america & london i

I'm not done going through & editing all of my photos from providence/new york/boston/london yet, but these are my favourites (some of which I have already edited heh hehH) 

first day - travelling into manhattan on an nyc cab :'-) 

penn station / right outside madison square garden

lobstaaaaa

the city i am absolutely in love with - boston.
i now understand why an entire song is dedicated to its appeal

once u go shake shack u never go back

basically..... went to little italy and had lots and lots of cannoli & tiramisu

the sky looks so nice and blue but do not be deceived it was freezing

times sq

contrary to how shocked/distressed he looks, deanna got this for him for his birthday and perry makes some legit platypus sounds.

i love u nyc.

u ain't had ham & cheese till u had ham & cheese in america

absolute fave shot of the subway - on our way to brooklyn (williamsburg aka hipsterville) 

MoMa home of funky art and funky gifts

god bless americaaaaa

a little blurry but this is one of the best things ever trust me u need this

kevin casually checking off his food list in central park - of which includes hot dogs, pizzas, tacos, hamburgers, tubs and tubs of ben & jerry's etc. all american grub

u have no idea how much i was looking forward to standing on this bunch of rocks in central park bc i saw it in 500 days of summer & extremely loud & incredibly close and the feeling was spectacular, as was the view

really, so, so in love.

portebello marketing 

this isn't the london bridge this is the tower bridge, explains tour guide gracey

i swear this is even better than some of the stuff u get in singapore

TADA there's part one after ages of not updating this space. honestly the best break i could've ever asked for. in love with the states the cities the people the buildings the food (love how everything has a low fat no sugar option & the berries and fresh produce there is amazing) 

incredible

just concluded the last cts we'll ever have to be put through in our lives. one step closer to graduating!!! term 2 was actually an awful term, in all honesty. here's to our last semester of formal education! Really need to blog more because I feel like I'm not recording enough of my life down, and half a year has already slipped past & i don't have many blog posts to read and look back upon. 

god bless xx

I've been meaning to update this space, but I just don't know where to start.

(gone were the days when I was motivated to blog, in excruciating detail, about school, and church, and my feelings and whatnot. every post that's been on here as of late have been a series of photos and their accompanying underdeveloped captions. And chunks of words in parentheses - much like this)

i spent a good three hours baking today, my fingers reek of shortbread & butter (not necessarily a bad thing). the reason why i took so much time - and decided to pass on a 5k run - boiled down to why I felt the urge to bake today in the first place, so that I could use my newly bought animal cookie cutters. It was so hard trying to ease the cookie dough out of the cutters without decapitating my giraffe, or breaking off my elephant's long nose.

i'm sorry if i don't respond. as much as i hate to admit it, i'm not as open to expressing my (negative) feelings as i'd like to be, and i get extremely uncomfortable when people ask me if i'm upset - with a handful of exceptions. maybe that's why i've always admired the ease at which you verbalise your thoughts, and i sometimes wonder if it's because you're comfortable with me, or are wholly at ease with yourself.

ugh school

quarter

it's been so long since I've last blogged, so I think I'm just going to fill the silence with a lot of pictures & accompanying captions :-)

1. impromptu macaron baking session with liz :-)))) rose macarons - pink shells with rose buttercream (that tasted a tad like bandung BUT it was good)

somehow our bakes always turn out better when we're baking together - so here's to our post As/IB plans of opening a bakestagram, thank you for your company my dear, I've always enjoyed it and always will :'-)

2. blast from the past - O team photo from one of our debriefs :'-)

so incredibly blessed to have embarked on my second orientation journey with this bunch, so thankful for all the new friends made and the kindness and encouragement we've shown to each other, even though we may have been virtual strangers before :-) miss this quite a bit, they were good times.

3. thursdays are always our going-places day and this is no exception - cakes & truffle fries at habitat with ben, ali & viggy.

4. visiting kap before it closes with my boobs :-*

(i'm so sad it closed, we had so many good memories there, sigh.) 

5. church days with my hamster prince & newly botak ns boy :-)

6. batchies during a home visit! so so grateful for them, best sig ever thank you for dealing with my (& zhen's as well HAHA we make a good cray pair b) nonsense on a weekly basis thank you so much lovely people :-*

7. i love my.... classmates!

retards that i spend my weekdays with - they make me so exasperated sometimes but they never, ever fail to put a smile on my face. thank you friends for a wonderful year and an even greater year to come 

8. erryday is a selfie day :-) 

especially saturdays when my selfie buddies do not grumble about how my selfie habits are going overboard. having a whole collection of photos is a good thing ok!

9. the wonderful little kiddos I spend my sunday mornings with :-)

10. IHC remix!!! Dancefeste and dramafeste with our champion mr dancers and step mr capt HAHA i'll say it once and i'll say it again - ultra thankful for this bunch. 

i hope we weren't making nuisances of ourselves in dramafeste because we were laughing so much, drawing parallels to our inside jokes as we watched the plays. but yes, dance & drama were soooo good #noregrets heehee.

 11. lunch/tea date with my favourite adult (and one of my favourite people) in the world, always really enjoy myself and so thankful that we can always talk about everything and anything under the sun and i always look forward to spending time with you :-) 

thank you for seeing me through several seasons of my life, and even more to come in the future. (-: 

12. caramel popcorn for movie night @ church, courtesy of my very talented val pal with her #sortedfood bakes and incredible doodles :-) 

13. mg funfair with my fave :'-) (she also bought me bux for bfast omg yay)

love you so much :-) thank you for keeping me company i was very thoroughly amused especially when you went on the rodeo thing

14. march holidays more like j2 study camp all day errday in the canteen 

(i'm serious though, the canteen was filled with j2s cramming for cts and it was q a nice atmosphere just studying alongside everyone and knowing that you're not alone, yes?)

love u friends thank u for relenting to my selfie requests at the end of the week and thank you for being my study buddies even though half the time it was just simon & i studying in school but ya thank you all for dropping by on certain days and keeping me sane wew :-) 

15. saturdays really are wonderful days!

service last saturday, followed by a jap dinner to celebrate my grandma's birthday, happy birthday ahma thank u for being so cute and hilarious and always making sure i'm well fed i love u :-)

& I AM READY TO CONQUER KISEKI TOMORROW with my friendsies yes i am tired and cts are finally over so goodnight :-)