I broke out in itchy rashes on my limbs.

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What a year!

So anyway, I've got a plan to gradually change my lifestyle so I'll stop freaking falling sick.

Exercise:
1. Morning jogs
2. Continue pole dancing.. oh please do not repeat Int 1 again!!

Diet:
1. Cut out FAST FOOD. I had my last and final fix on 2 May 2011.
2. Cut out FIZZY DRINKS.
3. Eat vegetables? >______<
4. Eat fruits an hour before meals.
5. Avoid refined food.. oh gosh that's going to be diffucult in Singapore. :(
6. Drink more water and less non-water liquids.
7. Cut out caffeine and alcohol!

Environment:
1. Pack my room and get it VACUUMED more often!!!
2. Dig that damn screw out of my window so that I can open it after 7 years.
I think the air in my room is stale.

When I drew some blood for a check up yesterday I saw that the colour was pretty dark so I asked the doctor about it. He told me to exercise more to get more oxygen in my blood... I DO exercise!! I think my room is full of CO2 after 7 years of not opening the damn window! -______-

Hope when I open my window there won't be any bird shit falling in....

Term 2 Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 5!

2011-04-12T14:44:00.002+08:00

I've been skipping so many classes!

Practice was terrible as usual, only managed my right turn-layback and then the rest of the time was spent stretching.

Routine:
While on knees- butt roll 4 times
Sexy get-up, move to left of pole
Right turn into layback, squat at left of pole
Body roll up, body roll
Spin climb, squat at left of pole
Body roll up, body roll X2
LEAN BAAAAAAAAAAAACK to the floor and shoulders on floor
Hip thrust X2, R, L, hip thrust x2
Bring feet to touch floor above head, sit up, roll over, get on knees
HEAD ROLL x4!!
Try not to pass out, get up, take a bow.

Term 2 Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 1 (Make Up)

2011-03-21T18:15:00.002+08:00

Did the make up lesson in Jasmine's class where she got us to do a lot of tiring stuff before the actual routine (after that I realised that it came from the Intermediate 3 routine from Term 4.)

Started off with:
Right leg turn
Kate Moss-right leg turn-layback <- hurts like a (*&^%$%^&*%$!!!
Back rolls <- got me bruises upon bruises.. still visible a week later!

Practiced:
Inverted stag

I need to improve on my sitting and layback.. For some reason the skin between my legs hurt so easily I can't stay on for more than 2 seconds! :(

Routine:
Still the same as Friday. Different teaching speed I suppose?

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Skipped school and pole today because I'm feeling terrible. :(
Kinda sucks to be female sometimes.

On the other hand, good news today!
Won't reveal it till the time comes :)

Wander

2011-03-21T18:10:00.002+08:00

Hey, I'm not slow on the news but I just didn't want to blog about stuff that makes me sad.

But so far all I've seen of the abused dog, Wander, have been pictures, so there wasn't much to say except the abuser was an inhumane jerk, etc etc etc.

I just watched a short video of Wander and she's so tame and cute despite her terrible injuries.. It broke my heart just to see it. I wonder how mankind came to produce someone so heartless and cruel to do that to a lovely, though stray dog.

I really hope someone saw him doing the deed and will now come forward for the $10,000 reward to freaking land the abuser's ass in hot shit!!
(Maybe his friend has been hiding the news to protect him but will turn greedy? I really hope so!)

And I also hope that in future when I've got my own place I'll be able to get a dog that's just as calm and easygoing as Wander.

RIP.

I said I wouldn't succumb...

2011-03-14T02:03:00.001+08:00

But I did.

It's been a week now and I've been going good.
But now the tears are falling again..

I'm glad it happening though. :)

Term 2 Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 2!

2011-03-12T20:27:00.003+08:00

YAY the song is Burn It To the Ground!
(Lesson 1 to be made up on Monday next week :))

Started off with some quick stretching and warm ups, then it was into perfecting routine moves!

First off- reverse stag-somethingy-front right split
Secondly- Jamella fan kick
This hurts my joints like hell so I'm going to cheat a bit by doing a left kick then right fan kick.
Thirdly- Inverts!
Can't believe I used to be so tired by inverts. :D

Routine:
Shake hips X8
Butt roll (R,L) X2
Left leg up on pole, look front, hip roll X2
Reverse stag-somethingy-front right split (2 bars)
Left leg up, kick X2
Open split, trucker
Open split, roll over to R, get onto knees
Lean back, flip hair, left leg up, hip roll X2
Sexy get-up, kick, stroke leg up, butt roll R to L
Jamella fan kick + hair flip
Invert, come down, onto knees, hair flip

*crawls into bed*

Term 2 Pole Practice 1!

2011-03-12T20:25:00.002+08:00

Met up with Sunita for Int 1 but Jasmine asked us to go ahead and practice so we did!

Did mostly warm ups and stretchings, and then some inverted Vs and YES I FINALLY GET HOW TO DO SITTING Vs WTF been doing it wrong all the while. Grr!

My splits are back to a foot off the floor!
But at least I can still touch my toes after warm up..
And my open split while sitting is still about 120 degrees. :)

Term 1 Pole Practice 1!

2011-03-12T20:23:00.001+08:00

Super backdated post lol.

I went to BPSS, waited for Sunita, did some warm ups, spin climbs, vanessas, sliding vanessa, inverts, inverted splits, inverted Vs, and called it a day.

Am glad I still managed to keep 90% of my strength!
(Though not the flexibility and stamina lol.)

Flexibility 5! (Make up)

2010-11-24T16:40:00.003+08:00

I was so tired by this class I hardly remember anything except my splits still suck.

And we did some partner back stretching with nearly broke my back..
And the towel stretching thing.. I think my arms nearly came out of their sockets.

*goes back to mugging*

Oh, looks like I don't have time to go for any more classes.. What a waste of money. :(

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 6! (Make up)

2010-11-24T16:36:00.003+08:00

Doing my inverted side split was like buying Toto.
Sometimes can make it sometimes cannot. :(

New moves learnt:
I forgot the name. LOL!
It's just like a opposite Vanessa.. Leg goes around the pole from the back instead of the front. I have the feeling I can't do it if I'm not wearing heels 'cos I'll break the skin on my foot. O_O

Kate Moss- reverse stag- IFTN.

Added choreography:
Get-up
Body roll against the pole
Bow

Jeez, wouldn't have expected the ending moves to be THAT DIFFICULT. LOL!

Pole Practice 2!

2010-11-24T16:34:00.001+08:00

Managed to do my inverted V, inverted front split and inverted center split!
Did some of the choreography also- my timing sucks -_-

I can't balance as well when I'm wearing my heels! :(

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 5!

2010-11-19T18:48:00.002+08:00

Wee! Feeling not as weak already!

New moves:
Kate moss-reverse stag-Vanessa-spin climb-sit-sitting V!!!

So going to use that in the Amateur Night choreography.

Added choreography:
Invert
Handstand
Front split
Side split
~~Lie panting on the floor~~

*sigh*
Not enough strength to last doing the side split, plus I can't balance!!
Can't go straight into an inverted V either.
Pole practice on Monday!! WOOHOO!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 4! (Make Up)

2010-11-15T16:03:00.002+08:00

It's so weird the choreography changed and I got totally lost and fall all over the place or lose my timing completely.

Best part is the last lesson I went for, the choreography was taught exactly the same way it was but other classes all learnt the new one already! WTF.

New moves learnt:
(From Sunita before class)
Kneeling into low knee spin
High knee spin into frank get down
Sitting sideways with bent knees
(Why does sitting on the pole always hurt like a biatch?!?!)

(During class)
Upside down V
Upside down side split
Open legged Jamella

New choreography:
Butt rolls: RLRR LRLL
L leg back + up on pole + 2 hip rolls
Reverse stag, land in front of pole in truck girl position
Roll L, push up and kneel slowly
Head roll + get up
Jamella (land on left of pole)
High spin climb + hair flip + split at back of pole
L leg up + get up into squat position
2 hip rolls + stand up
Invert
Handstand + get down into kneeling position
Head roll + get up
Butt rolls: RLRR LRLL
L leg back + up on pole + 2 hip rolls
Reverse stag, land in front of pole in truck girl position
Roll L, push up and kneel slowly
Head roll + get up
Open-legged Jamella (land on left of pole)
High spin climb + hair flip + split at back of pole
L leg up + get up into squat position
2 hip rolls + stand up

ARGH the upside down split hurts my ******! I need to find a way to use my abs to support my body weight against the pole damnit!

Plus I busted my back landing on one of the bolts AND got nasty scratches from all the sand on the floor. And also fell in all sorts of weird positions cos I was feeling weakkkkkkkkkkk. Damn period.

National Secret!

2010-11-11T16:42:00.007+08:00

Disclaimer: This post was made in jest and should not be taken seriously in any way.

AHA! I had a major epiphany recently about why Singaporeans are all so unobservant, insensitive and unresponsive!

There has been a national breakout of the ZOMBIE VIRUS! It started a couple of years ago... But nobody knows about it because everyone has been trying to hush it up! There is high suspicion that the virus has been brought into the country by foreigners from a certain country. (Cannot be named here, just in case..)

Proof 1
Look around you outside and observe: in shopping malls, Singaporeans can only walk straight and even bang into you! In comparison, foreigners (most noticeably Caucasians, but only because you can't really differentiate between Malaysians and Singaporeans) move out of the way long before collision time.

And it is quite obvious which people brought the Zombie Virus into Singapore, and you can find out for yourself using a very simple experiment!

In a shopping mall or outside, try moving out of the way of someone else walking towards you. There will be one of three responses:
1. Person continues walking straight staring blankly. (the infected Singaporean!)
2. Person got out of your way long before you got out of theirs. (clean foreigner)
3. Person walks into your path despite the large clearance you gave them. (the original infected!!!!)

Proof 2
Still in the shopping mall or MRT station:
Lots of Singaporeans walking super slowly blocking up the entire pathway, apparently unaware of anything going on around them. Even when going up close to them and saying "Excuse me!" at an obviously audible volume, they STILL did not notice you and continue on their slow zombie walk, completely oblivious to the fact that the entire pathway ahead of them is clear BECAUSE they are blocking the way.

Proof 3
On the road:
Driving without knowing what is going on around them. *sigh*
Anyone ever noticed? You flash your signal to change lane and NOBODY EVER LETS YOU IN. That's because they are ZOMBIES and can't see your signal!

Try driving in Malaysia. It's totally different and everyone has 10x the reaction speed of Singaporean drivers.

Case in point: Rainy weather. The moment it rains in Singapore we get at least 5 major accidents causing traffic jams around the country. If they can't even brake in time when it's raining, they MUST be infected!
(You don't get pile ups like that in Malaysia when it rains. Proven.)

This is why I never drive in Singapore.

Proof 4
Introduction to the BIG YELLOW LINES:
Remember being in Primary schools where there were big yellow lines drawn to split the stairs into two and arrows to show where you should be walking up and down? Remember the canteens where the same big yellow lines were also drawn to show where the queue should be?

And you know those big yellow lines worked because Primary school kids are always obedient and already have the IQ to follow simple instructions, as well as lines and arrows.

Those big yellow lines disappear as you enter Secondary school, because by then people know how to behave properly without being treated like Primary school kids.

MRT Stations:
NOBODY understands lines and arrows in the MRT Stations. EVERYDAY, ALL THE TIME, you see people standing right smack in the middle of the doors before they even open.
Question: HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO GET IN IF YOU DON'T LET PEOPLE OUT???

The only possible reasons I can come up with for people not understanding lines and arrows are:
1. They are aliens.
2. Their IQ is lower than Primary school kids'.
(which is none because zombies have no brains!)

Since people in the MRT stations look like human beings, Option 2 is the only probable answer.

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Okay, now that I have proven my case, you must be wondering: HOW TO AVOID BECOMING ONE OF THE INFECTED???

It's simple:
1. Avoid cursing at the zombies or they will turn around and eat your brain.
2. Never ever be completely absorbed using your cellphone in public areas. Whilst you are unaware of your surroundings, the zombies will attack and you will become one of them!
3. Just avoid over-populated areas. Zombies just love to gather in crowds to celebrate the non-existence of their brains together.

Good luck surviving in Singapore! :)

Flexibility 4!

2010-11-11T16:42:00.002+08:00

ARRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH.

I bet Yohanna doesn't have joints at all 'cos hers can go like 360 degrees around or something! :@

Was a painful day of trying to open up our joints with butterfly partner stretches and swastika positions and splitszxzxzx.

:( I still suck!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 3

2010-11-05T00:10:00.002+08:00

Sexy warm up today!

New moves:
Kate moss-back spin-vanessa (this looks freaking awesome!)
Stag
Sliding knee spin

Added choreography:
Butt rolls: RLRR LRLL
Leg back and up on pole + 2 hip rolls
Backward sliding Vanessa with split legs; land facing back
Legs up and sit up slightly; roll to left + L head roll
Cat pounce
Head roll + Stripper get-up
Jamellia
Collapse knee: RRLL RLRL
Spin climb + hair flip + push off + split at the back of pole
L leg up
Get up into squat position + 2 hip rolls
Stand up + Invert + Slide down + hand walk facing right of pole
Stripper get-up
(HAHAHA OKAY so actually it's just a repeat of the last two classes. WHATEVER!) :D

I am super pooped.
BF came to pick me up and we went to Bugis for dinner and cabbed back.
LOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Flexibility 3!

2010-11-05T00:04:00.002+08:00

Hmm. Not been feeling well this week so can't remember much...
Class was taken by Yohanna, lots of splits as usual and I'm almost the worst in class, as usual... damnit, even people taking it for the first time are better off. Damn my joints and stiff muscles!

Front splits are still at a painful 5 inches off the ground and side splits even further. *sigh* My knee ligaments hurt, I can't push it too hard or else I won't even be able to walk. Looks like I need more time to get there :(

Sitting Vs are definitely improved at about 140 degrees but been stuck there for a couple of weeks now. Same goes with the lying down splits.

I can't stretch properly today (one day after), the muscles and joints are aching!

WEEEEEEE!

2010-10-28T22:46:00.003+08:00

BF's back! HAPPY TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Am now bored at home alone cos he went to collect his luggage and dump his stuff at home. :(

Shall do my 100 splits!

Flexibility 2!

2010-10-28T10:19:00.002+08:00

I was so tired last night that I didn't even manage to blog!
*HUGE YAWN*

It was awesome and painful at the same time!
We did lots of partner stretching and splits!

For the staring-at-each-other's-asshole stretching I managed to kiss my knee with difficulty.. IT HURT LIKE CRAP!! But Linna is such an awesome teacher. :D

Lying down partner stretches- from the front both legs are now about 140ish degrees open! Sideways for my injured right leg was about 90 degrees *sob* while my left leg was about 135 degrees.

Splits are still about 5 inches off the floor (or maybe less now!)

Oh I am so happy at the improvement! I love everyone who helped me and even those who didn't! :D:D

Term 4 Pole Practice!

2010-10-27T00:39:00.000+08:00

Did warm ups, helped Sunita with her inverts by letting her step on my shoulder, did inverts + walk off and splits as well as choreography. I just wanna die now. Good night!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 2 (Make Up)

2010-10-26T00:25:00.003+08:00

I AM TIRED. Today was pretty challenging!

Normal warm-up today.

New moves:
IDK what it's called.. Sliding down invert?
Kate Moss-push off?-split
Spin climb-get down-split
^ NOTICE ALL THE SPLITS WTF?!
I'm so unsplittable T_T
Spin climb-Knee spin-Vanessa

Added choreography:
Spin climb + hair flip + push off + split at the back of pole
L left up
Get up into squat position + 2 hip rolls
Stand up + Invert + Slide down + hand walk facing right of pole
Stripper get-up

Okay I'm so tired now I have nothing to say. -_-

Somebody's Hen Party!

2010-10-24T03:15:00.003+08:00

Wee! Went to studio after school (yeah law lecture on a Saturday, FML) to help out with a hen party! IT WAS FUNNNNNNN.

We dressed up with corsets, skirts and hair bands!
Did some warm ups, dressed the girls up and took a mad lot of photos with different costumes and did a pole dance + striptease choreography, with videos for them!
Oh they also got to drink one shot each of cranberry vodka. :D Helps to loosen up!

Choreography (I forgot the song!):
(Starts at back of chair facing front)
Butt roll (RLRL)
Right leg on chair
Stroke leg down + up
Hip roll X4
Walk to pole
Butt roll (RLRR LRLL)
Pole walk (R, L)
Body roll X2
Hit butt out X3 while lowering body
Squat hip roll X2, get up
Collapse knee (RLRL)
Knee spin!
Walk to front of chair facing front:
Butt roll (RLRL)
Right side of shirt off followed by left
Butt roll L to R
Pass shirt down with R hand to L hand at back and hold on
Stroke shirt down leg and back up
Wave shirt in circular motion over head X2 and toss

Jane, Sunita and me took our own photos too! Fun fun day!
It was awesome helping to pose the group of girls!
Totally my kinda thing. ;)

OHH. I forgot to mention we had an impromptu performance and one by Jasmine as well.
I seriously wonder if she's a secret stripper! SO DARN HOT MAN! PHEW!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 1!

2010-10-22T01:50:00.002+08:00

Wee! We started with what we ended in Beginners!

Today's warm up was SEXAYYYYYYYYY! Lots of rolls!
Front back sideways clockwise and anti-clockwise. ;)

Started off with a couple of Jamellias and Frank-Vanessa-Spin Climb-Vanessa-Franks.
By the time I reach the second Vanessa my hands started sweating and slipping off the pole lah! :(

And then we did some 'pull-up's and sits and lean backs for strength training:
HURTS LIKE A BITCH ON THE SKIN BETWEEN THE THIGHSSSSSSS!

After that was some torturous Franks with outstretched legs (I'll call it Frank V2 from now on) + sliding Frank V2s!

ANNNNNNNNNNND we did inverts today! I got it the first time 'cos I've been doing backflips on parallel bars so it's kinda like the same. Hook left leg, right leg on and then slide down to land. :D
My shoulder muscles feel like they're gonna cramp though.
(The second time I went up my left heel got stuck on the pole and I had to invert using my right leg to release it then go back to the normal invert -_-)

Choreography:
Butt rolls: RLRR LRLL
Leg back and up on pole + 2 hip rolls
Backward sliding Vanessa with split legs; land facing back
Legs up and sit up slightly; roll to left + L head roll
Cat pounce
Head roll + Stripper get-up
Jamellia
Collapse knee: RRLL RLRL

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I'm working at BPS! Every Thursday from 5.30PM - 7.30PM! Woot!

Term 4: Flexibility 1!

2010-10-20T22:20:00.002+08:00

Huhuhu~ It's a new term at BPS and today was as awesome as always!

Reached really early and got abused by Jasmine as free labour as usual (haha kidding lah I didn't do much anyways).

Today's class was taken by Yohanna and was ... PAINFUL!

I can grab my feet by the heels and pull now. :)
Sitting split was 120 from the start, didn't really pull open because it was rather rushed... Anyway I didn't need to because later on was HELL!
I didn't do the right front split properly (never have, I *just* discovered how to do it the right way WTF LOL) so it was like still 7 inches off the floor and painful as heck, left front split I finally did it right and pulled it to about 5 inches off the floor.
Split against the wall was about 140ish degrees, big improvement!
Split up against the wall while lying on the floor was about the same.. PAINFUL!

Anyway, I can really tell the difference now cos it doesn't hurt now where it used to hurt like crazy just attempting to touch my toes. Can palm down on the floor already! :D:D
I am happyyyyyyy!

But of course there is lots and lots of room for improvement~ I'll never stop taking flexibility classes!

Ha, my weird joints... All the girls can hold a towel by the ends over their heads and pull it down to butt level, EXCEPT FOR ME! I checked with my guy friends, they can't do it either.... WTF IS WRONG WITH MY JOINTS?! Am I transsexual or something?!

The Prince is back!

2010-10-17T00:38:00.002+08:00

We went to the airport to receive my big bro today! It's the first time we've done that since the first time he came back from Australia.. which was like 3 years ago? I don't even remember how long he's been gone.

Oh it's good meeting up with my brothers, it's like having two soul twins with me and we can communicate via thoughts and nobody else knows what we're thinking! AWESOME SHITZ!

Another incident I want to highlight- it was so hilarious all 3 of us cracked up halfway through dinner in a restaurant.

My big bro started off talking about STOMP cos some articles there are so retarded it's funny, so I mentioned the most retarded article I remember which is the one where a girl got so confused at the crossing next to Sim Lim. Why? Because there's an overhead bridge AND a traffic light crossing so she couldn't make up her mind which one to use. LOL! WTFNESS TTM RIGHT!

Anyway, my brother mentioned this comment on that post that I was talking about- someone gave instructions to help her: go up the bridge and jump off it.....
It sounded kinda familiar. Then I realised I wrote it! LOL!
OMG man we are siblings indeed. =D

Graduation night! (Miniterm Week 4)

2010-10-15T02:52:00.003+08:00

WOOHOOOOOO. Didn't mess up at all today! WEE!

18 bruises and 2 new scratches today. *sigh*

I can't believe just last night I said I'd never perform two dances on the same day again, and then I did it today! I DIDN'T MESS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT!

Somehow was very relaxed, stable and confident today.. Must be just purely nerves and hyperventilation last night.

I forgot to charge my camera. Photos and videos are all with my senior.. Can't wait for her to send them to me!

I am so in love with Glamour Baby!!! *swoons*

And yes it feels awesome to perform and even awesomer (?) to perform well! AM HAPPY! :D

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Served as a terrible receptionist in the early evening with Sunita my dancelover.
I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S CANTONESE TOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Seh Ling was super nice and helped me take photos and videos because my camera battery was going flat.

Made lots of new friends today while interacting in the waiting room!

Crista was super duper cute and we had photos together!
We were hugging for ages because our camerawoman was having shaky hands.

Jasmine carried me when I said I wanted a photo with her. Piangz!
(Halfway through rehearsal she suddenly thanked me for 'being a big sister'. EH?!)

I love everyone!!!!!!!!!! MEGA HUGS!

Graduation Night! (Beginners Week 8)

2010-10-14T01:08:00.002+08:00

WOOHOO~ We all got our certificates!
*waves both madly around*

BUT!!!! NEVER EVER EVER AGAIN! Will I take two different dance courses a term and perform both on the same night!!!!

It's even harder when both dances are so fucking similar yet different! And some more we had to perform both one right after the other!

I messed up twice during the actual performance- for Miniterm, after my Kate Moss I landed wonky and my shoe went twisted... Lucky I managed to save myself from a sprain by grabbing the pole and correcting it. I bet I had a major OH SHIT look on my face though.

Second one was in the Beginners', instead of a spin climb I did a Kate Moss (messed up with Miniterm) and then halfway corrected it to a spin climb. Haha I even said OH SHIT. -_-

All in all it was still an awesome night!
Love the crowd and all, hahaha the catcalls when we did body rolls~
I haven't had a performance since choir times!
(If you exclude Taekwondo plank breaking demos and ass kicking skits...)

Call me an attention whore if you like, but it feels good to perform (once I get over quaking for an hour after finishing the performance -_-).

Dental, Lipstick and Daiso

2010-10-11T22:38:00.002+08:00

Went to Vivo today for my dental..
Actually I've completed my InvisAlign treatment (10 months) but there is some refinement (6 months) to do.

ARGH. The cutting of my teeth really hurt today, I must have been chilling out without pain in my jaw for too long (a month)! My ears were ringing while it was being done. Luckily the new aligners don't hurt.. YET!

I realised I've been staying away from guys so much that I'm no longer used to it when one sits next to me (in class/on the bus). And then today when my dentist (okay fine, orthodontologist <- can't believe I spelt that right the first time!) removed my protective specs for me I almost freaked out when he came so near. @_@"

SOMEBODY has gotta be happy about this. *coughDENZILcough*

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Lipstick Hunt!
I walked the entire cosmetics area of TANGS hunting for my lippie.. Bought one from MAC but it still wasn't the shade I was looking for. Pfft. Did some online research and decided on what I'm gonna get already. :D

A light pale pink and a dark berry. So extreme, but if I wanted something in between I'd stick to my au naturale lip colour. *shrugs*

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DAISO
FOOD. I bought $26 (13 items) worth of snacks. *sigh*

BUFFET DINNER!

2010-10-11T02:42:00.002+08:00

I bet the restaurant loses money whenever my godparents bring me to go have buffet.
HEHEHE.

It was Hokkaido buffet again today because the food there is soooooooo gooooood that I'm feeling hungry just thinking about it.

Had the usual:
chawanmushi
sake shashimi BELLY (WOOHOO)
ebi tempura X2 plates
grilled mushrooms
spider temaki (I KNOW RIGHT?! Hand roll at a buffet! *eye roll*)
clam miso soup
shishamo
salted mackerel
grilled beef teriyaki
HAMACHI FISH HEAD <- This is so fucking good man. The chef is a fish head pro I swear!
edamame
... and I seriously can't remember what else because I was eating so fast.
(All the above mentioned is what I had by myself :D)

I had lemon sorbet toooooooooo. Heavenly with honeyed lemon rinds.
ME LIKEY.
*is hungry now* =3

Went for a drive around Dempsey after and saw Jim Thompson, a Thai restaurant with awesome ambience! Looks like we found our next foodie outing place! ^_^

Pole Practice 2!

2010-10-11T00:56:00.002+08:00

Total of 19 bruises and 13 cuts as of today. -_-
Bruises I don't mind so much cos they heal within a week and leave no scars, but the scratches! OMG. And I shouldn't even be getting them! It's because other members wear their walking shoes into the studio for practice thats why we all get cuts and scratches! DAMNIT!

We managed to get closer to the right timing today for both dances, it's almost perfect now. Sunita just got her heels, OMG man I have no idea how she's going to get used to it so soon.

We wanted to join Amateur Night as a twin act but my dear BF doesn't want me to perform in public.. Oh well. I completely understand. I was just quite excited and hoping to choreograph with my dance bestie. But we can still do it for fun! ^_^

I did at least 20 Jamellas today and didn't die yet, but I lost strength at the end of the session and came off the spin climbs landing on the floor like an elephant. Shit. Haha. I watched my videos, I didn't do that last week!

Oh, videoed My Boyfriend's Back today! The last video really helped me to improve a lot and today was much much better. I am happy!

Jamella left-handed is better now but I can't raise myself away from the pole, right-handed was easy and I can open up my legsssss! WOOHOO! I need to train my left arm more. :)

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Sunita is working part-time as a receptionist in BPS. I wanted to join too but I don't wanna screw up my exams and all.. But I haven't been studying either. Oh what the hell. Anyway it's more inconvenient for me cos I stay a freaking hour plus away, and if I don't have class on that day...... -_______- you get the idea.

Oh, I signed up for Flexibility and Intermediate 1, but I am totally itching to join Strength and Conditioning as well as Beginners because they are doing Tik Tok by Kesha and the dance is so damn smoking hot! DAMNIT I'M SO FUCKING JEALOUS. :(

WHY MUST I HAVE EXAMS IN DECEMBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. FML!

KBOX and pork chops

2010-10-10T00:08:00.006+08:00

Even though I slept really late last night at 4am (no I wasn't studying.. insomniac me was trying so badly to sleep) I got up in time to meet Amber for some window shattering karaoke!

Sidetrack:
Amber got lost on the way to meet me outside NYNY in Lot One (don't ask me how LOL) and wasn't checking her phone (GRR HOW MUCH I HATE THAT) so I was stuck there waiting for her for about 10 minutes..

All wrapped up like a dumpling in one of those loosely fit knitted tops and a spag top inside and MAKEUPLESS.. I was standing right next to a pillar without even enough space for a human being to squeeze past.

And while I was typing out a message to my BF, there was this UNCLE who was walking past then suddenly decided to squeeze past me and the pillar so I hastily shifted back, and then he said (in Mandarin): "Stop calling and pressing your phone, just come with me."

And then he walked right past but kept turning back to look at me. Zz.

I was almost going to say, "Ah peh I think my punch will kill you, you know?" -_- What a disgusting turd to have started my day with. Got me all frustrated during the first few minutes spent with Amber. RAWR!!

Back to our day:
Had a swell time in KBOX CCK. It's beautiful inside and the service was superb. There was great improvement in the food as well as the fake music video qualities.
(The video they made for Telephone made me laugh like crazy. SERIOUSLY.)
Also, no more remote controls, all changed to touch screen already! We were both klutzes so we had to ask for some teaching assistance about the new system. (It's pretty different from the old one.)

I might not be the lark I once was but at least I managed to survive the day with the help of some hot honey lemon! ^_^

Headed to Lot One for some shopping, bought 3 tank tops and an entire bedsheet set at a sale (yeah, so aunty style I know, but it was cheap and felt amazing for the threadcount!) then lugged it all around the mall 'cos Amber was hunting for shoes and presents.

Eventually she gave up (okay lah was quite fast 'cos she knew my damn stuff was heavy) and then we headed to Ya Kun 'cos I was peckish.. Had an awesome chat there.

She also accompanied me to NTUC 'cos I wanted to cook dinner for my mum~ :D
Went to buy pork chops, I had no idea how to pick them, so luckily Amber was around to help. I was also looking for Soju but as usual, NTUC didn't have it.. Had to get Sake as replacement. (I forgot to buy lemons damnit.)

Realised we overestimated the time required for NTUC-ing (I am NOT an aunty -_-) and still had time to chillax so I brought her to my house and showed her some of the poledance videos I have. WEEEEEE.

I had taken off my outer layer the moment I got home 'cos it was so freaking hot.. So when I was going to send Amber to the MRT she said, "It's okay, send me to the bus stop will do so that those se peh pehs (dirty old perverts) won't keep looking at you." WAAAAAH. I have such a considerate friend. *TOUCHED*

And just in case whoever is reading thinks I'm full of myself for the above paragraph, it was my ~~friend~~ BFF who said it not me. And dirty old perverts have no taste and look at anyone that remotely looks female anyway. -_-

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It's cooky time!

It's not the first time I cooked this week!

On Tuesday I cooked beef for the first time..
Found this so called way to make even shitty beef taste good online.
Bought a shitty piece of $2 chuck from NTUC, prepared it and PAN SEARED!
The recipe I saw overstated the timing (sigh) and I already cut down on it but still one side was well done and the other was medium.
My mum can't eat beef but she said it smelt good..
(She got so hungry that she had to go get cake to eat while watching me go OOH THIS IS SO DAMN GOOD while chomping on my beef =X)
My own verdict is THUMBS UP YUMMY! Except I got careless and didn't wash away the salt thoroughly so eating the sides was like eating fried salt FML LOL.
Oh, I made a side dish of mashed potato with butter and salt. YUMS.

My pro chef big brudda gave me some tips for the cooking, so next time I'll definitely try again!

Today! I cooked pork chops (for the first time too)!
No magical way this time, just a Soju sauce recipe which I had to improvise and replace the Soju with Sake as above mentioned. And I didn't use lemon juice because I forgot to buy lemons. -_- Poor Mum!
Bought two shitty pieces of $4 pork chop from NTUC, prepared it and PAN FRIED!
Again, the recipe overstated the timing and I ended up with really dry meat.
I also fucked up the sauce 'cos Western recipes use different measurements and I had no idea how much was 'half a cup' of Soju, so I just used a bowl and agak-ed the Sake..
After the stated 2 minutes of medium heat on the recipe, there were only Sake-flavoured onions left on the pan. -______-
Where did my Sake sauce all go?!?! I think I breathed it all in, no wonder I feel drunk now. HAHAHA.

My dad's verdict: OVERCOOKED! Don't follow Western recipes! They dunno how to cook one! Always overcooked! Cut down the time by 1 min during the high heat!

My mum's verdict: MMM. Ok lah not too bad for first time. *nom nom nom*
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*adds a bit of black sauce*

My verdict: BLEURGH I need a drink to swallow this dry crap. :( *sniffle*

I think everyone reading this post should head out to buy any type of lottery because not only did I:
1. Cook; but I also;
2. Washed up everything in and on the sink. *gasp*
GO BUY TOTO, 4D, Big Sweep and anything else you can think of.
CONFIRM DIO. :D
(I'm allergic to detergent so I usually don't do any dishes.
Like maybe once in 6 years?)

Sidenote:
I ALWAYS get super worried when I'm pan frying stuff because of the oil... I'm so afraid of splattering oil cos I'm super sensitive to hot stuff (haha sounds wrong eh) and it's really painful when it splatters on my arm or even face. OMG! Not to mention blisters if it's a big splash.

So I always spam lots of paper towels (I need to learn how to cut down on that.. I think I'll use up an entire tree just to cook dinner for my whole family in future) to pat the meat really really really dry before cooking. It works! Not much of a splatter. :)

Oh, and a new discovery today. Cutting onions doesn't make me tear up at all. I wonder why?

MINITERM Lesson 3

2010-10-08T02:22:00.002+08:00

Learnt something new today:
Pole Leanback <- HURTS LIKE CRAZY THE SKIN ON MY THIGHS

Final Routine:
Freestyle until song starts
At right of pole:
Collapse knee (Alternate R, L), double time X4
Walk over to left of pole:
Collapse knee (Alternate L, R), double time X4
Swap poles, stop behind pole, face front:
Butt roll (Alternate, R, L X2)
Right hand walk
Butt roll (Alternate, R, L X2)
Left hand walk, stop at left of pole:
Knee spin 2 rounds, stop at left of pole,
Left leg up on pole,
Face front, stroke back of left leg down + hair flip up
Kate Moss + turnabout pose
Change hold, stroke right leg down + hair flip up
Pole Slide with R leg lifted
Roll to right + R Hair Flip
Sprawling leg kick X4 (Alternate R, L)
Cat pounce
Stripper get-up
Pole walk to face left
Vanessa to face front
L leg up on pole
Face front, stroke back of left leg down + hair flip up
Kate Moss + turnabout pose
Change hold, stroke right leg down + hair flip up
Pole Slide with R leg lifted
Roll to right + R Hair Flip
Sprawling leg kick X4 (Alternate R, L)
Cat pounce
Stripper get-up
Pole walk to face left
Kate Moss + Reverse Sliding Vanessa, land facing left
Stripper get-up
Hold pole above head with both hands and slide legs together
Squat
Face front
Ass-first get up (hahaha)
Bow!

ZOMG I didn't know MINITERM has a graduation night performance as well.
I'm SO dead!! I keep screwing up the moves for some reason.
Confusing it with Beginner's routine. :(

And also I think I strained my left wrist (again) today.. Very off form.. Feeling weak and lousy. But in the video even though I was pooped as hell it still looks not too bad. :)

My stupid camera only takes static sounds if the sounds are too damn loud so I had to edit the song in myself... Which is bad because I can't find the right version of the song! T_T
(Spent 3-4 hours on it WTF)

Beginner POLE Lesson 7

2010-10-07T00:49:00.002+08:00

WAHHHHHHH. It's the last lesson then next week is the performance already!
*NERVOUS*

Flexibility:
Today's class was by Crista again!
My sitting split is like... 120 degrees without help.
My front and side splits are still about 7 inches off the floor. *sob*

I think I might never be able to do a split cos I have weird joints...
It's super obvious when I'm doing the Vanessa cos my legs can't support me at all at that angle and when I arch my back it's like my joints will break apart. :(
And I also have an injury on my right leg joint so when I do my left leg front split it really really hurts. But my left leg happens to be more flexible than my right leg too so I'm pretty much screwed in the splits area.

Also, when I do the butterfly while lying down it felt like my pelvis was freaking going to crack. What's wrong with my bone structure! T_T

On a happier note, I can now touch my toes without pain and I can PULL my heels off the floor while sitting down without feeling like my hamstrings and back muscles are tearing apart. Wee!

Routine:
The routine is pretty much the same but my timing was awfully screwed up. We had a mini performance today with the Intermediate 2 class and I already had stage fright! HAHAHA. I'm so dead for next Wednesday! >.< Jasmine put me up on the stage and I was like ZOMG don't screw up don't screw up PLEASE!!! But I kinda messed up the timing and I realised when we swap poles and the pole is slippery from someone else's sweat I tend to forget my moves! OMGGGGGGGGG.
*prays for a dry handed partner for graduation night*

I'm signing up for Flexibility and Intermediate 1. :D
And as a sidenote, I got the feeling I can do a pull up already! I shall go try.. Soonish.

Pole Practice!

2010-10-05T00:08:00.005+08:00

YAY! Went for an awesome pole practice session with Sunita (2) just now!
(And I have the cutest little bruises on my legs now, 10 in total and one MEGA BRUISE on my thumb.)

We managed to complete both our Beginners' and Mini Term choreography! By complete I mean remember and not really fuck up.

And OMG Sunita is like my total dance soulmate cos we keep fucking up the timing at the same time! I still wonder if we missed out anything.

We also practiced all the tricks as well as left handed tricks because our arms are getting imbalanced... Unfortunately my surgeried wrist is weak so I shan't attempt to use too much force on it.
(Jamella was super easy with my right hand supporting at the bottom, with the left hand it's as much as I can do to not make a constipated face -_-)

Oh, and having a partner for stretching and doing everything is so awesome, some more we are like always thinking of doing the same thing at the same time! Partners forever~! Hahaha!

OMG and our teacher Jasmine was mega cute when she saw us in Pole Prac!
Initally she kept distracting me with "Eh, your bag very nice leh!" and "Hey, cute skirt! Is it from Guess? I think I have the same one!", then after I told her it was a cheap one she went like "Argh cheap ones are too short for me!".
Then after that she was like "EH! Make sure you and Sunita stand in front ALL THE TIME AH! You two are SOLID man!" and I mentioned Sunita was meeting me for practice: "Good good! You two practice together good! Sunita is a good girl!". LMFAO.
Good girl leh Sunita!!! =X I bet we're just the same. =P

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Sunita wasn't free to have dinner with me but we walked together to Bugis and she showed me where the Face Shop is and hurried off to meet her sister... But after I made my purchases I got lost on the way to the taxi stand so she came to show me the way again. LOL. She was so spot-on about me not being able to find my way home! BLAHHH. >.<

PS. I'm signing up for Intermediate 1. But BPS is so cruel to non-Beginners they dont schedule Flexibility and classes one after another! FML. :(

WTF FREAKY

2010-10-03T02:49:00.002+08:00

Okay, I've been a lazy ass and haven't checked my Facebook messages for like 2 years. And I have about 4,000 messages... After clearing out spam and other stuff I realised that I have a LOT of freaky messages from freaky guys. I counted 55 messages with a lot of repeats. I sure hope they aren't reading my blog... :/

SHIT

2010-10-02T23:28:00.004+08:00

I think my medication is affecting me.
I'm in such a terrible mood.
*kicks rock*

I hate me.
I hate you too.
Damn it all.

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The below was written in a much better mood. LOL.

I had a once-in-a-lifetime experience today... DIO JIAO SAI. WTF.
I either have weekly Food Poisoning Fridays or Days of Ultimate Suayness.
FML. :(

Funny SMS dialogue between my BF and me today:
Me: -_- I dio bird shit. SMLJ!! :(
BF: Oo" *strangles the bird for you* good morning =P
It made me chuckle while celebrating my Granny's birthday. :)

MINITERM Lesson 2

2010-10-01T00:57:00.002+08:00

New stuff (kinda):
Sitting on the pole + Release hands

Relearnt:
Vanessa
Sliding Vanessa
Stripper Get-up

Added Choreography:
Pole Slide with R leg lifted
Roll to right + R Hair Flip
Sprawling leg kick X4 (Alternate R, L)
Cat pounce
Stripper get-up
Pole walk to face left
Vanessa to face front
L leg up on pole
Face front, stroke back of left leg down + hair flip up
Kate Moss + turnabout pose
Change hold, stroke right leg down + hair flip up
Pole Slide with R leg lifted
Roll to right + R Hair Flip
Sprawling leg kick X4 (Alternate R, L)
Cat pounce
Stripper get-up
Pole walk to face left

Most of the moves are kinda like repeats, just like the Beginners class. I hope I'll be able to go on to Intermediate 1... Please let my BF let me gooo :) Unfortunately INT 1 and Flexibility clashes at the same time on Wed!!!!! RAWRRRRRRR.

Sitting on the pole is a real pain in the thighs. And whether I can release my hands are kinda iffy. Like 80% iffy. Oh well, I'll work on it in Pole Practice tomorrow! *excited*

Oh and Sunita 2 (IDK their last names so I'm just going by 1 and 2 lol) was so cute cos she said 'We'll be awesome partners FOREVERRRRRRRRR~'! Hahaha awesome possum.

Beginner POLE Lesson 6

2010-09-30T01:21:00.002+08:00

WHAT WHAT WHAAAAAAAT?!
Jasmine wasn't around today so Sharlene took over our class.
... I think they didn't communicate well on where we had stopped last so it was an awfully confusing day for all of us.

Flexibility (Taken by Cristal/Crystal):
Was so damn tiring!
Jumping Jacks, skipping, hopping, push ups, and shitloads of stretching including arm stretches.
Okay, I finally found a part of my body that is flexible- that is my joints. My muscles are still terribly stiff though, especially the inner part of my right leg because of the old injury. :(
Did some lying down butterflies today, phwoar I can no longer open up to reach my knees to the ground, my pelvis and my injury hirt like a bitch.
Sitting split was fine, still around 120 degrees.
My splits are still about 7-8 inches off the floor.

New moves learnt:
Kate Moss + Turnabout Pose + Knee Spin

Completely changed full choreography:
Pole Walk (R, L) holding pole at face level, bent arms.
Body Roll X3 (Once, then double time)
Hip Roll
Lie on left side, pull right leg to ear
Roll to left, cat pounce
Head roll (Half, L to R)
Cross arms, lean back
Stripper get-up
Knee Spin to back of pole
Hip roll
Step left, hit butt X4 (L X2, R X2)
Stroke leg down + Hair Flip up
Spin Climb + Lean out, to left of pole, Body Roll out of landing
Swap Poles
Kate Moss + Turnabout Pose at front of pole
Pole slide with R leg raised
Head roll (Half, L to R)
Move to face right, beach babe pose
Roll left onto front, sprawl kick (tgt with shoulders) X4
Cat pounce, Stripper get-up
Vanessa to back of pole
Hip roll
Step left, hit butt X4 (L X2, R X2)
Stroke leg down + Hair Flip up
Spin Climb + Lean out, to left of pole Body Roll out of landing
Swap Poles
Kate Moss + Reverse Sliding Vanessa to left of pole
Stripper Get-up + Hair Flip up
Left leg up on pole + Hip Roll
Shake BOOTAY
Jamelia + V get-off
Head Roll (L)
***END***

I think I got it right, but it was pretty rushed so I'm not really too sure.
On a happier note, I managed to do the Sitting V today. Unfortunately not too stable yet because of the condensation from my WARM WARM legs. Going for pole practice on Friday, hope I can do it higher up the pole without falling to my death. :)

It's cold

2010-09-28T22:18:00.003+08:00

Sometimes it's when you're sick and cold (not to mention PMS-ey) that you realise your family doesn't fucking give a damn.

SHOPPINGGGGG

2010-09-26T03:13:00.008+08:00

OMG. I can't seem to stop doing online shopping.
Bad, bad, Jerina! :(

From the past month till now I've bought/ordered:
CS 88 Shimmer Palette
EOS Contacts (Brown, Violet, Pink, ?? I forgot lol)
Gipsy Scarlet (1 dress, 1 top)
IndieSin (2 belts)
SylviaCole (1 dress, 2 tops <- Just forgot one of them again)
eBay (1 tank top, 1 pair of underwear, 1 pair of stockings, and something else I forgot again =3)
VS Spree (1 pair of shoes, 1 long cardigan)
Masks and Serums (4 Serums + 2 Masks - gifts as well as for myself)

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Total Damage = $738

KILL ME PLEASE T_T

***UPDATE***

WALAO!! I just saw one dress I bought for $22.70 selling at $18.60, a blouse for $23.90 at $18.90, AND another blouse at $21.90 for $18.90 ($18.40 on yet another) on another site! ANNOYING MUCH!!!!! $12 difference leh!!!!!

Lesson learnt. If there are code numbers, GOOGLE the fucking thing before you buy it. But the free courier service is kinda worth it I guess.. *sigh*

F1

2010-09-26T02:58:00.003+08:00

COOOOOOOOL.

Met up with the Royal Family for dinner at the old Turf City to have Hokkaido buffet~ It was so damn awesome and cheap too, less than $40 per person! YUMYUMYUM ate till I almost exploded. :D (Ebi Tempura, Sake Sashimi, Chuka Hotate, Salmon head, Clam Miso soup, Saba Teriyaki, Beef Teppenyaki, BBQ Mushrooms, Chawanmushi, Shishamo, Salmon skin, Edamame, and ALOT more other stuff as well as lemon ice cream, vanilla ice cream, ocha and Esprit Raspberry... that was for me alone ^^) .... I feel hungry now, lol.

Headed over to Swissotel to park our car, the Royal Family had free grandstand tickets so they had to get a ticket for me... and *GASP!* EVERY SINGLE TICKET was sold out!! Small wonder though because there were only 2 hours left by the time we arrived. Fortunately there was a white guy selling off his ticket near the counter (he offered us $50), but after some persuasion we managed to get it at $40. :)

The sound of the cars were awesomeeeeee! Except I didn't know there was a survival kit so the noise nearly killed me. It's like one car > club music. When there were two at the same time I nearly went deaf. It was pretty crammed and hot too, I was sweating like crap while we were there.

I was soo jealous of the people watching from the balconies in Swissotel! They could see the whole circuit whereas mere common people like us got to see, like, 20m of road? I was located in between two bends too, so there wasn't much to see.

Anyway we got bored after about an hour and decided the grandstand was too far away to walk to, so we headed back! It sounds uneventful but we had a great time catching up and bonding. I shall go stay over really really soon!

Will upload pics and videos soon. (Pic of me only though, because honestly a digital camera will never be able to capture an F1 car. Not even the hugeass DSLRs managed it!)

MINITERM Lesson 1

2010-09-24T01:28:00.002+08:00

HMMS. Seems like Jasmine teaches this class better than she taught my class! She went into much more detail about each step of the move this time. =.= UNFAIRRR. Haha!

New stuff:
Carrying body weight

Relearnt:
Pole walk
Body roll
Knee spin
Kate Moss + turnabout pose
Pole climb 2 + release hands
(Jasmine accused me and Sunita of holding on with our tits LMAO)

Choreography
Freestyle until song starts
At right of pole:
Collapse knee (Alternate R, L), double time X4
Walk over to left of pole:
Collapse knee (Alternate L, R), double time X4
Swap poles, stop behind pole, face front:
Butt roll (Alternate, R, L X2)
Right hand walk
Butt roll (Alternate, R, L X2)
Left hand walk, stop at left of pole:
Knee spin 2 rounds, stop at left of pole,
Left leg up on pole,
Face front, stroke back of left leg down + hair flip up
Kate Moss + turnabout pose
Change hold, stroke right leg down + hair flip up

SUPER UNGLAM DAY

2010-09-23T01:27:00.003+08:00

:(

Unglam 1
I was at the Concorde Hotel foodcourt when the floor was so sticky my slipper got stuck to it and I landed my foot on the sticky floor. EW.

Unglam 2
Washing my foot in the basin inside the school toilet.
(FAMILIAR?!?!)

Unglam 3
Bursting out into laughter inside Centrepoint Robinson's at Li Shan's SMS.
"wah. Your voice v sweet inside the phone lei. I like <<<<3 haha"
LOL CAN!

Unglam 4
Got onto the 190 outside SMU, carrying a 7kg bag, during a red light. Was going to take a seat (near the front where two benches face each other). Halfway in, the bus driver FLOORED the damn accelerator on the green light. I fell onto the guy in front of me, possibly shrieking "OMG SORRY!!" at the same time. When the bus driver heard, he STOMPED on the brakes, causing me to fall on the other two guys behind me. FML. T_T

Okay further elaboration- in order to stop my full body falling on the guy in front of me I used my hands to stop the fall (on his knees I think), then when the driver braked I was like pulling the guy's arm to stop from falling backwards. Which did not help in the least and I think I used my other hand to stop the fall on the other guy's leg/bag. *digs a pit to hide self*

T___________T

Beginner POLE Lesson 5

2010-09-23T00:12:00.002+08:00

Flexibility

I SUCK TODAY BUT YEAH BABY YEAH YEAH IMPROVEMENTTTTT WOOHOO!

Maintained my 40 degrees after midpoint today!
(An cutie from prep advance said I was flexibleeeeeeee but WTH?! SERIOUSLY I AM NOT. I was going like OMG I FEEL LIKE I'M GIVING BIRTH throughout the entire process.)

Pulled toes (no heels off today, feeling like crap seriously) but managed to get closer to my knees... closer... someday i'll kiss them @_@

My sitting split without help was terrible, barely made 90 today but managed to pull abit further on my own after a bit of stretching.... ARGH.

Did splits during announcement time, it's getting closer closer closer! A few (less than 10 HAHAHAHA) inches more to goooooooo! Definitely less than a foot now HAHA. (I was really that bad 'cos I haven't stretched for more than 2 yearsssss!!)

New moves learnt:
Knee spin-converted to-Frank
Frank-converted to-Knee spin
Kate moss + backward sliding Vanessa + stripper get up
The move that I forgot the name of but is ridiculously hard on my handicapped left wrist- Intermediate move (Starts with a G?)
(When Jasmine explained how to do this, there was this ang mor who went like 'Are you CRAZY?!?!' HAHAHA PRICELESS!)
Fan kick
(I can't do this for nuts, seems like my abs aren't strong enough... SHAME ON ME!)

Added dance choreography:
Vanessa
Butt gyrate
Hit butt L 2x, R 2x
Stroke leg down + hair flip up
(It's a repeat of prior moves)
Kate moss + reverse sliding Vanessa + stripper get up

AHAHAHA. So happy that I can do the move that I forgot the name of.
^_^V TWIST! I think I'm high.

Weird

2010-09-21T23:06:00.004+08:00

Funny how feelings and moods can change in a day.

I wonder if the distancing will stop...

I hope this will be over soon.

Meant to be

2010-09-21T01:19:00.002+08:00

My BF has been away on detachment and will be until the end of October.

I was miserable about it since we first got to know, and whenever I told my good friends or family how I felt about it, the thing in common they all told me was, "Take this as a test, and hope that you can pull through it together."

I guess I must have really changed because I don't really feel that it's a test at all. I mean sure, I miss him like crazy (I mean, look at the post that I update EVERDAY and my MSN personal message), but I don't really have the tendency to DO STUPID SHIT anymore, just to stop the emptiness when he's not around.
(I'm sure all my good friends know what I mean.. I'm not proud of what I used to be.)

Before he left I already knew he was awesome and definitely the guy I'd want to be with for the rest of my life. We're engaged after all. :)

But what this detachment has done is to make me realise that he is not just awesome, I don't know what's the word for this- better than awesome? Perfect? I can't find a term to describe it. I'd have to say, something like the most sparkling gem ever. If he were a diamond he'd be D coloured, FL clarity and perfectly cut, with every facet reflecting every single ray of light back at you.

OKAY, before anyone starts puking I'm gonna leave it at that. What I'm trying to say here is, without situations like what we've been through the last two weeks, I would never have known or expected that our relationship can be taken to greater heights and our love would grow even more, even when we're not together physically.

What I'm feeling now is more than I can express in words. All I know is I've fallen head over heels in love, over and over again everyday, and loving you more every day.

Just some thoughts

2010-09-18T04:43:00.002+08:00

Years and years ago I have had wanted to go into exotic dancing. I had first thought of joining exotic dance classes at Jitterbugs with my sista Jesxeca (that was 5 years ago).

This year I finally got the opportunity to go for dance classes. I had initially wanted to go to Groove for my pole dancing lessons because I saw their advertising on FB, but after doing some research I remembered Jitterbugs, so I called them up but they didn't have any pole dance classes! They directed me to Bobbi's Pole Studio.

Perhaps it was because Groove's schedule was too messy and BPS's had a much clearer one, or because BPS had better prices, but whatever the reason was, I just had a strong feeling to join BPS. That was before I even watched their videos on Youtube! After making my decision, I watched the videos, and I offically became a fan of Bobbi.

I must say I didn't regret it (starting pole dancing and joining BPS) at all, it's been the most fun thing to do by myself since I stopped going for TKD training. :)
There are awesome teachers and awesome classmates and the most awesome founder/master instructor in the world. She was super friendly when I went for her workshop! After she heard me squeal like a fangirl and took photos together, she went like "Ohh I love coming down here, you girls are all so awesome!" and then gave me a squeeze. AWWW!

Umm, and I'm kinda glad I didn't join Groove, 'cos I just saw Ris Low's interview on XinMSN and......... for a level 4 she pretty much sucks ass. Every move she did looked like a terrible struggle on the pole for her. And her pole climb and sit is a joke, my classmates did better than that on their first tries! -_____-"

Anyway I think she's damn overrated and overused for advertising. Even though I don't personally dislike her. I've done a shoot with her before in 2008, before she got famous... But she was already coming in late at that time! CONFIRM is her man, no mistake. =X

Abrupt end to this post, I have no idea why I wanted to write about this in the first place... Must be spending too much time alone. :(

Area 51

2010-09-17T20:11:00.002+08:00

Just saw their advertisement on FB as a female-fronted Visual Kei band.
... Okay. IMHO, my favourite band Alice Nine members (male) all look better without make-up. ARGH.

SLAP Workshop by Bobbi!

2010-09-16T21:21:00.003+08:00

*SQUEALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL*

I got to meet my idol and take photos with her!! I'm lazy to upload the pics though :P I went totally gaga when I managed to talk to her, I went like "OMG YOU ARE SO AWESOMEEEEEEE I WATCHED ALL YOUR VIDEOSSSSS!" *starry eyed*

..... Diu lian to the max. Haha!

Anyway, the workshop was really different even from the warm-up. It was tougher than usual, I got tired before we even reached halfway through the warm up! And I realised Bobbi's taste in music is the same as mine.. Awesomeee!

The workshop was an ADVANCED strip and lapdance (I didn't know that would happen when I signed up, I almost died seriously) so..... I now have a total count of 20 bruises and almost sprained my ankle, and almost broke my neck. Seriously, that's more bruises than I used to get from sparring without guards! Pfft.

The choreography:
(With long-sleeved shirt on)
Starting from the back facing back of chair;
[Slow head roll + alternate shoulder rolls (R,L)] X 2
Face the front at left of chair;
left leg up, lower body, return + head up
(move over the back of the chair to the right and then:)
Face the back straddling chair;
wave body right to left X6 + sit and stand
face left, pose, stroke leg down, flip hair up on the way up
big butt roll from right to left, face right
Sit on chair with straightened legs;
stroke right leg down, lean back and stroke left leg down, come back up
Get up, face front at left of chair;
Pose, take 3 steps to the front of chair (left leg first);
big butt roll to the right, hit butt to the right twice
big butt roll to the left and then to the right
Close up legs and put hands up to forehead;
hit butt to the front 3 times and open up hands to sides of head each time
Still holding sides of head;
Rotate + gyrate to face chair (back facing front, in front of chair);
Right hand followed by left hand on chair (with legs straight);
collapse right knee followed by left knee (double time)
kneel facing left + hair flip
stand back up facing chair + hair flip
Rotate to sit on chair cross legged;
pull left leg up into the air (using left hand as support and right hand to hold leg)
twist around to the right with arms on chair and do a push up position;
bring butt down first then knees to the floor;
hair flip + lean back pose
fan kick to the left and roll over
stripper jump up + hair flip
Face the front behind chair;
Right hand followed by left hand on chair;
collapse right knee followed by left knee
(butt roll to the left then to the right) <- not sure about this
left leg on chair (knee over the back of chair)
butt roll
Turn left to sit on chair facing right;
close up legs and face the front while seated;
fan kick to the left and then to the right
Put knees over back of chair, lie down on chair seat and hold the floor for support;
"cycle" legs X8
"wave" legs X8
***Change of music***
Get off by sliding legs to the right,
Sit facing front, open up legs wide;
Half right head roll, half left head roll
Full right head roll X2
Pull off shirt halfway down back;
Body roll up off chair
rotate + gyrate around to face chair (back facing front)
Open up legs to chair width (R then L);
alternate butt rolls while removing shirt for 15 beats
on the 16th beat sling shirt over right shoulder while turning left to face front
(for my position in the room)
*** 16 beats free to throw/keep shirt***
***It's actually time to drag a male audience member to the chair***
Stand facing chair with legs apart at chair width;
using chair for support, kneel on floor
body roll X2
lean back pose
using left leg as support, butt roll X2
Put legs up straight into the air (lying down);
alternately loop legs from inside to out (R first) X4
open legs into V, close up left leg, right leg bends down to hit floor with foot in the middle X4
With legs still closed up in the air, move butt to the right 45 degrees;
use force of legs to sit up (forgot what this is called)
roll right, do a boob-first move onto the floor (idk what this is either)
alternate sprawling kick X4
low-boobie move back up to kneeling position (opposite of 2 lines above)
head roll

HOW TO REMEMBER RIGHT WTFOMGBBQ I KEEP SCREWING UP SOBSOB AND IM AFRAID OF FALLING OFF THE CHAIR WHEN WE HAVE TO PUT OUR LEGS ON THE BACK OF IT!!!!! BOOOOOOHOO. :(
And I don't have the strength yet to do that low boobie thing nicely. Damnit!

Beginner POLE Lesson 4

2010-09-15T23:36:00.005+08:00

WHOA. It's lesson 4 already! O_O

Flexibility
Didn't get to warm up before class today 'cos there was a workshop! BUT~
Did the Plank for more than 1 minute! *fluffs hair*
I think I did 40-50 degrees past the halfway point today, my partner wasn't really forcing me all the way though.
I can pull my toes and get my heels off the floor!
(Have to admit it hurts like crap though)
My split without help early on in the lesson was already at about 100 degrees, with an old injury flaring ^_^
Getting better at back arch! Still can't walk my hands in yet though..

New moves learnt:
Frank + variations
(Not strong enough to do the chio style yet)
Sitting V
(No idea what it's called so I named it myself, and I haven't succeeded at this yet due to my damn sweaty palms. Still, we only managed to try once...)
Pole climb!

Hmm, not too pleased with myself today 'cos I didn't manage to get the sitting V yet, and I think my spin climb isn't pretty. As well as my pole slide and hair/head flips. At the rate we're going, we'll all have strong neck muscles really really soon!

I'm kinda nervous too, only 3 more practices before performance night!
.___.

P.S. They mentioned something about costumes! I didn't know we were getting costumes! I think mine might be a little big though..... But still! *SQUEALS*

P.P.S. Chey. It's a colour scheme lah! Beginners are supposed to wear red and black.. *stops squealing*
And my class instructor was damn cute lah. We met on opposite stairways coming up to the 2nd floor, then she went like "Wow, look at those legs.. Must be a Bobbi student!" Hahaha!

Beautiful

2010-09-10T16:31:00.002+08:00

I saw a beautiful girl in Zirca. She wasn't dressed skimpily or sluttily like the other girls, she wasn't even made up much. But her features were delicate and beautiful. She was shy initially but later on I saw her dancing well. Unfortunately she didn't seem much disposed to make friends with me. :( What's wrong with making more girl friends in clubs? It's not like I'm a lesbian waiting to rape her or something. Damnit.

Beginner POLE Lesson 3

2010-09-09T14:11:00.004+08:00

Flexibility:
Did some Pilates.. Almost broke my back and died.
Definitely went past the halfway point by about 30 degrees!! ^_^
I CAN touch my toes.
My split while sitting went beyond 120 degrees. And had some help from my partner and instructor, managed to reach quite far (for my standard, about 45 degrees to the floor or more) as well!
Did KILLER leg lifts as well. OUCH MY TUMMY.

New moves learnt:
Vanessa slide down + stripper get up
Spin climb
Hair flip/head roll

Added choreography:
Beach babe pose
Roll left + left hair flip
Sprawling leg kick x4
Stripper get up

My noob spin climb makes me spin round so fast that I can't get off at the right time for the next move and makes me walk dizzily during the pole exchange. Bah!

Once again... FAT OR SKINNY?!?!

2010-09-08T01:41:00.002+08:00

I think I've done a post about this before, a couple of years ago or maybe last year.

See, I have a problem, which is called having small and light bones. As a result, no matter how much meat I stack on, people will still describe me as 'small and SKINNY'.

But I had a growth spurt recently which led to me adding 5cm to my height and being wider around the shoulders and hips... To the extent that my old wardrobe no longer fits me and I have to change to an entirely new one, except for those clothes that used to be too big and now fit perfectly. -_-

I have also gained 4kg due to the increase in size and of course my monstrous non-stop chomping... which leads to more meat on me everywhere.

Even then, people who just meet me are still calling me skinny! And small! BUT YET, I can no longer fit into size S shorts... Can't even zip it up! If I'm small, what size do 'normal' people wear?

So tell me... Am I FAT OR SKINNY now?!?!
*looks down at bulge forming over too-small size S shorts and sighs*

What the Koala does without its Tree

2010-09-08T00:50:00.004+08:00

Friday, 3 Sept 2010
Attempted to mug for DTA while msn-ing, facebook-ing, bbm-ing, sms-ing and weeping.
Mr Low cheered me up a little by telling me I topped the cohort of CTA participants..
Was moodless and didn't have appetite all day.

Saturday, 4 Sept 2010
Went to work at Comex.. Took the long-ass way around to City Hall 'cos the JE station connection to Clementi was disrupted for the weekend.
Had a terrible day with the I*****s but made an awesome new friend, Li Shan.
Pretty awesome chat over supper after work with Softgay and Noobgary. Thanks guys for being there for me and sending me home. :)

Sunday, 5 Sept 2010
Worked at Comex again, this time I got so mad I ticked off a 'customer'. I seriously think there's a 'syndicate' to get as many freebies as they can! RAWRRRRR.
Went to dabao supper after work because I was ravenously hungry after 11 hours of no food. Bumped into Jereme and his friend Ambrose at the kopitiam, and they very kindly offered to send me home.
OMG THE AUDIIIIIII!!!! I could hug it to sleep! >.<

Monday, 6 Sept 2010
Went for my dental at VivoCity, was done pretty quick so I had a couple of hours to kill before I could meet Amber after her course. Went on a shopping spree in Daiso for about an hour and bought lots of tidbits, canned food, stationery and other miscellaneous items. Total damage $28 only! (14 items)

(Oh, as a side note, I've finished my course of aligners!! But my teeth aren't completely straight yet so I need to go for some refinement..... Hm...)

Rotted around near the exit to the Sentosa Monorail and checked out the packages... They don't seem nearly as fun as the one I got in 2008 with Kenny.. And there are lots of new stuff that I'm totally not interested in. The Segway ride for example. For some reason the name reminds me of a sewage treatment company. -_-

Met Amber at the Bugis OG and we went for dinner at Lai Lai! Yummy yummy beef soup! Except for the mixed up order at the start the rest was awesome. For some reason I ate very very very fast.

Went to do shopping in Bugis Street! I swear I'll never shop in Orchard again.. Faggot sia I feel so cheated when I find the exact same damn thing for like half the price in Bugis Street. *growls*
Anyway, bought a shitload of stuff there.. Two dresses and two pairs of shorts, can't remember what else at the moment. Ran outta cash, went to draw money then ended up being lazy and having supper at Toast Box while Amber had her Matcha red bean ice cream thingy.

OH! I bumped into Crystal from dance class in Vivo and Pris at Bugis Street! She was like "OMG I thought you're wearing heels!! Why does your puberty never end?!?!" Make me damn happy leh! Kekeke.

Went home happy after supper, took 960 to Amber's place then transferred 190 home. :)

Tuesday, 7 Sept 2010
Groggily got up for school, fell asleep a couple of times in class.
Met my cousin Daniel for lunch at Orchard Central's Ajisen and went on a tour around the place along with 313, Cine and Heeren. (My cousin's from Malaysia so he hasn't explored yet.) Had lychee yoghurt ice cream with strawberries at Cine!

He had to go home to rest for work tomorrow so I went to meet my awesome sista Jesxeca for dinner. Went to chillax at Centrepoint Starbucks 'cos the dinner place wasn't open yet and we had a great catch-up session. I seriously miss meeting her! We used to spend almost everyday together and even went overseas together, but this is the first time I've met her in almost 2 years!

She brought me to this place behind Cuppage Plaza for ramen dinner; it was pretty good but unfortunately my tummy was apparently unhappy with the type of milk used in the caramel coffee jelly frappucino (!!! I remember the name NOW, but couldn't at the counter just now, wtf) I had earlier on, so I was awfully bloated and uncomfortable and couldn't finish it up.

Went to buy a new bikini (!!!!!!! YESHHHHHH) at Orchard Central before heading home! Awesome awesome day spent with awesome people. :)

Wednesday, 8 Sept 2010
Hm.. Shall not blog about it just yet. :P
Suffice to say I ended up at Backpackers Inn for the night!
(Just to clarify, with Amber not with random guys.)

Scary ass photo :)

2010-09-07T03:42:00.001+08:00

Gonna change my blog header photo to this scary ass photo taken during a photoshoot and photoshopped to death by the photographer, in which I look like an evil elven archer or something. :D

I'm.. okay.

2010-09-05T05:33:00.001+08:00

I just realised that I'm cheating everyone around me and myself by pretending I'm okay. When I'm truly not.

I love the way...

2010-09-05T03:44:00.055+08:00

MUSHY ALERT!!! DO NOT READ IF YOU JUST HAD DINNER. :P
Are there at least 56 things I love about you? We shall see. :)

1. I love the way you take care of me like I'm a little kid sometimes.
2. I love the way, when I tell you that I don't know how to do something, you tell me "Don't worry, you have me."
3. I love the way you always look so happy when you see me, even after an exhausting day at work.
4. Happy 7th month anniversary! ^_^
I love the way you grin and wiggle your brows at me when suggesting something you know I'll definitely like.
5. I MISS BEING ABLE TO SLEEP ON YOUR SHOULDER.
6. I love your scent. (All 3 of them.) :P
7. I love the way you love me for who I am. :)
8. I love the way I know I'm completely safe with you and you always protect me from everything.
9. Even though today wasn't a good day, I'll still do this entry.
I love the way you hold me close even when you're dead asleep.
10. I love the way, no matter what problems we meet, we will still hold hands and walk through it together.
11. I love the way you're so possessive. ;)
12. I love the way you're super understanding even though you may never have faced some situations before. :)
13. I love the way you miss me like no other.
14. I wish I could give you a backrub with Vicks like you always do for me when I'm feeling feverish. :(
15. I love it that you're so organised.
16. You must be the best away on detachment boyfriend ever.
17. I miss going clubbing with you. :P
18. I kinda like the way you get so worried about me sometimes, because I'm exactly the same. Though it's not exactly a good thing... But we match!
19. Even though I'm feeling weird today...
I love how you're so awesome that I have to work hard to catch up with you.
(Done early at 11pm so that I can sleeeeeep.)
20. I love the way you SMS me first thing in the morning. ;)
21. I love the way you are just sooo cute~ :D *squashes your face*
22. I love the way we can just do random spontaneous stuff outside and it's just so funnnn with you. :D
23. I love it when you shoo me from the stove and take over because you're afraid I'll scald myself (which is very likely). ~.~
24. I miss the way we EAT together. I love the way we eat lots of junk food together... Insanely unhealthy but so damn fun. :D
25. I miss leaning on your chest.
26. I miss the way you'll take care of me when I'm sick T_T
27. I love the way you're just as troublesome as I am. :P
28. I love the way, when we're together, you're always doing something that shows me you're really there with me and not thinking about other stuff.
29. We're done with one month! YAYAYAY!
I love the way you describe everything about me as cute and little.
(ONLY APPLIES TO BF! *RAWR*)
30. I love the way you want to do everything together.
31. I love the way you cheer me up when I'm down.. So so sweetly.
32. I love the way you want to put me into your pocket and carry me about... But also thank you for giving me the freedom to continue my pole classes! *LOVE*
33. I love the way you are SO demanding. I love you!! *SQUEEZE*
34. Happy 8th month anniversary!
I love the way you love me so much you'll do anything for me. I promise I won't be unfair to you! :D
35. I love the way you're such a happy sunshine ~~boy~~ tree. ;)
36. I love the way you're so damn hawttttt.
37. I love the way we throw shit at each other out of jealousy. HAHAHA!
And I wish I could be there right now to take care of you. :(
38. I love the way we are imperfect in exactly the same way. That's why we belong together. :)
39. I love the way we love each other.. I'm feeling all weak-kneed and fluttery-hearted now.
40. I love your voice.. ZOMG I MISS YOUR VOICE!!
41. I miss you so badly I feel like I have a hole in my heart now. Physically. :(
I love the way you're always so gentle to me even though you're used to using your strength.
42. I love the way we make up after disagreements.. Even though I'd rather do without those!
43. I love the way you said, "Miss you is only two words. But there are so many feelings involved."
44. ~~You broke a promise today. I don't love you anymore.~~
Fine, I still do. -_-
I love the way, even when you're tired out from work you still spoil me by doing stuff like giving me a backrub.. It should be the other way round!
45. I can't say I love, but I find it cute.. How being away from each other made us so grumpy we've been having disagreements for ages. We shall work harder!
46. I love you so much that I didn't even realise how badly my mood has been affected by your absence. We're going good.. 10 more days!
47. I love the way you sooth and comfort me when I cry. You're the only one who does it that way.. It's so nice and comforting. *sniffle*
48. I love the way you're super responsible and tidy.. You always finish up what you do (or what I did and left halfway =P). Awesomest BF EVER!
49. I love the way you encourage me to buy stuff if it looks good on me. Hehehe!
50. I love the way you always say you don't mind providing for me...
Even though I don't want you to but it's so sweet of you to think that way!
51. I love the way you'll try your best to make me sleep when I can't because of my stupid insomnia.
52. I love the way you protect me from everything possible.
53. I love the way I can trust you in every way. :D
54. I love the way you came online to look for me even though you were so tired. :)
55. You're coming back tomorrow! YAY!
I just love you for who you are. :D
I don't know if I ever mentioned this, but you're the most understanding, loving, caring and awesome BF ever! I can't wait for you to be back. :)

Beginner POLE Lesson 2

2010-09-01T23:33:00.007+08:00

Flexibility:
I THINK my leg just went past the halfway point. To my head. While lying down. ^_^
I can just about touch my toes.. Finally!
My split while sitting is finally past the 90 degrees mark...
Almost died doing one-arm push ups, back arches, back stretching and splits training. SIGH~

New moves learnt:
Cat pounce
Pole slide
Leg stroke + hair flip
Knee spin variations
Pole change

Added dance choreography:
Gyrate
Butt shake (left 2 right 2)
Leg stroke + Hair flip
Freestyle: Vanessa/Knee spin or variation/Spin Climb
Body roll
Change pole
Kate Moss + Turnabout pose
Pole slide
Head roll

******
I need to train my lower back muscles! I can't believe my BF does a MUCH better cat pounce than I do. RAWRRRRRR. Good mornings FTW!

Beginner POLE Lesson 1 :)

2010-08-26T07:45:00.006+08:00

Just started a new beginners' course of pole as well as flexibility! Hope that someday I will be able to blog about being in the advanced course. :D It was really really fabulous, with good work outs and stretching and of course awesome girl friends! :)

Flexibility Lesson 1:
PURE TORTURE. It's the first time anyone said I was flexible though... The class instructor was going to dislocate my leg. Maybe I don't show pain on my face anymore after Taekwondo. >.<

Pole Lesson 1 Moves Learnt:
-Sexay Pole Walk
-"Body roll"
-"Butt gyrate"
-Knee spin! (and one handed knee spins for those who can manage it :P)
-"Kate Moss"
-Turnabout pose
-Butt "Figure 8"s
-"Vanessa"

Dance routine:
1. Sexay Pole Walk
2. Butt roll
3. Butt gyrate
4. Floor moves
5. Head roll
6. Stripper jump up
7. Vanessa

I suppose the end result of the 2 months will be something like this :)
(My class girls are WAY hotter though, and that's my instructor too!)

I'm looking forward to more classes with awesome girlfriend Sunita! :D

MAPLEH MAPLEH~!!

2010-06-21T12:10:00.006+08:00

Wahaha! Don't know why I am so high now. I am *SURE* it has nothing to do with just reaching level 110 in MapleStory. ><

Uhh, so yeah. My beloved managed to psycho me to play MapleStory again in Delphinus... and err, actually, he has made life really easy for me in here especially for levelling fast.

Let's take a look at the timeline:

Day 1- Creation to Level 8
Day 2- Level 8 to 24
Day 3- Level 24 to 30
Day 4- Level 30 to 51
*One week hiatus due to work, leveled to 53 by BF*
Day 5- Level 53 to 81 with 2x EXP
Day 6- Level 81 to 112 with 2x EXP
*One week hiatus due to going to JB, leveled to 114 by BF*
Day 7- Level 114 to 132 with 2x EXP
Day 8- Hunt for Skill Book Quest, leveled to 133 :)
Day 9- Level 133 to 140 with 2x EXP
Day 10 & 11- Level 140 to 151 with 2x EXP
Day 12- Level 151 to 154 with 2x EXP
Day 13- Level 154 to 156 with 2x EXP

So technically I took about 6-7 days to reach Level 110.
Fast right?!?!?!
I can't believe I took like 9 months to reach Level 105 in Aquila... BAH.
What an effing waste of time. It's so much more fun here!
Some more the items and potions are all sponsored by my beloved.. AWW. Thanks so much for making my damage so awesome! ^_^

Nuuuuuu! It's over! :'(

2010-06-18T22:06:00.002+08:00

This is the job that I've been happiest at since Cannla! And it really sucks that it's over and everyone is leaving Singapore tonight. :(

I'm gonna miss everyone!

Even though it was just a short event (with shitty pay, I might add), I managed to pick up more Japanese, learnt about their products and made lots of new friends. And they invited us (Jolene and me) to work again next year! WEEEEEE!

As a sidenote, I find it unusual that in such a large and crowded place like Expo, people can recognise me after just one meeting. Do I look like an alien? :S

CommunicAsia!

2010-06-16T21:44:00.004+08:00

Went to work at the CommunicAsia event! Day 1 was yesterday (15 June 2010) and I'll be there till Friday (18 June 2010).

What can I say... It's SOOO awesome working there! I'm working under Sumitomo Electronics and there are colleagues from JAPAN, Malaysia, Vietnam, and of course Singapore. Everyone's so so so nice, friendly, polite and awesome! Why can't Singaporeans be more like that?

Anyway, I need to whine a bit about Expo- after all, professionals from all over the world come to Expo for all sorts of events and exhibitions.

Firstly, Expo is a place with capacity for thousands and thousands of people- I bet one hall contains hundreds of staff and thousands of visitors. And there are only TWO cubicles in the washrooms located outside every hall. WTF?

Secondly, the design of the exterior of the foodcourt sucks. It is 'sheltered' from the sun but not the rain, and when it rains it causes all those tables (which number more than those inside the foodcourt) to be unavailable for use. And you can't even make it into the foodcourt from the exhibition halls without getting wet!

Thirdly (Seriously, do I even need to go on? The above two are already enough to disgrace Singapore!), the air-conditioning inside the exhibition halls are CRAZY MAD POWERFUL. It's colder than an ice-skating rink in there! I mean come on, not every exhibition or event has the PC Show kind of crowd! Can't there be any flexibility in the temperature??

With the whining aside, the tradeshow is still great fun to work at. :D
I LOVEEEEEEEE MY COLLEAGUES! :D:D

P.S. And isn't weird that I'm so used to heels that I felt better in heels today than in flats yesterday? -_-

MY HAIRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

2010-06-04T18:49:00.003+08:00

Crap, I realised it's been so long and I really really need to catch up with my updates.

I've been really sick of having to touch up my hair colour every 2-3 months (sick of means broke, of course.....) so I decided to do it in a dark colour! My perm also tends to look shitty and messy really fast since my hair grows and straightens so fast... So I decided to have it straight again.

The above mentioned decisions of course resulted in me looking like a little kid all over again, also thanks to my dearest hairdresser giving me curved bangs along with the little kid hairstyle. DAMNIT!

I'm giving myself one month to grow back some fringe and switch to a scene hairstyle. Anyway I love my hair colour, which is violet brown with a streak of purple. But I'm guessing it will fade real fast cos of my bleached hair. Sighs~

On a side note, while my dearest was helping me pack the cupboard in my room we found *BLACK* hair in it. That's like all the way from 2008!!! *hangs head in shame*

Citi Forex Challenge!

2010-03-12T00:43:00.002+08:00

31 October 2009

It was on freaking Halloween! Hence my non-existent Halloween celebrations last year.
Anyway I had a bad experience in 2008...

So, Citi Forex Challenge!

It was held at Millenia Walk last year (not sure about the previous years).

The usual team- Jasmine, Kai Ting, Lian Bei and me!
(I have the whitest hand as pointed out by Jasmine, LOL)

That's not us, but where the action is!

OMG! All of us got in!
(I think our teacher wasn't very happy about me and Lian Bei getting in, cuz we're not TOP TRADERS...)

YEAYEAYEA! Happy!
Oh BTW I wore a t-shirt, shorts and slippers cos it'd only be like 10 minutes if I didn't get in... and then I had to hang around for hours in MW in that attire.
-____-

Class photo!

Wrong team-mates, but because of the height problem we have to pose like that!

Free lunch!

That's us in the finals!
Spot me spot me hehehe.

Mr Cheong being so GAN CHIONG. HAHAHA.

This picture made me realise I had to do something about my hair colour....
We're looking very calm here but actually we were screaming at each other non-stop!

We didn't win anything, LAH.

Our lecturers came down to support us!
The ang mor is one of the CitiBank representatives.

So proud of our classmates, Calister and Henry for winning 3rd place!

:)

Randomness with SuperCherry

2010-03-12T00:09:00.002+08:00

26 September 2009

Seems like I was sick on that day so SuperCherry made sick food for me.

Porridge with scallops!

*****

2 October 2009

Ding Tai Fung at Junction 8!

We went there before a BBQ at SuperCherry's rich colleague's house...
Cos we were already so damn hungry!

Where's ma food!

My bigass bowl of beef soup.

Our Xiao Long Bao!
Why only 5 left?
Cos I'm a greedy guts and was munching away until I remembered to take pics...
As usual ><

*****

16 October 2009

SuperCherry always wanted to bring WonderPrawn to Brewerkz at the Indoor Stadium after going there with his colleagues... So there we went on a warm warm Friday.

I realise SuperCherry only takes passable photos of me when I'm drinking (?!)

I think I was so hungry that I didn't manage to get pictures of what we had... If I remember correctly it was some badly grilled beef which is nothing to shout about. Blahness.

It's size is impressive but not its taste...
*shivers at own cold joke*
I didn't bother to finish it. Tasted like crap.

I can safely say I won't be back at Brewerkz at Kallang... It's hot as hell, bad food and bad service!

Best pictures I could get outside Brewerkz.
I didn't even do anything with the camera, it was on IA mode.

Is it any wonder why I got a B for my TREP (Photography) GEMS?

*****

17 October 2009

The Emperor brought yummies home again!

YUM YUM.

*****

Ding Tai Fung at Paragon!
(Haha I know, we're suckers for their Xiao Long Bao!)

OMG. Look at my BANANA YELLOW hair.
-_______-

We bought some German white wine for the Emperor, it's really cheap at this shop in Paragon!

That's a shitload of chefs. O_O

EH?! I just realise I didn't get any food pics. Aiya, it's always the same lah, beef soup and xiao long bao lor. =D

Jerina's COOKING?! O_O

2010-03-11T23:59:00.002+08:00

28 September 2009

You saw that right!

I suddenly got bitten by the baking bug because I love cakes and desserts but they are all so freaking expensive outside!

SO, I did some research online to find recipes that are easy and yet don't require having an oven.

Most recipes which are labelled 'easy' are totally not easy for beginners, or else they need shitloads of ingredients not readily available from places like NTUC (Cold Storage is much better stocked).

The first recipe I tried is from Easy Lunch Box Recipes.

Steamed Egg Cakes!

I made the choice to hand beat the eggs and sugar which was a mistake (unless you want to train your arms, then go right ahead) cos it takes frigging 20 minutes to get it to the right stage! And even then I wasn't sure whether it was the right stage cos I'm a noob... I just gave up cos I was damn tired lah.

But it turned out pretty okay though a bit heavy. Heh.

The Emperor does a better job, he took over once I screwed up the microwave with my next two tries (which were obviously misses since I'm not posting them up hahaha). Blah.

*****

30 September 2009

My next wild success (YES it was, SuperCherry finished it in like 30 seconds) was taken from Held by Love, Baked from Scratch.

Banana Buttermilk Pancakes!

... Okay lah, I cheated... I only mixed the batter then the Empress helped me do the frying. Cos we only have 2 frying pans, one is %^&*ing heavy and the other can't really balance... So we had to have some *ahem* teamwork lah.

Which involves me watching and the Empress frying. HAHAHA.

But it's madly deliciously yummy... I might make it again soon. :D

SuperCherry's Birthday Celebration (2009)

2010-03-11T23:09:00.002+08:00

19 September 2009

From what I can remember, I didn't start the day early... I only joined SuperCherry at his house for the preparations because I'm SO not a morning person. But it's been half a year so I seriously can't remember lah!

We took Pig Pig's car because he was overseas at the time... Did the usual stuff- marinate, pack, buy satay, otah, and then hit the pit at Sembawang Park!

There's Candy Bear handling the bacon.

Big Bear hard at work peng-ing food, Baby Bear hard at work eating... and Soon Aik hard at work watching. Hahaha cold joke lah, not in a good mood today...
-_-

Ooh, we were at Pit 10.. Lucky I was boliao enough to take this picture?

That's us in happier times...

BACON!!! O_O

I still can't believe these two are brothers sometimes.

It's so bloody hot there we need all these to keep cool... Especially when Big Bear is handling the BBQ fire (hint: with a flametorch).

SEE!! The flame damn huge with all the bacon oil dripping around!

Our first kills. Hehehehe.

HuiHui and the Goldfish arrives!

Jia Ping and Don at their own private corner in the shelter. (:
It's been quite a while since we've met...

Gay couple Yong Tao and Jian Wei arrives!

The usual straw beer-drinking challenge!

The helpless victims- Don and JB (not-so-helpless!)

Smokers' corner- JB, Jian Wei, Wei Rong > He's so fair he's practically glowing in the dark!

Best drinker award goes to Zhong Han!
The dude is CRAZY.

Class photo- DCNT 3B??
I forgot the class, heh paiseh!

JB and WonderPrawn after drinking a bit too much Martell...

Wei Rong and WonderPrawn...
OMG my face was so red!

Damn GAY!

This is me after getting totally wasted.
I don't even remember taking this picture!

*****

The actual day: 24 September 2009

NEW YORK NEW YORK!

My lamb shank

His ribeye steak

Our wedges!
(Almost typed wedgies there, lol)

Somethingy Blueberry (His!)

White Chocolate Raspberry (Mine!)

SuperCherry has a knack of making me look damn ugly on camera so this is the only picture that is postable... Sobs.

We bought two toy morningstars!

WARNING: Puke-inducing photo coming up!

BWAHAHA. Whatever lah!

Backdated Posts Galore

2010-03-11T23:07:00.002+08:00

Since my blog is already so outdated, I'm just gonna go right ahead and post all the pictures that are still hanging around on my desktop.

Coming right up- SuperCherry's Birthday 2009!

I'm back!

2010-03-07T15:12:00.002+08:00

I was right... I'm updating only after graduation. Can't believe how I turned into a full-time mugger. :(

I'll pick up right where I left off, with pics and all. :)

ARGH

2010-01-15T16:11:00.003+08:00

I HATE YOU YOU YOU YOU YOU!!!!!!!!!

Some people just have no sense of SHAME.

Even worse, the pot calling the kettle BLACK on my friend!

I was in such a bad mood this morning because of YOU.

好想用一条大棍打遍你！！！！

Please stop acting like a hardworking saint in front of us because anyone who has worked with you before knows that you either don't do work or the quality of your work sucks like shit.

You only like to show off and you aren't even a good friend to anyone. Then you like to complain and act kelian to whoever will listen to you. And unfortunately somebody believed your sob story, and then YOUR DOING ended up giving at least 5 people trouble.

Why the fuck do you even exist?

Aiya...

2009-12-09T17:50:00.001+08:00

FMRP is a pain in the butt... I bet the professional exam won't be such a killer lor. =( Will update once I graduate or something. Damnit.

Can't sleep

2009-10-01T02:26:00.001+08:00

Am blogging this with my iTouch even though it is a pain in the ass to type. And I cannot sleep cuz the earthquake just now scared me. Is that wimpy or what? =(

EARTHQUAKE!!!

2009-09-30T18:32:00.002+08:00

Walao. I swear I felt the tremors from Choa Chu Kang, Singapore.

My entire room was swaying and I could see my curtains and contents of my cupboard (belts & other hanging stuff) swaying around.

It happened twice; first time for about maybe 10-15 seconds then again after a pause.

I was shocked because being able to feel the tremor in Singapore means that there is a huge disaster elsewhere.

And it wasn't my imagination; I ran out to tell the Empress so we turned on the TV to catch the news- 7.5 richter scale earthquake in Indonesia and 8 richter scale somewhere else.

... Holy shit. I still don't know what to think.

My only regret is not filming down all that shaking going on in my room, cuz SuperCherry thinks I'm exaggerating! AM NOT!

>=(

Update:

The distance of the quake to Singapore. More than 400KM away!

Day out with the English Royal Family: Part II

2009-09-29T18:44:00.003+08:00

12 September

The English Royal Family came out to Singapore once again, because the Queen felt guilty that all my 'shopping time' was taken up by her the other day.

She wanted to go back to the shop to exchange some clothes, so we had to make lunch somewhere around Jurong again. Also, we had to compromise on Chinese food for lunch and Western for dinner, because the Queen likes the former and the Princess (ME, lah!) likes the latter! :)

With these criterion in mind, that led us to lunch at...

*****

Ah Yat at somewhere in Jurong. I don't know where cuz I'm such a klutz at directions, I think its somewhere near Boon Lay though.

(I think there is also a branch at Turf City, but DON'T GO THERE because the service sucks ass. But it sucks ass because there's no service charge (10%) so if you can stand shit service, go right ahead cuz the food isn't too bad there.)

Our quick eye for cheap and good food quickly decided us on a Superior Lunch Set Meal (or something along the lines, the "normal" set lunch is also good actually).

First Course:

Shark fin soup with a LOT of shark fin and beansprouts.

Seriously I've never seen such a big lump of shark fin before in my life. This place has some serious good stuff in its meals!

(Sorry, no more pictures after this course because... you'll know when you see it!!)

Second course:

GIANT FRESH Scallop in barbeque sauce!!!!!!!

It sounds like the barbeque sauce will drown out the taste of the scallop, but no! It was awesomely subtle yet barbeque-y and perfect with the scallop. And the scallop was so big it could have been the size of my wrist. (I have a small 5-inch around wrist.)

Third course:

*plays Jaws music in the background*

WHOLE abalone with broccoli and mushroom!!!

This is so common that it's self-explanatory. And of course the abalone was a small one lah. But still bigger than the scallop, though not as yummy.

Fourth course:

Fried noodles.

Blah. Skipped this. I was stuffed already, and I hate Chinese fried noodles. No matter how good the restaurant is, THIS NEVER TASTES GOOD.

Fifth course:

Red bean soup.

Blah. Skipped this. I don't take red bean soup.

That's the end of our five course set lunch, and with all those expensive ingredients inside it, it only cost about $39 per person. Good food, good price! :)

*****

The Queen dragged us back to that shop to exchange her items, and WENT TO TRY SHITLOADS OF CLOTHES AGAIN. Fortunately, they hadn't had any new stock in yet (it was a space of 2 days), so she got 2 new dresses and I took another blouse to fill up the difference.

*****

We then hit Orchard (the King DID say shopping place of my choice), actually we hit Ngee Ann City because I didn't want to drag two tired 50-year-olds around Orchard Road.

My loot? A Guess bag that I have been lusting over ever since I saw it in a magazine while doing my hair!!!!

Bah, I can't seem to find the picture online but I'll post it up sometime!

It cost about $250 but the King says it's to compensate me for not having a holiday trip overseas this vacation. :D

I didn't see anything else of interest so we headed to Art Friends where the Queen spent more than an hour buying a wood varnish. *gesture of despair*

I waited in the shop until my shoulder was aching from my bag so I spent some time outside on a bench catching up with my iTouch. :)

*****

We headed to Petals for dinner without making a reservation (due to the King's overconfidence); big mistake. The place was full to the brim and overflowing, so we had to make alternative plans on a CROWDED SATURDAY NIGHT.

We ended up, on my suggestion, at Suntec for Tony Romas, because stupid me thought COMEX was being held at Expo and not Suntec, to the Queen's chagrin.

There was a queue outside Tony Romas, where we took our places while quietly shaking our fists at the King behind his back.

Fortunately, the line moved fast and we got a shit table somewhere near the entrance.

We were so hungry by then that all we wanted was food, and here it is:

Honey ribs with beef, almost completely eaten up before I remembered to take a photo.

The two sets we ordered.
Honey ribs with beef set, smoky ribs with BBQ chicken set, with sides of mashed potato, fries, baked potato, and a jug of coke.

We chomped, we munched, and it was all gone within a few minutes.
The beef was the King's personal favourite, the Queen adored the honey ribs, while I just munched my way through everything cuz it was alllll good. :)

Total cost: I think it was around $80 or less. Super yummy at a great price!

*****

We were all stuffed so full we could hardly waddle our way back to the car; again it had been a long day and they sent me straight back home into the arms of SuperCherry. :)

Day out with the English Royal Family: Part I

2009-09-29T17:01:00.004+08:00

There are two parts to this entry simply because they took the trouble to come to Singapore to bring me out shopping twice in a week. Don't I have awesome godparents?

10 September

It was a Thursday, which means that the King took leave from work just to bring me out for shopping~

However, the Queen had a secret mission around Jurong so we had to head there first.

We were making our way for a quick foodie tea break when the Queen suddenly got VERY VERY distracted by a neighbourhood shop, the kind we usually skip cuz they sell cheapy aunty clothes.

But I was wrong and the Queen was right, because we had stumbled upon a treasure trove! *gleaming eyes*

It was a shop full of branded goods from factory outlets! The Queen spent the entire afternoon trying on clothes and spent more than a thousand dollars on her own while I only got a dress, tank top and 2 Swarovski hairbands (less than $200 in total).

I wasn't really interested cuz the dresses there are all so LONG and I have skinny calves. Besides, the photos of the models show that the dresses are supposed to be above the knee while mine reaches down to halfway through my calf. Yea la I'm short la now shuddup.

*****

We were all starving to death by the time the Queen was done, so we headed straight to where the King recommended for dinner; Valentino at somewhere in a Bukit Timah estate.

Our reservation was for 7.30PM but we were there way too early (hungry, what!) so we got a much better place than the usual crowded room!

Valentino's bar

Love their furniture

Their wine cellar! It's a WALK-IN. Damn...

Random shot outside the restaurant, without flash.
Leading lines LOL.
(BTW I got a B+ for my Photography GEMS. By cheating. =P)

*****

Well, you might have noticed the total absence of pictures of food in this post, but that's because when I took pictures of the place, it was empty; too early for big groups of diners to come into this second part of the restaurant.

Afterward there was an obnoxious and super boastful group of yuppies who came in so I decided not to draw attention to our table with my oh-so-powerful Lumix's flash.

Stupid fuckers were trying to boast "subtlely" about their RICHES, unfortunately it was not as subtle as they hoped it would be. Every minute of the meal I could hear shouts from their table. Super no class for a bunch of educated people trying to feign having accents.

*****

I digressed. The food is of course the most important part of the post right!

We ordered:
Drinks-
San Pellegrino Sparkling Water
(Yes, they fill and refill without asking and it costs more than $10 a bottle)
House white wine
(Not toooo bad for a house wine, quite sweet)
House red wine
(Not nice.)

Starters-
SOMETHINGY cheese wrapped in parma ham
(I only know it wasn't goat cheese, and it was YUMMY)
Shellfish in tomato and chilli stew
(I seriously cannot cope with Italian food names, so sorry)
Salad with SOMETHINGY cheese and pine nuts.
(When I said I didn't want any portion of this, the waiter went "NOOOO. O_O" and gave me a single piece of veg to try. @@")

Main Courses-
Beef chunks in mushroom sauce with mashed potato, drizzled with truffle oil
(YUMMYYYYY but cost $42 if I don't remember wrongly)
Mama's Chicken; so called because it's a family-owned business and the mother of the owner cooks it. It's actually a spring chicken in a claypot with lots of herbs including rosemary and cooked for 4-6 hours.
(We all didn't like this one, nobody expected it to contain rosemary which is really too strong for our Asian taste, plus it costs $48!)

Dessert-
Tiramisu (Self-explanatory)
White chocolate cake; I forgot the name, but that's what it is essentially, and they said that the cream is imported specially from Italy.
(The Queen liked it but it didn't really impress me, it tasted kind of plasticky to me in fact.)

Afters-
Chamomile Tea
(This cost freaking $6 per cup. And we didn't know until we got the bill.)

Total cost? $270.

Overall, the place is good but not recommended if on budget. Highly recommended if trying to impress someone, however be warned that the owner will come in halfway through your meal to charm the socks off everyone at your table.

*****

The poor pale-faced King stumbled to his car and decided to drive me home right away so that he wouldn't have any more unexpected unpleasant surprises for the day. Besides, it was pretty late and we were alllll tired from waiting for the Queen the entire afternoon.

:)

More food~

2009-09-29T16:36:00.003+08:00

Yeps, left off blogging again because last week was SUPERCHERRY WEEK.

SuperCherry is officially 26 and I'm glad that I've got him cuz he's also a super chef!

:D

14 September

Yummy fried chicken wings, marinated by WonderPrawn and cooked by SuperCherry.
Dream team!

I had these for 3 days in a row cuz they were so damn good.

Going to update with more food and SUPERCHERRY WEEK!

GOOOOOOOD FOOOOOOOOOOD

2009-09-17T14:54:00.002+08:00

The Emperor found a shop where there is cheap live seafood so almost every weekend he will buy something back to cook and eat.

I've only taken pictures twice because I'm too busy eating, but this is what we had:

1 August 2009

Lobsters, normal crabs, oysters.

Giant oyster, already eaten by me as can be seen. :D

29 August 2009

Alaskan Crab and oysters!
YUMYUMYUM.

Bwahaha. Damn I made myself hungry.

=(

Night out with SuperCherry & Transition people!

2009-09-17T14:44:00.002+08:00

Still 28th July 2009

So I took a cab from the Central to CHIJMES to meet SuperCherry and his colleagues.

In case anyone noticed, I was cabbing everywhere on that day and my total expenditure on cab fare was like SIXTY BUCKS. WTF.

And also the uncle who brought us to the Central from Bugis actually tried to drop us at the Clark Quay taxi stand. EH HELLO! If I wanna walk I'll just take the bloody MRT right?! Anyway we forced him to bring us to opposite the Central and he waived the $3 ERP for us. -_-

Anyway, met up with SuperCherry at the Hog's Breath Cafe.

The birthday boy, CCC!

Looks damn yummy hor?
I mean the cake, not the birthday boy. =P

The peopleeeeeee.

We went out to the back of the restaurant for pool and drinks, but SuperCherry wasn't feeling well so we left fairly early.

Day out with Jing Han!

2009-09-17T14:36:00.003+08:00

28th July 2009

Met up with Jing Han after school; she was supposed to pass me some contact lenses but we decided to take the entire day out because we meet so SELDOOOOOOOOOM!

At some Japanese place in Ion, because it was so crowded EVERYWHERE.

We walked the entire Orchard, got bored, cabbed to Bugis, got bored, and cabbed to the Central to chill.

Crazy girl taking all the pictures she can at Sun with Moon.

My beef and foie gras.

She wasn't feeling well so she only had a tofu cheesecake. Which was puny!

I once swore I would never touch foie gras because of the cruelty to the goose, but I reaaaaaaally wanted to know what the big fuss was about so I tried it.

... I wanna have it again. Damn its good.

Still taking pics. -_-

Trying to be artsy fartsy again.

Roy call to check up on her liao lor!

My dessert!
Some chocolate thing. I seriously cannot remember.

At about 8.30PM I got a sudden call from SuperCherry asking me to join him in his colleague's birthday celebration, so I went! But the title of this post is not suitable so I shall make a new one. Hehehe.

Class phototaking!

2009-09-17T14:06:00.003+08:00

6 August 2009

When I received my yearbook for last year, Jasmine and Lian Bei flipped through it (they didn't buy theirs) and commented that there was this girl who was pretty.... because of her fake eyelashes.

Then Jasmine said that this year would be her turn to look good in fake lashes, cuz it's our final year!

So of course I jio all the girls to wear fake eyelashes together for the phototaking lor, but I ended up the only one because Jasmine had swollen (!) eyes that day.

As usual, the girls decided to camwhore in the lecture after the official phototaking session with these results:

It started out with just us...

... and we started taking shifts to be the photographer...

... then we ambushed the girls...

... and we dragged the girls to ambush the guys with us.

Then lecture started and ended our happy photo session. Pfffffft!

P.S. And that's my current hair colour. :)

Photo diarrhoea

2009-09-17T13:25:00.002+08:00

Yes you saw that right! I'm going to do the unthinkable and post a photo diarrhoea entry because I found lots of unconnected photos in my phone.

2 May 2009

I think most people in Singapore who go to Orchard Road should have seen the orange Lamborghini that is usually around the area.

But has anyone seen...

... an orange Mercedes?

LOL, we (WonderPrawn & SuperCherry) spotted this when we went to Jalan Kayu or Pasir Ris (I can't remember which cuz we went to both) with Edwin to pick up some corals for the Emperor's birthday.

6 May 2009

Lovely full moon on my way home from SuperCherry's house!

30 May 2009

Foodie at CCK Park with SuperCherry's mum.

Oh and a photo of my legs by a random stalker in the form of SuperCherry.
=P

4 June 2009

"Doing our FYP" at the SPGG restaurant.
Come on..... I was hungry!

5 June 2009

For those who used to despise me for deferring my course due to medical and family problems... IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dunch pray pray.

6 June 2009

You're going to DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

May not look impressive at first...

With pepper is for him, without is for me. :)

Can see how juicy the meat is?!

Hehehe. SuperCherry went to the wet market at Yew Tee to get these crayfish (while I hid in the nearby 7-11 because of the stench there) and then dreamt of a way to cook it. So we did it and it was YUMMYYYYY!!!

9 June 2009

Went out with Jesxeca to the airport for POPEYE CHICKEN and Wan Zhai (?).
I'm such a pig. :)

13 June 2009

Cute right?
SuperCherry took this.

19 June 2009

My house toilet had to undergo renovation for a week so I spent the week at SuperCherry's house.

Hippo says: "I don't like it here! I wanna go home!!! T_T"

Elephant bullying Duck and Hippo.
I know I have no originality in names, LOL.

5 July 2009

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

15 July 2009

Two Mahjong ownages on my iTouch in one day!
I know the pictures are blur, cuz I was on the taxi to school~
:D

21 July 2009

The Hippo with the Cherry. :)

3rd August

I complained that we haven't taken photos for a long time.....
Neh.

14 August 2009

Again!!

15 August 2009

SuperCherry looking amazingly bored at Dian Xiao Er.
We brought his mum there for dinner. :)

It's not the end of the photo diarrhoea because I've still got a camera to empty. Hahaha! Watch out for the next one! :D

Nocturne

Whitening my teeth

Cafe Epicurious

"Good Parenting"

*lies flat on bed*

New addiction

Make-up Madness!!

Parents' Meet-up!

Medical exam!

bloody cabby

*depraved giggle*

I can't listen to music anymore.

New school and MBS!

It's like BAH everywhere I go

Exams are over and (*&^%#$%^&

MY exam answer to your stupid exam question

It has started...

ARGH

Exam fever and wedding

I have two identities

For a better, healthier lifestyle!

Term 2 Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 5!

Term 2 Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 1 (Make Up)

Wander

I said I wouldn't succumb...

Term 2 Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 2!

Term 2 Pole Practice 1!

Term 1 Pole Practice 1!

Flexibility 5! (Make up)

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 6! (Make up)

Pole Practice 2!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 5!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 4! (Make Up)

National Secret!

Flexibility 4!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 3

Flexibility 3!

WEEEEEEE!

Flexibility 2!

Term 4 Pole Practice!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 2 (Make Up)

Somebody's Hen Party!

Intermediate 1 Pole Lesson 1!

Term 4: Flexibility 1!

The Prince is back!

Graduation night! (Miniterm Week 4)

Graduation Night! (Beginners Week 8)

Dental, Lipstick and Daiso

BUFFET DINNER!

Pole Practice 2!

KBOX and pork chops

MINITERM Lesson 3

Beginner POLE Lesson 7

Pole Practice!

WTF FREAKY

SHIT

MINITERM Lesson 2

Beginner POLE Lesson 6

It's cold

SHOPPINGGGGG

F1

MINITERM Lesson 1

SUPER UNGLAM DAY

Beginner POLE Lesson 5

Weird

Meant to be

Just some thoughts

Area 51

SLAP Workshop by Bobbi!

Beginner POLE Lesson 4

Beautiful

Beginner POLE Lesson 3

Once again... FAT OR SKINNY?!?!

What the Koala does without its Tree

Scary ass photo :)

I'm.. okay.

I love the way...

Beginner POLE Lesson 2

Beginner POLE Lesson 1 :)

MAPLEH MAPLEH~!!

lies flat on bed

depraved giggle