Maybelyn's Birthday - BBQ

Jus came back frm my haircut @ Reds... Feelin v.hungry but gotta wait for Mr. G to be back for dinner.

Yesterday, went to PJ's place for bbq to celebrate Auntie's Maybel 26th B.day. Tis gal here is a v.special frd of mine, cos i noe her since i was 7 yrs-old & we've been in e same class frm Primary 1 to Sec. 4 - yeah, she's really my childhood frd :)

By right, everyone was suppose to reach at 7.30pm. But i was stuck at wrk, so reached there at ard 8.30pm... also thinkin.. hey, i can prob start to eat once i reach, heee *lazie Xer* well, i must admit i'm not a v.hands-on bbq person - basically more to a helper in finishin e food :p

Duh.... when i reached there, ard 8.3opm, they jus got e fire... so meanin i can't escape frm bbq-ing. Fortunately, Ken was nice eh.. he bbq e food for us - of cos, our dear Auntie May hav to company her boy & help to bbq & serve e food.

Birthday Gal & Ken

Of cos, me not sooo mean eh, hee... felt bad & started helpin out too after some light food first - No food = No energy rite ^^ I bbq a few chicken wings & quite a no. of prawns before i get back to e seats & start eatin again, wahahha.... Jus nice, PJ has reached (finally)! By e time, most of e food was prepared & we sat down to makan & start our talkin-nonsense session. Half way thrhg... e guys (Ken & Yaodong) complained to me: "Xerene, e prawns r too raw"

Me insisted: "Hey, prawns should not be over-cooked, otherwise they taste awful"

Cos to me, i felt prawns will kinda taste too tough once overcooked, so once they turned orange - i picked them out frm e bbq rack. Hey, Liting also commented e prawns i bbq-ed looks gd, hee..... [so everyone jus cont'd eating e prawns]

Second complaint came (Donn): "Xerene, i really tink e prawns r not fully cooked"

Me: "But they turned orange before i take it out... How do u noe it's uncooked??"

Reply (Donn): "Cos it has tis, erm....... some kind of fishy smell"

Reallie!?? Errrm........... tink its time i should taste it myself, heeee. I tried one & found out... eeeee.... reallie got tat 'fishy' taste.. hahhaha..... Oops, i apologise & quickly go re-cooked e prawns *Paiseh*

I m working eh, heee :)

Photos in Sequel: 4 (Jan), 3 (Me), 2 (Sha), 1 (PJ)

Cont'd: 8 (Jan), 7 (Me), 6 (Sha), 5 (PJ)

Introducing e acting 'Gay' Couple & our new Couple, PJ & Donn ^^

Posing for e cam, hee... ~ gals...

E lights were off ard 11pm, quite early.. so they decided to play UNO spin. Somethin out of our expectations, e 1st game we played lasted for ONE hour... felt it's like nvr-ending... After which, my brain was dead cos i'm feelin pretti tired - so decided i should jus watched them play till e nite ends....

KTV Session ~ Lalala

Yeah ~ time to sing! Mr. G suggested we should do some singing today, hee... & yeah, i'll love to cos i enjoy singin too. Hmm.. it's been close to 2 mths since we last visited Party World.

Oh... KTV is one of our past time & we'll usually go like once a mth, but mostly on Sunday mornings cos its e day where u would hav enough rest & not too expensive too :) So Mr. G picked me up frm wrk & we headed for dinner @ Smith Street first before the KTV session.

As we approach e recep to get a room, we then realised tat we do not hav e 'coupon' with us... walked back to e car & pick it up.. but... duh.. e coupons we had were all expired, wat a joke. Anyway, decided to jus head back & see if they can make so leeway for us.... hmm, which they did, hee.. then... Wat a coincidence, Mr. G saw his frd, Winston who is also gg to e KTV & his grp had many many extra coupons - so he was nice to pass us one & we ended up at rooms nex to each other.

We sang for close to full 4-hrs, yeah - jus e 2 of us... which in btw, Winston came in with his frd, talk some jokes, nonsense & sang a few songs, heee... Overall, a gd day & gotta noe some new frds too :)

we're abt to start...... ^^

Mr. G starts singin.... :p

Tuesday Syndrome

Sigh.… dunnoe why, tis is e 2nd Tuesday I hav been getting bad headaches in a row. First one was last week where I met the gals out for dinner at Vivo – I experience very bad headache & e same thing is happening today! My head starts aching at ard 3+ (same timing as last wk) & its kinda getting worse…..

But still I didn’t take panadols.. cos erm…. Xerene HATES medicine. Guess some of u noes tat I do not noe how to swallow tablets.. yeah till now. I noe lots of ppl will say, “Haiya… its e mindset problem, u are just being negative.. U tell urself can, & u can just swallow it. It’s easy, put is near ur throat etc etc etc. .

Seriously, I tried lor…. Many many ways as recommended, tryin out e tiny bitsy tablets which can be as small as sunflower seeds… sigh, but i jus cant get it thrgh my throat :s

But there was a doctor whom I met before, he understood tis problem & said tat there are really people who cant swallow tablets in their life! Heee… so hey, tis is true.. there r reallie ppl who can’t swallow tables & one real-life case is ME! Heee…

So how do I take medies… well, either I crush it (sounds disgusting rite)… & mix it with water (eeekksss) – which I really hate e bitterness. Luckily, iFound a new way out few yrs back! Squeeze e pills in an empty capsules! Oh ya, something weird is tat I can swallow capsules only, which I thght is a blessing in disguise (at least I have one option) :)

*Prayin my headache goes away sooooon... *

Little Trevor - Happie Birthday!

Yesterday, Mr. G & i went to Toys 'R' Us @ vivocity to get a present for little Trevor, his nephew. We went to e Vivocity outlet cos it nearer to my office & his place too.. After our makan, we went to look ard in e store & were contemplating which to get for little Trevor.

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Initially we wanted to get a red one - Cars, cos it's got some lights & music ~ tink kids will find it amusing, heee. Then we saw e other one, which is nice too - Toy Story with Buzz Lightyears, kinda more suitable for boy boy eh. Ended up we bought: Buzz Lightyears!

So i jus waited for Mr. G to finish his tuition before we head to his sister place for e celebration. It was close to 7pm when we reached his sista's place & we head straight to e buffet section (i love e mini cups cakes most - super cute), heee.... cos hungry le. After which, had some chit chats with uncles & aunties then.... went in to open little Trevor's present - he looked excited!! ^^

Cutie Cup Cakes

little Trevor with his new toy :)

Having buffet & photo session

After our buffet... e aunties had some KTV session, well of cos they were singing e old songs like 往事只能回味，王昭君 etc, hee.... So we stayed a while & quickly head to Plaza Sing. for our movie. Did a little shopping too & i manage to get a pair of white slippers.

The movie started ard 10.45pm & u noe wat, something 'malu' is happening! I saw a couple taking our seats so naturally i asked, "i'm sorry, did u get e right seats?" - & i showed him e tickets..

Reply frm stranger: "Erm.... I think u got to e wrong cinema, tis is cinema 5 not 3"

Duh........................ oh my god................ can someone show me to a hole?? :s Super paiseh man.

Haiz... no choice, oreadie asked & well, quickly sneak out of e cinema & headed to e correct one & get seated. U noe, sometimes Xerene can be super uber blurzzzz.

But e show was gd, thgh me got petrified at some horror scenes but overall, nice show. Have always like series of RESIDENT EVIL movies :)

Dearie & Me @ Basement of e house

Mrs. Ju-On (Part II)

Guess wat? Mrs. Ju-On came back with e list of items for purchase.. Haha. As we thght it'll be, a listing of 14 items became 6!! Meaning she cut down more than 60%!

Well, she read e list & said "This one don't need.... This one also don't need.... This one........ erm, also don't need lah"... :s *faintzzzzz*

Ok, next i should really scold myself for being a BIG mouth! arrghh... hate myself for asking her tis question. "Oh, we need to order batteries too." *eyes rolling.....*

Mrs. Ju-On started: Hmm..... we need it to run events? You mean those small ones, double A batteries
Me: Ya, need around 2 to 4 batteries per event
Mrs. Ju-On: Hmm........ (silence & squeeeeeezing her stingy thghts)........... we have RECYCLED batteries right?
Me: Ya..... but those r meant for e talkies
Mrs. Ju-On: But we have e charger right
Me: Ya.... but take quite a long time to charge full, at least over e nite
Mrs. Ju-On: So how much is the one we usually buy & how much is those rechargeable ones?
Me: Not too sure thgh, but e normal batts we buy ard 3+ for fours & recharge batteries usually takes quite some time
Mrs. Ju-On: Still, we have e charger & we can jus buy those rechargable batteries to use, which we could save on buying those batteries. Anyway, we already have the charger, we just need to buy the batteries instead of using those normal ones.
....contd's....
Anyway, you all can go ahead with this list of items first.. the batteries can leave it first.. In any case, I have my camera's batteries.. they are rechargable, can use it first ah.
... & contd's.....
Oh, I have also do up a list named "LOWEST PRICE LIST for stationeries", so who ever needs to order things, can refer to this list and make sure we meet the best price. Of course, these are not updated ones, maybe you can ask someone to source & update it.

Ok, Xerene give up.... no choice but jus hav to pass the list to Joann to source... poor gal...

Fake it! :)

Just tryin out my fake lashes... & seems like i am gettin slightly better than last time. Still, not v.gd at it thgh - guess i need more time & practice to make it right, hee :)

*Lessons Online - How to Use Eyelash*

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Stingy Mrs. Ju-On to e MAX

I seriously tink Mrs. Ju-On has some problem with her thghts in $$. I mean savings are good but too much of it... arrghh...

This is how it goes about today when a list of items for purchase was landed in her hands (which is also why we always didn't pass it to her):

1) Binder & Paper Clips
Mrs. Ju-On: When is e last time we ordered tis?
Me: I tink at least a yr ago...
Mrs. Ju-On: Hmm... but I think clips are things tat are non-consumable & I'm sure there are people keeping them in their drawer, maybe can check with everyone & ask them to pass back those excess items.
.... then...... *drrrrhhh..... Mrs. Ju-On starts to open her drawer & dig.....
There! u see... like me, i oso dunnoe when i start keeping all these.. nah, give u.. u can ask those who needs to take from here.

OK, item 1 - Don't Need

2) Post-it Pads (for ur info, not 3M brand.. jus some kuching kurak brand, cos it's cheaper)
Mrs. Ju-On: What do u all use post pads for?
Me: Well, if e document cannot be written on it & we hav to make some notes, it's gd to stick ONE post-it & write things to follow up on it.
Mrs. Ju-On: Are u sure? Or u all just use them to write down messages & stick it on ur board or table. But we have those board pins rite?
Me: Yeap....
Mrs. Ju-On: Then actually don't need to stick what, just use e pin to pin e paper on e board. Anyway, we have soooooo many recycle paper, we can just cut & use it as note pads.
..... she cont'd......
By e way, post pads are mainly used in 'Situations' (oh man... she use situations.. machiam like soooo serious) where u are not accessible to recycle papers. In office, we have sooooo many waste papers which we could use. I don't see a point the need of post-it pads.

*Xer almost fainted.....* - can someone help???? :s

OK, item 2 - No Use

3) Highlighters
Mrs. Ju-On: Do we use that?
Me: Yes of cos, we use them DAILY to highlight news reports, printed research materials & documents etc etc...
Mrs. Ju-On: Isit..?? (with tat kind of suspicious birdie look)
No, I think nowadays we seldom write on papers, we all typed in the computers. So why do we need highlighters?? The only thing, maybe during draft programme we would need to do some highlighting. But other than that, it's all in the computer.
Me: *speechless* pls can someone tell me wat's e link between highlighter & computer??
Chotto!! Wait! Mrs. Ju-On continues......
Mrs. Ju-On: I think nowadays, even pen & pencils are rarely used that's why we didn't buy and there's no point wasting money on all these things.

OK, item 3 - No Point

Orite... fine fine fine... watever man! Hence Jasmin & JO thght: "hey, r we suppose to use our blood to highlight???" Well... maybe?? arrghhh....

Oh man.. still feelin super shock & still half-fainted away... i can't believe it... can u either?? :(

Dinner with D-M-L-S

Met Auntie May, Sha & Liting for dinner tonite... i guess i havent met them for dinner since end Aug cos was v.busy with wrk & travelling recently.

Dun noe why.. i had a v.bad headache since late afternoon.. but i dun wanna cancel e dinner cos its kinda bad & i miss e gals too.. so i went straight after i knock off. Sigh... my headache was so bad i had to pop one panadol immediately when i stepped into e cafe, otherwise i tink i might jus faint :s

Hey, panadol really wrks! Ard half hour later, e pain was gone.. thgh still not feelin too gd, i guess its much better le. Hee... after dinner, e gals passed me a gift which was actuallie meant for my b.day ~ they're so sweet, got me a coach pouch which they thght could match with my new hobo :) *Thanks Babes*

e after panadol me...

We didn't stay too long at Vivo cos we were kinda tired & went home after a drink at Pacific Coffee. Oh.... Thanks Princess Sha Sha for sendin us back :p