Last of 2023

Finally last day remaining of year 2023

Quick updates on how I spend my Christmas and early treat for my mum birthday nex feb

As I won't be in Singapore when it is her birthday

Some gingerbread from my colleagues 

And HRD HOD bought a cake fr us to celebrate

And it costs $180

I rather spend it on a bag or a good meal at a restaurant

Jus a cake is rly not worth it lol!!

My second Christmas spend in my current company

Not sure what I had in place fr nex yr Christmas

Is it still here or somewhere else

Hahahah

Had a birthday treat ahead for my brother

Who is a Dec baby

Had a buffet dinner at pan pacific hotel

Real good food and ambience 

Will come again Definitely 

Thanks to my oppa who took great lengths to take such pretty photos of me

Long legs mei nv ahahah

Thanks to my editing skills too!

Great Christmas and great year end

Had a mini private celebrate at home previously

With a ice cream cake that my bro keep saying he wants

Didn't expect to see such a childish side of an uncle

But yay glad that we all seems rly happy in this photo!

Before the years end

Decided to bring my mum go a gd Chinese restaurant that we nv went before to eat

Jia he Chinese restaurant

Service and ambience is great

But their food is so so only

If u are a dimsum fan,

I rather u go others Chinese restaurant

But the location is rly convenient

Jus next to mrt exit and is shelter all the way

The price is also quite ex

Bill came up to be $260

But happy jiu hao la

Anyway, Dec bill can't be mre ex then my Nov bill, when I go buy business class sq flight air ticket

Lol!!

This year, I feel that I had no regrets.

Rly work hard and play hard

And nothing rly bad happen to me

Phew

Feel like I can rest n play without feeling guilty as I rly done my best in my work this yr

Went to Korea myself in Feb and Oct bring my parents to Korea  all planned and led by me

Felt like I had grown up alot. Even can pay for my parents airticket n hotel cost already.

Abit pity is this is our first family trip after covid that is without my brother

Marry liao no choice la

Hope nex year can go together wif my saosao

Wishes for year 2024,

Still the same like what I wish during my birthday

Hope I can be happy, more independent and much braver stronger

To standalone to survive and protect and accompany myself

Cal cal faster grow up to b a brave one ya!

Those who really love n cherish me deeply

I hope you can be happy as well!

Always be thankful for my great career progression esp in this 2yeara

Felt like a dream that feel so unreal

I can only work harder to repay what I am given

Hwaiting!

Hope I can meet a new great single friend who can accompany me go overseas and accompany me whenever I need her.

Kudos!

Bye 2023

Hello 2024

 

Cooking feat

Tried cooking mala xiangguo 

And broccoli with scallops 

Using my long Xmas weekends 

I can say I give myself ratings of 6 out of 10

Abit salty for the malaxiangguo

Shld have reduce the sauce base

And my broccoli seem to be missing garlic taste

Bt my mum said she love it though

 

Earning Money for My House

 Recently borders had open and back to how things were before Covid

And being unable to go overseas for the past 2 yrs,

make me lost my goals for a moment and started spending alot on my overseas trips.

Now that 2023 is coming to an end I shld wake up and make some closure

Need to wakeup

To start saving money

As next year is gonna be a challenging year

I am gonna gear up for a new start hopefully, i can manage to find my new home

After my trip in Feb and after CNY, shall start my plans

My hopes and wish every yr fr myself is aalways to grow stronger, be more independent

Especially now I am left alone after all my friends graduate from school, singlehood and start their familyhood

I rly shld start to be more n more financially strong and mental independent

Hwaiting!!

Company Engagement

 Yesterday had another engagement dinner session held quarterly

But this one was the worst

As the attendees only half attended and total only 10 pax

the most awakward moment with the 3 bosses and 6 hods

whereby the ratio is jus equivalent

damn jialat

and the best thing is my HOD and Manager had to chose the moment to have meeting wif another HOD right before the event

Which make the even no one emcee

so i step out and refuse go in the lounge, and my other 3 colleagues also dun wan walk in

and other 2 hr colleagues damn epic, as usual, i busy do payroll no time to help

so i also dun wan do anything, push everything away,

it is not the engagement that i wanted to organise right,

you all mgmt and Hod wanted then u emcee lo,

i jus order food and arrange the table settings and liaise with employees come lo

why always be us to do this things, when the rest can siam

I am also introvert, why i had to endure and be the hostress and extrovert always on behalf of HR

Not like I am getting paid alot, so yesterday i rly heck care my image and siam

so end up my senior, she no chioce and walk in to intro the bosses n hods to the employeees and start the session.

and my director keep calling me over to ask me qns and wannted me to chat with other employees and HODs, but after i answear his 1 qns wif 1 ans, i side way wanted towalk off and he call me back agn, so this happen 3 times and i can see the other 3 Hods seem to notice i keep wanted to escape and was smirking 

then i jus kep stand at one table wif my other hr colleagues, and director, finance manager contracts manager all standing same table and talking, for the remaining 2 hrs, i am at the table laughing and giving reactions when in my mind i am already thinking when the event will end sia, waste of time, i am tired i wanna go home, this topic is not what i am interested anyway. roll eyes

and rly had to push myself to play along, till my arms get goosembumps as i had pretend to be someone i am not too long,so i immediately put my arms under the table incase anyone sees.

and felt nausea at one point of time then i jus kept drink water 

on my way home,

Really feel and thnk alot so i msg 2 friends who i think will reply hen fast de

talked to them till i reach home

and felt better

Nex feb I rly need to faster get a job in a big company or organisation that i dun need to see the mgmt so often

1 yr 1 DND only,

I rly dun enjoy socialising and I rly jus like to be alone n do my own thing

I had no interest to the latest trends or topics that i had share or continue the topic with anyone

I had no knowledge or anything to share either.

so why cant they jus leave me alone?

Early birthday treat

Went to ion Marmalade pantry to giv early treat for yh

Had tried this near my workplace

And found it rly gd

So decided to bring yh go try

And cause the last 2 wks of Nov I am going to be rly bz

So can only meet earlier on 14nov to giv her treat

Glad that 2 out of 3mums managed to throw their kids to their mil or husband to take care

So 4 out of 5 attendance tdy

Pan seared prawn and scallop pasta

Truffle mushroom soup

Carbonara pasta 

Kimchi beef fried rice

Yumyum

Kel was once agn busted by fmh on her pregnancy before 3 mths

Lol

Due to my qns

To kell

U wan try my truffle soup damn nice

And Kell rejected saying she is sensitive to such smell these days

Can only say I rly have zero hunch on such things

Damn funny

Chatting with them is like we were back to those days when we are still in secondary sch

Missed those times

But great time always zoom past

And went for ntuc grocery shop with fmh and tgt stroll back home

To fmh whom I am always grateful for staying at same neighborhood as me since sec sch days

She rly accompany me alot

Always willing to take time to stroll ard and talk wif me

Though she nv once asked me out individually or will msg me first to check if I am doing well

Bt she always reply hen fast whenever I msg her first

Feel like she will always be there whenever I need her

Kel is still always the same

傻大姐

And yh who recently changed alot and seem to distanced frm me.

But I feel I also changed alot these 2 years

Becoming mre independent

Rly like the me now.

Work hard play hard

Though lonely

But at least got the capability to spend

Got the freedom to go fly wherever I want

Now I realise what I need is not a boyfriend

I need a friend who is single and can always hang out with me and first priority will always be me after their family members

Hope such a friend can appear in my life soon.

To accompany me

On exploring the life adventures everywhere

Till then!

 

我亲爱的白月光

很可爱的短剧

甜甜的

傻男主

现实不会存在 所以很好磕

这集最好看 很好的ending

以爱为营

最近在追这个剧

超别扭的男主和女主

但是我爱看

帅哥美女演的剧

让人有羡慕和幻想空间

弥补我这个单生狗的恋爱幻想

 

First trip with my parents after covid

It had started off with me trying to go back seoul after my Feb trip.

As I had never gone to Seoul in Autumn before

So as I shared with my mum on my plans

She suddenly said she wanted to joined also

Since I had went to Korea before alone

She also wants me to bring her there

Really glad that she had the confidence in me

As since my bro first time not joining our trip overseas

So I had began my journey to be the main n only planner and executor for everything

So went to book hotel , airticket, travel insurance, immigration docs, itinerary 

Before my parents leave to airport with me.

All they rly did is only pack their own luggage

Took Korea air for the first time

And decided to go on economy and fly back on their business class

Ticket to and fro per pax cost 1.5k

Night flight and reach Seoul in the morning 9am

Upon clearing the immigration,

Gotten our luggage and setup our sim card

Off we head out to grab a light bite as journey to hotel using public transport is 1hr plus.

This time round I was at a different terminal as the airline we took is unlike the one I took in Feb

So spend quite some time asking around where to buy the Tmomey cards for my parents

On train off to Myeongdong

My parents rly doze off while I listen to music and seeing the scenery

The feeling is weird like 8mths ago,

Here I was holding on to the same luggage

Sitting in the train heading to the same hotel

But this time round rly happy that someone was with me, accompanying me to the country I like

Alone was Abit saddening.

As everyone was with someone.

But solo is also good when I no need to fit my itinerary or plans with anyone.

Freedom. Ahahah

Got their pros n cons

So this time round I decided to go to the places I can't or dun dare to go when I am on a solo trip

First place is a stir fried chicken place called Yoogane

Along Myeongdong streets

Rly dun dare walk in  and sit down eat alone at this restaurant

One off my list

My another new fave drink in Seoul after my Doraemon chocolate milk

Second place is visiting and ordering the food from the street hawker which j also dun quite dare previously when I was alone.

Ate lobster, abalone, prawns, chicken stewer,whole squid, orange juice

Yummy yummy

But the night street food are not as cheap as those in Taiwan

We spend around $100jus eating this

Still not full,

Third place is a friedchicken restaurant that I dun dare to walk in alone previously

They only serve whole chicken

Cause I am with my parents, and we can only order 1 non spicy one. As they can't take spicy food

And I am already quite full from all the street food earlier on and I can't finish a whole chicken spicy one for myself

So I gave up and only eat abit

Next day went to a tour, for a alpaca that I always wanted to see them.

And also back to nami

As I wanted to bring my mum go eat the pasta n cake a cafe in nami that I ate previously

After alcapa, we went for a restaurant selling stir fried chicken nex to nami entrance

As we had stir fried chicken ytd, we endup ordering a doenjang jiggae, buckwheat noodle and 2 big rice balls to share

I dun rly like naengmyeon

But this cold buckwheat noodle is rly good!

We also went to railbike

Which I cannot go alone, as it will be quite tiring peddling whole bike yourselves

So thanks to my parents for accompanying me

I was able to get this off my bucket list

Weather was good and not rainy phew

Really enjoy the ride esp when it was going downslope 

Actually wanted to go for the bungee jump before I head in nami

Ended up ktopland was closed on every Thursday

Lol

So failed to get this off my bucket list once agn

And managed to have my mum tried this cafe pasta that I mention.

Apity that their macha cake that I had previously was not selling, so we only got to try their earlgrey cake which was rly good as well at nami

After our tour ends, get to another place whereby I won't dare to go alone.

A unmanned 24hr ramen store that is famous online

And I had always wanted to go

Had a hard time finding it.

As I realise the same name station but it can been far apart from eaother with the different line

So endup almost giving up and turn back as I can see my parents are rly tired. From a whole day trip and they still need to walk n climb stairs so far

Bt thanks to my mum, she encourage me to go on and dun giv up.

And she preserver for me

Sk I managed to find this shop and had my noodles inside

Another one off the bucket list of mine

And also we are vry lucky

It was full on the first lvl, and I almost back off, bt my mum said jus go in la

So I went in and immediately jus nice a couple finished eating and left so I immediately took their seats.

And I was figuring how to use the vending and once to cook the noodle then ppl started to storm in

I was able to take vide n photo before this happens

Then sitting down to eat my noodles while a whole grp is behind queuing up teehee

Nex tour, visiting a donut cafe, wine farm and paju outlet fr shopping

Their drinks is not rly good

But their donut is the best!

Spend 4hours shopping at paju

Even though I rly wanted to go yeoju outlet.

But it was too out of the way 

Last day of free day before our flight home tml

Went to bucheon haneok village

Took mrt n a bus.

Another day of walking.

And my parents seems to be rly tired and can walk no more

So I can't go to a cafe I had actually plan to go

Instead we went to oscullo cafe right next to the bucheon village entrance when we alighted from the bus

Their wedding green tea and vanilla ice cream were rly good!

And the crowds is rly unbelievable 

Then went to the fifth place that I wun dare to go alone

A traditional.market

Gwangja market

Rly thought I will be squeeze to dead

The crowd was rly crazy

But we managed to sit down and try fried mandu, kimchi jeon and leek jeon

And hotteok which I had rly wanted to eat whenever I saw it on Korean show runningman

Honey one was the best flavour

Rly wanted to go back.

Bt I will definitely go on a weekday and off meal hours 

Timing was jus nice. From journey hotel to flight check in

Had no time to visit the lounge for business class

As didn't cater in the time whereby terminal 2 and 1 was solo far apart additional 20min ride and my parents had wanted to eat the hotel breakfast.

Nex time round I am definitely gg to lounge when I take business class

But luckily we no need to run to catch the flight

Everything was jus nice when we boarded the plane

First time taking business class all of us 3

Started by serving us a champagne ,nuts 

And our 3 course meal

The leg space was crazy

I rly can sleep all the way in this plane

Watching movie with ma dong seok n ji hyo

Laughing to death

Before my meal started with a prawn salad and potato leek soup with a garlic bread served with pepper and salt

Next is our main, steak with cheese potato

Rly the best. I almost ate my plate 

And ended with haggen days ice cream with fruite and green tea

After eating n movie, I slept for 2hours

Listening to music

Before lights were on and with 1 more hr on the flight a sandwich and juice was served

Rly best..finally understand why business class so ex

Definitely will take business class to Korea everytime

This Feb I took scoots

Rly is slp n wake slp n wake, why haven reach de siam

Now I am like why so fast reach de

Lol!!

And the best thing I like is the compartment is all yours to put your bags

I dun need scare ppl will take up my space or touch my things

The first time I rly throw my bags upstairs 

And there isa empty drawer to put my personally belongings nex to my seats

Like my lipbalm,phone, mp3, hand cream

Even the toilets are bigger and comes with moisturizer, toothpaste n toothbrush omggg

Nex I am gg to share the most expensive clothes I ever bought fr myself

It cost $475 lol

For Raum , Vince nv heard of this brand

As I am not a person who buy branded goods

This one only can dry cleaning

So now I dun even dare to wear

I jus hang it previously in my wardrobe lol

Awhile table of snack

I rly bought another 30inch luggage to put all this in at Korea

Lol!!

After I came back, i immediately booked hotel and airticket for my trip in nex feb to Korea again

Lol!!

This time round SQ business to and fro 2.6k

Holy shit

Flexxxx

That's y now I am so poorrr

Gonna lay low for this 2 mths

No shopping no wasting money

Everyday $3caifan

No more taobao

Till then!