Lion Dance !

Back at January 26th this year , 

I went to watch a Lion Dance Competition at Chinatown hosted by the lion dance troupe called '南仙'(Nam Sieng) ! I don't usually watch Lion dance competitions especially when I was younger , I've got complete NO interest for it at all . Not only that , I even avoided watching lion dance because of how loud the drums and music could get . 

However ever since I got together

with my current boyfriend Kaiming , we discussed a lot about Lion Dance , watched related videos on that , talked about the stories behind traditional lion dance , interpreting the possible stories behind performances and simple lion dance moves . Slowly , I gained interests for lion dance . I mean , I was so amused and fascinated that every performance lion dancers does has a meaning to it , and every move they make describes their lion . From then on , I started watching more lion dance videos such as the drunk lions , the playful ones and the aggressive ones . Of course , I am definitely not a professional .

On Jan 26th , 

both my brother and my boyfriend was there performing at Chinatown . However they're both from different troupes ( if you've read my past blog posts ) . On that day , my boyfriend didn't perform in the name of his troupe though , he performed in behalf of another . While my brother , of course still represents his own troupe , Nam Sieng . 

Boyfriend and I ♥

I tried so fucking hard to get into 

the competition grounds without purchasing the tickets ! I got in eventually after much waiting wtf . I wasn't able to get seats so I had to stay in the area where the rests of the lion dance troupe are resting at . Tickets were sold at $10 that day if I hadn't remember wrongly . I felt so embarrassed that I may have became a form of disturbance that day since I had to stay in their area when I'm not 'their people' or in any way related to lion dance or the competition itself . 

Did I mention that I also saw 

Alandrea with her sister that day :D ? 

Yes we were cam-whoring while waiting for the competition to start :D

 Each round of performance by each

group took about 10 minutes or so and I had to wait for quite some time till it's my boyfriend's turn ! Yeap if my boyfriend's there to perform as the lion's tail , then of course my bestie would be there as the lion's head ! So I was so elated that day to have them around my side including my bro ♥ 

It was soon their turn , but P/S : 

I'm not a professional so I didn't get beautiful pictures of them especially when I'm at an angle where I can't really get good shots . But still enjoy HAHA 

Bestie getting up to the pole to check if the poles are stable and alright for them to do stunts on it .

Getting ready ....

 

Lion dance isn't complete without the music rhythm produced by the team .

Over here it shows the lion checking out the poles ~

 After they finished the performance , 

the media came to interview them and I was in shock . Hahaha look at how Kaiming stands and reacts to the media . He looks so afraid ! As if a kid facing his teacher isn't it ?

Media interviewing Kaiming and EngChuan .

LOL Alandrea and her sister photo bombing them at the back .

 After which , it was

soon Nam Sieng's turn and I decided to go to another side of the competition ground to snap photos hahaha . 

I was so proud of both my brother , Kaiming and bestie that day . 

Though neither of them won the competition , they gave their best and put up the best show for everyone ! Lion dancers deserves respect , their hard work should be acknowledged . Do you know they dedicate A LOT of their time into training everyday ? Just for that 10 minutes performance for the audience and most of the time , all they wanted was to hear the audience's claps and praises .

Both my brother and my boyfriend

had bruises and scars permanently because of their training . They put in a lot of effort all the time just to perfect a 10 minutes performance . And most people just give up , whereas they are the ones who stayed with the troupe for years . You know , without much determination , they wouldn't succeed either .  It's just like the Chinese saying , "台上一分钟，台下十年功。" Basically it means a perfect performance on stage for a minute is as good as training and working hard behind the scenes for 10 good years to achieve it . A good performance by lion dancers doesn't just succeed without efforts put in . It can't be faked . 

With Kaiming ♥♥

Bestie ! :D

♥

I didn't had the chance to take photos with my brother though . 

I hope you enjoyed this post and know that there's still a lot of interesting facts behind lion dance !

Cineleisure

Approximately about 1-2 weeks ago , 

I went off to Cineleisure to meet up with Wilson , Joanna , Xavier , Beverly , Edwin to discuss some 'business' related issues . However , it ended up pretty well when we were done discussing ! I didn't had much time to blog about this *FINALLY* !! (Getting overly excited over a small night out just because I hardly leave my house nowadays) 

When all of us reached , 

it was already about 7/8 plus PM , we had Hong Kong Cafe for dinner , lot's of laughter and bonding , headed off to Starbucks to chill and chit chat . I've never been so close to them before , and what's more a total different group of friends . None of us were EVER close to each other , but due to 'work' that we're discussing , we have to meet up and TALK to each other . But I never knew all of us ended up having a GENUINE friend-making feeling for one another . It's been long since I felt that way and definitely memorable (': 

Something VERY random : All of us forked out money to buy some stupid keychain because people approached us hoping that we would buy for them to help their children and add on to their household income , just because we're too paiseh to reject them , we bought it FOL . (AND WTF I JUST REALIZED I'M THE ONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE KEYCHAIN WHERE IS IT NOW ?!) 

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Joanna , Wilson , Xavier and I went to a place

for some gorgeous scenery looking at night then headed back off to Cineleisure

to watch a midnight show , Gangster Squad around 2.30AM . AND . I . SWEAR . Gangster Squad is a fucking good movie ! My sister agrees with me , the trailer & name didn't sound attractive BUT I swear if you've watched it , you would love it ♥

After the movie , it's where the ridiculous part starts ...........

THIS . Crazy amount of photos taken , but only a few is displayed here ! 

My curls went super loose all of the sudden that day , pardon my ugly hair !

Left to Right : Xavier , Wilson , Me & Joanna !

We were all mad tired but still .........

They look like some celebrity band & I'm one of their fans trying to take photo with them LOL

Meow ~

DID . NOT . KNOW . WHY . I . RUINED . THE . PHOTO . WITH . MY . FACE .

The wink .

Wilson starts planking !

REASON WHY THEY'RE LAUGHING LIKE MAD HERE ESPECIALLY EPIC XAVIER IT'S BECAUSE : I was posing for the photo & suddenly I let out a scream and fell so they started laughing wtf .

Finally felt taller ! P/S: I don't even know if I reached 150CM yet .

After spending quite nearly half an hour or so (Not sure if it was 1 hr)

taking crazy photos , we went off to a Macdonald's in town area , forgotten which outlet already . But apparently we were there till fucking 6AM and Wilson & Joanna fell asleep leaving me and poor Xavier alone t_t

Left to right : Xavier , me , Wilson & sleepy Joanna ♥

Okay , just a random post that's all !!!

You may wanna scroll down and read some posts as there's new advertorial , post on my hair and so on ! New advertorial for a facial care brand coming up , do look out for my Twitter/Facebook/Instagram if you're interested ! :D 

And you wouldn't believe it , 

I'm heading for another hair appointment on 1st February AGAIN . THREE appointments for the past weeks , no wonder my hair is screwed !

Compilation of these few weeks ! ♥

Just like what the title says , 

this blog post is about the compilation of my life and what I have been doing these few weeks ! It's mainly all gonna be photos , which I'm gonna be using them to walk you through what has been going on . And that means ......... lots and lots of photos . I already tried cutting down the amount of photos in this blog post to the very minimum !!! 

I guess it's last week ? 

I had a date with this really cute dude , he's Kaiming ! I've introduced him to you guys in the previous blog posts before if you noticed ! Not really a date but , since there's only the two of us , let me call it a "date" and be shiok about it for awhile la right ?! Since I've been single and all ............ HAHAHHA pathetic me . 

When I was done preparing , 

I was so apprehensive over what I was wearing because I've never really wore that top out except for school etc & what's more matching it with a bottom I've never did before . But since Kaiming assured me that it was okay , here I'm gonna show it to you guys ! 

 My OOTD(Outfit Of The Day) , posted on Instagram too !

Tribal top , black skater skirt , envelope clutch and an really simple leather shoes . Along with my Canon 600D to take photos of course ♥ !!! I especially like something about this tribal top , is that it's sleeves goes all the way down to my hands and has a opening at the end to allow my thumb to hook in like a pair of gloves !!! Lovely :D

So then , he came over to fetch me

 and we headed off to Ikea first for what I was craving ! IKEA MEATBALLS ! #fuckyeah best meatballs I've ever had in my entire life . Now that I'm talking about it , I'm definitely craving for it ! 

 The legendary ............. LOL 

 I love everything about it . The meatballs , the sauce , the potatoes ♥ .......

But somehow I've never touched the jam that came along with the meatball dish ! Are you guys the same ? 

And loser Kaiming

 didn't dared to try the meatballs so he ate this instead ........ hahaha .

Ikea's pasta ! I've tried this too , but I ordered it with meatballs the other time . It's super nice too !!!!!! But meatballs still wins :D

 Kaiming looks older than usual right here ! 

 I was having fun taking photos and when I reviewed it ,

I saw this picture ..................................................................................

 I totally laughed out loud !!!!

I mean look at his face LOL . It's as if he's looking at the camera lens wondering what is it . Save the time trying to imagine it , because I've gave you an example right below ...... LOL 

Ok , hahahha lame joke !!

 Buying drinks at Ikea is worth it because it's like you can just

keep refilling your cup with Ice lemon Tea or coke . LOL I'm not  sure if we're allowed to do that but I guess we all have been !!!

After having our lunch at Ikea , 

we decided to take a cab and head down to Bugis Junction for neoprints ! But sadly when I reached there the neoprint shop is no longer there ): ............... Where else in Singapore I can take nice neoprints like the old one at Bugis Junction ?! Fill me with info please !!!! 

And since the neoprint shop closed down , 

I immediately went straight for YAMI yogurt ! I never fail to buy YAMI whenever I reach Bugis Junction , I mean it's so damn nice !!!!!! Frolick doesn't lose out either though ! I think my YAMI yogurt looked so pretty I just quickly took a shot and posted it on my Instagram ♥

Time passed fast , it was already evening & we had

to head to his lion dance troupe already ! Of course me as a good dating partner accompanied him LOLOLOLOL *thick skin* . Ok la , I don't mind telling you guys , we're not in a relationship , but we're sort of dating . I like him , he likes me , but still need more time to know him as a person , right ? Hahahaha , anyway I'm really happy to head home and receive FB inbox from some of you guys telling me you've seen me and love my hair , flattering , thank you ♥ ! 

After his training at his troupe , 

they decided to play with  孔明燈 (Kong Ming Deng) which are actually sky lanterns which looks like this : 

You actually write your wishes & goals
onto the lanterns and set them away and watch them fly up the sky LOL . It's a really cool thing though ! I thought it was actually really easy to make them fly up the sky la , but to be honest , I tried , and it's difficult ! 

I like it when I have my friends around ,
EngChuan best friend (left) , Kaiming (right) ! And we got our sky lanterns in pink !!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ 

 Best friend Eng Chuan

 Me writing my wishes !!!! ♥ 

Setting it up ! 
It's quite big in size ! 

Theirs flew up !!!! 

Mine didn't in the end though ): ......
But I guess it's okay because wishes and goals are meant for us to fight for and achieve right !!!! *self comforts* 

And because mine fell instead ....... 
All of them were checking it out like this LOL :

Overall , it has been an amazing day out with 
Kaiming and I've gotten a few good buys at Bugis too ! 
Not to forget , I met up with my favorite girl , Peixin the other day too ♥ !

I'm so jealous of Peixin because she looks so beautiful with little makeup but I can't hahahhaha 

Here's my OOTD that day ♥ !

Black bareback dress , envelope clutch & simple black heels !

We met up
at commonwealth mrt as usual and headed off to Bugis Junction as well because I had to collect stuffs I bought from a blogshop owner over there the other day ! Our plan that day was to CLUB and HAVE FUN . Since it has been decades since we last went to a club together , get drunk and have fun . If you've been reading , whenever I head to a club , most likely I'm always with Peixin hahahha . So then we were deciding amongst Avalon , Butterfactory , Zirca & Avatar ! 

We spent a really long time
trying to decide on which Club to head to , so we thought let's head for dinner first since we were both quite hungry ! And that's where Peixin introduced me to "The Soup Spoon" and I'm craving for it till today !!!!!!!!!!! Became a member too ! 

The Soup Spoon's soup is just simply marvelous ! 

It tastes superb ! I love the soup , the bread , the freaking good salad , everything ! ♥ 

It's such a healthy diet , and you wouldn't even feel hungry after eating everything up , filled with nutrients and calories you need , perfect ! I usually don't even touch bread , but I ate everything wtf ..... it's just too delicious . 

After having our dinner , 

we headed off to Bugis+ and settled down at Coffee Bean to relax and chill waiting for time to pass since it was still quite early for club ! Then we finally decided to go Zirca hahaha . 

 When it's about time ,
we headed off to Zirca and we realized the ladies queue was already horrendously long !!! Aargh , but I still went to queue anyway . But half way through , this really nice guy came up and brought us all the way to the front on guestlist . Didn't queue in the end hahaha .

I had so much fun that night ,

danced , had fun , made new friends even ! Especially when I'm with my special girl ♥ 

Within the same week , I met up with Kaiming & EngChuan again ! 

They had lion dancing at HSBC the other day , 

so I went to Raffles HSBC in the morning to meet up with them , when they're done , we actually went to have Laoban Taohuey early in the morning with two other friends of theirs !!!!!  Laoban Taohuey is my & many of you guys' favorite ain't it ? ♥ 

Had it taken straight to my Instagram as well ! #igaddict

It was so early that we didn't had plans

and all of us were mad tired !!! But then they came up with an hilarious idea of going for a haircut ...... so WE DID . We headed to Hougang for their favorite barber . And that's why Kaiming went from THIS (picture below) : 

to THIS ! (picture below) : 

From fringe , to side comb and shave ! 

I don't know what you guys think , but I think he looks better with side comb ! I like guys who have their hair up instead of fringe covering their foreheads . It makes them looks fresher and older ! Charming LOL . (He detest it himself though)

After Kaiming & Engchuan got their haircut , 

we decided to head off to the nearest mall which was Hougang mall to have lunch ! We had KFC and I saw large amount of students in that area everywhere I went ! Believe it or not , that day was the day where I had SO SO SO SO SO much fun ! I enjoyed myself totally even though we made a fool out of ourselves in public that day . It was the best day I've ever had (: 

Eng Chuan probably thinks he looks sexy here ........... What's your degree of sexiness for this ? Hahaha

 I had my fringe pinned up and hair tied up that day ,
was looking really awful especially when I haven't slept at all ! 

Super visible eyebags that day too !!!!

To be honest , I was so tired .
 All of us were like half dead , but I was kept awake because we had so much fun :D
 

ahgua ! degree of ahgua-ness can beat steven lim !

 It was then late evening after
having fun and had our jokes played etc , we headed to Bishan Junction 8 to meet up with Ginity ♥ ! 

Uploaded this pic to Instagram that day ! ♥ 
Mine in pink (left) and Ginity's in brown (right) . 

The unbelievable thing was that , 
we headed off to the arcade wtf . We had so much fun , the basketball games , the jubeat games , the soccer games and a lot more ! All 4 of us took part and play , it was perfect ♥ Miss how all of them would just come to my place and have fun , movie in my room etc etc . Memories are so irreplaceable and vivid ♥ 

I'm getting so active
on Instagram that I post photos on it every now and then ! So I'm sharing it in this blog post and walk you through as you see the pictures :D 

Starting from #InstaFood ! 

Favorite Salted Egg Crab the other day with Daddy ♥ !

 I love Salted Egg Crab , ask me how I want my crab to be cooked ,
I'd say salted egg without fail ! It tastes super nice , but I always head into Malaysia to have them , cause it's freaking cheappppppppppppppppp !

Dad ♥

 Dad (above) is already 62 this year , but he's still so strong and hyper hahahha . He actually complained about his tummy the other day and he wanted to go on a diet wtf ...........................

Smoked Salmon Baked Rice @ Lenas restaurant ! Became a member with Lenas that day !

 The funny thing is that  ,
I can eat cooked salmon , I can eat raw salmon (love it) but I can't really take smoked salmon -_____-

Oreo milkshake @ Lenas . Taste superb ! ♥

Soft shell crab baked rice @ Lenas

 Lenas baked rice is super filling !

Macaroni cooked by Kaiming hahahha this guy is so sweet (:

Pizza Hut @ Christy's home ! Hawaiian and Cheesie delight is totally my favorite . I'm a sucker for lots of mozzarella cheese ! ♥

Laoban Taohuey again , Leon bought it for me , ty !

QOO & Plain water = my favorite drinks LOL .

Queensway Katong Laksa stall's curry chicken ♥  !!!!

Lok Lok at Jalan Besar Dickson Road !

Yi Mian @ Jalan Besar Dickson Road

Papitto Gelato @ Vivo City

 It really tastes not bad ♥ 

Papitto gelato @Vivo City

Hot coke with lemon @ Eighteen Chefs (Simei) ! I love it ! ♥

Soup Of The Day @ Eighteen Chefs

Seafood Tom Yam Pasta @ Eighteen Chefs ! This one tastes not bad (:

All time favorite Custard Puff ♥

Fav QOO

Ordered Oreo Mc Flurry on delivery LOL

Cadbury Hot Chocolate Drink ! Don't have any form of makeup on in this picture , and I was sick ):

Teh Aliah

 Had traditional breakfast that day with Kaiming early in the morning !!
I miss waking up early for traditional breakfasts like this ♥ :D 

Lao Shu Fen

Had KFC @ Bukit Merah that day with Lynn & Kaiming ! Went grocery shopping after that (:

Dishes I cooked myself at home ! :D PRAISE ME

My all time favorite dessert , I always buy these during grocery shopping ! Strawberries & Whipped cream + fresh millk ♥

Traditional Ice Kacang ♥

Corn soup I cooked 

Lunch I cooked !

Strawberries and Whipped cream again (:

And now some other Instagram photos besides food related ! 
Which are mostly my face , the narcissist girl ................ LOL 

My OOTD that day to Vivo ! Top from Cotton On , Bottom from Forever 21 , Shoes from Haute Urban Style , Hair by Chapter 2 HAHA 

Passed by the Singapore Flyer in the car while heading to Christy's !

My hair .

Fish braid I made !

Kaiming's

Casual outfit to Queensway Mac the other day !

Ugly face of mine right here ! I fell sick , Bro came into my room and took this photo before he cooked porridge for me ♥

That day where I was sick without make up as well !

Changed the curtains to pink ones the other day !

My small buys from 7-11 and Etude house the other day !

Wearing the Casio watch without make up again LOL I know I look awful without make up , sorry if I scare you guys ):

Duck Face ..................... LOL

Le me attempts to wink , sigh

Ahboy (my dog) in my bro's room ! Hahaha

I've changed Facebook display & cover photos for both my first and second accounts ! 
More photos taken with  DSLR would be uploaded in the next blog post , love you guys ! ♥