New Adventure

More than three months in this big city  now. It's beautiful here!

Everything happened too quickly, this time last year I would never imagine myself living here. All I can say is I'm lucky and grateful for this journey. Yes, it's hard to leave my loved ones back at home. But this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Xx.

One year older.

Blessed 24th birthday!

Could never express enough how thankful and lucky I am. 

And guess who's here for the weekend before my birthday. 

Mommy dearest. 

 I really wasn't expecting this!

The story went like this:

When the doorbell rang, I went to open the door, thinking it was room service or something. I opened the door and saw hotel staffs standing there, with a cake. And when they saw me, they asked "Are you Stephanie?" I was like thinking, "How do you know my name?" And I turned to look at my sister. And then the hotel staffs started singing the Happy Birthday song. All I could do, was stand there singing along. I think I was smiling so happily, almost like an idiot. Thank you so much, WOLO hotel for the surprise.

On a side note, something else happened before that. Well, I dropped my mom and sister off at the hotel first for them to check in, while I go park my car. And the hotel staffs appeared at the room before I was in the room. So the first time they knocked on the door, I wasn't there, and I'm pretty sure that's really awkward. Haha.

The beautiful and delicious strawberry birthday cake, from WOLO hotel. 

 Another surprise cake from the colleagues.

And they got me my favorite cake as well, tiramisu.

And I get to pick the place for lunch, in which, I picked Antipodean. :)

I know words can never express how thankful I am to have family and friends to celebrate my birthday with me. And of course, those birthday wishes as well. June is definitely my favorite month of the year. And thank you for making my 24th birthday so awesome and amazing.

2014

First post for the new year.
It's ironic how when you're still kids, you have too much time, and hoping you could grow up faster, thinking about all the freedom to do whatever you want when you're an adult. And right now, in my mid-twenties, the clock was just tick-tocking every second. No. I don't count the time by second, it's by days, or weeks, in which I'm always just looking forward to the weekends.
And at this age, you've to start making important decisions about life. Whether to make a move from the current job, whether to start investing on properties, which life insurance to purchase, how to perform better at work, how to improve your own-self. It's those big decisions that will affect the rest of your life. At this point, I really wish I could just go home, and ask mummy what we will be having for dinner. That's the only concern when I was a kid. No big decisions. As long as my tummy is full, I'm a happy girl. But now, each little step I take is big enough to make a say in where I'll end up.
And, friends, meh. I'm not saying that friends are not important in life. But really, in making important decisions, you only have yourself to depend on. No matter how close those friends are, they don't give a damn of your dreams. Yes, they do give honest opinions, but in the end, you're still alone. Reality sucks.Stay strong.
It's been quite a while since I'm blogging in the middle of the night. And I still enjoy it. :D

Short getaway over the weekend.

What pulls you back.

Constantly thinking of starting all over again. But to be honest, with memories, you'll never be able to move on completely. 

Congratulations!

Congratulations again to my darling! 

I already missed one of my girls' convocation, so I must be there for this one. 

I'm so happy for her! Cheers, and welcome to the working life! 

Flowers and gifts for the girl.

Everything in that gift box is handpicked specially for the girl, with love. =D

Dreams are tough.

Another late night post, which I used to do during my college years. It's either I have to cram for an examination, or I just don't want to go to bed early on the weekends. College years sounds so far away from me already. My friends are just graduating from college, and here's me, all stressed up about work life. I'm amazed by those who get to so many fun things during college years, which I didn't get to. To be honest, I'm really not quite happy with my current situation. I want to see more of the other parts of the world. I know it's big out there, and or course, it's competitive. But if I'm to stay where I am for the next few years, that will be really depressing.
Frankly, life is about three things. Family, friends, and my dream. You can't have them all at the same time. I couldn't stick to my friends for the rest of my life. They have their own dreams to go for. And I couldn't stay with my family forever as well. I really hope family wouldn't be the one that's holding me back. I'm not sure how, but I really need to figure out a way to achieve my dream. Friends who know me well, they know what I want and where I want to be. Le sigh. Dreams are tough. Life is not perfect.

 Me in front of the building where I had most of my classes, Schaeffer Hall. 

It's almost two years from then. =|

October fun!

Hey! It's been quite some time since I really blog, or like write something about my daily life. I was reading my previous blog posts dated years back. So many memories, that I could've forgotten if I didn't write about them. I find memories really important to me, I feel like it's those little memories that make me who I am today. I'm not sure why, but I'm really afraid that I will lost all those memories one day. I would be devastated, if that really happens. And I guess, that's why I really like taking pictures. Not of myself, but of course, what I see in my daily life.

Butter-Up.

One of my favorite food place recently. Their food is great. 

Pizza, pasta, sandwiches, yogurt drinks, you name it, you have it. 

They also have daily fresh bread, which I developed a love towards the Korean bun.

I've tried the Korean bun once in my hometown, but I've never get to try it a second time. 

Until I see the buns here in Butter-Up, I was like "OMG, I really need to try that!"

And of course, it doesn't disappoint me. I love the chewy texture of the bun, yeap!

Another new burger place I tried over the weekend, Tai Lei Loi Kei.

The name is weird, but it's actually Macau pork bun.

The pork is juicy enough, but I'm not a fan of burgers, so I can't really comment on the burger part. 

But it's worth a try, I guess.

Super cute decorations in this burger joint, Big Hug.

 And the burgers are humongous as well. We tried several different ones. 

I'm not sure about this, but I don't think my friends and I will be going back.

I think it's probably that the burger is too huge, that we were so full.

You know how when you're too full, the food seems not that appetizing anymore.  

Here's our new addiction recently. 

It's a game, where you and you friends will be locked in a room, and you have to solve the clues in the room, to escape in an hour. It's quite challenging, where you really have to think, get your brains moving. Well, we fail to escape from the room the first time we try it. But we're getting better. =D

S.Wine in Publika.

Hello from Sunday morning. =)

Sumptous brunch, just the perfect way to start your Sunday morning.

KLonut.

A local version of the cronuts, which is a combination of croissant and donuts.

Interesting.

And yes, we did try walking on the water. Challenge accepted!! 

 Big Bad Wolf. 

Wolf's favorite.

This is my second time being here. And it's that good, that I need to come back again.