bananas, and PAJAMAS!

WISHLIST IS UP!

and...
remember ur PJs!



poor Kynan wet his PJs just now, he has no PJs to wear ):
yeah, did i mention he's here to stay over again? haha!

Habanera

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Que nul ne peut apprivoiser,
Et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle
S'il lui convient de refuser.
Rien n'y fait menace ou prière,
L'un parle bien, l'autre se tait,
Et c'est l'autre que je préfère,
Il n'a rien dit mais il me plaît.
Refrain 2x
L'amour, l'amour, l'amour, l'amour,
L'amour est enfant de Bohème,
Il n'a jamais jamais connu de loi,
Si tu ne m'aimes pas je t'aime,

Si je t'aime prends garde à toi.

Si tu ne m'aimes pas,

Si tu ne m'aimes pas je t'aime,
Mais si je t'aime,

Si je t'aime prends garde à toi.

L'oiseau que tu croyais surprendre
Battit de l'aile et s'envola,
L'amour est loin, tu peux l'attendre,
Tu ne l'attends plus, il est là.
Tout autour de toi, vite, vite,
Il vient, s'en va, puis il revient,
Tu crois le tenir, il t'évite,
Tu crois l'éviter, il te tient.

Répondez s'il vous plaît

Hello people!!!
YOU all are supposed to RSVP me when you've received the invitations!
in case you don't know what's RSVP, it's
PLEASE RESPOND! (in french)

or dont blame me if there's too much/too little food.

=P

Répondez! by 29th February 2008, Friday.

Black Friday in advance, TYVM

i fell down from the stairs and i'm hospitalised right now.
am lying on the hospital bed using my vaio to blog.
mum dad bros just left boohoo i'm feeling so alone and scared in the hospital.
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GOTCHA.
everything above is untrue except for the fact that i DID fell down from the stairs.
was heading home today from Dhoby Ghaut (had a mini meet-up with monk) and dang, when we exited the serangoon MRT, it was pouring. stranded, i used Seventeen i just bought from PS b4 i entered the DBG MRT to shield myself from the merciless cold daggers.


just as i reached the sunny brightly coloured stairs, i was gingerly going down the stairs as fast as i could because the sunny bright yellow colours is this killer staircase's fatal façade. (not to forget i'm wearing my not-so-very-not-slippery-floors-friendly m)phosis flats.)

i was once stopped by an aunty on my way to school, who wanted to survey me on whether i think this staircase was too slippery on rainy days and a potential danger to everyone including the little kids from the Braddell Heights Kindergarten just at my void deck. she asked me to go complain to the town council because she once fell here and is going to do so, but is afraid "majority-rules" rule apply, so she's appealing to residents nearby to go lodge complain too.
no prize for guessing whether princess carmen did complain or not.

as i was going down, i think i stepped on a puddle and phwoar! i just slipped.
not the typical "exclaims-then-wobble-then-struggle-then-finds-balance" kinda slip but really literally slip as in "no-control-over-feet-and-whole-world-turns-up-side-down" slip.
i just slipped and i really don't know what happened.
i only know i advanced several steps.
and i was wearing a mini-skirt, WOW. and my undies were kinda wet.
and my left slipper went flying dont know where and my Guess watch strap came apart (it's fixed now)

Aftermath:
one big bruise on right shin
one big bruise near left ankle
grazed the back of my left ankle
another big fat bruise on my left thigh
a bump at the back of my head
aching all over
and more to come in the next 24hours i bet.

Thanks for the Black Friday in advance mann.

high.

this is like, wayyyy scary.


analytics for last week's blog visits:
analytics for this week's:
i know, i know, it's depleting through the week. maybe cuz i haven't been blogging.
but i'm apalled that it hit my all time high of 80+ readers?
(ok, it sounds like chick peas to pple lyk xiaxue and dawn yang.)
and on Vday? like WOW!
so many lonely peeps on Vday blog-hopping.
i didn't know that. =P

wonders of nature.

Rouge Point.
needless to say, my belated Valentines Day was very well-spent (:


des beaux paysages,
beau jardin,
merveilleux nourriture,
superbe copain.
what more can i ask for?

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Hush little Kynan don't you cry,
Auntie's gonna buy you a pumpkin pie.
And if that pumpkin pie's not sweet,
Auntie's gonna buy you some other things.

My brother and sister-in-law were invited to some function so little Kynan came to stay over!
(:(:(:(:(:

except, little Kynan is not so little after all.
he's only 1.5months old and he's 59cm tall and weighs 5kg!
OMG.

sent him back home today around 12noon.
they did some furniture shifting and this is his new playground!
as the amount of time he's awake is getting longer as he grows, he needs some stuffs to attract his attention.

Pom Pom time!
(also known as swimming time)
he loves swimming in the tub.
should enrol him into swimming lessons like, NOW?

this is what i call, BUTT-NAKED.

after Pom Pom time, it's Nen Nen time!

Eat, Fart, Pee, Poo, Cry, Sleep.
That's his life. For now.
(our) Short form: eat, fart, sleep.

there. sweet dreams, little one.

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it's amazing how this small little creation could have such great influence on people.

like how my brother is becoming (a leeetle bit) more responsible now and is looking more like a family-man.
like how my sister-in-law, the person who "inspired" me that i should become an independent, smart, far-sighted new millennium woman, is having second thoughts on returning back to work after her maternity leave.
verdict's not out yet. still, i'm shocked.
like how my father would suddenly baby-talk in such gentle manner.
like how my mother would just keep hogging the baby and i got so frustrated cuz i barely got to hold him in the 18hours that he was with us! (i held him for maybe an hour, in total?)
like how i would get jealous that he likes my mother more than me, but i refuse to believe that's the law of nature, but simply because she got to spend more time with him!

and seeing all these, i would often wonder to myself, wow, have i been through all these when i was just a baby?
did daddy talk to me like he did to Kynan?
did mummy hold me as much as she held Kynan?
did my brothers play with me like they did with Kynan?
did they love me as much as they love Kynan?
was i as grumpy as him?
was i as adorable as him?
did i sleep as much as him?
did i drink as much milk as him?


were you?
did you?

Le bébé dégarni de cheveux

除夕:
(mentioned that i had to run errand to deliver PRAWNS to my bro's place...)

SLEEPYHEAD:


heh. PREMIERE! my brother carrying Kynan



i hope he never finds out this cuz i WONDER what he's wearing... =.=

初二：
wanted to take some photos to try photoshopping but i give up! i need some time to learn the tutorial..

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HELLO MY DEAR NIGUS!
don't know why i bothered to chiong the presents out...
but still, just showing here:
plain white tees for each of us with swarovski crystals arranged into beautiful puzzle of our names (:


preparation for xiuyi's birthday surprise cake:
Strawberry Jell-O Cheesecake
300gm McVities Digestive Biscuits crushed into crumbs


Add in 140gm of melted butter (mine not VERY melted..)


spread them into base... (300gm is actually alot. the recipe was meant for a 10" cake. i dno my cake tin how many inch. anyway i managed to make 3 different size cakes. 2 round 1 square)

Beat Philadelphia Cream Cheese & 1/4 tsp of Vanilla Essence until creamy

then add in 10gm of Gelatin Powder with uh, 120ml hot water bit by bit.. slowly..

and continue mixing in the mixer...
not to forget 50gm of sugar too

then pour on top of base
(thickness as you like)

while waiting for the cheese layer to set, i made chocolates!


used a bowl of hot water to melt the chocolates in a glass plate...

spread into my hello kitty chocolate moulds...
watched tv and waited for chocolates to set!




aren't the cute???

in the middle of the night after surfing the net, did my Jell-o layer so it has sufficient time to set...

On Vday, did this bling bling photo holder while watching Charmed Season 1 all over again (cuz the reruns on CH8 were terrible and i'm not great fans of Ellen Degenerees nor Martha Stewart -.-)

my favourite photos of us(:

this is a bling bling notebook for her...

with our horrendously hideous photos from the past inside...

my signature calendars...

and decorations...

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Joyeuse Saint-Valentin
Bonne Saint-Valentin

Joyeux anniversaire, moi meilleur ami

surprised her at her house.
the process was very funny but shan't elaborate much cuz Missy Princess Carmen Wong is now very tired after a day of work and laughter.

there you go, can see my Strawberry Jell-O Cheesecake.

a very tired me, after waiting for XiuYi for... hmmm.. 2hours?

nah. do u think u'd even DARE lay a finger on me? heh




(Hello Kitty Chocolates nicely wrapped)

yeah, it's mean but i agree with claire,
who says we need guys on Valentines' Day?
(sorry to monk =P )

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ahhhh!
check out le bébé dégarni de cheveux:
(hairless baby in French)

i was not pre-warned that baby's shaved!
i totally got a shock when i arrived at Leedon today to be welcomed by my now-very-bald-nephew.
(with no eyebrows too. he so reminds me of Crayon Shincan)

i look kinda hideous too after a day of work and laughter. my stomach hurt every movement i made.
teh is eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil.
he makes me laugh at everything.

my dad loves the spikey-botak head.
now i think Claire and Nat would be very sad because YS & Eugene can't beat this handsome botak here. =P


ahhh. this is damn scary.
he looks like those fake babies where parents-to-be use to practice their parenting-skills.

handsome botak here striking a pose


tell me how can anyone not love this uber adorable creation?

i can't.

anxious-excited

anxious-excited
anxious-excited
anxious-excited!

ooh, i'm feeling anxious-excited!
can't wait can't wait!
will post the details here asap.

Happy Valentines' Day to all, love!

what say you?

oh.my.goose.
somebody sent me this.. go check it out, it's about the Edison Chen sex scandal.
WARNING!
not for anal retentive, it's pretty shocking.
not for weak-hearted too.
not for those who feel offended or any discomfort seeing pornographic content.
ok, enough warnings, here goes:

http://thegutterpost.blogspot.com/search/label/Edison%20Chen

honestly, i don't think the photos are fake or photo-shopped or whatever they claim, because i believe there's enough evidence to show that they're real.
and i agree with xiaxue, how can someone find those kinda explicit expressions of the celebrities to cut-and-paste?
(look at the sexual photo of stefanie sun for example, nobody believes it's for real because her expression and the body doesn't fit what!)

ok, enough of this, it has already caused alot of hooha the past 2weeks and till now this scandal is still the headlines everyday.
what's new man.

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will be doing my wishlist (liste de sohaiter) soon promise (:
and invitation cards heh.

新年快乐， 非你莫“鼠”

大家好！
新年快乐，万事如意！

祝大家：
鼠年行好运！
心想事成！
学业进步！
步步高升！
身体健康！
有一个快乐，充实，美满，开心，健康，丰盛的一年！
（：

好久好久没用华文来写作了。
虽然有一点生疏，有一点陌生，但好在我的华文水平并没有退步得很惨！
今年的新年过得比往年不同些...
自从公公去世了之后，我们年年都会到大姨家去拜年。今年也不例外。但是因为表哥们都各自成家了，所以在大姨家拜了年之后，大家纷纷都要赶场，到别的地方去了。
往年，两个哥哥都会到他们的奶奶家拜了年之后才到大姨这儿来。之后我们回一起到大哥的干妈家拜年。
（他的干妈是妈妈多年来的好朋友，也是妈妈、阿姨、舅舅小时候的老邻居。）
到了那里，我都会和那里的小朋友玩“二十一点”， 玩得不亦乐乎，玩得我满载而归！没有十一二点是不会回家的 =P
可是，因为今年大哥要陪大嫂回娘家拜年，所以哥哥的干妈那儿我们明天才会去。
所以今年在大姨家曲终人散的之后，我和爸爸妈妈都回到家里来。。
唉！真是无聊。

所以我才会有时间改我部落格的样貌！给它改头换面，来迎接这新的一年，新的开始！
怎样？
喜欢吗？
我很喜欢哦！在blogskins.com 那儿找了老半天才找到这个合我心意的，又不用该太多的。。
我可是筛选了300多个才选到了这一个呢！
而且还经过我一番的修改和美化。。
我也实现了我的诺言。在农历新年后将我的部落格装修一番。。呵呵！

时间不早了，我得去睡了。
希望大家会有一个大丰收！收红包收到手软！=P

说到红包,我的亲大哥还欠我红包呢!
明天得记得向他讨一个超级大红包！

love, love, love!

2nd February 2008 - 今天你要嫁给我 (:

woke up early in the morning to style my hair.. although on 1st feb my hairstylist already styled it for me, but after a whole day of shopping and a night of sleep, my hair can certainly suit someone from woodbridge.

watched tv and did my toe-nails at the same time. buffed my fingernails till it fits my fake nails.
bathed. did my base and foundation swiftly before xiuyi came.
and after she came, we started to 手忙脚乱. because i had to do make up for myself and for her too, and her eyes are super difficult.

as the clock ticked towards 430, we frantically started to touch up our loose ends. (of course with my mum around, making it worse because it makes us nervous and we would forget this and that)

finally we're on our way!

took this photo when we just set off. (:
carmeny and her masterpiece.
and for some unknown reasons i keep having double eyelids, which led to a very whiny bestie who kept wondering aloud (out of jealousy) why my double eyelids suddenly decides to come at such a timely hour. haha!

lugged all the barang barang up to the Shangri-la Hotel Suite at 1908 (:
Brother and maid were both having lunch while my jie was carrying Kynan.
the hotel prepared the bed with rose petals arranged into a heart-shape. awww, so sweet!

hearts my daddy.
he still remains fair and just and unbiased and still loves me as much
my elder brother and i are losing our footing in our mummy's heart!
(not that i can blame kynan cuz he's sooooo adorable! and he's really becoming more and more obedient to my mum! *jealous* )

full body shot! (:
bestie was wearing her prom dress.
with my shawl and her sis' bag.
i'm wearing my daniel yam chiffon and satin dress with pink glittery designs and my mum's shawl.
and my new shoe frm schu! (:

when we reached the Garden Terrace where the wedding solemnisation and the buffet is going to be held, jie dropped the bomb on bestie and me. she asked us to be the receptionists!
of course we gladly accepted the "offer" but we were both inexperience and later in the day, i got SUPER DUPER FRUSTRATED at Mr. Alvin Cheong because he kept bossing me around and sarcastically complaining i'm not doing my job as the receptionist because everyone's only signing their names in the Guest Book and not writing any well-wishes for the couple.
seriously, we said, "hi, could you please sign your name AND write your well-wishes/blessings here?"
so honestly, if they just want to sign their name and not write anything (typical singaporeans what. and the older generation just simply sign too.) what can we do? take our cutlery out and threaten them to write? he was being so pushy i got so fed up the entire evening i didn't want to talk to him.
and do you know how frustrating it was because i'm suddenly on the "WANTED" list?
everywhere someone's calling for "ah girl", and yes, that is my family's pet name for MOI, your highness here.
nightmare!

roses at the reception to let me vent my anger when i'm angry.
they're quite poor thing cuz i tear the petals when i'm angry/bored.

Avril and Kynan. the new members of the Ang Family (:
Avril is 10months old, and Kynan just turned 1month yesterday!!

Avril got very excited when she saw Kynan, and kept stretching out for him. she's so adorable! and very super duper chubby! (at the cheeks especially)

later in the night:
some friend of my bro assisted him back to the hotel room.
haha. i've never seen my bro drunk before! and he just collapsed onto the bed. den we asked the maid to remove his shoes and socks.
when my bro returned, Kynan was having his milk.. and soon after, Kynan's drunk too!
i named the picture: The Alcohol-Drunk and the Milk-Drunk
they look super-alike! and all of us just stared in awe how alike they were.

my very drunk brother.
i still love him very much.

we laid Kynan down on the bed for better comparison but he woke up.

xiuyi tried to plant their hands together so we can take a picture with them hand-in-hand but Kynan kept moving so we failed. ):


all in all, i'm very thankful for Bestie (:
Thank You for accepting my invitation, Thank You for coming, Thank You for helping me that day in so many ways, Thank You for listening to me grumble and complain that day, Thank You for sharing my happiness and woes, Thank You for sharing the food with me, it tasted probably 10 times better with you sharing with me (we had to eat at the reception ok! it's so super unglam but we were so hungry and everyone asked us to eat there so we could tend to the Guest Book and receiving guests and most importantly, the Ang Pao box, so we had no choice.)
Thank You Thank You Thank You!

and for brother, I'm happy for you, because I honestly think Serene jie's the one for you after so many years and so many girlfriends. haha.
I love you so much.

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after which, i spent the days tidying up and packing my room.
on sunday...
on monday too, but later in the night i went dinner with the girls, and packed my room till 3am!
on tuesday morning too, and then went Far East at 2pm and miss wong xiuyi was late for 30mins! and later in the night i continued packing my room till 130am.
this morning, i'm left with only my dressing table!
but i only wiped the whole thing, i'll have to wait for my dad to spread the cover for my dressing table.

my Ebi Tempura Bento set at MOF. super good! (:

missy nat got a big fat ang pao from her boss so there, free mochi dessert with much thanks to missy nat. (:
<3
Claire's
Nat's

they were very thoughtful because they gave extra cutleries so that we could share the desserts!

haha. Claire's very disgusted she's facing the view and there, see the UOB sign? it's her office! very unappetising for claire but nevertheless, she still ate ALOT ALOT.

my other bestie (:

our night ended with aimless walking and gossiping around Milennia Walk.
GANS love.
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my room in the process of metamorphosis. =P






Kynan's First Month Cake!
it's kinda squashed but nevertheless nice and yummy! (:

ok ok, i gotta go. i just received phonecall from my dear brother that my mum forgot her PRAWNS so i've gotta run errand to cab down to leedon to send her the PRAWNS else my bro has no PRAWNS to eat today. (which is not good cuz it means he's not going to be happy for the new year, and no i can't let that happen because he's my financial backup. =P )
ROAR.

Birfdei

just had dinner with clairey and nattie, but this time more talks about other stuffs other than NS. HA!

and now here i am, back in my room packing my stuffs. OH GOSH.
it's a NIGHTMARE i tell you.
and guess what?
i found this present i received from Natty for my 14th birthday! LOL.
it says (word for word) : "Heyozzie! Dearez Carmen, Happy 14th Birfdei!!! 又大一岁了，老一点了... Me thinks this prezzie suits u alotz cuz u're one major glitter gurl! (ok, i didn't know i'm so "glitter" since 14. i thot it was only recent, like only when i was 16 or 17?) Dis year 要分流 liaoz...sobz & sadness & all dat stuff... Budden muz also remember 2 have all da fun you can have & enjoy... Gd luck & Bez wishes all e way!

From your 好姐妹，
Nat (square)

oh ya. not my fault if u can't read my handwriting...
(P.S. My Birfdei iz on 2nd June... BWAHAHAHAHAHAZ)"

this is so hilarious.
i can't imagine the PRESENT NAT speaking or writing in such a manner.
with all the "zzz" and "BIRFDEI" leh!
i think she's the ONE AND ONLY person i've known to use "BIRFDEI".
omg it's so funny i am so going to start digging everything out and read!
i bet Claire's notes would be funnier =P

not relieved, but excited

okay, it's finally over.
my exams, yes. (i bet i am gonna fare so badly, I can't exactly say I feel "relieved" that everything is over. but HECK i am still going to P-L-A-Y as hard.)
and my freshman year in SP.


my experience at SP has been a really good one, because i definitely learnt alot throughout.
am clearer about the route that i want to take.
i've learnt alot of new things, knowledge and academic wise, and also EQ wise.
as the Da Jie of the other 6 "princesses" and 1 "dwarf" (haha) i have surely learnt alot from them, and also from guiding them along the way.
i know i may not have been all that great all the time as the Da Jie, and always threatening everyone with my prowess (HAHAHA) but the girls have really taught me alot, alot.
overall, i think i've broaden my horizons significantly.
like, "见识比较多" that kinda feel.
working has also helped me gain greater insights of what working life would be like next time.
like no matter how unhappy you are you still have to stay there due to some reasons.
the work politics, etc etc.
working at sony made me realise how male chauvinistic some people can be (hahaha) and also GENDER DISCRIMINATION (OMG), and how ti-koh guys can be =P

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oh yeah, and i can't believe that today's my eldest brother's BIG BIG DAY!
his wedding day!
my mum's neck is longer than an ostrich's, just waiting for this day to come mann.
haha.
(and the neck will grow longer till it's longer than a giraffe's to wait for my elder brother's wedding day. i dont know what her neck will become till mine, since the geomancer said i'll either marry late or not marry at all AHAHAHA.)
i can't wait to see baby kynan! i wonder what he'll be wearing? i saw a set of Ralph Lauren Polo Rompers the other day at jie's place.. hmmm... i think he'll be wearing that? but rest assured i'll give you guys a field day of today asap!

digress abit, yesterday xiuyi and i shopped around at Orchard looking for gifts for baby but failed terribly. and we saw rompers from Armani! gosh it costs like 139 PER ROMPER? but it's so uber cute and stylo-milo we both fell in love with it.
xiuyi left around 7plus and then i shopped around at wisma myself..
i bought tons of stuffs (for myself) and if i didn't exercise abit of self-control, i'd have spent a bomb. but then again, the "self-control" came from hypnotising myself "no time already, buy another day lar. hurry go home and rest."

ok, xiuyi would be coming in about 2-3hours' time for make-up. i'd better go get my nails done.
thank god my hair's already done.