My house!

Hahahahah so when you're currently studying in another country and you miss your home......

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........

GOOGLE MAP!!!!

Hahahahah I wanted to try and see if I could find my house in Brunei and i DID!!! Hahahah The car in the yellow circle COULD BE mine!!! But that's not my house....I park my car...a WHITE prado in front of my neighbours' house at times hahahah my house is the third one! Wakakakak I just love technology! :D

strawberry cheese and monopoly

So on a more lighter and funner and less disgusting note....referring to the chocolate post, here's my very productive Monday!!!

Went to NUS to meet up with Alicia, Amilyn and Stella, bearing a gift....Strawberry Cheesecake!!!

Oh I know those of you who are not in Singapore right now are jealous~ HAHHAHAHAHA When I am in Brunei and you're in Brunei I'll make it for you too ok~ You just need to let me know EARLY so got time to make....it needs to set overnight~ HAHAHHAHA


So of course everyone was a happy camper! Hahahah it was GOOOOOOOD~ THEY SAY ONE OK~ I am not so perasan to say that my cheesecake was GOOOOOOOOD~ siok sendiri~ Hahahahahah but also to me it was good lah ;) but yes from constructive critism I'm going to make the cake less sweet and more crust the next time ;) I am more of a sweet tooth you see....BUT i did use RAW BROWN SUGAR to be considerate :)

We then went to Amilyn's room to tapau the remaining cake cause the canteen sold plastic containers at $2 EACH......

:O

I know~ So we were all just in the chillin~ mood when i saw........MONOPOLY!!! The new SET ONE!!! So we all decided to PLAY IT!!! Like a fast game which ended up being around 2 hours long....HAHAHAHAH


It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL leh~ We don't get money anymore! We use CREDIT CARDS!!! The first thing i noticed about the credit card was the name so i said "My name is Charles B Darrow, what's your name"..........sekali ALL THE CARDS HAS THE SAME NAME......beh pai seh~

So yeah everything is like times $100,000+ so like starting money is like $15 MILLION!! And when you Pass Go you get like $2 MILLION!!! Hahahah of course every property up price lah.....Stella said that it's due to inflation! HAHAHHAHAHA So like the FIRST property is like $60 THOUSAND!!!

So all the credit cards has a unique indentation which helps the device below to read it and stuff, so we key in the money earned or loss or transferred from one credit card to another using the device below! COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL RIGHT~~~

The "houses" in this version APARTMENTS can be STACKED!!! So when you stack it up it kinda looks like HDB um....or is it HBD.....HAHAHAHAHAH aiyah one of those lah FLATS!!! I had so much fun with this new found addition to the game! Wakakakakak

The pieces also very cool!!! Got MacDonald's Fries....which i choose naturally~ Then a laptop, Starbucks coffee mug, New Balance Shoes, i think a Ferrari, and others lah! In the game everyone keeps going to jail! Hahahahah which was really good cause out of jail is like $$$$$$ out all the time!!! Amilyn...the laptop was like "EEEEEEEEEE why are you (me the fries) not visiting me in jail!" Hahahahahha



She got angrier when i visited Alica...HAHAHAHHAAH

At another point of the game THREE OF US!! Alica, Amilyn and myself visited the LONDON EYE....which was own by Stella!! Hahahahah so we decided to become tourist and took a group picture of all of us there at the London Eye!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAH What to do we've been Singaporeanized! :P


Of course the game wouldn't be fun if there was no winner right~ So for this game ALICIA (The new balance shoe) won with a WHOPPING $35.42 MILLION!!!!! Cause she owned BOTH the most expensive property and BUILT APARTMENTS!! And Amilyn and Myself landed at the MOST EXPENSIVE property and had to pay rent of like $14 MILLION!!!!!! So we contributed $28MILLION to her!


Then after the whole Game day, all of us had to go! Alicia and Stella had to go back to study and I had to get to school! It was Human Genetics which i find very very interesting! Also it was one of my classmates, Yin Yings 21st Birthday (on Tuesday lah her exact Bday) but she brought us food from MALAYSIA!!! Oh how I LOVE MALAYSIAN FOOD!! Hahahahah

It was really yummy! :) So funny the name "Mr.Baoz! This food will change your Lifestyle"

Hahahahahah I got the wasabi one~ It was AWESOME!!! :D

So yes that was my productive and very light-hearted and Happy Go Lucky Monday :D

Till next time all~

Have a great week ahead!!!!

chocolate = human hair

So hahaha i'm currently in my microbiology module....Which is kinda dry cause my lecturer usually just reads from the slides....BUT i just learned something cool......And disgusting also....But to me it leans more towards being cool HAHAHA

So here it is......

The MAIN constituent (ingredient) of chocolate is HUMAN HAIR!! :O

HAHAHA This is because the amino acids that make up the basis of chocolate is obtained from the breakdown/decomposition of HUMAN HAIR by different kinds of BACTERIA!! And the reason why chocolate doesn't taste like hair is because of the sugar and cocoa that are included.....BUT the main body and its full richness comes from HUMAN HAIR!

APPARENTLY countries around the world makes MONEY from EXPORTING human hair for this very purpose!

In other words.....When we're paying like $6+ for a GREAT chocolate bar we're in fact paying $6+ to eat HAIR!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA oh how i just love finding out about how things are made ;)

But of course i'm still going to eat my share of "human hair" whenever and wherever i want.....Nothing can ever cause me to stop eating chocolate....Not human hair, not rat hair or cockcroach parts (now this is a whole 'nother story)

Hahaha till next time! Keep eating "human hair" it's HEALTHY! :D

playing house

Well I am not actually playing house....I don't even know what playing house means...but i thought that "Playing House" seems appropriate for this post :P hahaha


This has nothing to do with playing house.... This is a HUGE paper swan...origami...that i did during my Developing Professional Skills 1 (linked) module....HAHAHHAHA I was bored ok~ I mean if you follow my blog.....DPS1L.....that's the short form of my module.....is SUPER BORING!!! but but BUT I am still doing well in my class!!! :D hahahahahah although it's dry and boring MUST do very well!! Hahahahah It's just in class i STEALTHFULLY fold the paper swan.....cause wanted to BE GREEN!!! Save paper HHAHAHAH i still have the swan....i didn't throw it away :P

So yes.....on Friday I went to a HOUSE can you believe in a HOUSE in Singapore!!! Got swimming pool again leh~ HAHAHAHAHAH Sakai i know! But How many of you can say that you've been into a HOUSE with a SWIMMING POOL in SINGAPORE!!! I mean Condo ok lah~ but HOUSE?!?!?! Hahahahah

Went with two of my classmates Pwint Nee from Burma and Anitha from Sri Lanka! It was the house of Pwint Nee's parents' friends! And it was awesome! We just chilled by the pool and had a great time just assisting Pwint Nee making the most FABULOUS CHICKEN CURRY you have ever tasted for the hosts of our evening and enjoyed a HEAVENLY cheesecake with a chocolate as in PURE MILK CHOCOLATE base!!!! :D


They, the couple Dr. Allen and Jean, even had a BACKYARD!!! I mean WOW!!! Hahahah they live like walking distance from the Botanical Gardens again~ hahahah I know it's like so obsessed over a HOUSE but it's not really common for us.....immigrants...HAHAHAHHAHAHA to go to a HOUSE in Singapore! I mean when we here the RENT of the place we're like :O

The really cool thing about their house is that it's FULL of statues and stuff like those that you can find in a MUSEUM!! I mean incredible! It's cause they have stayed in different places so now that they're in Singapore they brought everything over! Things from Indonesia/ Thailand/ Burma and etc! Really had an awesome time with them :D learning about what they do and what they've accomplished!

OH OH OH also! For snacks Jean served us Crackers and Cheese!! hahah as we're not American we don't get that so often! And i finally tried BLUE cheese for the first time!!! And it was GOOD!!! I LOVED IT!!! Oh I am craving for it right now......and yes Blue Cheese is basically expired cheese.....well technically cheese on its on is expired milk HAHAHAHAH so Blue Cheese is even more expired HAHAHAHAHHA i mean it has fungi or is it mould on it HAHAH but it was DELICIOUS!!!!

When I am in Brunei in July, I'll be experimenting with Blue Cheese!!! So friends who are going to eat at my place....WATCH OUT!!!! :D

bat caves, human graves, baby faves and Easter raves

Yes, yes it has been awhile since I blogged, let alone went online, have just been in limbo (Internet wise) hahahah so I'm back in action! Blogger, Facebook, Twitter and what not~

Continuing from my Penang trip....my dad brought us to a BAT CAVE TEMPLE!!!

I mean freaky~ and also COOL!!! I was so close to the bats!!! They weren't in cages or anything! So when I took the pictures my flash was on and THREE of them actually FLEW down and I think they wanted to attack me BUT when they got closer....I figured they decided to better not risk it cause I am much bigger then they thought HAHAHAHAHHAHA

So I was in Penang not so much for holidays but for the Ching Ming Festival......here's some pictures....

When you ask my parents why do we actually put the flags or the gold+white paper on the grave here are the responses:

Mum: *gives you the look* (you know the look that tells you) "if i say put just put, don't ask so much"

Dad: "for decoration so the grave will look nicer"

HAHAHAHAHHAAH In other words they also don't know~ HAHAHAH I am guessing they put it because.........other people put so they also want to put HAHAHHAHAh No seriously we never actually put before one! Until my parents saw other relatives put...then they follow....hai~

It seems like I went for a tour right~ hahahahah taking pictures here and there~ I kinda did, my dad took this trip as an opportunity to bring me to places in Penang that I've never been to before like the Penang Dam! It was cool ok~ but didn't bring my camera :(

So in one of the temple where my grandfather's remains were kept....basically a temple lah I made a new friend! Hahahahah I took like 30+ shots of the spider....didn't give him/her a name cause i didn't want to get attached to it! Wakakak but seriously you do get bored when your mum does EVERYTHING and just asks you to wait!

On a lighter note....

I laughed so much when I saw the number plate HEHEHEHEHEH "PEE" if only got a number plate PEE 247! HAHAHHAHA Get it~ my mum was like this most of the time.....

Texting 247....she should get a number plate of SMS 247 ;) HAHHAHAHAH

And here's JAYLENE!!! (well at least that's how i THINK her name is spelled....

Pissed cause got a foot in her spotlight...

but then....don't even know where the camera is.....

but still gets pissed if she's not the only one in the picture....

She may look adorable but OMG she SCREAM....not cries...SCREAMSSSSS BLOODY MURDER when she doesn't get any attention! Middle of the night! Early in the morning! Late in the afternoon! Basically when OTHERS are trying to SLEEP!!! Hahahah and again she's HUGE!!! Like she's only 7 months! And if you see her you'll think that she's at least 1+ years already :P

Then got back to SINGAPORE :) for EASTER!!!!

The Easter services was AMAZING!!! We had 18 different services over a period of 3 days!! I mean WOW!!! I only went for 3 of the services lah! And they were all POWERFUL!!! Thousands upon thousands of people gave their life to Jesus! Praise and Worship....anointed! Drama....first class! Preaching by Pastor Kong....out of this world!

For our cell group we had more than 19 friends who came for Easter :D PTL!!! And our friends got Easter eggs from us (actual hard-boiled and dyed chicken eggs not chocolate eggs) and we went crazy creative with our eggs! Hahahah

The Mohawk...

The Nerd....(notice the braces)

The Nose Hair......
HAHAHAHAHHAA YI QUAN'S CREATION!!! He's so funny!!

We also had like two eggs who were cyclops....had only one eye....cause we were scared not enough eyes to go around HAHAHAHHA

So now I am back in action! Blogs, wall posts, twits, emails, uploads, downloads, and the whole nine yards :P

Have a GREAT week ahead you!!!

You Can!

When I can't figure out what to give,
You can.
When I can't imagine myself being whole,
You can.
When I can't understand what I am doing,
You can.
When I can't leave everything behind,
You can.
When I can't see the harvest,
You can.
When I can't offer up a sacrifice,
You can.
When I can't see the peace,
You can.
When I can't gather the courage to return,
You can.
When I can't make sense of all my trials,
You can.
When I can't see myself being a leader,
You can.
When I can't seem to defeat my enemies,
You can.
When I can't seem to fit in,
You can.
When I can't see myself as a warrior,
You can.
When I can't put aside my pride,
You can.
When I can't have the strength to go on,
You can.
When I can't fulfill a promise,
You can.
When I can't see the King in me,
You can.
When I can't find the right One,
You can.
When I can't bear it all,
You can.

-Bernard

adapted from Hebrews 11

a looooooooooooooooooooong break :D

Made you laugh didn't I~ I told you that you would love this long awaited post hahaha, I have just been so busy with so many things between the dates of the 14th of March until today the 3rd of April! I mean this was how busy I was......


I didn't even get to do my laundry for over 2weeks!! I tell you it was HEAVY~ especially AFTER washing....water weight....

I was so busy with....EXAMS!!! First and foremost!! But it's all good~ I have a feeling that I did well....also because the exams were all MCQs hahahah

The cooking competition outreach that my CG W372 had ^^ my team won!! all the pictures are on my facebook :) I made the Strawberry Cheesecake ;) according to everyone (one of them actually doesn't like eating cheese) said it was delicious :D so happy!!! Also happy because no one had stomach ache after eating my cheesecake hahahaha Ling knows why~

Von came over to Singapore and THAT on it's own takes up like 48 hours in just one day! Hahaha over wah~ But mental lah this Von...she spent like....a person who owns half of bahrunei~ HAHAHAHA we.....actually I tried taking loads of pictures together BUT I lost all mood....apparently Adidas shoes were much more important HAHAHAH so I only got these two:

I don't like the first one....my double chin is SO OBVIOUS :( hahaha

This one nicer....well I look nicer lah Hahahaha Wei Ting also came over for SOT!!! Ting!! Stay awake!! It's always better to know the ending of EVERY STORY ;) I know that you know what I mean hahah :P


So just with Von....in a span of 2-3 days we went ALL AROUND ORCHARD!!! Hiked through City Hall!!! Went to Plaza Singapura JUST TO TRY ON ONE TOP AT DOROTHY PERKINS WHICH WAS NEVER EVEN BOUGHT!!! Went to...gee I don't know 15 different sports shops to find ONE pair of sport shoes...and ended up buying a totally different pair...spent like about 2hours in Marks and Spencer and spent over $500....You get the picture...with Von...you need your stamina! :P


I did manage to take some nice pictures :) when I was out with Von :) and I also helped her packed and this you've GOT to KNOW!!

Me: "Von why did you bring two of the exact SAME toothpaste?"

Von: "Oh :$ I brought only one and I bought the other one here in Singapore...*laughs innocently*"

EXACT same question was asked for two OTHER toiletries.... -_- and the response was the same -_- .....

Note: the 3 toiletries that were brought over from Brunei was still 3/4 full......

Some people......HAHAHAHHAHA

You know I love ya Von ;)

I ALSO DONATED BLOOD!!!! Woot woot~ 21st of March 2009!! Before finally going in to donate blood I "killed time" by doing other stuff.....

So funny!! the place where you donate your blood is called the BLEEDING AREA o_O

It's all good~ There's actually a funny story here...but this post is already getting a little long....hahaha and also i gotta wake up at 8AM!!!! So will post the "blood" story tomorrow :)

So after exams me and my classmates went for breakfast and we passed this line....


It was so Singaporean....hahahah one of my friends really...like REALLY wanted to know why everyone was queueing up and another said "actually I have a feeling that the back people just queued up cause they saw a line..." HAHAHAHAHHAH

After that went back to school.....so sad right....immediately after exam went back to school again hahahah I wanted to collect my assignments ok~ wanted to see how I did....I did good :) also got some pictures :)

Before:

After:

THEN I went down to Penang!!! Laptop needed to be reformatted....had only 10 days break so flying back to Brunei was like......was like...you know lah hahahah Also in Penang I got a haircut :D

Stupid air-con report such a spoiler :P hahahah

Then went back to Singapore after 5 days in Penang to attend the MEN'S UNITED CONFERENCE!! It was AWESOME!!! Pastor Phil shared about being a Mighty Man! And it was such an anointed meeting!! Service with Pastor Phil was AWESOME TOO!!! it was like WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~

Then back to normal for like 3 days....and then.....I am now back in Penang!!! Hahahah Ching Ming Jie is tomorrow!!

I got to like drive from KL to Penang, drove for like 4 hours STRAIGHT!!!! Hahahah not bad right~

So now I'm just spending more time with my parents :) and also my aunt and my little 7motnhs old cousin :)

Went to visit my mum's aunts and uncles.....my mum's father's brother and sisters....in other words....my grandfather's siblings HAHAHAHA

She may look adorable....BUT OMG SHE'S *TA-BAK-CHOI!* Chubby and Fat in Tagalog!! Hahahah no seriously...she's only like 7 months but she has to wear 2 years old baby clothes!! I mean HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE! hahahahahah

Speaking of huge! I think I might be putting on weight....i mean my clothes and pants are not getting any tighter...Thank God! But I am eating like ALOT!! Hahahah here's one of such fattening things that I've been eating....my favourite flavoured chips :) TOMATO!!!

Maybe Von calling me Bernardo Tornado is not such a bad thing ;) hahahahah so yes! I've finally got my laptop back! And I've finally got time to blog!! It's LONG but you know you love me ;) hahahaha

And of course I LOVE YA TOO!!! :D

Signing out!

Bernard!