Having BRUNCH (i feel high class just saying the word) in NYC with Jac and her friends. I'm just going to write stuff down as i think of them because i'm lazy to write in flowing paragraghs. Anyway, those who have met up with me will understand what i'm saying. This who don't should meet up with me. Hahaha. So, clockwise, Ren Hua (Banyan Tree dude, down to earth consultant, thinks wong li lin is supremely hot and will marry her just for looks and believes all men want to marry "Godly" women, only that he thinks Godly meant goddess-like), Kevin ("yoyo wassup mothurfuckers", quiet but with a friendly smile), Mark (funny guy, effectively pangsai-ed on a glacier and is often mistaken for a chee-ko-pek cause he sometimes as a seedy smile. Also wants to marry wong li lin.), Dawn (cannot believe that she is having brunch with banyan tree dude, cannot believe that she is having BRUNCH, constantly in awe that her bestest friend never looks anything less than beautiful and that people can be so smart and rich at the same time) and lasly, Jac (dawn's bestest friend, looks gorgeous no matter what time of day it is, amazes dawn with how brilliant and driven she is, made dawn feel extremely loved throughout the entire trip and also introduces her to the concept of brunch).
In Ithaca having dinner at John Thomas where the ribeye steak was huger than my liver. Possibly the yummiest steak i've had in my life. I know you can't see it from here but it snowed big big outside while we were having dinner and it made me insanely happy. Ithaca snows pretty!!

Dinner at Serendipity with Tim (in white) and Neil (Black jumper). I like these two guys, they make me laugh! Although it never fails to amaze me how much of a charmed life some people have, these 2 are so much fun! Especially Neil who wowed me in my jet lagged state with his Guitar Hero and drumming skills (it is not easy to wow me, much less in a sleepy state). He also has a huge ass tv and many dvds, it made me feel happy that i'm not the only one who lives on the couch. Anyway, Serendipity is over-rated. The food and desserts were quite mediocre. The media really does in fact make too much of a hype about Serendipity. Nonetheless, it was a wonderful dining experience and the company was awesome.
Oh oh oh!!! Chocolate cafe at Saks. Best mocha i've EVER had and the crepes were so yummy!!! Yes yes. Jac's so pretty!! She's like the beauty and the brains in our relationship. I don't know what i contribute to it. How i manage to look shitty in ALL the pictures... i think it's just my face larh.

Alright alright alright. I know it's about time, so i will blog a bit.

The past 2 months were great. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Korea was not all that i expected but nice all the same. The country is beautiful, with the city and the villages as well as the mountains and oceans. If only i hadn't sprained my knee wile skiing and fallen sick during the trip, i bet i would have enjoyed it more. However, i now know that i am NOT tolerant to korean food. Just the smell and sight of korean food makes my stomach church unpleasantly. Bad. Definitely not my choice of cuisine. I would post pictures, but they're all in my jie's comp, so wait till i get them from her and i'll post some interesting ones. Jeju island was my favourite. I guess because i met with with Ling and Royston there and i had such a good time hanging out with them in the stairwell of the motel and having the cold winter wind blow at us. Haha. Jeju Loveland was definitely my favourite attraction! It was a park where sex is the theme and there were sulptures in various karma sutric positions all over. Sounds sick i know. But it wasn't at all!!! Wasn't tacky or vulgar, quite tasteful actually. I have pictures. Will put them up when i have them. Pretty cool stuff!! But i was glad to return home from korea. Mainly cause i was puking my intestines out and running a fever, having auditory hallucinations (Rain was talking to me, asking me to recruit fanclub members for him. Yeh. Go figure!), so home was good for me then.

Of course, there was my trip to NYC. Man. There's so much about it i will remember for the rest of my life. The sight and sounds of the city. The buildings and shopping malls. The people and the cars. Everything was.....perfect. It's more than i thought it would be. The streets filled with cabs and the honking of vehicles. The walk up apartments located along the street. The shoes and the clothes and the subway! Just being there was exhilarating! The food. Oh the foooddd..... portions were huge but so very tasty. I think i could possibly live on american food. Though someone will have to explain the concept of Brunch to me. A meal before 11am is Breakfast and after that is Lunch. Why does Brunch get a special menu? Is it too exclusive to associate with the lunch or breakfast menu? Nonetheless it was yummy. Haha. PINK BERRY!! That was a treat. Although it was slightly too sour for my sensitive taste buds, walking in the cold holding a cup of Pinkberry made me feel powerful. Haha. I think about it now from time to time. Then there was Morimoto. I cannot believe we RAN down the streets so that they wouldn't let go of our reservations! Jac in heels too!! But it was SO worth it. The food was absolutely exquisite! I still cannot believe that we managed to stomach all the food. Oh. So. Good. I tell ya.

I enjoyed Ithaca as well. It was nice and snowy and cozy. Though i spent half my time there feeling rotten about myself because i was being such an inconvenience to Jac. She couldn't deal with my dreadful sleeping habits and had to go over to her friends' place to sleep all those days i was there. But she was so nice and forgiving toward me through the whole trip still. I am so blessed. The other thing I liked about being in Ithaca was going to visit Jac's Uni. That's the closest i'm ever going to get to an Ivy League university. It was a beautiful campus. It's how it is on tv, only better!! The library was wow, the buildings were wow even the courtyard was wow. If my campus looked like that, i'd had much less of an issue actually going to school. Oh! Dining in the dining hall in Cornel was cool!!! It was so American and collegiate! I loved it! Felt like i was in Gilmore Girls. Hahahaha. Loved it.

Hmmm. Shopping. If you're wondering why i don't have pictures, it's because all i did was shop. Nothing interesting to take while shopping. Woodbury... i could have stayed there for 5 days and still not get enough. Polo, DKNY, CK, Coach, Kate Spade... everything i love!!! That's where i did most of my damage. Even though i felt really really poor, i was very VERY happy. Like they say, people who say money cannot buy happiness, just don't know where to shop. I totally agree. Retail therapy ROCKS! Shopping in NYC was fun too! Didn't buy so much there, but it was the fact that i was in Saks and Bloomingdales and Macy and Soho and 5th Ave that made it even more fun! Felt so Sex and the City!!! ohhh.... everything was wonderful, everything was perfect. Even the weather.

How could leave out the best part of the trip. Spending time with Jac. A chance like that will not come easy ever again. Maybe when we're both old and retired. In the 2 decades of freindship that we've shared, it was the 1st time we ever spent so much time together. I was apprehensive at first, thinking that we'd have issues with living habits, but it worked out alright. Aside the fact that Jac prolly hasn't taken so many sleeping pills and Nyquil in such a short span of time, i think we were pretty much agreeable. In those 10 days, i've come to realise that it doesn't matter which direction life takes us, we would always be able to talk. Different as we are, it comforts me so much to know that we are emotionally in sync and that is so important to me.

Jac, i know this comes late, but THANK YOU so much for putting up with me and for taking the time and effort to share that part of your life with me, both the place and the people. Even though i've said that i'm uncomfortable, i'm proud that you are who you are. I respect your decisions and admire your aspirations. I think you are so brave tredding the path you are and i hope you will realise how great a person you are and stop worrying. I wish i had half of your drive and motivation. I am so so so so proud of you and will forever boast the fact that i am your friend. One day, when you get your page in a publication, you can be sure i'll buy every single copy in the store. I love you so much babe. Please always remember that.

So after all that, one word to describe New York trip, FABULOUS. Haha.

Yes yes. Now i am back in the sweltering heat in Perth. Trying to get Leenie settled in for uni. This time, i really felt sad coming back because the trip back home was so great. I hung out lots (though not even close to enough) with Ling and Beng and Fenn. Met up with Ken and Peiqi and Reynard and spent time at home with the family, seeing my russelly again too. Rar!!!!! So, have to buck up my idea and get this semester of uni out of the way, so that i can go home to the people and things i love again!


UNI SUCKS!!!!!!