Born to die
Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:11:00 PM
It just feels weird to blog without posting pictures, so I just tossed up some pictures from Valentine's Day, which I spent with my best friend and her new friend.
Yes, I'm still pretty much alive and kicking. I haven't gotten into an accident and died. I haven't choked on fishballs and died. I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth and went to heaven. I was merely busy getting my life going again, which is a good thing. So if you've enjoyed reading my blog before (not that I know of anyone, but jussayin') I sincerely apologise for vanishing without a trace or explanation. But now that I have a little free time and nothing better to do, I thought I might just update this space for a bit. Let's see where I left off.
I did better than I had expected for my GCE O Levels and so I didn't apply for Banking and Finance in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Instead, I opted for International Business, even though I barely made the cut. But by God's grace, I was posted in there and honestly, with the prospect of much travelling, I'm pretty stoked. Other than that, I'm scared shitless. I'm gonna have to make new friends. I don't know if people are going to like me or if I'm going to give people the wrong impression of myself. I don't want to make any fashion faux pas in terms of my attire to school, but not that I want to make a fashion statement either because I am fully incapable of that. Also, I abhor changes and I hate stepping out of my comfort zone and readjusting to new environments. But I'm just going to trust in God's grace that I'll adjust well and thoroughly enjoy myself wherever I am.
After weeks of having my life at a standstill and basically being a good for nothing, I finally got myself a job at a new baker near my place. It's called Baker & Cook (it was feautured in the Life! section of the Straits Times two Sundays ago for all you Singaporeans) and it's opened by a New Zealand celebrity chef, Dean Brettschneider. So if anyone still reads this, come on down and say hello, I'm there almost everyday! The bakery is located at 77 Hillcrest Road aka Greenwood. I'm really enjoying myself working there and yet again, I really thank God because this job is really heaven sent. They have really nice bread there (I don't think there's a bread I don't like) and the carrot cake is absolute perfection. I'm not an expert in coffee, but everyone's been telling me that the coffee is great and I personally think it's pretty good. I swear, it's not even because I'm working there that I'm raving on and on about the place. It really is a nice place, all biased-ness aside. But aside from being surrounded by such heavenly food everyday, the people there are pretty cool as well. They treat me pretty well and I think we have fun on a daily basis, even if it gets a bit stressful and everyone gets cranky when it's really busy. So work is basically the main reason why I haven't had time to blog regularly. As I said, I've been there almost everyday, and it feels quite good to be doing something productive with my life.
Here's a recent picture of myself:
I don't have anything nicer because 1)I haven't had extra time on my hand to take ridiculous pictures of myself 2)I'm always in my sleepwear. But my hair has grown a great deal and I've lost a bit of weight from working instead of being a couch potato, so I'm pretty happy with myself that I could deal with having a less than mediocre picture of myself on the internet. I don't look like myself in this picture though. But I do look a tad bit red as lobster here because I spent this morning by the pool tanning and I made a grave mistake of leaving my sunglasses on as I accidentally fell asleep. I now have a slight outline of my sunglasses around my eyes. Fingers crossed no one at work notices it tomorrow lest I get made fun of the whole day.
I've also decided I needed a change of environment so I've left my bedroom to sleep in the guestroom (as you can see from the background in the picture). It's actually quite comfortable. I'm going to make this my permanent bedroom for the moment.
I'm going to Korea/Japan at the start of April to attend my cousin's wedding but unfortunately, due to my orientation camp, I'm going to have to cut the trip short. I've never liked orientation camps and this just makes me dislike it even more. I'm quite excited though, even if I much prefer travelling to Europe. I'm looking forward to stuffing myself with a disgusting amount of sashimi.
On a last note, I love Lana Del Rey.
Yes, I'm still pretty much alive and kicking. I haven't gotten into an accident and died. I haven't choked on fishballs and died. I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth and went to heaven. I was merely busy getting my life going again, which is a good thing. So if you've enjoyed reading my blog before (not that I know of anyone, but jussayin') I sincerely apologise for vanishing without a trace or explanation. But now that I have a little free time and nothing better to do, I thought I might just update this space for a bit. Let's see where I left off.
I did better than I had expected for my GCE O Levels and so I didn't apply for Banking and Finance in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Instead, I opted for International Business, even though I barely made the cut. But by God's grace, I was posted in there and honestly, with the prospect of much travelling, I'm pretty stoked. Other than that, I'm scared shitless. I'm gonna have to make new friends. I don't know if people are going to like me or if I'm going to give people the wrong impression of myself. I don't want to make any fashion faux pas in terms of my attire to school, but not that I want to make a fashion statement either because I am fully incapable of that. Also, I abhor changes and I hate stepping out of my comfort zone and readjusting to new environments. But I'm just going to trust in God's grace that I'll adjust well and thoroughly enjoy myself wherever I am.
After weeks of having my life at a standstill and basically being a good for nothing, I finally got myself a job at a new baker near my place. It's called Baker & Cook (it was feautured in the Life! section of the Straits Times two Sundays ago for all you Singaporeans) and it's opened by a New Zealand celebrity chef, Dean Brettschneider. So if anyone still reads this, come on down and say hello, I'm there almost everyday! The bakery is located at 77 Hillcrest Road aka Greenwood. I'm really enjoying myself working there and yet again, I really thank God because this job is really heaven sent. They have really nice bread there (I don't think there's a bread I don't like) and the carrot cake is absolute perfection. I'm not an expert in coffee, but everyone's been telling me that the coffee is great and I personally think it's pretty good. I swear, it's not even because I'm working there that I'm raving on and on about the place. It really is a nice place, all biased-ness aside. But aside from being surrounded by such heavenly food everyday, the people there are pretty cool as well. They treat me pretty well and I think we have fun on a daily basis, even if it gets a bit stressful and everyone gets cranky when it's really busy. So work is basically the main reason why I haven't had time to blog regularly. As I said, I've been there almost everyday, and it feels quite good to be doing something productive with my life.
Here's a recent picture of myself:
I don't have anything nicer because 1)I haven't had extra time on my hand to take ridiculous pictures of myself 2)I'm always in my sleepwear. But my hair has grown a great deal and I've lost a bit of weight from working instead of being a couch potato, so I'm pretty happy with myself that I could deal with having a less than mediocre picture of myself on the internet. I don't look like myself in this picture though. But I do look a tad bit red as lobster here because I spent this morning by the pool tanning and I made a grave mistake of leaving my sunglasses on as I accidentally fell asleep. I now have a slight outline of my sunglasses around my eyes. Fingers crossed no one at work notices it tomorrow lest I get made fun of the whole day.
I've also decided I needed a change of environment so I've left my bedroom to sleep in the guestroom (as you can see from the background in the picture). It's actually quite comfortable. I'm going to make this my permanent bedroom for the moment.
I'm going to Korea/Japan at the start of April to attend my cousin's wedding but unfortunately, due to my orientation camp, I'm going to have to cut the trip short. I've never liked orientation camps and this just makes me dislike it even more. I'm quite excited though, even if I much prefer travelling to Europe. I'm looking forward to stuffing myself with a disgusting amount of sashimi.
On a last note, I love Lana Del Rey.