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Hellooooooooo! I’ve been on a social media hiatus recently and I apologise for the slow updates on this space. I don’t know how many of you out there care about what’s happening in my life but not that I really care because this is a space for me to write and look back on what has happened in my life. (:

Anyway, my result for my final sem exams was out 2 days ago and that was the last time I could feel the adrenaline rush from checking results. ): Before that I had this silly thought that what if I didn’t managed to clear one of my mods…. But it’s silly because I’ve never failed a single module before and it isn’t that easy to fail I guess. But you know, there’s STILL a possibility haha. I would say that my results this sem is really unexpected. In fact, I wasn’t expecting for anything much because I already have a job offer. Nevertheless, I’m really happy that I could achieve a final GPA which I deemed impossible, that I wasn’t really expecting much but at the same time I’m secretly hoping for it. Do I even make sense? Lol. Thanks to the A+ for FYP. How in the world did we even get that grade?! I guess what mattered most is that I’ve actually improved in the last 2 years of uni life. Looking back, I wished that I could have scored better in the early stages. But then again, grades isn’t everything and like I’ve mentioned, it doesn’t really matter anymore.

Okay, so I’m currently enjoying my last bit of freedom before I join the workforce (really soon) I wasn’t expecting to get a job this fast but well, the opportunity came and so I took a leap of faith. It was a tough choice for me over the past 2 weeks.. Opportunities literally dropped from the sky (I only applied personally for 1 of the company) and I had to weigh the pros and cons and decided really really long before finally deciding on the final one. All 3 companies were big corporations, and I struggled really hard to decide between working somewhere which I’d derive job satisfaction from or take up the other which could pay alot better but I most likely would not enjoy the job scope.

I find it really amazing because months before I was graduating, I had no idea what I wanted to do. Even during my school term when everyone has already started applying for job, I didn’t apply for a single one. For some reason, I wasn’t afraid and I wanted to take one step at a time and focus on my studies and FYP first. Even though I didn’t know exactly what I wanted like the job scope, I knew what I wanted in a company. Things like job satisfaction, nice manager/supervisor, somewhere that appreciates you and a nice work environment. I actually prayed about the things that I wanted in a job and asked God to lead the way, that it’ll miraculously find its way to me. At that point in time I wasn’t expecting much but before I knew it, not long after exams, I had job opportunities for me to choose without me doing much, and for that I’m really thankful for it. But I guess things don’t come this easy. You still have to figure out which is the correct route to take. And so after a very stressful period, I’ve finally made my choice. I’m not sure if this is the correct path but I think I’ve considered every aspect carefully enough to think that this is the most logical route to take. And I just recalled someone saying to me: “You did not get this by mistake.” Keep faith and I shall see where this takes me.

Ohmy didn’t realised that I wrote a wall of text, so sorry if you’re bored!! Some pictures to add life to this wordy post.

Made an impromptu trip to Ger’s house the other day and her family was whipping up some feast!! Sorry no pics of the food cos I was too busy easy to take any pics lol. But here’s a picture of the chocolate fondue using the machine which her aunt bought online! So small and cute right. Btw, if you’re looking at hosting guests and too tired to cook, you can always order deliveries from Foodpanda!!

Dressed down with no makeup. My worn to death The Velvet Dolls embroidery dress.

I think I’m becoming uglier and uglier by the day. (Like honestly, not fishing for compliments like: “no la where got!!” -_-) I don’t bother dressing up anymore, doing up face or even my hair.. ): I don’t even bother bringing out my camera anymore. Maybe I’m trying to enjoy more of the moment instead of wasting time to take pics, or maybe I’m just feeling too lazy to do anything. :/

With our boyfs. (:

Okay, abrupt end to this post hahaha.

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The title says it all. (:

You know, when I was younger, I vaguely remember that my parents used to cook dinner every other day. And the dinner menu is very standard: Fish, Egg, Soup and Veges. And the best part is that they ALWAYS cook the same kind and style of vegetables, same kind of fish, fried egg and the same kind of soup… So the point is I grew up eating the same things for dinner like almost everyday. And I don’t think I was ever bored of eating the same things? In fact I kind of enjoy the food alot. But nowadays they only cook when they feel like it on Sundays, and guess what…. They’re still cooking the same things lolol. (With a few additions of new stuff every now and then la)

My Dad does all the cooking while my mum only prepares the soup.. And according to her it’s very easy. Just dump all the ingredients in and slow cook haha.

And our new favourite addition to our “standard dinner menu” is cereal prawns!!!! I love cereal prawns okay. I mean, if you ask me to eat normal steamed prawns alone I’ll be like “mehhh’, but I really really love eating prawns with the cereal! Or maybe I just love the cereal.

So the other day my Dad and I went on YouTube to watch videos on how to cook cereal prawns properly. Cos his previous attempts the cereal actually got lumped together or something like that. So he followed this recipe where you have to batter and fry the prawns first! (Previously he just cooked the prawns then mix with cereals)

Slightly battered prawns. This is another of my favourite style of prawns. Sometimes he’ll cook this style and other times with cereal.

Instant cereal mix. You can actually mix your own cereal as well but it’s more fuss-free with this instant mix I guess!

Cook the cereal over low heat I think. So after you’re done with the cereal you just have to pour in the fried prawns and mix abit and it’s done! Actually it seems pretty simple leh, watching my Dad do.

Oh and one thing I love about having cereal prawns at home is that my dad peels the prawns before cooking so there’s no need to dirty your hands!!

If you know me well enough, you’d know that I hate vegetables. And this is one kind of vegetables I don’t mind eating, in fact I love it!

My dad’s first attempt at making soy sauce fried fish. When I uploaded this on his FB he was like: “So dark and look like chao ta you still upload!” Where got burnt it’s just the sauce what. And it tastes really good! Anything with soy sauce is fab.

Mum:”Aiyoo so ugly with the newspapers you still upload”
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Oh and see the bean sprouts? My mum was saying eating those feel like eating grass. Lol. Don’t think they’ll cook that again.

And since we’re on the topic of home-cooked food, here’s something that I enjoy eating too!! Sometimes my dad would cook this for lunch on Sundays. It might look unappetising and blend laa but the point is it’s actually handmade from flour and eggs. Texture’s really chewy and nice! My mum’s a Hakka and my grandma used to cook all these interesting Hakka dishes and my Dad learnt a few recipes from her. You can also choose to eat it dry with chilli. All my relatives love this and this is pretty easy to make!

Ending with a photo of what my mum and dad do during weekends, glued to their phones. Who says that the older generation have problem learning and catching up with technology?? My mum started Candy Crush later than me and now she’s so much further than me. Meh.

P.S. I did up another review post prior to this but decided to schedule it to another day and post this up instead cos I’m really excited for dinner tonight lolol. And I think we’re going to have the same stuffs above and that means I’m going to have cereal prawns again!!! (: (:

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Today, I attended a special ceremony after normal church service. My aunt and uncle renewed their wedding vows after 29 years of marriage, and to them this marks a milestone in their life because for a long time, their family was in chaos. Every time I share with someone of their story, I get all emotional and feel like crying because I saw for myself how a broken family was mended and how things took a super drastic 180 degrees change.

For about 8 years since I was in Secondary, I’ve heard about how my uncle had gambling problems and how he always borrowed money from my mum and relatives to pay off debts. J (my cousin) told me how loan sharks would come and haunt them, and how her Dad would beg her mum for forgiveness and promise that he would never do it again. But eventually the same cycle continued again and dragged on for years.

About 2 years ago, their marriage was on the rocks and my aunt almost wanted a divorce because she could no longer stand this kind of lifestyle. That morning right before her mum went to the lawyer’s firm to sign the papers, J gave her mum this verse from the Bible that she felt God spoke to her when she was praying about this issue. (J’s a Christian while her parents were not at that time) After reading the word, somehow her mum cancelled the appointment with her lawyer and started attending church but my aunt and uncle still weren’t on talking terms yet. A few months later, J gave her Dad another verse from God by writing it on a piece of paper and slot it some place where her Dad would see it. The next day, her Dad came to her and said: “I don’t know what that verse means, but I will not gamble anymore”

At that point, J didn’t really take her Dad’s words seriously because he has been saying the same thing for so many years and yet still reverted to his old ways. But ever since then, her Dad started attending church and has not gambled anymore. All our relatives were shocked to see how the family took to a 180 degrees change. The change is so drastic you wouldn’t believe the family was once so chaotic. (And in case you’re wondering, my aunt and uncle were Buddhists before this and they’re the kind I never imagined they would become Christians one day.)

I admit that my own faith in my religion is not as strong as most people out there because I don’t come from a broken family and I’m not a problem child.. Basically my point is, my life is thankfully alright so I’m not in the situation whereby my life can go through a 180 degrees change. But it’s through this incident of my aunt and uncle that makes me want to know God better and find out what He has in store for my life, simply because this change in their family is something that left a very huge impact on myself because i witnessed how it changed from a cold, family to one that’s filled with love and happiness.

Okay I hope the above wasn’t too wordy or anything (I’ve already tried to touch on the main points only), just inspired to share after attending the session this morning!

Here’s the card my relatives prepared for my aunt and uncle for their “remarriage”. Haha.

On a side note, I’m going to start reading these cookbooks I got from Jipaban!! I haven’t really tried cooking anything fanciful yet but I actually really enjoy watching cooking shows so I think I might have a hidden talent in cooking hahaha! And potatoes and chickens so happened are my favourite ingredients so… maybe my future husband can be prepared to eat different kinds of potatoes and chickens everyday lolol. And I really like Gorden Ramsay after watching Master Chef! (And if you try to search on Youtube, he makes his cooking tutorials look so easy peasy.)

Enjoy the remaining of your Sunday!! And Happy Easter Sunday everyone. (:

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It seemed not too long ago when we just celebrated my Dad’s 50th birthday (Read my post HERE) and yet it’s another year already!!! And I was just about to title this post “Daddy’s Birthday” when I realised that I used the same name last year.. Oh gosh, I’m so bad at giving titles.

(Sidenote: I just viewed the post I did last year and omggg my hair?!? So long, shapeless and so horrible!!!)

Actually for the past 2 years, we didn’t exactly meet up just to celebrate my Dad’s birthday.. Just that somehow someone planned to meet up, so lucky for my Dad then!

Someone suggested steamboat at Home of Joy Steamboat, which was situated a short walk away from Kembangang MRT I think.

It’s an ala-cart buffet steamboat btw, where you tick the ingredients you want on this list that they provide and pass the paper to them. The stuffs took quite awhile to be served, so I supposed everything’s prepared and served fresh! And I much prefer ala-cart buffets anytime compared to the usual buffet cos I’m someone who doesn’t like to move around so I’ll most definitely eat more when I get my food served to me hahaha. :/

Comes with free flow of drinks btw! I think there was lime juice and ice lemon tea if I remembered correctly.

We had Bak Kut Teh and Pig Intestines soup for our soup broth. Very interesting choice of broth cos many places just serve the normal boring chicken soup! Has tom yum as well btw! I personally think that for good steamboat, soup broth is the most important cos all your ingredients will be coated with that flavour. So just imagine, sucky soup = sucky meal. And pig intestines are like the best best soup ever for steamboat!!

Pris’s order of Broccoli. Crazy girl loves this veg to bits when I know like almost 10 out of 10 people who hates this veg (I’ll never ever put this into my mouth!!!)

But according to BBC, Broccoli is in the top 10 list of food that helps boost memory. Maybe that’s why this girl is so smart haha!

We prefer our meat. Their shabu shabu meat is pretty good! And you must try their chicken fillet as well! Had like many many servings of it. LOVE MEAT.

The place is pretty small but able to house big groups of people with their long table!

After dinner, it was cake cutting time lolol!!! Told Ger to get something small since I don’t think anyone will be interested to eat cake after such a filling meal. And this was the only design she could get for a small cake haha!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Here’s the price list for those who are interested!!

The restaurant is a family-run business btw! Comes with a large assortment of steamboat dishes and most importantly the ingredients are really fresh! There’s even jelly desserts as well. Was such a satisfying meal. The restaurant’s opened till 12 midnight every night so you know where to go if you’re looking to go out till late! (:

Home of Joy Steamboat
494 Changi Road
Singapore 419901
Opening hours: 5:00 pm – 12:00 am
Tel: 6445 4428

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