Adventures with the PFP Peeps + Latest Obsession

Okay for starters, last week i had another adventure with the pfp buddies! This time we decided to go on a food trail. Started with dim sum, followed by pancakes, pork knuckles for dinner and a drink for supper. Really thankful for these group of people who have decided to embark on this pfp journey with me. However, what i am proud to say is that even after all this while, we are still close and they hold a special place in my heart!

So firstly, we were supposed to meet at 9.30am at Serangoon MRT but some jokers -hint Alphy, ZH and Craig hint- were late and so we only departed Serangoon at 10.45am! Took a straight bus to Bencoolen's Sunshine Plaza! Our first destination was dim sum at an eatery called Victor's Kitchen.

Steamed Carrot Cake - Which honestly, its my favourite. Most dim sum places sell fried carrot cake so its a refreshing idea to have steamed ones. Furthermore, the sauce at the top really compliments the carrot cake. Its salty and adds flavour to this dish.

The Milk Tea - Felt that it was a good idea to put it in the bowl of ice so that at least the tea won't get diluted when the ice melts. However i didn't really like the price of it though. A small cup like this costs $3... it was okay i guess. 

Chee Cheong Fun w Shrimp + Custard Bao - The shrimp chee cheong fun was really soft and....blobby(?) but really smooth. The custard bao was bigger than expected and these bloody jokers decided to order 3 trays of custard baos which is equivalent to 9 baos! The custard really does ooze out from the bun (like pus coming out of a popped pimple...okay i'm sorry for putting images into your heads.) but i felt that the skin was a bit too thick at the top and too thin at the bottom. You have to be careful when handling it so as not to break the skin of the bun.

I guess the custard bun was the main attraction and everyone's favourtite that day. Felt relieved because i was the one who looked up this place and saw some negative reviews about the food being overrated, the eatery being too dirty etc etc.

The Siew Mais and Har Gaos were average. Nothing fancy.

The Glutinous Rice was rather impressive. The leaves were fragrant and they had chinese sausage-plus points because they're my favouuurite!-and salted egg in it. The rice wasn't too sticky for me so i guess i'm okay with it. (:

After our scrumptious dimsum breakfast, we walked over to Strictly Pancakes. But made a stop at Starbucks in Cathay because the guys wanted to get a drink. 

We were the only two girls there that day but itz ok!

We had 1 savory pancake and 2 sweet pancakes. Didn't really like the savory one. It was chicken with some mushroom cream sauce-i think-and asparagus. Okay the asparagus wasn't thaaat bad but i just didn't like how the pancakes tasted with the chicken and asparagus.

Walked to Cine after because twin and elgin's brilliant idea of playing darts but ended up in the guys playing LAN and us window shopping because the dart machines were under maintenance. OH! And while we were walking to cine, we bumped into the 3 musketeers of our class. Glen, Shui On and Yi Teik and the boys had a 180 degree face change when they saw the three musketeers! It was so hilarious!! Went to Kovan for Knuckles for some pork knuckles and truffle fries. Also applied for a job at a cafe/bakery with the twin called Hatter Street which i got in btw hehe

Well okay i ordered Bangers & Mash but the place was too dark so the photo can't really be seen. This is the pork knuckles which most of them ordered. It tastes like shao rou (dafaq do i spell it??) and mine is bascially mashed potatoes and sausages that reminded me of my bolster back home because its fat and short.

Headed for bowling with the buddies. I didn't bowl so i basically sat there and laughed at them because i am terrible at bowling and preferred to laugh at than BE laughed at. (; CRAIG IF YOU SEE THIS PLS DON'T BE INSULTED HAHAHAHAHAH. Oh and did i mention that there was a bowling competition being held in the alley? Thankgod we were playing at the last lane because i would feel super pressurised playing beside those experienced players! After bowling, we walked over to Lola's cafe for some drinks. I had an iced chocolate and the twin had some white pear tea thingy.

So that concluded my day with the pfp peeps!

Ps, all photos from the food trail has been shamelessly ripped off from Eunice's blog. Twin if you see this, yez i am stalking you teehee

A week after, we had movie marathon @ alphy's again. But this time i learnt how to play mahjong! And honestly i wouldn't mind playing again because its so fun! Crashed the twin's place that night because we were supposed to "work" the next day.

Okay! Onto the next topic: My latest obsession! It is none other than......

S H E R L O C K  H O L M E S

My favourite line of the episode. (S3E1)

How can someone who got shot be so attractive??

Benedict on Oscars!!

Jim Moriarty is by far the best villain/enemy.

Oh Sherlock!

Benedict Cumberbatch you are such a brilliant actor! I need Sherlock series 4 in my life. 

Okay i guess this is the end of this post! Hope that i managed to balance the amount of words with the same amount of pictures.

Till next time!

Last day of school!

It was my last day of school on last thurs. Okay it was supposed to be on friday but Friday's class was optional. So lazy bums like me will not attend it. In a flash, PFP year is over! One last hurdle to cross before i can become an official poly student! Its really really unbelievable to think that i would actually complete this foundation year. I can still remember my first day of orientation....and how i felt like my stomach was going to explode and my innards would plaster the walls of nyp.... Too much gore? Ok i stop.

So the entire week was filled with class photos because it was our last week of school...Ms chan gave us all little keychains with short messages written behind. And cupcakes from Twelve Cupcakes. Really thankful for Ms Chan, Ms Nat and Mr Lionel. 

I have a lot of lessons with them. And Mr Lionel really does make PE more enjoyable. Firstly, NO NAPHA. Secondly, although he's really anal about warm ups and the adequate attire, he's a really understanding teacher. Really tall too. Oh well, on with the pictures!

My "pretend" boyfriend. Thank you for always scaring away all the nasty people that are mean to me. And for always bringing such joy in my life! Thank you for always looking out for me. And carrying me when i'm too small to be seen!

My freak show colony.

All you beautiful people. Words can't describe how important you are in my life. Thank you for making PFP so much less intimidating!

I always feel like i'm the "baby" in the group. Just because i'm the smallest. ): but its cool.

My gang.

Iris - the tough chic. Love you babe. You might not be in triple M but i'll never forget you! Wish you all the best in your new class. And of course, i hope you'll find your special one too! Thank you for being ever so "informative" hehe if you know what i mean...

My daisy, my lifetime partner, my kanchiong queen.

My cheerleader lifting my my rock climber hehe <3 why y'all so qt?

Lastly, my class. The amazaballz PF1322! Thanks guys for being such a fun batch! We all have such different characters and its so nice to see it all form together. We've never had any drama so far. Although i think we do laugh at some... Thank you for being always so cheerful. You all play a big part in making my foundation year so much less intimidating. We might not all be in triple M but nontheless, i wish you all the best in your future endeavors! Will never forget how bonded we are by the second day of orientation. It has been a pleasure meeting all you 24 beautiful souls! <3

Oh yeah, the friday before, i think, was spent at Elson's house! Celebrated CNY with all my zhonghua peeps! But before was spent studying at a quaint little cafe at Lavender St., The Coffee Shot. Had lunch, caught up a bit on life and studied!

Fooling around on the way out of school.

Pri and nessy hehe <3

I'm sorry i just had to

Found a nice spot for those "tumblr-inspired" photos.

My prettiezz

Trying very hard to figure out how we look alike. People are starting to say we look alike

New favourite photo hehe

Z E N

Thank you Elson for squeezing us all into your house!

It has become a tradition to take a "family shot" on such festive occasions.

Family ft. Elson & Hongyi

It started off as just Rach, Charyl, twin and i. And then more people came in. "Wah take photo ah? I also want!" Or, "Take photo bojio!"

Thats all for now all you non-existent readers! I have to get back to my books now. Finals are coming in....... 4 days. FML.

Unexpected

Okay this is really going to be a brief post about today. 29 Jan 2014.

Its the day that all the pfp students in nyp had to present our ideas on how we would want to change in nyp. My group basically decided on implementing halal/vegetarian pushcarts around school/strategic places in the cafeterias. So we came up with this idea that took only like, what? 20 mins? And it wasn't solely one idea, mind you. We came up with five. I initially thought that the school won't take us seriously because we're all students and all....

So okay after months of planning, we finally got to present it today with the pfp cohort. We had this really long classroom to ourselves and all the directors and big shots were there. Because nyp actually invited this company to teach us NE/Lifeskills, they were the ones in charge of this event. My lecturer, Mr Alvin was there too.

When we were presenting our proposition to this man, Mr Clement-i don't know his surname but it feels rude just calling him Clement because he is hell older than me-and he actually really really liked the idea! He was one of the first few "guests" to our booth so we were pretty thrilled. By the time we ended our presentation, he was really impressed with it and said that he would not mind turning this project into reality! All we had to do was to email him the business proposal and he'll take another look at it again. Finally! Some recognition!

-oh god i'm so tired right now-

Overall, i was really pleased with the outcome of today. I went in with zero expectations of the entire event but i came out of it really satisfied. To see my project become a reality. (': i hope it'll really happen tho! For the good of muslim & vegetarian students!

Happy 18th, twin

This post is dedicated to my pillar of support, my partner in crime, my best friend.

Hi twin, happy 18th birthday! For every birthday i celebrate with you, i feel thankful and grateful that you came into my life and stayed. I know i may not exactly be the best friend you can ever ask for, but you are a best friend to me. I'm not exactly the nicest person around, or the person with the best personality. But thank you nonetheless for always tolerating my nonsense. I may throw rocks and spit fire at you but you still took it all in your stride.

I'm so glad we remained friends till this day and i honestly wouldn't trade our friendship for anything else. I'm so glad we stuck by each other through thick and thin, rain or shine. I'll still remember that you were one of the first person i met on my first day in sec 1. And we've been tiiiiight ever since! My first memory that i had of you was that you made me lose my appetite during lunch on the 2nd day of orientation camp because you were trying to cause jh to feel disgusted with her lunch! I guess sitting there, at the same table with you was a blessing in disguise. Yes you made me lose my appetite, but hey, that was where our friendship blossomed. (:

I'm actually embarrassed to post this..

I don't even know what we're trying to do

We really look like kids here..

I still remember going to Cambodia in sec 1! We were the only sec 1s in the trip along with jh and cheryl. Remember how in secondary school we would just sign up for anything we thought was fun? Like council. And ohhh all the shit we got (i got more) ourselves into. And how the EXCOs would always lecture us for our skirt lengths! I guess as we grew older, we got more rebellious and i know i found joy in pissing the shit out of our EXCO seniors!

Other councillors would patrol the corridors to catch students using their phones. Us? We were using our phones together with our classmates!

STEP SIA okay this was in sec1 for sure

Remember all the stupid things we had to do in council.... and i fell flat on my face that day trying to run in that costume.

Ok, this you HAVE to remember: Last changing parade of the first GB camp we attended and the whole coy laughed at me because i came running out with my shirt front-to-back.

I know we have all done stupid things in zhonghua. And i'm thankful that we just laugh it all off. I think one of the most significant memories i had of us together was going to Shanghai in 2010. When we were sec 2. Remember signing up because of the promising destination to France??? And the school later changed it to China???!!! But nevertheless, we had so much fun! And yes, that was the trip that i hated Joseph Ng. And i'm so glad i was under Genevieve Yeo ermahgerd..

Eating cup noodles with toothbrushes bc there were no forks..

When Shanghai froze our balls off.

When it came to upper sec, even though school got a hell lot more hectic for us, we still remained insane as ever, with the clique! It was the year my results dropped the most though...

Bintan!

Zhss 100th anniversary dinner!

Thank you for all these years that you have stayed in my life! I know you're 18 now, and soon will i. Another year older is another year more matured. Be it 13 or 17, put us together and you get two 10 year old girls again. 

Exactly this time, last year we said we'll study hard and strive for PFP together. Now, we're completing our last term of PFP. Time flies and growing up is inevitable. But you know what's the best part? That we did it, together. Even though we have our own group of friends now in secondary school, we're still meeting up and doing the same things we have been doing for the past 4 years: making a fool out of ourselves.

Like i said, thank you for being my pillar of support. You know i mean it in the literal term too right? Thankyou for being a shoulder to faint on, for being a shoulder to cry on and for being a listening ear. You've always been there, ready to catch me when i fall. And i try my best to be there for you too.

I know life has been hard and things may not be easy at home. But always remember that you're not alone. You can crash at mine anytime...we all know you love my sofa.

Its inevitable that people drift apart from each other, but i guess it all boils down to whether you make an effort or not, right? We have both changed. But i'm glad its for the better. 

 I don't know if we'll really become friends forever. I honestly hope we do. I know i say things like i don't want to have kids, but i genuinely feel that it'll be super cool if we our kids can play together and study together just like how we did. Don't you think it'll be cool if our kids travelled together too? Just like us! I sincerely hope we grow old and wrinkly together and be prunes! It'll be a hilarious sight don't you think?! Can you imagine all the stories we'll tell our grandchildren (if we have any, or you can tell yours about me if i don't have any children.) in the future!!

Who knows what the future is holding for us? If i lose my last shred of sanity 50 years -or less- from now, don't forget about me. Don't forget about all the nonsensical things we did or tried to do. Don't forget our sleepovers, our outings, our adventures. 

Once again, happy 18th birthday twin! I'm sorry for not being able to be there physically to celebrate this coming of age with you. I love you, and no matter what happens, we'll be twins forever. (People are starting to say we look like each other...its creepy. But i like it. Its a good creepy.) Here's to more years of being a nuisance to public, and to those around us!

Lastly,

Thank you for just being you.