Can I take one home?

Casting at the Dance Studio..

...very well behaved and sweet.

My first time working with kids, am glad it went well.

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Sisters Mayumi & Miyuki..

Eibhie & Angelene..

Adorbs!

Can you guess who I'd like to take home?

♥

All packed..

.. and ready to go!

Another 31897645 hours till I get off work. I predict today to be a looooooong day.

Cant wait to kick off my shoes, lie back, eat some hot pot and drink a mug of hot sweet jasmine green tea. Everyone needs to get away sometimes. I don't like to see myself being caught in the rat race cause there are more important things to me than being a corporate robot.

Rules I follow @ work:

1. Leave on time, but ONLY if I have completed work set out for the day.

2. Prioritize and be efficient to finish work on time. So that No.1 is possible haha

3. Never bring work home. A home is a place to relax.. I dont like to mix it up unless I need to work till 12am. Which would never happen!

4. I don't entertain late requests/last minute work- ESPECIALLY if I know the person(s) could have asked for help sooner. I don't sit around waiting for a charity case.

5. No getting pissed drunk with colleagues/people I work with. Cause shit happens when you get drunk.

6. Don't divulge too much info about yourself. Please keep it professional, I don't want to hear you whine about your day or how your bf forgot to buy you breakfast.

7. Always suck it up and take responsibility for your work.

8. No finger pointing- find a solution, not a scapegoat.

9. ALWAYS stand up for own ideas and talk it out rationally- even with superiors who doubt you. If you doubt yourself, everyone else will too.

10. Enjoy what you're doing and do it happily- if you can't seem to find anything enjoying about your job, I suggest you look for a new one.

You can't buy time. Make the most of it.

xxx

On a side note: I am still in disbelief over how you were arrested for drug possession, at a foreign airport no less. It shocks me because you are smart, well-educated, and come from an elite family. It is no secret that you're a user, but you didn't have to be so blatant about it. So much for being streetwise, huh? Some say you're serving 4 years now, others think your dad could've easily got someone to sit in there for you. Either way, the damage is done. What matters now is what you will do when you get out.

Green Tea!

Way back before they started bottling sweet Jasmine Green Tea/adding milk/making green tea fraps at Starbucks, I had my first mug made by Kim and I fell in ♥ love.

I used to be a purist with food and drinks. I couldn't have sweet before salty/savoury, and I would only have my green teas without anything in it, and I also refused to eat anything chocolate flavoured because it's just wrong. Okay, I still don't eat (much) chocolate flavoured food because I believe chocolate is meant to be savoured and enjoyed in huge chunks and blocks. Like foie gras. And raw salmon. Mmmmm. But I think I am more accepting these days.. I can accept salmon which is not too cooked, having my egg tarts before siew mais at dim sum and I now have copious amounts of milk and sugar in my green teas (:

Today's tea is TenRen's Jasmine Green Tea with 2 tablespoons of brown sugar in my 11 yr old Harro Kitty mug.

While on the topic of green tea, I wish Royce' would make this flavour permanent:

Royce' Green Tea Soft Chocolate.. ♥

I bought like a box each week just cause we finished them too quickly and I was craving for more. They have a limited flavour each month, and last month's was Rum. Tried it, me no likey. Pleasepleaseplease bring this flavour back. And while you're at it, could you make the Coconut permanent too? Smooth, milky, creamy and devoid of any dried coconut flakes. ♥ Lovelovelove. Bring these flavas back, Royce'! For those who don't already know, I don't like coconut flakes at all. I would pick them off slowly and meticulously from my Ondeh-ondeh until it shines and shows only smooth green skin.

Enough food talk. I'm supposed to be on a diet, but I've attended 2 wedding dinners 2 weekends in a row. This Sunday will be my 3rd. And another at the end of the month :C How am I going to lose enough weight for Christmas? At this point, I am so upset I am just going to open a pack of Tim Tams (imported, and so not worth it) and stuff myself.

I kid, I kid. Will just finish up my tea and be good.


For now. ;D

3 ♥ Loves...

1. Alice of Wonderland in Paris!! ♥ ♥

This came in the mail a few weeks ago, can't wait to rewatch with Meimei and jagiBOY.

2. I finally bought a set of Acca Kappa brushes.

They don't come cheap but soooo worth it. The bristles really feel different on your scalp! When I was 14 or 15 I used to brush my hair 100x before I slept.. I really did count. Used a few TheBodyShop brushes previously but these are so much better!

3. The best Mushroom Salad hands down.

Where to find it? At any Delicious Cafe. If you like mushrooms (fungus har har) go for it! I want some nowww.. :C

Poco Handmade!

JagiBOY and I have decided that when we do eat out these days, we will try a new place. No falling into routines and going back to a certain place just cause 'I like the chicken/ pasta/dumplings/cake etc' or even worse 'It's close by..'. So I did a little research online and found this hidden place in Bangsar- Poco Homemade

Interior of Poco Handmade..

Poco Handmade is- Quaint, original, homely and yummy! Not much variety to the menu but the dishes we ordered were yumss.. their drinks are pretty interesting too. I had a Fairytale- loved it ♥ .

Scraps of cloth make a drink menu..

Their miso soup is unlike the miso served at many other Jap joints- this one really caught my attention because the taste was very subtle yet full and the tofu in it was SMOOTH cubes! And it doesn't taste like the miso you buy from the Jap section of the supermarket (I know because there was a point of time in my life I drank miso soup almost everyday wf wf). I judge a Japanese joint by the miso soup they serve and Poco Handmade gets a bigggg ♥HEART♥.

their food menu is in a photo album!

We had the Omelette rice and the Katsu Curry Rice. Portions are so-so, left feeling just nice- not bloated. The chicken in my Katsu Curry was awesome! Handsdown the best katsu I've had in a while. The chicken was still tender, juicy and crispy on the outside! Again, most Jap places have it too crumbed/it just tastes too dry and hard. Another ♥ for Poco.

okay curry.. yet to find the taste I've grown accustomed to in Melb..

The place is filled with quirky comics and when we were there, the owner was actually drawing. Great music, ambience and plenty of photo ops! ;D

Overall a pretty nice place. Would definitely be back to try their Tofu Cheesecake. The only place I knew which served it disappeared after I returned from Melb.

xxx

A snack and the map to our next Jap place to try!

With so many weddings coming up in the month of Oct, hopefully we'll have the time to check it out.

xxx

On a separate note, I received a belated (8 mths wf wf!) present from V.. :D thank youuuuu! I ♥ it! Now to scratch another item off my Materialist..

Eiffel tower from my sis and Roy, Red Heels from Veevern, the rest from Mama ♥

Souvenirs from Shanghai!

Can't wait for my next holiday. 9pm traffic in the city shits me. Especially on Fridays.

P/S: It's meimei's birthday today.. she turns 20 this year. I havent been able to celebrate her birthday with her for almost 7 years because we're always in different countries and at this time of the yr, there isn't a break long enough for me to fly home.. regardless of the no-show at your birthdays- I love you mucho, meimei.. can't wait for you to be home!!