#956: DClan's Winter Wonderland

These photos are looong backdated and if I don't post them now, I won't do it ever.

Whenever Becca comes back to Singapore during her summer/winter vacation, the clan will organise a themed outing for her.
If you people remember, the last time she came back in June last year, we had a "Discover Singapore the way Tourists do" outing by hopping on the HippoCruise, touring the Singapore River.
Refer to the post here.

So as usual for this year, we came up with the theme- "Winter Wonderland" which basically means ice-skating la duh! HAHA!

Kallang Ice World!

I swear I have never done ice-skating before but I can blade la.
Since the girls say the two sports are roughly the same, I took their words for it.
The first moments on the ice rink were kind of shaky...

but the gals looked pretty alright...

I LOVE DCLAN! *points to my shirt*

Together as ONE.

Together as ONE.

Huiqi the mentor.

WOW WOW.

Ohmyheavens, isn't that for toddlers?!

It is absolutely NORMAL for us girls to ogle after handsome beings, such as this extremely kawaiiiiiii Korean hunk.

*I was literally chasing after him when I got this shot.*

We are all GLIDING in the ice.....

Lemme try some stunts huh....

Her hunky Korean left and that was why Jo shed tears. HAHA!

Those two cheeky camera crashers at the back.

FINALLY a group shot achieved because of self-timer.

Smelly gloves!

All was fine until an injury had to be reported in the last 10 minutes of our skating adventure.
The casualty turned out to be...oops, Thorry!
Accident. Sigh.

Poor thing. She didn't realise it was bleeding till after I told her.

After our skating adventure, we decided to head to Parkway for shopping and some food to fill our grumbling stomachs.
Took 16 and it passed by my (and Seet and Jo's) alma mater!

The distinct Rotunda.

And the best memories remain.

#955: Sometimes healing requires no more than a listening ear and a gentle caring heart.

Just came back from 85.
Been a long time since I last visited the place.

I went there because I got a call from a friend.
Said he was emo-ing at ECP and I told him to go to 85 and we will talk.

I really suck at consoling people. I never know what's right to say and what's not.
But because when one is feeling down, he/she is not seeking words of advice about how to get out of the unhappiness but a listening ear, silence is golden.

"You wouldn't know what is happiness if you have not tasted bitterness" was what I learnt from him.

When we headed to his car after supper, the radio was by chance, playing Class 95 Love Songs.
My favourite programme.
The birds, the bees and the apple trees- that's right, this sentence was derived from there.
Yas played "Can't let go" by Mariah Carey and I thought, "How apt for him!".

I asked my friend, "Is it really that painful?" and when he said yes, I thought to myself, "What is it really like?"

I remember mentioning the following in one of my posts (http://the-leggy-queen.blogspot.com/2009/06/monthly-affair-is-here-again.html) early last month, saying:

"So while we were on the topic of love, I told her that I am still waiting for someone to come and break my heart because I want to get a feel of a heartwrenching love experience.
Want to love until those... 刻骨铭心的地步 you know.
Those kind of really HEARTWRENCHING love you know.
Wah. If I can experience that for once ah, my life would have no regrets man I tell you."

Does it feel that way for him? Maybe this particular friend of mine has already reached that stage and he ain't gonna give up the girl of his dreams that easily. He has a very strong will which I look up to.
忍。爱。

#954: Not DATING *him*!

I got the shock of my life when I received an sms from one of my busy girlfriends which said,
"Btw, are you dating XXX?"
And then I was so flabbergasted I replied an instant "NO".
Good grief. How could I be...?
And then, William talked to me on MSN and he happened to ask the same thing.

28/7/2009		11:31:47 PM		[c=6]ウイリアム: To people who I've just added: Go look for my email in facebook![/c]		She's the Lady		r u together with that guy?
28/7/2009		11:31:48 PM		[c=6]ウイリアム: To people who I've just added: Go look for my email in facebook![/c]		She's the Lady		xD

Yup, he meant the same guy with my girlfriend too.
NONONO, people, NO!
I am just bewildered that... well, I... argh, okay, nope, I am NOT dating him alrights. :)

#953: Mails make me SMILE.

It's an open secret that I love to pen letters, and that I appreciate it more if I get letters back in return...
just like this one.

Even the postman realises the importance of racial harmony. How apt!

And my bday package to the below mentioned.

This bday package used up THREE hours of my eyesight and it is, dare I say, completed with sincerity and blessings filled to the brim.
I am just making up for the regret last year.
Didn't turn up for his significant 21st birthday celebration and this is really stinging me up till now. :(
I hope he recognises the good wishes I have for him. :D

#952: Cooking Papa 2009!

I had it for dinner today and it reminded me of...

my Cooking Mama dish.

....which got me to think that I have not blogged about Cooking Papa!
So here's the HYPE about it. Get set, GO!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL,
COOKING PAPA DAY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED!

The D Clan has had a successful Cooking Mama last year (click here to read the cooking mama post!) and we have decided to continue the tradition that we ingeniously came up with, with the tumultuous, but ultimately smooth execution of Cooking Papa this year.

Date: 12th July 2009
Day: Sunday
Venue: SeeThorHuiQi's humble abode

This time round, d-clannies are expected to bring an invited guest of their own and the guys would have to whip up a meal which will be used for judging by who else none other than the d-clannies ourselves!

I invited Danny, who is a past participant of the Cooking Mama last year, while...
Huiqi brought Kin Lung,
Yiwen was paired with Gene and
Joanne was matched with Melvin.
We also had additional participants like last year- Jessie (Kin Lung's sister) and her boyf, Kevin.

Each cooking papa has a "Cooking Papa Starter Kit" sent to them to have them better prepared for the event, in which the kit included stuff like this:

HAHAHA and I had a good laugh over Huiqi's humour. Read on.

The Cooking Papa event kicked off!

Careful with that knife of yours, Danny!

Introducing his ingredients.

Looks like Melvin enjoyed his cooking very much, judging from his wide grin.

Oh I had the guys wear name tags on their shirts as a form of an "ice-breaking" tactic. Melvin is kinda foreign to the guys, you see.

Gene- Yiwen's beau hard at work.

Oil squirts! HAHA!

Kin Lung.

Kevin. Must he really be topless? LOL!

***I have ALWAYS felt that guys who are willing to make the effort to cook and whip up a decent dish really charming.

Gene helped us capture some shots right before the judging.
Poor Thorry must be running around like a lost housefly so she was not in the photo.

Candid. I like this one actually. It feels so natural and everyone looks good.

HAHAHA. And this one is good as well. Cheeky faces.

The first dish is up! Mmmm.... looks not bad y'know!

The second dish - SIBEI TAM! (in hokkien)

Try to spot a heart shape in the midst of these luncheon meat chunks.
HEART SHAPE!

To be honest, it looks more like a smiley face to me.

Um. I do not really approve of the dish name but... well, creativity's part of the judging criteria!

Don't just look at this dish at face value. It tastes heavenly!

Mel mel and Joanne.

The v cute couple.

They seriously have the 夫妻 (husband-and-wife) face!

Of course after all these seemingly palatable dishes were presented, the judges proceeded to deliberate.
Trust me, the judging process was met with many opinions and comments and after much careful consideration, we decided that the winner goes to Mr Woo with his SIBEI TAM!

Didn't manage to capture the prize-presentation ceremony. Wasted.
Anyways, what he received was an exclusive DClan oven mitt and 3 cooking utensils with "DCLAN COOKING PAPA CHAMP" written on them.
Nice, ain't them? xD

On my way back home, I spotted kites flying high up in the sky.
I'd always love the Buangkok field.
There was once when Huiqi and I went on the field at night and just stood there watching stars.
DAMN NICE AH!
Didn't know it was equally nice in the day as well.

She has a really scenic neighbourhood, I must say.
And once again, KUDOS TO COOKING PAPA DAY!

PS: Thank you See Thor Hui Qi and sorry to have kept you busy while we made use of your kitchen. Aiya we so close already no need these formalities la hor. HAHA!