The Apple's Diary!

Things are not rosy all the times. Just on Sat night, I had a huge fight with the boyfriend. The issue is still the same. The feelings are the same. The thoughts are the same. Boyfriend cannot understand why it is so hard for me to open up. He cannot understand what I'm so fearful of. He has come to this point that he felt that there's nothing more he can do. He has done his utmost best to alleviate the issue but it just keep coming back to haunt us. I gave him a dozen reasons but truly deep inside, I know these are not the real reasons. There's just something inside me that just kept wanting to shut people out. I don't know if you can label me as reserved. But it becomes a habit for me, to shut my mouth once I reach home. I don't engage in small talk with family members unless it is something I think is worth commenting. I don't open my mouth in the morning when I wake up, not for the 1st hour of waking up. And everyone has a past. My past is something I have n...

I was walking back from the MRT station when I witnessed a case of plain assumption made by both parties. A little info on the incident place. Location was at this traffic light which has this slip road coming into the main road. Zebra-crossing is situated at the slip road for the convenience and safety of pedestrians crossing to the other side. What happened: Cyclist A started to cycle when it was green man. No fault here. Pedestrians and cyclists have learnt to co-exist on the traffic light - green and red man. However, pedestrians would stop at zebra-crossing before crossing. Not for the cyclist. He cycled on and assumed that the lorry would stop. Lorry did not stop before the zebra crossing because there was no indication anyone is crossing. So you can imagine what happened. Lorry nearly knocked down the cyclist. Luckily lorry stopped in time. However, cyclist still thought that it's the lorry's fault and scolded the driver vulgarities. I stand by the lorry driver. Because ...

Converting myself to a total Apple fan. My next purchase from the Mac store will probably be this... Macbook Pro. Or perhaps it will be the iphone. But for now, i just have to contend myself with my nano...

The Art House is really quite a special place. Situated along the Padang and the Old & New Supreme Court, the colonial style building brings about a nostalgic feel. I see a lot of potential in this Art House, not just holding exhibition, there can be weddings too. The rooms are big enough for wedding ceremony and guests can adjourn to the Thai restaurant next door. There's also this very arty-farty coffee house. And the best part, they have an upright piano in it. Too bad, I didn't know of this place earlier. I could have done my photo shoot at the Art House. In the roomy Art House, I discovered some of the instruments that belonged to the olden times. I'm really fascinated by this olden days phone. This is such a vibrant colour for an antique phone. Perhaps this is the more "modern" looking antique radio compared to its counterparts. Seriously, I have never seen such old camera before, not counting the prop in movies. I remembered playing with this type of t...

I wonder if it is all the good food... too much of it.. that I have been having bouts of diarrhoea this week. So much until this morning, the boyfriend exclaimed "Hmm... you suddenly become so slim" Speechless.

Remember the chewy crunch I tried 2 weeks ago? I couldn't stop myself from going back. Every Sunday for the past 2 weeks, I bought 2 different flavours to try. So far, I have tried their 1. Strawberry cheese 2. Double Choc 3. Blueberry cheese 4. Almond Choc This week, it was Coffee Cornflake and Oreo Cookies... I think I must be really hooked on it.

Yesterday was my father's birthday so we had a family dinner at Aston Prime. These guys closed down their Joo Chiat outlet to relocate to Centrepoint. It was a very heavy dinner with good quality food. What the father ordered: Angus Rib X'tra-cut with mashed potato and hot buttered mushrooms. Priced @ $23.90 Yup, it's good! What the brother ordered: US Kurobuta Pork Chop with steamed vegetables and hot buttered mushrooms. I'm not too sure about this choice though. It was supposed to be very tasty as claimed. Priced @ $29.90 I wanted a salmon and the waiter said, they used good quality salmon like those we have for sashimi and asked me how would I like it to be done. So I answered to be medium well and it turned out to be a mistake. Better to eat it raw like sashimi or get it completely well done. Served with creamed brocoli and hot buttered mushroom, the serving portion looked small initially but the creamy sauce that came with it, filled you up before I got even finish...

Have you heard of it? The Dead Sea Scrolls & the Ancient World exhibition is now at the Art House. come and follow me to the ancient times... Do not think that you have been to the wrong place when you see 1827, the Thai restaurant. The entrance to the Art House is just around the corner. There's a bag search before you entered and no bag allows. Hand carried your persona belongings. No flash photography and video taking allow which means cameras are in. We were first ushered into a screening room to view this film on how all these dead sea scrolls had been discovered. So it was discovered in 1847 at Qumran, near the dead sea scroll when a shepherd was looking for its lost goat and accidentally discovered all these scrolls. (L) In the olden days, there were no printing and monks had to painstakingly copied the scriptures by hands. The bible shown here was the first Latin bible. (L) A well preserved ancient scroll written in Hebrew. The salty atmosphere around Qumran caves had h...

Recently, we had a lab lunch at Ritz Carlton. It was a nice sumptuous lunch, but as the saying goes... too much of anything is not good. In the midst of the lunch, a group of us started to behave like drunken 18 year old teens. Giggling non-stop and doing stunts that a highly intoxicated person would only do. Ah.. but too bad, I'm forbidden to show the drunken acts but only posting the mildest deed we had done. haha..

I like photos that are taken naturally, with the subjects not knowing they are being photographed. Kudos to both Raymond and Joe (Absolut. Resolution Photography) for these brilliant shots! *me + my cheeky grin* * a rare quiet moment for us* *one of my fav pastimes is to sit in those coffee houses. i'm so glad the photographers managed to sneak in a few shots of us in Olio Dome @ Dempsey Road.* *I'm probably the most greedy bride-to-be. How to resist when the food is just right before you?!* *Such a rare relax moment for my man!* *Some probably won't like this kind of headless photo. But it's so Art-as to me. Who cares!* *so mysterious... who's behind... * *I can never shoot this kind of sky myself. Such a carefree feeling.... *

Edited samples, courtesy of Joe (Absolut. Resolution)

2 photographers, 3 outfits change, 3 venues. A total of 3,090 photos. Here are some we like it at first glance. Credit goes to : Bridal Gowns - Vaughn Tan (Vaughn Tan @ Devonshire Road) Photography - Joe and Raymond (Absolut. Resolution) Makeup - Cecelia

Strawberry Cheese (L-R) - Strawberry cheese and double chocolate I really cannot decide what are they. They are chewy on the inside. They are Crunchy on the outside. They are like donuts with different flavours. They are the new Chewy Crunch. Priced @ $1.30 each. Try them out at Jurong Point 1 Basement

I am a big fan of tea.. especially the Teh-si. So when Mr Darren got this box of strawberry tea from a friend, I wasn't very interested, until one day, my mum raved about this strawberry tea. So I made myself a cup of the strawberry tea... And the result was totally unexpected. The aroma of the tea filled my room... pleasant!

I love Apple Chips. So when I saw Seneca's Apple Chips in the supermart, I just grab one. I still prefer the original after so long. Don't they really look like your real sliced apple?

Do you still remember Alanis Morissette? She was my favourite singer at one point of my teen years. And that was such ages ago.... I have totally forgotten about her and the box of CD singles I bought if not for my dad. He took this out from the TV console cabinet one day. I can't believe that I was such a rocker girl in my teens. No wonder Mr Darren kept saying I was a rocker girl back in school days. Those were the angst filled teen years, all the awkwardness and rebellions. Oh man!

What can be worse than today - a Day that keeps on filling up with bad news. No matter how I try to lift my chin up and think of the positive, the waves of bad news just keep on pounding onto me mercilessly. I can only stare blankly into the space.

Hmm.. is it the Typhoon? I have problems accessing my blog and also the Facebook at home. Hopefully this will resolve soon.

I am still in office. Is it a norm? I don't know. Been clocking long hours recently. Today is especially tiring. Probably due to the long hours of experiment, not just one but two. I could hardly feel any energy left. No energy .... no energy... battery low .... signal fading... .....

"How's your Wedding Preps?" When asked with this question, I really find it hard to answer. And this question is so generic that I don't know the area the person is referring to. Because when faced with such question, I can't answer, "we are all ready." - because we are not. "everything is okay." - because we are not. "we have problem." - because the problem is on-going, we just have to keep trying to work out a way. "we just completed D1." - haha... this is even worse, because no one set the target and the deliverable date. So it will be easier if the question is more specific, eg. "have you done the guestbook?" - nope, i didn't even thought about it. Anyway, how come things keep popping out of the blues when I thought I have completed most, reducing my "most" to "half" or even "little." I also got a feeling the helpers that we found earlier on, are backing out slowly. Not sure w...

i should have seen it coming. but complacent me thought it was just a matter of angle. out of the 3000 odd photos i received, the heart just sank as the slideshow played on. Too fat, too little hair. Too chubby, too stiff. --------------------sianz------------------------

Have you gone through this experience before? Rushing for some work, staying up late and then to be just told that it's a duplicate. -----------super sianz---------------

The tradition of holding Chinese banquet can be dated all the way back to ancient days when there were still emperors and dynasties. Bring forward a little to the kampong times, when there was a wedding, the whole village would be invited for a feast. Now, the purpose of holding a banquet seems to be fuzzy. Some think that it is a good time to make extra money. Some have no idea why but take it as an act of filial piety to the parents. Some just like all the fanfare and the romantic feeling. Some thought they are celebrating with their friends but sadly, their mentality have made their guests obliged to pack a bigger ang pow accordingly to the venue. Is this truly a celebration or a "follow the pack" motion? When I was in my teens, I would be very excited about being invited for a wedding dinner. I really thought that the couple was such gracious hosts, hosting such wonderful feast for their guests. Little did I know, there is no such things as free lunch, what's more fr...

Have you looked into each other's eyes recently? What did you see? What was your feeling? On Wednesday, we had many opportunities to look into each other's eyes. In one particular pose, we were to just smile and look at each other and I looked straight into his eyes. At that moment, the few seconds, I saw kindness, gentleness and love looking back at me. It was a very rare moment for me because in our busy-ness, we often neglected the feelings of our loved ones. Tempers were short and quick. Plus, the stress from work and the nitty gritty stuff in our life. That few seconds seemed to put the world on a pause while we fall in love again. Maybe you just have a fight with your wife OR your girlfriend OR your boyfriend OR your husband. Stop for a moment and just look into each other's eyes to apologize. Let LOVE envelope both of you again. Lavish on the feeling of falling in love again and again...

I always find it funny when models were interviewed on their job and they said that modeling is not as glamorous as what people would think. There's a lot of hard work behind the pretty photos. Now, I understand what it takes to be a professional model. First, you got to endure the tedious makeup slathered on your face. I had to keep my eyes un-blink for a few moments, when the makeup artist stuck the false eyelashes on me. It can be quite itchy for my eyes when she lined my eyes lid. After the makeup, it was the curling and tucking of your hair into places, secured by pins. It was one and half hour later then I was ready to face the camera. (That's me in process of making my face pretty enough for the lens) We were quite stiff and unnatural for the 1st few shots. People would be staring at you while you did those exaggerating movements. But that day, God was really kind to us. It was cloudy in the morning when we were out in botanical garden and when we were done, the rain ca...