// 06 - Pam & KH’s Wedding //
Ahhhhh!!! Pamela finally held her wedding banquet after overcoming tons of obstacles this year (no thanks covid!) - she was supposed to have her banquet in May, fortunately she was still able to hold it before the year ends! I was the maid of honour AND the emcee for the banquet. God, Chinese wedding has just SO much things to observe and do!! I woke up around 5am, sort myself out and got to the hotel where Pam was at half 6, and started our day together. I was doing lots of liaising with the makeup artists, with the groomsmen, and Pam’s family members. Another bridesmaid, Adina also helped to do that. Sorted out all the morning procedure and departed to the groom’s place where we all had photoshoot, lunch and also a break! Then we have to get ready and set off to the hotel for dinner/banquet and it’s another round of buzzing about, this time with more people to liaise! 3 other bridemaids arrived (we could only have 2 in the morning due to covid restriction) and they helped sorting out some stuff, and I was on standby for emceeing! My first time emceeing for a wedding! Quite an experience, wouldn’t say it’s fun, more stressful than I expected honestly, but ofcos it’s an honour to be the emcee for my friend’s wedding and for her and the groom to trust me! Happy to be able to witness my friend’s big day and playing a huge part in all these! Happy marriage Pam & KH!
^ Dressed in pink in the morning and green in the evening! Didn’t take too much photos but I shall wait for the official photos soon!
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// 11 - Brunch w Yvonne //
Journey to the east for brunch with Yvonne! It’s a newly opened cafe in East Coast part (bearing in mind I stay in the north), it’s a big thing for me to agree to travel so far hahaha! The coffee was average - yall, honestly just how hard is it to find decent coffee in SG?! Why is it soooooo hard!!! Food wise, I wanted the breakfast but Yvonne thought of sharing so we did - fried chicken on waffle tasted better than expected. We were initially given time limit to dine but guess it’s not really crowded so we weren’t asked to leave. Ambience and interior of the place is nice though I really wouldn’t be bothered to do-it-for-the-gram to travel all the way just to snap a few photos. Anyhow, glad Yvonne enjoyed herself, and I enjoyed my time with her too!
^ waffles seems to be their cafe’s specials
^ Thanks Yvonne for taking such lovely pictures of me!
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// 12 - Picnic w HBLab //
The guys wanted to meet up so I suggested picnic bcos I really do love a good picnic but the weather is SG is often hard to have a pleasant one. Nonetheless, so glad the rest agreed to it and we all sorted out the food too! The cheeseboard was the mvp I must say, we also have sourdough to go with it, some fruits and cold brew! It was also Myo’s bday the day before so I got brownies, we all sang him a bday song despite his resistance hahah! We went to Botanical Garden early in the morning (10am!) and found a great spot where we could see the lake but later turned out to be a wrong choice bcos we were not expecting the sun to be SO strong that we had to change location! We were all just worried that it was going to rain but we all totally forgot bout the sun in Sg! Silly us!! Apart from eating and loud giggling, we also played games and having to shift out location again bcos of heavy rain! We were all pretty sunburnt by the end of it but I thought it was really good fun! Spending the whole day together and just chilling, eating nonstop! Thanks guys!! Let’s do this again next time, with sunblock obviously!
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Monthly date with Hadz is always much appreciated! We had ramen which was pretty good bcos there’s not many halal ramen so this is great! More dining option for us next time! Then we went to bath and body works bcos they’ve got one-for-one so me being the best friend ever, accompanied Hadz to get what she wanted! Simple but always good time together! And always have the best selfie photos with her!
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// 19 - Belo w Jasmine //
Lunch with Jas and she brought me to one of her fav restaurant, according to her, they’ve got the best carbonara. It’s strange how it’s a really simple and basic pasta but it’s not easy to find good ones in SG. I ordered the meatball since I am avoiding dairy. Safe to say that this cafe serves good coffee, but the not really best carbonara (soz babe!) but it was great time w her nonetheless! She also gave me xmas present, I felt so bad not preparing any for her! Next year alright babe! Thanks for the perfect notebook and lip balm! Will put them in good use!
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// 22 - Boulder w CARE girls //
Went bouldering with the CARE girls, god, it’s been so long since I went for such thing! The last I went for rockclimbing was with Em, back in Newcastle! I know! It’s been so long! Anyway, MJ has got member for boulder world so we thought we can all go and have a try! It’s def more fun compared to rock climbing bcos it’s more about planning your steps and strategies! The same thing though, is that the scary part is when you are pushing yourself away from the wall and let go and free fall! It’s usually not as high as our eyes perceive but we are all scary creatures so it’s scary lol! It was fun to see some of the professionals there doing their stunts and climbing, it’s really interesting! And ofcos we all had fun too! Though by the end of it, our fingers and toes were all aching but it was nice to hang with the girls and do something different! Thanks for the good fun yall!!
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Got invited to Nika’s on Xmas eve for her xmas party! Ah it’s been so long since I went to a friend’s xmas party and I really enjoyed myself so much!! Received lots of gifts from Nika alone (4 earrings, a candle, a book and a mug!!), also had really yummy food cooked by her mum! It was also nice and easy hanging with her friends (felt like I am much younger thanks to them hahah) and we all had so much fun together! Totally should do it again next year!! Thanks for the invitation, the laughters, the gifts and the memories!!
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Spent the earlier part of my Xmas day chilling before heading to city centre for Xmas light with Yvonne. Felt that we chose the right timing to enter the xmas light area - where we get sufficient light for photographs but also dark enough to see some of the lights whilst not being too crowded. Our first time/year celebrating xmas together and may many more come!!
^ The lovely sunset with the concrete jungle architecture and bit of the xmas setting.
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Had two rounds of celebration for Mum this year, first was on xmas day itself where we had her fav burnt cheesecake and the second was going for staycation! Dad prepared lots for mum’s bday and got her a massive and heavy bouquet! Glad to say she was indeed pleased! We all also had seafood for dinner and it was a really nice time together, spending time together before the year end, it’s great memories! HBD mum, you don’t look a day older than 50!
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Bit of an impromptu dinner with Faye before the year ends, she also got me a few xmas gifts! Felt bad that I haven’t got round preparing for her (dec has unexpectedly gotten really busy so I am really sorry!) Dinner was great w her and really glad to see her and have a short catch up! Thanks for the gifts dear!!
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// 30 - Burger treat from Myo //
When Myo said he wanted to treat me a meal for celebrating my new job, right away I know just where to go! Ofcos I’ve to bring him to my fav burger bar right! Clearly we were in luck bcos they’ve got tater tots (the last I came with Dibby this wasn’t available). They also changed their menu, sadly not as much choices as before but the one I had - sombrero, was really good, a solid juicy beef burger with a mexican twist of guacamole, nachos and jalapeños! Was really glad that Myo liked the beef burger too, I mean if he don’t like my fav burger bar, that’s either problem w his tastebud or mine right? I take alot of pride in my recommendation HAHAHA. Anyhow, we had a really good time eating and chatting, as well as desserts too. It felt so nice having someone to spoil and treat me to good food (telling me not to worry bout the price!!)! Really blessed to have friends that are so supportive of me, and wanting to celebrate my successes in life! Thanks Myo!!
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// 31 - Appreciation lunch w BG //
Ending the day with a bang by having team appreciation with the BG team! This was supposed to happen weeks ago but it’s just tricky with 7 of us and the covid restriction, glad we managed to still have this with the new regulation and ending the year right. Was really surprised by our TL’s gift - gifting us Parker pen engraved with our names! Feels like it’d the pen I use to sign any important documents if I have any lol! And we all went round to express our appreciation towards one another and it was a really good end to this journey with the team. It hasn’t been easy but I liked our team dynamics and how we could really rely and depend on each other, tapping on each of our strengths. Thank you Team BG, here’s wishing all of us the very best for 2021!
// Phew, Dec was long aye! Thanks for reading if you made it till the end! Now take care yeah xxx
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