HELLOoooo, PUB'd better be catching all of this water from this horrible rainy season (at least to make up for the islandwide floods, urgh). I'm sure that this amount of rain can probably last us for an entire year if we really caught everything. A godsend huh? I am so darn sick of the rain. I can never have dry feet or dry hair these days. Even my birkenstocks grew mouldy!!! The sun is MIA so I cant sun my birkies or my boots. Clothes from the China trip are still in plastic bags, because they cant be washed due to the incessant rain. I have to brave the rain EVERYTIME i head out the house. I blame my regular bad hair days on the wet weather too.
So yesterday's afternoon was spent browsing the ulu shops in the ulu shopping centres in Chinatown with WH. Thankfully, we got some great bargains! However, we got really turned off after too many blingbling beads/arts&crafts shops there.
Tip1: Bring your shades with you when you visit.
Tip2: "Putu Piring" is NOT the same as my beloved "Tutu Kueh". The latter is much better, honest! The former is the Malay's version of Tutu Kueh- it is filled with gula melaka (palm sugar) and served with salted shredded coconut. (I thought it tasted kinda weird.) It is SUPER fluffy & spongy like a rice cake, whereas the Chinese ones are flat & dense, with lovely, juicy, sweet brown shredded coconut fillings.
Next, we met the (Extremely LATE) Ivy in town for a short while to exchange presents & bits of each other's lives. Then, i went to a gathering organised by Zhenghan, at his place called Pine Grove. It was pretty alright, although I had to trek through the mud & rain to his place. Our dining setting was near the poolside with leaky shelters, making my stuff & the guests pretty wet. We stayed put until around 11pm. The 3 late-comers finally arrived after 11pm. I suppose we caught up with each other for quite abit, since it was an intimate party of 5 or 6. I dont remember having so much red wine & beer at one sitting. Haha- all thanks to my brilliant drinking games.
I finally went to visit the GYM this afternoon, after eons. The wet weather & late nights put me off getting some muscle ache, but i'm glad i went just now. After dinner i pigged out on 武大郎biscuits from Shanghai. I miss China ( for the 1st time in my life! School must be really bad...)
Bad internet connection from the Taiwan Quake has resulted in boredom-
From SAM's blog:
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins ( i want!)
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid ( i want!)
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone ( i want!)
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped ( i want!)
11. Visited Paris ( i want!)
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights ( i want!)
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa ( i want!)
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon ( i want!)
22. Watched a meteor shower ( i want!)
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse ( i wish!)
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight ( i want!)
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse (only partial)
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country ( i want!)
44. Watched wild whales ( i want!)
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe ( i want!)
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving ( I've got no guts...)
51. Visited Ireland ( i want!)
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan ( i want!)
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving ( Snorkelling can?)
62. Kissed in the rain ( So romantic! Make it come true for me then? Haha)
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken ( Seemingly impossible...)
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days ( I will die, honest.)
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest ( I Almost did. Haha.)
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Rio Grande River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas ( i want!)
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date ( Err...)
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house ( i want!)
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds ( If i did, this means that I have dissipated into thin air.)
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray ( jellyfish can?)
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a radio show ( i wish...)
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears (ew)
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes ( maybe? I dont know! )
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream ( Soon...)
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head (no choice, right?!)
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life
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